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The flute is in the woodwind group of musical instruments, but unlike woodwind instruments with reeds the flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces sound using the flow of air across an opening. A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as the following; flute player, flautist, flutist, fluter, or flutenist.
The oldest flute ever discovered may have been a fragment of a small cave bear with two to four holes. This flute was dated back to 43,000 years ago. The discovery was also confirmed to be the oldest musical instrument in history. Today we have a wide variety of flutes from Piccolos, Pan flute, Traditional Flutes and more. | <urn:uuid:d340d491-46ed-4a1e-a1b7-3e59dfee321d> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://www.hsmusicservice.com/flutes | 2018-01-23T21:25:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084892699.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20180123211127-20180123231127-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.97698 | 155 |
5 Spectacular Campsites for your Botswana Self-Drive Safari Roadtrip
Updated: Jun 29
Sleep under a blanket of stars, hear hippos roar in the distance and have elephants, lions or hyenas visit your camp. Are you ready for a true wilderness adventure?
1. Third Bridge - Moremi Game Reserve
Without a doubt one of the wildest campsites we ever stayed at. This campsite requires a pre-booking, as you cannot enter the national park otherwise. It is rather pricey, but it comes with bathroom amenities and you’ll pay for the experience.
After driving many kilometers on adventurous off-road tracks you‘ll arrive at a campsite in the middle of the Okavango delta. A pool with hippos is only a few hundred meters away. During the day, a group of elephants stood on our site. In the evening, a lion couple and a spotted hyena passed by less than 20 meters away. Upon leaving the camp, you‘ll have to tackle a river crossing and a swaying Mopane tree trunk bridge.
2. Khwai Riverfront
A little-known secret close to the world-famous Okavango Delta, the Khwai riverfront is an equal wildlife paradise. The expensive campsite comes without any amenities (no bathrooms here, bring a shovel), but you‘ll have unforgettable wildlife encounters. The area is a favorite among elephants, African buffalos, hippos, waterbucks, and more. We even spotted a serval cat.
3. Matopi Camp - Kgalagadi National Park
Deep in the southwest of Botswana, Matopi campsite in Kgalagadi National Park is a true wilderness gem without any amenities. The campsite is far off from any civilization in the middle of the national park. In the evening, you‘ll be listening to a melodious concert of barking geckos searching for mates. Fetch yourself some firewood, get cozy and watch a blanket of stars across the dark night sky.
4. Shakawe River Lodge Campsite
Directly on the shore of the Okavango river, Shakawe River Lodge offers a perfect opportunity to calm down after a long drive. The campground comes with bathrooms and showers, and your own fire pit for cooking. Watch the Okavango river gently flow past your tent and listen to the varied bird songs in the morning.
5. Wilderness Camp
In Botswana, you are officially allowed to free camp. As a majority of the country is inhabited, you‘ll find plenty of opportunities to sleep in the wilderness. If you are around villages, it is always best to ask for permission. We found some truly great wilderness campsites in the west of Botswana, far off from any other humans, where we could enjoy the loneliness of this beautiful country together.
Ready to travel to Botswana?
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Piano Level: Early Intermediate
Students will love playing this swashbuckling Disney favorite! The easily accessible Level 4 arrangement sounds more difficult than it is to play, making it an exciting recital piece.
$4.99 (US) Inventory #HL 00296773 ISBN: 9781458423849 UPC: 884088324513 Width: 9.0" Length: 12.0" 8 pages
Prices and availability subject to change without notice.
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Coronavirus Contingency: Online Jewish Studies Learning Options
Pricing and discounts for schools are included with each full description. Click more info below to find this information.
Aleph Beta offers video-based commentary, including multiple years of animated parsha series, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah class, holiday lectures, advanced courses, and live webinars.
Audience: Both beginner and advanced learners.
Medium: Many options, including 10-minute stand alone lectures and multiple-part hours-long lectures. Our premium and educator memberships include supplements for the courses.
Behrman House offers Hebrew apps and online games that support a variety of course work in Hebrew.
Audience: Grades 2-6.
Medium: Flash videos, app-based learning
Bonim B'Yachad works with Jewish day schools to create personalized live online courses in both Judaic and General studies subjects.
Audience: Students in grades 3-12.
Medium: All of our online courses take place live, according to each school's schedule and are designed in partnership with the schools. Our goal is for the online courses to fit seamlessly into the school's academic curriculum. In many ways, our teachers become part of the school's faculty. Most have school email accounts and many of our courses are integrated into the school's LMS. It really is a true partnership for the benefit of the students.
Dah Bear offers free online Hebrew language learning tool that enables educators to create word lists of Hebrew vocabulary terms that are translated into Hebrew (for Ivrit B’Ivrit), English, or pictures. Students can access and study these lists through games, flashcards, and quizzes. Educators can send students links to their lists or create linked student accounts (this allows the teacher to track student progress).
Audience: Teachers and students, K-12.
Medium: Website, optimized for mobile use.
iTaLAM provides a comprehensive, blended-learning, full-year curriculum in Hebrew language and Jewish heritage, including units on Shabbat, holidays, Torah, and Israel, with modules appropriate for all religious streams, a Learning Management System that promotes differentiated learning, and intensive teacher training.
Audience: Students in Grades 1 - 5
Medium: Interactive online learning, including individually-paced language and Jewish content programs, games, and songs, supported by print workbooks (available online); synchronous and asynchronous learning guided online by teachers; group learning; and extensive online teacher training.
JETS Blended Learning Bank offers online learning for students and parents in elementary and high school on topics ranging from Jewish holidays, meaningful Jewish events and people, and periods of significance on the Jewish calendar.
Audience: There are courses for students ranging in age from 3rd grade to 12th grade, and a parent online learning course as well.
Medium: This platform combines interactive online learning, video tours, and video messages to engage the learner.
Jewish Interactive provides over 10,000 online digital interactive Jewish and Hebrew learning activities on the JiTap platform. Students can play AND create learning activities on a range of Hebrew language and Jewish Studies content areas. Ji has organized free resources, and webinars for how to use them, on their Home Learning Resource Page.
Audience: Online learning activities and courses are designed for ages 4-12 years old. The listed webinars are targeted for elementary school-age teachers and principals. Teachers will need limited technology background to access the platform’s resources or participate in webinars.
Medium: A range of webinars focusing on different skills needed to utilize the JiTap platform within different distance learning formats.
Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy is a project of the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education in Bar Ilan University and offers more than 30 online Judaic studies and Limudei Kodesh courses for students, ranging in topic from Tanach, Jewish History, Ethics, Leadership and more.
Audience: Students in grades 6-12. There are offerings for both community schools as well as yeshiva day schools.
Medium: Courses combine both live and "not live" (synchronous and asynchronous) learning. Students can work independently at flexible times on coursework and will also have regular live meetings with their teacher at times that are mutually agreed upon with the school. Courses are typically either 6 weeks, semester long, or year long. Courses include online study guides, interactive modules, video clips, assignments and project-based assessments. All courses are teacher-led and our teachers are fully responsible for all assessment and communication with the school. Throughout the course, course instructors provide feedback, support and guidance to the students.
Project Zug, a program of Hadar, empowers Jews to take ownership over their learning through one-on-one havruta learning. It is for people of all backgrounds and allows you to learn on your schedule from the comfort of your own home.
Audience: High school, faculty
Medium: Courses are either 4 or 10 sessions long, with 4 videos. Each session has a pdf handout that includes questions and context as well as the texts themselves. The havruta pair learns the handout together, and it is designed to be learned in 30-45 min. Each course features 4 short, high quality videos of the educator offering background and framing for the learning. Study can be done online through video chat. We provide high-quality content through curated study sheets and videos on a wide variety of topics.
ShalomLearning is a nonprofit providing curriculum and support to Jewish educators in North America. We offer a values-based curriculum and Hebrew programs (learn to read and prayers) for real-time virtual classes as well as online Hebrew activities that can be done independently. We can provide virtual teachers if needed.
Audience: Grades K-2 for family education, Grades 3-7 for virtual class or online, self-paced learning.
Medium: Downloadable curriculum that your teacher (or our teacher) can deliver in a virtual classroom (e.g. Zoom) classrooms for synchronous learning or students can log in online for asynchronous learning.
Torah Learning Center (TLC) is an online learning framework for schools that are looking to transition to online learning for the duration of COVID-19. The framework is built to allow teachers to run a virtual classroom where they can create lessons using many types of media (videos, worksheets, interactive quizzes, etc.), interact with students using built-in conferencing, and track student grades and attendance. The framework also offers device filtering and monitoring to ensure that your students’ are safe on the web.
For schools that are looking to set up a remote General Studies program, TLC has a large database of pre-made accredited coursework that can be imported into the framework and customized to fit with the school's curriculum. One of the many benefits to this program is that each student can learn on their own level, at their own pace, and at whatever time is most convenient while the teacher monitors their progress and is available for assistance. Additionally, the framework provides the flexibility for students to continue into the summer months from any location if necessary.
Audience: The framework is available for all grades. The General Studies coursework is available for grades 6-12.
Torah Live offers online video-based courses on dozens of topics each with accompanying quizzes, supplementary materials, topic-related games, and teacher presentation notes.
Audience: Children, aged 9-16
VHS Learning offers more than 220 unique general studies core, elective and credit recovery courses, including more than 20 AP courses and 21 Judaic studies courses.
Audience: Students at the middle school and high school level.
Medium: All courses are conducted entirely online. Only internet access is needed.
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In the course of screening for phosphatidylinosicol turnover inhibitors, we found that a culture broth of a Streptomyces strain strongly inhibited the incorporation of inositol into phosphatidylinositol and its phosphates. The active principle was isolated from the broth through EtOAc extraction, cc, centrifugation partition chromatography, and crystallization. Spectroscopic and crystallographic analysis revealed that it has a novel polyether structure, and we named it inostamycin. Inostamycin inhibited phosphatidylinositol turnover with an IC50 of 0.5 μg/ml in cultured A431 cells.
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The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) announced in a statement on Wednesday that the government expects to start construction of a high-rise rental housing project for senior citizens in an area of Plot P in Areia Preta district – the plot of the ill-fated Pearl Horizon residential project, the land concession of which was annulled in early 2016 – by the end of this year, striving to complete the project within three years.
The statement said that the building consisting exclusively of rental flats for seniors – the first of its kind in the government’s housing programme – will have some 1,800 studio units, with various kinds of social service facilities.
According to the statement, the area earmarked for the project, which is located at the southern tip of the 68,000-square-metre Plot P, covers an area of 6,828 square metres.
The rental housing project for seniors on Plot P was first proposed by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng in his 2020 Policy Address which he delivered in April, when he said that the new project aimed to help senior citizens living in low-rise walk-ups improve their living quality. Ho said in April that under the scheme, the senior citizens could rent out their flats in walk-ups to others so that they could move to the flats in Plot P equipped with lifts and use the money they receive from renting out their walk-up flats to cover the rents for their studio units in the Plot P building, and therefore they could have their living quality improved.
During Tuesday’s Q&A session about his 2021 Policy Address – which he delivered on Monday – in the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) hemicycle, Ho said that the government will build two hotel-style apartment buildings for the elderly on Plot P, providing about 1,800 studio flats. The government has signed an agreement with a contractor to carry out the project without going through a bidding process, Ho said.
Ho said during Tuesday’s Q&A session in the legislature that the rental housing project for seniors on Plot P will be a pilot scheme which will allow the government to gauge citizens’ views about this kind of housing, adding that the government would build more such projects elsewhere in the city if the future operation of the project on Plot P proves to be a success.
Ho said on Tuesday that he has ordered Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário to ensure that the rental housing project on Plot P, to be managed by the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), will be completed within three or three to a half years.
Ho said on Tuesday that the studio flats in the project will have standards similar or higher than hotel guestrooms. Ho said that the studio flats will have a large bathroom and be equipped with an electric wheelchair.
Ho said on Tuesday that the government will commission a private social service organisation to run the restaurant in the building, which will also include medical facilities, with dialysis machines. He said that therefore those in need who are living there will not need to queue to use the machines at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre.
Wednesday’s GDI statement said that in order to ensure that the construction of the project on Plot P will be completed in three years, construction methods different to previous public housing projects will be adopted there in order to shorten the construction period such as by using prefabricated modular construction and use the design-build approach.
In contrast to the traditional design-bid-build approach – in which the agency or owner hires separate entities for the design and construction of a project – the design-build approach is a method to deliver a project in which the design and construction services are commissioned to a single entity known as the design-builder or design-build contractor, according to Wikipedia.
MOP 2 billion contract
According to the GDI website, the office has granted China Construction and Engineering (Macau) Company Limited a two-billion-pataca contract for the design and construction of the project without a bidding process.
According to the office’s website, the contractor is required to complete the project within 860 working days. The project comprises two 37-storey apartment towers to be built on a podium – which houses social service facilities – and a three-storey underground public car park. A high-voltage substation will also be built in the area.
Wednesday’s GDI statement pointed out that the government-appointed Urban Planning Council (CPU) green-lighted the project, the preparatory work of which is to be jointly carried out by the Infrastructure Development Office and the Social Welfare Bureau, during a regular meeting in May.
Before Ho first proposed the rental housing project for seniors in April, the government had announced that it will build temporary housing and “home swap” housing projects on the large-sized Plot P for residents affected by the future urban renewal process. Some of the “home swap” units on the plot are earmarked for eligible Pearl Horizon pre-sale buyers to purchase. The government-owned Macau Urban Renewal Limited said earlier this year that it was striving to get the temporary housing and “home swap” housing projects on the plot off the ground as soon as possible. The Social Welfare Bureau said earlier this year that the government planned for the construction of the rental housing for seniors, temporary housing and “home swap” housing projects to be completed at around the same time.
Wednesday’s GDI statement said that when inspecting the site, GDI engineers saw many old pillars there, adding that they were studying whether the pillars can be used again for the rental housing project for seniors or need to be removed in order to come up with a proposal for the foundation work as soon as possible to ensure that the project can get off the ground by the end of this year.
(The Macau Post Daily/Macao News)
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In this article we are going to show you how to make the most powerful 2-ingredient mixture against corns, blisters, cracked heels and how to remove the thick and rough skin of your feet in just 10 days. First, you should know that this homemade remedy is really amazing. In just 10 days you will be amazed by the results – your feet will look 20 years younger. So, you should definitely read the article bellow and learn how to make and use this amazing homemade remedy for cracked heels.
Cracked heels – aesthetic and health problem
Some people think that cracked heels are just an aesthetic problem, but the actual truth is that if you don’t treat them on time – the cracks will become deeper and more painful, so they will become health problem. So, if cracked heels are not treated on time, the dirt will accumulate inside the cracked skin and they can become infected. And you should know that this can be really serious problem. So, this is why it’s extremely important to react on time and take all the necessary measures. You should also know that the thickening of the feet usually occurs cause of the excess dead skin cells, which often leads to poor blood circulation and poor elasticity. But, you shouldn’t be worried, because this can be solved with pumice stone or a file. You should do this when the skin on your heels is soft, so you can do it after a shower or bath. And you should remember this – you mustn’t remove the dead skin cells with a sharp object, because you may remove too much skin from your heels, which can cause an infection.
When you are done with this (eliminating the dead skin cells of your feet), then you need to nourish the skin on your heels. You need to nourish the skin to speed up the healing process – after the treatment. Well, you shouldn’t be worried, because there are many different homemade creams and remedies, which you can make them in your own home. These creams and remedies are very useful in nourishing and moisturizing the skin on your heels.
Olive or coconut oil – these two oils are very useful and beneficial in moisturizing and nourishing the skin on your feet. Here’s what you need to do – just apply some oil on your heels and massage it with circular movements and leave it for a while. As we said in the beginning of this article, we are going to show you how to make the most effective 2-ingredient recipe, which will help you with your cracked heels. This 2-ingredients mixture is very simple and easy to make. You just have to follow the simple instructions. Here’s what you need to do.
