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__label__wiki	0.565662	0.565662	Does food TV make us better cooks? Do food programmes just appeal to our inner hedonist or are they actually the route to an education in amateur cookery? No less than 26 different cooking programmes appeared on 2012’s TV schedule platter – likely to be more if I hadn’t started to lose count. We all know the daily task of digestion has evolved into a pastime beyond the kitchen, our couches becoming front-row seats to our gastronomic fantasies. But will any amount of sitting on our arses cooing over Nigella’s soft focus fairy lights and ice cream cake get us into the kitchen to cook our best-ever dishes? The wooden worktops, exposed brick and pan porn that predominantly features in some of these shows is a technique, one might argue, to draw us in to a make-believe feast of potential. We can whazz it up and reduce it down just as good as those guys – look how easy they make it look! But the reality has been known to be different. Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals, the fastest selling non-fiction of all time, came off the back of its simplicity on the box, but was repeatedly lambasted for its extensive list of ingredients, the unrealistic time frame and even for the fact there were dishes to wash at the end of it all. On the flip side, cookery programmes can and do sneak in some helpful education. The Great British Bake Off did just that, hooking up with historians to delve in to the evolution of food, that handy voiceover mentioning how to avoid a catastrophe of a rum baba, and all sugaring the cookie with the crème-de-la-femme that is Mel and Sue. If viewers are going to learn anything about cooking through the medium of TV, then technicalities as simple as keeping salt and yeast separate before mixing could truly alter the way a cook approaches their next loaf. Tim Anderson, winner of MasterChef 2011 thinks food programming is best for inspiration, not replication: “I do think that food programs make viewers better cooks, but I also think it’s false to assume that many people are actually cooking the recipes verbatim from the shows. What I think food shows are good for are inspiration and ideas. They are a great medium for introducing people to new ingredients, dishes, and techniques. “But I do wish that cooking shows would be a little more ambitious. There’s too much of an emphasis on ease and speed, and too much of a reliance on familiar ingredients. Instead of 15 minute meals, how about 15 hour meals? Food that takes time and effort is more rewarding and usually more delicious,” says Tim. In 2008, Delia Smith, one of the less glittering celebrity chefs, was reported to have criticised the rest for favouring “fussy” recipes and arrogance over simplistic cooking. At the time she said: “I think it is great to have lots of cooking on TV, enabling people to learn about different food and ingredients. But what I do not like is amateurs being made to feel like they are being ridiculed.” Instead of 15 minute meals, how about 15 hour meals? Food that takes time and effort is more rewarding and usually more delicious. Delia was a housewife favourite in the late 70s with Family Fare all because of her basic approach. But food culture has changed in so many ways since the era of blue eyeshadow and brown kitchens, and we’re no longer treated to the Keith Floyd-esque delivery of a pinot in one hand, a casserole in the other (though it may be a more realistic reflection of us all.) Of course, it’s all getting very exciting, but is it just show business sake for show business sake, or are we really being turned into an army of aspirational cooks? Several studies have begged to differ, with one 2008 paper suggesting food shows brand cookery as an “achievable lifestyle practice, offering the promise of self-transformation and improvement”, but with little implementation from the viewer. But there is some thanks to be given for cookery TV’s saturation, as Tim suggests food programmes have the power to give viewers access to ingredients they’ve never heard of, perpetuating the notion that shows do get the creative juices flowing: “There was a time when chorizo and spaghetti bolognese were exotic, but thanks partly to TV chefs, they’ve gone mainstream,” he says. And it’s not only this, but TV has turned male and female culture on its head, according to food futurologist Dr Morgaine Gaye. She says male celebrity chefs have turned cooking cool. “We are experiencing a large rise in men shopping and cooking food for themselves due to more men living alone than ever before. Male celebrity chefs have done great things for making cooking ‘cool’ for men. Now, men cook.” She agrees with Tim that we can take a lot from food TV, but the reality is different. “The majority of Britain learn new cooking tips from cookery shows and are inspired to be more creative by the various food programmes, but in reality our daily meals at home have not changed into a gastronomic feast.” And most interesting of all, she suggests that we only perform the ‘every day’ cooking as labelled by these chefs at the most special of occasions: “Ever aspirational, we show off our culinary prowess when hosting or offering ‘something we made ourselves’. It is then we amass the tricks we learned from the TV. We drool over some brilliant, and oh-so-effortless TV food porn; realise that there are three ingredients we have never heard of and then make cheese on toast instead… unless of course, we have guests or we are a rare and real foodie.” So, has a TV schedule peppered with food porn turned you into the “rare and real foodie”, or is it merely a procrastination tool of indulgence that leaves you hungry and reaching for the cheese? 15 Minute Meals, 30 Minute Meals, celebrity chefs, cooking, Delia Smith, Dr Morgaine Gaye, Jamie Oliver, Keith Floyd, MasterChef, Tim Anderson, TV programmes Jo Little I completely agree with what Tim Anderson says, food shows definitely inspire me rather than make me think I should cook their recipes. Recently, I was watching a Nigel Slater episode and he created a lovely dish using lentils and I thought ‘I never use lentils’ so the next day I went out and bought lentils- then looked online for recipes. Q&A: Christopher Boffoli The sidewalk review: too dismissy Window shopping for restaurants is evolving into a language that reflects new needs, tastes and timeframes. Corporate food waste may have been hitting headlines this month, but it's not above us to look at our own habits.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line13
__label__wiki	0.579006	0.579006	Having visited Bolivia last summer, I re-rented Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid from Netflix about two weeks ago to see how they handled the Bolivia scenes, but it sat on our end table night after night because I couldn't get any interest from my family to watch it with me. Last night Kathy had a bunco get together down in north Scottsdale and so I snuggled in and gave it a look, starting with the making of the movie video in the Special Features part of the menu, which has become one of my favorite things to watch because it's so inspiring and educational in terms of craft and story telling. The director George Roy Hill narrated in minute detail all of the problems of the shoot: the too-much-dynamite on the safe scene (matching the smoke and floating money with the explosion and then the actors was a bitch), and the Super Posse exploding out of the special train car (they built a special car with a higher door so the riders wouldn't be decapitated). He had several running arguments with Paul Newman. One daily argument was the placement of the scene where Butch and Sundance visit the friendly sheriff who immediately instructs them on how to tie him up, and he also tells them their time is over and they will, sooner than later, be shot down and killed. Newman believed that scene should run immediately before they decide to go to South America and Hill believed it should run earlier, before the jump off the cliff scene, some twenty minutes later. They argued about it so much that someone quipped they should call the movie The Blah-Blah Scene, based on the sheriff's character speech, can't think of his name off the top of my head. Anyway, it's an easy call today—Hill was correct. It needs the Super Posse build-up, after the sheriff's speech because we, the audience, are still in denial, along with the boys, about their ability to escape. Absolutely brilliant story telling. Everything works perfectly and the screenwriter, William Goldman, on the commentary track, tells how rare this is in movie making. Another gem is that Darryl Zanuck spent a boatload of money on a New York street scene for another Fox flick filming at the same time, Hello Dolly, and Hill wanted to use the street for the New York segment on BC&SK but since Hill's movie was coming out first, Fox wouldn't let them use it. So, Hill got them to agree to using still photos on the street, then came up with the still photos montage, where they shot the actors on the Hello Dolly set but then married those still photos with actual New York Historical Society photos. At almost every turn, Hill and crew turned a problem into a solution (although he was very disappointed in the slo-mo death scene of the payroll shootout and never did get it the way he wanted). Really a must see for anyone who thinks they can do a Western. I'm going to watch it again tonight with the Hill commentary (last night I watched the William Goldman commentary). Just the absolute best. And, oh, yes, the Bolivia scenes were filmed southwest of Mexico City and the transition from New York harbor (we see the Statue of Liberty go by) and then it cuts to big letters across the top of a railroad car: "Nacional Bolivia" and the train goes by and we see Butch, Sundance and Etta standing at a gutted out train station. Really clever and satisfying. I forgot how great the Bolivia bank robbery scenes were where the guys can't speak Spanish, and Butch is cribbing from notes. Oh, and Hill was very afraid the movie would get too many laughs and be perceived as a comedy and thus ruin the ending when he wants us to feel bad. They snuck the film in San Francisco and the title card at the beginning—"Not that it matters, but most of this is true"—got a huge laugh, so, in a panic, Hill excised half the card ("Not that it matters") to deaden the humor. Talk about agonizing over the details! "Who are those guys?" —Butch and Sundance marvelling at the prowess of the Super Posse	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line24
__label__cc	0.708176	0.291824	isotretinoin cheap on online The most common drug interactions of doxycycline treatment include: doxycycline dosage, doxycycline price, doxycycline side effects can be found here on doxycycline and here on doxycycline side effects (including warnings, side effects and drug interactions). We sift through all the latest pharmacy store news and Imzoûrene clomid prescription cost best deals to come up with these top online pharmacy coupons. In a classification he gives flagylium as c19, with flagylium chloride having the chemical formula c23h27cl3n3o4s2, but the compound is neither true flagylium nor chloride. You can also ask if he would like to have a drink with you or a few drinks. There is also detailed information about how to prevent and Ghandinagar control skin conditions and how to take care of your skin. We conducted a case-control study at the ophthalmology department, faculty of medicine, ain shams university. Alexander Lukashenko MAXIM GUCHEK/BELTA/AFP by way of Getty Photographs Russia could also be planning aggressive strikes towards the Republic of Moldova, in keeping with a map Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko displayed throughout a meeting of his nation’s safety council. Lukashenko is a detailed ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He seemingly allowed Putin to make use of Belarus as a staging floor for his invasion of Ukraine and is reportedly planning to commit his personal nation’s troops to the battle. The map, which Monetary Instances Moscow bureau chief Max Seddon shared on Twitter, exhibits Ukraine cut up into its 4 operational command districts and options purple arrows that seem to point deliberate troop actions. A kind of arrows originates within the southern Ukrainian port metropolis of Odessa, which Russian troops haven’t but reached, and terminates on the opposite aspect of the Moldovan border. In January, Ukrainian intelligence warned that Russia may provoke false flag operations in Moldova to justify intervening within the pro-Russian separatist-controlled area of Transnistria, in keeping with Al Jazeera. Transnistria, a slender strip of land with round 400,000 inhabitants, is internationally acknowledged as a part of Moldova, however the Moldovan authorities has exercised no authority over the breakaway republic since 1992. Russian troops have been stationed in Transnistria ever since. In 2014, after Putin seized management of Crimea, the pinnacle of Transnistria’s parliament requested to hitch Russia, BBC reported on the time. U.S. official: Belarus is making ready to hitch Russian invasion of Ukraine 17-mile-long Russian convoy reaches outskirts of Kyiv This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged attack, Belarusian, displays, map, Moldova, plans, President, Putin, suggesting by ioscares. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line27
__label__wiki	0.837728	0.837728	fashion, not necessarily according to traditional views. Even a book like The Brothers Ashkenazi has been assailed by a Jewish literary historian as “non-Jewish” because the Jewish characters in the book are not, according to this historian, favorably drawn. Allowing for differences of literary opinion and granting these artists their freedom to interpret and imagine their characters and situations, we find that the historical novels listed here frequently illuminate the Jewish past and, by and large, persuade us once again to be proud of it. The books are listed under four historical periods: the Biblical period, the Second Commonwealth, the Middle Ages, and from the Middle Ages to the end of the nineteenth century. THE BIBLICAL PERIOD * A sc h , S h o l e m Moses. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1951; Pocket Books, 1958. 505 p. Moses, the Law Giver, as seen and interpreted by the famous Yiddish historical novelist. Mr. Asch follows Moses as a young Egyptian prince to the time he leads the Children of Israel out of Egypt for forty years of wandering in the desert. * F e u c h tw ang er , L io n Jeptha and his daughter. New York, New American Library, 1960. 221 p. Based on the Biblical story of the warrior and Judge in Israel who, in seeking victory for his people, makes a vow which eventually costs him the life of his beloved daughter. Mr. Feuchtwanger draws heavily from Biblical and Talmudic sources to show why Jephta must live up to his vow and why and how his daughter accepts her death. in e m a n rv ing Jacob. New York, Random House, 1941. 295 p. The Hebrew patriarch Jacob tells his life story to his son Joseph. Mr. Fineman calls this an “autobiographical novel,” and in it he recounts the relationships between Jacob and his wives Leah and Rachel, his attitudes toward his brother Esau and his father-in-law Laban and reflects on love, lust and love for children. ------ . Ruth. New York and London, Harper and Brothers, 1949. 277 p. A novel which depicts the love of Boaz for Ruth, the alien woman, and how the Israelites, all lately removed from slavery, learn to accept the stranger in their midst. Mr. Fineman draws heavily from the Biblical story and quotes generously from it. ish e r , V ard is The vallev of vision. Denver, Allen Swallow, 1960; New York, Pyramid, 1961. 428 p. A volume in the “Testament of Man” series which is concerned with Jewish history. This is a novel covering the era of King Solomon and how he came to believe in monotheism. It was first published in 1951. a h a v r i David and Bathsheba. New York, Crown, 1951. A Hebrew novelist's rendering of the love affair between King David and Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, and how the lovers are punished for their transgressions.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line28
__label__cc	0.71876	0.28124	Two approaches to the problem of ray seismic tomography T.A. Tsvetkova S.I. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine geotomography, nonlinearity, geometrical seismics, Lavrentyev—Romanov linearization, the Taylor approximation Approximation of nonlinear geophysical medium as a linear one substantiates a transition to geometrical seismics based on geometric optics. Conditions, necessary and sufficient for application of geometrical optics bring possibility of linearization the eikonal equation and produce two approaches in the problems of seismic tomography: a classical Lavrentyev— Romanov linearization and the Taylor approximation. Geyko V. S., 1997. Teylor’s approximation of the wave equation and the eikonal equation in inverse seismic problems. Geofizicheskiy zhurnal 19(3), 48—68 (in Russian). Gel'fand I. M., Graev M. I., Vilenkin N. Ya., 1962. Integral geometry and representation theory. Ser. Of generalized functions. Moscow: Fizmatgiz, is. 5. 656 p. (in Russian). Goldin S. V., 2005. Introduction to geometric seismic. Novosibirsk: NSU Publ., 265 p. (in Russian). Goldin S. V., 1997. Inverse problems of radiation of seismic tomography. Geologiya i geofizika 38(5), 981—998 (in Russian). Jeffries G., 1960. Earth, its origin, history, and structure. Moscow: Izd-vo inostr. lit., 485 p. (in Russian). Kravtsov Yu. A., Orlov Yu. I., 1980 a. Geometrical optics of inhomogeneous media. Moscow: Nauka, 305 p. (in Russian). Kravtsov Yu. A., Orlov Yu. I., 1980 b. Limits of applicability of the method of geometric optics and related matters. Uspehi fizicheskih nauk 133(is.3), 475—496 (in Russian). Lavrentiev M. M., Romanov V. G., 1966. On three linearized inverse problems for hyperbolic equations. Doklady AN SSSR 171, 1279—1281 (in Russian). Lavrentev M. M., Romanov V. G., Shishatskiy S. P., 1980. Some problems of mathematical physics and analysis. Moscow: Nauka, 286 p. (in Russian). Mukhametov R. G., 1977. Task of handling two-dimensional Riemannian metric integral geometry. Doklady AN SSSR 232, 32—45 (in Russian). Nikolaev A. V., 1997. Problems geotomography. In: Issues geotomography. Moscow: Nauka, P. 4—38 (in Russian). Geotomography problems, 1997. Ed. A. V. Nikolaev. Moscow: Nauka, 336 p. (in Russian). Rudenko O. V., 2006. Giant nonlinearities in structurally inhomogeneous media and the fundamentals of nonlinear acoustic diagnostics. Uspehi fizicheskih nauk 176(1), 77—95 (in Russian). Rudenko O. V., 2007. Nonlinear waves: some biomedical applications. Uspehi fizicheskih nauk 177(4), 374—383 (in Russian). Rytov S. M., 1940. Modulated Waves. Proceedings of the Lebedev Physics Institute 2(1), P. 3 (in Russian). Rytov S. M., 1938. On the transition from wave to geometrical optics. Doklady AN SSSR 18(2), 263—266 (in Russian). Sadowskiy M. A., 2004. Selected works. Geophysics and physics of the explosion. Moscow: Nauka, 440 p. (in Russian). Seismic tomography, 1990. Ed. G. Nolett. Moscow: Mir, 416 p. (in Russian). Tichotskiy S. A., Fokin I. V., Shur D. Yu., 2011. Active radiation seismic tomography using adaptive wavelet parameterization of the system functions. Fizika Zemli (4), 67—86 (in Russian). Yakovlev A. B., Bushmina N. A., Kulakov I. Yu, Dobretsov N. L., 2012. Structure of the upper mantle of the Arctic region according to regional seismic tomography. Geologiya i geofizika (10), 1261—1272 (in Russian). Yanovska T. B., 2012. Methodology three-dimensional ray tomography based on the assumption of smoothness of lateral velocity variations. Fizika Zemli (5), 3—15 (in Russian). Yanovska T. B., 1997. Problems seismic tomography. In: Issues geotomography. Moscow: Nauka, P. 86—98 (in Russian). Aki K., Christofersson A., Husebye E. S., 1977. Determination of the three — dimensional seismic structure of the lithosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 82, 277—296. Anderson D. L., 2002. Plate tectonics as far-from-equilibrium self-organized system. Plate boundary zones. Geodynamic series. Mon. 30. Amer. Geophys. Union. 411—425. Geyko V. S., 2004. А general theory of the seismic travel-time tomography. Geofizicheskiy zhurnal 26(2), 3—32. Gerver M., Markushevich V., 1966. Determination of a seismic wave velocity from the travel-time curve. Geophys. J. Roy. Astron. Soc. 11, 165—173. Goldin S. V., 2011. Ray reflection tomography: review and comments. In: A theory of interpretation in seismic and seismology. Novosibirsk: IPGG SB RAS, P. 247—265. Foulger G. R., Panza G. F, Artemieva I. M, Bastow I. D., Cammarano F., Evans R., Hamilton W. B, Julian B. R., Lustrino M., Thybo H., Yanovskaya T. B., 2013. Caveats on tomographic images. Terra Nova 25(4), 259—281. Kulakov I., Kaban M. K., Tesouro M., Cloetingh S., 2009. P- and S-velocity anomalies in the upper mantle beneath Europe from tomographic inversion of the ISC-data. Geophys. J. Int. 179, 345—366. Liu Q., Gu Y. J., 2012. Seismic imaging: From classical to adjoint tomography. Tectonophysics 566-567, 31—66. Tikhotsky S., Achauer U., 2008. Inversion of controlled-source seismic tomography and gravity data with the self-adaptive wavelet parameterization of velocities and interface. Geophys. J. Int. 172, 619—630. Tsvetkova, T. (2015). Two approaches to the problem of ray seismic tomography. Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal, 37(1), 121–133. https://doi.org/10.24028/gzh.0203-3100.v37i1.2015.111330 O.B. Gintov, A. Murovskaya, T.P. Yegorova, Yu. Volfman, T.A. Tsvetkova, I. Bugaenko, E. Kolesnikova, A. Ostrovnoy, I. Bubnyak, L.V. Farfuliak, T.A. Amashukeli, Deep seismogenic zone Vrancea as an indicator of geodynamic processes , Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal: Vol. 37 No. 3 (2015) I.K. Pashkevich, M.I. Orlyuk, A.V. Marchenko, A.A. Romanets, T.A. Tsvetkova, I.V. Bugayenko, On the possible mantle nature of the long-wave Central-European magnetic anomaly , Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal: Vol. 42 No. 6 (2020) O.B. Gintov, T.P. Egorova, T.A. Tsvetkova, I. Bugaenko, A.V. Murovskaya, Geodynamic features of joint zone of the Eurasian plate and the Alpine-Himalayan belt within the limits of Ukraine and adjacent areas , Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal: Vol. 36 No. 5 (2014) V. I. Starostenko, A.E. Lukin, T.A. Tsvetkova, L.A. Shumlyanskaya, Geofluids and up-to-date display of activization of the Ingul megablock of the Ukrainian Shield , Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal: Vol. 36 No. 5 (2014) L. A. Shumlyanskaya, A. A. Tripolskiy, T.A. Tsvetkova, Crustal velocity structure effects on the results of seismic tomography of the Ukrainian Shield , Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal: Vol. 36 No. 4 (2014) L.N. Zaiets, I.V. Bugaienko, T.A. Tsvetkova, Features of the velocity structure of the mantle under the Precambrian structures on the example of the Indian platform (according to seismic tomography) , Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal: Vol. 43 No. 1 (2021) V. I. Starostenko, T.K. Burakhovich, A. Kushnir, O. V. Legostaeva, T.A. Tsvetkova, E. M. Sheremet, L. A. Shumlyanskaya, The possible nature of the seismic activity of the depths of the Predobudruzhsky trough and the Northern Dobruja , Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal: Vol. 35 No. 1 (2013) T.A. Tsvetkova, I.V. Bugaenko, L.N. Zaets, Speed structure of the mantle under the Dnieper-Donets Depression and its surroundings. Part I , Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal: Vol. 42 No. 2 (2020) A. V. Kendzera, L. N. Zayets, T.A. Tsvetkova, A. N. Ostrovnoy, Velocity model of the mantle structure under Sumatra and seismic activity of the area , Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal: Vol. 36 No. 2 (2014)	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line30
__label__cc	0.670701	0.329299	Cause 2263 of 2015 Download: PDF DOC DOCX PDF With Metadata Docx With Metadata XML Show Metadata Tabitha Njambi Chigua & 12 others v County Government of Kiambu[2016] eKLR Tabitha Njambi Chigua & 12 others v County Government of Kiambu Employment and Labour Relations Court at Nairobi Hellen Seruya Wasilwa Nyabena for Claimant Employment and Labour Relations Case Outcome: Preliminary Objection Allowed AT NAIROBI CAUSE NO. 2263 OF 2015 (Before Hon. Lady Justice Hellen S. Wasilwa on 20th December, 2016) TABITHA NJAMBI CHIGUA & 12 OTHERS ….... CLAIMANT/APPLICANT COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KIAMBU………………..….. RESPONDENT 1. The Notice of Preliminary Objection before Court is dated 18th January, 2016, wherein the Respondent raised the following: 1. That the Respondent is established under Article 176 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. 2. That this cause seeks for a declaration that the Claimants employment with the Respondent is of permanent nature by virtue of section 37 of the Employment act, 2007. 3. That the declaration having been made, the Claimants are seeking payment of leave allowances and other emoluments. 4. That the Respondent does not have legal mandate and or capacity to employ the Claimants or any other employees on a permanent basis, with leave allowances and other benefits. 5. That under the provisions of part vii of the County Governments Act, 2012, the mandate of appointment of persons to hold office or confirming appointments is vested to the County Public Service Board which is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a seal and with the power to sue and be sued in its own corporate name. 6. That the Claimants have sued the wrong party in this cause as the remedies they are seeking cannot lie against the Respondent. 7. The Claimants’ cause is to that extent incompetent, bad in law, fatally defective and otherwise an abuse of the Court. 2. The Claimants in response to the Preliminary Objection have filed submissions wherein they state that the same is misconceived as it is not based on any particular law and cannot be sustained in the first instance as it has no force of law and therefore null and void. 3. They state that the suit is a dispute between the Claimants as former employees against the Respondent in its capacity as the employer. They rely on the interpretation of employer as contained in the Employment Act 2007, which provides: “employer” means any person public body, firm, corporation or company who or which has entered into a contract of service to employ any individual and includes the agent, foreman, manger or factor of such person, public body, firm, corporation or company”. 4. It is their submission that the objectives under Section 55 and 56 of the County Governments Act do not override Article 235 of the Constitution which is to the effect that it is the mandate of the County Governments to appoint persons to hold or act in those offices and confirm appointments. 5. They further state that upon transition of City County Councils to County Governments, the County Governments assumed all obligations of the city council which included the Claimants who had been employees of the Respondent. That the manner in which they were to remain at work in the Claimants’ view was entirely in the control of the County Government since all benefits and liabilities of the defunct local authorities were vested therein. Moreover, they hold the view that the evaluation exercise initiated by the Respondent formed conclusions that excess workers would be laid off, others would be retained, reposted and if need be rehire new staff for the additional duties. 6. The Claimants submit that County Governments are autonomous and as a result they could engage staff on mutually agreed terms such as on temporary and short term basis. The Claimants submit that they were employees of the Ruiru Municipal Council having worked for more than six months as casuals and as such were automatically absorbed by the Respondent in the advent of the new constitution. 7. The Claimants state that the Preliminary objection should fail and urge the Court to issue a date for the hearing of the main suit. 8. The Respondent in response to the submissions by the Claimants state that Article 235 of the Constitution is to the effect that staffing of County Government shall be conducted by a body to be established by an Act of Parliament which in this case is section 56 of the County Government Act. Under the said Section the County Public Service Board of Kiambu is the body mandated to employ staff. 9. The Respondent prays for their preliminary objection to be upheld. 10. The Claimants herein have averred that they were employed on casual basis by the Municipal Council of Ruiru and this was sometimes in 2012 to 2014 as per the muster rolls filed in Court. They however aver that when Respondents took over the running of the counties, they failed to absorb them in the County Government hence the claim they have now filed. 11. The Respondents Preliminary Objection is to the effect that the Respondents do not have power to employ the Claimants as the body responsible is the County Public Service Board (CPSB). 12. Under Section 56 of the County Government Act 2012, the County Public Service is established under Section 57:- “There is established a County Public Service Board in each County which shall be:- a) A body corporate with perpetual succession and a seal and b) Capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name”. 13. Under Section 59 functions of the County Public Service Board (CPSB) are enumerated and there include:- a) “Establish and abolish offices in the County Public Service. b) Appoint person to hold or act in offices of the County Public Service including in the Boards of cities and urban areas within the County and to confirm appointments------“. 14. From my reading of the above provision of the law, it is indeed the County Public Service Board (CPSB) which has the mandate to hire the Claimants or act as prayed by the Claimants. 15. The Claimants have obviously sued the wrong party and I therefore find that the Preliminary Objection has merit and I allow it and dismiss the Claimants case against the Respondents with costs. Read in open Court this 20th day of December, 2016. HON. LADY JUSTICE HELLEN WASILWA In the presence of: Nyabena for Claimant – Present Respondent – Absent Download PDF DOC DOCX PDF With Metadata Docx With Metadata XML	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line31
__label__wiki	0.509366	0.509366	[01] I. RÃ©sultats de la Commission du 9 avril 2008 â€“ Outcome of Commission meeting of 9 April 2008 [02] Commission: EU must stand by its promises and deliver on development aid if we are to meet the Millennium Development Goals [03] Mergers: Commission approves proposed acquisition of AvtoVaz by Renault and Russian Technology [04] Euro area GDP up by 0.4% and EU27 GDP up by 0.5% [05] Standing Committee approves modified rules on movement of animals in an effort to control Bluetongue [06] DecaBDE: Commission accepts ECJ ruling [07] Le Commissaire Louis Michel et Le PrÃ©sident dÃ©signÃ© de la Commission de l'Union Africaine Jean Ping manifestent leur inquiÃ©tude par rapport Ã la hausse du prix des denrÃ©es alimentaires [08] Autre matÃ©riel diffusÃ© Midday Express of 2008-04-09 Reference: MEX/08/0409 Date: 09/04/2008 EXME08 / 09.04 News from the Communication Directorate General's midday briefing Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi de la Direction GÃ©nÃ©rale Communicationb Following last week's release of the OECD development aid figures, the Commission today urged Member States to go beyond rhetoric and deliver on their commitments. In its Communication "EU as a global partner for development", the Commission proposes a number of actions to encourage Member States to increase the volume and the effectiveness of aid as well as areas where EU policies could be better coordinated. The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of joint control over AvtoVaz of Russia by Renault SA of France and Russian Technology of Russia. After examining the operation, the Commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area (EEA) or any substantial part of it. Euro area (EA13) GDP grew by 0.4% and EU27 GDP by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2007 compared with the previous quarter, according to second estimates from Eurostat. In the third quarter of 2007, growth rates were +0.7% in the euro area and +0.8% in the EU27. In comparison with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP grew in the fourth quarter of 2007 by 2.2% in the euro area and by 2.5% in the EU27, after +2.7% and +2.9% respectively in the previous quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2007 and among the Member States for which seasonally adjusted GDP data are available, Slovakia (+3.3%) recorded the highest growth rate compared with the previous quarter, followed by Poland (+2.0%) and the Czech Republic (+1.7%). In an effort to control Bluetongue, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today approved a draft European Commission regulation modifying rules for the movement of animals. Under the new rules that will apply for a transitional period until 31 December 2008, Member States may require, following Commission authorisation, that animals to be moved from restricted zones into bluetongue-free areas are either vaccinated or shown to be naturally immunised. However, for calves under 90 days old that are too young to be vaccinated, movements from restricted zones can take place without vaccination, on the condition that the animals are kept confined to be better protected from vectors. The new Regulation reviews the conditions under which naturally immunised animals may be moved out of restricted zones. Confirmation of the existence of antibodies through a second serological test seven days before movement provides further reassurance that such animals are immune and thus can be safely moved. Bluetongue is a non-contagious, insect-transmitted, viral disease of domestic and wild ruminants. The control of Bluetongue is proving particularly difficult because of the presence of a new strain of the disease (BTV-8) and of a new species of the insect that transmits the virus. Vaccination is the tool of choice to combat Bluetongue and it is the best option to facilitate the safe trade of susceptible animals from bluetongue restricted zones. Other options, such as the protection against the insect vectors combined with laboratory tests, are difficult to implement on a large scale. It is also difficult to determine the insect- free season under the current climate-change situation. On 1 April 2008, the European Court of Justice banned the use of DecaBDE, a brominated flame retardant, in electrical and electronic equipment. DecaBDE was originally prohibited in 2002 under Community legislation on hazardous substances. The Commission lifted that ban for use in plastics in 2005, considering that elimination of the substance was impractical at that time. The decision to lift the ban was challenged by Denmark and the European Parliament. The April 1 judgment rules in their favour. The Commission accepts the judgment, and from 30 June 2008 the substance will be banned in electrical and electronic equipment put on the market for the first time. Recent studies show that many large manufacturers have already switched to bromine-free alternatives, which present minimal risks for adverse environmental effects. As a result of the ruling, economic operators should consider 30 June 2008 the final cut-off date for placing new electric and electronic goods containing the substance on the market. The necessary steps will now be taken to implement the ruling. Rediffusion Le PrÃ©sident dÃ©signÃ© de la Commission de l'Union Africaine Jean Ping et le Commissaire europÃ©en pour le dÃ©velopment et l'aide humanitaire, Louis Michel, se sont entretenus ce matin pour un tour d'horizon des sujets d'intÃ©rÃªt commun entre l'Afrique et L'Europe. Au cours de cet entretien, M. Jean Ping a soulignÃ© le dÃ©fi majeur que reprÃ©sentait la hausse drastique du prix des denrÃ©es alimentaires pour les populations africaines et appelÃ© Ã une mobilisation de la communautÃ© internationale pour rÃ©investir dans le secteur de l'agriculture notamment en Afrique. â€¢ Speech by Commissioner Rehn on A stronger Europe through deepening and widening, Brussels â€¢ Speech by Commissioner McCreevy on International Developments in Insurance Regulation, London A disposition au secrÃ©tariat de Jonathan Todd (BERL 03/315): Notification prÃ©alable d'une opÃ©ration de concentration : ÄŒEZ/MOL/JV EADS / SITA FRANCE / TARMAC AEROSAVE From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/ midex2html v1.04 run on Wednesday, 9 April 2008 - 11:30:06 UTC	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line34
__label__cc	0.648034	0.351966	Calling Home By Jeffrey Wilson By Jeffrey Wilson On April 13, 2012 In Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Stories, Science Fiction 10 Comments Calling Home By Jeffrey Wilson Calling Home is a paranormal story that deals with a father serving wounded soldiers in a desert field hospital. He has made a promise to his son and is given an opportunity to transcend the borders of life to fulfill that promise. It wasn’t the heat this time; it was the friggin’ sand. Those first couple of weeks the heat bothered him the most– no question. This place felt less than a mile from the sun. Dry heat my ass! On that first day only eleven weeks ago, John had stepped through the door of the C-17 transport plane and sucked in his first breath of desert air. Sweet mother of god! My throat is going to burst into flames. But he had adapted since then: now he barely even noticed the constant film of sweat that painted his body, trickling from his head to between his toes inside damp boots. Now it was the sand– everywhere, all the time. Nothing escaped the fine layer of grit, not even the lining of his lungs. Brushing his teeth had a disgustingly grainy feel and no amount of swishing with sandy water made it better. At meals, an audible crunch! crunch! accompanied every bite. At night a fine layer of sand invaded his rack and sheets, sticking to his skin. Yeah, definitely what sucked was the sand. John worked at the far end of the tent city compound in the Fleet surgical hospital. The work came in spurts– long dull days when his surgical team received no wounded Marines, punctuated by the hysteria of hours and hours of mass casualties. It was nothing like medical school or surgery residency. They hadn’t prepared him for this place. But he felt proud of his team. Here, he made a difference. Not that his pride would ever offset the terrible emptiness of being away from his wife and little boy. He ached for Claire and Jordon. In just a moment, though, he would close that gap a little. A smile tugged the corners of his mouth upward as he headed to the opposite end of the compound, to a small, square tent with one wooden step up. The expensive electronics and communication gear inside took his mind off the hated sand. This was the comm tent, the communications center of the compound. In the “internet café” across the way (a cruel exaggeration for the long wooden hut with a row of ten work stations), computers connected John and his comrades to the world beyond the sand. They captured the tiny, invisible electrons that bounced from heavenly satellites, and gave the troops of Alpha Surgical Team their most important morale boost. From there, John could access his personal military e-mail account. He had been aggressive about getting on the list for his turns at the computer, so he could stay in touch with home about every other day. By drafting letters in advance, he could use his limited time for reading instead of composing. He liked emailing home, but lived for receiving emails. Claire would write in her own easy, just-saw-you-this-morning style, making John feel that he could almost hear his son’s giggles, smell his house and his wife’s hair. It felt good–and it hurt. But here, in this tent, John got the real luxury, about once a week or so, of The Call. Ten minutes of real time, real voice, honest to God phone time. What would the World War II vets think of that? They’d sometimes gone without letter for months on end. War is still hell, but I least I can feel like a part of my family. “Afternoon, Sir,” the corpsman said as John pushed through the canvas flap door. “Your lucky day, eh sir? I’ll Try and squeeze an extra minute or two for you.” The young man, HM2 Santiago, accepted the piece of paper with the number for John’s home in Virginia. “Thanks, HM2. I appreciate it.” Claire would be waiting, having gotten a rough estimate of time by email the day before. He always sent her that bit of info, terrified of the impact that an un-answered or missed call would have on his mental health. John felt like a kid at Christmas. He couldn’t wait to hear her sweet voice, and to talk to his best buddy, Jordan. How much harder would this be, if Jordan wasn’t old enough to talk on the phone? A minute later, HM2 Santiago handed him the receiver and John held it to his ear. He listened to the bizarre clicks and whistles from the satellite bleed-over and waited with fragile patience for a firm connection. He wondered if his time started when he got the phone or when the connection was made. Funny he had never thought about that before. He decided to ask HM2 when he was done. John felt his pulse quicken with anticipation when he finally heard a tinny ringing sound on the line. “Got it!” he exclaimed like an excited kid, giving HM2 Santiago a thumbs up. The corpsman smiled and returned the thumb salute before walking casually to the far side of the cramped comm tent. Halfway through only the second ring he heard a crackling click and then–“Hello?” Her voice was barely blurred by static, and John could hear the excitement. “Hello, John? Sweetheart, is that you?” John closed his eyes tightly and the tears squeezed out onto his cheeks. “It’s me, baby. Oh, God your voice sounds great! How are you? How’s Jordan?” He heard a clattering of activity over the line. In the distance he heard his wife talking to their four year old. “Just a second, Jordan, hold on.