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Corporate Finance Services & Select Corporate Finance Transactions
As an experienced Lead Manager and Co-Manager on debt and equity offerings, SWS provides issuers with insightful market coverage and value-added execution. We serve a broad spectrum of companies from publicly traded Fortune 500 corporations to privately held businesses. Our experienced team of bankers has longstanding client relationships in many industry sectors, including: utilities, energy, technology, communications, retail, health care, consumer products, financial institutions, and general industrial.
We seek to broaden and diversify each client’s investor base by distributing securities to our high quality, small and mid-tier institutional investor clients in addition to the industry’s largest asset managers. We take a comprehensive approach to every mandate – from developing a thorough understanding of the goals and potential of the issuer, to educating our experienced sales team, to introducing the story to suitable investors and generating substantive real-time feedback, to placing the securities with high quality investors and then providing subsequent non-deal services.
Corporate Finance highlights and milestones include:
Corporate client base includes 74 of the Fortune 100
Ranked as the #1 co-manager of investment grade corporate debt for the past 10 years
Repurchased nearly 2 billion shares for clients in stock buyback programs since 1997
Named dealer on 44 commercial paper programs
Participated in more than 50% of corporate ESG bond issuance in 2020 and 2021
First ever MWBE investment bank to serve as a Joint Book-Running Manager on a secondary equity offering
Lead Manager on the first ever high-yield Social Bond
Active Joint Bookrunner on the first commercial bank debt offering to mandate a MWBE firm in that role
First mandate as a Term Loan Agent in 2020
Source for total deals and rankings: Thomson Reuters
Fixed Income Underwriting
SWS is a leading underwriter of taxable debt, both investment grade and high yield. Our offerings include senior and subordinated unsecured debt, medium-term notes, and asset-backed securities. The firm has ranked among the top 20 most active underwriters of corporate debt as measured by Thomson Reuters each year since 2000, and is the only privately-held investment bank to hold this distinction.
Issuers of equity and equity-linked securities choose us as an underwriter because we bring a knowledgeable deal team, a strong balance sheet, a broad institutional investor base and a track record of working to achieve best results. Our participation in an issuer’s IPO is the first phase of the deep relationship we seek to build through value-added engagement and a growing platform of service offerings.
Share repurchase is a core business for us at SWS. Starting with our first repurchase mandate for General Motors in 1997, we are rapidly approaching 2 billion shares repurchased on behalf of dozens of corporate clients under both 10b-18 and 10b5-1 agreements. In addition to trade execution, our experienced traders are available to advise on program structure and strategies and our highly regarded operations team adds the critical element of seamless settlement to our service offering.
SWS is the only independent broker-dealer to have a meaningful presence in the commercial paper market, serving as a dealer on 44 corporate CP programs.
Our objective is to expand each issuer’s investor base by educating our investors to approve the issuer’s credit, targeting a broad spectrum of small and large investors, and executing reverse inquiry.
Given our extensive experience working with the rating agencies, bond issuers, banks and investors, our clients can be confident that we will work to achieve their objectives and aim to yield the lowest-cost financings available.
The Strategic Advisory group provides advice and execution to publicly-traded and private companies across several major industries including Consumer & Retail, Energy & Utilities, Financial Institutions, Technology & Media, Healthcare and Diversified & Industrials. We leverage our extensive industry knowledge, transaction experience and networks to assist clients with their strategic and financial goals. The team is led by senior bankers with a combined 60+ years of transaction experience with leading bulge bracket banks. Our capabilities include a complete suite of financial and strategic advisory services:
Mergers, Acquisitions and Diversitures
Public and Private Capital Raises
Capital Structure Advisory
SWS is consistently ranked among the top Diversity and Inclusion Dealers of US Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) debt securities.
The firm underwrites, distributes, and trades the debt securities of all major GSEs, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Banks system (FHLB), the Federal Farm Credit Banks System (FFCB) and Farmer Mac.
Our GSE debt underwriting, and trading activities include the sale of discount notes, bullet and callable coupons and commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities (including Credit Risk Transfer).
Our investing clients value our strong relationships with the key funding personnel at each of these issuers and are assured of our innovation and expertise to accomplish their investment goals.
We also distribute and trade the debt of supranational/sovereign issuers, including underwriting the short-term debt securities of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Word Bank) and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).
Contact Jonathan Levin, Head of Corporate Finance:
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David Mazouz was born to play Bruce Wayne.
Child actors are often pretty hit or miss, right? I mean, sure, you could argue the same thing is true of adults. But it’s often worse when it comes to kids, due to a combination of inexperience and scripts written by people that have apparently not interacted with anyone under the age of eighteen in years. Because of this, the combination of a talented child actor and a competent writer can be absolutely memorable. That’s definitely the case with Gotham.
Every single time I watch an episode of Gotham, whether it’s one from the first season or one from the fifth, I’m left completely in awe of how well Mazouz plays Bruce. In a show full of impressive performances, it’s Mazouz’s Bruce that stands out the most to me. That’s partly because of great writing that shows him developing from a helpless kid that doesn’t know what he’s doing into a capable, confident, and driven young man that may not have all the training he one day will but still embodies the spirit of Batman. The rest of it is because Mazouz’s excellent performance brings the character to life. I look at him and think, this is Bruce Wayne. He’s still a teenager. He doesn’t have the height or build we expect. But you know what? To me, at least, he still feels like Batman.
Maybe it’ll be awkward seeing him in the suit at the end, because he still looks young. I keep seeing people say things to that effect – like, I can’t take him seriously as Batman, he’s too scrawny and young! I disagree, though. Sure, maybe seeing his head imposed on a body double as they try to pass him off as a decade older will be a bit jarring. It’s not like they’re trying to make a thirty year old look forty, where it’s just a question of maybe greying the hair a bit and adding some lines, they’re trying to make a teenager an adult. But I have absolutely no issue with him being Batman. None.
I’ve seen a lot of people – and this was before it was announced that the series finale will take place in the future – saying stuff about how they want to see Batman, or they want to recast with a timeskip because Mazouz was great for kid Bruce, but not Batman. I think all those people are kind of missing the point, because they’re too focused on Batman as “big guy in a cool suit”, and because they’re not seeing that suit, they’re still talking about “when are we going to see Batman”. The way I see it, the answer to that question is we already have.
Forget the proto-suit he wore at the beginning of season four. Forget about the future scene we’re going to get. Forget about how people are always drawing distinctions between Bruce Wayne and Batman. And think about scenes like in 3×14, where he fought Jerome and decided that I will not kill will be his mantra, or when he told Selina’s fence he should have taken the offered deal in 4×15, or at the end of 4×22, when he slams a guy into a storage unit; demands to know where Jeremiah is; then, once the guy claims ignorance, tells him to tell Jeremiah Bruce is looking for him and knocks him out. Those scenes? Those are more Batman than most actors to have played the role have ever gotten. He may not have the name. He may not have the costume. He may not have the build or the age. But he already embodies Batman.
You can see something similar if you look back at Michael Keaton’s version of the character. Keaton is only 5’9″. I’m pretty sure he’s the shortest actor to have ever played adult Bruce. And I think until Mazouz and Affleck, he was the best. With Mazouz, I think people that would otherwise care about the height manage to set that aside just because they see it as him not really playing Batman – which, I guess, is justified by the fact they’re using a stand in in the finale, despite my feelings about how perfectly Mazouz embodies the character. With Keaton, it was more a question of a good use of the camera so his height wasn’t noticeable – and, when we look back on his movies, probably some element of nostalgia. But Keaton’s performance was also convincing enough to pull focus away from how he looked. Looking the part is good. Embodying the role is better.
I was very disappointed when the news broke that there’ll be a new Batman for the DCEU solo movie – especially coming, as it did, so close to the end of Gotham. Ben Affleck’s performance was one of my favourite parts of Batman v Superman – a movie that everyone reading this probably already knows I love. For me, Affleck was completely unparalleled casting, both because of the fact he looks the part – height, musculature, good looks – and the fact that he nailed the spirit of the character – the intensity, the determination, the drive. The looks alone will never be enough, but it was a very nice bonus. It’s breaking my heart to lose both that Bruce and Gotham‘s so close together.
The problem when it comes to me accepting a future Batman in the films is that Affleck both looked the part and embodied the role. While obviously I prioritize an actor that embodies the character over one that looks the way I expect the character to look, both is preferable. I’d be able to set that aside for an actor that does as tremendous a job as David Mazouz in making Bruce Wayne believable…but I’m not seeing that happening with this next movie. We were fortunate enough to get to two fantastic incarnations of Batman at the same time with Affleck and Mazouz. Now I think we’re going back to decent. After being so spoiled with Gotham and Batman v Superman, I can’t help but be disappointed.
I would have loved to see Mazouz play adult Bruce in ten, fifteen years. He might get taller or he might not, but he’d be fully grown, so his face wouldn’t look weird under the cowl, and he’s already demonstrated how good he is in the role. We’re not going to get that. We’re probably not even going to get someone at that level. So I think all I can do now is hope that whoever is next cast as Batman can do even close to as good a job as Mazouz, because if he can’t…well, his movie is going to be about a Bruce early in his crime fighting career. If he’s not up for the task, I’m going to go back and rewatch Gotham instead.
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https://anerdwithwords.com/2019/02/10/looking-the-part-vs-embodying-the-role/
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University Smart Lockers: Colleges Reaping Rewards & Results
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Written by: Parcel Pending
Higher education institutions around the globe are earning stellar marks for implementing smart parcel lockers that improve employee efficiency, boost student and staff satisfaction, ensure personal safety, and increase package security. Here’s how universities are leveraging this intelligent solution for success on their college campus:
University College Oxford: A Case Study in Efficiency
As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, University College Oxford faced a series of 21st century problems: an influx of packages, a storage room that was being eliminated, and intensive labor required for tracking, emailing, and delivering student packages. One employee task, for example, was manually writing emails alerting students that they had a package!
Now, University College Oxford has over 90 smart lockers installed outdoors for convenient student package pickup. Parcel Pending’s smart locker system automatically alerts recipients that they have a package along with a barcode or PIN code allowing for secure retrieval. This means parcels can be picked up safely and securely 24/7 without face-to-face interaction. Further, managing “stale packages” has virtually been eliminated as more than 90% of parcels are picked up within three days of delivery.
As Michael Park, Head Porter, summarizes: “Now, we have an audit trail from the time items are placed in lockers to when they are retrieved.”
Safe & Secure Parcel Delivery at Lehigh University
Lehigh University faced a different issue: a safe and manageable solution to the avalanche of student packages flowing into three new residential dorms. Housing 406 upper-class students, the Singleton, Hitch & Maida Houses were designed with amenities to foster a superior student experience, including air-conditioned suites, a coffee house, and a soon-to-be-built fitness center. Smart lockers were a logical next step.
“Creating a safe environment for students – especially in light of COVID-19 – and providing overall exceptional customer service is our priority, and we’re always seeking new innovations to enhance the student experience,” explains Mark Ironside, Assistant Vice President of Business Services at Lehigh University.
The visible chain of custody showing where packages are at all times was a key consideration in the university’s decision to add smart parcel lockers to these residence halls.
Ohio University: Blending Efficiency with Safety
By installing smart lockers at all three campus mailrooms, Ohio University conquered safety concerns to provide contactless delivery of mail and packages while also boosting efficiency for staff and students.
“These new smart lockers are saving time, increasing efficiency, and adding convenience,” explains Blaine Gabriel, Director of Campus and Student Mail, Printing Services, Campus Signage and logistics. “For example, faculty no longer have to be sitting in their office to receive their deliveries. Instead, they can retrieve their mail anytime they want. Additionally, we now only have to deliver student mail and packages to our three student mail locations. This saves tremendous time for all involved. And, although we didn’t foresee this, smart lockers are making delivering and receiving mail safer during the pandemic.”
Prior to installing the smart lockers, Ohio University’s mailroom staff hand-delivered mail or other items to faculty at various campus locations. Many items, such as certified mail and library materials, required the recipient’s signature. Often, more than one delivery attempt was required to obtain the signature. With Parcel Pending by Quadient’s integrated tracking system, drop-offs and pick-ups are automatically logged. By eliminating extra delivery trips and the need for human-to-human contact, the Parcel Pending by Quadient smart locker system has supported safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as reduced delivery time by up to an hour per day.
University of Florida: Synergy Between Security & Student Satisfaction
With a whopping 4,000 packages delivered in one peak day, the University of Florida Housing Department realized they had a significant logistical problem. Not only did employees have to manage the package onslaught, but students could only pick up packages during specific hours resulting in lost packages, delays, and complaints.
By installing Parcel Pending’s smart lockers and integrating its reporting system, the University could view the chain of custody for each delivery, speeding up the delivery process and increasing student satisfaction. The switch also saved mailroom staff a startling 20 hours per week.
The lockers were originally planned as a test case, but after only two weeks of seeing efficiencies for both parcel pick up and deliveries, the University adopted smart lockers for all 26 residence halls and 8,100 on-campus residents. Today, the University of Florida views Parcel Pending’s lockers as a key amenity, highlighting them in its marketing material and even creating a video touting the benefits.
Beyond the Package: Smart Lockers as a Campus Hub
With students returning to campus, there’s an emerging need to create a central distribution center for library books and textbooks, documents, and more. Savvy administrators at Rollins College, Mount San Jacinto College, Scripps College, University of Colorado Springs, and Indian River State College have all embraced using smart lockers not just for parcels, but as a Campus Hub.
Rob Zinsky, National Director of Higher Education at Parcel Pending of Quadient, predicts parcel lockers will provide the solution for distributing most assets on campus, giving users the ability to avoid lines and face-to-face contact. He refers to this transformation as a Campus Hub, “an exchange point for different items, outside of mail and packages.”
Innovative uses of Parcel Pending’s smart lockers include:
- Sporting Events – Prohibited items brought to a game are simply locked and secured until the game’s end.
- Event Tickets: Tickets for sporting events and other student activities are distributed via smart lockers to minimize lines and contact with ticket agents.
- Bookstore Merchandise: Clothing, books, electronics, gifts, and more are retrieved with zero face-to-face interaction.
- Electronics: Student laptops, tablets, and other school-owned devices are safely distributed.
- Class Equipment: Items distributed in classrooms are safely returned through the smart locker.
- On-Campus Dining: A student can place a meal order online via the university’s dining software and then pick it up at the locker.
- Move-in/Move-out Materials: Items such as keys, ID cards, welcome packets and other important school materials are easily shared with students via smart lockers.
Smart lockers have proven themselves to be a key weapon in the ongoing push for packing management efficiency and safety across college campuses. However, the truly “smart” opportunity awaits in leveraging smart lockers as distribution hubs for key items.
To start the conversation about how smart lockers can benefit your campus mailroom operations, contact a Parcel Pending by Quadient representative today!
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https://www.parcelpending.com/blog/university-smart-lockers-colleges-reaping-rewards-results/
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Our "Rider Review" article series features the honest reviews from verified purchasers of Worldwide Cyclery. They contain the photos, thoughts, feedback & overall review you are looking for.
Have you ever wanted a dropper post that can change travel lengths so you can swap it to new bikes down the road? OneUp had this in mind when creating the V2 dropper post. Our friend, Nick, just installed a new dropper on their Ibis. See what they think!
Setup was dead simple. I was a bit thrown off by how to attach the cable to the post actuator at first, as I was used to the type where you thread cable through a housing which held the cable in place by a 2mm screw. OneUp makes it easy by utilizing the knobby end of the shifter cable. All you have to do is slot the knobby end of the cable into the actuator and then feed cable into the outer (rubber) cable that runs through or attaches to your frame.
The only other setup step is to twist off the air cap on the top of the post and inflate it to the recommended air pressure that OneUp provides in their online installation instructions.
Before the OneUp 210mm dropper, I was using a 150mm drop post. So the first time I hopped on the bike, hit the lever, and heard “plunk”….I felt like my knees were at my chest! This was an odd feeling at first. But after riding the post for about two months now, the lowest position does not feel awkward in the slightest! At first the sliding of the post sounded a little “dry” but I trusted that this was simply a difference from brand to brand, as it was extending and dropping at an expected rate.
As mentioned, the longer drop felt awkward at first but now I would never go back to a shorter drop length! I have the post mounted to a Ripmo AF size large and have about an inch of post exposed above the seat tube. I do have proportionately longer legs, but there should be no problem fitting this post onto modern geo bikes with a shorter seat tube. OneUp does publish the dimensions and Ibis posted their maximum seat post insertion figures, but I honestly struggled to put all the math together and instead just relied on reports on the bike forums saying that a OneUp 210mm dropper would fit my frame size.
When dropped,the height of the saddle is now in a spot that is away from my inner thighs.
On bike park days with my previous dropper, I would find my inner thighs getting rubbed raw from the saddle position but that has been no problem with the 210mm of drop.
Reliability has been no problem thus far and I can clearly see that the internals are proper greased by some of the residue appearing on the post shaft, when extended. As you can see in the photo, I don't care much for keeping dirt and grit off the dropper and it just keeps on ticking!
© 2022 Worldwide Cyclery
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This fact sheet answers some common questions trans and gender diverse young people, and their families, have about self-identification on formal documents.
Choices around self-identification should be respected. By reading this resource you will get a better understanding of the options in South Australia.
Can you change your gender status on formal documents?
In most formal documents, yes. However different documents have different requirements and different gender identity options.
Unfortunately some trans and gender diverse people may have limited ability to change their gender status on some formal documents.
What steps are involved with making a change?
The steps for applying to change your gender status on formal documents differs depending on whether the document you would like to change is issued by:
1. a state or territory government organisation
2. a federal government organisation
See how you can change key documents below.
Birth certificates are issued and regulated at a state and territory level. This means that the approach to changing your birth certificate to match your gender identity will be different depending on which state or territory your certificate was issued in. In SA, this is managed by the SA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
However, there is a general requirement that clinical treatment of some kind must have occurred in order to change the legal sex on your birth certificate. In SA, gender affirming surgery is not required.
In SA, you can apply to ‘record a change of sex’ if:
How can you apply?
You can apply by post or in person by:
What if you are under 18 years old?
See ‘Where to Get Help and Information’ for more details.
You can change your gender on federal formal documents or records by applying to the agency that looks after the document or record that you want to change.
There are Australian Government Guidelines on recognising gender (see the link further below under ‘Where to Get Help and Information’). This means that:
Do you need to provide supporting documentation?
Under the Australian Government Guidelines, you need to provide one of the following with your request for a change of your recorded gender:
You do not need to have had surgery and/or hormone therapy for the recognition of a change of gender in federal government records. This means that even though you may not have any related medical procedures, you can still apply to correct the gender information recorded on your personal record. See the Australian Government Guidelines.
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|Your Medicare card||Services Australia||Attend a Medicare Service Centre in person and provide one of the above documents outlined in the Australian Government Guidelines|
|Your Centrelink file||Services Australia||Attend a Centrelink Service Centre in person and provide one of the above documents outlined in the Australian Government Guidelines|
|Your passport||Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade||For both a new passport and/or to change your gender on an existing passport, you need to start the application process online and then print it for lodgement.
For this application, you must also provide one of the documents outlined in the Australian Government Guidelines.
If you are in the process of transitioning, you can provide a statement from a registered medical practitioner or psychologist that you have had or are receiving appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition. This should be provided on DFAT’s ‘Declaration: sex/gender of passport applicant form’.
Will every application and outcome be the same?
No. The different departments may have different application forms and therefore varied outcomes around changing your gender identification.
What’s an example?
Services Australia can update your gender as male or female for their personal records system. If you identify as non-binary, they can only add a note on your personal record about this. You can also tell them you prefer not to use a courtesy title such as Miss, Mr or Ms.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provides for the recognition of your gender as M (male), F (female), or X (indeterminate/intersex/unspecified) on your passport. However, the Department notes that those travelling with a passport showing ‘X’ may encounter difficulties when crossing borders due to its infrequent use. In more conservative countries or areas you may become the focus of unwanted attention.
The steps involved with changing your driver’s licence will vary depending on the state or territory that you live in.
What you need to do in South Australia
In SA, you can register or amend your gender without changing your name you will need to visit a Services SA service centre and provide:
Providing you have a supporting document from the list above, you can change your gender to one of the following:
This resource was published 03/02/2021. This is legal information only and does not constitute legal advice. You should always contact a lawyer for advice specific to your situation.
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https://justiceconnect.org.au/resources/how-to-update-your-gender-on-formal-documents-sa/
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- VIVO LAPTOP MOUNTING SOLUTIONS - We create affordable solutions designed with creativity and quality to transform your unique workspace. STAND-LAP4 is a laptop holder that mounts to any VESA compatible stand for an ergonomic layout.
- COMPATIBILITY - This universal mount fits laptops and notebooks 11” to 17” in size and is compatible with VESA mounts 75x75mm and 100x100mm. (This purchase is for the holder only. VESA arm must be purchased separately).
- ADJUSTABLE CLAMPS - The clamp width is adjustable from 12” to 17.3”, allowing this mount to fit a variety of laptop sizes. Rubber tabs keep your device from slipping, and safety straps prevent the laptop from falling.
- ERGONOMICS - Elevating your laptop is great for improving posture and other aspects of ergonomics while you work at your desk. Simply mount this product to your existing VESA arm to bring your laptop to eye level.
- VENTILATION - The open frame design allows maximum airflow to keep your laptop cool and prevent it from overheating.
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.
- Press the space key then arrow keys to make a selection.
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Lifespan: 12 – 15 years
Colors: White, Black, Agouti, Piebald, Copper, Black & Gold, Blue Belton, Splash, Silver, Sable, Brown
Temperament: Outgoing, Friendly, Alert, Gentle, Intelligent
Weight: Female: 16–23 kg, Male: 20–27 kg
Height: Female: 50–56 cm, Male: 54–60 cm
Nature and character
The Siberian Husky has retained its very original character to this day, which distinguishes him clearly from the classic family and companion dogs. He is still a strong pack animal, which needs constant employment and society. He only builds a close bond with his owner if he provides him with the attention he needs. In a species-appropriate attitude, he turns out to be a very philanthropic, enterprising and affectionate dog.
The Siberian Husky has an exceptionally strong urge to move and would like to walk extensively every day. The unbridled drive and independence make it difficult to permanently control a Siberian Husky and its innate hunting instinct. If kept out of action and sufficiently moved, the Siberian Husky is still a carefree and loving dog that can handle strangers well and adapt to any new situation.
Activities with the Siberian Husky
With its strong urge to move and the strong need for attention, the Siberian Husky is no companion dog in the true sense. His true purpose is still participation in sled races, where he can let off steam as he pleases, as well as any kind of work and train activity.
As a family dog, the Siberian Husky is only suitable if he has a generous spout available and he is daily extensively moved and employed. Due to its philanthropy, the Siberian Husky can not be used as a guard dog, although it is characterized by a great physical strength and high resilience.
Origin & History
As the name suggests, the Siberian Husky comes from Siberia, where he was used as a draft and work animal already about 2000 years ago. Due to the isolation of the nomadic tribes, who used the Siberian Husky, the breeding of the breed remained pure for a long time. Until the beginning of the 20th century, a Russian fur trader discovered the adaptable dogs and brought them to Alaska. There dog sled races were popular at that time, so that the Siberian newcomers soon enjoyed great popularity. Despite its excellent characteristics and centuries of pure breeding, the breed was first recognized in the USA in 1930 and in Europe in 1966.
Racial characteristics Siberian Husky
The Siberian Husky counts to the group 5 "Tip and dogs of the Urtyp" and therein to the section 1 "Nordic sled dogs".
According to this standard, males reach a withers height of 53 cm to 60 cm and a weight of 20 kg to 28 kg. Meanwhile, the bitches are 50 cm to 56 cm tall and reach a weight of 15 kg to 23 kg. The weight should be in proportion to the height at the withers. The Siberian Husky has a compact and dense hairy body that reveals its Nordic origin. He has a flowing, seemingly effortless gait, while the balanced body proportions of this wonderful race force,
The Siberian Husky has almond-shaped, slightly slanted eyes that can be blue, brown or mixed. The expression is penetrating and yet friendly. The triangular ears are medium sized, set high and narrow. They are absolutely upright and have good hair.
The Siberian Husky wears a double and medium-length coat with a fur-like appearance that does not obscure the lines of the body. The color scheme varies from black to pure white with a variety of head drawings and sometimes unusual patterns.
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https://doglover.in/siberian-husky/
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The Liberal Party's youngest ever senator is preparing to pursue radical reforms, including throwing out the national curriculum, relocating the Australian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and reimposing a debt ceiling.
Vowing to respect voters' intelligence, scrap talking points and speak plainly, newly installed senator James Paterson has told Fairfax Media he had no intention of staying in Parliament for the sake of it.
"I'm not here for a career, I'm not here for personal power and advancement," he said.
"I only want to be a minister to serve the goals of economic and personal freedom - not for my own sake. If I feel I'm not having an impact then I'll call it a day."
Senator Paterson also left open the possibility of crossing the floor on totemic issues but "only in the most extreme circumstances".