- 250 ml brandy, or 70% strength of Medicinal alcohol
- 10 tablets of aspirin (300 mg)
How to Make:
First, you need to crush the 10 tablets of aspirin (300 mg), and make them like powder. Then, you need to mix the powder with 250 ml of brandy (or 70% medical alcohol) and leave it for 1-2 days. This is extremely important – make sure you shake this mixture every night. How to use it – first, you need to dip one piece of folded gauze in it. Put the gauze soaked in this mixture on your heel (calluses, foot), wrap your foot with a nylon bag and put on your socks. You need to leave it on overnight. In the morning, when you wake up, you need to wash your foot with warm water, wipe it, and apply some nourishing skin cream or glycerin. Just after ten treatments you will be amazed by the results. Your heels will become clear and without trace of the rough skin or hard deposits.
You should also know that you can clean your heels with a heel brush or a heel stone, and then apply the cream. You should also know that you can use this mixture to treat the painful areas on the varicose veins (varicosities) as well. You just need to massage the painful areas with this mixture and the pain will disappear immediately. You can use this tincture to treat osteochondritis as well. Massage the painful place and the pain will disappear instantly.
Remove thick and rough skin off your feet with this incredible mixture
This remedy is very simple and easy to make. You just have to follow the simple instructions. Here’s what you need to do – first, you need to mix 5-6 crushed aspirins and some lemon juice, until you get a thick paste. Then, you need to rub the paste on your feet, wrap it with nylon, and put a warm towel over it or put your socks on. Wait for 10 minutes, remove everything and wash your feet with a sponge or a pumice stone – to remove the dead skin cells. We really hope you find this article helpful and don’t forget to share it with your friends and family. Thank You. | <urn:uuid:04e19efe-1c49-45d1-bb84-b034186138af> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://healthandwellness365.com/2016/03/22/have-feet-like-a-young-girl-with-this-homemade-remedy/ | 2017-03-23T12:22:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218186895.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212946-00470-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941567 | 1,035 |
Chris McGann at the Seattle-PI files a nice story about the possible impact of radio host Howard Stern’s full-throated endorsement of John Kerry. Couple of interesting tidbits:
- Stern has about 300,000 listeners in the greater Seattle/Tacoma area.
- A recent poll by the New Democrat Network found that 4% of voters nationally are swing voters who listen to Howard Stern.
- Stern is promising to devote two full weeks of airtime to pro-Kerry/anti-Bush material.
- Republicans of course insist that Stern has no influence whatsoever. | <urn:uuid:b819298c-b933-4315-8cd7-33c02cf87712> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | https://jstahl.org/shock-jocks-for-kerry/ | 2019-09-15T09:41:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514571027.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20190915093509-20190915115509-00053.warc.gz | en | 0.879868 | 122 |
Get ready for school and save 25% on Label Daddy peel and stick custom name labels! Label Daddy is the number one solution for labeling your belongings! No ironing or sewing . . . just peel and stick. Their exclusive laminated coating gives labels an extra layer of protection and is a must for school! Remember to label all clothing, books, bags, sports equipment, electronics, and other personal belongings your kids bring to school, camp, sports leagues, day care, vacation, and other places Label Daddy labels keep them from getting lost or mixed up with others. These convenient labels are great for adults too! — Put them on your sunglass/eyeglass case, phone, camera, sports equipment, tablet, e-reader, hats, clothing, and more.
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Unlike other labels we have used in the past, I was pleasantly surprised at the range of designs on Label Daddy. They have licensed characters, sports teams, and so much more! We picked one of the many Doc McStuffins themed labels for Sass and they colors are bright and cheerful. She loves displaying her name on all of her school items. Now Spunk wants to order some of the sports labels for his baseball bats and gear. Check my Instagram feed soon for photos of how we are using our labels!
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FCA Consultation on illiquid assets and open-ended funds
The FCA is consulting on proposals to reduce the potential for harm to retail investors in funds that hold illiquid assets, particularly under stressed market conditions, and help address financial stability concerns.
They are proposing a package of measures that will require:
- mandatory suspension when the independent valuer expresses uncertainty about the value of 'immovables' above a certain threshold;
- contingency plans to be established in case of a liquidity risks crystallising;
- more information to be disclosed to investors about the liquidity risks in such funds and how these risks are managed.
For full details including links to the research which the FCA have undertaken so far, view the FCA website by clicking here.
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Here's the stack of cards I bought from the other table. Manning this table was the dealer that has all the oddball cards.
The last time I went to this card show I found a whole bunch of box bottoms. I only bought a few and had written then that I wished I had bought them all. Well, he had a few left.
This time I bought them all.
He didn't have as many cards as he usually has, and had only a fraction of the oddball cards that I can usually find at his table. So I was a bit disappointed.
He did have a couple of monster boxes of random cards and I was able to find some that I needed.
Just like the previous table, every card set me back a whopping ten cents.
I picked up nineteen from the 1983 Donruss set...
...and thirty-one from the 1992 Pinnacle set. Yes, I haven't finished it yet and I still have a long way to go.
Three cards from the 1986 Topps Traded set also ended up going home with me.
I'm not sure how this card ended up with me, but I probably need it anyways.
This card I didn't need, but the price was right.
The last cards I'm going to show in this post are five 1991 Topps Cracker Jack Cards.
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The club announced on Monday, that Coyle, who only took over as coach six months ago, was leaving "by mutual agreement."
The latest defeats had left the Latics languishing in 14th place in the league and on the verge of Europa League elimination.
Coyle's side were swept aside 3-1 by Derby on Sunday with the manager using his post-match press conference to suggest some supporters' expectations were too lofty following an eight-year stint in the Premier League.
"It is with great sadness that we have made this decision and I would like to thank all my football staff and the staff at the club, who have been very supportive of me in my time here," said Coyle.
"I am confident that with this set of players, the team can keep moving in the right direction."
Wigan visit Leeds on Wednesday night and the club have placed first-team coach and former boss Graham Barrow along with assistant manager Sandy Stewart in charge for the clash.
Coyle, chosen ahead of Steve McClaren - the man who led Derby to victory at the DW Stadium - was originally tasked with rebuilding the side following the departure of Roberto Martinez and relegation from the Premier League. | <urn:uuid:fe5356e4-3ded-442f-a97a-893c00cc3164> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2013/12/03/manager-coyle-ousted-at-wigan/ | 2014-04-16T18:58:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609524644.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005204-00400-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984365 | 245 |
Fuel Miami LLC is installing 600 solar-powered bus shelters in Miami city. Each solar-powered ad panel will save over two tons of carbon emissions.
This eco-friendly ad movement within bus shelters started a few years ago in New Edinburgh, ON. They are called i-SHELTERs, created by Carmanah Technologies, and light up with solar-LED lights once someone walks inside them.
Imagine the power used by each bus shelter, and how much we can save our environment by converting to solar energy. It’s a great initiative which other countries should consider. | <urn:uuid:c2a83240-fdf6-495e-8f28-8e930dcef15f> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/solar-bus-shelters | 2021-06-15T22:24:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487621627.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20210615211046-20210616001046-00346.warc.gz | en | 0.953431 | 119 |
The Secret of the Universe, by Nathan R. Wood, , at sacred-texts.com
The explanation of the things of the universeWhich explains which?The reason of the universeThe Divine Method of WorkThe Deeper MysteriesThe Riddle of the Universe and the Secret of the Universe.
The Trinity, imaged in the universal law of Triunity, explains the deep things of the universe. It shows why space is what it is. It shows why matter is what it is. It shows why time is what it is. It explains why human existence is exactly what it is. The Trinity, imaged in the universal triunity, is the basis of unity in all things. It shows that unity lies, not in a common substance, which is impossible, but in a common structure and pattern. It underlies the relations of space, matter and time. It shows space as potential motion, motion as embodied space, time as successive motion. It shows what is the vast and true relativity among them. It shows the infinite circuit of the universe, out from the mind and power of God, through space, motion and time, back into the mind and eternity of God. It shows the process of existence, the same in all things, and shows that there is no conflict between "being" and "becoming," because "being" is, within itself, "becoming." It shows the law of progress and of change and fixity in the universe, and the method of human progress. It shows the procedure and pattern of moral action, and the basis of the good. It shows the forms of reality, or the true, and why they are what they are, and why the process of reason is what it is. It shows the nature and reason of the beautiful. Wherever there is a universal thing, there,
apparently, is triunity, and always with the same relations and characteristics. Triunity in the likeness of the Three in One is the structure, the pattern, the unity, the process, the progress, the reality, of the entire universe. The Triune being of God is the mighty solution of the riddles of the Universe.
This is only as it should be. The being of God ought to be the basis of the basic things of the universe. It ought to explain the problems of the universe. It ought to make clear many things which the mind by itself cannot settle. But until that being of God is seen in its full nature, as Jesus and the Bible reveal it, as Triune, the vision of it does not explain, it has never explained, these universal problems and mysteries. What we have done is an obvious thing. We have realized that when the being of God is recognized in its marvelous Triunity it explains all of these universal things at once and self-evidently. In so recognizing that we have here the solution of supreme problems we need not claim supreme minds. Anyone may gaze on the stars or see the sunrise. The true attitude is humility. What we need is not supreme minds, but a supreme Fact. There is no intellectual conceit in realizing that here is the key to the riddles of the universe. Why should not the being of God be such a key? It is as it should be. The central fact of the universe, the being of the Creator, the Three in One, explains the great things and illumines the otherwise difficult mysteries of the universe.
The Divine Triunity explains these universal things. But these things do not explain that Triunity. The
structure of the universe, the nature of space, of matter, of time, of human life, attest the Trinity. They reflect the Trinity. They demand the Trinity. But while they do all these things, they do not explain the Trinity. The Trinity explains them.
Someone will try to turn this whole revelation around, and argue that Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the effort of some long-ago thinker to put this universal triunity into theistic form. It will be so argued by some one who does not personally know the Triunity of God.
The answer to such an effort is, as we have said before, overwhelming.
1. There is no sign of such an origin in the Biblical presentation of the Trinity.
2. No man or men could build out of this universal triunity such a matter-of-fact, and natural, and almost casual, and wholly untheoretical presentation of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. There is no reason to think that any man in New Testament days knew or could know this scientific, universal triunity.
4. Above all, such an explanation does not explain this universal triunity itself, in space, in matter, in time, in all three together, in human existence, in human self-realization, in human self-direction, in the laws of reality, in the process of the universe. This universal triunity has a cause, if this is an orderly universe. If this is a theistic universe, that cause must be in God. Such triunity in God is not the result of the universal triunity. It is the cause.
For that is what the universe demands as its explanation.
[paragraph continues] It demands such a Triunity in God, as the cause of the universal triunity.
And that is what the New Testament Triunity demands as its explanation. It can have come only from the Triunity which the whole universe reveals in God.
The universal triunities, therefore, in space, matter and time, and in other universal things, do not cause and do not explain the Divine Triunity.
But the Divine Triunity alone could cause and alone explains these universal triunities.
Is the universe as it is because of some special plan which requires that the universe should be so?
Or is the universe as it is from some inherent necessity?
These great questions disappear in the light of an answer deeper and greater than either. It is not simply a special arbitrary plan, chosen out of endless possibilities. Nor is it on the other hand simply a necessity in the nature of the universe itself. It lies far deeper. The universe is as it is because it naturally and inevitably reflects the being of its Maker and Worker. That means indeed a plan of the universe, but not an arbitrary plan. It means a necessity, but a necessity far deeper than anything in the nature of the universe itself. The universe inevitably reflects the being of its Maker and Worker. He creates it upon lines of His own being. He perpetually creates it and works in it in harmony with His own being. He expresses His own being in it. He shines through its processes. It is the visible vesture conformed to His own mighty being.
All these triunities are the workings of an immanent God. He is not merely the Creator. He works now in His universe. These things are His method of working. They are not static. They are not fixed and hard. They are His living method of working.
The relation between energy, motion and phenomena, or between future, present and past, or between space, matter and time, or between nature, person and personality, is an active relation. It is not merely an architectural relation between the three in each of these triunities. It is an active relation. These things are not buildings. They are processes. It is a working relation. It is the immanent God, working through these methods. He works from energy through motion and phenomena. He works from future through present and past. He works from space through motion or matter and time. He works from nature through person and personality. They are His constant and active method. He works through these triunities in His universe. They are not merely a passive reflection of Him in a fixed and universal mirror. Your mirror reflects you. But far better and more truly your ways of work reflect you. These triunities reflect God not only as the passive mirror of creation reflecting the Creator. They reflect Him as your ways of work reflect you. They are the triune methods of the Triune God working in His universe. As Creator He is reflected in them. As the Worker in His universe He shines through them.
So all-explaining is the light of the Divine Triunity of God in His universe, that even the deeper mysteries of that Triunity cast a revealing light upon the mysteries of the universe.
What holds the universe together, so that it works as one immeasurable whole?
What holds the stars in their order and harmony? What keeps them in their orbits?
What holds the atoms in order? What holds the electrons in their orbits around the proton in the infinitesimal solar system which we call the atom?
The only answer which has ever been given at all is the answer of the Bible, that "in him,"the Second Person of the Trinity, the Son, the Creator,"all things hold together," or "consist."
What holds the mind together, in the yet more wonderful inner universe? What holds intelligence, and feeling, and willing, and memory, and imagination, together in order and harmony in the mind? The only answer which has ever been given, or ever attempted, is the answer of the New Testament, that "in him," the Son, "all things hold together."
It means that the Creator, the Son, holds atoms, stars, forces of nature, forces of the mind, "things visible and things invisible," the whole vast universe, together in order and harmony, in life and unity.
If this mighty answer is true,and certain it is that no other answer has ever been given, then the universe centres in the Son. The same New Testament which brings to us that Divine Triunity of Father, Son
and Holy Spirit which the universe requires depicts also the universe as centering in the Second Person of that Triunity.
But if the universe centres in the Second Person of the Trinity, should not the reflection of the Divine Triunity in the universe be primarily a reflection of the Son? Would not that be strange?
Yes, but so it is. The image in each of those great triunities which make up the universe is above all an image of the Son! The emphasis is upon Him in all of these universal reflections of triunity. Nature and Personality centre in the Person. They are both invisible. It is the Person which we see and know. Future and Past centre in the Present. It is the Present which alone we can touch and know. Energy and Phenomena centre in Motion. Space, Matter or Motion and Time centre in Matter or Motion. Space and Time we know only through Motion or Matter. The second factor is the most vivid in each triunity. The second factor is not greater than the other two, but it is the most vivid, and so the first and third elements centre in it. It is motion, in energy, motion and phenomena,it is the present, in future, present and past,it is matter or motion, in space, motion and time, it is person, in nature, person and personality,which is central and most vivid. And now we see the reason. It is not because the Son is greater than the Father or the Spirit. It is because the universe in its vast triunity reflects most vividly the Second Person in the Three in One, the Son, the Creator, "in whom all things consist."
A yet deeper mystery the Bible declares in regard to the Divine Triunity. And yet it fits the facts of the universe
and casts light upon these mysteries of the universe which we know only too well. The Bible declares, in a mysterious passage, that "at the end" "the Son shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father." This is to be when He, the Son, "shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power." It alludes to the power of every evil authority or force, and to the power of death. "For he," the Son, "must reign till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be abolished is death." This evidently means all that force of death and destruction, both in human life and in the universe at large, which negatives God's whole creative purpose and work. "And when all things have been subjected unto him," the Son, "then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all." A profound mystery, but a profound illumination! We see it going on now. Sin, disorder and destruction permeate the universe now. The Son, the Creator, Himself enters the life of the universe in a peculiar and personal way. He does it by entering, as a Person, the life of the human race. He becomes man. He overcomes sin. He does this in His own life for thirty-three years. He does it for mankind, the Bible declares, by His Personal death and resurrection. Then He works it out, in men and in the universe. He works in men, the key to the whole vast situation, by His Spirit. At last, "at the end," He brings all things into subjection. A new-created race emerges, from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. A new universe, no longer groaning and travailing in pain. New heavens and a new earth. "All things new." Sin and evil and destruction cast out from it all. Then at last all things are in harmony with God. The Nature of God at last
holds absolute sway in the universe. The redeeming, reorganizing, recreating work of the Son is done. No longer must one of the Three in One make it His work to reclaim the universe from sin and disaster. God, the Three in One, the One in Three, is at last all in all in His universe.