–Baby I love you I love you I love you! I wanted to get that in, in case we lost the connection. Now I’m going to let Jordan talk for a few minutes before he explodes! Okay?” “Yeah, sure,” John heard himself shouting, despite the good connection. Far away he heard “Ok, Jordan here he is. Here’s Daddy.” “Hi Daddy, where are you?” Crystal clear and very loud and excited. The sound of Jordan’s little-boy-trying-to-be-a-man voice was both soft music and a fist clutched around his throat. He wiped the tears from his cheeks. “Hey there little buddy. Dad is still over here taking care of the soldiers fighting the bad guys. How are you doing? I miss you so much.” “Are you in the desert, Daddy?” “Yes, son. Daddy is still over here taking care of the soldiers.” The brief silence on the other end of the line was deafening. John was almost ready to say something, when his son spoke again. This time his voice sounded smaller and younger. “I don’t want you to stay in the desert Daddy. I’m scared the bad guys will come and hurt you.” “Oh, Jordan, no. Daddy isn’t going to get hurt.” Tears filled his eyes again. “I’m taking care of the soldiers. Daddy’s not fighting. Remember I’m a Doctor?” “Yes,” said the still small voice. “Well Daddy is just here being a Doctor and taking care of soldiers if they get hurt,” a pause again. “Okay, Buddy?” “Okay, Daddy. But, Daddy–” John pictured his little boy’s beautiful face and the way he wrinkled his brow like a little old man when he was thinking. He waited for his son to get his thoughts together, but unconsciously looked at his watch. “Daddy, do you have a gun to shoot the bad guys if they come and try to get you?” John felt absently at the empty space on his right hip where his issued nine millimeter handgun was supposed to be hanging and then lied to his son. “Yes, Jordan I do. But I won’t need it because the bad guys are going to leave me alone, okay?” “Okay, Daddy!” The voice sounded bright and happy again. John felt his heart in his throat at the thought of his precious and innocent little guy at home worrying about him getting hurt. “Daddy, guess what we did in school today?” “What did you do, bear?” “Well. Daddy, Um…..At school today, you know what? Daddy, me and Max were playing on the tire swing and then Ms. Jessica was pushing us. And then we went around in a circle!” Jordan’s laugh sounded more beautiful than anything he had ever imagined. He started laughing too, though he didn’t really know why. “That’s fun, Jordan! That sounds REAL fun. What else did you do?” “Oh, well…..You know what else? We made pictures of houses and then we had to put in the beds and the potty chairs and all that stuff. And Daddy, guess what?” “What, bear?” “Daddy, Tyler is having a party to be four years old. And then a cowboy is going to be there.” “Wow, Jordan. A real cowboy? “ “Yeah, Daddy a real one and everything. And there will be games and snacks and the cowboy won’t have a horse because they can’t go in the house. Daddy, can horses go in the houses?” “No, son, not usually,” John smiled and cried at the same time now. He hoped Jordan could only hear the smile. “Yeah, I know they can’t,” his four-year-old said matter-of-factly. “So the cowboy will leave the horse at his house. That’s called a ranch Daddy–” Shouting and the commotion of people running outside the comm tent distracted John from his son’s story. What the hell? Jordan continued to chatter excitedly about Tyler’s birthday party, but John had trouble following what he was saying. He lowered the satellite phone from his ear and looked over at the corpsman who stood politely on the far side of the tent to eavesdrop a little less in the cramped space. “HM2, what the hell is going on out there?” he asked, palm over the phone. “Don’t know, sir” the young man answered. “Let me check it out.” Just as the corpsman approached the door to the tent, a high pitched, screaming whistle pierced the quiet, followed by a loud explosion, which rattled the desk John sat on. A snowfall of sand from the tent crossbeams sprinkled down on them as a gritty mist. “Oh, shit–” HM2 hollered, dropping to a crouch beside the tent flap which served as a door. “Rocket attack!” John had already dropped to his knees. From the phone receiver he heard his son’s quivering voice. “Daddy, what’s wrong?” John heard his son holler away from the phone. “Mommy, Daddy’s not saying anything” He crouched lower and tried to calm his own quivering voice as the sound of small arms fire cracked sporadically from outside. “Jordan, listen. It’s Daddy,” Only silence, but he could hear his sons sobbing. “Jordan, are you there?” “Yes,” a tiny voiced said. “What’s the matter Daddy?” “Jordan, Daddy is fine, but I have to go do something real quick, Okay? Daddy has to go, but I’ll call you back.” “Will you call me right back, Daddy? Do you promise?” “Jordan, I will call you as soon as I can. Daddy loves you and I will call you as soon as I can. Tell Mommy I had to go, but I will call again.” “Okay–.” Tiny. Hushed. “It’s okay, Jordan I WILL call back. I promise.” “Okay, Daddy. Call me right back.” “I love you, Jordan.” “I love you, Daddy.” John clicked off the receiver and dropped it to the ground. Then he crawled on all fours over beside HM2 who still crouched beside the door. The corpsman had his pistol in his hand, the hammer back. John suddenly wished he had his weapon with him, although he had not – despite regulations – carried it a single day since his arrival. The corpsman beside him looked rattled, but not as scared as John felt. “What the hell is going on, HM2?” John didn’t think his voiced sounded too frightened. “Are we under attack?” John cringed as another rocket screamed over their tent in reply, the explosion this time followed a second later by someone screaming in pain. A woman’s screams. “Apparently so, Sir,” HM2 replied. John didn’t think there was sarcasm, but definitely fear in the corpsman’s voice. “I can’t see shit.” John felt suddenly very naked and vulnerable, protected only by a thin canvas tent and a twenty-four-year-old with his handgun. He heard more small arms fire, this time mixed with automatic machine gun fire– louder and deeper–the M240G from the other side of the compound. He could hear Marines shouting, directing fire and moving positions. Son of a bitch! “I’m gonna try and have a look, sir,” HM2 swallowed hard. “If it’s clear outside, I think we should try and make a break for the shelters.” “Okay,” was all John could get out. He wished he could sink through the floor and three feet beneath the sand, too. Instead he crouched lower and concentrated on making himself small. From the floor, John watched the corpsman shuffle forward on his knees and gently push back the tent flap with his handgun. John saw that the corpsman’s hand shook badly. Santiago peered cautiously out through the small gap he’d made in the door, bobbing his head up and down and back and forth, apparently trying to scan around as best he could without opening the tent flap any more. Then he let the flap fall back into place and turned to John. “ I don’t know sir. I can’t see anyone right outside, but I can’t see much. I sure as hell don’t want to stay here anymore. What should we do?” John gritted his teeth. Hell of a time to have to try and be a real officer. “I’m not sure, HM2. You want to try and circle around the back, down by the heads and showers? Better cover, but a longer route, and more time in the open. It sounds like most of the engagement is on the other side.” John jumped at several loud cracks of rifles. Probably the bad guys, but definitely not right outside their tent. “Yeah, right over where the damn shelters are,” HM2 grimaced. “Shit, sir, it’s whatever you think. Why don’t we–” He heard no rifle crack, only a loud whistling POOF! which caused the tent wall to move, and then HM2 Santiago lurched forward, his face surprised. His right arm went slack and his pistol clattered to the wood floor. “Ow! Ow, shit!” His face still looked surprised, “Am I shot?” The voice sounded more amazed than frightened, but he had turned suddenly pale and a purple stain grew rapidly on the front of his green, military-issue T-shirt, spreading down to the waist band of his desert fatigues. Just as John reached for him, the corpsman pitched forward into his arms, the dead weight spinning him around so that the boy’s face looked up at him, the eyes unseeing. Santiago’s head slapped loudly on the wood floor, bounced up a few inches, then plunked back down and lay still. His eyes stared straight up and ahead into nowhere, his face frozen in surprise. John felt for a pulse in the boy’s neck, but he knew there wouldn’t be one. HM2 Santiago was dead. Holy Shit! What the hell am I gonna do? He felt any semblance of control evaporate from around him. He snatched up the nine millimeter automatic pistol and clutched it to his chest, and crouched there for a moment– frozen, his hand not even properly wrapped around the grip of the weapon. John noticed the pool of dark blood around HM2 growing rapidly, preparing to lap up against his boot, and he pulled his foot back in revulsion. Somehow that, the familiar sight of blood, snapped him back. He decided to try and make it to the shelters. He re-gripped the gun in his right hand and checked the safety off. He had never fired a weapon at anything but targets, and that only a few times to qualify before the deployment. He had not grown up around guns– had never hunted. I’m a doctor, for Christ sake. What the Hell am I doing here? He might not hit anything, but he realized that he had no doubts about his ability to point the gun at the bad guys and pull the trigger. He was terrified, and his fear erased any qualms about shooting a human being. He looked down at the dead boy at his feet. Especially now. He had no idea what was going on outside, but he grimly decided it was time to get out of here and home to his little boy. He gripped the gun tighter, still crouching, and inched towards the tent flap. Like Santiago had done, John used the corpsman’s weapon to cautiously pull back the tent flap. He could hear movement outside, but it didn’t seem to be too close. Looking through the small slit he had created in the door, John scanned around the area outside as best he could. Nothing. He crouched like that for a moment, unsure. Then he rose slightly and pulled the tent flap open a bit more. Screw it! John stood up and pushed through the canvas door, his gun held awkwardly in front of him. He moved slowly, but prepared to sprint to the safety of the bunkers. Then a sound to his right made him turn, his grip tight on his gun–his new-found security blanket. He didn’t see anyone or hear a thing– no shout, no warning, much less the crack of a gun. Not even the whistle of a bullet cutting through the air. But he suddenly felt a dull slap, like someone had hit him squarely in the center of the chest with a bat. He staggered backwards but didn’t fall, the only new sound the grunting cough of air forced from his lungs. He stood for a minute, dazed and uncertain, his gun still pointed out in front of him. He dropped his head slowly down to find the source of the burning pain that grew like a spreading fire in the middle of his chest. On the front of his desert camouflage shirt a dark, coffee-colored stain grew. He suddenly felt like he weighed 500 pounds, unable to fight the overpowering force of gravity pulling him down into the ground. His right arm remained fully extended in front of him as he sank to his knees in the hot sand, but the heavy black object he had been holding was gone. What had he been holding? What the hell was going on? Nothing came to him. He heard the bustling sounds around him slowly fade and disappear until he could hear only the rapid thump, thump thump of his pulse in his temples and the raspy sound of his own breathing. He heard a whistling sound and felt the sharp burn of a second bullet tearing through his right shoulder. He spun around from the impact, but felt nothing except dizziness and nausea. Lying on his back in the sand he looked up in silence at a dark blue sky. John watched the sky grow darker and darker and then closed his eyes. I’m so tired. Just a few minutes of sleep. Then I have to call home. I have to call Jordan so he won’t be afraid. The darkness swallowed him up, wrapped around him tightly. So tired. Jordan…….I have to call my boy. Thousands of miles away, Claire sat in a rocking chair– her fragile little boy, curled in her lap. She held him like an infant and he let her. He seemed much less than his four years now. “Please give me the phone, Jordan.” Claire rocked him, the front of her shirt wet with his tears. “No,” he whispered, “Daddy is going to call me right back.” She held him tightly and fought back her own fear. Her little boy needed her to be strong. But she had heard the commotion on the phone when Jordan had held it out to her, crying because Daddy wasn’t saying anything. She thought she had heard—well, she didn’t know what she had heard or only imagined. She did know she was terrified for her husband. She felt her precious boy shake as he sobbed and held him tighter. She let go of her grip on the phone, and he pulled it into his chest like a teddy bear. “It’s, okay, Baby,” she said, kissing her son’s hair. She watched her own tears fall and paint a curious pattern on the leg of her jeans. “Everything’s going to be okay.” She tried to believe that and held her boy and felt him hold her back. John tried to focus his eyes through the greenish haze that now surrounded him with a different kind of dark, but could not. He felt a fear grow inside him at the deadly silence and the green haze in front of him. His mind searched its inventory for a reference and finally settled on something familiar–A blanket! John pulled the green wool blanket from his face, the hazy green replaced by another green, farther away. The roof of a tent. How long have I been asleep? He sat up quickly. There was something he desperately needed to do, though he couldn’t think what it was. He felt stiff and movement brought nausea and dizziness. “Take it slow,” a calm voice said. John turned his head and looked at the man in the chair beside him, legs crossed, watching him with soft green eyes and a patient smile. The corps insignia on his digital Marine Corps cammies said he was a chaplain, his rank that of a Commander. His uniform looked crisp and clean, and his desert boots were perfect, as if they had just come out of the box. John scanned around the large open tent, empty except for the single stretcher suspended between two saw horses on which he now sat. The room was huge, well lit, and unfamiliar. “Where am I?” John asked, swinging his legs slowly over the edge of his stretcher. His fear evaporated, calmed away by the stranger’s soft face and melodic voice. “Ar Rutbah, remember?” The man’s voice sounded surreal to him. “Who are you?” John asked dropping a few inches to the wood floor on unsteady legs. He felt a firm, strong grip on his arm and looked to see the stranger beside him, steadying him. He had not seen the man rise from his chair, and he looked and saw that the chair was no longer even there. John wanted to be afraid again, but the stranger’s touch on his arm filled him with warmth and calm. “I am Matthew.” The stranger wrapped his arms around him in an intimate embrace, which for some reason did not feel inappropriate. Then he released John from the hug, and held him out at arms length, smiling a radiant smile. John smiled back awkwardly and looked around again. “Well, Matthew, just what the hell is going on?” He felt calm, happy, despite his curiosity. Suddenly memories came crashing down on him. Images flashed before his eyes like little picture explosions. The phone, the rockets, gunfire, HM2’s dead stare. Then a brilliant flash preceded an image of a bullet tearing through his chest, the hot sand on the back of his head, the blue, darkening sky. John stumbled back against the stretcher, which shook loose from its sawhorse cradle and fell to the wooden floor with a loud, echoing crash. John’s hands went instinctively to his chest and shoulder. His fingers and eyes searched frantically for terrible wounds. His green T-shirt felt dry and looked clean, and he pulled it up in a panic. Nothing. The skin on his chest and shoulder were warm and unblemished. No wounds. No stitches. No scar. “What the hell is going on, sir!?” his own voice sounded shrill and raspy in his ears. “I was shot–there was an attack! Where is Santiago?” John turned to face Matthew, and was surprised to find him across the room, sitting with his legs crossed. John again felt puzzled and a little frightened. He had not seen the chaplain take his seat. One second he was standing beside me and then— John noticed a second chair beside Matthew, whose face remained calm and almost glowing. The same, simple smile. He motioned to the chair beside him. “Sit with me a moment, John. Relax and calm down. Everything is fine and you are okay.” John hesitated, but again felt a strange calm spread over him. He felt certain that he was going crazy, but at the moment he didn’t care. He sat down slowly in the chair beside the chaplain. Matthew placed a hand soothingly on John’s bare arm. “HM2 Santiago has gone home,” he said simply. “But how?” John asked. “He was dead. I was there. I saw him die.” “Santiago is fine, and he is home. You–” Matthew paused, leaned forward, and rubbed his chin. “Well, you are a bit more complicated, I am afraid. You need to go home, too, but you’re not ready.” John looked deeply into Matthews deep green eyes, looking for answers, but seeing none. “Home?” he asked simply. Then he remembered. The phone call. Jordan. My God, he must be terrified! John had to get to a satellite phone. “I need to call home, sir. I have to call my boy. I was on the phone with him when the attack started. He’ll be terrified. Are there any communications working?” John looked pleadingly at the kind face beside him. “Please, sir. It’s important.” Matthew sat for a minute, apparently contemplating something. “Well, it’s really against policy. Perhaps we can work something out in a little while, when things are clearer.” And then he was standing beside John, his hand outstretched to help him up from his chair. John felt no surprise this time that the other chair, the one the chaplain had been sitting in, was no longer beside him. “Shall we go?” “Home?” John asked, his voice quivering. “Of course, John. We have a long way to go and we really should get started. We can call Jordan in a little while.” John took the hand and rose from his chair. There were so many questions. Why could he not think of them? “Ok,” he said simply. And they walked towards the door at the far side of the tent together. Towards Home. To Jordan and Claire. Claire watched Jordan from the door of his room. Her son sat quietly on the floor, playing with his toy animals halfheartedly, his toy phone clutched tightly in his left hand as it had been for weeks. She tried many times to get him to let it go. She tried to explain in simple ways, as the family support counselors had suggested, what was going on. Jordan always, calmly, refused. “Daddy is going to call me,” he would say simply. Claire felt the tears stream down her face again as she watched her son, his face so much like his father’s. Then a sharp sound made her jump and she felt her pulse quicken. There was a short pause and then the tinny pretend ring of Jordan’s toy phone sounded again. She watched Jordan put down his stuffed toy monkey and turn to her and smile an excited and knowing smile as he raised the phone to his ear. Claire covered her mouth in anguish at Jordan’s sad fantasy, and unable to do anything else she pulled herself from her son’s doorway and leaned against the hallway wall, crying. “Hello,” her son’s little voice said timidly. There was a long pause and then– “Yes….Ok….Yes…Yeah?