The 28-year old, who most recently worked at the free-market think tank The Institute of Public Affairs, was sworn in on Tuesday and is due to deliver his maiden speech to Parliament on Wednesday.
In a repudiation of dumped treasurer Joe Hockey, Mr Paterson will call for the Parliament to reimpose a debt ceiling, which Mr Hockey abolished in a 2013 deal he struck with the Greens.
"With gross debt exceeding $400 billion, the government should have to seek permission from the Parliament to increase it," Senator Patterson said.
Radical schools proposal
Mr Paterson's maiden speech will also propose radical changes to the national curriculum, which he rubbished as "biased and left-wing".
He said the education sector would be boosted by schools being allowed to "throw out the rule book and teach as they see fit".
Citing the Charter Schools movement in the United States, Mr Paterson said the "one-size fits all approach" to teaching was outdated and flexibility in setting class times could help close the "achievement gap".
I'm not here for personal power and advancement
But Mr Paterson's call for Australia's Embassy in Israel to be relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is likely to be his most controversial. Israel claims Jerusalem as its indivisible capital, but most countries base their embassies in Tel Aviv, an acknowledgment of the Palestinian claim to East Jerusalem.
"Jerusalem is Israel's capital and we should respect that by putting our embassy where they choose to have their capital," he said.
As a staffer to Victorian senator and now cabinet minster Mitch Fifield, Senator Paterson travelled to Israel in 2009 as part of the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council student leaders delegation.
Links to Cory Bernardi
Senator Paterson was the surprise winner of a recent Liberal Party Senate preselection battle to replace the retiring Michael Ronaldson.
His victory makes him the party's youngest ever senator but he hoped to be judged on his input, not age.
"The great benefit of being a young person coming into Parliament is that I can have long-term ideas and prosecute them for as long as I have the blessing of the Victorian Liberal Party."
Part of his pitch to Liberal preselectors were his media skills, which he finessed in the United States as part of a prize for winning an essay competition held by conservative senator Cory Bernardi under the umbrella of the Conservative Leadership Foundation. The foundation aims to "train and develop the next generation of conservative leaders".
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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/james-patersons-maiden-speech-proves-the-28yearold-liberal-senator-will-shake-things-up-20160316-gnjwse.html
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This article was originally published on OTAQUEST, 19/11/18.
I think I speak for the majority of Castlevania fans when I say that I’m thankful to Netflix. Konami’s treatment of the series has been spotty to say the least, with the infamous Lords of Shadow series being the company’s last foray with the series – except, of course, to make a few pachinko machines here and there.
In lieu of support from its own parent company, then, Netflix and the creative team behind the Castlevania series are the only ones giving the well-established series any love. And it really deserves love – there’s so much to adore about the series, from it’s convoluted lore to its revolutionary gameplay mechanics. But does that mean that we should simply consume the new animated series and move on, without airing any complaints? Of course not.
For as much as Netflix’s Castlevania series manages to capture so much of what made the games great – it’s gothic architecture, iconic characters and B-movie vibe – there’s plenty which prevents it from being truly great. And with the recent release of the second season on the streaming platform, there’s no better time to talk about it.
The biggest problem the series faces is one of pacing. While the first season is quite well constructed, the second puts the main plot of Trevor, Alucard and Sypha’s quest to defeat Dracula on hold for most of its runtime, instead preferring to focus on the vampire side of things. And while that’s not such a bad thing – even the games ended up realizing vampires were more interesting than vampire hunters, after all – it does mean that the second season gets off to a slow start.
But even if blaze through this slow start with Netflix’s beloved “binge-watching” method (as I did) and into the more action-packed second half, the show fails to deliver the kind of sucker punches that you can tell it really wants to. It’s clear that the animation staff at Powerhouse Studios are really talented, and manage to deliver some amazing pieces of key animation when it’s needed most, but for the most part, the show’s thrills are dragged down by dull shot composition and visual direction. An episode will go from an intensely detailed and fluid fight scene to a static back and forth dialogue scene – which not only throws the viewer out of the experience but undermines the viewer’s appreciation of the good bits.
That being said, even during the rather bland dialogue scenes, there is a ray of light – that of the excellent characters, which are always giving it their all despite appearances. Much like the first season, the core trio of Trevor, Alucard, and Sypha are a joy to be around – mostly thanks to the excellent performance by Richard Armitage – and when focus shifts to the vampire side, newcomers Isaac and Hector provide a really interesting insight into why a human would choose to serve an undead master.
And their master, none other than Dracula himself, deserves special mention. The first season gave us a fairly good insight into Dracula’s motives for his attacks on humanity, and the second season goes even deeper, as Dracula goes far beyond that of a simple antagonist and almost morphs into the main character himself in terms of how much the show focuses on him and his journey. It must be said that Graham McTavish’s performance as the iconic vampire is also excellent, bringing a timid ferocity to Dracula’s armchair monologues.
In light of this, I’m hesitant to disparage the show too much. Especially when you also consider that the circumstances surrounding the overall release were clearly not ideal. While the ‘first season’ appeared on Netflix nearly a year ago, it’s clear that the events of that season really should have been a part of this ‘second season’ as well – which in turns leads to the problems with pacing that the show suffers from. It’s not like you can blame anyone for this, as Netflix had never greenlit anything like Castlevania before, and the writing team simply had to work with the conditions that they gave them.
With that said, despite the rocky start for this animated Castlevania series, I’m optimistic about its future. Now that they’ve shown themselves to be successful, Netflix has already given them the greenlit for a ten-episode third season, which should spare the writing team from the problems of a split season. They’ve also left themselves with plenty of interesting threads to pick up for the next season and beyond – with many of them going far beyond the original games’ story and into new territory.
So while I won’t simply take my Castlevania anime and shut up, I will give Netflix props what the series may become in the future. They could be on to a real winner.
You can watch Netflix’s original Castlevania series via their online streaming service, here.
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the Sloan Selection podcast
With a career spanning almost 30 years, 12 full-length albums, a Juno, a Polaris Heritage award for Twice Removed (an album in perpetual conversation as Canada's finest), several East Coast Music Awards, and exactly zero line-up changes, there is no better definition for longevity than Sloan.
With a band consisting of four accomplished songwriters, the Sloan catalogue is vast, deep and dynamic. A veritable treasure trove of rock and roll that has captivated audiences above and below the 45th parallel.
Join hosts Jamie Dew and Jeremy Schultz as they explore and celebrate Sloan's musical career through a 64 song, single-elimination style tournament.
Each week will see two songs face-off and voted on by you, the listener, until one is crowned the favourite. Join the community and get nerdy with a couple of lifelong Sloan fans and discover your favourite songs, all over again.
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Ways in Which an Individual Can Remain Safe During a Protest
In situations where individuals have matters affecting them yet they have taken long to be resolved, protesting could be of great help. But peace must prevail for the protests to be regarded as worth. But to many, protests must involve the creation of chaos. The reason being that there is a feeling of been heard when chaos is involved. In cases where one is in a protest and they find themselves in such a situation, it is crucial that they look for ways in which they can remain safe. Hence, the necessity to view here for information that can help them learn more about ways of maintaining safety in a protest. Here, one is in a position to read more of ways to maintain safety during a protest.
First and foremost, it is required that one learns of the place to conduct the protest. For the reason that there are places in which one can conduct the protests and find themselves in more trouble. Therefore, one can consider protesting on public forums such as the streets, sidewalks and even in the parks. One can also consider conducting protests in front of institutions that belong to the government without interfering with the activities being run there. It is advisable that an individual is keen to not protest in front of private buildings as the owners might file a claim against you.
One should also ensure that police involvement is put into consideration. The reason as to why this is crucial is from the fact the protesting mostly gets the police officers’ attentions. In this regard, one is advised to ensure that as they are protesting, they do not draw the attention of the police officers.
The courage to make an informed decision should be summoned by an individual. The informed among decision process helps an individual choose a protesting group that has good reasons to protest. In that, one should ensure that they understand the reason as to why the protest is to be conducted and also, one should ensure that they understand the individual planning the protest and the plan that they have. One should have the ability to choose a protest that individuals are speaking the same language. It is crucial that one also be in a position to think clearly of what to be involved in and what to not to avoid falling into wrong hands.
In conclusion, one should ensure that they look into keeping the social distance. This safety measure prevents ts individuals from getting diseases that can be spread from one person to another by just being in one place. In this regard, one should ensure that thay put into their masks in cases were putting their social distance is impossible.
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Preparing for a Possible Pandemic – Business Edition
While there are still many unknown’s about COVID-19 what we do know about any crisis is that being prepared is imperative.
On a personal level, being prepared means thinking about what it would take to keep you and your loved ones safe. From a business perspective, being prepared means thinking through how to keep your employees safe as well as the long term effects a pandemic could have on your business. Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases has advised that local communities and cities may need to “modify, postpone or cancel mass gatherings” and this could have quite the impact on businesses worldwide.
Here are some recommended strategies that will help you prepare:
- Start talking now and develop a plan! Connect with your company’s stakeholders and start discussing hypothetical situations. Gather an understanding of if a pandemic were to happen, who could handle key responsibilities, where would job responsibilities transfer to and how long could your business sustain mass absences.
- Discuss the real possibilities of working remotely. What processes and procedures can be put in place that would make working from home possible? Consider everything from virtual meeting space to increased server space to investing in online software to enhance the work capabilities.
- Have an honest conversation with your employees about staying home when sick. We don’t know enough about COVID-19’s incubation period nor how communicable the disease is. It is critical that anyone not feeling well must stay home and not try to play ‘hero’ as they run the risk of inadvertently infecting others. It is also just as important that employees feel that they have permission to stay home and that there won’t be negative repercussions if they miss work.
- Strongly consider cancelling all non-critical business travel. If business travel is necessary, talk through protocols and necessary precautions.
- If an employee does become sick, send them home immediately. Should they subsequently test positive for COVID-19, inform the company’s employees. However be sure to maintain complete confidentiality as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Stay flexible. Information is changing daily, sometimes hourly, and everyone must be ready and willing to change course if necessary. Communication is key and by starting now, hopefully you can put a plan in place that will keep your company strong in the event of a pandemic.
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To cope with overwhelming patient demand, increasing quality standards, and rising costs in the long term, health systems must expand the focus and target their resources to patients on the cusp of risk escalation. That's because one in five rising-risk patients escalate into high-risk each year. So under risk-based contracts, management of rising-risk patients is a health system's greatest opportunity for ensuring sustainability in today's health care landscape. However, that's easier said than done.
To do it well, leading organizations ensure that strategic resources are largely allocated at the intersection of primary care and chronic disease management to curb cost and demand. They target rising-risk management efforts based on key patient risk factors across four, high-level steps:
1. Refresh your strategy to identify at-risk patients every one-to-two years
In order to run targeted rising-risk interventions, population health leaders start with data analytics to identify their at-risk patient population, then build a system around these patients.
2. Use the medical home as the epicenter of patient management
The sheer number of rising-risk patients (up to 35% of your patient population) will require organizations to develop and implement lean, scalable interventions that build on the primary care team at its core.
3. Focus patient education on building self-management skills
Effective patient self-management in-between primary care appointments can reduce the risk of patient escalation and avoidable acute care utilization.
4. Engage community organizations to fill care gaps surfaced in the community health needs assessment
Partnerships among health systems, public health bodies, and community organizations are the most effective ways to sustainably address rising-risk patients' social and community needs.
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Therapy Bundles For You...
With the typical client being in therapy for a minimum of 6 - 12 weeks, it can quickly become an expensive necessity. So why not consider one of my therapy bundles to make sure you are getting the most for your money and the most out of your therapeutic experience.
Therapy bundles are a great way to get the maximum benefit from your therapy, making sure it works for you. There is a certain level of flexibility that comes with your bundle and extra perks you wouldn't necessarily have access to ordinarily. So if you are looking to make your therapy most affordable, whilst having access to extra benefits, then my bundles are perfect for you!
Please take some time to read my cancellation policy at the bottom of my home page.
To help make therapy more affordable, I offer a discount when sessions are block booked, meaning paid for upfront and then booked in all at once. This means you save a significant amount and you know exactly where you are at with your sessions for the next 6 or 10 weeks. See below for prices.
6 sessions: £295 (saving £65)
10 sessions: £525 (saving £75)
These sessions can include any of the available services and run as normal pay as you go sessions, with the bonus of being discounted and pre-organised!
This relaxation bundle allows your to ensure you have regular slots of you time in your diary! perfect for working on self esteem, improving sleep, digestive issues, stress and anxiety, these private 30 minute classes suited around you are just what is needed.
Three 30 minute relaxation session: £80 (saving £10)
Five 30 minute relaxation sessions: £120 (saving £30)
Ten 30 minute relaxation sessions: £240 (saving £60)
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Trade Roller Blinds
We use high-quality Louvolite tubes, cassettes and fixings or the Eclipse Senses system. We offer a wide range of fabrics from major UK suppliers, including Louvolite, Eclipse, Irwins and Decora.
Electrics can be added via Louvolite One-Touch, Somfy WireFree™, Somfy TaHoma® and Powershade motorised systems.
You can also offer scallops, pelmets, eyelets, braid and pulls to your customers for a bespoke service.
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Over the summer, Barstool Sports announced that it would not only become the new sponsor of the Arizona Bowl but the college football game would be exclusively broadcast on Barstool’s website, app, and social media platforms.
The multi-year deal was seen as a big step forward for the controversial sports media company, though the reasons they ended up becoming the game’s broadcaster also seems to have something to do with their reputation and the lack of interest from ESPN and other broadcasters to associate with them. Barstool CEO Erika Nardini said as much in a Sportico article announcing the deal:
“It became clear our title sponsorship would have an implication on where the Arizona Bowl could be broadcast,” Nardini said.
However, bringing the Arizona Bowl coverage in-house didn’t exactly solve all their issues. In August, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to withdraw almost $40,000 in funding from the Arizona Bowl and request that the county’s name be removed from the game’s website. According to Tuscon.com, the board made the decision based largely on “a series of inflammatory statements and tweets made by Barstool founder Dave Portnoy.”
This was well before the latest round of bad publicity for Portnoy and Barstool, stemming from a Business Insider article that included allegations by multiple women of sexual violence and intimidation. In an attempt to clear his name, Portnoy has employed various intimidation tactics to prove these allegations are unfounded.
Meanwhile, bowl season is almost upon us and that means it won’t be long before we find out which two teams will play in the Arizona Bowl. The game currently has tie-ins with the Mountain West Conference and Mid-American Conference and it’s not uncommon for one of the MWC’s top teams to end up here.
The San Diego State Aztecs are in a pretty good place right now. At 9-1, they’re in line to play for the Mountain West title on December 4. This season, the winner of the MWC automatically plays in the inaugural Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl at SoFi Stadium, assuming they don’t find their way into one of the New Year’s Six bowls instead.
However, if SDSU falters at some point, there’s a decent chance they’ll be in line to end up in the Arizona Bowl, surrounded by Barstool-brand coverage and, in effect, partnering with that brand in the build-up to the game. And according to Krik Kenney at the San Diego Union-Tribune, that is a place that the school might decide it doesn’t want to be in.
“I would say that what they purport to be and who we are, are two very different things,” SDSU AD John David Wicker said. “We’ll work with the conference to be in the appropriate place.
“We’ve definitely had some staff people that have voiced their very strong opinion that they do not in any way, shape or form appreciate what Barstool is. The way they talk about women and things like that. I would definitely have to agree with a lot of their sentiments.”
Kenney asked Wicker directly if the Aztecs would refuse to play in the Arizona Bowl if selected and the AD demurred on an official answer.
“I can’t make a comment on a hypothetical at this point, so we’ll work through it as we get to it,” said Wicker. “The big thing is making sure we take care of our kids on the field and get them the opportunity appropriately and we’ll see where that goes.”
When the Business Insider article was released last week, the Arizona Bowl released a statement saying they were “closely monitoring the situation.” In the past, Arizona Bowl executive director Kym Adair has defended Barstool, saying “we felt like this was a company that was growing and evolving and we felt very comfortable aligning with them.”
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Marrying the relieving benefits of CBD and Arnica, this Recovery Balm delivers a rapid relief to aching muscles, inflammation and joint discomfort.
As one of the most celebrated homoeopathic remedies, Arnica has been used for centuries in the treatment of joint and muscle soreness, stiffness, inflammation, bruising and swelling.
Massage into affected areas as often as needed for fast and effective relief.
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Apply a thin layer of balm directly on to dry skin as needed.
Cutaneous (skin) use only. Not to be used on broken skin. Strictly not to be consumed or ingested. Avoid contact with eyes. The use of children and adolescents under 18 years of age is not recommended. Not to be taken during pregnancy or breast-feeding.
Not to be used for more than 10 days. If symptoms persist during the use of this product, a doctor or a qualified health care practitioner should be consulted.
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Offering large commercial Brackish Water 4040 Reverse Osmosis Elements. FilmTec™ LC HR-4040 Membranes produce best quality water with our state-of-the-art reverse osmosis membrane, available for commercial and industrial water desalination applications in Dubai.
FILMTEC™ LC 4040 product range are available to meet a wide variety of customer needs in commercial applications, from producing high quality water to delivering low total system costs.
– LC HR-4040 produces high quality water with our state of the art RO membrane.
– LC LE-4040 delivers high quality water at low pressure at harsh water conditions, using DuPont’s innovative, proprietary technology for low energy applications.
FilmTec™ Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis 4inch Elements can separate salts from water and are produced with an automated fabrication process that ensures precision, consistency and reliability. FilmTec membranes are ideal for use in medium-sized water treatment system that produce less than approximately 10 gpm (2300 L/h) of permeate. The RO membranes build on a tradition of leadership in the thin-film composite membrane industry and meet the challenges of higher rejection in lower-pressure operations.
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If you missed the Best Catch Sustainable Seafood Festival we hosted over the weekend, it celebrated the sustainability of our oceans and how we can make better consumer choices when it comes to seafood (it was also about an abundance of fantastic free samples, great music, and carnival games). There were plenty of exhibitors from around the Lower Mainland to educate visitors about ways in which we can make better ocean-friendly choices. I took the opportunity to talk to a few exhibitors like Oceanwise and MSC and gathered as many recipes as I could from them so that I could share them with you! Today’s post sounds like a lovely way to have salmon, especially with beans, potatoes and fennel being in season.
Citrus and Tarragon Cured Wild BC Coho Salmon with Fennel, Beans and Potato Salad:
- 12 limes, juiced
- 2 grapefruits, juiced
- 2 tsp finely grated fresh ginger
- 3 Tbsp fresh tarragon leaves, chopped
- 11b boneless, skinless wild BC coho salmon fillet
Fennel, Bean and Potato Salad:
- 4-6 new potatoes, washed
- 1 sprig of fresh mint
- sea salt
- 1/2 Ib green and yellow beans, trimmed, cooked and cooled
- 1 bulb fennel, green fronds removed, trimmed, cored and thinly shaved
- 6 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp grainy mustard
- 4 Tbsp coarsely chopped Italian parsley
- freshly ground black pepper
- Maldon sea salt
- cold pressed grapeseed oil or extra virgin olive oil
1. Mix the citrus juice, ginger and tarragon together. Using a sharp knife, thinly slice wild BC coho salmon into 1/8-inch (0.3 cm) thick slices and transfer to a 9 x 13-inch (23 x 33 cm) glass baking dish. Pour the citrus juice mixture over salmon, cover and refrigerate for one hour.
2. Place potatoes and mint in a pot. Cover with water and add salt to taste. Bring to simmer and cook until tender. Drain discarding mint, and let cool. Dice potatoes and add to beans along with fennel.
3. Mix olive oil, lemon juice, mustard and parsley together. Toss with potatoes, beans and fennel. Season to taste.
4. To serve, remove salmon from citrus juice, divide equally onto each plate, placing slices flat. Sprinkle with Maldon sea salt and drizzle with oil Place salad on top of salmon and serve.
SERVES 4 TO 6 AS AN APPETIZER OR LIGHT MEAL
Recipe Source: Michael Allemeier, Winery Chef, Mission Hill Family Estate Winery, printed in British Columbia Salmon Marketing Council’s BC’s Best Wild Salmon Recipes IV brochure.
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Netball Tour to Dubai
Dubai is rapidly becoming one of the best destinations for sports tours. The country offers state of the art sporting venues and facilities as well as some of the most beautiful beaches. A perfect netball tour destination!
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- • Return flights to Dubai from the UK with luggage
- • 5 nights’ full board accommodation in a 4* hotel
- • 1 training session with a netball professional
- • Desert Safari including BBQ dinner
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- • 3 netball fixtures for 1 netball squad
- • All airport, match and excursion transfers in Dubai
- • Services of a Smile tour representative
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Who is Ms. Gowan?
Hello parents and guardians! My name is Rachel Gowan and I am thrilled to be the school counselor here at Humphries Elementary. I received my Specialist degree in School Counseling from Georgia State University in 2018. Prior to studying School Counseling, I received my Master's in Mental Health Counseling from Georgia State and worked as a substance abuse counselor for 2 years. Outside of my love for counseling and working with students, I enjoy practicing martial arts, running, and spending time with my husband, our daughter, Caroline, and our dog, Sam. I am always a phone call or email away so please feel free to reach out to me if you ever have any questions or concerns about your student. (404) 802-8761 email@example.com
Humphries Elementary School Counseling Mission
The mission of the school counseling department at Humphries Elementary school is to work to ensure equitable opportunities for all students through a comprehensive and developmentally appropriate school counseling curriculum that promotes academic, personal/social, and career success. I work in partnership with students, their families, faculty, and other members of the community to provide a safe environment of support that helps foster lifelong learners.
Rachel Gowan, Ed.S., NCC.
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Happy Chinese New Year 2022 And GONG XI FA CAI - Banner Design
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Mental health is a field that has become vastly more complex in recent years. More people than ever before are receiving treatment, which leads to more professionals handling the increased volume of patients.
As a result, there are now different mental health professionals: This article will discuss four mental health professionals.
They specialize in diagnosing mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder while monitoring medications and prescribing them if necessary. Psychiatrists are often called upon to testify in court.
A psychiatrist usually requires a doctoral degree in psychiatry from an accredited school and training in clinical settings for several years. During this process, they can diagnose mental illnesses and prescribe medications.
Psychiatrists then monitor the patients at different intervals during their treatment. Their main job is to educate the general public on healthy lifestyles and preventative measures for mental disorders.
Clinical psychologists are types of psychologists trained to assess mental health and mental disorders and provide treatment. Unlike psychiatrists, clinical psychologists cannot prescribe medication.
They conduct psychotherapy sessions, attend court cases and advocate for patients in hospitals or other facilities for the mentally ill. They focus on teaching and educating people with mental illnesses for recovery.
Spouses, friends, and family members are often brought in weekly to talk about how the person is doing and what they can do to help them better adjust to their situation.
They play a crucial role in illness management as this is the only way mental health issues can be effectively treated, leading to improvements in mental function and quality of life. Psychiatric nurses help with the continuous monitoring of medications.
In some situations, they are also the ones that administer medication to patients. Psychiatric nurses usually have a two-year degree in nursing or a similar field and take mandatory training courses from their organization or employer.
Social workers are types of psychologists who work specifically with people who have a mental illness to improve their overall quality of life and well-being.
They help the patient make decisions that are best for them and develop a better understanding of the illness through education, enabling them to deal with their issues better. They are professionals who involve themselves in personal and social situations that affect mental health to improve them if possible.
Social workers work with people who are experiencing a variety of different mental illnesses and also work with people who are not ill but are experiencing difficulties due to situational or psychological stressors.
All of these professionals are integral parts of maintaining mental health. Because mental illness is increasingly more prevalent, it is important to have numerous people give every individual the best possible treatment possible.
The fields mentioned above have a different set of skills. All of these professionals provide similar services but have unique jobs that they must carry out. If you want more information on the above, you can visit reputable places such as Best Psychology Degrees.
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Our 14 year old collie mix Lucy has been helped so much by Canna-pet. She has arthritis in her back and knees that’s left her unable to walk. We’ve tried prescription anti-inflammatory medications, and they sent her to liver failure. Her body wont tolerate even the new-to-market versions that are supposed to be easier on their organs. No other treatments from the vet have worked either. We have been giving her the Max drops four times a day for several months, and they have helped her where nothing else could. She rests better, has better ease of movement, and has even started trying to stand up and walk a little, which is amazing. Without the relief she gets from Canna-pet, she might not still be with us.
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If your firm subscribes to Voyant's option rebranding (white labelling service), you have the option to add any number of model portfolios to your semi-bespoke version of the software.
To add model portfolios to your firm's rebrand:
1. Create a file that defines what these portfolios will be,
2. Be certain to format this file correctly,
3. Send this file to Voyant support, requesting to have the model portfolios therein added to your rebrand.
Our support team can take it from there. Then going forward, simply let us know if any changes or additions that need to be made to these portfolios by sending us an updated portfolios file.
A sample model portfolio file.
An example of a model portfolio file can be found here.
To use this csv file you will need to download it.
Things to know about the formatting of this file.
This file is only an example. Our staff will need a spreadsheet with one or more of your model portfolios defined therein.