But now, as we can see everywhere in the universe, as we have been seeing in one realm of the universe after another, it is the Son in the Divine Triunity who is above all reflected. It is He who is reelected in the vast interwoven fabric of Motion. It is He who is mirrored in the living Present. It is He who is imaged in Persons. And it is through Jesus, the Son, that we came to know that whole Divine Triunity of which He is the Second Person. He was our point of contact with the Three in One. It was His claims, backed up by His character and personality, that brought the Divine Triunity to us. To know Jesus is to know the Triune God. Anyone who knows the Triune God will agree to that. And to know Jesus is to know the Secret of the triune universe. He is the key to the great mysteries and realities of God, and the great mysteries of the universe, of space, of matter, of time, of the relations of space, matter and time, of human existence, of the process of all existence, of the law of all progress, of the forms of reason, of "being" and "becoming," of the unity of all things, and of countless mysteries yet to be revealed. He is the key, "in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden."
The Riddle of the Universe brings its own universal Answer. The Riddle leads to Reality.
"Why are all things what they are?" becomes "Why are space, and matter, and time, and space-matter-and-time, and human existence, and progress, and moral action, and reality, and beauty, all triune, in exactly the same sort of way?"
And by its universal corroboration and its universal demand the Riddle leads directly to its own Answer in the Triune God. That is as it should be. What else but the being of God could explain His universe? He is the Cause of all its triune structure. He is the Worker in all its triune methods. He is the Solution of all its triune mysteries.
Who knows what wonders we may yet discover, beyond all the wonders of modern science, in the natural world and the inner world, when we have learned to see and interpret the universe in the light of its Triune God?
How many decisive formulæ, to unlock new resources of power, lie undiscovered in the triune Formula of the universe?
How many far-reaching principles may radiate from the triune Principle of the universe?
How many processes, of value to men, may reasonably be produced from the Process of the universe?
And surely the more we penetrate into the secrets of personal being, in our intense modern study of human life, the more we must see as their Secret the Triune Being who upholds the universe and in whose likeness and reflection man is what he is.
We may escape the danger, which now threatens us, that our immeasurably growing knowledge of the physical universe may overwhelm us,if only we will learn to see the natural world in the light of its Triune God.
We may escape, too, the greater danger of the present day, in our over-eager study of our own being, our actions and reactions, our behaviour, our thinking, our reason, and everything else about us, that we shall analyze ourselves into conceit, inbreeding and ineffectiveness, and the deification of man,if only we will see human existence always in the light of its Triune God.
Is it too much to say, that all things lie open to the thinker who knows the Triune God, and who dares to apply the supreme Fact of the universe to the other facts of the universe? And what greater things are open to him who applies it to his own life? There lies indeed the way of vision and power, for life is greater than thought, and to know truly the Triune God is life indeed. | <urn:uuid:f9e90a40-17c4-4955-91d7-3913369a67fd> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://sacred-texts.com/nth/sotu/sotu16.htm | 2015-01-29T22:24:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115863063.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161103-00209-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961512 | 3,686 |
Swiss solo sailor Bernard Stamm has been disqualified by the international jury overseeing the race from the Vendée Globe round the world singlehander.
His sin was to moor alongside and to a Russian scientific ship in the Auckland Islands while trying to effect repairs to his electricity generators.
One of the central rules is that competitors should race around the world without any outside assistance. Stopping for repairs is permitted, but no-one is allowed to help in any way. Stamm, who subsequently went to Dunedin to complete the repairs and has since restarted his trek towards towards Cape Horn, was given 24 hours to ask for the decision to be overturned.
This is the third time Stamm has attempted the race. He failed to finish the first two.
At the front of the 13 remaining competitors of the 20 which started from Les Sables d’Olonne in early November, François Gabard was first to pass Cape Horn, one and a half hours ahead of the man, Armel le Cléac’h, with whom he has exchanged the lead for 53 days. The pair now has about 6,500 miles to go.
In third place Jean-Pierre Dick has been making fast miles but is still 380 miles behind the leader as an equally speedy Alex Thomson holds fourth place 500 miles behind Dick. Mike Golding in sixth place is about 2,500 miles behind the leaders.
America’s Cup holder Oracle has been penalised five days of training at the end of April as its punishment, including a $13,500 fine and an order to return all photographs, for spying on Italian challenger Luna Rossa while the Italians were testing their 72-foot wing-powered catamaran in Auckland.
The Italians’ training partner, Emirates Team New Zealand, has confirmed that it will send a youth team to any World Series regattas in the 45-foot cats this year, the first of which is scheduled for Naples in April. The May venue is the United States has yet to be confirmed.
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Report: Butler to withdraw from A-10, join Big East
Butler University will withdraw from the Atlantic 10 conference next week and join the Big East, according to Indianapolis Star reporter David Woods.
According to the report, Butler will pay a $2 million exit fee to leave the Atlantic 10. An announcement is expected next week.
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Has CNN’s reporting on food gone to the dogs?
The audience of the August 5 edition of “In the Money” might suspect as much. On that program business contributor Andy Serwer narrated a “Brainstorm” segment looking at the “latest trends and innovations the food industry has in store for you” such as “foods you can eat along with your pet.”
Foods you can scarf down with Skippy while channel-surfing past CNN on your way to Animal Planet? Tell me more.
“For a look at some hot new products appearing on a store shelf near you, we recently headed to a food trade show in New York City,” the Fortune magazine editor explained as he opened his segment.
Aside from food fit for Fido, the CNN reporter also purred about candy being peddled as health food.
“Good news for humans as well. Call it health by chocolate. Antioxidant-rich dark chocolate is all the rage and listening to some suppliers tell it, there’s no limit to the benefits,” Serwer cooed.
The light-hearted promotion of a food industry trade expo was a stark departure from the usual slant that CNN has often employed against the food industry:
On the Oct. 20, 2005, “American Morning” Serwer scoffed that “the only thing sillier than suing McDonald’s for being fat is passing a law preventing people from suing McDonalds from being fat.” Of course Serwer didn’t explain how harmful those lawsuits are to the American economy, even if he agrees they aren’t helpful for the American waistline.
On the Nov.26, 2005, “In the Money,” co-hosts Christine Romans and Andy Serwer joined dietician Lisa Young as they blamed the FDA and food producers for ‘misleading’ consumers on what constitutes a serving size. Meanwhile co-host Susan Lisovicz blamed restaurants for “offering even less healthy choices” after healthy offerings were going unpurchased.
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On 10th October 1943 the King of Italy, who with his Government had fled from Rome to Brindisi, declared war on Germany. Sporadic resistance to the Nazis began in German-occupied Italy almost immediately. In the mountain valleys and towns, armed groups were formed from Italian soldiers on the run - who feared deportation as forced labor to Germany - and escaped Allied POW's. Some of the more active partisans were Communist bands. The Communist Garibaldi band was active in the frontier area in north-East Italy, namely Friuli Venezia Giulia, and cooperated with Tito's partisans on the Yugoslav frontier. The Garibaldi made no secret of the fact that they supported Tito's claim to absorb the Venezia Giulia Region into Yugoslavia after the war.
On the other hand the Osoppo Partisan Brigade operated under the orders of the 'Committee of Liberation' which was formed to coordinate the resistance to German occupation by disparate partisan groups of diverse political persuasions. The 'Committee of Liberation' was comprised of the political parties that had been in hiding since their suppression by Mussolini in 1922. Their first acts were to aid escaping Allied POWs and deserters from the Italian army. By the end of November 1944, after further Cossack and German attacks, the Garibaldi partisans had dispersed to the East of the Isonzo River and passed completely under Yugoslav control. A few Osoppo partisans lay low in the high mountain villages where Cossack and German patrols did not penetrate.
A number of the Garibaldi objected to being under the Yugoslavs and deserted to the Osoppo. Both the Garibaldi leaders and the IX Yugoslav Corps were furious and their relations with both the Osoppo partisans and the British S.O.E. units supporting them became openly hostile. By February 1945 the Garibaldi Commanders had launched a violent anti-British and anti-American campaign which threatened the lives of British and American Commanders and resulted in the stealing of arms and money from British troops. However, the avowed intention of the Garibaldi partisans and the Yugoslavs was to destroy the Osoppo partisan units.
The most infamous expression of such intention took place in the village of Porzus on the Zuffine pre-alpine mountain range which marks today's border between Italy and Slovenia and overlooks the village of Ravosa from behind. On 7th February 1945, the Garibaldi tricked the Osoppo Partisans into a meeting in a mountain cow stall above the village of Porzus. They then disarmed and executed fourteen Osoppo partisans. In a post-war well-known and much publicized trial the Communist leader Mario Toffanin, known as 'Giacca', who had commanded the ambush was condemned to death, but as he escaped to Yugoslavia the sentence could not be carried out immediately. After the war, Toffanin benefitted from the general amnesty promulgated by Palmiro Togliatti, minister of justice and leader of the Italian Communist Party. Toffanin continued to live in Slovenija near the Italian border and received an Italian pension which he would collect personally in Italy. He died in Slovenia in 1999. | <urn:uuid:541951ba-331d-47e7-9f15-8984350fafbd> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | http://faula.com/faula-history-note7.php | 2019-07-18T14:27:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195525634.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20190718125048-20190718151048-00554.warc.gz | en | 0.979267 | 658 |
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optionMONSTER's Depth Charge monitoring program detected the purchase of about 30,000 December 37 puts for $0.54 and the sale of an equal number of December 42 calls for $0.84. Volume was more than 19 times open interest at both strikes.
The trader probably owns shares in the consumer-staples giant and is using the options to protect against a drop. He or she collected a credit of $0.30 and stands to make money if the stock pushes toward or below $37. He or she is also obligated to sell their equity for $42 if the shares close above that level on expiration.
KFT, which has never traded above $41.50, is up 0.47 percent to $40.79 this morning. It has appreciated almost 17 percent in the last year as investors have flocked to low-risk companies with less exposure to a weak economy.
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The Single Mothers Support Fund has been designed and structured to help single mothers strengthen their educational and economic capacity. It provides financial assistance for applicants wishing to gain new, or update existing skills and qualifications with accessible funds not provided by government nor any other agency.
It will remove funding gaps and barriers by providing unique, integrated financial support for these mothers determined to advance out of poverty and lead a life of economic independence. The Single Mothers Support Fund will be available for mothers who have accessed services and are nominated by affiliated front line organizations.
The fund will run as a 1 year pilot and will cover the following supporting costs as determined by the unique circumstances of each applicant:
• Tutoring Costs
• Transportation Costs
• Food Costs
• Clothing (including uniforms, appropriate footwear)
• Educational/Training supplies (books, calculator, pens, binders etc.)
• Registration fees
• Basic Hygiene costs (dentist, haircuts, glasses etc.)
• Educational courses/job training programs not covered by other agencies
• Computer equipment (including internet & wifi)
• Childcare services to assist in accessing training or education courses
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Music is a magical, though often unsung part of what makes a good movie, a great one. If you don’t believe that, go back and watch the ending of The Karate Kid without sound. It sucks. (And before you stone me, the ‘80s original is one of my favorite flicks.) But certain great movie songs cannot exist without the films that surround them. That, coincidentally, is why you won’t find Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” from Say Anything here. That tune would have been an anytime-masterpiece regardless. Let’s get started.
6. ‘I Will Always Love You’ By Whitney Houston
The Film: The Bodyguard
While the song itself isn’t bad on its own — none of these are — few seem to remember Dolly Parton sang it originally in a film called The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. Give it to Whitney Houston against the backdrop of a fair romantic thriller, and you automatically associate the song and the movie as two inseparable works of art.
5. ‘Dueling Banjos’ By Eric Weissberg And Steve Mandell
The Film: Deliverance
The 1972 film Deliverance is pretty memorable with or without the music — after all, there’s the “squeal like a pig” scene making this a nightmare impossible to forget — but thanks to Weissberg and Mandell’s version of the song, we now look over our shoulders for deranged mountain men every time we hear a few chords.
4. ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ By Bette Midler
The Film: Beaches
SPOILER ALERT. Every time this one plays, it’s almost impossible to get that tearjerker scene out of your head, where Midler’s orphaned goddaughter asks her new mommy (Midler) what she can take with her when she moves in after her mother dies of a terminal illness. I spent the whole movie prepping for Barbara Hershey to die, only to be sucker-punched by that quiet and poignant moment between a woman and a little girl. Where are those darn Kleenexes?
3. ‘The Power Of Love’ By Huey Lewis & The News
The Film: Back To The Future
Lewis & The News did a lot of good stuff in the ‘80s, but every time this one heats up, it takes me back to the original adventure of Marty McFly and the mother who fell in love with him. Had the opportunity to hear it live a few years ago. The boys haven’t missed a beat.
2. ‘Stayin’ Alive’ By The Bee Gees
The Film: Saturday Night Fever
The flagship song from disco classic Saturday Night Fever was so popular, Sylvester Stallone chose it for the name of the sequel when he directed John Travolta in it six years later. While for the most part, disco music should be rounded up and obliterated a la Disco Demolition Night Act Two, this song consistently makes me have to listen from beginning to end. And every time I do, Johnny T is striking that iconic pose.
1. ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ By Survivor
The Film: Rocky III
Go ahead. Try not to get pumped up when you hear those guitars explode. This song, and the movie it was in, go hand-in-hand. Without it, we’re betting we would have never gotten Rocky IV, V, and Balboa, and that, friends, would have been an American tragedy.
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Training With Steel or Paper?
I have recently acquired land out East that will allow me to train at my leisure.
I plan on doing dynamic training (shooting/moving) to keep skills sharp. The calibers I'd be firing are 9mm, 7.62x39, and I'd be shooting a 12 gauge but don't know which shot to use to avoid potential splatter.
1) Is there a way to safely engage steel targets with these calibers while simultaneously keeping a relatively close distance?
2) I load #1 birdshot, is this safe to shoot steel with at those distances?
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All is not lost for the young gymnast, Wendy Waeni after she exposed her ex-manager of coning people using her brand.
Wendy was backed up by Kenyans after telling her side of the story at Jeff Koinange’s show, JKL on Wednesday night.
Luckily, Kenyans have embraced her touching story for losing her father to the exploitation of her talent.
After her Instagram account was deleted, she has now opened aa new one with the help of DJ Mo and she has 17.8k followers in just a few hours.
Her previous account had over 132k followers with a blue badge as a sign of verification from Instagram.
Her manager, Joe Mwangi, is reported to have manipulated her account and was responding to DMs that Wendy knew nothing about.
Good Samaritans have offered to promote her and others have even proposed to get her a TV set and other goodies.
Someone referred me to this page after showing interest in buying Wendy’s mom a TV.Is the number above the legit number?If yes, what is the full mpesa name in that account?Since i am diaspora i have to have full legit mpesa names for that account please.Feel free to dm me for
Ata playbill tunaeza changa wahame Ile place,mungu aazishe maisha mpya na wao,tunaomba justice kwa Wendy .tumechoka na wezi wa kenya,MTU aezi onea shillingi ya mwezake huruma aiiii#judticeforwendy | <urn:uuid:eeefacb5-ddf4-4d4f-bfe2-0c4ada9f1d04> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | https://www.dailybuzz.co.ke/2019/08/09/all-is-not-lost-wendy-waeni-gets-new-instagram-account/ | 2019-09-18T00:12:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573124.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20190917223332-20190918005332-00103.warc.gz | en | 0.952885 | 346 |
A pineapple error means that you're trying to enter a bank account that is already in use. Benefit does not allow two different Benefit accounts to share one payment method. This is for fraud prevention and also because banks will reject purchases, thinking they are duplicates.