….Ok…….Ok, bye, bye” Claire heard the sound of little feet running across the floor, and then Jordan was beside her. His arms wrapped around her leg and he smiled up at her, his phone still clutched in his hand. Claire swept him up and held him tightly in her arms, crying uncontrollably now. Jordan laid his head on her shoulder and patted her on the back. “It’s ok, Mommy,” he said, his voice still happy. “It was Matthew. Daddy is ok, but he can’t come to the phone. Matthew says he has to go home, but he can call me later.” Jordan raised his head off her shoulder and put a small warm hand on her cheek. His blue eyes looked happy and alive. “It’s ok, Mommy. Daddy will call.” Then he laid his head back on her shoulder. Claire clung to her son and then found her voice. “Jordan, who is Matthew?” she finally asked softly, unsure why she felt so afraid. Jordan held her calmly and left his head on her shoulder. “Daddy’s friend. He’s helping Daddy get home.” She felt him hug her softly and she held him for a long time in the hall. The bright sun didn’t seem particularly blinding, even without his sunglasses that the Plans, Operations, and Medical Intelligence briefers had warned him always to wear. Stranger than that was how comfortable he felt. He could tell it was hot, but the heat did not suck the strength from him as it had always done before. Slightly ahead of him, Matthew walked effortlessly through the sand. John had no idea how long they had walked, and he calmly gave up the idea that he retained any sense of time. Earlier, after what had seemed only moments of walking, he had glanced back at the compound and seen nothing– no tent, no people, only an endless stretch of rolling sand. He followed Matthew in contented silence for what might have been hours or minutes, but now he felt lonely for conversation. “Where are you from?” John asked. He could feel the smile from his new friend, although he couldn’t see his face. “Many places,” Matthew answered simply. “I go where I’m needed. Most recently I have been needed here in the Middle East, but I’m comfortable here. My family is from not to very far from here originally.” “Yeah, well that’s the Navy, I guess,” John agreed. “Yes,” Matthew answered simply. They walked quietly for a few more minutes– or hours, or days. “Where are we going?” John asked finally. “Home,” Matthew responded. “Well, right, but where are we headed now?” John asked. Strange he had not thought to ask that sooner. He felt as if he already knew the answer, but it hung just outside of reach. His forehead wrinkled as he searched for something. But, what? Then he stopped and stood still in the field of sand. “Matthew,” he said softly. “Why haven’t we seen anyone else? Why are we walking instead of riding in a Humvee or flying out in a Blackhawk? Why are we alone out here?” Matthew stopped and turned patiently to face him. “You know the answer to that, don’t you John?” John thought for a moment. He felt his new friend was right– that there was some big answer he knew, but he still couldn’t get his hands around it. “I think so,” he said, “but I can’t grab it.” “Yes,” Matthew responded simply. Then he turned and John followed him, continuing their trek through the desert towards nowhere, but somewhere important. “But, Mommy, what if he calls?” Jordan asked and shoved his little arms into the toddler sized blue blazer behind him, struggling with his left hand, which still clutched the toy phone firmly. Claire smiled a real smile, maybe her first in months, at the sight of her little boy in his little man church clothes. So beautiful. So very much a small version of John. “Honey, we talked about this. What is special about when we are at Church?” Jordan scrunched up his forehead and thought. “We can talk to God?” “That’s right, Jordan. We can talk to God, and make sure he is taking care of Daddy, right?” Claire felt the familiar burning pain in her throat and chest and swallowed it away. She had promised herself that she would not cry in front of her little boy anymore. “Right,” Jordan said without much conviction. “But, Mommy, Matthew is already taking care of Daddy, he promised. And God never answers me out loud and Daddy said he would call.” He pouted. “I know, baby,” Claire said softly, kneeling in front of her little boy, and holding his little arms softly in her hands. Then she thought for a minute. “You know what else we can do in church, Jordan?” “What?” He asked, looking at his feet. “We can talk to Daddy, too,” Claire said, mustering a happy sound in her voice. Jordan’s eyes lit up. “We can?” he said, his voice full of awe at this new idea. “Will he talk back to me?” “Yes, Jordan. If we talk to Daddy in our heads when we pray, and we try really hard to hear him, he may answer us in our heads, too. I talk to Daddy every night when I pray, and sometimes I think he can hear me. Do you want to try?” “Yes, Mommy.” Jordan hugged her neck tightly, his phone still tight in his hand. Claire bravely fought back her tears. Jordan let go of her and walked quickly to the garage door. Then he stopped and looked over his shoulder at her, his face beaming. “Come on Mommy!” Claire took her son’s hand and opened the garage door. “I can still hold my phone if I don’t make noise,” he informed her matter-of-factly. “Of course, baby,” Claire answered and squeezed her little boy’s hand. John trekked through the sand beside Matthew, lost in thought. Over the last few minutes (days?) a slow awareness had spread over him. He felt alone as he walked behind the chaplain, not exactly sad, but isolated. “Are we nearly there?” John asked, unaware how much his sounded voice like his son’s. Matthew stopped. “Are you ready to be home?” he asked without turning around. John thought a moment. He grasped the full weight and meaning of the question for the first time. “Yes,” he answered softly. “Yes, I think so. But….” His voice trailed off. Matthew turned and held John by the arms, just as he remembered holding Jordan’s so many times. “The love you have for them is a powerful thing, John. That love is not gone. It will never go away. What we leave behind for people is sometimes even greater than what we give them when we are with them, and it is a part of them forever. Do you understand?” Matthew’s green eyes stared deeply into John’s. He waited. “Yes,” John answered softly. “Yes, I think I do now. But he’s so little, Matthew, so young. Will he understand?” He felt a tear run warmly down his cheek. Matthew smiled. “He already does, John. Young ones see things so much more clearly. Do you want to talk to him?” More tears spilled out of John’s eyes. “Oh, yes Matthew. Very much!” Matthew took John’s hand and squeezed it, then started walking again. “I think he is ready for your call, John,” he said. The ring of the toy phone made Claire jump and she slowed the mini-van down as she watched her son in the rear view mirror. She said nothing. Jordan smiled and put the phone to his ear. “Hello? Hi, Matthew, is Daddy there?……He does?…..Oh,…..yes……That’s what Mommy said, too!” Jordan locked eyes with her in the rear view mirror and smiled, then waved at her with his free hand. “Ok, I will…Yes, I know….Ok……Bye, Bye, Matthew.” Jordan smiled at her, again. “You were right, Mommy. Matthew says I should talk to Daddy in church.” Then he went back to flipping through his Nemo book, naming the fish that he saw. “He’s almost home,” he whispered, and smiled. They came to a rise in the desert sea, a dune that ran to the end of sight in both directions, and they climbed together, hand in hand, up its gentle slope. Just short of cresting the rise, Matthew stopped and scanned around in both directions, but it seemed more as if he was listening to something. Then he plopped down in the sand, Indian style. Criss-cross, apple sauce Jordan would call it. He folded his hands in his lap, and there he waited. John stood for a long moment, and then, unsure what else to do, sat down beside him in the sand, legs outstretched, leaning back on his arms. They sat in silence, and just when the quiet was too much and John was about to speak, he realized what they were waiting for. And he knew what waited over the crest. Just inches and light years away, Jordan bowed his head in a middle pew of his Mommy’s church. He pressed his hands together in front of him, just like Daddy had showed him to do when he said his bedtime prayers. To those looking at him, his soft face looked much older than his four years, his eyes closed tightly. Daddy will hear me. Matthew promised He concentrated with all of his might on a single word. Daddy? John felt that word, more than heard it, in the very center of his soul. It took his breath away. The word echoed in his soul, and he closed his eyes and answered his son. “Yes, Jordan! It’s me. It’s Daddy, baby, and I’m right here.” “Where, Daddy? I can’t see you,” “I’m right here, Jordan. I’m here inside your heart. Can you feel me here?” A long pause and then the answer. Bright. Happy. “Yeah, Daddy. I feel you. It’s better than seeing you, isn’t it Dad?” “I think it can be, Buddy.” “Daddy, are you ok? Matthew said he would take care of you. Is he there with you?” “Yes, Jordan. Matthew is right here. Is your Mommy alright?” “She’s sad, Daddy. Will she get better?” John felt tears roll down his cheeks. He ached for his wife. To hold her. To comfort her. He wanted her to know everything was alright. “Yes, son. You can help her, okay, Bear?” “I will Dad.” “Pinky swear, son?” John felt the giggle “Yeah, Dad– pinky swear.” John pictured Jordan curling the pinky of his right hand. “I have to go, son. I love you so much. I’m so proud of you, and I will love you forever. I’m so sorry I had to leave, Jordan.” “It’s ok, Daddy. You HAD to go. Well, I just miss you, is all,” There was another long pause and then “Hey, Dad?” “Yes, son?” “Can I talk to you again?” “Whenever you want, Jordan. I will always be in your heart and I will always be listening.” “Ok,” and then “Bye, bye Daddy.” John walked with Matthew, hand in hand, over the crest of the dune. As he looked down, he gasped at what he saw. Then he smiled and, alone now, ran like a child down the sandy hill. Jordan held tightly to his mother’s hand as he walked from the church towards their van. He was smiling and happy, and he had the knowing and wise look that only the very young can get, and then only rarely. He squeezed his mother’s hand and smiled. His mother did not notice that his other hand, swinging beside him, was empty. In the middle of a long and otherwise empty pew, in the center of an empty church, lay his toy phone, forgotten. ©Jeffrey Wilson Jeffrey Wilson Jeffrey Wilson has at one time worked as an actor, a firefighter, a paramedic, a jet pilot, a diving instructor, a Naval Officer, and a Vascular and Trauma Surgeon. He also served two tours in Iraq as a combat surgeon with both the Marines and with a Joint Special Operations Task Force. Jeff is the author of the supernatural military thriller The Traituer’s Ring which was released by JournalStone Publishing in September of 2011 to great reviews. His second novel, The Donors, is a horror/medical thriller scheduled for release in June of 2012, to be followed by Fade to Black in 2013. Jeff has written and published a number of other short stories including The Writer which can be found in the fundraising anthology WARPED WORDS 2011: 90 MINUTES TO LIVE. 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Eger, Henrik Holmstrøm Journal: Cardiology in the Young , First View Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 August 2022, pp. 1-9 Background and objectives: Many parents of infants with CHD find it difficult to recognise symptoms of deterioration in their children. Therefore, a personalised decision support application for parents has been developed. This application aims to increase parents’ awareness of their infant’s normal condition, help them assess signs of deterioration, decide who and when to contact health services, and what to report. The aim of this paper is to describe the concept and report results from a usability study. An interprofessional group developed a mobile application called the Heart OBServation app in close collaboration with parents using an iterative process. We performed a usability study consisting of semi-structured interviews of 10 families at discharge and after one month and arranged two focus group interviews with nurses caring for these families. A thematic framework analysis of the interviews explored the usability of features in the application. Usability was assessed twice using the System Usability Scale, and a user log was registered throughout the study. The overall system usability score, 82.3 after discharge and 81.7 after one month, indicates good system usability. The features of Heart OBServation were perceived as useful to provide tailored information, increase awareness of the child’s normal condition, and to guide parents in what to look for. To empower parents, an interactive discharge checklist was added. The Heart OBServation demonstrated good usability and was well received by parents and nurses. Feasibility and benefits of this application in clinical practice will be investigated in further studies The contribution of breastfeeding to a healthy, secure and sustainable food system for infants and young children: monitoring mothers’ milk production in the food surveillance system of Norway Julie P Smith, Britt Lande, Lars Johansson, Phillip Baker, Anne Bærug Journal: Public Health Nutrition / Volume 25 / Issue 10 / October 2022 Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2022, pp. 2693-2701 The mother–child breastfeeding dyad is a powerful force for achieving healthy, secure and sustainable food systems. However, food system reports exclude breastfeeding and mother’s milk. To help correct this omission and give breastfeeding women greater visibility in food systems dialogue and action, we illustrate how to estimate mother’s milk production and incorporate this into food surveillance systems, drawing on the pioneering experience of Norway to show the potential value of such analysis. The estimates use data on the proportion of children who are breastfed at each month of age (0–24 months), annual number of live births and assumptions on daily human milk intake at each month. New indicators for temporal and cross-country comparisons are considered. It is assumed that a breastfeeding mother on average produces 306 l of milk during 24 months of lactation. The annual number of live births is from Statistics Norway. Data for any breastfeeding at each month of age, between 0 and 24 months, are from official surveys in 1993, 1998–1999, 2006–2007, 2013 and 2018–2019. Estimated total milk production by Norwegian mothers increased from 8·2 to 10·1 million l per year between 1993 and 2018–2019. Annual per capita production increased from 69 to 91 l per child aged 0–24 months. This study shows it is feasible and useful to include human milk production in food surveillance systems as an indicator of infant and young child food security and dietary quality. It also demonstrates significant potential for greater milk production. 44 - Multimedia Learning from Multiple Documents from Part VIII - Multimedia Learning with Media By Jean-François Rouet, Anne Britt Edited by Richard E. Mayer, University of California, Santa Barbara, Logan Fiorella, University of Georgia Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning Print publication: 09 December 2021, pp 521-536 Multimedia learning from multiple documents involves the construction of new knowledge, beliefs, or opinions from more than a single source of information. First, we introduce the specific discourse processes that come into play when considering multiple-source documents as opposed to single-source texts or multimedia documents. We focus on the definition and role of sources, and on the semantic and rhetorical relationships at an intertextual level. Then we examine learning from multiple documents from a cognitive standpoint. We define two core principles: the sourcing principle and the multiple document integration principle. Finally, we examine some implications of these principles for a general theory of text-based learning and for instructional practice throughout the K12 and higher education curricula. Prevalence of low protein intake in 80+-year-old community-dwelling adults and association with dietary patterns and modifiable risk factors: a cross-sectional study Sussi F. Buhl, Anne M. Beck, Britt Christensen, Gry Kock, Eleanor Boyle, Paolo Caserotti Journal: British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 127 / Issue 2 / 28 January 2022 Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021, pp. 266-277 Print publication: 28 January 2022 Low protein intake may accelerate age-related loss of lean mass and physical function. We investigated the prevalence of low protein intake (<1·0 g/kg/day) and the associations between dietary patterns, modifiable risk factors and low protein intake in self-reliant community-dwelling adults ≥ 80 years. This cross-sectional study consisted of two home visits. Data collection consisted of physical measurements (e.g. physical function, physical activity) and self-report of nutritional intake (4-d food records), appetite, eating symptoms and medical conditions. Binary analyses were performed to compare participants with low and normal protein intake. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate associations between low protein intake, dietary patterns and modifiable risk factors adjusted for age, sex, BMI categories and diseases. One hundred twenty-six were included in the study. Prevalence of low protein intake was 54 %. A greater day-to-day variation in protein intake was associated with low protein intake (adjusted OR 2·5; 95 % CI 1·14, 5·48). Participants with low protein intake had a higher prevalence of nausea, diarrhoea and mouth dryness. Reduced appetite, mouth dryness and pain increased odds of low protein intake (adjusted OR 3·06, 95 % CI 1·23, 7·63; OR 3·41, 95 % CI 1·51, 7·7; OR 1·54, 95 % CI 1·00, 2·36, respectively). There was a high prevalence of low protein intake in community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 80 years. Day-to-day variability, appetite, mouth dryness and pain may be potentially modifiable risk factors. Targeting dietary patterns and risk factors in primary prevention strategies may potentially improve intake of protein and minimise risk of physical frailty. General practitioners’ knowledge of leg ulcer treatment in primary healthcare: an interview study Anne Friman, Desiree Wiegleb Edström, Britt Ebbeskog, Samuel Edelbring Journal: Primary Health Care Research & Development / Volume 21 / 2020 Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2020, e34 To describe general practitioners’ (GPs’) knowledge and the development of their knowledge regarding leg ulcer treatment when treating patients with leg ulceration at primary healthcare centers. Earlier research regarding GPs’ knowledge of leg ulcer treatment in a primary healthcare context has focused primarily on the assessment of wounds and knowledge of wound care products. Less is known about GPs’ understandings of their own knowledge and knowledge development regarding leg ulceration in the everyday clinical context. This study, therefore, sets out to highlight these aspects from the GPs’ perspective. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 individual GPs working at both private and county council run healthcare centers. The data were analyzed inductively using a thematic analysis. Four themes were identified. ‘Education and training’ describe the GPs’ views regarding their knowledge and knowledge development in relation to leg ulcer treatment. ‘Experience’ refers to GPs’ thoughts about the importance of clinical experience when treating leg ulcers. ‘Prioritization’ describes the issues GPs raised around managing the different knowledge areas in their clinical work. ‘Time constraints’ explore the relationship between GPs’ sense of time pressure and their opportunities to participate in professional development courses. The study shows that the GPs working in primary healthcare are aware of the need for ongoing competence development concerning leg ulceration. They describe their current knowledge of leg ulcer treatment as insufficient and point to the lack of relevant courses that are adapted for their level of knowledge and the limited opportunities for clinical training. Protein supplementation combined with low-intensity resistance training in geriatric medical patients during and after hospitalisation: a randomised, double-blind, multicentre trial Josephine Gade, Anne Marie Beck, Hanne E. Andersen, Britt Christensen, Finn Rønholt, Tobias W. Klausen, Anders Vinther, Arne Astrup Journal: British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 122 / Issue 9 / 14 November 2019 Print publication: 14 November 2019 Sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass/strength) burdens many older adults – hospitalised older adults being particularly vulnerable. Treating the condition, protein supplementation (PrS) and resistance training (RT) may act synergistically. Therefore, this block-randomised, double-blind, multicentre intervention study, recruiting geriatric patients > 70 years from three medical departments, investigated the effect of PrS combined with RT during hospitalisation and 12 weeks after discharge. Participants were randomly allocated (1:1) to receive PrS (totally 27·5 g whey protein/d, about 2000 kJ/d) or isoenergetic placebo-products (< 1·5 g protein/d) divided into two servings per d to supplement the habitual diet. Both groups were engaged in a standardised, progressive low-intensity RT programme for the lower extremities (hospital: supervised daily/after discharge: self-training 4×/week). From April 2016 to September 2017, 2351 patients were screened, 462 were eligible, and 165 included. Fourteen were excluded and ten dropped out, leaving 141 participants in the intention-to-treat analysis. The average total protein intake during hospitalisation/after discharge was 1·0 (interquartile range (IQR) 0·8, 1·3)/1·1 (IQR 0·9, 1·3) g/kg per d (protein-group) and 0·6 (IQR 0·5, 0·8)/0·9 (IQR 0·6, 1·0) g/kg per d (placebo group). Both groups improved significantly for the primary and secondary endpoints of muscle mass/strength, functional measurements and quality of life, but no additional effect of PrS was seen for the primary endpoint (30-s chair stand test, repetitions, median changes from baseline: (standard test: 0 (IQR 0, 5) (protein group) v. 2 (IQR 0, 6) (placebo group) and modified test: 2 (IQR 0, 5) (protein group) v. 2 (IQR −1, 5) (placebo group)) or any secondary endpoints (Mann–Whitney U tests, P > 0·05). In conclusion, PrS increasing the total protein intake by 0·4 and 0·2 g/kg per d during hospitalisation and after discharge, respectively, does not seem to increase the adaptive response to low-intensity RT in geriatric medical patients. 