- Each portfolio will need to have a unique name.
- The percentages allocated to the assets in each portfolio must total to a 100% allocation across the asset classes that it uses.
- The asset types in this file would, of course, need to match the names of those in your firm's own custom market assumptions. Model portfolios could also be based on the asset classes used in Voyant's standard market assumptions (those that come packed with the software), provided that your firm uses them.
Tip: To view the asset classes used in your firm's market assumptions (the asset classes that would be referenced in your model portfolios), go to Preferences and in System Preferences to the left side of the screen, expand the Market Assumptions panel.
- The list of whatever asset classes your firm uses. The asset classes should be listed in the top row in all caps (e.g. INVESTMENT_GRADE_BONDS).
- Enter a unique name for each portfolio in the row headings. These are the portfolio names as they will appear in the software. The name of each portfolio should be listed row-by-row down column A - e.g. “King and Co 20” and "King and Co 60" in the sample spreadsheet are the names of two different model portfolios.
- The amounts allocated to each asset should be in the columns to the right of portfolio name (column b, column c…).
- Importantly, the percentage allocated to each asset class must be in a decimal format (e.g. 0.5), not a percentage format (e.g. 50%).
- Be sure to save the edited file in a .csv (comma-separated value) format, which is a standard Save As format option in Excel, and send the file to Voyant support requesting that the portfolios therein be included in your firm's rebrand.
When will the updated model portfolios appear in the software?
Once you receive confirmation from our staff that your rebrand has been updated, either update the software or wait for our next general software update. Read more >>
How can I use the model portfolios and where are the found in the software?
The model portfolios will be available to Load from any of the Asset Allocation panels in the software.
Asset Allocation can be set as a default growth preference in Preferences > Plan Preferences (to the right side of the screen) > on the Asset Allocation panel.
You also have the option to use an asset allocation (portfolio) to derive growth assumptions for:
- Individual investments (on the Investments screen),
- Existing money purchases (on the Pensions > Money Purchase screen),
- Current or future drawdown pensions (on the Pensions > Drawdown Pension screen).
For example, on the Investments screen you could select the investment which will use the model portfolio.
1. The growth rate derived from this mix of assets and the market assumptions upon which they are based, can be set under Advanced Settings > Asset Allocation.
2. Note: To use an asset allocation, rather than a fixed growth rate, to set the account's growth assumptions, be sure to tick "Use Asset Allocation for Account Growth", located at the top of the Asset Allocation panel. This setting can also be activated on the Advanced Settings > Growth panel.
3. Click Load.
Your asset allocation library will display.
This library of model portfolio will probably contain a few 100% asset allocations that are packaged automatically with the software's market assumptions - e.g. "100% Cash".
The library may also contain model portfolios that you created and saved.
If your firm uses our rebranding (white labelling) service, the library may also include model portfolios that your firm has asked to have packaged into their rebranded, semi-bespoke verison of Voyant.
4. Select from the library the model portfolio you want to use it to set the growth assumptions for the account.
Note: The main Asset Allocation also gives you the option to enter your own asset allocations on the fly. To do this instead of using a model portfolio, click Cancel to return to the main Asset Allocation panel. Then click Edit to enter an asset allocation. This asset allocation could also be saved to the library if you wish to reuse it for other investments or in other client cases.
5. Click Load.
The selected portfolio will now appear on the investment's Asset Allocation panel.
6. Click OK and then Save or Update to save your changes.
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Cozy up to fall décor this year with signs that bring an effortless classicality to your space. This collection brings you the best of what we have to offer here at House of Jason! With neutral tones of wood, black, and white; our fall signage is sure to go hand in hand with the reds and oranges of the season. Bring fall's favorite memory making pastimes into your home this season with our Fall Collection!
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You might get a headache when buying Midwest Auto Insurance. It isn’t difficult to find a plan that works for you, but you will have to do a little bit of reading to find a good fit. Taking the time to do the right research will help you not only save money, but find a plan that covers all of your needs. These hints should help you buy a good policy.
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When shopping for car insurance, you should understand that only the driver on the policy is being insured. Often people will allow a buddy to use their vehicle, but if the buddy is involved in a car accident, the insurance company can deny payment of any claims. Although it will cost extra, you can elect for coverage which will permit other drivers to operate your vehicle.
Think carefully about buying after-market add-ons if you really do not need them. Upgrades such as leather seats and a killer sound system are awesome, but these are not things you really need. Under the terrible chance that your car is destroyed or stolen, the insurance company is not going to cover all those expensive additions you have placed under the hood. In the end, the upgrades will only lose you more money than they are worth.
There are more details involved in choosing an Missouri Auto Insurance policy, than you might have thought there were. You will need to do your research and use common sense, and the effort you put in to choosing your insurance will pay off by protecting your vehicle. If you follow the tips above, you can choose a better insurance policy.
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Eddie Pepitone (@eddiepepitone) is a great comic and has a new special for streaming on Netflix called “In Ruins.” Check it out. We dork out VERY specifically about Hockey. I know. HOCKEY! So great. And then I learn of a PBS Agatha Christie show I should have been watching forever and then we dork out at each other about Hitchiker’s Guide. www.eddiepepitone.com for his schedule and podcast and all of it. Check it out.
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, so I’m pleased to say I’ve got something new for you all. The novel was taking up a large part of my spare time so I decided to take a little break and return to writing a few short stories.
‘Twisted Tales’ presents eight unique stories united by endings with a twist. It features three new short stories and edited versions of his existing five shorts.
This collection contains the following stories: ‘Wind in the Trees’, ‘Old House’, ‘The Man Who Could Replicate Himself’, ‘Dying With My Children’, ‘The Operation’, ‘To Kill the President’, ‘Extramarital’ and ‘Body Recyclers’.
Distraction over, it’s back to the novel. I hope you enjoy!
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Managing Fear and Worry
This past year has been extraordinarily taxing for almost every one of us. Prior, life, for many of us, ticked along, and then suddenly as coronavirus took hold it appeared that life as we knew it came to a halt; followed almost immediately by a profound change in how we live our daily lives. There have been dreadful events worldwide, some covid-19 related and some not, and, while some people may have seen life improve in some ways as the rat-race slowed down, for many, there remains a feeling of fear. Covid-19 has now made its way into 2021, and we are still unsure of what is to come. Vaccination is progress, yet uncertainty remains. When confronted with the unknown to the extent we are currently, it is natural to feel fear and worry.
Numerous clients have come for psychotherapy to alleviate anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship issues, loneliness and isolation, stress and issues at work, to name but a few. I can see, hear, and feel within the therapy room and beyond it, that fear and worry are rife. Some worries and fears seem tied to specific past or current events or feared future possibilities. Others seem almost low-level and ever-present. It would not be ideal for worry and fear to be completely absent, after all, fear
is fundamental to our very survival, informing us of what feels wrong, risky, or potentially fatal, helping us to keep ourselves safe.
But for many, fear and worry seems to be a raw nerve, repeatedly pressed on, whether it’s from something we see on the news, or from personal bereavement, loss, change, fear of illness in ourselves and others, death anxiety, proximity to others, and general uncertainty. These feelings are natural and ‘normal’.
Remember you have choices. If we are to take a cue from existential philosophical thought, is that
your fear, and worry, does not have to entirely dictate how you feel in your life. Uncertainty is not the enemy. It does not have to strike you catatonic, nor does it have to prevent you from really living. When faced with bleak external circumstances that are outside of our control, we have choices about our outlook and attitude. Even not choosing is making a choice.
Self-sooth without harm. Reach for what brings you comfort, gentle distraction and harmless pleasure. Sensory things which ground us, can be so good for our bodies and minds, while faced with the unknown. Whether it’s watching something that makes us laugh; having a hot bath or shower with nice smelling wash products; listening to music that brings a feeling of happiness; looking at photographs that bring joyful memories or are beautiful places we hope to go; moving our bodies; or even snuggling in some soft clothing, wrapped in a blanket. This list is not exhaustive.
Stay present as much as is possible. Anxiety loves projection, and the more we engage with what we think may or may not happen in future, the bigger our anxiety grows. To ‘right-size’ anxiety, trying to connect to our breath in this moment, from moment to moment, putting one foot in front of the other, can help us manage pain and discomfort. Meditation practice can be great for this, and we have a free meditation available here which I hope is helpful to you.
Try not to weather the storm alone. Sometimes connection to new grounded people can be a joyful pursuit. Alternately, if you already have the support of others, keep hold of it. Some of us find great strength in our family or our friends, or people who we know who will listen with empathy. If you are able to talk to them, express yourself, be who you are and share your experiences and emotions without the fear of judgement, this is likely a valuable source of support, and can help with alleviating distress.
Be there for others. Offering empathy, learning about others perspectives, listening to others feelings (within limits), and ultimately supporting one another, can result in a feeling of usefulness and connectedness, reducing feelings of isolation and ‘being in one’s own head’.
See your thinking for what it is. Dependent upon the circumstances, sometimes the difference between feeling fear and worry or not, is the amount of time spend thinking about things. Our thoughts are often just thoughts and are not facts. It can be helpful to notice thoughts, but not follow them to their conclusion, much like noticing a dark and suspect alley-way and making the decision not to enter it.
If overwhelmed, seek therapy.
You may be reading this and thinking it is simple in theory to manage these legitimate discomforts, but not easy in practice. For those of you who feel truly overwhelmed and lost with fear and worry, we see you, and we are here for you. We offer anxiety counselling, stress counselling, and depression counselling, as well as therapy for overthinking, to help people who are struggling, to help themselves. If you are suffering, you needn’t struggle alone. We are currently offering free 30-minute consultations for people thinking of starting therapy.
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Last year, DJ LeMahieu set a career high with 15 home runs. In events entirely fitting of 2019, he’s already well past that with 24 homers and still has another month to go. So what’s going on?
The cop out answer is to just say ‘the ball’ since that’s the answer to almost every dinger-related question in 2019. That may well be the answer, but let’s dig and see what we can find.
Given the improvements from Mike Tauchman, Cameron Maybin, Gio Urshela, and Luke Voit, there’s evidence that the Yankees’ coaching staff does something to get more out of hitters. Have they done this with LeMahieu in any way we can detect from the outside? In terms of results, the only difference we can really see is a slight increase in launch angle. That sits at 7.2 this season, up from 5.7 last year. But that’s still a relatively low launch angle, especially when it comes to a home run hitter. For comparison, Aaron Judge’s average launch angle is about 10 and Gary Sanchez’s is about 14.
DJLM is also hitting the ball about as far as he did in 2018. This year, his average batted ball distance is 162 feet, compared to 163 feet last year. His average home run distance–387–is noticeably shorter than last year’s 399 (we’ll revisit this later). His average exit velocities–91.1 in 2018; 91.8 in 2019–are also dead even. So in terms of what we see when the ball comes off the bat, it’s hard to see any big changes that either DJ or the coaching staff has made. But what about the process?
What a player swings at can have an effect on his results. Swing at strikes–good! Swing at balls–bad! So what’s up with LeMahieu’s swings? He’s had more of them this year. His overall swing percentage is up from 41.7% in 2018 to 45.5% this year. This change stems in part from an increased swing percentage on pitches in the zone. That number is at 64.4 this year, as compared to 59.2 last year. Additionally, his swings on what Statcast labels as ‘meatballs’ are up, too, from 64.1% in 2018 to 71.1% in 2019.
Here we have our first potential answer to the increase in LeMahieu’s homers. While he’s not necessarily hitting the ball any harder or farther than before, he’s swinging at more pitches in the zone and more meatballs. More in-zone and meatball swings could definitely lead to an increase in home runs.
A thought I had when I first, uh, thought of this post was that perhaps DJLM was taking advantage of his reputation. He’s not known as a power hitter, so maybe there are certain pitches or locations he’s ambushing when a pitcher leaves one there, thinking the worst that could happen is a single. There seems to be some evidence of that.
Last year, LeMahieu hit 11 home runs on fastballs; this year, he’s already got 9. But the real uptick is homers on non-fastballs. He’s hit 9 on breaking pitches this year, which almost matches his totals from 2016-2018 combined (10). His 5 homers on offspeed pitches perfectly match his totals from 2015-2018 combined. Perhaps he’s looking for those pitches in certain counts and is doing more damage to them than before. What about the locations? Let’s take a look.
First, we have LeMahieu’s homers by zone in 2018:
We see something we’d expect to see of a right handed hitter: homers on balls on the inner part of the plate and over the middle. Let’s look at 2019 now.
While there isn’t as much red on the inside part of the plate, there’s a lot of it right down the middle. Compared to last year, DJ is hammering pitches right down the middle and sending them over the fences. Whether by luck or (bad) design, pitchers are paying for throwing down the middle to a guy who, heretofore, hadn’t hit for much power. Good on LeMahieu for making them pay.
Finally, let’s go to the place we knew this would end up: Yankee Stadium. One of the reasons, the Yankees went after LeMahieu is they recognized he had an opposite field approach. Any hitter, lefty or righty, who tends towards right field in Yankee Stadium is likely to have success. In terms of home runs, the short porch and right center field (where he hit his walk off yesterday) are there for the taking. Yankee Stadium is also, obviously, smaller than Coors Field. It takes less distance (remember from before?) to hit a homer there than it does in Coors, regardless of direction.
More than he did at Coors last year, DJ is taking advantage of his home park for home runs. He has 17 at home this year. In 2018, he had just 4 in Coors and 11 on the road. His HR/FB% at home last year? 5.8. His HR/FB% at home this year? 26.2%.
We have a few possible reasons why DJ LeMahieu is hitting more home runs this year (setting the ball aside for now). He’s got a slightly higher launch angle; he’s swinging at more pitches in the zone and more meatballs; he’s hitting more non-fastballs out of the park; he’s homering on more middle-middle pitches; and he’s taking advantage of his home park.
As is usually the case with baseball, there’s a multifaceted answer. But regardless of the nuance of that answer, we’re enjoying a great season by LeMahieu and he’s more than helped carry this team through its glut of injuries and trials, tribulations, and all that other narrative good stuff. Given what I’d said about this signing in the offseason, I’m more than surprised by his performance. That homers have been a part of that is even more surprising and more rewarding.
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Categories by Angie Liew December 30, 2014 Recipe Categories View all recipes by categories. Baking Recipes Browse our popular baking recipes, such as Pineapple Tarts, Traditional Mooncakes, Baked Tapioca Cake. Egg, Tofu and Vegetable Recipes Explore our popular Egg Tofu Vegetables Recipes such as Claypot Tofu, Chinese Steamed Egg and Stir Fry French Beans. Meat and Poultry Recipes Check out our popular Meat & Poultry Recipes such as Marmite Chicken, Ayam Goreng Berempah and Char Siew. Rice, Noodles, Pasta Recipes Popular Rice Noodles Pasta Recipes such as Chinese Egg Fried Rice, Pineapple Fried Rice, White Fried Beehoon. Sauces and Condiments Recipes Popular Sauces & Condiments Recipes such as Homemade Sambal, Acar, Pickled Green Chillies. Seafood and Fish Recipes Popular Seafood & Fish Recipes such as Stir Fried Clams, Har Lok, Butter Prawns. Snacks and Appetizers Recipes Popular Snacks & Appetizers Recipes such as Spiral Curry Puffs, Seafood Tofu, Steamed Radish Cake. Soups and Stews Recipes Popular Soups & Stews Recipes such as White Radish Pepper Soup, Lotus Root Soup.
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The earth is a world of life rich in species, with millions of different kinds of life. These lives are mainly distributed on land and oceans. In fact, there were no terrestrial life in the early life on earth, only marine life, and the most primitive life on earth was born in the ocean.
So marine life is actually richer and more mysterious than terrestrial life. Although human beings have basically understood most of terrestrial life, except for some life at the poles, after entering the age of science and technology, we don’t know much about marine life, especially deep-sea life.
The ocean area accounts for 71% of the earth’s surface area, so the types of marine life are more complex than terrestrial organisms, and there are still many areas of the ocean that are blind spots for exploration, such as the deep sea. Human beings can only dive up to 100 meters with ordinary diving equipment. The shallow water area is the area where the sun can irradiate. This area has the most marine life and the most concentrated sea layer.
When the water layer is out of sunlight, it enters the deep water area, where it is almost dark, and the difficulty of exploration is relatively large, and the deeper the deep sea requires more advanced diving equipment to be able to go deep. Even if we can go deep into the sea for 10,000 meters, it is still very difficult to truly explore the mysteries there.
Therefore, humans currently have less than 10% of the exploration and understanding of the ocean, and 90% of the unexplored areas are mainly concentrated in the deep sea. However, if humans want to enrich the earth’s life circle and find more unknown creatures, it is necessary to explore The place is the deep sea. Every year, scientists discover many species that have not been discovered before, most of which come from the ocean, especially deep-sea creatures.
So what special marine creatures did scientists discover in the deep sea? In fact, there are still a lot of deep-sea creatures discovered. Today we have selected 5 weird-looking deep-sea creatures to let friends know about them. Each of them is an eye-opener for people.
1. The big king worm, also known as the giant deep sea lice, giant isopod, is the world’s largest animal kingdom, arthropod phylum, isopod, and water lice. It is generally believed that the great king-footed insect lives in large numbers in the cold deep ocean of the Atlantic Ocean.
This kind of bug belongs to insects. In many people’s perceptions, insects are relatively small. But few people know that there was an era of giant insects on the earth 234 million years ago. It was an era when insects dominated the earth. Insects were able to dominate the world because the insects at that time were extremely large. The wingspan of ordinary dragonflies could reach more than 2 meters, and the body length of centipedes reached more than 3 meters.
If you think about it, you can imagine that the insects themselves are very horrible and weird, plus the size of a few meters or more, how incredible it is. If such a large insect appears in front of us now, it is estimated that many people will be directly stunned. Of course, the era of giant insects did not last for too long before it ended. Later, the insects continued to grow smaller in the process of evolution and became small insects today.
As a member of the modern insect kingdom, the king’s footed insect has a body length of 19-37 cm, which is already a giant in the insect kingdom. It’s just that the king worms do not live on land but in the ocean, and the main activity area is also in the deep sea.
Giant kingfish are important scavengers in the deep sea environment. People also call them marine scavengers. Most of them are carnivorous, mainly eating the carcasses of dead marine organisms, such as whales and squids. In addition, they will also actively hunt some slow-moving marine creatures, such as sea cucumbers, sponges, nematodes, radiolarians and other seabed animals and plants.
Insects naturally have a large number of compound eyes, and the king worm is no exception. It also has as many as 4,000 compound eyes. The compound eye function is very powerful, not only can expand the field of view, but also more sensitive to the surrounding moving objects, and can detect potential hazards in time.
Although the king worm is a deep sea scavenger, we should not underestimate this creature, it can also be regarded as a kind of overlord in the deep sea. Although it will not actively attack other creatures, if a creature provokes it, it will have to withstand its powerful attack power. Moreover, this creature’s survivability is also very powerful, and it can go without food for several months.
2. Frilled sharks. Speaking of marine overlord-level creatures, many people think of sharks. Sharks can be regarded as the dominant creatures of the ocean. Their main area of activity is also the deep sea. Although whales are much larger than sharks in size, in reality, whales are a kind of marine creature that sharks like to hunt very much. .
Even the largest creatures in the ocean like blue whales may be eaten by sharks. Many people’s perception of sharks is that of normal fish size, but one type of shark is completely different from other types of sharks. This shark is called Frilled Shark, which is a special shark similar to an eel.
I believe everyone knows that the eel is a fish with a slender body, similar to the body of a snake. The frilled shark is a slender shark. From the outside, you might not think of it as a shark, but a giant water snake.
Frilled shark is named for its gill clefts with wrinkles on its head. Because of its similar appearance to eels, it is also called “Pseudo-eel” and is one of the most primitive shark species on earth. Generally live about 1500 meters under the sea. Although it looks like an eel, this shark has 300 sharp teeth and more than 25 rows. It looks like a fierce predator in the sea.
Frilled sharks feed on fish and other sharks, and their jaws open and close flexibly, capable of swallowing their prey whole. It can be seen that although it is also a member of the shark family, it is a natural enemy of sharks. Once it encounters other sharks, the frilled shark will also attack and hunt, using them as food. Frilled sharks obviously have stronger physical power than ordinary sharks.
3. Mysterious cuttlefish, cuttlefish is also called cuttlefish, cuttlefish, cephalopod mollusk from the squid order, closely related to octopus and calamari. The squid’s body can be divided into three parts: head, feet and trunk. The trunk is equivalent to the internal organs and is covered by a muscular mantle with a calcareous inner shell.
Although squids are molluscs, they are very domineering in the ocean, especially the big squid is a terrifying marine creature. They live in the deep sea, with a body length of more than 20 meters and a weight of about 2-3 tons. They are the largest invertebrates in the world.
There are many types of squids, and they live in the deep sea, and they are a kind of terrifying deep-sea creatures, so we know very little about the big squids. Scientists once discovered a very rare giant squid when exploring the deep sea in the Gulf of Mexico. It is called the long-legged squid, which may be a kind of large-fin squid.
The large fin squid can reach 1.5 to 7 meters in length. The giant squid discovered by scientists in the deep sea is slightly different from the large fin squid previously known. It appears to have more than 10 appendages of the same length. Scientists have only photographed a scene of it from a distance. As for the specific information of this creature, we don’t know. Some scientists believe that this may be a new type of marine life, not a big fin squid.
Fourth, the special lizard fish, lizard fish can be said to be a very rare creature in the ocean, they generally live in the deep sea of 1000-2500 meters. Scientists on a scientific research boat accidentally pulled out this thing when they were fishing with a trawl net near eastern Australia. It looked like a monster with fangs, with the body of an eel and the face of a lizard.
Although they are not overlord-level creatures in the ocean right, they have relatively strong survivability. The reason is that these marine creatures are hermaphrodite, which means that any lizard fish can reproduce offspring with other lizard fish it encounters. Relying on this powerful ability, they can survive in the ocean for a long time.
5. Sparrow-tailed Mantis Shrimp, this is a very beautiful shrimp. Under its charming appearance, it hides its powerful predatory ability. When they are capturing their prey, they can strike the prey with extremely fast speed and impact, even if the prey has a hard shell, it will still be crushed.
Sparrow-tailed mantis shrimps are extremely aggressive, fierce and territorial, and often appear fearless. Fish are its main enemy. After being caught in the open air, it always fights. The bird-tailed mantis shrimp struggling in the hunter’s mouth is difficult to swallow, and many are spat out intact. If you put a birdtail mantis shrimp into a large fish tank, it won’t be long before the other small animals in the fish tank will be eaten up by the birdtail mantis shrimp.
The above five weird marine creatures are just the tip of the iceberg in the entire deep-sea creatures. With the continuous advancement of human science and technology, we will still be able to discover more peculiar and mysterious marine creatures with more powerful deep-sea diving devices in the future. Perhaps the greatest secret of the earth lies in the deep ocean.
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Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III Says The Fence Worked
In a press conference Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood III Said “The Fence Worked” regarding the Austin Dillon incident. Austin Dillon was involved in a multi-car crash (the whole field really) late in the Coke Zero 400. The car went airborne and into the catchfence. Below is the official report from NASCAR.
Click Here: View Austin Dillon crash video and photos
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Daytona International Speedway track president Joie Chitwood III said 13 fans were seen by medical personnel following the last-lap crash at the 2.5-mile superspeedway, with one being transported to a local hospital and later released.
“We assessed 13 individuals in the grandstands,” Chitwood said following a vicious crash on the final lap of the Coke Zero 400 that included Austin Dillon going airborne. “Eight declined any medical attention. We had four treated on property in our first aid and care centers, and we had one transported off property to a local hospital. That individual was reported as stable when they were transported off property.”
A track spokesman announced at 4:55 a.m. ET that the individual had been released.
Names of those treated were not disclosed.
Dillon’s Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was launched into the catchfence along the frontstretch following contact between several cars, and then was thrown back onto the racing surface. A section of fencing was destroyed and fans were struck by debris.
Dillon’s car, or what was left of it, had barely come to a stop, on its roof, when it was struck by the No. 2 Ford of Brad Keselowski.
Crewmen from race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Hendrick Motorsports team, stationed just across the infield from the crash scene, quickly rushed to Dillon’s aid.
Moments later, after rescue personnel had arrived on the scene, Dillon scrambled from his mangled car, and after walking away from the crash, took off his helmet and raised his arms in response to cheers from those in the grandstands.
the fence worked
– Joie Chitwood III
Chitwood said he was proud of the fact “that the fence worked” and “the additional safety enhancements” performed as anticipated.
“We’ll take this situation, we’ll learn from it, we’ll analyze it, and we’ll round up our engineering team and see if there’s any additional things we can learn to get better the next time,” he said.
It was the second time in three years that a car had impacted the fencing that separates the racing surface from the grandstands on the frontstrech at Daytona. In February of 2013, driverKyle Larson’s car also struck the fencing. More than a dozen fans were transported to area hospitals after being hit by debris.