Pineapple errors typically occur when spouses or family members are looking to pay for their Benefit cards with one bank account or credit card.
Instead, both users should login with the same Benefit account from two separate phones. With this arrangement, not only are the payment accounts shared, but when a card is purchased it will appear on both phones sharing the same account.
We will be looking to add support for shared payment accounts for different users in the near future. | <urn:uuid:59fb40e2-17af-47eb-9066-58dc4c07333d> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://benefitmobile.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/208879346-Pineapple | 2018-05-25T02:49:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866938.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525024404-20180525044404-00252.warc.gz | en | 0.957541 | 146 |
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Have fun, fun, fun till your daddy takes the modem away!
These are all the features and links not fitting into my other categories (such
as controversies and Internet).
Features in This Site
Some of My Other Sites
- Tiffany, the great young vocalist!
I put up the first fan site on the Web about her, and now there are many.
Check out her current album, The Color of Silence. (Or see her
nude in the April 2002 Playboy...)
- Tatiana, the Mexican singer / kids' TV host;
her stuff is in Spanish, which I don't understand much of, but I still like
her, and she's the latest star to get a fan site from me.
Fun and games
- The Grand Comics Database Project
is creating an online index to all comic books ever published.
- The Fandom Directory helps you
find fans of comics, science fiction, fantasy, and related subjects.
- Will Elder, a founding artist of Mad Magazine,
has a web site.
- Collect.com lets collectors of coins, comics, baseball
cards, and other collectibles buy and sell them, including online auctions.
- The Periodic Table of Comics shows
comic book pages that reference each element.
- The Dilbert Site -- Is your job like that?
- Peanuts Site -- see all the tributes
to the late Charles Schulz.
- The International Museum of Cartoon Art
(formerly) here in Boca Raton is a museum dedicated to comics (strips, books, political
- Dave Sim, creator of Cerebus (just finishing its impressive 300-issue run in 2004) is a brilliant artist...
and totally nuts. (The two tend to go together.) He's (in)famous for his rather... odd... views on feminism
and the roles of the sexes in general. This
site is a clever parody of these views.
- TVTome is an excellent resource for information about practically
every TV show ever aired.
- The Amazing Race is back yet again
(despite past rumors of cancellation), with the seventh series of this "reality" show where contestants race around the world completing
stunts and finding clues. And they're seeking contestants for an 8th race
- Television Without Pity -- TV
news and reviews with an attitude.
- Lizzie McGuire Timeline -- chronology of events occurring and mentioned in
the Disney Channel series.
- Internet Movie Database has info on every
movie ever released, and some that aren't even released yet.
- Movie Physics Reviews -- how well do
movies conform to the laws of physics?
- StarWars.Com has the latest news on the
Star Wars prequels, straight from LucasFilm.
- CountingDown.Com is where the most
obsessive Star Wars fans hang out, to plan month-long lineups to see the new movie.
- The Saga Begins is a song from
Weird Al Yankovic that sets the Phantom Menace plot to the tune
of "American Pie". The complete video is viewable online.
- JediTalk is an online Star Wars talk show.
article makes the case that the Evil Empire is morally superior to the rebels.
- Yet another
take on Star Wars, this one views the successful rebel attack on the Death Star
from the standpoint of the Empire's "War on Terror".
Fan Fiction Links
- FanFiction.net is an extensive site full of fan-written stories about
characters from TV, movies, books, etc. Fan fiction is a thriving community, even though it's likely to be a copyright
violation (though the entertainment industry's often-vicious lawyers rarely seem to go after it, apparently afraid of
the bad publicity they'd get from suing their fans).
- GodAwful.net features examples of really bad fan fiction.
- FictionAlley.org features Harry Potter fan fiction.
- A Few Steps Behind -- an epic-length fan fiction story
about the future lives of characters from Lizzie McGuire.
- Edible cookbook printed on lasagna noodles
- Meetup helps you find people with common interests and arrange
meetings near you.
- Where's George lets you register the serial numbers of the dollar
bills in your wallet, so that if somebody else enters the same bill later after you spend it you can see where
it went. Bookcrossing does something similar for books -- you put
their numbered bookplate in books and leave them lying around where others can find them, read them, and log
where they turned up on the Web.
- The Keo Project is going to put a "time capsule" into space
that will return to Earth in 50,000 years with messages for our descendants... and they want everybody
on Earth (all 6 billion of us!) to provide a personal note to include.
- SETI At Home lets you put your
computer's unused cycles to work helping to find communications from aliens in
raw radio-telescope data. It's a distributed project that thousands of computer users
worldwide are involved in, and it takes no more effort than to install a screensaver that
downloads data from the Internet, works on it when your PC is idle, and uploads the
results when it's finished with the batch (hours or days later).
- Can you leap tall buildings in a single bound? Or do you just like to look up and gawk at them?
Check out SkyscraperPage for all the info you want to know
about the great structures of our modern cities.
- Spam Poetry Contest --
compose poems using lines from spam mail and win a prize.
- FunTrivia.Com has trivia on lots of subjects.
Jump to a random Web site!
- American Mensa home page --
Get Smart by joining the High-IQ Society! For worldwide info, see the International Mensa site.
- Justin's Links from the Underground:
Lots of wild 'n' crazy Web stuff.
- What's Xanadu? The stuff that
winds up all over your carpet when you've got a pet Xana? No, you can find out
what it really is by checking out this site.
- Jabberwocky.Com takes its name from the famous
Lewis Carroll poem, which can be found on the site.
- Are you a cynic?
- This site is putting together a complete
parody of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, with contributions from many people.
- Humorous tech support stories.
- AA Roads has interesting facts about the roads and highways
of the United States.
- Powers Of 10 is
an interactive Java site that shows views of the universe at scales from submicroscopic to intergalactic.
- Kartoo is an interesting search engine that displays its results
in a visual manner. You probably need to have the right plugins installed to use it; it's very
- Googlism extracts sometimes-meaningful facts about a
person, place, or thing you type in, by looking at the pages Google finds under that search term.
- The Internet Oracle -- ask a silly question,
get a silly answer.
NOTE: Since, according to some authorities, the earth was created
on October 23, 4004 BC, at 9:00 AM (I'm not sure which time zone or
whether Daylight Savings Time was in effect), you might think that we
passed the 6000th anniversary of the earth's creation on Oct. 23, 1996,
but you'd be wrong. There was no Year Zero, with 1 BC immediately
preceding 1 AD, so if years are represented on a mathematical timeline
with a zero year, 1 BC = 0, 2 BC = -1, and so on, making 4004 BC
mathematically represented by -4003. Thus, the 6000th anniversary
can now be calculated to have occured in 1997. Happy birthday, world!
This page was first created 09 Apr 1995, and was last modified 08 Feb 2015.
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(CNN) - John McCain officially announced a 2010 campaign to hold on to his Senate seat Tuesday, sending supporters a fundraising message asking for help with “a tough re-election challenge.”
McCain won his home state of Arizona by 9 points in November, but the state has become increasingly competitive. Until the state’s Democratic governor, Janet Napolitano, was selected by President Obama to head the Department of Homeland Security, political observers had considered her to a formidable potential challenger to the four-term incumbent.
McCain’s e-mail this week takes aim at congressional Democrats, though it avoids criticism of President Obama.
“While the leader of the Democratic Party, President Obama, has pledged to change business as usual in Washington and spoken of bipartisanship, I have been saddened to watch as Congressional Democrats try to use their majority to advocate more of the same failed policies and wasteful spending of the past,” he writes. “With so much at stake, now is not the time to step away from my work in the Senate.
Following his presidential run, the Republican senator said he intended to seek re-election in 2010 and set up a political action committee as a first step in that process, but the e-mail marks McCain’s official announcement and fundraising pitch to supporters that he plans to defend his Senate seat.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - A day after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said it would be a few weeks before he unveils a solution for the housing crisis, regulators and lawmakers pressed financial institutions to suspend foreclosures until the plan comes out.
Geithner, who laid out a broad overview of the Obama's administration's plan to attack the financial meltdown, said Tuesday that the federal government would commit $50 billion to preventing foreclosures by reducing monthly payments. Details would be forthcoming, he said.
Until that loan modification plan is released, foreclosures should be halted, some say.
"I would ask all of you now to please make sure that we have a moratorium in effect," Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., told top bank executives at a hearing Wednesday. "It would be until we get that program, and until you know if people can qualify. Having someone suffer foreclosure because two weeks hadn't gone by for this program would be unacceptable."
(CNN) – Illlinois senator Roland Burris has some work to do if hopes to keep his seat in 2010.
A third of the state’s registered voters believe Burris should not run in 2010 when his appointed term expires, according to a new poll from the Chicago Tribune. Just 37 percent of voters think Burris should seek the seat, and 29 percent said they weren’t sure.
Burris has run for statewide office multiple times but hasn’t won an election since 1990, when he was elected attorney general.
Although Burris has never been accused of wrongdoing in the tumultuous appointment process that brought him to the Senate, he could face questions in a political campaign about his association with disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.
Only 34 percent of voters in the state have a favorable view of Burris, according to the survey, with 18 percent holding an unfavorable opinion. A plurality of Illinois voters - 43 percent - have no opinion of him.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Two key senators involved in talks over the economic stimulus plan emerged from closed-door talks in the Capitol to say negotiators have essentially reached an agreement on a $789 billion package but still need to resolve minor issues before calling it a done deal.
Aides notified reporters a deal could be announced by Democratic leaders at a Capitol news conference in the 2 p.m. hour.
Anticipating a deal is within reach, a conference committee was scheduled to meet publicly at 3 p.m. to formalize the agreement.
"Very, very close. We'll have a conference at 3," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Montana, told reporters. "The votes are there for passage, that is clear."
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska - a key centrist in the talks - echoed Baucus' assessment, saying there are no "deal breaker" issues still to be resolved.
- CNN's Dana Bash, Ted Barrett and Evan Glass contributed to this report
(CNN) – Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine joined President Barack Obama just outside Washington in the latest event in the new president’s efforts to push his economic stimulus package.
Watch: Obama visits Virginia
“The time for talk has passed and now is the time to take bold and swift action,” the President said.
“Look around us,” Obama said standing on a construction site for the Fairfax County Parkway in Springfield, Virginia. “We’re surrounded by unmet needs and unfinished business in our schools, in our roads, in the systems we employ to treat the sick, in the energy we use to power our homes.”
“There’s a lot of work that needs to be done on our nation’s roads and congested highways, crumbling bridges and levees, and crowded trains and transit systems,” Obama added.
As he advocated for hundreds of billions of dollars in governmental spending to jumpstart the economy, Obama also promised transparency and personal accountability for the spending he’s advocating. “As President, I expect to be judged – and should be judged – by the results of this program,” he said.
The president’s visit to northern Virginia Wednesday was his third trip in as many days as part of the White House’s efforts to highlight the need for economic stimulus across the country. Obama is scheduled to visit East Peoria, Illinois Thursday.
WHITE HOUSE (CNN) - The White House briefing room is getting a visit from the Daily Show Wednesday. Correspondent John Oliver is speaking with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and several members of the press corps at the White House for an upcoming segment for the Comedy Central show.
No word on when the segment will air.
(CNN) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is set to deliver the Republican response to Barack Obama's upcoming joint address to Congress - the high-profile slot the rival party often gives to one of its rising stars.
“Gov. Jindal embodies what I have long said: the Republican Party must not be simply the party of 'opposition,' but the party of better solutions," House Minority Leader John Boehner said in a Wednesday statement.
Jindal a former congressman and first term governor, was widely believed to be on then-Republican presidential nominee John McCain's shortlist for vice president, and often served as a campaign surrogate on the Arizona senator's behalf.
The 37-year-old son of Indian immigrants was also given a prime-time speaking slot at the GOP convention last September, though he ultimately decided not to attend the four-day event as Hurricane Gustav headed for landfall in his state.
An Ivy League grad, Rhodes Scholar, and the first non-white governor of Louisiana, Jindal has long been on the GOP's radar screen as a potential future leader and likely presidential candidate. And as the GOP is launching full-scale efforts to appeal to non-white voters, Jindal has become one of the party's most high-profile minorities.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - A new survey suggests Republican Sen. Arlen Specter could face a tough re-election fight.
Forty-three percent of registered voters in Pennsylvania questioned in a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday say Specter doesn't deserve to be re-elected - 3 points higher than the 40 percent who feel Specter deserves to be re-elected. And in a sign that he could be in for a bruising primary if he faces a strong opponent, the poll indicates that Republican voters are split on whether Specter should be re-elected.
The poll does suggest a majority of Pennsylvania voters like the job Specter's doing: 56 percent of those polled approve of the way he's handling his duties as a senator, with Democrats giving Specter higher numbers than members of his own party. Sixty-two percent of Democrats questioned give Specter the thumbs up, 7 points higher than his approval rating among Republicans.
The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted February 4-9, with 1,490 registered voters in Pennsylvania questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points for the overall sample.
(CNN) - She's being hailed as the "face of the economic crisis," and now Henrietta Hughes has become somewhat of a media star after reaching out to President Obama on Tuesday in an emotional plea for help.
Her message: My son and I are homeless, and we need immediate help.
"I have an urgent need, unemployment and homelessness, a very small vehicle for my family and I to live in," Hughes told Obama at a town hall rally in Fort Myers, Florida, as he pushed for passage of his stimulus plan in the Senate. "The housing authority has two years waiting lists, and we need something more than the vehicle and the parks to go to. We need our own kitchen and our own bathroom. Please help."
Hughes said she had been homeless after her son lost his job and, subsequently, their home. Although her son has been looking for work, Hughes says, so far, no luck.
White House spokesman Joshua Earnest said Wednesday that the administration connected Hughes - who did not vote in the 2008 election because she didn't have a home - with local housing officials, who happened to be in the crowd.
And it wasn't just officials reaching out.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Top executives from eight of the nation's largest financial institutions told Congress Wednesday that they are continuing to lend, even as banks have come under severe scrutiny in recent weeks about their use of billions of dollars in government aid.
But skeptical legislators weren't buying it.
At a closely-watched hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, CEOs from such embattled firms as Citigroup and Bank of America defended their actions since taking hold of $165 billion last fall, adding that without government assistance, credit would be even harder to obtain.
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National Night Out – Bridgewater
Tuesday August 2, 2016
TD Bank Park
Sponsored by PVH Corp.
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots, along with their partners Van Heusen, Bridgewater Township Police Department and Bridgewater Township Mayor Dan Hayes, will host Bridgewater National Night Out at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday, August 2nd.
The event begins at 5:00 pm and will run through that night’s 7:05 pm game between the Somerset Patriots and the Long Island Ducks. The first 1,500 fans will receive a Mini-Bat presented by event sponsor, Van Heusen.
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live.
There will be activities outside the ballpark before the start of the game including live music, inflatables, games, and much more.
“National Night out will provide our residents with a great opportunity to build and enhance our community partnership and assist in reducing crime in our community,” said Bridgewater Township Police Chief Manuel Caravela. “The Bridgewater Police Department’s foremost goal is to continue to make Bridgewater Township one of the safest communities in the State.”
Since 1983 National Night Out has been designed to heighten crime and drug prevention, generate support and participation in crime efforts, strengthen neighborhood spirit and police community relations, and let criminals know that our neighborhoods are organized and fighting back
The National Night Out program culminates annually on the first Tuesday of August. Neighbors participate across thousands of communities from all 50 states, United States territories, Canadian cities, and military bases worldwide.
“We are excited to partner with Bridgewater Township and Van Heusen to bring this special event to our ballpark. National Night Out has a great message, similar to that of the Somerset Patriots, to bring the community together for safe, clean, family fun. There will be a lot of activities for participants to enjoy leading up to and during our game that night,” said Somerset Patriots President/General Manager Patrick McVerry.