14 - Multiple-Text Comprehension from Part III - Reading and Writing By Jean-François Rouet, M. Anne Britt, Anna Potocki Edited by John Dunlosky, Kent State University, Ohio, Katherine A. Rawson, Kent State University, Ohio Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education Print publication: 07 February 2019, pp 356-380 Copy Number Variation Analysis of 100 Twin Pairs Enriched for Neurodevelopmental Disorders Sofia Stamouli, Britt-Marie Anderlid, Charlotte Willfors, Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram, John Wei, Steve Berggren, Ann Nordgren, Stephen W. Scherer, Paul Lichtenstein, Kristiina Tammimies, Sven Bölte Journal: Twin Research and Human Genetics / Volume 21 / Issue 1 / February 2018 Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2018, pp. 1-11 Hundreds of penetrant risk loci have been identified across different neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), and these often involve rare (<1% frequency) copy number variations (CNVs), which can involve one or more genes. Monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs are long thought to share 100% of their genomic information. However, genetic differences in the form of postzygotic somatic variants have been reported recently both in typically developing (TD) and in clinically discordant MZ pairs. We sought to investigate the contribution of rare CNVs in 100 twin pairs enriched for NDD phenotypes with a particular focus on postzygotic CNVs in MZ pairs discordant for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using the Illumina Infinium PsychArray. In our sample, no postzygotic de novo CNVs were found in 55 MZ twin pairs, including the 13 pairs discordant for ASD. We did detect a higher rate of CNVs overlapping genes involved in disorders of the nervous system, such as a rare deletion affecting HNRNPU, in MZ pairs discordant and concordant for ASD in comparison with TD pairs (p = .02). Our results are in concordance with earlier findings that postzygotic de novo CNV events are typically rare in genomic DNA derived from saliva or blood, and suggests that the discordance of NDDs in our sample of twins is not explained by discordant CNVs. Still, studies investigating postzygotic variation in MZ discordant twins using DNA from different tissues and single cells and higher resolution genomics are needed in the future. Using rotation measure to search for magnetic fields around galaxies at z ~ 0.5 Anna Williams, Britt Lundgren, Sui Ann Mao, Eric Wilcots, Ellen Zweibel Journal: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 11 / Issue S321 / March 2016 Print publication: March 2016 Magnetic fields are an important component in galaxies, and yet, we still do not know how these magnetic fields were originally seeded within galaxies, nor how they have grown to the strengths we observe today. One way we can unravel this complex problem is by measuring the growth of magnetic fields over cosmic time. We present the initial results of a rotation measure study to search for the presence of coherent magnetic fields around young disk-like galaxies at z ~ 0.5. The S-band receiver at the VLA allows us to simultaneously observe Stokes I, Q, U, and V from 2-4 GHz. With these broadband polarization observations we apply multiple methods for determining the rotation measure of each source, improving the fidelity of our results. Beyond magnetogenesis, the results of this study also have implications for the life-cycle of baryons within galaxies and the composition of galactic haloes. Facilitating User Involvement in Activation Programmes: When Carers and Clerks Meet Pawns and Queens ANNE BRITT DJUVE, HANNE C. KAVLI Journal: Journal of Social Policy / Volume 44 / Issue 2 / April 2015 Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2014, pp. 235-254 Print publication: April 2015 User involvement has become an explicit goal within social service provision. Even so, the term remains ambiguous, and its implementation troublesome. Implementation theory lists a number of factors influencing bureaucratic behaviour; in this paper we investigate the ‘human factor’. Our ambition is to provide a framework for analysis of user influence in activation programmes that includes the individual characteristics of both service users and service providers. Building on theoretical insights from the literature on activation and agency, we develop a framework that distinguishes between two ideal types of service users: Pawns and Queens, and two types of service providers: care-oriented Carers and rule-oriented Clerks. This framework is then applied to identify key challenges for the interaction between users and caseworkers in two challenging situations: when service users express little or no agency and when they express agency that is incompatible with the overall goals of the programme. We find that Carers show pronounced reluctance to overrule the choices made by service users even when they have conflicting views – and tend to postpone decisions when they interact with Pawns. Clerks tend to overrule the decisions of Queens when they have conflicting views, and to make decisions on behalf of Pawns. The analysis draws on data collected from 126 qualitative interviews with service providers and participants in the Norwegian Introductory Programme for immigrants and a survey of 320 caseworkers. from Part V - Multimedia Learning in Advanced Computer-Based Contexts Edited by Richard E. Mayer, University of California, Santa Barbara Published online: 05 August 2014 Print publication: 28 July 2014, pp 813-841 This chapter examines learning from multiple documents, that is, the construction of new knowledge, beliefs or opinions from more than a single source of information. First, we introduce the specific discourse processes that come into play when multiple-source documents are considered, as opposed to single-source texts or multimedia documents. We focus on the definition and role of sources, as well as on the semantic and rhetorical relationships at an intertextual level. Then we examine learning from multiple documents from a cognitive standpoint. We define two core principles: the sourcing principle and the multiple-document integration principle. Finally, we examine some implications of these principles for a general theory of text-based learning and for instructional practice throughout primary, secondary and higher education curricula. By Ainsworth Shaaron, Ayres Paul, Azevedo Roger, Bediou Benoit, Britt Anne, Kirsten R. Butcher, Chen Fei, Michelene T. H. Chi, Richard E. Clark, Ruth Colvin Clark, Sharon J. Derry, David F. Feldon, Fiorella Logan, J. D. Fletcher, Arthur C. Graesser, Hegarty Mary, HU Xiangen, Allison J. Jaeger, Janssen Jeroen, Cheryl I. Johnson, Ton De Jong, Kalyuga Slava, Kester Liesbeth, Kirschner Femke, Paul A. Kirschner, Susanne P. Lajoie, Ard W. Lazonder, Leutner Detlev, Low Renae, Richard K. Lowe, Richard E. Mayer, Benjamin D. Nye, Paas Fred, Pilegard Celeste, Jan L. Plass, Heather A. Priest, Renkl Alexander, Rouet Jean-FranÇois, Christopher A. Sanchez, Scheiter Katharina, Schmeck Annett, Schnotz Wolfgang, Ruth N. Schwartz, Bruce L. Sherin, Miriam Gamoran Sherin, Sweller John, Tobias Sigmund, Tamara Van Gog, Jeroen J. G. Van MerriËNboer, Jennifer Wiley, Alexander P. Wind, Ruth Wylie Print publication: 28 July 2014, pp ix-x The Roots of Autism and ADHD Twin Study in Sweden (RATSS) Sven Bölte, Charlotte Willfors, Steve Berggren, Joakim Norberg, Lina Poltrago, Katell Mevel, Christina Coco, Peter Fransson, Jacqueline Borg, Rouslan Sitnikov, Roberto Toro, Kristiina Tammimies, Britt-Marie Anderlid, Ann Nordgren, Anna Falk, Urs Meyer, Juha Kere, Mikael Landén, Christina Dalman, Angelica Ronald, Henrik Anckarsäter, Paul Lichtenstein Journal: Twin Research and Human Genetics / Volume 17 / Issue 3 / June 2014 Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 April 2014, pp. 164-176 Neurodevelopmental disorders affect a substantial minority of the general population. Their origins are still largely unknown, but a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors causing disturbances of the central nervous system's maturation and a variety of higher cognitive skills is presumed. Only limited research of rather small sample size and narrow scope has been conducted in neurodevelopmental disorders using a twin-differences design. The Roots of Autism and ADHD Twin Study in Sweden (RATSS) is an ongoing project targeting monozygotic twins discordant for categorical or dimensional autistic and inattentive/hyperactive-impulsive phenotypes as well as other neurodevelopmental disorders, and typically developing twin controls. Included pairs are 9 years of age or older, and comprehensively assessed for psychopathology, medical history, neuropsychology, and dysmorphology, as well as structural, functional, and molecular brain imaging. Specimens are collected for induced pluripotent (iPS) and neuroepithelial stem cells, genetic, gut bacteria, protein-/monoamine, and electron microscopy analyses. RATSS's objective is to generate a launch pad for novel surveys to understand the complexity of genotype-environment-phenotype interactions in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). By October 2013, RATSS had collected data from 55 twin pairs, among them 10 monozygotic pairs discordant for autism spectrum disorder, seven for ADHD, and four for other neurodevelopmental disorders. This article describes the design, recruitment, data collection, measures, collected pairs’ characteristics, as well as ongoing and planned analyses in RATSS. Potential gains of the study comprise the identification of environmentally mediated biomarkers, the emergence of candidates for drug development, translational modeling, and new leads for prevention of incapacitating outcomes. District nurses’ knowledge development in wound management: ongoing learning without organizational support Anne Friman, Anna Carin Wahlberg, Anne-Cathrine Mattiasson, Britt Ebbeskog Journal: Primary Health Care Research & Development / Volume 15 / Issue 4 / October 2014 Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2013, pp. 386-395 The aim of this study was to describe district nurses’ (DNs’) experiences of their knowledge development in wound management when treating patients with different types of wounds at healthcare centers. In primary healthcare, DNs are mainly responsible for wound management. Previous research has focused on DNs’ level of expertise regarding wound management, mostly based on quantitative studies. An unanswered question concerns DNs’ knowledge development in wound management. The present study therefore intends to broaden understanding and to provide deeper knowledge in regard to the DNs’ experiences of their knowledge development when treating patients with wounds. A qualitative descriptive design was used. Subjects were a purposeful sample of 16 DNs from eight healthcare centers in a metropolitan area in Stockholm, Sweden. The study was conducted with qualitative interviews and qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the data. The content analysis resulted in three categories and 11 sub-categories. The first category, ‘ongoing learning by experience,’ was based on experiences of learning alongside clinical practice. The second category ‘searching for information,’ consisted of various channels for obtaining information. The third category, ‘lacking organizational support,’ consisted of experiences related to the DNs’ work organization, which hindered their development in wound care knowledge. The DNs experienced that they were in a constant state of learning and obtained their wound care knowledge to a great extent through practical work, from their colleagues as well as from various companies. A lack of organizational structures and support from staff management made it difficult for DNs to develop their knowledge and skills in wound management, which can lead to inadequate wound management. How life turned out one year after attending a multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation programme in primary health care Ann-Britt Zakrisson, Kersti Theander, Agneta Anderzén-Carlsson Journal: Primary Health Care Research & Development / Volume 15 / Issue 3 / July 2014 Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2013, pp. 302-311 To describe experiences among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) of the lasting usefulness one year after participating in a multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme in a primary health care (PHC) setting. COPD affects patients’ functioning in daily life. In a previous study, the patients participated in a programme for PR and were found to increase their functional capacity, quality of life and decrease exacerbations. The present study aims to provide a deeper understanding of the experience of participating in the programme. The study has a descriptive, qualitative design and is part of a longitudinal study on a multidisciplinary programme for PR of patients with COPD. Semi-structured interviews with 20 participants were performed and data analysed by qualitative content analysis. The findings are presented in one theme that illustrates the participants’ experience of their current situation; I live life at my own pace, and three sub-themes illustrating this experience related to the participation in the programme; Awareness of limitations in my life; Regained control over my life; and No change in my life. Irrespective of whether the patients had already found their own strategies for managing the disease or whether the programme changed their lives, they lived their lives at their own pace. However, their lives were shadowed by worry. Relevance to clinical practice A multidisciplinary programme for PR in PHC could be an alternative for patients suffering from COPD, in order to facilitate for them in their daily life. It is suggested that the inclusion of patients in such groups should be based on each individual's need based on symptoms or functional capacity in everyday life, not based on spirometry values. nine - Reconciling partner-care and paid work in Finland and Sweden: challenges and coping strategies By Anu Leinonen, Ann-Britt Sand Edited by Teppo Kröger, Sue Yeandle, University College London Book: Combining Paid Work and Family Care Published by: Bristol University Press Published online: 07 September 2022 Print publication: 30 April 2013, pp 163-182 In Finland, among caregiving paid workers aged 44 to 63, 3% of women and 4% of men reported having care responsibility for their partner in 2009 (Kauppinen and Jolanki, 2012). In Sweden, no exact figures on the numbers of working partner-carers are collected. Numbers of carers and informal helpers are largest among middle-aged women and adult daughters in both countries (see Chapter One), although among retired couples, both women and men often care for their partners (Szebehely, 2005a, 2005b; Voutilainen et al, 2007; Kattainen et al, 2008). In research and policy debate in Finland and Sweden, the circumstances of working partner-carers have received little attention: instead, care between partners has been studied almost exclusively among older retired people (Mossberg Sand, 2000; Mikkola, 2009). Finland's (1929) and Sweden's (1987) Marriage Acts impose no statutory obligation to provide personal care for one's spouse, although spouses are expected to help and support each other financially. However, the disability of one partner raises particular issues in how work and care play out in the family lives of middle-aged, usually co-resident, couples and this chapter explores these issues in the Nordic context. What type of problems and challenges do Finnish and Swedish working partner-carers have in their everyday lives? What are the means – the practical arrangements and policy support – by which they manage these challenges? How well are they supported by recent welfare state developments? And do those who need workplace flexibility to manage work and care receive any assistance from their employers? The chapter addresses these questions by exploring case material from two recent empirical studies. The chapter is organised in three main parts. First, it provides a short overview of the services and support available to working partner-carers in the two countries. Second, it draws on two new qualitative studies of working carers in Finland and Sweden – alongside other existing research on work–care reconciliation – to highlight some of the challenges partner-carers face in relation to work, care and their personal lives. Two case studies – one from each country – are presented to illustrate the different coping strategies partner-carers adopt to help them better manage the situations in which they find themselves. Third, the chapter considers the policy implications of this research. Feasibility trial of GP and case-managed support for workplace sickness absence Anne Rannard, Mark Gabbay, Dil Sen, Richard Riley, David Britt Our aim was to compare the return-to-work rates between individuals supported by their GP plus workplace health advisers (intervention group) and those supported by their GP alone. Workplace sickness absence places a significant cost burden on individuals and the wider economy. Previous research shows better outcomes for individuals if they are supported while still in employment, or have been on sick leave for four weeks or less. Those helped back to work at an early stage are more likely to remain at work. A non-medicalised case-managed approach appears to have the best outcomes and can prevent or reduce the slide onto out-of-work benefits, but UK literature on its effectiveness is sparse. The design was a feasibility-controlled trial in which participants were sickness absentees, or presentees in employment with work-related health problems. Individuals completed health status measures (SF-36; EQ-5D) and a Job Content Questionnaire at baseline and again at four-month follow-up. In the intervention group, 29/60 participants completed both phases of the trial. GP practices referred two control patients, and, despite various attempts by the research team, GPs failed to engage with the trial. This finding is of concern, although not unique in primary care research. In earlier studies, GPs reported a lack of knowledge and confidence in dealing with workplace health issues. Despite this, we report interesting findings from the case-managed group, the majority of whom returned to work within a month. Age and length of sickness absence at recruitment were better predictors of return-to-work rates than the number of case-managed contacts. The traditional randomised controlled trial approach was unsuitable for this study. GPs showed low interest in workplace sickness absence, despite their pivotal role in the process. This study informed a larger Department for Work and Pensions study of case-managed support. Dietary patterns among Norwegian 2-year-olds in 1999 and in 2007 and associations with child and parent characteristics Anne Lene Kristiansen, Britt Lande, Joseph Andrew Sexton, Lene Frost Andersen Journal: British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 110 / Issue 1 / 14 July 2013 Print publication: 14 July 2013 Infant and childhood nutrition influences short- and long-term health. The objective of the present paper has been to explore dietary patterns and their associations with child and parent characteristics at two time points. Parents of Norwegian 2-year-olds were, in 1999 (n 3000) and in 2007 (n 2984), invited to participate in a national dietary survey. At both time points, diet was assessed by a semi-quantitative FFQ that also provided information on several child and parent characteristics. A total of 1373 participants in the 1999 sample and 1472 participants in the 2007 sample were included in the analyses. Dietary patterns were identified by principal components analysis and related to child and parent characteristics using the general linear model. Four dietary patterns were identified at each time point. The ‘unhealthy’ and ‘healthy’ patterns in 1999 and 2007 showed similarities with regard to loadings of food groups. Both the ‘bread and spread-based’ pattern in 1999 and the ‘traditional’ pattern in 2007 had high positive loadings for bread and spreads; however, the ‘traditional’ pattern did also include positive associations with a warm meal. The last patterns identified in 1999 and in 2007 were not comparable with regard to loadings of food groups. All dietary patterns were significantly associated with one or several child and parent characteristics. In conclusion, the ‘unhealthy’ patterns in 1999 and in 2007 showed similarities with regard to loadings of food groups and were, at both time points, associated with sex, breastfeeding at 12 months of age, parity, maternal age and maternal work situation. 