“Obviously through the last couple years, we’ve learned a lot, whether it’s fencing or the facility itself in terms of enhancements,” Chitwood said. “One of the elements of the project of Daytona Rising was no longer having fans or individuals on Rim Road and closing off the grandstands on the front row, so those were in the new sections, and that was what was in place today, and I think it did a very good job.”
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Looking for a new way to add flavor to your burger? Trade in your traditional ketchup for California Sun Dried Tomato Ketchup from Traina Foods.
Sixteen pounds of fresh roma tomatoes are needed to make one pound of sun dried tomatoes — that means each bottle of ketchup has the equivalent of around four pounds of tomatoes.
It’s not just for burgers. Try Traina’s Sun Dried Tomato Ketchup on eggs, tacos, meatloaf, sausages, steak and more.
Traina California Sun Dried Tomato Ketchup costs approximately $5 for a 16 oz. bottle. Click here to find out where it is sold in your area.
Disclosure: The Amateur Gastronomer received a complimentary sample.
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Corey Graves Reportedly Cleared For WWE In-Ring Return
Graves has not wrestled since 2014
WWE RAW announcer Corey Graves has reportedly been cleared for an in-ring return.
Per a report from Fightful Select, Graves was allegedly initially cleared by WWE doctors in 2020, but remained on an internal ‘no contact’ list due to past issues with concussions. However it is now believed that Graves is off that list, clearing the way for Graves to make an in-ring return if he wants it, although neither Graves nor WWE have confirmed nor denied this.
Graves was forced to retire from in-ring competition in early 2014 after doctors would not clear him after concussion issues, with Graves instead transitioning over to NXT’s commentary booth.
Since then, Graves has become one of WWE’s most trusted announcers, currently playing his trade on RAW, having also called SmackDown, and at times performing double duty on both shows. During a RAW broadcast in November 2021, Graves had a quick run with the 24/7 Title after pinning Akira Tozawa, promptly losing it to broadcast colleague Byron Saxton.
Pre-WWE, Graves was known for his work on the Indies under the name Sterling James Keenan, wrestling for Ring Of Honor, IWA Mid-South, and the NWA, amongst others.
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Harker Herbals Detox Support blends 16 plant-based ingredients to support the removal of chemicals and other toxins from the body, blood and lungs. This tonic may help reduce toxin overload and assist with a deeper body cleanse. It may also help with recovery from over-indulgence in food.
Always read the label and use as directed. If symptoms persist, see your healthcare professional.
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The larger are accented with hat bells and several bear JAPAN labels -- all have a cord hanger for tree display. Condition is very nice with minor usage wear - the large white elf has light spotting on his white suit as shown - does not detract. Think these are just charming - always planned on creating a holiday wreath filled with these knee huggers - just never did - color and fun addition to any Christmas elf collection or holiday display!If questions, please contact me, thanks! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The item "15 Colorful Vintage CHRISTMAS Knee Hugging PIXIE ELF Tree Ornament Decorations" is in sale since Sunday, March 29, 2020.
This item is in the category "Collectibles\Holiday & Seasonal\Christmas\ Modern (1946-90)\Ornaments\Other Mod. The seller is "economybooster" and is located in San Jose, California.This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, Sweden, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Austria, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Canada, Bermuda.
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MY aunt, who's never had much interest in politics, is a land-rights activist. The federal government drove her to it. Bureaucrats hounded her for months, insisting that her small plot is a wetland "protected" under federal law, and demanding that she repent of the high crime of planting a garden on her own property. Now the swelling antigovernment citizens army has another soldier.
In the years since the greens gained prominence in government, the cause of property rights has become a people's issue. The activists are not corporate lobbyists but average people who believe that they are being stripped of the right to use their property as they see fit. For the people harmed by environmental laws, the issue can be reduced to a model: us (the property-owning citizens) against them (the elites in environmental organizations and government).
In every region, hard knocks from the feds are pushing people like my aunt into politics and even active resistance. The West, in particular, has been the site of a virtual state of war between citizens and federal regulators. When California Republican Congressman Richard Pombo held hearings earlier this year to discuss the effects of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on ordinary Westerners, he found a citizenry furious at the heavy-handedness of the environmental police and determined to resist further encroachments on their rights.
Freshman Republicans tend to sympathize with these victims of government regulations. Many of the freshmen entered public life for the purpose of curbing and repealing federal laws and restoring some sense of privacy from government to the home and land.
Beating back the greens wasn't in the Contract With America, but it was central to many House elections.
However, the Republican leadership, in both houses of Congress, appears to have a different view. They have been in Washington during the period when passage and enforcement of new eco-regulations grew sharply. They voted for legislation that today is the very source of conflict, but they have not seen it in action outside the Beltway.
Chuck Cushman, national coordinator of a group called the Grassroots ESA Coalition, has argued that "grassroots and property rights activists actually had more influence in the Senate when the Democrats were in control."
He's got a point. The hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on the ESA actively excluded testimony from landowners who have seen their property values reduced or zeroed out by regulations. "Not a single victim of the ESA was allowed to testify," said Cushman. "Out of 14 witnesses today on three different panels, not one of them has been personally harmed by the ESA's onerous land-use regulations."
The most fervent environmentalist among the Republican leadership turns out to be Newt Gingrich himself. At the final session of Mr. Pombo's Congressional hearing earlier this year, Mr. Gingrich appeared uninterested and unsympathetic to the plight of those testifying. He even turned the tables on them by intoning: "These are enormous interests that we have as human beings in maintaining biological diversity."
In familiar routine, Gingrich thus thwarted a worthy effort by freshman Republicans, many of whom still believed that a "Republican Revolution" should include an honest effort to restore land rights and shrink Leviathan.
Speaker Gingrich repeated the performance this summer when he opposed Republican efforts to eliminate the functions of the National Biological Survey (NBS). To its proponents, the program is a nonpartisan exercise in species identification and classification. But government never gathers statistics without a reason. The program's sheer scope is unprecedented, and its upshot could easily be a tripling of the number of species on the endangered list. It's anyone's guess as to how many more millions of acres the federal government will thereby be able to control.
The Speaker is not shedding any tears for the victims of the NBS. Gingrich, whose boyhood dream was to be a zookeeper, has recently been described by Harvard entomologist E.O. Wilson as "intensely interested in animals." According to U.S. News & World Report, Gingrich has held informal meetings with prominent pro-green scientists for months now, including entomologist Thomas Eisner and Marxist paleontologist Steven Jay Gould.
The Speaker's green side, incidentally, is nothing new. Last year, he co-sponsored a measure by Rep. Gerry Studds (D) of Massachusetts that would double spending on endangered species and give additional powers to environmental regulators. In the past, Gingrich's support for environmental measures has ranged from the 1979 Alaska Lands Bill, which closed off 68 million acres of wilderness, to the Clean Air Act of 1990, whose cost has been estimated at over $40 billion annually.
It always surprises liberals to learn that the Washington establishment is not pro-land rights. The regulators and the lobbyists are on the other side, and it takes guts for any member of Congress to stand up to them.
Even when your own constituents are calling you, it's easier to go along with Washington's status quo, however tyrannical it may be. Gingrich and the Republican leadership appear to have succumbed to the temptation.
But they should remember - and the freshmen should continue to remind them - what they are there to do. They are not supposed to side with the Beltway establishment; they are supposed to oppose it and dismantle it. Environmental regulations have dispossessed ordinary people of their land. That violates a sacred trust. People like my aunt have far more personal loyalty to their land than to any particular political party, much less the present leadership of Congress.
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Separating circulating cancer cells from blood cells for the purpose of diagnosing, prognosticating, and treating a patient, is about to become a lot easier thanks to the work of a team of researchers from Penn State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Notre Dame.
Presently, blood samples are put in a centrifuge for 10 minutes and spun at a rate of 3,000 revolutions per minute for the purpose of separating blood cells from cancer cells. One cancer-cell / blood-cell separation method includes the use tumor-specific antibodies that bind with the cancer cells and isolate them during the centrifuge spin; the problem here is they require that the appropriate antibodies be known prior to the procedure. Another approach is to scan the blood samples for size, deformability or electrical properties post spin cycle.
In short, it’s laborious work.
“Looking for circulating tumor cells in a blood sample is like looking for a needle in a haystack,” said Tony Jun Huang, professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State University. “Typically, the CTCs are about one in every one billion blood cells in the sample.”
The group’s aforementioned “sound” solution uses acoustic waves to separate cells in a non-invasive, much gentler way. It’s also much more cost-effective.
The researchers worked experimentally as well as with models to optimize the separation of cancer cells from blood. They used an acoustic-based microfluidic device that allowed a stream of blood to continuously pass through the device for separation. A bit more technically, two sound sources are placed opposite each other. They both emit the same wavelength of sound which creates a spot where they cancel one another out. Because they have pressure, these sound waves are able to be adjusted to push small objects, including cells and nanoparticles. The group adjusted the pressure of these sounds waves to a frequency capable of moving the cancer cells out of the blood stream; that is, as the blood passed through the device, the waves pushed the cancer cells out of the stream to the point where they cancelled each other out, or there was no lateral movement. The researchers specifically designed this “spot of cancellation” to be on a separate channel, so the cells could be easily collected for analysis.
This technique uses very small amounts of energy — the power intensity and frequency used is similar to that which is used in ultrasonic imaging.
Also worth noting is that each cell is exposed to the acoustic wave for just a fraction of a second, thereby limiting any damaging effects to the blood sample as a whole.
For the researchers, this approach is much more efficient, as the cells do not require labeling or surface modification.
In terms of the results from the group’s experiments, two types of human cancer cells were used to test out their acoustic separation technique: HELA cells and MCF7 cells, which are similar in size.
Using their technique, they had a separation rate of more than 83%.
To further test their technique, the group separated other cancer cells without first optimizing the pressure of the acoustic waves to match the size / weight of the new cancer cells; again, they recorded a separation rate of more than 83%.
The team is now looking to take their device outside the lab.
“Because these devices are intended for use with human blood, they need to be disposable,” said Huang. “We are currently figuring out manufacturing and mass production possibilities.”
They also need to be rapidly and easily applicable if they’re ever going to see clinical use.
“In order to significantly increase the throughput for capturing those rare CTCs, device design has to be optimized for much higher flow rates and longer acoustic working length,” said Ming Dao, principal research scientist, materials science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “With an integrated experimental/modeling approach, the new generation of the device has improved cell sorting throughput more than 20 times higher than previously achieved and made it possible for us to work with patient samples.”
Down the road, the researchers foresee a day where their device could be used for initial diagnosis, determining treatment and prognosis, and to monitor how patients react to chemotherapy,
“This work, involving a highly cross-disciplinary group of medical doctors, engineers, computational biologists, and device experts, has led to the design and development of a label-free platform for identifying and separating CTCs while preserving the integrity of the cell,” said Subra Suresh, president, Carnegie Mellon University and part of the research team. “It promises to offer new avenues for basic research into the pathology and metastasis, and for clinical diagnosis of rare tumor cells.”
The results of the group’s study was published in the April 6th issue in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Somatic symptom disorder is characterized by an extreme focus on physical symptoms — such as pain or fatigue — that causes major emotional distress and problems functioning. You may or may not have another diagnosed medical condition associated with these symptoms, but your reaction to the symptoms is not normal.
You often think the worst about your symptoms and frequently seek medical care, continuing to search for an explanation even when other serious conditions have been excluded. Health concerns may become such a central focus of your life that it's hard to function, sometimes leading to disability.
If you have somatic symptom disorder, you may experience significant emotional and physical distress. Treatment can help ease symptoms, help you cope and improve your quality of life.
Symptoms of somatic symptom disorder may be:
- Specific sensations, such as pain or shortness of breath, or more general symptoms, such as fatigue or weakness
- Unrelated to any medical cause that can be identified, or related to a medical condition such as cancer or heart disease, but more significant than what's usually expected
- A single symptom, multiple symptoms or varying symptoms
- Mild, moderate or severe
Pain is the most common symptom, but whatever your symptoms, you have excessive thoughts, feelings or behaviors related to those symptoms, which cause significant problems, make it difficult to function and sometimes can be disabling.
These thoughts, feelings and behaviors can include:
- Constant worry about potential illness
- Viewing normal physical sensations as a sign of severe physical illness
- Fearing that symptoms are serious, even when there is no evidence
- Thinking that physical sensations are threatening or harmful
- Feeling that medical evaluation and treatment have not been adequate
- Fearing that physical activity may cause damage to your body
- Repeatedly checking your body for abnormalities
- Frequent health care visits that don't relieve your concerns or that make them worse
- Being unresponsive to medical treatment or unusually sensitive to medication side effects
- Having a more severe impairment than is usually expected from a medical condition
For somatic symptom disorder, more important than the specific physical symptoms you experience is the way you interpret and react to the symptoms and how they impact your daily life.
When to see a doctor
Because physical symptoms can be related to medical problems, it's important to be evaluated by your primary care provider if you aren't sure what's causing your symptoms. If your primary care provider believes that you may have somatic symptom disorder, he or she can refer you to a mental health professional.
Caring for a loved one
When physical symptoms considered to be somatic symptom disorder occur, it can be difficult to accept that a life-threatening illness has been eliminated as the cause. Symptoms cause very real distress for the person and reassurance isn't always helpful. Encourage your loved one to consider the possibility of a mental health referral to learn ways to cope with the reaction to symptoms and any disability it causes.
Physical disability may cause the person to be dependent and need extra physical care and emotional support that can exhaust caregivers and cause stress on families and relationships. If you feel overwhelmed by your role as caregiver, you may want to talk to a mental health professional to address your own needs.
The exact cause of somatic symptom disorder isn't clear, but any of these factors may play a role:
- Genetic and biological factors, such as an increased sensitivity to pain
- Family influence, which may be genetic or environmental, or both
- Personality trait of negativity, which can impact how you identify and perceive illness and bodily symptoms
- Decreased awareness of or problems processing emotions, causing physical symptoms to become the focus rather than the emotional issues
- Learned behavior — for example, the attention or other benefits gained from having an illness; or "pain behaviors" in response to symptoms, such as excessive avoidance of activity, which can increase your level of disability
Risk factors for somatic symptom disorder include:
- Having anxiety or depression
- Having a medical condition or recovering from one
- Being at risk of developing a medical condition, such as having a strong family history of a disease
- Experiencing stressful life events, trauma or violence
- Having experienced past trauma, such as childhood sexual abuse
- Having a lower level of education and socio-economic status
Somatic symptom disorder can be associated with:
- Poor health
- Problems functioning in daily life, including physical disability
- Problems with relationships
- Problems at work or unemployment
- Other mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression and personality disorders
- Increased suicide risk related to depression
- Financial problems due to excessive health care visits
Little is known about how to prevent somatic symptom disorder. However, these recommendations may help.
- If you have problems with anxiety or depression, seek professional help as soon as possible.
- Learn to recognize when you're stressed and how this affects your body — and regularly practice stress management and relaxation techniques.
- If you think you have somatic symptom disorder, get treatment early to help stop symptoms from getting worse and impairing your quality of life.
- Stick with your treatment plan to help prevent relapses or worsening of symptoms.
To determine a diagnosis, you'll likely have a physical exam and any tests your doctor recommends. Your doctor or other health care provider can help determine if you have any health conditions that need treatment.
Your medical care provider may also refer you to a mental health professional, who may:
- Conduct a psychological evaluation to talk about your symptoms, fears or concerns, stressful situations, relationship problems, situations you may be avoiding, and family history
- Have you fill out a psychological self-assessment or questionnaire
- Ask you about alcohol, drug or other substance use
Criteria for diagnosis
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published by the American Psychiatric Association, emphasizes these points in the diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder:
- You have one or more somatic symptoms — for example, pain or fatigue — that are distressing or cause problems in your daily life
- You have excessive and persistent thoughts about the seriousness of your symptoms, you have a persistently high level of anxiety about your health or symptoms, or you devote too much time and energy to your symptoms or health concerns
- You continue to have symptoms that concern you, typically for more than six months, even though the symptoms may vary
The goal of treatment is to improve your symptoms and your ability to function in daily life. Psychotherapy, also called talk therapy, can be helpful for somatic symptom disorder. Sometimes medications may be added, especially if you're struggling with feeling depressed.
Because physical symptoms can be related to psychological distress and a high level of health anxiety, psychotherapy — specifically, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) — can help improve physical symptoms.
CBT can help you:
- Examine and adapt your beliefs and expectations about health and physical symptoms
- Learn how to reduce stress
- Learn how to cope with physical symptoms
- Reduce preoccupation with symptoms
- Reduce avoidance of situations and activities due to uncomfortable physical sensations
- Improve daily functioning at home, at work, in relationships and in social situations
- Address depression and other mental health disorders
Family therapy may also be helpful by examining family relationships and improving family support and functioning.
Antidepressant medication can help reduce symptoms associated with depression and pain that often occur with somatic symptom disorder.
If one medication doesn't work well for you, your doctor may recommend switching to another or combining certain medications to boost effectiveness. Keep in mind that it can take several weeks after first starting a medication to notice an improvement in symptoms.
Talk with your doctor about medication options and the possible side effects and risks.
Lifestyle and home remedies
While somatic symptom disorder benefits from professional treatment, you can take some lifestyle and self-care steps, including these:
- Work with your care providers. Work with your medical care provider and mental health professional to determine a regular schedule for visits to discuss your concerns and build a trusting relationship. Also discuss setting reasonable limits on tests, evaluations and specialist referrals. Avoid seeking advice from multiple doctors or emergency room visits that can make your care more difficult to coordinate and may subject you to duplicate testing.
- Practice stress management and relaxation techniques. Learning stress management and relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation, may help improve symptoms.
- Get physically active. A graduated activity program may have a calming effect on your mood, improve your physical symptoms and help improve your physical function.
- Participate in activities. Stay involved in your work and in social and family activities. Don't wait until your symptoms are resolved to participate.
- Avoid alcohol and recreational drugs. Substance use can make your care more difficult. Talk to your health care provider if you need help quitting.
Preparing for an appointment
In addition to a medical evaluation, your primary care provider may refer you to a psychiatrist or psychologist for evaluation and treatment.
What you can do
Before your appointment, make a list of:
- Your symptoms, including when they first occurred and how they impact your daily life
- Key personal information, including traumatic events in your past and any stressful, major events
- Medical information, including other physical or mental health conditions that you have
- Medications, vitamins, herbs and other supplements, and the dosages
- Questions to ask your medical care provider or mental health professional
Ask a trusted family member or friend to go with you to your appointment, if possible, to lend support and help you remember information.
Questions to ask may include:
- Do I have somatic symptom disorder?
- What treatment approach do you recommend?
- Would therapy be helpful in my case?
- If you're recommending therapy, how often will I need it and for how long?
- If you're recommending medications, are there any possible side effects?
- For how long will I need to take medication?
- How will you monitor whether my treatment is working?
- Are there any self-care steps I can take to help manage my condition?
- Are there any brochures or other printed material that I can have?
- What websites do you recommend?
Don't hesitate to ask any other questions.
What to expect from your doctor
Your medical care provider or mental health professional may ask you questions, such as:
- What are your symptoms, and when did they first occur?
- How do your symptoms affect your life, such as at school, at work and in personal relationships?
- Have you or any of your close relatives been diagnosed with a mental health disorder?
- Have you been diagnosed with any medical conditions?
- Do you use alcohol or recreational drugs? How often?
- Do you get regular physical activity?
Your medical care provider or mental health professional will ask additional questions based on your responses, symptoms and needs. Preparing and anticipating questions will help you make the most of your appointment time.
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Posted on Freedom Advocates on April 20th 2004
Wildlands and Smart Growth programs are implemented through state and federal government agency directives. The Wildlands programs use government regulations to wrest control of rural lands away from private property owners. Smart Growth is a term used to describe high density commercial and residential development built within walking distance to rails and work. You will find similar programs developing in your community. It is not just property owners that are under attack. It is also your safety and freedom that is at stake.
Despite the advanced stage of the local Sustainable Development takeover, Santa Cruz forest owners are winning their court battle over confiscatory zoning ordinances. In addition to that battle they — and others — must prepare to defend against the following Sustainable Development attacks on Santa Cruz County (a partial list).
- The U.S. Department of Interior is attempting to create a county-wide Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) through local fire agencies. The HCP is a regulatory program that mandates private property owners manage their land pursuant to single species protection at the expense of ecological diversity, productivity and human liberty. This system of regulations could keep landowners from being able to prevent fire hazards and also prevent them from walking on their own property. HCP implementation had been thwarted in 2002 by private citizens but the plan is now being re-launched, bundled within the adoption of an international fire code (Urban Wildlands Intermix Code – UWIC) disguised as a local ordinance.
- Within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a web of Best Management Practices are being implemented by the local Resource Conservation District, in coordination with the local Farm Bureau and others. The program leads to the implementation of a new regulatory process for rural and agricultural activities. The system will operate under the principle of voluntary compliance — manage land the government’s way, or else!
- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is a massive, mountain- ridge to shoreline, land use regulatory program designed to “protect the ocean”. The scope of this set of growing regulations is limitless. For instance, urban runoff from kitty litter is considered a threat to the Sanctuary. Over twenty different agencies partner to enforce sanctuary regulations with fines of up to $119,000 per violation.
- $5 million dollars has been allocated to a local federal employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture so that he can hand out money to battered (over-regulated) farmers in exchange for conservation agreements and easements. Conservation Easements vest future management control of the farmlands into the hands of government or its partnering “non-profit” farm organizations like Agri-Culture.
- The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board now has veto authority over timber harvest plan approvals. Recent California legislation gives this board the ability to impose an unlimited water data collection fee. The tax has been designed to be as high as 70% of the timber yield.
- The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board is also mapping agricultural land, with farm bureau cooperation, for purposes of designing agricultural irrigation permit requirements. This program would steal the farmer’s genuine ownership in the water drawn from his well and place it into state control, thus subjecting the farmer to government control of his land management. The purpose of this regulatory infringement on farmers is to gain state control over water use, crop selection, crop rotation and most other farm management decisions.
- The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency has imposed an enormous illegal tax, collecting tens of millions of dollars from local farmers for use of their own privately produced water. Some courageous farmers have initiated a major legal undertaking to nullify the tax.
- Local farmland is threatened with the prospect of a federal water pipeline coming to our rain-abundant county. When compounded with new state laws, the farmers’ groundwater may then be subject to conjunctive use rules that are intended to merge ground water with surface water regulation. The result would be a loss to the farmer of his California constitutional right to the well head water that the farmer pumped.When the farmers say ‘so long to our water rights’, Americans can look forward to food grown on state-managed, centrally-controlled and collectivized farms. There will be increasingly fewer choices – and real and manipulated shortages. Remember Sustainable Development views American production as “unsustainable”. Sustainable Development, in its own words, seeks to destroy America’s middle class.
- A smart growth housing element has been drafted and is being reviewed by the California State Department of Housing and Community Development. The proposed draft restricts use and limits basic services to many rural areas. The plan also seeks to place approximately 10,000 government-controlled housing units within walking distance of an impractical rail line. After a 4-1 vote, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors gave perfunctory legislative approval to the draft. The local paper reported initial government “grants” of $295 million in order to subsidize the first 3,700 of these “affordable” coastal projects. Language in the county’s draft housing element encourages and provides incentives for these government controlled units to be built by government’s “partners”. (If an individual wanted to build a single-family house in the county it could take years and perhaps $100,000 in government fees.)Government-imposed conditions to housing may include restrictions on auto ownership or auto use and compliance to future edicts regarding acceptance of water and energy “masters” who would possess unilateral authority to restrict an occupant’s ration of water and power. The so-called owners of many of these units will not be allowed to obtain market equity. Housing occupants will be chosen by a government Housing Authority. The majority of Supervisors on the County Board appear to presume that the lure of the subsidized rents and controlled prices (with beaches as a bonus) will expand their voter base. This will allow them to usher in water and power rations on suburban homes and increased tax assessments on suburban homeowners. Under Sustainable Development principles, suburban, single family homes are not “sustainable”Housing will be collectivized under Sustainable Development. Consumer-driven and morally-financed new housing development is close to dead in Santa Cruz.
- Hundreds of “non vacant — underutilized” private property parcels have been identified by the Santa Cruz County Planning Department for future densification by government-selected Smart Growth builder “partners”. Selected single family home owners on this list will be harassed and replaced or forced to comply.
- County and regional plans, state grants, federal funds and taxes are being prepared for the creation of a two-county (Monterey and Santa Cruz) “passenger rail line“. Auto transportation has been deemed by the transportation authority as “behavior” that should be “modified”. Accordingly, auto mobility is being made increasingly difficult.
The unveiling of Sustainable Development Agenda 21
“…current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class — involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work air conditioning, and suburban housing are unsustainable.”
–Maurice Strong – Secretary General United Nations 1992 Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Accords)
The Rio Accords were signed by then-President George H.W. Bush. Sustainable Development has been the official policy of all federal agencies since 1993, when President Clinton created the President’s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD).