Participants for Bridgewater National Night Out already include Van Heusen, Bridgewater Police Department, NJSP NorthSTAR, Finderne Fire and EMS, Country Hills Fire, North Branch Fire, Green Knoll Fire and EMS, Bradley Gardens Fire and EMS, Martinsville EMS and Somerset County Pipe and Drums.
The pre-game ceremonies beginning around 6:30 pm, will include a special welcome from Mayor Hayes, the Bridgewater Police Department Honor Guard, a NJSP North Star helicopter fly over, and a performance by Evolution Training Center.
The Bridgewater PBA will have their Community Trailer on site as well as Bridgewater Fire Safety Smoke Trailer.
The Somerset Patriots have partnership opportunities now available for Bridgewater-based businesses and organizations to be a part of the event.
“National Night Out is an event in which our residents and Police Officers will have an opportunity to get better acquainted with each other and strengthen our neighborhood spirit,” Caravela added.
For more information about Bridgewater National Night Out with the Somerset Patriots, please call (908) 252-0700 or visit www.somersetpatriots.com.
Participants as of August 1, 2016:
- Bridgewater Police Department
- Somerset Patriots Baseball Club
- Township of Bridgewater
- Bridgewater Bureau of Fire Safety
- NJSP NorthSTAR Medevac Helicopter
- Finderne Fire Department (Dist. 4)
- Finderne Rescue Squad
- North Branch Fire Department (Dist. 3)
- Country Hills Fire Department (Dist. 3)
- Bradley Gardens Rescue Squad
- Bradley Gardens Fire Department (Dist. 2)
- Green Knoll Fire Department (Dist. 3)
- Green Knoll Rescue Squad
- Martinsville Rescue Squad
- Somerset County Pipes & Drums
- Somerset County Communications Command Bus
- Bridgewater Recreation
- Huntington Learning Center
- Evolution Training Center
- Somerset Regional Animal Shelter
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New Low-cost Temperature Sensor
KSW-Microtec of Germany has introduced a new RFID temperature sensor to safeguard meat, produce and other products.
Jul 19, 2002—July 19, 2002 -- KSW-Microtec, a Dresden, Germany, company that focuses on low-cost smart packaging technologies, has introduced a new RFID smart label with an integrated temperature sensor.
Uwe Weigel, a spokesperson for KSW, says the TempSens smart label costs US$10 for samples, but customers buying in bulk can get the labels for under US$3. That compares with upwards of US$25 for some RFID temperature sensors on the market today.
"The product is unique because it combines the ability to log temperature data with RFID smart label technology," says Weigel. "Using TempSens, you will have a low-cost device to monitor temperature information and read it via wireless interface for less than US$3 for high volumes."
The tags operate at 13.56 MHz and are compatible with the ISO15693 standard. The sensor, microchip, battery and antenna are integrated into a paper-thin label.
Currently, the company only has demonstration kits available. But the company expects to ramp up product by the end of this year. Target markets for the new TempSens tag include meat processors, the grocery industry and pharmaceutical companies.
Two companies that did not want to be identified are currently piloting the TempSens tag. One is a European pharmaceutical company. The other is a grocery chain that is using the sensor to track the temperature of fruit as it is shipped from producers to retail outlets.
KSW plans to sell the TempSens smart label directly and through distributors and value-added resellers.
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Our AOFM team were delighted to be invited once again to be the exclusive makeup artists backstage for our regular client Matthew Miller’s London Collections Mens SS16 show. The show was again held in the very beautiful Victoria House which perfectly showcased Matthew’s “Conform / Control / Restraint” collection modelled by both androgynous looking boys and girls. The colours of the collection were all very neutral and this was also reflected in the overall makeup look which was to be minimal with a matte finish. Firstly the models skin was prepped using Dermalogica ultra calming cleanser and then Dermalogica Active Moist moisturiser was used to hydrate the skin. Dermalogica’s redness relief primer was then used which helps to balance the skin tone. To achieve a matte finish a mattifying gel was applied to the skin. Concealer was used to cover any blemishes and a light dusting of translucent powder to eradicate any shine and to achieve the finished look. Take a look at the pictures of our amazing AOFM grads at work! | <urn:uuid:a3ebe9d9-d5ad-4f68-9cfb-06f0e7f13f8c> | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | https://www.aofmakeup.com/student-work/matthew-miller-london-collections-mens-ss16-2/ | 2019-12-06T08:18:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540486979.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20191206073120-20191206101120-00447.warc.gz | en | 0.966307 | 225 |
it’s that time of the month, again ;) this one is great for lazy Sunday evenings, with soothing music and some “me time”
Oskia Renaissance Mask . resurfacing, chemical peel kind of mask, with fruit acids and probiotics.
50ml — 60,45€ (find it cheaper at Cult Beauty)
12 ml — 14,50€
Mio Liquid Yoga . use in a long bath, to soothe aching muscles. smells like lavender
200ml — 31,95€ (find it cheaper at Cult Beauty)
53 ml — 8,46€
Polaar Lip Balm
Full size — around 11,90€ (info from the Polaar website)
Murad Intensive-C Radiance Peel . similar to Oskia, but based on Vitamin C and Glycolic Acid (also very similar to the Glycolactic Radiance Renewal by REN)
50ml — 60,45€ (Look Fantastic has it more affordable)
10 ml — 12,19€
Laura Geller Pout Perfection Waterproof Lip Liner
17,45€ (find it much cheaper at BeautyBay)
Alterna Caviar Moisture Intense Treatment . pre-shampoo treatment for damaged and frizzy hair
125 ml — 32,90€ (find it cheaper at Beauty Bay)
25 ml — 6,59€
the overall value of the box for this month was a whopping 71,09€ — based on the prices on the Look Fantastic website.
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This crab is crawling along the shore looking for food.
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Crabs are crustaceans, which means they have a hard outer-shell that protect the soft body underneath. They also have sharp claws for protection and grabbing food. There are many species of crabs, and they come in all shapes and sizes. Most crabs live in coral or rocky reefs, but others prefer the sandy shores. Crabs are usually not fussy eaters, but they prefer small invertebrates and plankton.
One type of crab is the Hermit Crab. These special little animals live inside shells, which they pull along on their backs. In case of a threat, they can crawl inside for protection. The Thin-clawed Hermit Crab is about 7 inches long, and has bright blue eyes with an orange body. It looks more like an alien than a crab!
Others, like the Smooth Shore Crab, are only a few inches long. They don't have a shell with them, so spotting one in the day time is almost impossible. The Mottled Shore Crab has a yellow-brown shell, with bright white grooves. This little crab is less than a half-inch long, but it still looks scary!
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As promised, here are more practical ideas to manage POTS, in the simplest way possible.
Essential readings give information to you and your doctor for better calibration of POTS treatment. Have a schedule for taking your blood pressure, try having it taken twice daily at the same times. Don’t hesitate to check your blood pressure when not feeling well. This is integral in the first months of treatment.
Nearly half—45 percent—of all Americans live with at least one chronic illness. If almost half of us share this experience, why aren’t we talking about it? — Katie Willard Virant MSW, JD, LCSW
Regular heart rates are clocked at 60 to 100 beats per minute – higher and lower rates can be cause for POTS symptoms.
Two components, systolic and diastolic, measure Blood Pressure (BP). BP readings are read as a combination of these components delimited by an ‘/.’ Normal BP is within 90-120 systolic over 60-80 diastolic or 90-120/60-80.
Bouts of hypertension (140+/85+) can occur so notify your POTS specialist if hypertension readings are consistent. Conversely, low BP reading (below 90/60) can be beneficial in treating POTS.
Exercise, Lifestyle, And Sleep Of Those With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Exercise and lifestyle improvements are integral in managing POTS. The following are some points to consider.
Isometric exercises are comprised of contracting one’s muscles with no bodily movements. This attempts to “squeeze” muscles, inducing circulation of blood. This can be achieved while lying down or while seated and are ideally done in bed before getting up.
Chronic illnesses/conditions tend to develop over a period of time (often months or even years) and usually require ongoing medical involvement. — Dan Mager MSW
A steps program can also be a suitable treatment. Start by counting the steps taken before triggering symptoms – this is your baseline. Walk once a day and go a little further at each attempt. If you see improvement, add a second walk to your program. Try allocating 100 – 300 steps per hour awake and increment the steps to take every week.
Yoga Can Also Aid In Alleviating The Symptoms Of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.
Slow transitions can also be helpful. For example: from a lying position, sit up and on the edge of the bed and stop for several minutes. Let the body adapt to the change in the area then slowly stand. While upright, wait for the body to adjust to the change in BP before your first steps. If you feel dizzy, stop and check if your body adapts – if not, return to the prior position.
Maintain a sleep schedule composed of 7-10 hours. Wake and retire to bed consistently within a time frame – this is key for getting a good rest. Note that excessive daytime napping can impair nighttime sleep.
To lessen POTS symptoms during sleep, elevate the head of your bed 6-10 inches to decrease the nightly formation of urine and aid fluid circulation in the morning. This will assist in waking more easily.
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Keep Your Bedroom Conducive To Sleep And Rest.
Sleep quality is hampered by excessive watching or use of television, tablets, smartphones, and computers. Avoid these.
POTS symptoms can manifest during sleep in the form of chest pains, sweating, restlessness, and a spike in heart rate. Consult with your POTS specialist for discourse.
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Pharma companies try new model to target rural marketMonday, December 14, 2009
If consumers in rural markets can afford soaps, shampoos and more recently even water purifiers, they can afford to spend on healthcare too. Pharmaceutical firms—both Indian and foreign—have been trying to increase their presence in this market. And they are trying new models. The latest entrant to this market is Aventis Pharma Ltd. It is scaling up its pilot project, currently on in three states, and extending it to three more states. After conducting workshops for around 3,000 doctors till now, its target is to reach out to 100,000 doctors in five years.
In India, doctors are key to the pharmaceutical market as they prescribe specific medicine brands to their patients. Conventionally, firms employ a field force to market their brands to doctors. In rural areas, that would be prohibitively expensive in relation to the potential returns. So firms have devised new methods of reaching out to them. Holding workshops is one. Another is to outsource the field operations. Novartis India Ltd hires “health advisers” who go to villages and also bring doctors for health camps who prescribe medicines. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd has a contracted field force for the rural market.
Another key aspect is to keep the cost of medicines affordable for rural areas. Aventis has set up a new business unit, in which drugs will be branded under the brand name Hoechst and sold in rural markets. These will be generic drugs that are most commonly prescribed in these markets. The idea is to remain competitive compared with unbranded generics.
The accent at present is on infectious diseases that are more prevalent and are also cheaper to treat. But companies will be eyeing the spread of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular-related ailments that are being reported to be on the rise in rural areas too.
The overall market potential seems sizeable on paper. Firms cite figures of 65% of the population not having access to medicine, and that 70% of the population lives in rural areas and account for 60% of national disposable income. And the rural market is estimated to contribute around 20% of total pharmaceutical sales. For large firms, the contribution is unlikely to be significant yet. But that will change. They just need to emulate the success of consumer goods firms, which get at least 50% of their sales in some products from the rural market.
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if ever, this was the weekend to spend in the west end. spring is on its way, which is great, because that means we will finally be able to put an end to our over-worn pea coats and leather jackets. ha! who am i kidding! as if vancouverites (especially those young males in the 18-35 year old category) ever give up their leather jackets, come rain or kelowna-forest-fire heat. i'll be honest, even i succumbed to buying a cowhide this weekend. i've lived my entire life in this city, eventually it was going to happen.
so here is what i'm expecting to see rise in popularity this spring. the low-riding baggy-thigh skinny-ankle parachute-pant-esque jeans and pants you see all the korean kids wearing. that, or, denim waist lines will start creeping back up to 1985 heights (shout out to mom jeans). Especially when it comes to women's shorts (blouses tucked in, of course). For guys, i'd like to see deeper, wider necklines and dress shorts that stop mid thigh. And i think its about time guys also got to join in on the glory of wearing really tacky, oversized necklaces, without them being jewel encrusted and in the shape of a dollar sign. okay, so maybe that turned out to be less about expectations and more about hopes. as sad and pathetic our generation is, for borrowing steez from previous generations, goddamnit its fun, so lets keep on doing it. | <urn:uuid:e9ec668a-f92e-44fa-88b5-8c2b5a135cda> | CC-MAIN-2014-41 | http://thecommodified.blogspot.com/2007/01/westender.html | 2014-10-02T00:19:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-41/segments/1412037663612.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20140930004103-00407-ip-10-234-18-248.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96416 | 323 |
A Winnipeg animal charity has brought 22 dogs rescued from a U.S. puppy mill into the province and is now trying to raise thousands for their veterinary bills.
Three Winnipeggers who work for Free and Alive Dog Rescue drove to Arkansas last weekend after hearing a puppy mill had been raided and the dogs seized were to be auctioned off.
Shannon Brown said any animals that weren’t purchased would be euthanized, so the group tried to bid on as many of the 200 dogs as possible.
After successfully bidding on 22, the trio packed them into an RV for medical treatment in Manitoba.
Many of the dogs had significant health issues.
One of the dogs, which FAAR named Maggie, may lose both her eyes. Another named Shaggy has sores all over his body, and another, named Arkansas, needed to have all his teeth pulled.
“He has very, very advanced dental disease,” said veterinarian Val Dirdala. Dirdala said the animals were not being well cared for, as their conditions were preventable.
Brown believes the animals were only being used to breed and many had never had any human contact.
“[One of the dogs] was just held up, and he was fighting the person holding him at the auction,” she said.
The group believes the vet bills will be between $10,000 and $20,000.
The group is now trying to raise money to cover the costs. They’re also looking for foster homes until the dogs are ready for adoption.
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Editorial: Gauging the Mood
If the message isn't appropriate, especially now, the mail piece or catalog will surely be tossed or the mouse will be clicked. Even before Sept. 11, researchers had noticed consumers were spending more money on home products. Since then, this "nesting" mood has grown more intense as they buy home entertainment centers, kitchen items and the like.
Several industry watchers say the holiday season may not be as bad as many were predicting. Parents will want to give more gifts to their children to make them happy. We may be nicer to our friends and co-workers. However, The Wall Street Journal reported last week that retailers will have to slash prices even earlier than usual to entice customers into their stores, and this markdown attitude will surely stray into the mail-order realm.
Certainly, companies that come up with the right advertising will reap the benefits. The current wave of patriotism is expected to continue for some time, as long as companies don't force it. General Motors got the mix right with its "Keep America Rolling" campaign offering zero percent financing. "The American dream. We refuse to let anyone take it away," an announcer says during the television commercial.
Yet, commercials for a commemorative coin from the American Historical Society and peel-and-place flag decals and waterproof flags from TeleBrand's American Freedom Collection don't make the cut. Do I really want to peel off a flag and stick it on my dinner place mat?
Many companies are including that they support charities and the relief effort, though columnist Andrew B. Lustigman adds some words of caution. Cause-related marketing is highly regulated and "poses traps for the unwary," he writes. Regulators have challenged marketers that failed to adequately disclose a contribution cap before the sale of the product. | <urn:uuid:e94138c9-fb4d-46e9-afeb-b202b0cc3dda> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://www.dmnews.com/opinions/editorial-gauging-the-mood/article/74971/ | 2015-11-29T05:32:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398456289.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205416-00008-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97442 | 370 |
MIAMI (AP) -- Dozens of wealthy investors were scammed out of $160 million by three self-proclaimed hedge fund operators who set up flashy offices in Palm Beach County, took their money and ran, federal investigators said.
Now, months after authorities became suspicious, two of the accused businessmen have fled the country, and the third isn't answering questions from investigators.
It has taken months for investigators with the FBI, Securities and Exchange Commission and several private law firms to sift through the potentially largest hedge fund collapse in Florida history -- and they still don't know how much of KL Financial's elaborate show was real or exactly how many investors they had.
The SEC has filed a formal complaint accusing KL Financial of misrepresenting the fund's performance and possibly misappropriating money. A federal court has frozen the company's assets.
Headquartered in a $14 million dollar penthouse office in West Palm Beach, fund offices featured a breathtaking view, massive trading floor and computer screens flashing outrageous profits.