13 - Learning with Multiple Documents from Part C - Learning Processes and Mental Structures that Support Quality of Learning By M. Anne Britt, Jean-François Rouet Edited by John R. Kirby, Queen's University, Ontario, Michael J. Lawson, Flinders University of South Australia Book: Enhancing the Quality of Learning Published online: 05 June 2012 Print publication: 21 May 2012, pp 276-314 By Helen Askell-Williams, Christiane Baadte, Carl Bereiter, John Biggs, Sid Bourke, M. Anne Britt, Kate Cain, Robert H. Cantwell, Noel Entwistle, Allyson Fiona Hadwin, Denyse V. Hayward, Allyson Holbrook, Sandra Hübner, Amy Johnson, Panayiota Kendeou, John R. Kirby, Michael J. Lawson, Christoph Mengelkamp, Stephen P. Norris, Matthias Nückles, Linda M. Phillips, Alexander Renkl, Augusto Riveros, Jean-François Rouet, Marlene Scardamalia, Jill J. Scevak, Richard F. Schmid, Wolfgang Schnotz, Neil H. Schwartz, Keith E. Stanovich, Maggie E. Toplak, Gregory Trevors, Richard F. West, Bozena White, Philip H. Winne Print publication: 21 May 2012, pp xiii-xiv	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line48
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__label__cc	0.594788	0.405212	World GDP Lost Due to Coronavirus Reaches $12 Trillion As of September 2020, the cumulative amount of world GDP lost to the coronavirus pandemic has reached $12 trillion. That estimate is based upon the trailing twelve month average for the year over year change in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide measured monthly at the remote Mauna Loa Observatory. Since originating in China in December 2019, the pace at which CO₂ accumulates in the Earth's air has fallen from 2.91 parts per million to a preliminary estimate of 2.55 parts per million in September 2020 as the economic impact of the pandemic has registered across the globe. The good news is that September 2020 initially appears to mark a bottom for the global coronavirus recession in the absence of any additional widespread government-mandated, economy-crushing lockdown measures. The falling trend since December 2019 can be seen in the latest update to a chart, which shows the history of this measure against a backdrop of the timing of major world economic events since January 1960. The cumulative decline of just 0.36 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere roughly translates to the equivalent of a $12 trillion reduction in the world's Gross Domestic Product. The default values in the following tool confirm the results of the math we have previously confirmed provides estimates of lost GDP in the right ballpark. If you're accessing this article on a site that republishes our RSS news feed, please click through to our site to access a working version of the tool. Change in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Change in Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere [Parts per Million] World Population [billions] Change in Amount of Carbon Dioxide Emitted into Atmosphere Calculated Results Carbon Dioxide Emissions [billions of Metric Tonnes] Estimated Change in World GDP [trillions] The estimated $12 trillion cumulative GDP loss from December 2019 through September 2020 is aligned with the International Monetary Fund's 24 June 2020 projections of the total economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic. How do we know that's likely a bottom? Following a trend of deceleration in the rate of change of atmospheric CO₂ concentration since May 2020, the falling trend appears poised to reverse with October 2020's data. Combined with typical seasonal variation in the raw data, we think October 2020 will show an uptick in the trailing year average rate at which CO₂ accumulates in the Earth's atmosphere. And then there is the little matter of what China's government is doing to stimulate its economy. As they did throughout 2019 up until its coronavirus outbreak sidelined it for several months, Chinese leaders have resumed their planned stimulus measures, which includes firing up lots of new coal-burning power generation plants. It has just been a matter of time before their output began showing up in the Earth's atmosphere's carbon dioxide levels. Despite pledges to wean the economy off coal with the world's most ambitious investment in renewables, China's coal consumption climbed back in June this year to near the peak levels seen in 2013. That was in part due to a pivot back to coal after geopolitical uncertainty in the Saudi peninsula, China's main oil supplier. But the coronavirus, which saw the Chinese economy contract for the first time in 30 years, also opened the taps from government lenders to build new coal plants to revive flatlining provincial economies. Those changes mean that China's world-leading carbon emissions will be getting even bigger. Which is no small matter, because through 2018, China was already closing in on doubling the United States' entire national output of carbon emissions, and that's before China's leaders threw its carbon-emitting floodgates wide open in 2019. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Earth System Research Laboratory. Mauna Loa Observatory CO2 Data. [File Transfer Protocol Text File]. Updated 9 September 2020. Accessed 13 September 2020. Cederborg, Jenny and Snöbohm, Sara. Is there a relationship between economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions? Semantic Scholar . [PDF Document]. 2016. Global Carbon Project. (2019). Supplemental data of Global Carbon Budget 2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Global Carbon Project. DOI: 10.18160/gcp-2019. Previously on Political Calculations Cumulative World GDP Loss From Coronavirus Pandemic Tops $11 Trillion Estimates of World GDP Lost to the Global Coronavirus Recession Finding Human Fingerprints in Atmospheric CO2 The Coronavirus and Atmospheric CO2 in April 2020 The Coronavirus, Atmospheric CO2, and GDP 13.10.2020 Unknown Australian Politics 2020-10-13 16:50:00 → ← 12/10/20: Ireland PMIs and Economic Activity Dynamics for September	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line70
__label__wiki	0.618511	0.618511	Bloodhound Repeatedly Slapping Old Dog Caught on Camera: ‘Better Each Time’ Hello Persianstart , today the topic is about Bloodhound Repeatedly Slapping Old Dog Caught on Camera: ‘Better Each Time’ this article created on 2023-01-12 12:02:00 about Bloodhound Repeatedly Slapping Old Dog Caught on Camera: ‘Better Each Time’ enjoy and it will takes 5 minutes to read the content . Two bloodhounds called Samwell and Tiberius have left the internet in stitches after a video of them having a heated argument went viral on social media. The video was originally taken four years ago but was shared to TikTok on Wednesday by the dogs’ owner, under the username Samwell.the.bloodhound. In the clip, the two bloodhounds can be seen barking and slapping each other, in what seems to be some sort of heated argument. The hilarious video was captioned by the dogs’ owner: “That last slap tho…” And further down in the comments section, they added: “It gets better each time!!” The bloodhounds’ owner told Newsweek that Sam (Samwell) is a “feisty troublemaker” who loved to harass Tiberius in his younger days: “These two always brightened my day and I’m glad people are enjoying the video.” Unfortunately, Tiberius passed away in August 2022: “[It] has been a devastating blow for our family, especially for Sam, so it is wonderful to keep his memory alive.” According to Hill’s Pet Nutrition, bloodhounds are patient and mild-mannered dogs who can also exhibit deep determination and independence, making a great companion “but also a challenge.” The pet food company says bloodhounds are gentle and noble dogs, who are especially good with youngsters and are known to be exceptionally tolerant of children who clamber over them. However, they’re also very determined and independent and have a mind of their own. Bloodhounds tend to make their own decisions rather than obey their owner, especially when they detect an interesting scent, and they will follow the trail as far as they can. Moreover, they’re among the most melodious members of the dog kingdom, able to perform full canine arias that feature expressive baying, howling and whining. But while these dogs make great companions, especially for families with children and other dogs, they can also be very messy as their long jowls make them very “prodigious droolers.” A quick turn of their head can hurl the drool as far as 20 feet away. The video quickly attracted animal lovers from across the platform, receiving over 14.4 million views and 2.4 million likes in less than a day. One user, J0nnyboi69, commented: “I could watch this all day.” And celinasalucci said: “It’s the other’s face as he’s being yelled at Hahahhaha.” Saruuuuuuh wrote: “There is nothing I love more than a grumpy old hound.” And EmmaCPrentice added: “I can’t stop laughing at the fact that he’s barking directly into the other dog’s face lmfao.” Another user, MaggieeB00, commented: “He just likes messing with that dog.” And Sam said: “When those intrusive thoughts win.” DorkyK._ wrote: “The last hit was personal.” And ev added: “The facial expressions, the invasion of privacy, the yelling, I love it.” Newsweek reached out to Samwell.the.bloodhound for comment. We could not verify the details of the case. Samwell and Tiberius on their owner’s porch. Picture provided by the dog’s owner. Lara Lambert source : https://www.newsweek.com/bloodhound-repeatedly-slapping-old-dog-viral-video-tiktok-1773384 Woman Inheriting Her Dead Neighbor’s Cat Shares Journey in Adorable Clip Hilarious Moment Collie Owner Realizes Why Kitchen Floor Is Always Wet Staffordshire Bull Terrier With Real-Life ‘Disney Eyes’ Enchants... Watch Labrador’s Joyous Reaction After Owner Gets Him... Golden Retriever Bringing Slippers to Owner Every Morning...	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line71
__label__wiki	0.557445	0.557445	Positivity Corner THE ECO SHOP Game Shop THE ECO SHOP Account COP26 - Wins for the Planet Contact Us Tweet Post Wish List The COP26 was a two week event where the world came together to find common ground and solutions to the climate crisis. Did they succeed? There were some momentous and surprising announcements during COP26 that we should all be extremely hopeful about. The first was the announcement by the over 130 countries that they would stop deforestation by 2030. These countries included Brazil which holds most of the Amazon Rainforest; an area of forest, which if completely lost, would be catastrophic for the future and increase the rate of climate change. This announcement is a big relief after years of campaigning and despair as we have watched forests being logged, burnt and destroyed. Let’s hope that this promise is kept! The second important part of the final pact which was agreed was the agreement to “phase down” and in many countries, “phase out” fossil fuels. This means that we will no longer need coal, oil and gas to provide our electricity and we will rely on renewable energy such as solar, wind and water power. This will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere which cause global heating. Some countries, like India, felt that they couldn’t promise to not use coal at all as they are a poorer country with a huge population of well over a billion people. Hopefully, they will be able to transition away from these at a faster rate in the future. In particular, we can all be excited by the number of young people that have been present and demanding a change for all of our futures. It is the numbers of people marching and getting their voices and ideas heard which put pressure on the politicians and envoys to make promises and change the way that the world does business so that the world works for everyone, not just a few. By the end of the COP26, there was a general feeling that progress has been made to tackle to the climate crisis on a global scale, but more needs to be done. They are going to meet again next year in Egypt and again in 2023 to ensure that countries are keeping their promises and going further in their commitments in the future. Does this make you feel more hopeful for the future or do you think that more needs to be done? What would you say to the leaders of the world if you had 5 minutes? FIND OUT MORE ABOUT COP26 HIGHLIGHTS Tags: Education, Blog, COP26, Wins for the Planet Meet worldwide change-makers Discover worldwide change-makers who care for our planet and whose work improves lives, globally. 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__label__cc	0.701505	0.298495	One Caribbean Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago 0 Opposites Attract . . . The unique sister islands of Trinidad and Tobago (T & T), are very different but together they combine their distinctive features to make the perfect alternative Caribbean holiday destination . . . Trinidad and Tobago are the southern most pair of islands in the Caribbean chain of the Lesser Antilles. Trinidad’s South Western Icacos point is just a few kilometres from Venezuela in continental South America. In fact, just ten thousand years ago they were joined together but shifting tectonics plates opened up the channel that now separates them. It is for this reason that the Republic boasts one of the most diverse ranges of flora and fauna amongst the Caribbean. The most cosmopolitan society in the Caribbean with a vibrant colourful cultural diversity that has produced carnival, Calypso and amazing food, art, music and friendly, fun-loving people. Both islands were both originally populated by peaceful, agrarian Arawaks from South America. Then around 1000AD the belligerent Caribs joined them. When Columbus encountered the island in 1498, he named it Trinidad after the three peaks of the Trinity hills. It was permanently settled by the Spanish in 1592 and then followed a very Caribbean model of history, exploitation and decimation of the native population, skirmishes with the British an influx of French planters and slaves but uniquely also mixed race landowners. The island was taken over by the British in 1797, when it became a Crown Colony. Around that time there was increasing lobbying for the abolition of slavery, which was enacted in 1807. Many former slaves moved to urban areas, leaving a shortage of agricultural labour on the plantations. To overcome this, the British allowed the immigration of labourers from India. Their status was little different from the African slaves before them. When they finished their indenture, many East Indians stayed on in Trinidad. Other incoming populations included Chinese, Black American soldiers (from the British/American war of 1812) who were given land rights as a reward for supporting the British. The 1800’s also saw the arrival of Portuguese labourers. There is also a small but significant population of Syrian/Lebanese. The British gave Tobago to Trinidad in 1899. The twentieth century brought with it a number of riots and strikes as Black, East Indian and people of mixed race challenged the hegemony of the White planters. T & T was granted independence in 1962. Since that there have been ups and downs. The discovery of huge oil reserves off the coast in the early 70’s led to a time of affluence but this prosperity was short lived and the drop in oil prices in the 80’s led to a recession, rising unemployment and high inflation. With help from the IMF the country recovered through increased oil revenues. By today’s standards, T & T has the healthiest economy in the Caribbean bolstered not only through its oil but also through the exploitation of its vast natural gas reserves. The Republic is the fifth largest exporter of liquefied gas in the world. As you move northwards, the undulating slopes near the south coast give way to the Caroni Plains. Trinidad is a twitchers paradise: on the west coast, is the Caroni Swamp and Bird Sanctuary, roosting place for Trinidad & Tobago’s National Bird, the Scarlet Ibis. Bird Watchers gather in the late afternoon to catch sight of the birds flocking in to roost. Their intense red plumage soon overwhelms the green of dense mangroves. To the east, on the Atlantic Coast is the internationally recognised wetland, the Nariva Swamp and Bush Wildlife Sanctuary. Continuing north, the landscape dramatically changes as the northern range soars upwards to its highest peak the 941 metre “El Cerro del Aripo”. These craggy mountains are enveloped in lush moisture dripping rain forest. In the middle of all this is the jewel for birdwatchers, The Asa Wright Nature Reserve. Descending down the other side of the mountains will bring you down to Blanchisseuse and the small inviting coves and beaches amidst the towering cliffs. Here are some of the best beaches in Trinidad with Maracas Bay being the most popular amongst the locals. Sundays are bust as streams of cars leave Port of Spain the capital and negotiate the hair-raising mountain road, so that they can enjoy the beach, perhaps a couple of Bake and Shake sandwiches and indulge in a good ‘Lime’. But, for a taste of real beach life, Tobago has to be the preferred destination. This island is much smaller, (only 300 square kilometres as opposed to Trinidad’s 5000 square kilometres). It has the oldest rain forest reserve in the western hemisphere, covering a large chunk of the mountains interior. All around the coast are pretty crescent shaped beaches and secluded coves. Some are quite developed for tourist, whilst others relatively untouched. With the surrounding coral reefs enriched by sediments by the mighty Orinoco River, Tobago is a great destination for snorkelling and keen scuba divers. 3 Pools Blanchisseuse ~ Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad has to be the party capital of the Caribbean. It is famous of course for it’s great carnival and Trinis take the festivities so seriously that they start preparing for the next year as soon as one finishes. If you can’t be there for the actual event, which takes place on the three days before Ash Wednesday, you can still get a flavour of Carnival, from Christmas onwards by visiting one of the Pan Yards or Calypso Tents to watch them rehearse. Carnival is only one of many festivals that this multi-cultural society celebrates. There always seems to be an excuse to party on this island. Not only do Trinis party during religious festivals but they also have a great tradition of fabulous music festivals. If cricket’s your thing, then a game at the Queens Park Oval may give you a new insight in crowd behaviour. Once again, its just one great big party or ‘Lime’. Group B games during 2007 Cricket World Cup was played here. Both islands cater well for the Eco-tourist, apart from bird watching; the nature reserves offer the chance to see other wild life such as Manatees, Caymans, Agouti, Red Howler Monkeys and Anacondas. They take their conservation very seriously and this is probably most apparent in their turtle-watching programme where they guard the leather-backs as they come ashore to lay their eggs and supervise the hatching’s return to the ocean. If you fancy doing a guided nature trail through the rain-forest of Tobago then contact the expert guide David Rooks: (639 4276). Red Howler Monkeys Tobago is a unique isolated Caribbean island with the immense diversity of flora and fauna of a huge continent. For instance Trinidad has 210 species of birds, in 116 square miles of land that gives Trinidad one of the highest concentration of birds anywhere on the globe. There’s some interesting architecture to be seen in Trinidad around the Savannah, in Port of Spain. The ‘Magnificent Seven are a mixture of styles from high colonial to Victorian follies. It’s worth a trip to the gulf of Paria to see the Waterloo Temple, which has been built in to the sea. Gingerbread and chattel houses with their pretty fretwork are found throughout the island. Whilst Trinidadians make their way down to Tobago to recover from the excesses of Carnival, the lower key Tobagonians are gearing up for their annual Easter goat and crab races. These take place at Buccoo. As part of the training regime you will see trainers taking their goats swimming in the ocean in the hope of achieving ‘the most outstanding goat’ prize. They take place on the Monday and Tuesday after Easter Sunday. Whilst you are down in this part of Tobago you can take a glass-bottomed boat out to the Buccoo Reef and have a swim in the crystal waters of the nylon pool. Some of the best water sports such as scuba diving can be arranged in Speyside at Blue Waters Inn. You might even get to ride on a ‘Tobago Taxi’ better known as a Manta Ray! Both islands offer deep-sea fishing for Marlin, Sailfish, Tuna and Dolphin fish (not the mammal). (Trinidad and Tobago Game Fishing Association, Tel: 624 5304). Waterloo Temple in the sea Wine, Dine & Lime With its wide mix it’s no surprise that the cuisine is one of the great diversity and wonderful surprises. There are road stalls everywhere offering wonderful snacks and fruits. Doubles are flat fried Bara breads sandwiching a delicious filling of chickpea curry and all spiced up with hot pepper sauce and other chutneys. Big round Roti flaps, chicken, lamb, channa, potato, prawn – you name it. These flat Indian breads are then neatly folded into the perfect parcel. But you get far with it, as you will probably eat it straight away. Try one at the Hot Shoppe or Mrs. Kanai in St. James. Port of Spain or sit under a straw parasol at Mount Irvine Bay and enjoy a prawn Roti, as you listen to the waters breaking on the Tobago shore. Down at Store Bay perhaps a flying fish sandwich or curried crab and dumplings might tempt you. Back in Trinidad as the evening ‘Lime’ gathers speed you can pick up your strength with a steaming cup of corn soup, split peas vegetables and chunks of corn on the cob, flavoured with chandon beni (coriander like herbs). More substantial, although much of the street food is pretty rib, sticking you might be lucky enough to sample a traditional Creole dish of fish broth, curry goat or oxtail at Veni Mange or The Verandah. New restaurants are opening all the time in Port of Spain and nowadays you can experience a wide choice of international cuisine as well as the local food. If you are feeling daring at the end of the night then venture down to Smokey and Bunty’s for a late night drink, you may feel brave enough to sample some highly spiced black pudding, or a souse of pigs tails and trotter or chicken feet! With all the possibilities of eating, what better to accompany the many tasty treats than a ‘beastly’ cold Carib beer – a light lager drunk straight from the bottle? Like all Caribbean islands, rum is consumed in generous quantities, often neat but also mixed with Coke, tonic or coconut water and invariably enhanced with Angostura Bitters the island’s local cure all. Best brands include Old