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The next morning opened calmly, and Ann Veronica sat in her own room, her very own room, and consumed an egg and marmalade, and read the advertisements in the Daily Telegraph. Then began expostulations, preluded by a telegram and headed by her aunt. The telegram reminded Ann Veronica that she had no place for interviews except her bed-sitting-room, and she sought her landlady and negotiated hastily for the use of the ground floor parlor, which very fortunately was vacant. She explained she was expecting an important interview, and asked that her visitor should be duly shown in. Her aunt arrived about half-past ten, in black and with an unusually thick spotted veil. She raised this with the air of a conspirator unmasking, and displayed a tear-flushed face. For a moment she remained silent.
"My dear," she said, when she could get her breath, "you must come home at once."
Ann Veronica closed the door quite softly and stood still.
"This has almost killed your father.... After Gwen!"
"I sent a telegram."
"He cares so much for you. He did so care for you."
"I sent a telegram to say I was all right."
"All right! And I never dreamed anything of the sort was going on. I had no idea!" She sat down abruptly and threw her wrists limply upon the table. "Oh, Veronica!" she said, "to leave your home!"
She had been weeping. She was weeping now. Ann Veronica was overcome by this amount of emotion.
"Why did you do it?" her aunt urged. "Why could you not confide in us?"
"Do what?" said Ann Veronica.
"What you have done."
"But what have I done?"
"Elope! Go off in this way. We had no idea. We had such a pride in you, such hope in you. I had no idea you were not the happiest girl. Everything I could do! Your father sat up all night. Until at last I persuaded him to go to bed. He wanted to put on his overcoat and come after you and look for you—in London. We made sure it was just like Gwen. Only Gwen left a letter on the pincushion. You didn't even do that Vee; not even that."
"I sent a telegram, aunt," said Ann Veronica.
"Like a stab. You didn't even put the twelve words."
"I said I was all right."
"Gwen said she was happy. Before that came your father didn't even know you were gone. He was just getting cross about your being late for dinner—you know his way—when it came. He opened it—just off-hand, and then when he saw what it was he hit at the table and sent his soup spoon flying and splashing on to the tablecloth. 'My God!' he said, 'I'll go after them and kill him. I'll go after them and kill him.' For the moment I thought it was a telegram from Gwen."
"But what did father imagine?"
"Of course he imagined! Any one would! 'What has happened, Peter?' I asked. He was standing up with the telegram crumpled in his hand. He used a most awful word! Then he said, 'It's Ann Veronica gone to join her sister!' 'Gone!' I said. 'Gone!' he said. 'Read that,' and threw the telegram at me, so that it went into the tureen. He swore when I tried to get it out with the ladle, and told me what it said. Then he sat down again in a chair and said that people who wrote novels ought to be strung up. It was as much as I could do to prevent him flying out of the house there and then and coming after you. Never since I was a girl have I seen your father so moved. 'Oh! little Vee!' he cried, 'little Vee!' and put his face between his hands and sat still for a long time before he broke out again."
Ann Veronica had remained standing while her aunt spoke.
"Do you mean, aunt," she asked, "that my father thought I had gone off—with some man?"
"What else COULD he think? Would any one DREAM you would be so mad as to go off alone?"
"After—after what had happened the night before?"
"Oh, why raise up old scores? If you could see him this morning, his poor face as white as a sheet and all cut about with shaving! He was for coming up by the very first train and looking for you, but I said to him, 'Wait for the letters,' and there, sure enough, was yours. He could hardly open the envelope, he trembled so. Then he threw the letter at me. 'Go and fetch her home,' he said; 'it isn't what we thought! It's just a practical joke of hers.' And with that he went off to the City, stern and silent, leaving his bacon on his plate—a great slice of bacon hardly touched. No breakfast, he's had no dinner, hardly a mouthful of soup—since yesterday at tea."
She stopped. Aunt and niece regarded each other silently.
"You must come home to him at once," said Miss Stanley.
Ann Veronica looked down at her fingers on the claret-colored table-cloth. Her aunt had summoned up an altogether too vivid picture of her father as the masterful man, overbearing, emphatic, sentimental, noisy, aimless. Why on earth couldn't he leave her to grow in her own way? Her pride rose at the bare thought of return.
"I don't think I CAN do that," she said. She looked up and said, a little breathlessly, "I'm sorry, aunt, but I don't think I can."
Then it was the expostulations really began.
From first to last, on this occasion, her aunt expostulated for about two hours. "But, my dear," she began, "it is Impossible! It is quite out of the Question. You simply can't." And to that, through vast rhetorical meanderings, she clung. It reached her only slowly that Ann Veronica was standing to her resolution. "How will you live?" she appealed. "Think of what people will say!" That became a refrain. "Think of what Lady Palsworthy will say! Think of what"—So-and-so—"will say! What are we to tell people?
"Besides, what am I to tell your father?"
At first it had not been at all clear to Ann Veronica that she would refuse to return home; she had had some dream of a capitulation that should leave her an enlarged and defined freedom, but as her aunt put this aspect and that of her flight to her, as she wandered illogically and inconsistently from one urgent consideration to another, as she mingled assurances and aspects and emotions, it became clearer and clearer to the girl that there could be little or no change in the position of things if she returned. "And what will Mr. Manning think?" said her aunt.
"I don't care what any one thinks," said Ann Veronica.
"I can't imagine what has come over you," said her aunt. "I can't conceive what you want. You foolish girl!"
Ann Veronica took that in silence. At the back of her mind, dim and yet disconcerting, was the perception that she herself did not know what she wanted. And yet she knew it was not fair to call her a foolish girl.
"Don't you care for Mr. Manning?" said her aunt.
"I don't see what he has to do with my coming to London?"
"He—he worships the ground you tread on. You don't deserve it, but he does. Or at least he did the day before yesterday. And here you are!"
Her aunt opened all the fingers of her gloved hand in a rhetorical gesture. "It seems to me all madness—madness! Just because your father—wouldn't let you disobey him!"
In the afternoon the task of expostulation was taken up by Mr. Stanley in person. Her father's ideas of expostulation were a little harsh and forcible, and over the claret-colored table-cloth and under the gas chandelier, with his hat and umbrella between them like the mace in Parliament, he and his daughter contrived to have a violent quarrel. She had intended to be quietly dignified, but he was in a smouldering rage from the beginning, and began by assuming, which alone was more than flesh and blood could stand, that the insurrection was over and that she was coming home submissively. In his desire to be emphatic and to avenge himself for his over-night distresses, he speedily became brutal, more brutal than she had ever known him before.
"A nice time of anxiety you've given me, young lady," he said, as he entered the room. "I hope you're satisfied."
She was frightened—his anger always did frighten her—and in her resolve to conceal her fright she carried a queen-like dignity to what she felt even at the time was a preposterous pitch. She said she hoped she had not distressed him by the course she had felt obliged to take, and he told her not to be a fool. She tried to keep her side up by declaring that he had put her into an impossible position, and he replied by shouting, "Nonsense! Nonsense! Any father in my place would have done what I did."
Then he went on to say: "Well, you've had your little adventure, and I hope now you've had enough of it. So go up-stairs and get your things together while I look out for a hansom."
To which the only possible reply seemed to be, "I'm not coming home."
"Not coming home!"
"No!" And, in spite of her resolve to be a Person, Ann Veronica began to weep with terror at herself. Apparently she was always doomed to weep when she talked to her father. But he was always forcing her to say and do such unexpectedly conclusive things. She feared he might take her tears as a sign of weakness. So she said: "I won't come home. I'd rather starve!"
For a moment the conversation hung upon that declaration. Then Mr. Stanley, putting his hands on the table in the manner rather of a barrister than a solicitor, and regarding her balefully through his glasses with quite undisguised animosity, asked, "And may I presume to inquire, then, what you mean to do?—how do you propose to live?"
"I shall live," sobbed Ann Veronica. "You needn't be anxious about that! I shall contrive to live."
"But I AM anxious," said Mr. Stanley, "I am anxious. Do you think it's nothing to me to have my daughter running about London looking for odd jobs and disgracing herself?"
"Sha'n't get odd jobs," said Ann Veronica, wiping her eyes.
And from that point they went on to a thoroughly embittering wrangle. Mr. Stanley used his authority, and commanded Ann Veronica to come home, to which, of course, she said she wouldn't; and then he warned her not to defy him, warned her very solemnly, and then commanded her again. He then said that if she would not obey him in this course she should "never darken his doors again," and was, indeed, frightfully abusive. This threat terrified Ann Veronica so much that she declared with sobs and vehemence that she would never come home again, and for a time both talked at once and very wildly. He asked her whether she understood what she was saying, and went on to say still more precisely that she should never touch a penny of his money until she came home again—not one penny. Ann Veronica said she didn't care.
Then abruptly Mr. Stanley changed his key. "You poor child!" he said; "don't you see the infinite folly of these proceedings? Think! Think of the love and affection you abandon! Think of your aunt, a second mother to you. Think if your own mother was alive!"
He paused, deeply moved.
"If my own mother was alive," sobbed Ann Veronica, "she would understand."
The talk became more and more inconclusive and exhausting. Ann Veronica found herself incompetent, undignified, and detestable, holding on desperately to a hardening antagonism to her father, quarrelling with him, wrangling with him, thinking of repartees—almost as if he was a brother. It was horrible, but what could she do? She meant to live her own life, and he meant, with contempt and insults, to prevent her. Anything else that was said she now regarded only as an aspect of or diversion from that.
In the retrospect she was amazed to think how things had gone to pieces, for at the outset she had been quite prepared to go home again upon terms. While waiting for his coming she had stated her present and future relations with him with what had seemed to her the most satisfactory lucidity and completeness. She had looked forward to an explanation. Instead had come this storm, this shouting, this weeping, this confusion of threats and irrelevant appeals. It was not only that her father had said all sorts of inconsistent and unreasonable things, but that by some incomprehensible infection she herself had replied in the same vein. He had assumed that her leaving home was the point at issue, that everything turned on that, and that the sole alternative was obedience, and she had fallen in with that assumption until rebellion seemed a sacred principle. Moreover, atrociously and inexorably, he allowed it to appear ever and again in horrible gleams that he suspected there was some man in the case.... Some man!
And to conclude it all was the figure of her father in the doorway, giving her a last chance, his hat in one hand, his umbrella in the other, shaken at her to emphasize his point.
"You understand, then," he was saying, "you understand?"
"I understand," said Ann Veronica, tear-wet and flushed with a reciprocal passion, but standing up to him with an equality that amazed even herself, "I understand." She controlled a sob. "Not a penny—not one penny—and never darken your doors again!"
The next day her aunt came again and expostulated, and was just saying it was "an unheard-of thing" for a girl to leave her home as Ann Veronica had done, when her father arrived, and was shown in by the pleasant-faced landlady.
Her father had determined on a new line. He put down his hat and umbrella, rested his hands on his hips, and regarded Ann Veronica firmly.
"Now," he said, quietly, "it's time we stopped this nonsense."
Ann Veronica was about to reply, when he went on, with a still more deadly quiet: "I am not here to bandy words with you. Let us have no more of this humbug. You are to come home."
"I thought I explained—"
"I don't think you can have heard me," said her father; "I have told you to come home."
"I thought I explained—"
Ann Veronica shrugged her shoulders.
"Very well," said her father.
"I think this ends the business," he said, turning to his sister.
"It's not for us to supplicate any more. She must learn wisdom—as God pleases."
"But, my dear Peter!" said Miss Stanley.
"No," said her brother, conclusively, "it's not for a parent to go on persuading a child."
Miss Stanley rose and regarded Ann Veronica fixedly. The girl stood with her hands behind her back, sulky, resolute, and intelligent, a strand of her black hair over one eye and looking more than usually delicate-featured, and more than ever like an obdurate child.
"She doesn't know."
"I can't imagine what makes you fly out against everything like this," said Miss Stanley to her niece.
"What is the good of talking?" said her brother. "She must go her own way. A man's children nowadays are not his own. That's the fact of the matter. Their minds are turned against him.... Rubbishy novels and pernicious rascals. We can't even protect them from themselves."
An immense gulf seemed to open between father and daughter as he said these words.
"I don't see," gasped Ann Veronica, "why parents and children... shouldn't be friends."
"Friends!" said her father. "When we see you going through disobedience to the devil! Come, Molly, she must go her own way. I've tried to use my authority. And she defies me. What more is there to be said? She defies me!"
It was extraordinary. Ann Veronica felt suddenly an effect of tremendous pathos; she would have given anything to have been able to frame and make some appeal, some utterance that should bridge this bottomless chasm that had opened between her and her father, and she could find nothing whatever to say that was in the least sincere and appealing.
"Father," she cried, "I have to live!"
He misunderstood her. "That," he said, grimly, with his hand on the door-handle, "must be your own affair, unless you choose to live at Morningside Park."
Miss Stanley turned to her. "Vee," she said, "come home. Before it is too late."
"Come, Molly," said Mr. Stanley, at the door.
"Vee!" said Miss Stanley, "you hear what your father says!"
Miss Stanley struggled with emotion. She made a curious movement toward her niece, then suddenly, convulsively, she dabbed down something lumpy on the table and turned to follow her brother. Ann Veronica stared for a moment in amazement at this dark-green object that clashed as it was put down. It was a purse. She made a step forward. "Aunt!" she said, "I can't—"
Then she caught a wild appeal in her aunt's blue eye, halted, and the door clicked upon them.
There was a pause, and then the front door slammed....
Ann Veronica realized that she was alone with the world. And this time the departure had a tremendous effect of finality. She had to resist an impulse of sheer terror, to run out after them and give in.
"Gods," she said, at last, "I've done it this time!"
"Well!" She took up the neat morocco purse, opened it, and examined the contents.
It contained three sovereigns, six and fourpence, two postage stamps, a small key, and her aunt's return half ticket to Morningside Park.
After the interview Ann Veronica considered herself formally cut off from home. If nothing else had clinched that, the purse had.
Nevertheless there came a residuum of expostulations. Her brother Roddy, who was in the motor line, came to expostulate; her sister Alice wrote. And Mr. Manning called.
Her sister Alice seemed to have developed a religious sense away there in Yorkshire, and made appeals that had no meaning for Ann Veronica's mind. She exhorted Ann Veronica not to become one of "those unsexed intellectuals, neither man nor woman."
Ann Veronica meditated over that phrase. "That's HIM," said Ann Veronica, in sound, idiomatic English. "Poor old Alice!"
Her brother Roddy came to her and demanded tea, and asked her to state a case. "Bit thick on the old man, isn't it?" said Roddy, who had developed a bluff, straightforward style in the motor shop.
"Mind my smoking?" said Roddy. "I don't see quite what your game is, Vee, but I suppose you've got a game on somewhere.
"Rummy lot we are!" said Roddy. "Alice—Alice gone dotty, and all over kids. Gwen—I saw Gwen the other day, and the paint's thicker than ever. Jim is up to the neck in Mahatmas and Theosophy and Higher Thought and rot—writes letters worse than Alice. And now YOU'RE on the war-path. I believe I'm the only sane member of the family left. The G.V.'s as mad as any of you, in spite of all his respectability; not a bit of him straight anywhere, not one bit."
"Not a bit of it! He's been out after eight per cent. since the beginning. Eight per cent.! He'll come a cropper one of these days, if you ask me. He's been near it once or twice already. That's got his nerves to rags. I suppose we're all human beings really, but what price the sacred Institution of the Family! Us as a bundle! Eh?... I don't half disagree with you, Vee, really; only thing is, I don't see how you're going to pull it off. A home MAY be a sort of cage, but still—it's a home. Gives you a right to hang on to the old man until he busts—practically. Jolly hard life for a girl, getting a living. Not MY affair."
He asked questions and listened to her views for a time.
"I'd chuck this lark right off if I were you, Vee," he said. "I'm five years older than you, and no end wiser, being a man. What you're after is too risky. It's a damned hard thing to do. It's all very handsome starting out on your own, but it's too damned hard. That's my opinion, if you ask me. There's nothing a girl can do that isn't sweated to the bone. You square the G.V., and go home before you have to. That's my advice. If you don't eat humble-pie now you may live to fare worse later. I can't help you a cent. Life's hard enough nowadays for an unprotected male. Let alone a girl. You got to take the world as it is, and the only possible trade for a girl that isn't sweated is to get hold of a man and make him do it for her. It's no good flying out at that, Vee; I didn't arrange it. It's Providence. That's how things are; that's the order of the world. Like appendicitis. It isn't pretty, but we're made so. Rot, no doubt; but we can't alter it. You go home and live on the G.V., and get some other man to live on as soon as possible. It isn't sentiment but it's horse sense. All this Woman-who-Diddery—no damn good. After all, old P.—Providence, I mean—HAS arranged it so that men will keep you, more or less. He made the universe on those lines. You've got to take what you can get."
That was the quintessence of her brother Roddy.
He played variations on this theme for the better part of an hour.
"You go home," he said, at parting; "you go home. It's all very fine and all that, Vee, this freedom, but it isn't going to work. The world isn't ready for girls to start out on their own yet; that's the plain fact of the case. Babies and females have got to keep hold of somebody or go under—anyhow, for the next few generations. You go home and wait a century, Vee, and then try again. Then you may have a bit of a chance. Now you haven't the ghost of one—not if you play the game fair."
It was remarkable to Ann Veronica how completely Mr. Manning, in his entirely different dialect, indorsed her brother Roddy's view of things. He came along, he said, just to call, with large, loud apologies, radiantly kind and good. Miss Stanley, it was manifest, had given him Ann Veronica's address. The kindly faced landlady had failed to catch his name, and said he was a tall, handsome gentleman with a great black mustache. Ann Veronica, with a sigh at the cost of hospitality, made a hasty negotiation for an extra tea and for a fire in the ground-floor apartment, and preened herself carefully for the interview. In the little apartment, under the gas chandelier, his inches and his stoop were certainly very effective. In the bad light he looked at once military and sentimental and studious, like one of Ouida's guardsmen revised by Mr. Haldane and the London School of Economics and finished in the Keltic school.
"It's unforgivable of me to call, Miss Stanley," he said, shaking hands in a peculiar, high, fashionable manner; "but you know you said we might be friends."
"It's dreadful for you to be here," he said, indicating the yellow presence of the first fog of the year without, "but your aunt told me something of what had happened. It's just like your Splendid Pride to do it. Quite!"
He sat in the arm-chair and took tea, and consumed several of the extra cakes which she had sent out for and talked to her and expressed himself, looking very earnestly at her with his deep-set eyes, and carefully avoiding any crumbs on his mustache the while. Ann Veronica sat firelit by her tea-tray with, quite unconsciously, the air of an expert hostess.
"But how is it all going to end?" said Mr. Manning.
"Your father, of course," he said, "must come to realize just how Splendid you are! He doesn't understand. I've seen him, and he doesn't a bit understand. I didn't understand before that letter. It makes me want to be just everything I CAN be to you. You're like some splendid Princess in Exile in these Dreadful Dingy apartments!"
"I'm afraid I'm anything but a Princess when it comes to earning a salary," said Ann Veronica. "But frankly, I mean to fight this through if I possibly can."
"My God!" said Manning, in a stage-aside. "Earning a salary!"
"You're like a Princess in Exile!" he repeated, overruling her. "You come into these sordid surroundings—you mustn't mind my calling them sordid—and it makes them seem as though they didn't matter.... I don't think they do matter. I don't think any surroundings could throw a shadow on you."
Ann Veronica felt a slight embarrassment. "Won't you have some more tea, Mr. Manning?" she asked.
"You know—," said Mr. Manning, relinquishing his cup without answering her question, "when I hear you talk of earning a living, it's as if I heard of an archangel going on the Stock Exchange—or Christ selling doves.... Forgive my daring. I couldn't help the thought."
"It's a very good image," said Ann Veronica.
"I knew you wouldn't mind."
"But does it correspond with the facts of the case? You know, Mr. Manning, all this sort of thing is very well as sentiment, but does it correspond with the realities? Are women truly such angelic things and men so chivalrous? You men have, I know, meant to make us Queens and Goddesses, but in practice—well, look, for example, at the stream of girls one meets going to work of a morning, round-shouldered, cheap, and underfed! They aren't queens, and no one is treating them as queens. And look, again, at the women one finds letting lodgings.... I was looking for rooms last week. It got on my nerves—the women I saw. Worse than any man. Everywhere I went and rapped at a door I found behind it another dreadful dingy woman—another fallen queen, I suppose—dingier than the last, dirty, you know, in grain. Their poor hands!"
"I know," said Mr. Manning, with entirely suitable emotion.
"And think of the ordinary wives and mothers, with their anxiety, their limitations, their swarms of children!"
Mr. Manning displayed distress. He fended these things off from him with the rump of his fourth piece of cake. "I know that our social order is dreadful enough," he said, "and sacrifices all that is best and most beautiful in life. I don't defend it."
"And besides, when it comes to the idea of queens," Ann Veronica went on, "there's twenty-one and a half million women to twenty million men. Suppose our proper place is a shrine. Still, that leaves over a million shrines short, not reckoning widows who re-marry. And more boys die than girls, so that the real disproportion among adults is even greater."
"I know," said Mr Manning, "I know these Dreadful Statistics. I know there's a sort of right in your impatience at the slowness of Progress. But tell me one thing I don't understand—tell me one thing: How can you help it by coming down into the battle and the mire? That's the thing that concerns me."
"Oh, I'm not trying to help it," said Ann Veronica. "I'm only arguing against your position of what a woman should be, and trying to get it clear in my own mind. I'm in this apartment and looking for work because—Well, what else can I do, when my father practically locks me up?"
"I know," said Mr. Manning, "I know. Don't think I can't sympathize and understand. Still, here we are in this dingy, foggy city. Ye gods! what a wilderness it is! Every one trying to get the better of every one, every one regardless of every one—it's one of those days when every one bumps against you—every one pouring coal smoke into the air and making confusion worse confounded, motor omnibuses clattering and smelling, a horse down in the Tottenham Court Road, an old woman at the corner coughing dreadfully—all the painful sights of a great city, and here you come into it to take your chances. It's too valiant, Miss Stanley, too valiant altogether!"
Ann Veronica meditated. She had had two days of employment-seeking now. "I wonder if it is."
"It isn't," said Mr. Manning, "that I mind Courage in a Woman—I love and admire Courage. What could be more splendid than a beautiful girl facing a great, glorious tiger? Una and the Lion again, and all that! But this isn't that sort of thing; this is just a great, ugly, endless wilderness of selfish, sweating, vulgar competition!"
"That you want to keep me out of?"
"Exactly!" said Mr. Manning.
"In a sort of beautiful garden-close—wearing lovely dresses and picking beautiful flowers?"
"Ah! If one could!"
"While those other girls trudge to business and those other women let lodgings. And in reality even that magic garden-close resolves itself into a villa at Morningside Park and my father being more and more cross and overbearing at meals—and a general feeling of insecurity and futility."
Mr. Manning relinquished his cup, and looked meaningly at Ann Veronica. "There," he said, "you don't treat me fairly, Miss Stanley. My garden-close would be a better thing than that."
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Cadbury's has recently launched a special chocolate bar for women called Crispello, that comes with 165 calories and can be divided into three pieces so that women can enjoy their favourite food while retaining their 'skinny' figure. If you are wondering why sexism is flavouring your food now, we'd like to remind you that gender specific food is not a novel concept. We take a look at other foods backed with gender marketing.
1. Drinks for the fairer sex
Recently, a light alcoholic drink named Eve by Carlsberg hit the market. It’s not just the name; the drink is flavoured with exotic fruits like lychee and passion fruit, the logo is looped and curling with the company stating that their new drink is a synonym for women and femininity.
In similar vein, Foster’s has launched Foster’s Twist, a beer with a hint of citrus, known to be easy and light on the palette, with about 102 calories, while Heineken developed a ladies’ sparkling cider called Charli. A couple of years ago, Smirnoff launched flavoured vodkas, tipped with flavours of whipped cream and coconut, targeting primarily the female audience. Needless to say, it was indeed a hit.
2. Yoghurts and everything healthy
Research has shown that calorie low food is targeted at women who are health and weight conscious. Recently in the US, Jamie Lee Curtis was used in a hilarious ad asking women to eat yoghurt regularly as it helps things to move through their (digestive) systems. (We are wondering why it is any different for men!)
Soy—Yakult--remember actor Kajol chucking the miniature bottle to every member of her family---and flaxseed are popular with women because of the phytoestrogen and fiber present in them. “Flaxseed is popular because of its omega 3 fats and zero cholestrol,” says nutritionist Sheela Krishnaswamy
Kellogs had actor Lara Dutta launch their low fat Special K cereals. Later the ad had a woman who wanted to get into her bridal ensemble, munching healthy doses of the cereal topped with fresh strawberries. Of course, she managed to lose weight in two weeks!
3. Zero calories—yes, we want them
Laughing Cow Cheese wedges--each wedge has only 35 calories--the slim version, the light and the ultra-light versions, are all aimed at women, as they are high in protein and calcium. Similarly, the wholegrain breads in stores are looking to woo women too. Green teas, teas with different flavours and antioxidants are also seen as a woman’s drink, with zero calories.