Mike Tein, one of KL's court-appointed receivers, said the three men directly received $20 million during their six-year reign at KL, spending lavishly on million-dollar homes, exotic sports cars and frequent trips to Las Vegas.
Within 24 hours of a surprise visit to a KL office in California in February by SEC investigators, Won Lee, 34, reportedly cashed in thousands of frequent-flier miles for a one-way ticket to South Korea. Investigators have not heard from him since.
Another partner, Yung Kim, 34, vanished a day later, but answered a surprised investigator's cell phone call weeks later.
However, the line went dead after Yung was asked where he was, and authorities haven't heard from him since, Tein said.
Chief trader John Kim, 36, remains in Florida and has promised to cooperate with investigators.
But during a March 11 deposition, John Kim asserted his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination to each of 195 questions.
However, his attorney, Gregory C. Ward, said in a March 16 motion that Lee and Yung Kim were to blame for losing the firm's money "without John Kim's knowledge or participation."
Almost all 200 of KL's clients were men of retirement age with more than $1.5 million.
Instead of the astronomical returns promised, "the funds generated staggering losses through disastrous trading," according to a March 2 petition from the SEC.
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A man died after he was found shot at a party that lasted into the early-morning hours Tuesday.
Lantana police were called to the 1000 block of Palama Way shortly after 5 a.m. When officers arrived, they found the man shot.
The man was taken to JFK Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. He was later identified as Johnny Wiele, 29, of Greenacres.
Michael Dmytrow, who lives next to the home, said he heard that his neighbors were having a pig roast. Dmytrow said he was invited to the party but continued with his own cookout.
"We actually started swimming in the pool here and never made it over there," Dmytrow said.
Dmytrow said he didn't hear any gunshots, but he's concerned because he and his wife have a newborn who they just brought home this weekend.
"I have four kids, so I mean it seems to be definitely an eye-awakener for anyone around here, you know," Dmytrow said. "Nobody likes anyone to be shot. Nobody likes a murder, especially in their back door, you know, their back yard."
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Michael Hickmott has a great record when he takes horses to Darwin and he has Lieder as the short priced elect with Sportsbet.com.au in the feature on Monday, the Darwin Cup (2000m).
Winx would have been impressed with how arrogant Lieder did it last time out in a lead up to the big one and as such, stifles betting for Monday, where he is at $2.40, out from $2.25 but bear in mind did touch $2.15.
Group l winner Ihtsahymn is a great story and he is loving life for Rob Gulberti. He touched $3.40 from $4.40 but has settled at $4.00. NT Derby winner Poet’s Landing for Lloyd Kennewell has been heavily backed, into as short as $3.20 from $7.50 but is now at $3.30. | <urn:uuid:a099d4ac-1ea5-4c89-9967-d41646628c4b> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://www.justhorseracing.com.au/general-news/betting/lieder-short-odds-to-win-darwin-cup/536452 | 2019-08-20T18:13:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315558.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820180442-20190820202442-00352.warc.gz | en | 0.980385 | 193 |
[Wine] Re: I'm new to linux and I need help
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I am glad that someone finally took a stand for us disabled people who actually need the assistance of the handicapped sign ("Handicapped have nothing to prove," Christine Hoppus, letter Nov. 8). People should understand, as Chris tine stated, that there are people who are disabled but look as if they are not, and it is absolutely necessary for us to use this card.
I also have progressive Multiple Sclerosis and sometimes can walk with a cane to the best of my ability, but while I’m out I use my handicapped accessible card because it is very hard for me to walk long distances as my MS affects my balance and endurance. I thank Christine for taking the time to write this for those of us who are struggling with disabilities.
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The creative team didn't leave Kirk and co. mopping around on Vulcan but restored them to Star Fleet. Kirk and crew went to - inevitably - the Excelsior whilst Spock, presumably at the behest of the studio, was placed in command of a Vulcan science vessel.
The highlights of this run of issues was a sequel to the memorable TOS episode The Wolf in the Fold (Redjac's back!) and an amusing two-parter with some pretty inept alien antagonists (the sort of premise the latter days of Marvel's STAR WARS run would have some fun with).
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Philadelphia June 27. 1793.
I received two days ago your favor of May 31. on the subject of Mr. Underwood and immediately put the papers of recommendation into the hands of Genl. Knox, satisfying him of the respectability of the persons subscribing the recommendation. He will do for Mr. Underwood whatever and whenever justice will permit.—I think it very possible that Congress may be called together something earlier than the day now fixed for their meeting, which I mention that you may calculate your own movements accordingly. We have nothing new more than you will see in the public papers. My best and most affectionate respects are tendered to your father, and assurances to yourself of the esteem of Dr. Sir Your most obedt. humble servt.
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The first transcontinental railroad built in the late 1860 and was completed in 1869 by Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad companies. Since 1859 the most westerly railroad from the Atlantic coast reached Omaha, Nebraska. To connect it with the Pacific coast the Central Pacific Railroad was built from Sacramento, California eastward ( laid 690 miles of track) and the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha westward ( laid 1086 miles of track) , until they met at Promontory Summit in the Utah Territory. Railroad construction was limited largely to double-tracking. The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Passenger service in the United States was greatly improved during the 1930s, when lightweight, streamlined cars, air conditioning, and faster schedules were introduced. By 2001 Amtrak carried over 24 million passengers and operated some 440 locomotives and almost 2,200 passenger cars over more than 35,000 route km (22,000 route mi) across the United States . Amtrak runs a daily service from Emeryville, California to Chicago, Illinois along this railroad. The trip takes some more than 2 days. | <urn:uuid:4b4c9572-59d9-418b-9d55-616462057d27> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | http://tai95112.tripod.com/transcontinental.html | 2017-11-20T17:05:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806086.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20171120164823-20171120184823-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.956361 | 245 |
Did you know the ideal time to prune your fruit trees is in mid- to late winter, before the sap starts to “wake up” from the roots and flows back into the branches?
If the tree’s already been pruned when it starts to form buds for Spring, that means all the energy in the roots can concentrate on growing only the limbs you’ve carefully chosen to leave in place.
About 4 weeks before the last frost date for your area is the ideal time to prune.
Why prune? Why not just leave things the way nature intended?
Well, in short–we have to prune fruit trees because we’ve already messed with nature enough that many of our best varieties have already been modified to the point that they will not grow properly without pruning.
The typical growth patterns of a commercially available fruit tree, if left alone, will usually cause the tree to produce much less fruit, and die young.
>> Check the botanical or scientific name of your fruit tree–the genus and species. If the named variety contains the word ‘prunus’, that means you’ve gotta prune it!
Here in Central Texas, if you haven’t pruned yet, you’re late! If you’re anywhere north of Texas, the time is soon!
The real problem with pruning fruit trees?
Okay, you’ve got your shears, you’re ready to go brave the chill. Now, how do you choose what to cut?
The biggest mistake that most people make when pruning trees is, they don’t prune aggressively enough! It’s fine to reduce a tree by up to 30% when you prune–and pruning in the Wintertime produces more vigorous Spring growth.
Also, don’t go cheap on your shears. A great pair of clippers will last a very long time, and cleaner, more precise cuts will let the wood heal more easily. We use TigerJaw hand pruners, and they are excellent.
How to prune…
Step One. First, take away any obviously dead, diseased, or damaged branches and twigs. Take out any low branches coming from the rootstock. Cut off any vertical branches (called ‘watersprouts’), which will be troublesome to harvest from in future!
Step Two. Then, look for how you can thin out the tree’s canopy, so that light and air can get to all the main branches. If two branches cross paths, choose one to keep and one to sacrifice. Your goal here is to leave about 6 to 12 inches of space around each branch, and to give the tree a symmetrical appearance.
Ideally, branches grow at about a 20-60 degree angle from the trunk. Too wide of an angle, and they may snap off when heavily laden with fruit–too narrow of an angle, and your fruit will be too high up to harvest easily!
Step Three. Finally, lop off the tips of any branches that are growing vigorously outward and upward, because this will encourage thick, strong limbs instead of spindly, thin ones.
Of course, there’s always differing opinions in gardening… Check out how one unconventional farmer, Paul Gautchi of Back to Eden, prunes his fruit trees for maximum ease of harvest!
He’s got a bad back, and so he trains all his fruit trees to grow downward, so he doesn’t have to reach very high!
Watch tree advocate and Central Texas gardener Zach Halfin teach us how to make the right cuts in the video below.
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No KOTR is NOT a club, it has no president, no fees, no ranks or positions, no executive committee or organizer, no chain of command.
Korea On The Rocks는 산악회 아닙니다, 회장도 없습니다, 회비도 없습니다, 계급/ 실행위원/ CEO/ 관리자/ 지휘계통도 없습니다
I want to say this clearly, just so that we are not confused in peoples minds with (the much more common, and accountable) "club/ 산악회" structure.
OK, we sometimes act like a club when we have 'get togethers' at a crag etc, BUT the actions of any person one or group of people, HAVE NO SANCTION/ PERMISSION "per se" from KOTR. This is very different from typical Korean climbing clubs, where good or bad actions reflect directly (or more directly) on that club, it's ethics and rules etc.KOTR accepts no responsibility for actions (good or bad) done by "members" (Korean or Foreigner).
사실은 KOTR는 "산악회" 말고 그냥 한국에서 클라이밍 정보/ 충고/ 경고 등등 웹페이지 입니다. KOTR 멤버들이 물론이죠, 항상 좋은행동/ 태도/ 인상 해야하지만, KOTR "멤버들 (나쁜/ 좋은)행동 etc 대한 책임이 없다
I hope that poor Korean is understandable...I don't mean it to sound negative, but just reflect accurately what our KOTR "structure" is. We just don't have the structure to monitor/ reward/ punish each others actions in any official way. It's just individuals sharing info and (hopefully) helping each other and having a good time.
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The Tower Base is the lowest floor of the Grey Warden prison constructed for Corypheus. It is so deep within the ground that it connects to the Deep Roads, and as such houses much of the same wildlife such as deepstalkers. It can only be entered from Farele's Floor.
Quests EditThe Paragon's Heir (optional) Altar of Dumat (optional) Legacy (main)
Notable items EditDumat's Ritual Scroll
- for the Altar of Dumat quest Sacred Urn of Dumat
- for the Altar of Dumat quest Gloves of the Silent One
Requires: 32 magic
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The Citadel has been the town's crowning glory for over 400 years. Defending the most important port between Antibes and Toulon for centuries, it is now one of the only monuments of its magnitude on the Var coastline.
Originally, its slopes formed an "ice sheet" devoid of any vegetation, and hence you could "cannon" enemy vessels which came too close to the walls of the town.
For the ideal conservation of the site and in order to extend the ultimate welcome, the town of Saint-Tropez and the Government restored the citadel. The dungeon, which is undergoing work, is closed to the public.
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I was visiting Towcester Museum this week dropping off some artefacts for their SMJ exhibition this summer. This is an excellent museum, but they need more SMJ items to make a proper exhibition. I…Continue
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While back in the UK earlier this month, I found a couple of old items from the SMJ in my attic. One was a British Railways Rule Book. It is dated 1950. Inside is written in very neat handwriting "W…Continue
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My collection of books specifically about the SMJ totals just seven - and two of these are versions of the same book. But if you are thinking of starting a collection of SMJ books, which ones should you buy?
Book No 1: I started back in 1962 with The Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway by J.M. Dunn (Oakwood Press 1952). It can't have been too popular as I was able to buy a new copy ten years after it was printed, from…Continue | <urn:uuid:b666e4d9-e188-4d6e-b509-ae83f72decc2> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | http://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/JohnEvans?xg_source=activity | 2021-01-21T18:59:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703527224.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20210121163356-20210121193356-00216.warc.gz | en | 0.97728 | 233 |
One of my stalled projects that's currently going to seed is a--and this next phrase will tell you just how long it's been languishing--"pro street" Chevrolet pickup.
Now, not only is the "pro street" look about as cutting-edge as my Members Only jacket (I'm holding onto that too, for my big 1980s comeback), but the odds of my truck ever hitting the street in pro fashion are approximately as good as my chances of starring in the next Miami Vice
Anyway, I have a small store of solid sheetmetal for the truck and one piece that isn't quite so solid--this reject tailgate that I picked up at a swap meet. I needed a gate, and this one looked straight and dent free. But what should have sent up warning flags was that it had been fogged over in black primer. It was priced so cheaply that I never even bothered to look it over, I just handed the guy the money and carried it off under my arm--probably the arm of my Members Only jacket. When I got it home and hit it with a DA sander, it was obvious that some jamoke had spent considerable time and effort sculpting a Chevrolet pickup tailgate out of body filler.
It was no big deal. I already had another rusty gate, so I cut the two up, made one usable piece out of them, then bought a flat filler panel designed to give the gate a "custom smooth" look and welded it solid over the whole mess. It turned out to be decent sheetmetal-repair practice, and the results have certainly been good enough to display proudly against the wall of my basement for the last six years. Still, it was mildly annoying to get stung that way--and that was just one small part...not an entire vehicle.
We all know that while buying and selling cars, trucks and parts, you meet a lot of very nice, honest people. But occasionally, the smell of your cash lures weasels out of their holes, too. You know, buyer beware, which is actually the message that Hemmings
reader Dan Wolfer of Apple Valley, California, asked me in a letter to pass on to you. His experience came to mind when we were putting together this month's Buyer's Guide.
Mr. Wolfer explained, in a well-written and probably cathartic missive, how he purchased, sight unseen, a 1956 Dodge two-door listed on a website. It's safe to say that had he inspected the car in person, he wouldn't have purchased it. But, caught up in the thrill of possibly owning his dream machine, he sent the money and had the car shipped to his driveway, based on a few pictures and an optimistic description. The car wasn't what he expected at all; in fact, based on the pictures he sent, it wasn't road worthy, and he felt as if he'd been taken for many thousands of dollars.
Twice I have flirted with long-distance car purchases, but on both occasions I made the drive before committing to anything. The first time, the seller was telling what he believed to be the truth. It just didn't quite match up with what I believed. The second time, the guy was just a jerk trying to put one over on me. Plain and simple. My guess is he never imagined I would drive 12 hours to inspect a car being sold at such an attractive price. But when you're like me, the type of moron who gets ripped off even when he has a chance to inspect the merchandise ahead of time, you take all the necessary precautions. Including bringing along an objective friend.
At the end of the day, buying and selling collectible automobiles and sundries is a little like lawn darts and backyard fireworks displays--fun and games until somebody gets hurt. So be careful. Speaking of which, could I interest you in a slightly weathered pro-street truck project? The unbelievably low price includes a pristine custom tailgate as well as a period-correct Members Only jacket...
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This article originally appeared in the August, 2009 issue of Hemmings Motor News.
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FOR some youngsters, a longing look at skinny models such as Kate Moss can literally make them go weak at the knees.
A bad diet or eating disorders are already known to weaken girls' bones. Now it seems that simply worrying about weight can release hormones that lead to weaker bones.
Susan Barr and Jerilynn Prior of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, quizzed 51 healthy pre-teen girls, none of whom had eating disorders, about weight worries. They also measured the mineral content of the girls' bones using a low dose of X-rays. To their surprise, they found that the girls who were more concerned about their weight than average were significantly more likely to have lower bone densities.
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This is a piece my father wrote about 1/1/1977. Published here as backstory for another note titled "Dreams" ... I've written chapters past this, an undergraduate play, painted, other products of traumatic inculcation -- but they remain mostly in a box.
© George C. Wilson, 1977 (as edited, James R. Wilson)
The telephone call every parent dreads, and thousands get – especially on New Year’s Eve – came to our house at 2 a.m. on January 1, 1977.
“Mr. Wilson,” said the woman at the other end. “This is Fairfax Hospital. Your son has been in an auto accident. He is severely injured. We need your permission to operate. There isn’t much time.”
Questions flooded my brain. How did it happen? Where is he hurt? Who is the doctor? What does he want to do?