Oak, Vat 19, and Royal Oak. The local rums are quite smooth and weight in at 40%. Another highly consumable drink is rum punch. Whilst there is no definitive recipe it is a mixture of fruits, syrup, ice and rum and finished off with a pinch of nutmeg. But a good guide is our sour, two sweet, three strong and four weak, though most people nowadays tend to say no weak! Grafton Beach Resort ~ Black Rock, Trinidad Where to Stay – Trinidad Prices are quoted for double or twin rooms including room tax (10%) and service charge (10%) and Continental Breakfast. Rates rise by about 100% during carnival season. www. coblentzinn.com Coblentz Inn, 44 Coblentz Avenue, Cascade. Tel: (868) 621 0541 Fax: (868) 624 7566. The only hotel in Trinidad that is anywhere near a boutique hotel. Pretty colourful rooms with some quirky furnishings in the common areas. Great Restaurants and rooftop terrace with Jacuzzi. US$100-150 / US$200 and above. www. crewsinn.com Crews Inn Hotel & Yachting Centre, Point Gourde, Chaguaramas Bay. Tel: (868) 634 4384, fax: (868) 634 4542, email: inquiries@ crewsinn.com. Part of a complete yachting centre, which includes a 68-slip marina and a deep-water port in Chaguaramas Bay, a natural harbour set against the backdrop of Trinidad’s northern range of mountains. A lovely view plus all the modern conveniences of a corporate hotel. US$140. www. aliciashouse.com Alicia’s House, 7 Coblentz Gardens, St. Ann’s. Tel: (868) 623 2802, Fax:(868) 623 8560. Comfortable homely guest house near to the Queen’s Park Savannah, with swimming pool, sun deck and Jacuzzi. US$35/US$200. Outside of Port of Spain. Grande Riviere is well worth the two hours plus drive, especially in the Turtle season. www. mtplaisir.com Mount Plaisir Grande Riviere, Tel:(868) 670 8381, Fax (868) 670 0057. Mt. Plaisir estate is the only true beach hotel in Trinidad. Located on Grande Riviere Bay along the Caribbean northeast coast. The rustic boho chic hotel has great food and also hosts on of the worlds largest colonies of the endangered leather-back turtle, which nest here by the thousands every year between march and August. US$60. www. asawright.org Asa Wright Nature Centre, P O Box 4710, Arima, Tel:667 4655, email:asawright@tstt.net.tt. One hour’s drive from Port of Spain. Originally a coffee, citrus and cocoa plantation set in acres of virgin rain-forest. Heaven for bird watchers. Quaint great house with a spectacular viewing balcony and cottages within the grounds. Prices include a free tour of the estate with a guide, three meals a day plus a tea and free rum punch each. Mount Irvine Bay Resort – Tobago Where to stay – Tobago Coco Reef Resort and Spa is at the top end of the market. A luxurious resort with a fantastic spa, man-made beach and lagoon, providing complimentary water sport for its guests. It has a Spanish feel to it, which is highlighted with its distinctive choice of Cuban art. All the usual features for a luxury resort. Prices range from US$224 for a single room per night. www. bluewatersinn.com Blue Waters Inn, Batteau Bay, Speyside. (868) 660 4341. Set amidst 46 acres of lush tropical grounds, well away from the island’s main tourist areas and tucked away in their own private horseshoe bay, this resort is the perfect retreat for nature lovers, scuba divers and bird watchers. Aquamarine Dive Ltd. is a PADI Gold Palm Resort Training Facility located at the Inn. The only dive shop located on Tobago with a docking facility enabling divers to board the dive boats with ease. Prices range from US$120 – Standard Room – US$580 for a Blue View Bungalow. www. halfmoonblue.com Half Moon Blue Hotel, at the Donkey Cart House, Bacolet Bay. Tel: (868) 639 3551. If you like unusual then this is the place for you. It’s a hybrid really, part restaurant, part apartment block and part boutique hotel. The reception is like something out of Alice in Wonderland, very eclectic and quirky, to say the least. The dining room is open at the side and very airy, with huge comfy cane armchairs. It also has a very pretty intimate bar and swimming pool. Prices start from US$160 for double occupancy per night – US$320 for Superior Penthouse Loft. The Caribbean awaits you ~ Book a Dream Rental Property in Trinidad & Tobago and ‘Live Like a Local’	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line75
__label__cc	0.739748	0.260252	When Businesses Don’t Invest Dave Schuler July 6, 2010 Finance professor Raghu Rajan summarizes my view pretty nicely: But this recession is not a “usual” recession. It followed a period of ultra-low interest rates when interest sensitive segments of the economy got a tremendous boost. The United States had far too much productive capacity devoted to durable goods and houses, because consumers could obtain financing for them easily. With households recovering slowly from the overhang of debt resulting from the binge, and with lenders extremely risk averse, it is unrealistic to expect households to spend beyond their means again, and unwise to try to tempt them to do so. If households are going to want fewer houses, industries such as construction will have to shrink (as should the financial sector that channeled the easy credit). A significant number of jobs will disappear permanently, and workers who know how to build houses or to sell them will have to learn new skills if they can. Put differently, the productive capacity of the economy has shrunk. Resources have to be reallocated into new sectors so that any recovery is robust, and not simply a resumption of the old unsustainable binge. The United States economy has to find new pathways for growth. And this will not necessarily be facilitated by ultra-low interest rates. More important, the United States also has a problem of distorted supply. Prices in the economy should reflect the past misallocation of resources and move resources away from areas like housing and finance. A lot of people have to be retrained for the jobs that will be created in the future, not left lamenting for the jobs they had in the past. A Fed that keeps real interest rates at a sustained negative level will stand in the way of the needed reallocation. Much of the business investment of the last decade has been devoted to construction. Otherwise it’s been flagging or, at the very least, inadequate. Business investment today creates the space in which the new enterprises of tomorrow take root. Too much policy has been directed towards a return to the status quo ante, trying to make home construction return to its former glory or ensuring that the financial sector doesn’t shrink as it must if the economy is to right itself. I thought of writing a satirical post, describing the moves the Roosevelt Administration would have taken had it used the same strategy as the present one has. Presumably, subsidies to carriage manufacturers. In 1930 (or even 1950) roads capable of sustaining auto and truck traffic were the the equivalent of 1960’s aerospace and today’s Internet. That’s not the case anymore. Yves Smith sounds a similar note (also here): Unbeknownst to most commentators, corporations in the US and many advanced economies have been underinvesting for some time. The normal state of affairs is for households to save for large purchases, retirement and emergencies, and for businesses to tap those savings via borrowings or equity investments to help fund the expansion of their businesses. But many economies have abandoned that pattern. For instance, IMF and World Bank studies found a reduced reinvestment rate of profits in many Asian nations following the 1998 crisis. Similarly, a 2005 JPMorgan report noted with concern that since 2002, US corporations on average ran a net financial surplus of 1.7 percent of GDP, which contrasted with an average deficit of 1.2 percent of GDP for the preceding forty years. Companies as a whole historically ran fiscal surpluses, meaning in aggregate they saved rather than expanded, in economic downturns, not expansion phases. The big culprit in America is that public companies are obsessed with quarterly earnings. Investing in future growth often reduces profits short term. The enterprise has to spend money, say on additional staff or extra marketing, before any new revenues come in the door. And for bolder initiatives like developing new products, the up front costs can be considerable (marketing research, product design, prototype development, legal expenses associated with patents, lining up contractors). Thus a fall in business investment short circuits a major driver of growth in capitalist economies. I attribute that to a combination of tax policy and businesses increasingly seeing themselves as financial speculators rather than providers of goods and services. I think that last is an artifact of low interest rates over a protracted period, increased regulation making hiring people to actually do things increasingly burdensome, and more MBAs in top management positions. People tend to do what they’re trained to do and what they’ve got a passion for. If their passion is making hamburgers, they’re going to make hamburgers and, possibly, like Ray Kroc they’ll make money doing it. If their passion is making money, they don’t much care whether they make hamburgers or not. Buying and selling stock or other financial instruments will do just fine. Duy, via Thoma has another take. I have said here and in my own writings may times that something changed in the 1980s. Since then we have not been creating jobs like we should. We have run up debt even when the economy was, seemingly, performing well. I am not sure what factor or combination of factors changed, but we have been in a structural change with this crisis exacerbating it and probably caused by some of those same factors. http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2010/07/why-is-the-american-jobs-machine-broken.html Since the point made by Mark Thoma is a point I’ve been making for the last 30 years which, as he acknowledges, was largely pooh-poohed by Mark Thoma, other economists, and most political leaders, it would be silly of me to start arguing against it now. I’ve worked for manufacturing companies and seen the transition from manufacturing and engineering here to manufacturing overseas/engineering here, to manufacturing and engineering overseas. I’ve seen it in my clients. That’s how I happened to work in Germany. The company for which I worked moved first its manufacturing and then its engineering (including me) to Germany. What changed in the 1960’s? Lots of things. First, we’d paid down the debt we’d incurred during WWII. Congressmen discovered that they could engage in fiscal stimulus (either of the spending or tax-cutting variety) by borrowing and would pay no penalty at election time for borrowing. We implemented Medicare and Medicaid which at the very least and from the very start raised the cost of employment. Government largesse began to reach segments of the population that had frequently been skipped before (mostly African Americans). My old eyes misread your comment about 1980s as 1960s. Here’s what happened in the 1980s: China changed its economic policy away from autarky in 1979. That has made moving manufacturing to China a viable alternative to capital investment here. The consistent growth in healthcare costs had reached the point at which it was really beginning to bite. Cf. my point about costs of employment above. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 removed the tax benefits from capital gains. That gave a relative advantage to consumption over investment and savings. Ma Bell was broken up in 1984. This resulted in a number of technological advances. The technological advances in telephony and computing made some business practices possible that among other things greatly reduced the amount of inventory a company needed to stock. That made capital significantly more efficient than it had been. For tax, social, and other reasons much of the money that freed up were taken in the form of profits. Drew Link Three Points. 1. I agree with Prof. Rajan that the continuing interest rate subsidy will only delay the inevitable and necessary restructuring. But one does have to consider what a central banker worries about: a deflationary spiral. Steve V? 2. Mr. Smith bores. Yes, it is true that quarterly earnings expectations are a fact of public corporation life, but I think greatly over rated. Its the cheap and easy criticism. Public corporations really, really do like to grow. It creates power, status, management income etc. The academic argument a couple decades ago was that management were nothing but drunken sailors, spending money for their own personal advancement at the expense of shareholders. Now, when they conserve cash, they get the opposite criticism. I suspect management is fairly rational in both settings. Anyone considered that their are relatively good and bad investment environments? 3. But if you don’t like public equity, here I am! If I were to describe in one sentence what we do, it would be: we acquire family owned or corporate orphaned businesses (read: risk averse and underinvested), and then we apply our capital and operating expertise to fully extract the potential of these suboptimizing businesses, creating growth in revenues, earnings and employment. And yes, we don’t have to worry about quarterly earnings; so we can take a 3-7 year view. Its a nice setting. We are growth machines. (Hold on a second, I’ve got to go put on David Bowie’s “Heroes” at max volume.) I’m back. And yet, with all the faux hand wringing about investment, we have politicians and pundits desiring to increase the taxation on private equity. Brilliant move there. “………we could be heroes…..just for one day….” Steve Verdon Link I agree with Prof. Rajan that the continuing interest rate subsidy will only delay the inevitable and necessary restructuring. But one does have to consider what a central banker worries about: a deflationary spiral. Steve V? I think these fears are somwhat over-rated. Yes, in looking at the CPI there is some evidence we had some deflation, but it doesn’t seem to be an on-going problem. As such all of our policies that are aimed at getting contstruction/finance going again are largely trying to prevent the inevitable restructuring we need before we’ll grow again. As for manufacturing what happened? My first guess would be technology happened. We used to be a world where the dominant job was agriculture…now a mere fraction of the world’s population engages in that activity and in industrialized countries the percentage of the population that does it is even smaller. I’ve heard that manufacturing employment is on the decline worldwide. This would fit with the technology hypothesis, IMO, since technology is not constrained by national borders. Here is one paper that looks at manufactuing in OECD countries. Are we going to stop or reverse this trend? No more than we can go back to an agrarian based economy…sure we could in theory, but lets not waste time talking about complete Bravo Sierra. Hmm…and no responses. Okay, we’ll call it settled then and all this hand wringing about manufacturing jobs can be devoted to something else. Good. LOL, to be continued another time. Foreign Policy Blogging at OTB Sun-Times Editors: Fools or Dupes?	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line76
__label__cc	0.556647	0.443353	The Eleventh Hour Reading for fun, knowledge and power. A Hundred Summers Beatriz Williams Progress: 10/277 pages The Weaker Vessel Antonia Fraser So, the story is: Abby is a 25 year old, almost spinster whose father is trying to get her to marry a morbidly obese widower with 13 children in an arranged marriage that would benefit everyone but Abby herself. Obviously, as you do, she elopes with a sexy, Spanish guy named Andres at the first opportunity, to thwart her father. This handsome Lothario, however, is flat broke and marrying Abby primarily for her money to fix up a house given to him by his ex-paramour's husband. It's...weirdly complicated. The short of it is, Abby's parents won't let her live her life and Andres can give Abby the life she wants...if she gives him her dowry. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement for both of them. I felt really distanced from this story. There's a lot of telling and not a lot of showing in the narrative. "She is this" and "he did that", and -- after a while -- it got tedious because it felt like I was reading a summary of events rather than an actual, engrossing story. Abby and Andres didn't feel like real people to me either, just a couple of dull, poorly fleshed out characters placed in a wallpaper historical. Yes, Andres is Spanish, but he is such a cardboard cutout character, along with Abby, that I never felt like either of them were anything different from every other hero and heroine out there. I'm pretty sure by tomorrow I won't even remember their names. Still, this was an okay book. Right up until the climatic ending, which ENRAGED me. The heroine gives the hero your standard "prove your love to me" test, which is fine, but... The actual test itself threatened everything that the hero held dear; he could have lost it all for the super selfish heroine! I'm sorry, but JERK MOVE, Abby. We don't test the people we love by forcing them to choose between you and something they've been working super hard towards, something else that they love. I was half-hoping that Andres would roll his eyes and leave her to teenage emo angst, but ALAS. This last half ruined the book for me. 2 stars = D-ish grade.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line77
__label__cc	0.727762	0.272238	June 29, 2015 by shelley Salt Lake Mormon Temple, Utah My niece Courney got married in the Salt Lake Temple June 13, 2015 Everyone gathered in Salt Lake City. Grandpa, Emily, Grandma, Collins Becca and Henry Jen and B.J. Jen and Emily Aalia and Jack The Wedding and reception was beautiful Courtney and Jim Craig and Courtney, dad and daughter dance Hollyhocks in front of Lion House Lion House Jennifer, Emily and Vicki Iba Henry and Becca Caroline and Grandpa Aalia, Jack and Zain Craig and Anneli’s sister Miriam’s husband Ethan and cousin Collins, Carl and Becca And baby Emily’s blessing Emily’s baby blessing Filed Under: Family, Life, Salt Lake Temple Tagged With: Courtney, Courtney Wedding, Lion House, Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Temple BYU Women’s Conference 2015 May 26, 2015 by shelley Landing at the Salt Lake Airport and gazing at the mountains in Utah I feel such a sense of homecoming. Living in Kansas I miss the mountains, oh how I how miss the mountains. My favorite mountain is perhaps Mount Timpanogos…the backdrop for the BYU campus. Mount Timpanogos, Wasatch Mountain range, Utah Mount Timpanogos not only is beautiful but has its own legend. There are multiple versions of the legend. If you look hard at Mount Timpanogos you can imagine a young Indian Maiden Princess lying on her back with her hair flowing down. And just as most legends go, the legend of Mount Timpanogos involves two young lovers. (You can read the legend of the beautiful Indian Princess here.) Women’s Conference is held on the BYU campus between BYU’S graduation (after Winter semester) and the beginning of spring term. The annual two-day event attracts an estimated 15,000 women who come to hear leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and attend classes featuring more than 200 presenters on topics such as marriage, family and gospel principles. Women’s Conference gives me a chance to catch up with two close friends, Ellen Riley and Linda Esplin. Ellen lives outside of Boston and Linda lives in Phoenix. Linda and I became friends when I was in graduate school and she was an undergraduate. We met in the student ward but we bonded over running. I married Bob and moved to Boston for Bob’s internship and residency. Linda married Cordell, (attended law school), moved to Hawaii for Cordell’s internship. Then they moved to Boston for Cordell’s residency. Here we met Ellen. We all became fast friends. Thankfully, we get to meet once a year in Utah for Women’s Conference. It is a time to renew friendship, catch up on news and bask in the learning opportunities afforded at Women’s Conference. BYU campus is a beautiful campus. BYU campus The theme for BYU Women’s Conference this year was: “My soul delighteth in the covenants of the Lord.” 2 Nephi 11:5 BYU Women’s Conference Theme BYU Women’s Conference is the largest two-day gathering of LDS women anywhere in the world. Over 200 presenters share their perspectives and insights on a variety of topics including womanhood and sisterhood, gospel principles, marriage, family, and practical and timely topics of interest and concern to women of all ages. One of the memorable classes for me was “A Time for a Woman’s Voice” given by Ally Isom and Michael R. Otterson. Michael Otterson is head of public affairs for the church and he talked about the church and social media today. It really opened my eyes to the need that we need to make a presence on the internet. I also enjoyed Elder Ballard’s presentation. Elder M. Russuell Ballard and Sister Barbara Ballard at the Marriott Center. BYU Women’s Conference General session speakers in the Marriott Center included Sister Wendy Watson Nelson, wife of Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women general president; Kevin J. Worthen, BYU president, and his wife, Peggy; and Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. I also enjoyed a special presentation