The Boston-based bakery chain, now in India, Au bon pain, stock vats of freshly made vegetable soups, nutritious finger food, Indian buttermilk with seasoning and small packets of sprouted salads in easy takeaway containers. In similar vein, Kaati Zone food chain has diet and light kaati rolls that are aimed at women who are calorie conscious. And the best part, gender marketing has indeed emerged as a new success story. Tell us, haven’t you fallen prey to it?
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Welcome to the Golden Cross, a great pub with good food in Colnbrook, close to Heathrow Airport
The Golden Cross is a traditional, family friendly pub serving good food and is situated on the outskirts of Colnbrook and within easy access of Junction 14 of the M25 and Heathrow Airport. We have recently been completely refurbished and the beautiful garden is the best place to enjoy the sunshine and indulge in plane spotting. We offer a traditional pub menu with lots of classic favourites at great prices, all freshly prepared to your individual order!
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We look forward to welcoming you soon!
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It is the near future. Earth’s population is 39 billion.
The pressures of overcrowding could set off a world-wide conflagration. Nevertheless, the Colonial Bureau has only let a handful of people emigrate to tiny outposts on Mars.
Alexander Stoneheart, an atmospheric physicist, teams up with a rogue company, Rutherford Engineering, to terraform Mars setting up a battle between entrenched bureaucrats and the company.
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It’s now just under two years since we released the Jessie version of Raspbian. Those of you who know that Debian run their releases on a two-year cycle will therefore have been wondering when we might be releasing the next version, codenamed Stretch. Well, wonder no longer – Raspbian Stretch is available for download today!
The differences between Jessie and Stretch are mostly under-the-hood optimisations, and you really shouldn’t notice any differences in day-to-day use of the desktop and applications. (If you’re really interested, the technical details are in the Debian release notes here.)
However, we’ve made a few small changes to our image that are worth mentioning.
New versions of applications
Version 3.0.1 of Sonic Pi is included – this includes a lot of new functionality in terms of input/output. See the Sonic Pi release notes for more details of exactly what has changed.
The Chromium web browser has been updated to version 60, the most recent stable release. This offers improved memory usage and more efficient code, so you may notice it running slightly faster than before. The visual appearance has also been changed very slightly.
In Jessie, we used PulseAudio to provide support for audio over Bluetooth, but integrating this with the ALSA architecture used for other audio sources was clumsy. For Stretch, we are using the bluez-alsa package to make Bluetooth audio work with ALSA itself. PulseAudio is therefore no longer installed by default, and the volume plugin on the taskbar will no longer start and stop PulseAudio. From a user point of view, everything should still work exactly as before – the only change is that if you still wish to use PulseAudio for some other reason, you will need to install it yourself.
Better handling of other usernames
The default user account in Raspbian has always been called ‘pi’, and a lot of the desktop applications assume that this is the current user. This has been changed for Stretch, so now applications like Raspberry Pi Configuration no longer assume this to be the case. This means, for example, that the option to automatically log in as the ‘pi’ user will now automatically log in with the name of the current user instead.
One other change is how sudo is handled. By default, the ‘pi’ user is set up with passwordless sudo access. We are no longer assuming this to be the case, so now desktop applications which require sudo access will prompt for the password rather than simply failing to work if a user without passwordless sudo uses them.
Scratch 2 Sense HAT extension
In the last Jessie release, we added the offline version of Scratch 2. While Scratch 2 itself hasn’t changed for this release, we have added a new extension to allow the Sense HAT to be used with Scratch 2. Look under ‘More Blocks’ and choose ‘Add an Extension’ to load the extension.
This works with either a physical Sense HAT or with the Sense HAT emulator. If a Sense HAT is connected, the extension will control that in preference to the emulator.
Fix for Broadpwn exploit
A couple of months ago, a vulnerability was discovered in the firmware of the BCM43xx wireless chipset which is used on Pi 3 and Pi Zero W; this potentially allows an attacker to take over the chip and execute code on it. The Stretch release includes a patch that addresses this vulnerability.
There is also the usual set of minor bug fixes and UI improvements – I’ll leave you to spot those!
How to get Raspbian Stretch
As this is a major version upgrade, we recommend using a clean image; these are available from the Downloads page on our site as usual.
Upgrading an existing Jessie image is possible, but is not guaranteed to work in every circumstance. If you wish to try upgrading a Jessie image to Stretch, we strongly recommend taking a backup first – we can accept no responsibility for loss of data from a failed update.
To upgrade, first modify the files /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list. In both files, change every occurrence of the word ‘jessie’ to ‘stretch’. (Both files will require sudo to edit.)
Then open a terminal window and execute
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
Answer ‘yes’ to any prompts. There may also be a point at which the install pauses while a page of information is shown on the screen – hold the ‘space’ key to scroll through all of this and then hit ‘q’ to continue.
Finally, if you are not using PulseAudio for anything other than Bluetooth audio, remove it from the image by entering
sudo apt-get -y purge "pulseaudio*"
Since the release, we’ve had a few small issues reported. Here’s an update on them:
- There is a bug in the Raspberry Pi Configuration window which means the “Set Keyboard…” button on the Localisation tab doesn’t work.
- There is an intermittent bug in the interaction between the RealVNC server application and the desktop – you might find that the taskbar sometimes vanishes when booting if the VNC server is enabled. This is intermittent, so rebooting a few times may help. If not, to get the taskbar to display, hit Ctrl-Alt-T to display a terminal window, and in the terminal enter
lxpanel -p LXDE-pi; you’ll need to leave that terminal open while running.
- There is a bug in the hardware video acceleration for the Chromium browser, which is causing crashes on some videos and animations.
Fixes for these three bugs are now available for download – to get them, do:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
Some users have also noticed that the Chinese and Japanese fonts are missing, resulting in garbled text when the locale is changed. This is due to a font package which was present in Jessie but not included in Stretch. A suitable alternative is the Droid fonts package – to install it, do:
sudo apt-get install fonts-droid-fallback
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Is it normal for one breast bud to develop before the other?
Totally! Boobs grow because hormones - the natural chemicals that control puberty - circulate through the body, instructing various parts to stretch and change. Even though hormones float all through your body, the body parts don’t always respond to them at exactly the same time or in precisely the same way.
Is it normal to have hairy boobs?
Yes! While this is rarely talked about, it’s totally normal to have hair on your boobs. Different parts of the breast have different types of hair. The nipples - which are right smack in the middle - rarely have hair. But the flat red or dark brown circle around the nipple - the areola - can have thick, dark hairs. The skin covering the of your chest also can have hair, but this is usually so fine that you’ve never even noticed it before.
Will my boobs change shape and size for the rest of my life?
Boobs can swell and change shape and size your whole life… or not. It just depends. Because boobs are particularly good at holding onto water, some boobs swell a lot - so much so that you need to wear an entirely different bra size for a few days. This is most common right before your period, thanks to the balance of hormones circulating through your body that signal to the body to hang on to extra water. What you eat can have this same effect (particularly a diet high in sodium). And boobs can change in size with normal weight fluctuations as well.
Can big boobs make your back hurt?
Yes! Heavy breasts can put strain on the neck, shoulders, and back. If this is happening to you, talk to someone about it - maybe a parent, maybe your doctor - especially if your boob size is stopping you from doing sports or working out the way you want to.
Are asymmetrical boobs normal?
Yes! For the same reason that breast buds can appear at different times (hormones!), boobs can wind up different sizes. This happens when body parts don’t respond to circulating hormones at exactly the same time or in precisely the same way. In some bodies, this can cause boobs to wind up being different sizes or shapes.
Is vaginal discharge normal?
Vaginal discharge is 100% normal, so get used to it! That is, if it’s clear and looks like mucus, like the stuff you blow out your nose. Discharge is the liquid that the vagina uses to clean itself, which is why, when you take a bath or shower, you don’t need to use any cleansers other than a little lather of soap on the vulva followed by a water rinse. So if you see discharge in your underwear, it’s just your vagina doing its job.
Is dark yellow, green, or thick and white discharge normal?
While clear, mucousy discharge is totally normal, if your discharge ever looks super dark yellow, green, or thick and white, it may be a sign of an infection. So take the clue to go see your doctor.
Are the vagina and vulva the same thing?
Though the two words are often used as synonyms, they have different meanings. The vulva refers to all of the genitalia on the outside including the labia, which are lips outside of the vagina, the vaginal opening, as well as the clitoris (a collection of nerves where the labia meet at the front of the vulva) and the opening of the urethra (that’s to hole where pee comes out). The vagina is the muscular canal inside the body, ending at the vaginal opening where you would insert a tampon or menstrual cup.
Should I use cleansing products for my vagina?
The vagina does a great job of keeping itself clean, which is actually the reason why there is vaginal discharge. Cleansers like douches can irritate this sensitive area. So it’s best to leave the area be - aside from a quick lather with some non-perfumed soap followed by a water rinse when you are taking a bath or a shower.
Are vaginal throbbing, sharp pain, and persistent tenderness normal?
While new sensations and feelings or a little itching here and there are totally normal, discomfort or pain in your vagina or groin should point you to a doctor.
How many holes do I have down there?
There are actually three!!! Females have two openings on the vulva: the urethra, where pee comes out, and then behind that the much bigger vaginal opening, which is where tampons and menstrual cups are inserted. Though it is not part of the vulva, the anus is a third opening (it’s behind the vagina) and marks where poop comes out.
Is it ok to remove my pubic hair?
Yes. Pubic hair is completely normal, but it’s ok if you prefer to remove it for personal reasons. As you get older, what you choose to do or not do with your body is completely up to you. Just make sure the pubic hair is being removed safely. That said, you may want to touch base with a trusted adult about what you are thinking of removing, why, and how.
Is it ok to flush pads and tampons down the toilet?
No! Not in the toilet, please!! This can clog a drain, leading to overflow. Wrap up your used tampon or pad in a small amount of toilet paper and dispose of it in the trash can. Why wrap? Because the blood on the tampon or pad can get onto the trash bin or even onto the person emptying the trash - wrapping it up is a thoughtful and safe extra step.
What can I do to ease my period cramps?
There are lots of ways to manage period cramps, making that time of the month a little more bearable. Heating pads, hot baths, and exercise are all great ways to ease period cramps. Pain relievers like ibuprofen or acetaminophen can also help - just make sure an adult knows you are taking them first and follow the dosing recommendations on the bottle.
Does a tampon go inside or outside of the body?
Tampons are inserted into the vagina, where they soak up menstrual blood before it has the chance to drip out.
Is it normal to have an irregular period?
Yes! When girls first start getting their period, some have regular cycles every 3 - 5 weeks right away, but most have very irregular patterns for months (if not years). Seriously, you might get your period one week, then not again for 3 months, but then again 2 weeks later, and this is totally normal.
Can I sleep in a tampon?
No... well sort of. Tampons are foreign bodies - that means they are not natural parts of the human body. Any foreign body carries a risk for infection, and that risk increases the longer the foreign body is in there. This is why tampons come labeled with warnings that they shouldn’t be worn for more than 4 - 8 hours. This time limit ensures that tampon use will be safe. Since most teenagers sleep longer than 8 hours - and many don’t want to be stressed about leaving a tampon in too long - it’s a much better bet to use a pad and/or period underwear overnight.
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Florida is one of ten states that require PIP Insurance. Personal Injury Protection (PIP) is a type of no-fault insurance. No-fault does not mean you are not the one responsible for causing a collision. A common misconception about no-fault insurance is that insurance companies won't determine who is at fault after an accident. It simply means that each person purchases insurance for their own benefit so when a crash occurs, they must look to their own insurance company to recover their losses – even if they are the one responsible for causing the crash. Regardless of who is determined to be at fault for causing the collision, your insurance company will cover your medical expenses, while the other driver’s insurance company will pay for theirs.
What Does No-Fault Insurance Cover?
Your PIP insurance covers your medical treatment and lost wages. It may also cover expenses incurred because of your accident, such as additional child care if your injuries have made it impossible for you to care for your children. PIP insurance also covers these same expenses for any passengers in the vehicle. Additionally, PIP follows the household, not only the insured, which means even if the patient was a passenger in another vehicle, they are covered as long as they either own a vehicle or reside with someone who owns a vehicle.
- Medical costs: In Florida, PIP policies will cover up to 80 percent of medical costs for emergency medical conditions up to the limit of the policy, provided the treatment is received by a licensed physician, dentist, hospital, or facility that is owned by the hospital. For less serious injuries, the policy will provide up to $2,500.
- Lost wages: PIP policies cover a portion of the wages that an injured accident victim lost due to being too injured to work or work missed for doctor’s appointments or medical procedures related to the injury. In Florida, PIP policies are required to cover up to 60 percent of lost wages, based on the individual’s income for 13 weeks immediately preceding the accident.
- Death benefits: Includes funeral and burial expenses. Florida’s PIP policies provide up to $5,000 in death benefits to qualified survivors.
Are There Exceptions to No-Fault Car Insurance?
There are some situations when someone's insurance won't be enough to cover the full extent of his or her injuries. In some cases, the insurance laws may not apply to one or both drivers involved in a crash. For example, the rules of Florida’s no-fault insurance system may not apply if the accident:
- Caused permanent injuries. Florida insurance laws don't prevent victims from suing in all circumstances. If the injuries in an accident are severe, Florida drivers can still pursue a lawsuit against the at-fault driver. However, the trauma must be extensive enough to meet the injury threshold set by law. Generally, an injured driver can sue if the effects of the accident are permanent; have resulted in scarring or disfigurement; or have caused the loss of important bodily functions. Accidents that have not caused permanent injury may still qualify for litigation if injury costs have totaled more than the $10,000.
- Involved an uninsured driver. The no-fault law only works if all drivers agree to carry a minimum amount of insurance. If a victim is involved in a serious accident with an uninsured driver, the victim will have to rely on the limits of his own insurance company (including any uninsured motorist coverage he may have) or pursue a lawsuit against the at-fault driver.
- Happened out of state. Florida insurance rules are only guaranteed to cover drivers in their vehicles and within state limits. Florida PIP insurance can refuse to cover your injuries if you're injured in another state and in a vehicle that belongs to someone else.
Remember, at any accident it's always a good idea to record the following:
- The other driver’s name, driver’s license number, insurance info
- License plates of both vehicles
- Pictures of the accident
- Any visible injuries to you and/or your passengers
- Obtain any official documents, especially police reports
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Seafood specialities from Babord
Trust, traceability, tradition – this trinity ensures we always deliver superior seafood, responsibly harvested and carefully processed, from harbour to home.Watch the brand film
A varied selection of breaded products including fish fingers, burgers, fish fillets and many more. Available frozen in a variety of packaging options.
Pink fish prepared as fine fillets A-F trim, portions on required specification or blocks of B&P and bellies. Available fresh, frozen or chilled in a variety of packaging options.
Longing to return to the harbour. Longing for your partnerto return home. Longing is one of the names we have for love. But when you are longing for something good, you’re not waiting in vain. So for the love of good, we have prepared these tasty fish recipes. All exciting and easy combinations so you don’t have to wait too long. Enjoy.Explore the babord recipes
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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths will be released next week I wanted to share part of an interview of the producer Bruce Timm it is an animated movie I will be reviewing soon. ComicMix published Bruce Timm’s remarks here thay are: Timm, the executive producer has been the creative force behind many of Warner Bros. Animation’s modern-day successes, elevating DC Comics’ canon of super heroes to new heights of animated popularity and introducing generations of new fans to the characters via landmark television series and made-for-DVD films. The latter task includes the creation of the current series of DC Universe animated original movies, which have drawn critical acclaim and further whetted the public’s appetite for comic book entertainment.
Question: What excites you about Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths?
Bruce Timm: In a weird kind of way, this is a return to my favorite show Justice League Unlimited. The original script was intended to be the bridge story between Justice League and Justice League Unlimited to explain how we went from seven heroes to more than 50 super heroes. We loved the story and the script, and it floated around here for years while we tried to figure out what to do with it – it was considered for a comic, but fortunately that got shot down. Then we took a look at it and, with just a few slight tweaks, we jumped at the chance to make it a DC Universe movie.
Question: What sets it apart from the TV version of Justice League?
Bruce Timm: It’s a very satisfying, grand scale adventure movie with a big cast of interesting, quirky characters. It’s amazing how much it feels like a great episode of Justice League Unlimited as a big, epic film with slightly different visual stylings. That’s a good thing.
More to come on my review 🙂 Walt
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Caitlin Adair, MA, LPCMH, NCC (she/her/hers)
Telehealth - Virtual Office Only
Caitlin is a Licensed Professional Counselor who believes the relationship between client and counselor is the number one priority throughout the counseling process. Each individual therapeutic relationship is valued, and the challenges and various emotions experienced by clients in counseling are met with support and empathy. Caitlin approaches counseling with the belief that each individual has the ability to overcome struggles but that sometimes having additional support in the form of counseling can help one to identify coping mechanisms. These skills can then be used to bolster one’s inherent strength and work through challenges to achieve a happier, healthier well-being.
Caitlin’s approach to counseling is client-centered and combines strength-based, cognitive-behavioral, and solution-focused modalities to help individuals achieve their therapeutic goals. Working collaboratively with clients to identify their strengths and tailoring therapeutic interventions to meet each individuals’ specific needs are primary focuses throughout the counseling process.
Caitlin earned her Bachelor’s Degree from The College of New Jersey and earned her Master’s Degree from LaSalle University. Caitlin is a Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health as well as a National Board Certified Counselor. Caitlin serves children ages 8 and up, adolescents, and adults who are struggling with issues such as depression, anxiety, stress management, life transitions, and self-esteem as well as providing support and guidance to parents of children and adolescents.
Caitlin accepts the following insurance plans:
Amerihealth Caritas (a Delaware Medicaid Plan)
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Highmark Health Options (a Delaware Medicaid Plan)
United Healthcare/Optum Behavioral Health
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https://www.balancedmindjourney.com/caitlin
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DCU will provide free period products to students
An amazing initiative.
Dublin City University and DCU Students' Union have joined together to tackle period poverty by providing free period products to all students.
The products will be available in the ground floor female and gender neutral bathrooms of DCU Glasnevin and DCU St. Patrick’s Campus.
They can also be found at the Students’ Union and DCU Health Centre directly. For students who cannot access products on campus, a postal service has been set up.
As well as this, reusable period products will be made available to any students who may be experiencing financial difficulties.
Speaking on the initiative, Dr. Claire Bohan, Director of DCU Student Support and Development said:
"Our mission in DCU is to transform lives and society. No student should ever have to worry about access to basic necessities.
"By providing this service, we are taking one more concern out of their lives and are helping those students who need this service focus on the things that matter most at University - learning, building lifelong friendships and developing themselves to their fullest potential.
"Today, with the launch of these services, we hope no student ever has to worry about their period again. That certainly will transform their lives.”
DCU and @DCUSU have joined to provide free period products to students on-campus and off. The initiative will see period products freely available to students in all ground floor women’s bathrooms and within gender neutral bathrooms on campus. Read here:https://t.co/Rg7ORyhbYk pic.twitter.com/fXhEvhkIjY
— Dublin City University (@DCU) October 27, 2021
"This is an initiative that students want and that students need," said DCU Students’ Union Vice-President for Wellbeing, Dean O’Reilly.
"General distribution of these products through discrete and public locations brings us closer to our ultimate goal of dismantling period poverty and stigma.
"Our postal service ensures that all students, including many of our students on placement and those with health and accessibility concerns, have access to the products they need."
The Vice-President for Wellbeing went on to highlight how widespread governmental support for public access to free period products is urgently needed.
"We need to see these products in secondary schools, in further and higher education, in government buildings, in public libraries - all over the country.
"DCU SU hopes to see progressive movement in this area to ensure that period products become as commonplace as hand sanitiser, soap, and toilet paper.”
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https://www.herfamily.ie/wellness/dcu-provide-free-period-products-students-400640
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On December 4 and 5, 2019, in Brussels, Belgium for the third consecutive year an Erasmus+ Sport Cluster Meeting was held on “The role of sport in education: enhancing skills development and dual careers perspectives”. The meeting was co-organized by the European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
This meeting provided an opportunity to monitor the implementation of the funded projects, to gather information on best practices and to identify relevant results of selected Erasmus + Sport projects from 2014 to this day.
The third E+ Sport Cluster meeting focused on the promotion of education in and through sport with special focus on skills development, as well as support the implementation of the EU Guidelines Dual Careers of Athletes. Cluster meetings are included in an annual activity in the Work Plan for Sport.
Kalinka Gudarovska – a member of the Bulgarian sports development association, who presented the Back2Track project, took part in the meeting. It is coordinated by the BSDA and aims to analyze the differences and similarities that sports clubs have in their approach to professional and grassroots sports, as well as in an innovative approach to involving disadvantaged children in sports and physical activity. The project is aiming to find the way of bringing practical skills and knowledge in the participating organizations on how to manage a grassroots sport programme together with the elite sport programmes.
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https://back2track.net/2019/12/11/back2track-was-presented-at-sport-cluster-for-education-and-dual-career/
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It can be difficult and challenging for people with autism to find regular work. Fortunately, there is an increasing number of employers who are hiring people with disabilities including autism. This is great news! Even so, people with autism who are looking for work must be ready to jump through many hoops, evaluations, and tests to be qualified for the job.
Most autistic adults are unemployed or underemployed. Young adults with autism have a lower employment rate and a higher rate of complete social isolation than people with other disabilities (A.J. Drexel Autism Institute). This report continues by saying two-thirds of autistic young people had neither a job nor educational plans during the first two years after high school and this trend continued into their early 20s.
There are reasons why this has happened. Some of the reasons include 1 – expectations for disabled adults are low, 2 – in order to get jobs autistic people must compete for positions which may be difficult based on their autistic disabilities, such as social communication and interaction, and 3 – most workplace programs for disabled adults do not include the challenges of autism.
School services end for autistic individuals at age 22. As a result, the moment a disabled person turns 22 years old they are no longer covered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Students under the age of 22 are required to have a free and appropriate education, but adult services are not entitlements. In practice, however, anyone with a significant disability will qualify for at least some adult services. Making sure this happens, it is up to the parent/guardian to know how the transition works in your community, region and state. What are your options and how do you qualify for these services? What hoops need to be jumped through?
Transitions for ASD adults are in the early stages. Until recently, adults with autism were rarely considered. Those individuals with low functioning autism were likely to be diagnosed, but not all. Schools set up programs for severely disabled students, training them in life skills and other basic work skills. It was assumed that these individuals would be employed in part time jobs based on the skills taught.
As the population of autistic adults grows resources and programs are becoming more available based on the needs of individuals. While still challenging, there are more options to be explored. Be proactive.
Adult services vary by location. While the IDEA law is federally mandated, adult services to individuals with disabilities are not. Most adult programs and services are paid for and managed by the state with some programs available only at a local level. Depending on the state they may be more generous with their funding. According to a survey conducted by Autism Speaks, The Metropolitan areas of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Boston are reportedly the best places to live for people with autism. The survey respondents said that they were very happy with these areas because of the number of services and programs provided, including educational service and flexible employer policies.
Job options depend on abilities and challenges. One of the hardest challenges a person with autism faces is that their abilities may not be enough to get or keep a job. An example, an ASD adult may be a fantastic mathematician, but if they can’t “generalize” or summarize, they may lose their job. Other challenging issues for ASD adults may include, social anxiety, severe sensory challenges, inflexibility, difficulty with handling criticism, and unwillingness to share or collaborate.
Understanding strengths and challenges of an ASD individual are important to the transition and job search process. By identifying these areas and providing proper training with support, the right job match will be easier.
Good news. There are more job opportunities than ever before. Many corporations and small businesses have begun to see the value of hiring autistic employees and are providing the training necessary. Workplace Inclusion Now (WIN) is bringing employers, individuals, and communities together to increase employment opportunities for autistic individuals. There are plenty of opportunities available all year round!
What this model wants to accomplish:
Here is how the model works:
The key components of WIN:
Workplace Inclusion Now is part of Autism Speaks commitment to an inclusion campaign with Special Olympics, Best Buddies and the Entertainment Industry Foundation, to create 1 million pathways to employment and leadership opportunities by 2025.
It’s important to prepare for success. While it is great to imagine having a job and keeping it for a lifetime, it’s rare to see the kind of success without a great deal of preparation and support. Inclusive pays off and it is good to know that the times they are a changing (Bob Dylan).
The child who is ‘left behind’ most is the one who leaves school without transition readiness.
Dr. James Stanfield, Ed.D.
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https://stanfield.com/things-to-know-about-autism-and-employment/
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What: A Ryder Cup format Challenge Match against the Chicago based IJGA (Illinois Junior Golf Association)
When: July 14 & July 15 2018 Where: Weaver Ridge GC Peoria Time: 1:00 pm start both days Who: 12 Boys and 4 HS Girls Qualifiers only 2018 graduates eligible
Saturday 8 Partner Matches - 8 Points available, each match worth 1 point. Matches can be halved. Format (Saturday) Stroke Play Tee Times start @ 1:00 Holes 1-6: Best Ball (play your own golf ball and take the best score on each hole) Holes 7-12: Alternate Shot (each player will hit their tee shot, pick the best tee shot and play true alternate shot after) Holes 13-18: Scramble (each player will hit their shot off the tee and pick the best shot and repeat)
16 Singles Matches on Sunday Matches begin @ 1 pm Singles matches worth 1 point each
Spring Jr/Sr Points Winner
Spring Fr/Soph Points Winner
Spring HS Girls Points Winner
HS Boys Medalist @ Prairie Vista *
2 Age 12-14 Captain's Pick
3 HS Girls Captain's Picks
1 Fr/Soph Captain's Pick
6 HS Boys Captain's Picks
(* Medalist must have played in 2 previous Prep Tour events to receive invitation)
Challenge Cup Information
A player may compete in as many of the 14 Challenge Cup events as they choose.