She could answer some of them. But she needed a decision from my wife Joan and me. Immediately. She repeated that there wasn’t much time. She told me that the surgeon poised over my 17 year old son, Jimmy, was Dr. Ezel Dogan. He was the surgeon on duty at Fairfax, Virginia, Hospital this New Year’s Eve.
Ezel Dogan. Who was he? I had never heard of him. I thought the worst: An ill-trained foreign doctor whom the regulars had stuck with the New Year’s Eve duty. How could I entrust my son’s life to him over the phone?
The Fairfax Hospital caller also told me roughly what Dr. Dogan wanted to do: drill several holes through the top of Jimmy’s head to determine how seriously the brain was injured from the severe blow Jim had received on the left side of his head in the auto crash. The holes would also absorb some of the brain’s swelling if it pushed against the top of the inner skull. The immediate worry was that the brain would swell so much that it would crush itself against the internal skull, snuffing out our boy’s young life.
Couldn’t I first call another doctor – one I know? No, the caller explained, there was not enough time for this. Jimmy was hurt too seriously to move. Dr. Dogan must start drilling within the next few minutes to help save Jim’s life.
Joan and I saw no alternative to giving our consent to letting this unknown doctor drill into the golden head of our boy. We gave it: then made a dash for the hospital over the same roads that had almost claimed Jimmy.
We spoke few words on the way. Neither of us cried. Each sensed that one must reinforce the other for making the other hard decisions ahead of us in the night. Joan is a math teacher; I’m a journalist. She tends to put her faith in people, especially professionals like doctors. I tend to question everybody and everything and ponder the dark side of issues at hand. I feared the worse. Gruesome pictures from auto accidents I had covered as a young reporter and from wounds I had seen as a combat reporter in Vietnam galloped through my mind.
I swung our car to the entrance of the sparsely lit Fairfax Hospital and dropped off Joan. I parked, then sprinted to catch up to her. We went to the Emergency Room. Jim wasn’t there. He was already on the operating table. All we could do was to wait outside the operating room in hopes of seeing Dr. Dogan and Jimmy. We stood against the green wall, shoulders touching; seldom speaking. I thought how close we had came to avoiding this tragic morning.
Jim had been invited to a neighborhood New Year’s Eve party but was not sure he wanted to go. He enjoyed the warmth of his home and the love of his parents. Yet going out New Year’s Eve was the thing to do. His sister, Kathy, was out. Several of his teammates from the Langley High School rugby team would be at the party. Maybe he should go, too. He got dressed up but lingered with us in the family room as we watched a New Year’s Eve program on television while the fire crackled. He asked to use my 1971 Mercury Cougar rather than the more sedate 1975 Chevrolet Malibu which Joan drove. I consented, after delivering the usual cautions about not drinking and watching out for drunk drivers whom imperiled everybody on New Year’s Eve. He promised to be careful, reminding us that the party was only a few miles away. Still he hesitated, standing uncertainly for a while at the edge of the family room before departing.
As I stood there in the hallway outside the Emergency Room, I saw him standing vibrant, healthy and loving in the family room and cursed myself for not putting my arms around him and persuading him to spend New Year’s Eve at home with us. He was close to doing so – if I had only held him at home. If, if – there were so many ifs to ponder as I waited for the double doors of the operating room to open.
The doors finally parted and out came a fulsome, slightly stooped man with dark hair and solemn brown eyes in the surgeon’s garb of green gown and hat. He was Dr. Ezel Dogan. He talked briefly but directly. Jim was in grave danger. It would be several more hours before we knew whether the brain’s swelling would reach fatal proportions or stop. He could tell from peeping through the freshly drilled holes in Jim’s skull that there was still some room for the brain to swell before hitting the wall of the inner skull. Youth was on Jim’s side. A man only twice Jim’s age would not have survived this long, Dr. Dogan told us. The head injury was that bad. Dr. Dogan advised us to go somewhere and await developments. Jim would be under intense observation in the recovery room.
The double doors of the Operating Room opened again. They wheeled Jim out. His head was a white turban of bandage. Tubes were in his arm and nose. We tried to touch him as the attendants wheeled him past us on the quiet rubber wheels of the stretcher. I probably called out what I had heard and said dozens of times on the battlefield but seldom believed: “Hang in there. You’ll be all right.”
Dr. Dogan started walking away from us to tend to Jim. I caught up to him and asked him out of Joan’s hearing what were Jim’s chances. He leveled with me. The odds chilled me. Jim was in an uphill fight for survival. And I was to learn in the next few moments that there was no good reason for him being near death. A man previously had been had been convicted of drunken driving had rammed into the side of the Cougar at an intersection, throwing Jim – who was riding in the front passenger seat against the door framing on the driver’s side. The impact had inflicted a frightful blow to the left side of his head.
Joan and I got these sketchy details of the accident right after leaving the hallway outside the Operating Room and entering the hospital lobby. There a group of teen-agers who had happened upon the accident scene minutes after the collision were sitting in the near dark, sweating out Jim’s struggle for survival. One of the girls was the sister of the teen-ager who had been driving my car, Robert Morley. Jim, figuring he had drunk too much champagne, had handed the car keys to Robert as they left the party. They drove along Churchill Road in McLean, Virginia, slowed down while approaching the red light at the Dolley Madison Boulevard intersection and then, by Robert’s sworn testimony, started across the boulevard when the light turned green. A van driven by George F. Burton, 35, came barreling out of the night, and, again according to sworn testimony, went through the red light and slammed into the Cougar Jim was riding in. He had not fastened his seatbelt and shoulder belts. He was knocked unconscious in the collision. Robert suffered a comparatively minor knee injury. Burton escaped with minor cuts and bruises. The Fairfax County policeman who responded to the accident and was interviewing the teen-agers in the lobby when Joan and I arrived there told me that Burton apparently went through the red light at the intersection. He said Burton was not subjected to a drunk driving test because he had received some medication at the hospital, which, a lawyer could argue later, could skew the sobriety test. I was furious Burton had not been tested.
Joan and I left the lobby for the Emergency Room. I got my first look at Burton there. A smallish, brown-haired man, he was sitting in a wheel chair with splotches of Mercurochrome over his face cuts. I glowered at him. He said something about being sorry. I wanted to kill him right then and there. I could have strangled him in his wheel chair without a twinge of conscience. I still don’t know what held me back. Maybe convention. Maybe Joan. She said nothing at all to him. I growled at him with a furious, “You know you may have killed our son.”
We learned from the hospital people that Dr. Dogan wanted to do some more surgery on Jim this long New Year’s day to assess the brain damage. The idea was to insert a small tube in an artery leading to the base of Jim’s brain; slide the tube up near the brain and then shoot colored dye through the tube and into the blood vessels running through Jim’s head. The dye would be photographed as it made its way through the brain, revealing such damage as blocked passages and clots. The procedure is called an angiogram. Dr. Dogan warned us with great solemnity that the test was risky. The tube might go off course or trigger some other adverse reaction as it was inserted in Jim’s arteries. But it was important to make a further damage assessment to help determine what to do next. Fairfax Hospital had just ordered a machine that would do all this examining entirely through rapid-fire x ray pictures, eliminating the need to poke tubes into the arteries. But Fairfax Hospital’s CAT (for Computerized Axial Tomography) Scan was not yet ready for use. Jim was too sick to move. He was in a Coma. Paralyzed. Would we give the go ahead for the angiogram later on this darkest of all days for us? Since we had several hours, rather than seconds as before, to make the decision, I said we would call the hospital with our answer later in the morning.
We could not visit Jim hanging onto the edge of the cliff separating life from death in his first hours in the Intensive Care Unit where he was placed after undergoing the operation. We understood. We did not want to cause any kind of vibration at this crucial moment that might start him sliding over the edge of the cliff. We returned home to Great Falls to ponder the go or no go decision on the angiogram. I had never spent a single night in hospital myself – knew little about such surgical procedures. I wanted to talk to someone expert in the field – someone who knew about the forbidding world of head trauma. I could think of only one person that early Saturday morning, Dr. Alfred Luessenhop of Georgetown University. His son was in Jim’s high school class at Langley. It was only 7 a.m. But I was desperate for expert guidance. I dialed Luessonhop’s home number, and he answered. This eminent brain surgeon could not have been nicer or more helpful to this caller from out of the blue.
“How old is he,” Dr. Luessenhop asked of Jim when I explained my dilemma. When I answered 17, he replied: “The risk is minimal for someone his age.” He asked a few more questions and then gave explanations that added up to a compelling case for going ahead with the angiogram. He signed off with the reassurance sounded on a hundred battlefields: “He’ll be all right.”
We consented to the angiogram. Jim got through it without suffering any further slips. But there was no sign that he was recovering from his deep coma. We were granted permission to visit him for 10 minutes, five times a day: at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m. Our first visit was searing for me. There was my brilliant, well muscled, vibrant and compassionate son of 24 hours ago lying helpless on his back in a room full of other people fighting for their lives. We had been more than just father and son in the conventional way. We were best friends, all the way through. We had played almost every kind of sport together; built models together; camped together; canoed down rapids together; hiked through Glacier National Park together; wrestled on the living room rug until he became too big and strong for his old man to handle. And today this same, wonderful son of my mine was that lifeless lump under the sheet because some drunk had gone through a red light. The nurses had had to tie his hands and feet to the bed so the body could not have its way and assume the fetal position it often took just before death.
Jim emitted no sound, moved no muscle, as we looked down on him. He was just a helpless boy with tubes running into his nose and arm to keep him linked to the living whether his body wanted to live or not. The nurses in the Intensive Care Unit urged us to say familiar things to Jim in hopes of breaking through his coma and arousing him to consciousness. Joan and I and Kathy, his 18-year-old sister, said everything we could think of to break Jim out of his deep and sapping coma. But there was no response, not even an eyelash flutter, in the 10-minute visits of that first day. We sat in the hospital hour after hour, day after day, praying the next 10-minute visit would be the one in which Jim showed signs of life. His high school friends, teachers, our friends – they all came into the lobby to encourage us. One neighbor, Fran Luke, had her church collectively offer a prayer for Jim. Other Catholics lit candles. Joan’s associates at Cooper Intermediate School and mine at the Washington Post visited, sent meals, prayed. Jim had everybody pulling for him. But head injuries are little understood. There is not much doctors can do to repair them. The brain is a wonderful but immensely complicated organ which science is just beginning to understand.
We did learn the fundamentals of Jim’s problem from Dr. Dogan and others. When someone suffers a severe blow on the left side of the head, the brain suspended in its protective helmet of skull is knocked against the right side of the inner skull. This bruising collision, called a concussion, can damage the right side of the brain which controls the left side of the body. A boxer is only knocked out if his brain is jarred against the inner skull from a punch. But he can be killed instantly if the blow is so powerful that the brain is smashed against the inner skull. The harder the brain is hit, the deeper the unconsciousness. Deep unconsciousness is a coma. People can remain in comas for days, weeks, months – even years – before dying. The longer one stays in a coma, the less chance there is for a full recovery if the victim does regain consciousness. Deterioration of the muscles and hundreds of other parts of the body and mind marches in mercilessly. This much we knew as we tried five times a day to wake up our boy.
Saturday, Day One of our trauma and the New Year, nothing came from Jim. Sunday nothing. Monday nothing. We kept hoping the next day would bring some sound, some movement from our paralyzed Jimbo as we returned to our dark home each of those winter nights. We never gave up hope, but were emotionally and physically exhausted after just these first three days in the special hell that is reserved for loved ones of head trauma victims. Some people are doomed to this hell for years, struggling day after day to break the death grip of a coma. No one could predict how long Jim’s coma would last or what shape he would be in mentally and physically if he broke out of it. We could only keep on fighting with everything we had – which was little more than love and determination.
On Tuesday, Day Four, Joan, Kathy, and I crowded around Jim’s bed in the Intensive Care Unit once again to try to provoke an association, which would restart and reconnect his brain circuits. Kathy, a sister whom Jim deeply loves, said: “Jim, you know you have a dog. She’s a Springer Spaniel. What’s her name?”
Movement suddenly came from under the sheet. Then Jim’s mouth opened and he issued a ragged answer that sent our spirits soaring for the first time since that awful New Year’s Eve phone call: “Win-nn-eee!” He had made an association with his dog, Winnie, and spoken her name. Kathy had broken through. Jim’s wonderful mind was working again.
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(BPT) - While the Great Recession convinced many big corporations to improve efficiency and reduce spending, small businesses have historically known the value of operating “lean and mean.” Many have never had another option, and have always had to accomplish more with less. Fortunately, technology is making it easier than ever for small-business owners to work smarter and more efficiently – and continue growing their businesses.
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Agenda item 3.2.5: Various approaches, including opportunities for using markets, to enhance the cost-effectiveness of, and to promote, mitigation actions, bearing in mind different circumstances of developed and developing countries
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•The EU looks forward to the establishment at COP 17 in Durban of a new market-based mechanism for developing countries consisting of a common core set of rules and procedures at the international level.
The new market-based mechanism is essential to ensure that global action is sufficient to stay below a 2°C increase in temperatures and to enhance the cost-effectiveness of global mitigation action. The development of such a mechanism should complement existing flexible mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol.
--EU, submission of September 23, 2011, AWG-LCA track, agenda item 3.2.5, italics added
•Comprehensive and well-functioning market mechanisms will assist countries to commit to, and achieve, ambitious mitigation objectives by facilitating least-cost and effective abatement.
Market mechanisms will also be an important means for mobilising long-term private sector finance to developing countries, and will play a critical role in transitioning developing countries to low emissions development. In addition, markets will provide incentives for the innovation and diffusion of low-carbon technologies.
All Parties to the Convention should have full access to expanded and improved market mechanisms to achieve their mitigation actions and commitments.
--Australia, submission of March 21, 2011, AWG-LCA track, agenda item 3.2.5, italics added
•Climate change is the epitome of greatest market failure so far. Using the market mechanism to redress its adverse impacts using the same market mechanism is thus a major cause of concern.
--Bangladesh, submission of March 21, 2011, AWG-LCA track, agenda item 3.2.5, italics added
•The issue of new market mechanisms is one of the critical elements why Bolivia rejected the draft Decision of Cancun. Bolivia did express its clear opposition to the establishment of new market mechanisms under the Convention at all times. In none of the contact groups there was a clear negopiation, much less even an acceptance, of these issues. Nevertheless the final draft decision makes it appeared as if this kind of agreement had been reached.
Mitigation must indeed be stimulated in all sectors of the economy. But if this results in “sectorial crediting” or in “NAMA crediting” it implies locking in the “business as usual” emissions, because all mitigation under the business as usual baseline in developing countries will result in offsets, that is to say, in permits to keep on emitting for developed countries.
Taking into account the damaging results of the existing 0.8 °C increase in global temperature, a 2°C increase is unacceptable. But even this target is far from being achieved with the existing Annex I pledges of 13-17% from 1990 levels, especially if it is taken into account that this reduction is in fact due to offsets, which represent the deviation of the business of usual of developing countries.
--Bolivia, submission of March 21, 2011, AWG-LCA track, agenda item 3.2.5, italics added
•AOSIS is of the view that any new mechanism to be elaborated should reflect key lessons learned from experience thus far with the Kyoto Protocol...The natural next step in the evolution of the Kyoto Protocol, and the climate change regime as a whole, is to create clear opportunities and financial incentives for developing country Parties to participate in international emissions trading if they so choose, on an economy-wide or sectoral basis.
The power generation sector is well-suited to a sectoral approach... The transport sector is another sector that may be amenable to inclusion...
The forestry sector, in contrast, would be far more problematic for inclusion, given the enormous data uncertainties in this sector, the large swings in annual emissions due to year-to-year variability in the climate, and the increasing likelihood of large-scale carbon stock losses due to the consequences of projected climate change itself
--AOSIS, submission of March 21, 2011, AWG-LCA track, agenda item 3.2.5
•New market-based mechanisms should allow wide spectrum of approaches, including project-based and sector-based approaches to fulfill its function as a whole... New market-based mechanisms should be flexible and efficient enough to be able to reflect specific circumstances of both developed and developing countries while ensuring environmental integrity.