at the Fine Arts Museum on the BYU campus. Artist Brian Krishisnek spoke on “Nativity and Other Paintings of Women”. Nativity by Kershisnek also on view through 2016 is a breathtaking display of color: Gabriel Dawe’s stunning Plexus no. 29 at BYU Museum of art The two translucent structures filtering through the Museum’s skylight appear to be luminous rays of light refracted through a giant prism. Gabriel Dawe’s stunning Plexus no. 29 is a corporeal installation of colored filament meticulously threaded between the Museum’s mezzanine walls and oculus. I also got to spend time with my daughter Jen and my grandchildren Becca, Henry, Caroline and Emily! Eating at the Lion House Pantry Enjoying yogurt Henry and Becca checking out the fish at City Creek And the beautiful flowers at temple square… Flowers at temple square Filed Under: Salt Lake Temple, Travel Tagged With: Brian Krishnek, Brigham Young University Campus, BYU Women's Conference, LDS, Mount Timpanogos BYU Women’s Conference and LDS Church History Museum May 9, 2014 by shelley LDS Church History Museum Ellen Riley flew in to meet me to attend Brigham Young University Women’s Conference. Our first stop was to eat lunch in the Nauvoo Cafe, and then a visit to Temple Square and the Church History Museum. The Nauvoo Cafe is located on the corner of South Temple and Main Street in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, in Downtown Salt Lake City. Nauvoo Cafe In Joseph Smith Memorial Building goodies at the Nauvoo Cafe Visiting Temple Square and the flowers of Temple Square Salt Lake City Temple Reflecting pool in front of Salt Lake City Temple. Assembly Hall at Temple Square, Salt Lake City The Salt Lake Assembly Hall is one of the buildings owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the southwest corner of Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. It has seating capacity for an audience of approximately 1,400 people. The Salt Lake Assembly Hall is a Victorian Gothic congregation hall. Rough granite walls are laid out in cruciform style making the hall’s exterior look like a small gothic cathedral. Flowers Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah Our timing was just a little late to see all the tulips in their prime, but Temple Square was still gorgeous! The L.D.S. Church History Museum L.D.S. Church History Museum The museum is located west of Temple Square and north of the Family History Library. I was excited to see a set this set of coins in the museum. Old Set of Mormon Coins I had heard about a set like this one in the news recently. ABC had a story about them, as did KSL in Salt Lake City and LDS Living. They were the rarest of a seven-piece collection of Mormon coins made in 1849 that brought in nearly $2 million at an auction staged by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. A $10 Mormon gold coin fetched $705,000, and a $20 Mormon gold coin sold for $558,000 at auction this week. The territorial coins, put up for sale by a collector, went to an undisclosed buyer. Bidding ended Thursday night. Tyson Emery, a coin expert at All About Coins in Salt Lake City, said coins and currency were scare when Mormon pioneers arrived in Utah in 1847, and the settlers began making their own coins primarily to buy goods from the East. “The gold that they used to make these Mormon gold coins came from the original California gold strike, probably right from the American River at Sutter’s Mill,” he told the Deseret News (http://bit.ly/1h1t3cv ). Only 46 of the $10 gold coins were made, and just a few are still around. I was also excited to see the “originals” of Missouri Church history. This picture by C. C. A. Christensen showing the persecution of the Saints in Jackson County, Missouri is the “one” always used showing the Saints being expelled from Jackson County Missouri. Painting of Persecution of the Saints in Jackson County, Missouri Another “original” is Joseph Smith’s letter written in Liberty Jail to the people in Quincy, Illinois after being expelled from Missouri. Parts of this letter would latter become scripture D&C sections 121-123: Joseph Smith letter written in Liberty Jail Displayed with the letter were original bars from Liberty Jail. And lastly, the original cast iron face wheel from Haun’s Mill on display at the Church History Museum. (Article about Haun’s Mill) Cast Iron Face Wheel from Hauns Mill Then we were off to Women’s Conference 2014 at Brigham Young University. BYU’s beautiful campus! The Theme this year is found in Psalm, 84:11 which reads, “For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” In this verse we are reminded of the blessing and power of divine grace. Women’s Conference 2014 Marriott Center Brigham Young University Thursday Morning Opening Session was a real treat! Thursday Morning Opening Session was Sheri Dew. Sheri Dew Her theme was: “For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield: the Lord will give Grace and Glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Thursday Afternoon General Session was Elder Bruce C. Hafen and his wife, Marie. Elder Bruce C. Hafen and Marie K. Hafen They spoke on the Redeeming and Strengthening Powers of the Atonement. Friday Morning General Session Linda K. Burton, Bonnie L. Oscarson, Rosemary M. Wixom Linda K. Burton, Bonnie L. Oscarson, Rosemary M. Wixom spoke on the Atonement Heals, Comforts, Consoles, and Enables Us to Show Mercy and Grace Unto Ourselves Friday Afternoon Closing Session was Elder Quentin L. Cook and his wife Mary. Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve and Mary G. Cook Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve and Mary G. Cook spoke on The Rewards of Righteousness We stayed for the evening performance which included; Mercy River, Hilary Weeks, Hudson Lights, Sandra Turley (broadway star), and Jenny Oaks Baker (Emmy nominated). All incredible, but the climax of the evening was a video “Evil Did Not Win” about one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Massacre Emilie Parker and a talk by her mother Alissa. I noticed as we left many red, rimmed eyes. Sandra Turley (I had to take this picture of Sandra Turley and send it to Becca. Becca is good friends with Sandra’s sister and brother-in-law [also a Duke graduate with Carl]. We sat by Sandra’s mother at graduation.) Side note: May 1st was the first day of BYU’s new President Kevin Worthen. Kevin grew up in Price and was one of the best friends of my brother Craig. Really exciting to see a kid from Price do so well. The Deseret News and BYU today called Craig to interview him to find out what Kevin was like as a kid. Craig told a couple of “Kevin Stories”. “Craig Smith became Worthen’s friend in the third grade, the same year Smith remembers running into Worthen one day in the library in Price. Worthen lived in Dragerton, a small town owned by a coal mine several miles away. Smith was working his way through the Hardy Boys books. Worthen was carrying a stack of novels that included “Advise and Consent,” the 1959 Pulitzer Prize-winning political novel by Allen Drury. “He was reading as an adult already in those days,” Smith said.” “Kevin is a very smart guy, but he’s also a very humble guy,” Smith said. “He’s usually the smartest guy in the room, but he doesn’t advertise that and doesn’t care if people know that or don’t know that. Lawyers usually want to let you know.” His fellow BYU law students figured it out, Smith said. Their nickname for Worthen, who would graduate first in their class, was Zeus. “Of course,” Smith said, “Zeus was the smartest and strongest of all.” Congratulations to Kevin…13th President of Brigham Young University. Filed Under: Art, Church, Missouri Church History, Salt Lake Temple, Travel Tagged With: Brigham Young University, C.C.A. Christensen painting Jackson County, Church History Museum, Haun's Mill, Kevin Worthen, Liberty Jail, Nauvoo Cafe, Salt Lake City temple, Temple Square, Women's Conference Temple Square and the beautiful springtime tulips!!! Glorious!!! The Salt Lake Temple is surrounded by spring blooms. Temple Square in the springtime! No words can describe the beauty of temple square and it’s glorious landscaping and colorful flowers. But it took my breath away with all the blooming flowers; tulips, daffodils, and crocus’. I was absolutely mesmerized by some of the tulips and daffodils…they had 5-6 blooms on one stem. Each stem was like a bouquet of tulips or daffodils…gorgeous!!! Say no more a picture is worth a thousand words… Springtime glory blooms around the Salt Lake City Temple! We also visited the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, near the Salt Lake temple. Reception room Joseph Smith Memorial Building Magnificent Centerpiece Joseph Smith Memorial Building Chandelier in Joseph Smith Building and a few pictures of the Salt Lake Temple… Filed Under: Church, Salt Lake Temple, Travel Tagged With: blooms, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, daffodils, flowers, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, LDS, Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City temple, springtime, springtime blooms, Temple Square Salt Lake City, tulips, Utah Women’s Conference at Brigham Young University I attended BYU Women’s Conference again this year with my good friend Ellen Riley from Boston. 2013 BYU Women’s Conference We joined about 17,000 other women for two days of guest speakers, great entertainment, service projects, and great companionship. Session in Marriott Center Thousands of Women in the Marriott Center for Women’s Conference. Women’s Conference is a happening and this car seemed to say it all: Car in parking lot of Women’s Conference. Women’s Conference is a yearly happening for many women. Program from Women’s Conference: It seemed this year I connected with lots of people; i.e. a general session speaker Kevin Worthen (friend of my brother growing up) from Price, Utah- we grabbed good seats for this session and went up after to say “hello”; Best Seats in the house for this session. Or a presenter in one class Carol Mikita, mother of my daughter Becca’s good friend Jen Bennion: Class: “It Is for You . . . to Lead the World and toLead Especially the Women of the World”(President Joseph F. Smith) President Joseph F. Smith encouraged sisters in Relief Society to lead the “women of the world, in everything thatis praise-worthy, everything that is God-like, everythingthat is uplifting and that is purifying to the children of men.” As women of God, we can lead by lifting in our spheres of infuence in our homes, the Church, ourcommunities, and work. What qualities and attributeshelp us to be effective leaders? How can we maintain ourdivinely given female natures, be distinct and different inhappy ways, and also be infuential and effective? Carole Mikita —Wife, mother; senior reporter for religionand the arts, KSL-TV; writes and produces documentariesthat air between general conference sessions The weather was beautiful this year and the campus was beautiful as usual and of course the mountains-the glorious mountains. Spring blooms. Trees in bloom on BYU campus. A later spring this year created beautiful color on the BYU campus. The clean beautiful BYU campus. Scenic view of BYU campus. A view of my favorite mountain, Mount Timpanogos. The mountains, the glorious mountains of Utah. This year we stayed late to catch the evening entertainment: Evening entertainment in the Marriott Center. This year in addition to Women’s Conference we also visited Step back in time and see the West as it was in the early settlement of Utah. Ride one of three trains, the Jupiter, Blackhawk or the 119, as they tour around the Park. Or enjoy a ride around the pond on the mini train. City kids will love riding ponies, meeting and petting farm animals and don’t forget to try your skill at milking Clara Bell the Cow. Guests love panning for gold. There is no excitement quite like finding a shiny nugget hiding amongst the silt and sand. “Set sail” on the Ship Brooklyn, a one-sixth replica of the original that tells the story of the expedition of pioneers who sailed from New York Harbor over 24,000 miles in search of a new home in the West. Visit the Native American Village, which celebrates Utah’s heritage before the arrival of the settlers. Authentic Navajo Hogan’s and Shoshone teepees stand in a quiet circle on the hillside. Grind corn and make arrowhead necklaces. Interact with a blacksmith, tinsmith, and saddle maker and don’t forget to purchase some snake oil from Dr. Quackenbush! Try your hand at some old-fashioned pioneer chores, or at spinning and carding wool. And there’s endless old-fashioned fun from the bucket brigade to the Candy Cannon that shoots salt-water taffy during special events. The streets are alive with a variety of musical performers, and be on the lookout for a train robbery! Brand new Summer 2013 is Irrigation Station splash pad! Cool off and learn why the Salt Lake Valley “blossomed as a rose!” The Gift Shop at the Visitor Center is one of the premier destination shopping experiences in Salt Lake City. And theZCMI Mercantile is filled with sweets from yesteryear and loads of goodies. Huntsman Hotel is home to Hires Big H products, there’s an old fashioned ice cream shop with soft serve and flavor burst cones, and Brigham’s Donuts are cooked fresh everyday! A little bit of sugary heaven! Visit the Mormon Battalion Museum, The Stoddard Gallery and see the iconic Monument that was erected under the supervision of a committee composed of Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and Latter-day Saint representatives. Visit the Walk of Pioneer Faiths honoring early religious groups and leaders who contributed to the religious diversity of our great community. I think we visited just about every building in the park: Heading into the park Ellen Riley in the John Gardiner Cabin Info on the John Gardiner Cabin Jewkes/Draper Home Bobbin Lace demonstration. Weaving. I liked the comfort of this home. Fossil imprint in rock. Dugout home. Primitive conditions inside dugout home. Pioneer Cemetery Pioneer Cemetery. Handcarts lined up in Heritage Park. Handcarts:Pioneer Children… Handcarts:…sang as they… Handcarts:…walked… Handcarts:…and walked… Handcarts:…sang…. Manti Fort Grist Mill Baby goslings. William Atkin home ZCMI Cedar City Tithing Office Loved this fence Anderson Home-Scandinavian style Scandinavian pioneer home. Cabinet shop-note chair on roof Pioneer Medicines Sundry store Sundry and drug store Huntsman hotel Deseret News Print Shop Heber C. Kimball Home Mary Goble Pay Home Emery County Home Riter Home 1847 Relief Society Hall Filed Under: Church, Friends, Salt Lake Temple, Travel Tagged With: Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Campus, BYU, Living History Museum, pioneers, Salt Lake City, This is the Place Heritage Park, this is the Place Monument, Utah, Women's Conference	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line78
__label__cc	0.745915	0.254085	Skinner & T’witch are very excited about the forthcoming release of their new Christmas EP, ‘The Bells of Christmas!’ Monday, November 25, 2019 by T'witch Filed in: Album Launch \| Live \| New Album \| The Bells of Christmas Skinner & T’witch are really very excited about the forthcoming release of their new Christmas EP, ‘The Bells of Christmas’. ‘The Bells of Christmas’ will be available to download/purchase via the Skinner & T’witch website from December 3rd: www.skinnerandtwitch.com ‘The Bells of Christmas’ includes performances from Hugh Bradley (bass); John Arnesen (drums); Chris Parkinson (piano accordion); Mike Jordan (guitar); Pete Denton (tuba); Sue Pope (euphonium); and Barry Pope (trumpet). Skinner & T'witch are very much looking forward to launching ‘The Bells of Christmas’ at Tuesday Night Live at the HEART Centre, Bennett Rd, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3HN on Tuesday, December 3rd, from 8pm: www.heartcentre.org.uk Skinner & T’witch will be supported on the launch night by Pete Denton’s brass ensemble, who will be playing some festive numbers. Come on down (if you’re in the area) for a mince pie, some festive cheer, and a bit of fun... You can watch recent videos of some of Skinner & T’witch’s songs via their new You Tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCshnCO_5ZEZxBE5QP... Tour Dates (UK): www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/skinner-and-twitch Sound recorded by the mighty Carl Rosamond of RRS Music at The Billiard Room Studio, Leeds: www.rrsmusic.com A big thank you to our graphic designer, the wonderful Sarah Patrick, for the super poster: www.sarahpatrickdesign.co.uk Photo by Miss Whittington’s Photography: www.misswhittingtonsphotography.co.uk Tags: Album Launch, Live , New Album, The Bells of Christmas	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line80
__label__wiki	0.694001	0.694001	Home / Sports / Men's Basketball / Blazers Slip on Road Trip, Fall Back to .500 Blazers Slip on Road Trip, Fall Back to .500 January 24, 2022 Men's Basketball, Sports, Spotlight, Top Headlines, Topstory Leave a comment 1,292 Views The VSU Blazers dropped a pair of road games in TN this past week in GSC competition. First, on Thursday they were in Memphis, TN playing Christian Brothers, and ultimately falling 81-74 despite a late attempt at a comeback. The Blazers played at Union on Saturday, and that game was never close as the Bulldogs jumped out to a 52-40 halftime lead en route to 112-86 final. This week’s losses see the Blazers continue their frustrating season-long trend of fluctuation between .500 and a couple games above it. Thursday’s game against the 5-11 Buccaneers presented an opportunity for the Blazers to separate themselves from the middle of the pack in the conference some. Instead, with that loss followed by the one against the Bulldogs, the reigning conference champion Blazers find themselves in the bottom half of the 2022 conference standings at 5-6 in conference play. The Blazers have been one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the GSC this season at 37%, even after going ice cold on the road trip, hitting only 9 for 40 across both games. Better 3-point shooting would have been crucial late against the Buccaneers when the Blazers went 0-6 over the final 15 minutes of the game. Despite not being able to hit the broad side of a barn from outside 15-feet, the Blazers got the game close at the end. The Buccaneers had a 16-point lead with eight minutes to go, but the Blazers fought back and faced nothing more than a two-possession game the whole way inside the last three minutes. They weren’t able to get all the way there as the Buccaneers kept hitting shots to keep the Blazers at arm’s length, despite Jacolby Owens’s heroic efforts. The junior shooting guard did all he could for the Blazers scoring or assisting on 18 of their final 24 points during that run. It wasn’t enough however, as the Buccaneers onslaught of four double-digit scorers overcame Owens and the Blazers. Junior forwards Michael Cole and Mo Gordon added 15 and 14 points respectively for the Blazers. Cole also added six boards, two blocks and three steals. VSU was unable to bounce back against the Bulldogs on Saturday, falling behind early and never really recovering. The Bulldogs’ 112 points were the most scored against a GSC team in conference play this season. They used a three-minute long, 11-2 run in the middle of the first half to break the game open, 32-16. A couple minutes later the Blazers were staring at an 18-point deficit with seven minutes until halftime. The lead would balloon to 28-48 with three minutes remaining before the Blazers started to chip away some. Using a couple threes and fast break layups the Blazers would trim it to ten right before halftime to go into the break down 12. The Bulldogs didn’t wait long in the second half to start to pull away, however. Three straight threes from the Bulldog’s Tyree Boykin pushed the lead to 16 in the first four minutes of the second half. Boykin is the GSC’s second leading scorer at 18.6 points per game, and he continued to rain threes as the Bulldogs lead swelled to 26 with four minutes to play. Boykin finished with 30 points, knocking down seven of his eleven tries from deep Boe Nguidjol added 24, and Justin Debuck 22 and 6 assists for the Bulldogs, who shot 54% from the field as a team. The Blazers had four players score in double figures, but only shot 45%. Owens and Gordon finished with 18 points apiece, while Cam Selders added 13 and Cam Hamilton added 12, but went 1 for 6 from deep. VSU has the week off as they prepare to face GSC rival West Florida at the Complex next Saturday, Jan 29. The women’s game tips off at 2 p.m., and the men’s at 4 p.m. Written by Nathan Harrell. Photo courtesy of VSU. Men's Basketball Nathan Harrell Spectator Valdosta State VSU VSU Spectator 2022-01-24 Tags Men's Basketball Nathan Harrell Spectator Valdosta State VSU VSU Spectator Previous People Poll: Are your classes going well so far? Next Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery kicks off the new year with an art competition VSU debate team finishes first tournament of the year Blazers blast Statesmen as Owens joins 1,000-point club Strong second half propels Lady Blazers past Delta State Editorial: Keep the flame burning, Blazers Many students have already noticed that this semester feels a bit … different than usual. ...	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0033.json.gz/line81

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