Challenge Cup standings will be based on each players 5 best performances .
Points will be awarded to the top 10.
Pekin CC / Weaver will be a "weighted" event.
Challenge Cup Points
Pekin - Weaver
1st Place 10 points 2nd Place 9 points 3rd Place 8 points 4th Place 7 points 5th Place 6 points 6th Place 5 points 7th Place 4 points 8th Place 3 points 9th Place 2 points 10th Place 1 point
1st Place 15 points 2nd Place 13 points 3rd Place 11 points 4th Place 9 points 5th Place 7 points 6th Place 6 points 7th Place 5 points 8th Place 4 points 9th Place 3 points 10th Place 2 points
1st Place 20 points 2nd Place 17 points 3rd Place 15 points 4th Place 9 points 5th Place 7 points 6th Place 6 points 7th Place 5 points 8th Place 4 points 9th Place 3 points 10th Place 2 points
Tiebreakers Ties in the final point standing will be decided by comparing results in these events:
Spring 2018 1. Pekin CC / Weaver 2. ISU 3. Bloomington CC 4. The Den
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Amongst all of the best game controllers for Xbox Game Pass for Android, the Razer Kishi sits on the high of the checklist. The Kishi can convert nearly any fashionable Android telephone right into a handheld console, supplying you with snug controls with out having to make use of a telephone clip or stand. We’ll stroll you thru use the Razer Kishi with Recreation Go for Android and whether or not your telephone is suitable.
What you may want
- Greatest Xbox Recreation Go controller for Android: Razer Kishi
- Greatest sport streaming library: Xbox Recreation Go Final
Why use Razer Kishi for Xbox Recreation Go for Android?
There are two variations of the Razer Kishi: A generic Android model that’s suitable with a lot of the best game streaming Android apps, and an Xbox-branded model made in partnership with Microsoft. Each are totally suitable with Xbox Recreation Go and are functionally very related, however the Xbox model has the View, Menu, and Nexus buttons seen on an Xbox Wi-fi Controller, whereas the Android model has Residence, Ahead, and Again buttons.
Whichever model you purchase, the Razer Kishi simply works with Recreation Go. Its buttons are mapped to work equally to an Xbox controller, the place different third-party controllers would require some remapping or drivers downloaded.
Simply as importantly, as a result of the Kishi is wired on to your telephone over USB-C, it has extraordinarily low latency in comparison with an ordinary Bluetooth or wi-fi controller. As quickly as you press a button, you may instantly see the impact on display, which might offer you a aggressive benefit for multiplayer video games.
Individuals who get pleasure from taking part in a Change whereas laying in mattress will see the speedy enchantment of Razer Kishi for Recreation Go. You’ll be able to comfortably maintain your telephone like a handheld console, at no matter distance works on your eyes, whereas with a telephone clip it juts out into your face, and will very nicely fall onto your face if it is not mounted correctly.
If all of that hasn’t satisfied you, there’s another perk to think about: Should you purchase the Xbox variant of Razer Kishi from Microsoft, you may get a 14-day free trial to Recreation Go Final — assuming you are not already signed up.
Tips on how to use Razer Kishi with Xbox Recreation Go for Android
The Razer Kishi opens up and slots your telephone inside it, connecting to its USB-C port. So earlier than you buy your Razer Kishi, ensure that your phone is compatible with Razer Kishi. That hyperlink lists each telephone that is confirmed to suit, together with most Galaxy, OnePlus, and Pixel telephones. You too can technically match iPhones inside the Razer Kishi, however you may have to particularly purchase the iPhone variant with a Lightning plug.
We’re centered on Android right here, since solely Android telephones have a devoted Xbox Recreation Go app (iPhones want to make use of an internet app). Your telephone might want to run Android model 6.0 or larger, with Bluetooth model 4.0+ enabled. You may additionally want a constant high-speed web connection or limitless cell information plan. Microsoft suggests 5GHz Wi-Fi with no less than 10Mbps speeds.
As soon as you’ve got confirmed that your telephone and community will suffice, and buy your Razer Kishi, utilizing it is so simple as plugging in your telephone. Razer designed its controller to be suitable with Xbox Recreation Go with out want of drivers or an app.
- Pull the Razer Kishi open.
- Slide your smartphone’s USB-C port onto the USB-C connector on the Kishi.
- Pull out the left half of the Kishi so your telephone can slot inside it. A blue mild indicator ought to activate if you happen to’ve efficiently inserted your telephone.
- Open the Xbox Recreation Go app. The app ought to routinely detect the related Kishi.
- Select a sport to stream to your telephone, and begin taking part in!
Kishi kills the competitors
The Razer Kishi is suitable with a lot of the best gaming phones, in addition to with different sport streaming companies like Stadia and GeForce Now. It runs completely off of your telephone’s battery energy, so that you need not fear about preserving it charged, and when collapsed down its simple to retailer or keep it up the street. You’ll be able to even cost your telephone whereas it is plugged into the Kishi utilizing pass-through charging. For Recreation Go on the go, the Kishi is a cushty and handy possibility.
Greatest cell Recreation Go controller
Razer Kishi for Android
Close to-universal compatibility
Kishi allows a wider group of Android players than ever earlier than to entry Microsoft’s wonderful video games streaming service. Its ergonomic design, simple attachment course of, and no-latency connection makes it an ideal selection for hardcore gaming on the go.
Greatest streaming library
Xbox Recreation Go Final
Develop your video games checklist
With Venture xCloud out of beta, Recreation Go Final homeowners can stream over 100 titles on Android telephones. Whereas not the total library, you may no less than have entry to the primary first-party Microsoft titles on the street or away from the TV, an superior new perk for the service. Your sport saves switch between your telephone and console for one seamless playthrough.
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https://cracked4all.com/2021/03/27/the-razer-kishi-is-a-wonderful-controller-for-xbox-recreation-go-for-android/
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Leonardtown, MD –Severe deterioration of the road surface, amount of manpower/equipment needed for the asphalt repair and safety concerns regarding residential traffic in a condensed area will force the Charlotte Hall Convenience Center to closeWednesday, June 13(weather permitting).
Nearby Convenience Center sites include the Oakville Convenience Center, located at 16630 North Sandgates Road and the Clements Convenience Center, located at 24547 Horseshoe Road.
Citizens are asked to go tohttps://www.stmarysmd.com/dpw/recycling-solid-waste/for more information.
The St. Mary’s county Department of Public Works and Transportation apologizes for any inconvenience this closing may cause.
The Charlotte Hall Convenience Center is expected to reopen for regular business onThursday, June 14.
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https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2018/06/02/charlotte-hall-convince-center-closed-due-to-emergency-repairs-in-the-area/
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The Maryland state legislature recently enacted a tax on digital advertisements that could present major ramifications for any company that sells or purchases digital advertisements in Maryland. The “Digital Advertising Tax” is the first of its kind in the United States. This law parallels pending legislation in Connecticut, Indiana, West Virginia, and New York, and follows a growing trend among European Union countries. The tax, however, has drawn substantial criticism from the business community, and is vulnerable to a wide swath of legal challenges.
The Digital Advertising Tax (House Bill 732 – 2020) was approved by both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly last year, but Governor Larry Hogan vetoed the legislation before it could take effect. On February 12, 2021, the General Assembly overrode Governor Hogan’s veto and paved the way for inevitable litigation.
The law, which has drawn criticism from Maryland small businesses and independent tax policy analysts, creates a new stream of funding for public education by taxing digital advertisements. Under the Act, large businesses—those with gross revenues of greater than $100 million in total and greater than $1 million derived from digital advertising services in Maryland—must pay a tax on revenue gained from serving digital ads to Maryland residents. The Act empowers the Comptroller to promulgate regulations that specify how to determine what percentage of a digital advertising business’s revenue originates in Maryland. As a result, even if the Act itself survives legal scrutiny, its accompanying regulations may present separate legal issues.
The General Assembly is expected to approve a supplemental piece of legislation this session that will (1) exempt broadcast and news media companies from the Digital Advertising Tax and (2) prohibit digital advertisers from directly passing along the cost of the tax to their customers through a surcharge, separate fee, or line-item.
The Act’s Legal Vulnerabilities.
In addition to drawing the ire of business interests, the new tax may be susceptible to challenges under state and federal law. The Maryland Attorney General recently cautioned that, while a digital advertising tax is not “clearly unconstitutional,” the Act “could raise concerns for a reviewing court.” The weight of these concerns will inform the viability of digital advertising taxes proposed in other states across the country.
Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act
The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (“PITFA”) forbids discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. Under PITFA, a state may not levy taxes on e-commerce transactions if the state does not levy a similar tax on “transactions” involving similar services that are facilitated through other means. The validity of the Act therefore turns on the interpretation of the “transaction” it is taxing. If a court finds that the relevant “transaction” is the online transmission of digital advertisements, the law would run afoul of PITFA. If a court instead holds that the law taxes revenue from contracts for digital advertising services in Maryland—which may be entered into online or in person—the law could survive.
Dormant Commerce Clause
Likewise, the Digital Advertising Tax may run afoul of the Dormant Commerce Clause. Because Congress has the exclusive authority to regulate interstate commerce, federal courts have determined that states are precluded from enacting laws that “impede the flow of interstate commerce.” A reviewing court may determine that the tax is not “fairly apportioned” insofar as the tax rate increases based on a company’s global receipts, even if the company derives relatively modest revenues from its advertising services in Maryland. Since most of the companies that generate the largest amount of revenue attributable to digital advertising are located in other states, a court may suspect that the tax was designed to target out-of-state companies for the benefit of Maryland residents, which would be impermissibly discriminatory under settled dormant Commerce Clause jurisprudence.
Fourteenth Amendment Vagueness
The Act could also be invalidated as impermissibly vague under the Fourteenth Amendment. Commentators have described the Digital Advertising Tax as “a vague concept in search of definitions.” Several material terms in the Act are either undefined or ambiguous. For instance, the law does not clarify which providers in the supply chain may be subject to taxation, or when the revenue from their advertisements arises “in the state.” The law also offers little guidance on what types of online transactions constitute “digital advertising services.” Instead, it provides only a general definition and a non-exclusive list of examples. For these reasons, there may be a challenge to the constitutionality of the Act under the constitutional prohibition against vague laws.
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In addition to the issues mentioned above, the Digital Advertising Tax could be challenged on other federal and state constitutional grounds. For instance, commentators have suggested that the Act is vulnerable to challenge under the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. These arguments are less likely to succeed than the challenges outlined above, as the law does not discriminate on the basis of content and does not appear to make wholly arbitrary classifications.
This client alert is for informational purposes and is not legal advice.
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https://www.gejlaw.com/maryland-enacts-new-legally-fraught-digital-advertising-tax/
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Avian Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles covering all aspects of ornithology, including, but not limited to:Conservation biologyBehavioral ecologyEvolutionary ec...
Avian Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles covering all aspects of ornithology, including, but not limited to:
- Conservation biology
- Behavioral ecology
- Evolutionary ecology
- Phylogenetics, systematics and genomics
- Population and community ecology
- Migration and movement ecology
- Breeding and reproductive biology
- Physiological ecology
- New technology and methodology
Theoretical, applied and interdisciplinary papers are equally welcome. The journal prefers concise, well-written papers focusing on precisely framed questions or hypotheses. Purely observational or descriptive papers have a low chance of acceptance.
Avian Research mainly publishes research articles and reviews. Although the journal publishes other types like correspondences and short notes at times, direct submission of such types of manuscript is not advised.
The rigorous peer-review helps raise the academic level of the journal and has led the journal being indexed in such databases as SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded), Scopus, DOAJ, Zoological Record, and CSCD (Chinese Science Citation Database).
As an open access journal, Avian Research benefits authors from publishing high quality contents on ScienceDirect that will be internationally accessible at no cost, quality peer-review, easy online submission and fast publication upon acceptance.
At present, the article publishing change (APC) of the journal is covered by the sponsors, so authors do not need to pay an APC for articles accepted for publication in Avian Research.
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If I penned an all-purpose article a week or so ago, about ska in South America being as prospering now as it once was in England, I follow it up with this grand example….
Argentina’s Dancing Mood trumpeter and producer Hugo Lobo made history this week, releasing “Fire Fire,” a skanking upbeat cover of a Wailers rarity, by calling in international troops. Throughout this prolific career, Hugo endeavours to encourage legendarily collaborations, exalting the international genre and keeping the flame of Ska and Rocksteady alive.
Dancing Mood staggeringly sold over 200,000 albums. Hugo Lobo presented his debut solo album ‘Ska is the Way’ in 2017. This renowned trumpeter not only performed and produced for many of the south American ska and reggae bands I mentioned in my previous piece, but transcends to international acclaim, working with Rico Rodriguez, Janet Kay, The Skatalites, Doreen Shaffer, and Dennis Bovell. With Jerry Dammers, Hugo paid tribute to Rico Rodriguez in 2015 at the London International Ska Festival.
In a transcendental meeting, three generations of ska artists from the corners of the planet combined to recreate this 1968 musical nugget from the Wailers’ homemade label “Wail’n Soul’m,” where Peter Tosh leads. Jamaican-born British rhythm guitarist and vocalist Lynval Golding, of the Specials and who later founded the Fun Boy Three with Terry Hall and Neville Staple, is central to the single, yet he always is central to something ska! Lynval appeared on Glasto’s Pyramid Stage with Terry Hall backing Lily Allen, and the Park Stage where Blur frontman Damon Albarn and beatboxer Shlomo knocked out Dandy Livingstone’s “Message to You Rudy,” a popular cover for the Specials.
With a generation-spanning résumé, Lynval Golding continues with current group, Pama International, undoubtedly the UK’s most celebrated contemporary ska outfit who we were the first new band in thirty years to sign to Trojan Records. Yet through this huge portfolio, Hugo Lobo proudly announces his presentation is Lynval Golding’s first solo material.
If that’s not enough to whet your appetite, Hugo also called upon the current bassist of The Skatalites, Val Douglas to add to the enthralling sound. Check the bass on Bob Marley’s “Wake Up and Live” if you want a shining example of Val’s talent. Though Val is a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer and producer, working with just about any reggae legend you could name; Toots & The Maytals, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Ernest Ranglin, The Abyssinians, Delroy Wilson, Dennis Brown, Ken Boothe, Lloyd Charmers, as well as contemporary ska artists the New York Ska Jazz Ensemble.
All this considered, it could go one of two ways, overloaded with ego and fighting for centre stage as would many legends of other genres, or simply a sublime sound. Bear in mind this is SKA, collaborations are more frequent and common than rock and pop, and unlike the often-pugnacious insolence of ska bands, there’s never anything narcissistic about legendary collaborations. Glad to announce it’s the latter of the two ways, this sound leads the way. It holds all the catchiness we expect from ska, it heralds tradition but sounds fresh and innovative; the hallmark of the scene I love.
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Gospel singer James Ngaita Ngigi, famously known as Jimmy Gait, on Wednesday, revealed why he has been out of the limelight for a while.
In a video seen by Kenyans.co.ke, a frail-looking Gait saddened fans when he disclosed his struggle with his deteriorating health.
The musician who spoke to Kenyans.co.ke confirmed that he has been battling a throat condition for the past three months.
"I know for a while I have not been able to talk to you, I've been out of social media for about three months and a lot of people have been wondering," he began.
"I have decided to come to you today to let you know that I have not been well. I have been battling with a condition and gone to quite a number of hospitals and it has been decided that I have to go out of the country for special treatment," he stated.
The musician further stated that he would be travelling to India in the course of the week, for his surgery and was hopeful that it would be successful.
"As I prepare to travel this week, I believe in God that all will be well," he assured his fans.
In his caption of the video, Gait promised to keep his fans updated on his progress while undergoing treatment.
He affirmed, "The state of my mind right now is paramount to a successful surgery and recovery! I shall keep you posted on every move. I totally love you all, from my heart."
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"I love the Bare Fruit brand because they're more tangy than some other dried apricot brands I have tried. There are no added ingredients. I can eat up the entire bagful in a few minutes but try hard to control myself. You can add them to your cereal, use them in recipes or eat them as is. I think they're delicious."
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|Adults 18-49: Rating/Share||2.2/6||2.0/6||1.7/5||1.2/4||0.9/2|
|Adults 18-34: Rating/Share||1.5/5||1.4/5||1.0/3||1.3/5||0.8/3|
|Total Viewers (million)||7.715||6.002||9.148||3.189||2.383|
ABC led the night with adults 18-49 and CBS had the most total viewers on Easter Sunday night. Fox ran repeats of Theand a repeat of The Movie which performed well below the normal "Animation Domination" lineup.
CBS was in normal programming from 7-9p, but aired the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Beyond the Blackboard from 9-11p which underperformed the normaland : Miami.
ABC and NBC seemed to benefit, at least a little from Fox and CBS scheduling.was up 7% from last week to a 2.9 adults 18-49 . Brothers & Sisters rose 12% to a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. Earlier in the night, was up 10% to a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating.
NBC's Celebrity Apprentice was also up 12% to a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating between 9-11p.
was up 14% versus last week to a 1.6 adults 18-49 rating and The was up 4% to a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating.
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|FOX||The Simpsons Movie (R)||1.6/4||3.87|
|CBS||Movie: Beyond the Blackboard||1.3/3||8.23|
|ABC||Brothers & Sisters||1.9/5||6.63|
|CBS||Movie: Beyond the Blackboard||1.3/4||8.76|
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|10:30||Brothers & Sisters||1.8/5||6.35|
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Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
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Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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Asparagus contains compounds that can alleviate hangover pain.
With holiday festivities still in full swing, now is a good time to stock up on wine, beer, liquor — and asparagus.
Scientists from the Institute of Food Technologists in Chicago say amino acids and minerals in the green vegetable spears can relieve the toxic effect that excess alcohol has on the liver, according to Fox News.
These helpful compounds, however, are much more prevalent in the asparagus plant's leaves — which nobody eats — than in the spears. So rather than consume several pounds of limp green veggies on New Year's Eve, consider these other ways to prevent a hangover:
Most researchers recommend hydrating with plenty of water or other fluids, since alcohol-induced dehydration is a primary cause of hangover misery. Other tips include taking B-vitamins during the party and the next morning, avoiding dark liquors like whiskey and eating before you consume alcohol. [3 Ways to Make Holiday Drinks Healthier]
While taking an anti-inflammatory like aspirin or ibuprofen is a good idea before and after a hangover strikes, stay away from Tylenol (acetaminophen), which can harm the liver, especially when combined with alcohol. And when all else fails — try preventing your next hangover by not drinking so much.
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Pongu Thamil calls on UN to recognize Tamil aspirations
[TamilNet, Monday, 05 April 2004, 15:27 GMT]
At the Pongu Thamil event held Monday in front of the United Nations' Offices in Geneva, Switzerland, the participants from the Tamil Diaspora pointed out the Tamil aspirations endorsed by the Tamil people in the General Elections on April 2 by an overwhelming majority, and called on the U.N. and the international community to recognize the aspirations in finding a lastintg solution to the Tamil question in Sri Lanka.
The full text of the Pongu Thamil declaration follows:
We, the Diaspora Tamils of Tamil Eelam living in many countries, have assembled today, April 5, 2004, in front of the United Nations' Offices in Geneva, Switzerland.
At a time when leaders of many countries and representatives of governments and Non-governmental organizations are participating at the 60th sittings of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations, events of historic significance are taking place in the liberation struggle for our homeland. We wish to express our political aspirations and the fundamental needs that need to be fulfilled to arrive at a permanent political solution with just peace, to the Government of Sri Lanka and countries of the world.
a) Through the general elections held on April 02, 2004, the Tamil people of the Tamil homeland have approved, by an overwhelming majority, the concepts that the Tamils are a nation, that there is a Tamil homeland in which they have lived historically, that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are the sole representatives of the Tamil people, and that the Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA) proposals of the LTTE should be accepted . We the Tamil people of the Diapora are gathered in front of the United Nations today to reiterate the same concepts to the international community. The U.N. should accept these basic aspirations of the people and help to find a permanent solution to the Tamil national question in Sri Lanka based on these principles.
b) The Sri Lanka Army is occupying the homes of Tamil people in the homeland. According to the ceasefire agreement, the SLA should have vacated these homes two years ago and allowed the displaced Tamil people to go back to their homes. That has not happened yet. We strongly condemn this violation of the Ceasefire agreement. We appeal to Sri Lanka's Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunge, to vacate the homes the armed forces are occupying in the name of High Security Zones, and allow the internally displaced Tamil people to go back to their homes and lead normal lives.
c) The Interim Self governing Authority (ISGA) proposals, drafted with the assistance of political, economic and legal scholars from the Tamil Diaspora, should be accepted and implemented.
d) The Tamil youths who are languishing in jails in the South without any charges, including a large number of innocents, should be released immediately.
e) All countries that have banned the LTTE in their soil should accept the LTTE as the sole representatives of the Tamil people and lift their ban on the organization.
f) The European countries and the United States of America should not send back the Tamil refugees to their homeland until a permanent solution is reached and there is lasting peace.
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|25m. Entry Wall Area, 15m R of Yet Another Bristolian Affair. Pull over the R end of a low, orange overhang onto slabby rock. Step left and saunter up the slab to the textured brown overhang. Move R and step over onto a narrow slab below the jutting prow. Lace thin cracks with microwires; then make crux moves up the groove on the R. Trend back L and finish up a V-groove, avoiding perched blocks on the R just below the top.|
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As much as I love all the exotic tropical fruit available here, (my dinner last night consisted of large bowl of sweet, cold mango and toast), I sometimes crave other fruits that are not local or as readily available like blackberries, peaches, plums and apricots. We do get them here, but usually they look pretty worn by the time time they have traveled all those food miles to get to the grocery stores. I always consider myself lucky when I find these fruits looking good and fresher than the norm, and I was happy to find some large and healthy looking apricots at Whole Foods. I ate several and then decided to make something with the rest. Craving homemade ice cream, I found a great-sounding recipe for Apricot and Cardamom Yogurt Ice Cream in Ice Cream! by Pippa Cuthbert and Lindsay Cameron Wilson. I have several ice cream books and Ice Cream! is a fun little book with lots of easy recipes with interesting ingredients and different, exotic flavor combinations.
Ice Cream! says: "Apricots go well with cardamom. The little black seeds inside the green cardamom pods give a strong but subtle flavor. With the addition of yogurt, this ice cream has an almost Indian slant."
Apricot and Cardamom Yogurt Ice Cream
Ice Cream! by Pippa Cuthbert & Lindsay Cameron Wilson
(Makes 3 1/2 Cups or 800 ml)
2 1/2 cups (500g) fresh apricots
1 cup (200g) extra fine sugar
scant 1 cup (200ml) water
3 cardamon pods lightly crushed
juice of 1 orange
1 3/4 cups (400ml) Greek yogurt
Halve the apricots, remove the pits and chop. Put the chopped apricots, sugar, water, cardamom pods and orange juice in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer until the fruit is tender, about 8-10 minutes. Remove the cardamom pods, transfer the mixture to a food processor and process until smooth. Allow to cool completely.
Stir the yogurt into the cooked mixture and churn in an ice cream maker, according to the manufacturer's instructions, until frozen. Transfer to an ice cream container or ice block molds and freeze. Put in the refrigerator 20 minutes before serving.
Note: If you are not a fan of cardamom and omit it, you're left with a delicious creamy apricot ice cream all on its own.
Notes/Results: Good--both tangy and sweet, the cardamom and apricot really pair well together. I cut out about 1/3 of the sweetener, so mine may have been more tangy than the original recipe. I also really love cardamom so I put in double the amount, (six pods), and the flavor came through nicely. I used non-fat Greek yogurt to cut out some of the fat and calories and make it a healthier option. This ice cream, topped with some crushed pistachios, would be the perfect end to a great Indian meal. I would make this one again.
I am sending this along to the month-long Ice Cream Social being hosted by three wonderful bloggers Tangled Noodle, Scotty Snacks, and Savor the Thyme. They will being doing a major round-up of everyone's ice cream and frozen concoctions after the end of July.
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|live2ride8 ||08-08-2012 05:19 PM |
How do you display your ribbons?
I was thinking about rearranging my horse show ribbons and was just wondering how everyone else displayed theirs. Mine are on 3 or 4 strings on one wall. I'll try to get pictures later :) and how do you guys hang your grand/reserve sashes (lol is that what their called?). They don't really hang on the string very well. Oh and feel free to add pictures I love looking at how everyone displays theirs :) thanks!
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|PalominoOwner ||08-22-2012 01:32 PM |
I put mine on a chin hanging in my trailer so wehn i go to show everyon sees them
|Chevaux ||08-22-2012 03:04 PM |
I'm afraid to say I don't -- they're stashed in a box in my closet. I might suggest, though, that if you know someone (or maybe you can do it yourself) who knows carpentry, you could have them make a wall mounted frame with dowel insets and hang the ribbons on the dowels. Dowels are round long sticks by the way.
|MangoRoX87 ||08-23-2012 11:24 AM |
I had my entire wall in my room covered in them. Then, I started to cover the other wall. Then, I decided to paint my room, and they never made their way back. Now, they are in a box under my bed hahah
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|ellygraceee ||08-23-2012 11:10 PM |
Mine are all on coat hangers hanging from my curtain rod. I'm going to make horse rugs and blankets eventually when I get around to teaching myself how to sew.
|live2ride8 ||08-24-2012 07:12 PM |
Yea, I was thinking about buying one of those displays but wasn't sure :) And how do you guys display those neck sashes? (If you get them) Mine is awkwardly dangling off a shelf :P
|SunnyK01 ||08-25-2012 03:08 PM |
I recently bought a house and really wanted to display my ribbons, etc. After all, I spent A LOT of time and money on those things - I should get to show them off. Anyway, what I did was bought 2 cheap curtain rods from IKEA and mounted them on a wall in my spare bedroom. It works well and is much cheaper than buying actual ribbon racks.
For the neck ribbons/sashes I wrapped them around the curtain rod and secured them in place by using a "regular' ribbon to clamp them down. So, it created a 2 layered look basically.
On an opposite wall, I put up a couple of IKEA shelves to hold the trophies we had won along with a few extra special ribbons: the first we ever won as a pair, my first ever blue ribbon, and our first ever competitive trail ribbon. I hung some of my favorite pictures of her around the shelves to complete the look. My fiance thinks it's a bit weird and egocentric, but I love it!
|Tempestsgirl ||09-29-2012 06:15 AM |
I did a very cheap and easy way to hang my ribbons. I just took a tack to put two holes in the wall, one straight across from the other, unfolded a paper clip all the way and inserted the two ends of the paper clip in the holes so its straight across. Then you can simply put the clip of the ribbons over it. And I just did this all over my walls. I put all the firsts at the top and placed my seconds around them then organized the rest around those.
|JustWingIt ||09-30-2012 12:11 PM |
I used a sheet of white plastic lattice and used a staple gun to put it up on my wall, then you just slide the little metal tab on the back of the ribbon under the lattice. I like it a lot because the ribbons aren't fixed down so if you get more you can rearrange them.
|MelissaAnn ||10-09-2012 10:55 AM |
I love this thread! I have only been in one show so far and have two green ribbons. My fireplace has vents on each side to spread the heat to both side of the living room, and I just hang the ribbons on the vent. If we actually use it I will probably move them. Hope I get enough one day to make a special shelf!
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Tiger salamanders can be difficult to spot because of their secretive nature and ability to hide for long periods of time underground. However, the trick to finding a tiger salamander is to look for their burrows and hiding places. They like to live near marshes and ponds without fish. After heavy rains, tiger salamanders can be seen walking about on the wet ground.
Description: Tiger Salamanders are approximately 6 to 8 inches long. They have dark gray, brown or black bodies with brownish-yellow markings. In some subspecies, the yellow markings are large spots or stripes, while other subspecies have small yellow irregularly shaped spots. For example, the barred tiger salamander of the lower Great Plains has large, elongated spots. The eastern tiger salamander has small spots.
Be careful when identifying a tiger salamander, because some individuals might not have spots at all!
Wetland loss, specifically vernal pools, is the greatest threat facing tiger salamanders. Vernal pools are temporary, seasonal ponds that fill with freshwater. Tiger salamanders lay eggs in vernal pools, because they are free of fish that normally eat the eggs and larva. As we fill in and destroy wetlands, a serious negative consequence is that tiger salamanders must search longer and farther to find good breeding sites.
Range: Tiger salamanders live near vernal pools, ponds and slow-moving streams. They can be found along the Atlantic Ocean coast south of New York to Florida. The majority of tiger salamanders live in the center of the country from Arizona and Montana east to Ohio and Kentucky.
Tiger salamanders can live to a ripe old age of 14 years or more! It all depends on the individual and whether it can stay out of harms way in the wild.
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- 01MarMarch 1, 20158:30 am — 3:15 pmQueens Campus, Belson Hall, Solarium• Open to Public• RSVPThis Weekend is designed to provide up to 16 credits for both newly admitted attorneys (Bridge the Gap Transitional credits) and veteran attorneys (who may take either Transitional or Advanced credits). Attendance at the entire Weekend will provide 3 Ethics, 6 Skills and 7 Practice credits.
- 05MarMarch 5, 20157:00 pm — 9:00 pmGossip Restaurant, NYC• Open to Alumni• Registration RequiredThe Journal of Civil Rights and EconomicDevelopment (formerly the Journal of Legal Commentary) 30th Anniversary Celebration
- 06MarMarch 6, 20156:00 pm — 11:00 pmVermilion, NYC• Open to Alumni• Registration RequiredAsian Pacific American Law Students Association 2015 Lunar New Year Dinner
- 12MarMarch 12, 20156:00 pm — 8:00 pmLaw School, Private Dining RoomCome see how LGBT issues are ripe in all aspects of the legal community.
- 19MarMarch 19, 20155:30 pm — 7:30 pmLaw School, Mattone Family AtriumThis guest panel will consist of the different Diversity Bar Associations around the New York area, such as, AABANY, NYCBA, HNBA, MBBA, KALGANY, and others.
- 26MarMarch 26, 20156:30 pm — 11:00 pmLaw School, Cafeteria• Open to AlumniJoin us for the 2015 Public Interest Auction!
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March Madness has infiltrated our home and we are officially knee deep in basketball games, brackets, and lots of bragging. The bragging comes from whose bracket happens to be in the lead at that particular moment. I’ve always known that Mark and I are competitive, but am amazed at how intense we both get in the heat of the battle!
In basketball, as each player gets a point, his/her personal statistics go up, and the team gets closer to the win. In life, it is the same way. When I have an idea that works and a goal is met, I win personally, and the team I’m on gets ahead also.
Competitiveness can be a good thing. Competition can give us that push towards a goal we’ve been trying to achieve or give us the courage to make a move that we would otherwise be afraid to make. The ugly side comes when we get so concerned about winning and getting our way that we forget when we cooperate, we win together and it’s better for everyone.
There have been times in our marriage that I wanted to win no matter the cost. It was more about getting my way rather what was best for our family. I would get loud and thought if I could just get louder and keep fighting until Mark gave up, I was the winner.
The truth is, sometimes he knows the right thing to do and I don’t. I need to slow down, listen, and cooperate. We are working hard on getting rid of all debt right now. I’d really like to do some projects around the house, but they don’t really need to be done right now. Getting debt free is the goal, so I need to cooperate and let things ride. It’s not necessarily what I want, but I know that’s what we need to do, and we’ll be better off for it as a family.
I was in the lead for two days on our brackets, but Mark is in the lead again! At church, there is a prize for the top three. Mark reminded me that if he wins, I win too. In my fortune cookie tonight came this advice, “Be content with your lot. One cannot be first in everything.” A good thing to remember!
Denise McKinnon has been an educator, pastor’s wife and most recently a social worker. She has been married to Mark for 28 years and has two adult children, Shauna, 27, and Lance, 24. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team announced Thursday the team will be riding NeilPryde bikes in 2012. The team presentation will be in January at the team’s training camp in California.
NeilPryde has gotten a good reputation for producing sports equipment at the world championship level for its windsurfing products. Given the company’s experience in working with composite materials and aerodynamics, creating high-performance bikes seemed to the company like a natural step.
“Our athletes will be riding the Diablo model of the NeilPryde line, their carbon flagship,” announced Mike Tamayo, UnitedHealthcare’s sports director. “The carbon frame is a perfect match for the various terrains that Team UnitedHealthcare will have to tackle in 2012. The Diablo offers stiffness for acceleration while remaining lightweight. More exciting will be the Exoskeleton technology (proprietary to NeilPryde) that improves the lateral stiffness, making it an amazing cornering machine.”
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727EMflyer From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 547 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (9 years 5 months 1 hour ago) and read 2541 times:
I don't know what they did in the past, but in the age of TED the only scheduled UA birds you'll see in PHX are A320's and a few CRJ's. Since the 744 photo is fairly recent, maybe there is a MX provider who operates there? Could make sense if those birds had been in storage somewhere in the desert, they could have taken a short hop to PHX to get cleaned up to be returned to service... or vice versa.
DesertJets From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7824 posts, RR: 15
Reply 2, posted (9 years 5 months 1 hour ago) and read 2551 times:
The 747 is likely a divert or a sports charter. I don't think UA ever had scheduled 747 service into PHX. Only carrier, besides BA, that did in recent times was NW with 1 or 2x daily during the winter to MSP.
Most UA widebody service was either with the DC-10 or domestic 767-300s. All to Chicago. Pre-9/11 peak 1-2 of the 6 daily ORD flights was a 67, the rest were a mix of Airbii and 757s. LAX, SFO, and DEN were all Shuttle 737s, with IAD being an A320.
Given that the 747 pic was shot in January, I would be willing to bet that it was a Fiesta Bowl charter. And if it was returning from the desert it would make more sense that it would head to LAX/SFO were UA has large MX bases.
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Stop drop and roll will not save you in hell. --- seen on a church marque in rural Virginia
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The 12th Annual Stella Maris Wine Tasting and Auction will take place on Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley. Presented by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, proceeds benefit the long term care services for residents of Stella Maris. These services include programs that enhance the quality… Read More
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Congratulations to Jessica O’Malley in Programs and Activities! Jessica is Employee of the Month for January.
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Fredric S. Sirkis, M.D. has joined Stella Maris as Chief Medical Officer for the 400 bed long-term care facility. Dr. Sirkis is board certified in internal and geriatric medicines and has been in practice since 1981. He has served as an attending physician at various nursing homes in the Baltimore area and was staff physician… Read More
Sunday, October 12, 2014 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Maryland State Fair Grounds, Timonium, Md. Tickets are $65 each. To purchase tickets got to www.stellamariscrabfeast.com. For more information call Terry Lee at 410-252-4500, ext. 7268. A special thanks to our Presenting Sponsor, O’Conor & Mooney Realtors.
The Spring 2014 Reflections is now available. Click here to download the publication.
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Honoring high school seniors with exceptional promise in math and science, Intel Corporation and Society for Science & the Public (SSP) today announced the winners of America's most elite and demanding high school research competition, the Intel Science Talent Search.
Danville resident and Venture student Evan O'Dorney, 17, won the top award of $100,000 from the Intel Foundation for his mathematical project in which he compared two ways to estimate the square root of an integer.
Evan discovered precisely when the faster way would work. As a byproduct of Evan's research he solved other equations useful for encrypting data. This furthered an interest he developed as early as age 2, when he was checking math textbooks out of the library.
"After mulling the problem over in my head for nearly a year," Evan wrote in his application. "I began generating and studying large amounts of computer data that ultimately led to a solution."
Evan was one of 11 California finalists to make it to the national level and competed against 39 students from across the country.
"The creativity and leadership of these 40 Intel Science Talent Search mathematicians and scientists hold tremendous potential to move our country forward," said Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini. "They are already addressing real-world problems like cancer treatment, disease prevention and national security. We need to identify the common characteristics that inspired these high school seniors to successfully revitalize math and science education nationwide."
Evan said he hopes to attend Harvard University where he will study to become a mathematics professor.
"I'm a mathematician," he said when asked what he hopes his research will accomplish. "I do mathematics for purely mathematical reasons."
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http://danvillesanramon.com/news/2011/03/15/cracking-the-code-wins-intel-science-talent-search
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Don't let buying take you for a ride
The focus of many grounds professionals tends to be on their equipment. This is not unreasonable. These are the tools that get the job done; having a trusty mower, trimmer, sprayer or other tool is vital.
Not surprisingly, many people are loyal to brands of equipment the way some are loyal to pickup trucks. Such loyalty can get a bit carried away, if the “Calvin” decals often seen on the rear windows of pickups are any indication. For many people, changing brands means leaving their comfort zone (or, for a hardcore few, outright betrayal!).
It's fine to have brand preferences and loyalties, but it is wise to approach equipment buying with more logic than emotion. That might mean considering new brands or styles of equipment that you're not accustomed to. Most of all, it means taking a thorough and dispassionate look at your options.
Buying grounds equipment is, in various respects, a lot like buying a car. You kick the tires, take it for a test drive, read over the literature. But that won't answer all the questions. Some equipment may look good on paper, but then it doesn't work well for you in actual use. Taking a test drive gives you an initial “feel” for the machine, but does that tell you whether it's comfortable to operate all day, day after day?
And what about durability? Everything runs right when it's new. What happens when it's got a couple of years of use in it?
And of course, there's price. Are you getting ripped off? Could you have gotten a better deal somewhere else? What about from the Internet?
The questions that need answering are many. With all the possible pitfalls, it's no wonder that people are brand-loyal. If you've had a good experience with one brand of equipment, why take a chance?
As you can see — and undoubtedly already knew — there's a lot of anxiety that comes with making a major equipment purchase. Considering that some mowers cost more than cars, this is understandable.
The way to alleviate this anxiety is to do your homework, which involves more than just learning specs and taking test drives, though that's important. Talk to your peers about their equipment. Shop around; learn about brands you may not be familiar with. Go to Internet bulletin boards. Check with various dealers, not just one. Being more informed will make you a smarter buyer with less reason to feel anxious.
Purchasing isn't the only aspect of equipment ownership, but it is the first step and one of the most important. This month's cover story, “Buying Smart,” by Robert Sokol of Intertec Technical Manuals, provides some practical advice for sorting through your options and choosing a unit that's right for your operation. “Buying Smart” kicks off this issue of Grounds Maintenance, which focuses on grounds equipment.
Turf sprayers can range from the very simple to more complex units that rank among the most technologically sophisticated equipment used in grounds care. That level of sophistication may not be what you need, but if technology is your bag, you'll like what's available. Find out more in “Sprayers get smart,” on page 26.
Another key category of equipment is aerators. Like mowers, aerators vary a great deal in their design and operation, depending on the use. For lawn-care contractors, smaller aerators — typically with hollow tines — are the norm. Find out what's available in this month's Equipment Options, on page 40.
This is July, and there aren't too many places in the United States where it isn't hot right now. One of the more difficult tasks in the heat is keeping newly planted ornamentals well-watered while they become established. Drip irrigation is a great way to accomplish this. Tony Bertauski takes you through drip installation step by step in this month's “How To,” on page 33.
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http://grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_dont_let_buying/
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Mela Machinko is not a woman to be to put in a box, she is sassy, smart, earnest and one of the go to singers for all things Hip-Hop...while she may sing a mean hook she also holds her own and has been. Her fans are the people that you stan out for. She does not let this go to her head though, she is a true artist, humble yet confident.
"What you what me to do" that is a question women ask over and over, and Ms. Mela has the voice to tell those people where to go. With her sly smile and jazzy voice, she kills you with kindness. The song makes you want to strut down the street, but yet if you stumble a bit who cares? You are still killin it. This is not an "anthem" and it is not supposed to be. This is a grown and sexy chat with your best friend - well maybe the one that you wish you had.
If this is any sort of "anthem" it is for the mature, realistic and those who know how to be comfortable in their own skin...being beautiful, being open to love yet knowing when it is anything but. Any woman can ask "what you want me to do" but it takes a real woman to state it.
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http://www.examiner.com/article/mela-machinko-what-you-want-me-to-do-i-m-sorry?cid=rss
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Bought it after I shot it...
So just last week my local USPSA match was a 3-gun match (centerfire pistol, .22 pistol, & .22 rifle) and it was a blast. At this match I got to try out a S&W M&P 15-22. This following video, not of me, sums up this match and my thoughts very well-
In case you don't watch the video. I always kind of wanted one of these, but didn't think it was worth it... that is until I shot it the first time. After the first stage with the rifle, I was texting my wife to see if there were any decent deals on gunbroker and we won an auction that night.
I notice Shipwreck said almost the same thing about the S&W Shield 9mm.
Does anyone else out there have a story about a firearm that they kind of liked/wanted but didn't commit to until they got to shoot it, and then went straight out and bought it?
I bought an M&P 15-22 A1 Carbine (Product: Model M&P15-22 - A1 Style Comp) in December 2012 on a lark and love it. It is one fine little .22LR. I have installed a Geissele SSA-E trigger in it and a vertical MagPul grip on the handguard. Love this little .22 AR.
Late last spring, I vacillated between two .22 pistols; a Ruger Mark III 22/45 LITE and an M&P 22. I bought the Ruger and after taking it to the range, just wasn't all that enamored with it. I do have a Ruger Mark III 22/45 Hunter 5.5" stainless and like that one. I have changed out the sights and installed a hammer bushing to remove the magazine disconnect safety and smooth out the trigger. That one's a keeper. As for the LITE, I kept going back in my mind to that M&P 22. So last fall, I happened to be in my favorite LGS and they had one in stock. I handled it and bought it on the spot... without even firing it. Sold my LITE and at the range was I surprised. That M&P 22 is probably the best .22 pistol I have ever owned. Not the most accurate, but the most fun to shoot.... and the easiest to clean.
I do buy guns on a lark out of nowhere on occasion. More often than not, they turn out to be winners but a few times I have been disappointed. The M&P 15-22 A1 Carbine is just a sheer joy to shoot. A solid keeper for sure.
CZ-75. I was shooting a Glock 34 for 3 gun and Speed Steel. My son got into shooting, but didn't like my Glocks. He went to a gun show and handled everything in sight and settled on a CZ. When I shot it, I had to have one. My CZ has replaced my Glock as my go to competition gun and all around fun to shoot gun.
It is a coincidence that I bought the same model I rented, but that's how it turned out. I was having trouble finding a modern polymer gun that worked well for me, so on a lark I rented a 1911 at the LGS. I didn't think I wanted one because on paper it wasn't what I was looking for. Still, I figured there wouldn't be 600 different versions of the damn thing if there wasn't something special about it.
The rental was a full size model and it needed a cleaning real bad. I went in so uneducated about the 1911 that I didn't know it was single action only. I fully accept all the eye-rolling and mumbled 'idiot!' comments I just earned. But once I figured that out it shot like a dream. I was extremely accurate with it and it felt very very right. I was immediately sold on the 1911.
I did my on-line research and planned to buy a Springfield Range Officer (or something similar with a budget if around $900,) but when I went in to buy I ran smack dab into a used Ruger SR1911 for a song. I would not have been able to get a comparable new model from any respcable manufacturer (sorry, Taurus) without spending at least $300 more. It was a no-brainer. I seem to collect a lot of buyers remorse when I buy a gun, but I have none of that for my Ruger SR1911.
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http://www.handgunforum.net/general-semi-auto/38221-bought-after-i-shot.html
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Great Basin National Park
In A Nutshell
Every place touched by human hands in Great Basin National Park has its story. The natural history of landforms and geologic processes overlaps human experiences in the same locations.
Ancient Fremont Indians left art on the rock walls at Upper Pictograph Cave, telling indecipherable tales. Miners in the late 1800s left visible marks behind in the way of structures, pulleys, and mining shafts at the Johnson Lake Mine. And Absalom Lehman, an early settler in the Snake Valley, planted an orchard that remains today, built an aqueduct still discernible in places, and opened beautiful Lehman Caves to the rest of the world.
- Lehman Caves National Monument - January 24, 1922
- Great Basin National Park - October 27, 1986
- 77,100 acres
- 80 acre administrative site in Baker, Nevada
- 2006 - 79,196
- 2005 - 78,406
- 2004 - 80,548
- 2003 - 87,679
- 2002 - 86,457
- 2001 - 81,924
- 2000 - 81,255
- 1999 - 90,125
- 1998 - 80,477
- FY 2005 - $2,189,000
What Is The Great Basin?
The Hydrographic Great Basin is a 200,000 square mile area that drains internally. All precipitation in the region evaporates, sinks underground or flows into lakes (mostly saline). Creeks, streams, or rivers find no outlet to either the Gulf of Mexico or the Pacific Ocean. The region is bounded by the Wasatch Mountains to the east, the Sierra Nevada to the west, and the Snake River Plain to the north. The south rim is less distinct. The Great Basin includes most of Nevada, half of Utah, and sections of Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and California. The term "Great Basin" is slightly misleading; the region is actually made up of many small basins. The Great Salt Lake, Pyramid Lake, and the Humboldt Sink are a few of the "drains" in the Great Basin.
The Basin and Range region is the product of geological forces stretching the earth's crust, creating many north-south trending mountain ranges. These ranges are separated by flat valleys or basins. These hundreds of ranges make Nevada the most mountainous state in the country.
The Great Basin Desert is defined by plant and animal communities. The climate is affected by the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains. It is a temperate desert with hot, dry summers and snowy winters. The valleys are dominated by sagebrush and shadescale. The biologic communities on the mountain ranges differ with elevation, and the individual ranges act as islands isolated by seas of desert vegetation. Because the Great Basin exhibits such drastic elevation changes from its valleys to its peaks, the region supports an impressive diversity of species, from those adapted to the desert to those adapted to forest and alpine environments.
Great Basin National Park preserves a small representative piece of this entire region.
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http://www.ohranger.com/great-basin/nutshell
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Gov. Rick Snyder names two more Muskegon residents to state boards
Muskegon's Sonya Hernandez was appointed to the Hispanic/Latino Commission of Michigan.Full Story
#1 Jan 26, 2014
With all due respect,
My interest in addressing to you is to know more about the process and diligencies to take on, in regards to visas for Inmigrants. Please I would like to be one of the people consired to apply. Thank you very much.
From Caracas Venezuela.
#2 Jan 27, 2014
No sé si estás bromeando o si eres solo un troll Grand Haven blanco racista.
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Adobe Edge Reflow CC practice. Check the desktop version here.
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A missing Chicago firefighter has been found.
Herbert "Bubba" Williams was last seen on Saturday in the 100 block of East 73rd Street in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side. He said he was going out to run errands but didn't return as expected, according to a community alert issued by police.
Williams showed up again Sunday night, but authorities didn't say how or where he was located.
Monday marked the South Side firefighter’s 42nd birthday, police said.
Williams was last seen wearing a bright orange shirt, navy blue and orange jogging pants and a blue Chicago Fire Department baseball cap, the alert said.
He was described as a black male with black hair and brown eyes. He is around 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 260 pounds, police said.
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http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Police-Search-for-Missing-Chicago-Firefighter-212688341.html
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Destinator 3 Audio Plugin (1.1.2 and above)
Destinator 3 1.1.2+ Audio Plugin
Have sound alerts on any sound card!
Initially requested by NiN^_^NiN, I created this really just to show you what sort of stuff can be accomplished by using the winsock connection.
Basically, this app will sit in the system tray and automatically connect to the frontend when it becomes available. When you are approaching a maneuever, the app will output the directions to the chosen sound card. (AS WELL as destinator, so you'll need to disable them)
You can set it all up (sound card, where it finds the sound files etc.) by right clicking on the icon in the tray and selecting "Settings"
I must note that the SDK only seems to tell you whether you'll be going left, right or straight on at a roundabout, so I couldn't tell which exit it would be...seems to work well enough however.
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http://www.mp3car.com/map-monkey/38540-destinator-3-audio-plugin-1-1-2-and-above-print.html
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Two Juveniles Arrested At Junior Varsity Basketball Game
By Saul Qersdyn
Published: January 28, 2014 @ 1:33 PM EST
On Monday, January 27th, at 4:42 p.m., Patrolmen James Kompany and Alexander Lanza responded to the gymnasium at the Roselle Park High School, located at 185 West Webster Avenue for a report of a group of disorderly juveniles during a girls Junior Varsity basketball game. Four (4) juvenile males were pointed out by the Roselle Park Board of Education (BOE) staff who were attending the game.
According to the staff, the juveniles were cursing and entering an area of the high school they were not privileged to enter. They were advised to leave school property but refused, becoming increasingly unruly toward staff. The disruptive conduct continued when officers arrived.
Patrolman Lanza advised the group to leave the school property. Two of the juveniles continued to refuse to comply with the officer’s directions and became increasingly disruptive. Patrolman Lanza then advised one of the juveniles he would be placed under arrest if he continued. The 16-year-old Roselle Park resident again refused to comply and was placed under arrest for disorderly conduct. A second 16-year-old Roselle Park resident placed himself between the officers and the other juvenile male being arrested. While obstructing the officers, the second juvenile became combative, striking Patrolman Lanza in the face. The first male was additionally charged with resisting arrest resulting in injury. The second male was placed under arrest and charged with obstructing the administration of law, resisting arrest, and aggravated assault on a police officer.
The other two juvenile males were escorted off school grounds without further incident.
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http://www.roselleparknews.org/two-juveniles-arrested-at-junior-varsity-basketball-game/
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