--Japan, submission of March 21, 2011, AWG-LCA track, agenda item 3.2.5, italics added
•The entry into force of any new mechanism should follow the determination of the second commitment period of the Protocol, in order to preserve the legal nature of the carbon mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol, provide confidence for the existing carbon markets and establish a strong demand for their continuity.
--Egypt, submission of March 21, 2011, AWG-LCA track, agenda item 3.2.5, italics added
•New Zealand believes progress on market mechanisms at COP 17 in Durban is vital to the global effort to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions... The future direction of the international framework is currently the key source of uncertainty in international carbon markets. In order to provide stability to the market, it is critical that Parties strongly indicate to the private sector at Durban that emissions reductions commitments will continue post 2012.
--New Zealand, submission of March 21, 2011, AWG-LCA track, agenda item 3.2.5, italics added
•It is important that the existing market-based mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol, such as the CDM, continue to be maintained under the legal framework of the Kyoto Protocol in order to allow Annex I Parties to continue contributing to the sustainable development of developing country Parties
--Singapore, submission of March 21, 2011, AWG-LCA track, agenda item 3.2.5, italics added
•New and extended market mechanisms are a potentially important instrument to leverage private sector financing and generate scaled-up carbon market revenues for developing countries, while leaving flexibility and responsibility regarding implementation of mitigatikn policies and actions to national governments. Additionally, new market-based approaches can contribute to increasing technology transfer and reducing transaction costs, as compared to the CDM. New market-based mechanisms could complement existing mechanisms, in particular the CDM, for countries or segments of the economy with limited or dispersed potentials for applying these new mechanisms.
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Now, I played with the resist technique a few times, before I decided on the central image above. I used the same image, from Circa Design called ‘Fuchsia’, but tried different ways of ‘resisting’. I tried using water colour card, stamping and embossing the image, then using my Zig markers to colours parts if it – turned out a mess! I then tried stamping and embossing and putting my Brushos over it – turned out another mess! I tried stamping and embossing, covering the flower part of the image in masking fluid, colouring the rest of it with green, rubbed off the masking fluid, added some pink for the flowers – yep – another mess!
So – this is my fourth attempt. I stamped and embossed the image in white, then just ran my Catherine Pooler ‘Lime Rickey’ ink pad over the whole image. Worked very well, I think. I actually then went in with my water brush and removed some of the ink from the embossing to make that clearer, and liked it even more.
I die cut the image with my Sue Wilson Noble Dies ‘Double Pierced Circles’, and moved on to the rest of the sketch.
The card base is 7 inches square, so I cut another layer slightly smaller, and used my Tim Holtz/Sizzix thinlits ‘Mixed Media’ circle die cut to cut into that second layer. I then splashed some Lime Rickey ink around that layer – I don’t have lime green dots or perfect pearls – and then turned my thoughts to the twine and washi tape.
I added a green tape, then another red (ish) tape for a little bit of a different colour, and the twine was from a selection I have from We R Memory Keepers. As I can’t tie a bow to save anyone’s life, I used my Tattered Lace ‘Bow Maker’ and stuck the bow down at the front, and the ends down at the back.
To complete the card I added the main die cut image with foam pads.
I seem to be turning to my Catherine Pooler inks more and more for my projects. I like how they can be used for almost everything. They ink stamps well, they blend well together, they water-colour well – I haven’t really found anything they won’t do when I want them to do it. They are definitely one of my most favourite buys – even with the customs and postage cost.
I shall be entering this card into the following challenges:
Paper Craft Crew challenge – sketch
AAA cards – resist technique
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Published by: Ubisoft
Genre: First-Person Shooter
United States: August 21, 2007
Australia: March 8, 2007
UK: August, 2007
MSRP: 39.99 USD
T for Teen : Violence
Also known as: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
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Immigration advocates statewide, but especially on Long Island, are expressing deep concerns about a NYS bill aimed to prohibit law enforcement agencies to limit collaboration with Immigration Custom Enforcement (ICE), a federal agency, regarding the detention of undocumented immigrants.
The bill, they said, will jeopardize important improvements in the relationship between immigrant communities and the police, and will make immigrants fearful to report crimes.
“We have been very concerned when we knew about this legislation and the anti-immigrant speech used to promote this bill,” said Walter Barrientos, an organizer for Make the Road New York, in an interview with Long Island Wins. “There are a lot of studies that say that this is a bad practice, first because police should enforce state laws, not immigration laws, and second because we know that community members are afraid to have contact with police,” he said.
Under a former federal policy called Secure Communities, local law enforcement agencies were detaining undocumented immigrants, even without a warrant, and holding them beyond normal detention time. This has repeatedly caused unjust deportations, and worse, it has caused separation of immigrant families. It has also made immigrant families cautious of police because of their relationship with ICE.
Community members said during a protest last Friday in Brentwood, that they are afraid because the bill could cause an increase in separation of families.
“We want police to protect us and we do not want separation of families. With this bill, many families are going to be afraid of the police,” said Yadira Vasquez, 32, a resident from Hampton Bays and member of SEPA Mujer, during the protest.
The bill S6032, sponsored by New York State Senator Tom Croci, a representative from Long Island, is intended to “prohibit local governments, including sheriff’s departments, municipal police departments, and district attorney’s office, from adopting policies which interfere with the enforcement of federal immigration laws.”
The legislation contradicts recent policies adopted just a year ago in both, Suffolk County and Nassau County, concerning the detention of undocumented immigrants. The head of the Sheriff’s department in each county decided to stop ICE’s request in the detention of undocumented immigrants for more time that they were supposed to, unless a warrant is presented. The decision was made after Federal Courts in other States concluded that local law enforcement did not have the obligation to comply with that request.
The Secure Communities program has been replaced with the new Priority Enforcement Program (PEP) since July 2015. PEP works with state and local law enforcement to focus only on convicted criminals who pose a real danger to public safety, rather than all immigrants.
Barrientos said the bill is misinformed and it is destroying long time efforts to improve relationships between immigrants and law enforcement and to stop collaboration between police and ICE.
“It worries us a lot because we believe the Senator represents an area on Long Island that is home for a big Latino population,” Barrientos said. “This legislation will throw to the garbage five years of hard work that our organizations have been doing to make the state and county policies work for the immigrant communities and to stop the deportation system that has been separating families.” | <urn:uuid:5df36e7b-5e66-4f60-80ce-03b38fe8a9aa> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://longislandwins.com/es/policy/secure-communities/proposed-legislation-jeopardizes-relationship-between-immigrants-and-local-law-enforcement/ | 2021-09-24T08:29:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780057508.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20210924080328-20210924110328-00106.warc.gz | en | 0.96841 | 665 |
Natural surroundings at Green Mountain College provide an inspiring backdrop for creating art that makes connections between human and natural environments and encourages meaningful social change.
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- Catalog Program Description
The creative arts respond to the ever-changing conditions of our environment. In a global community where language and customs differ, the service of art is imperative. Artists tell a personal story of human experience. They give awareness to our senses, and bring us views of things we can see, feel, understand and love. They also show us things to which we respond with outrage, activism and solutions.
At GMC, art students are immersed in the interdisciplinary ELA curriculum. This means they gain an understanding of the broader context in which they create their work—they learn how art can interpret and make sense of the ecological challenges facing today’s society.
Gallery Coordinator, Green Mountain College Feick Fine Arts Gallery, Poultney, Vt.
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Daniel Guentchev ’04
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When I answered the phone on that Sunday evening, the person on the other end was one of the last I expected.
“Lorraine, this is Charlie Y.”
My intrigue grew. This man is one of the nicest people on the planet. I’ve known him for years now, he happens to be the doctor that monitors my sleep apnea. We had seen each other at my “check in” appointment a few months back. At that time, he asked me about my writing. When I told him that I had been fortunate enough to have had several of my stories published in Chicken Soup for the Soul books, he said he would like to read one. So, about a week later, I signed a copy of one of the books and I asked one of my caregivers to drop it off to his office. It was a nice gesture I suppose, but I really didn’t think much about it.
“First, I wanted to that you for the book,” he said, “I really enjoyed it. Secondly, my wife and I have season tickets to the Lied Center.” (a theater in town that is part of the University of Kansas. They have concerts and various performances throughout the year. I had only been there once.) “Do you like Josh Blue?” Charlie Y continued, “I am on call this week and cannot attend his show. Would you like the tickets?”
I was stunned. Oh. My. Goodness.
Josh Blue is a comedian that I have long admired. In 2006 He won “Last Comic Standing.” He also happens to have cerebral palsy (like me) and he uses his disability as material for his act. The end result is nothing short of hysterical.
These days I am severely shorthanded when it comes to caregivers and the amazing one that I have could not go with me. Since I really wanted to go to this show, I did something I wouldn’t normally do. Making myself pretty darn vulnerable, I put the following post on Facebook.
Hey, Lawrence Friends: Last night I got an amazing offer. A friend of mine (who also happens to be one of my docs) offered me two free tickets to see Josh Blue at the Lied Center this coming Wednesday night. Josh Blue is a comedian who happens to have cerebral palsy (like me) and he uses his disability as material for his act. I think he is hysterically funny. My caregiver cannot go, and I am looking for some company so that I can see the show. This is an opportunity I would rather not miss. Anyone interested? Please let me know. Thanks!
I didn’t know what would happen. I had done my best, and then I hoped.
The response was great. Several friends from across the country were supportive and told me in messages that they would love to go if they lived closer. Then my friend Beth said, “I would love to go with you, Lorraine, if you don’t already have a date.”
After a quick dinner downtown, Beth and I arrived for the show. I knew I would be entertained, and Josh Blue did not disappoint.
He said things like “I was walking down the street the other day and a woman I have never met before told me that it was inspiring that I was out in the community. I said ‘I am going to the liquor store. Are you still impressed?'”
There was a young man in the audience who I am guessing had cerebral palsy and was also on the autism spectrum. He kept engaging with Mr. Blue during the show, and the comedian was nothing but gracious. After a while, he said, “Hey man, is our bus here yet?” As someone who rode the short bus throughout the years of my education, the intensity of my laughter at that joke almost caused me to fall out of my wheelchair.
At the end of the show, there was a question and answer session. People in the audience were asking Mr. Blue about various aspects of his life and his experience.
For the last question, someone asked, “How do you think what you do changes the perception that the general public has toward people with disabilities?”
My ears perked up. I paid attention. His answer made me pause a bit. He said “I do what I do to make people laugh. If that changes the perception that some people toward those with disabilities, that is great, but that is up to them, not me.” The concept resonated deeply with me.
Often I have said that I believe on of my purposes in life is to do my small part to respectfully break down barriers between people with disabilities and those without disabilities. Josh Blue made me realize that, just like getting a ride to his show, the outcome isn’t up to me.
What I can do is present people with information that I have to share. I can answer questions and I can talk about my personal experience. But whether or not my efforts change other people’s perception of people with disabilities is on them, not me.
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Revolutionizing Nursing Education in Wyoming (ReNEW)
The mission of ReNEW is to enhance the quality of nursing and health care in Wyoming
by revolutionizing nursing education.
The Vision of ReNEW
Shared, concept-based statewide curriculum where students can earn an associate degree or continue seamlessly to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree (or higher) starting at any of the community colleges or UW. The courses/clinical experiences needed to complete the BSN through the university will be available through distance delivery.
Shared leadership through education and practice partnerships to:
- Co-create the nursing curriculum
- Optimize the use of clinical facilities throughout the state of Wyoming
- Share education and clinical resources
A clinical education model focusing on enhancing clinical judgment,
skill development and professional nursing practice.
ReNEW’s Guiding Principles
- Valuing both ADN and BSN education
- Focusing on quality nurses and quality nursing care
- Using a shared leadership model that encourages mutual and dynamic partnerships between nursing education and clinical facilities.
- Using a consensus approach to decision-making which doesn’t mean 100% agreement, but focusing on bringing all voices to the table and identifying the best strategy for moving forward
- Valuing relationships
- Valuing healthy conflict and “agreeing to disagree”
- Retaining individual program/clinical facility autonomy
- Valuing inclusiveness and diversity
- Valuing a positive approach to change
- Thinking big…having an attitude of “thinking out of the box” and committing to transformation of nursing in Wyoming
Advisory Board Members
- Anna Kinder, Wyoming AIDS Education and Training Center
- Carmalee Rose, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
- Charlotte Mather, Sheridan Hospital
- Cynthia Labonde, Wyoming State Board of Nursing
- Eric Boley, Wyoming Hospital Association
- Faith Jones, RN
- Jeanine Niemoller, Vice President
- Jennifer Anderson, Retired
- Maria Kidner, APRN
- Mary Behrens, President
- Mary Burman, University of Wyoming
- Melanie Pearce, Public Health Nursing
- Natalie Korell, Westward Heights Care Center
- Sharla Allen, Office of Rural Health
- Sheila Bush, Wyoming Medical Society
- Sue Howard, Retired
- Toni Decklever, Wyoming Nurses Association
- Veronica Taylor, Campbell County Memorial Hospital
ReNEW has 3 committees made up of volunteers assisting with creating a statewide nursing curriculum. The committees and chairs are listed below. If you are interested in participating on any of the committees or to contact any of the committee chairs please contact the WCN at (307) 223-3205 or email email@example.com.
Professional Development Committee – Stacey Stanek, Karen Bowen
Clinical Education – Kristy Neilson, Tracy Suhr
Curriculum and Evaluation Committee – Louise Posten, David Bodily
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The j661 project provides a generic CDS (or ARINC 661 Server) in order to facilitate the understanding of the ARINC 661 standard, prototype ARINC 661 concepts and architectures, and facilitate the reuse of ARINC 661 specifications and artefacts between projects. The CDS architecture is designed to allow defining the Server behavior to be easily modified or extended. This is achieved by a modular plug-in architecture, allowing customization at runtime without changing anything in the Server core itself.
DB2 is a database management system that offers industry leading performance, scalability, and reliability on your choice of platform from Linux to z/OS. Its Web Control Center offers administrators an easy-to-use interface for maintaining databases, and can be run from any Java-enabled Web browser. For Java developers, DB2 UDB for Linux offers support for JDBC and SQLJ, and Net.Data allows for the creation of dynamic data diven Web applications. DB2 UDB for Linux allows you to harness the power of user-defined types and functions and support for Binary Large Objects.
DIY Zoning is a set of tools and instructions for controlling a state-of-the-art HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) system. It covers airflow balancing, temperature control and zoning, energy conservation measures, remote access, 1-wire devices, and home automation.
SpiderDB is a lightweight database schema crawler library developed using Java. It is a simple library that can be used to Crawler the underlying schema of a database and return POJO objects, which makes it very easy to use. This library takes care of all the differences among the various database management systems, and makes application code free from the DBMS differences.You keep using same POJOs even if you change the underlying DBMS.
BEAM is a toolbox and development platform for viewing, analysing, and processing of remote sensing raster data. Originally developed to facilitate the utilisation of image data from Envisat's optical instruments, BEAM now supports a growing number of other raster data formats such as GeoTIFF and NetCDF as well as data formats of other EO sensors such as MODIS, AVHRR, AVNIR, PRISM and CHRIS/Proba. Various data and algorithms are supported by dedicated extension plug-ins. It includes VISAT, an intuitive desktop application, a set of scientific tools running either from the command line or invoked by VISAT, and a rich Java API for the development of new remote sensing applications and BEAM extension plug-ins. | <urn:uuid:12ce5048-7f74-454c-b2d5-94d9e873370a> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://www.freecode.com/tags/java-6?sort=popularity&with=&without= | 2015-04-19T23:05:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246642012.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045722-00204-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889669 | 532 |
Who should be curating content anyway? And should we trust them?
I recently read this essay about the state of publishing and the literary world. It’s a long read, but well worth it, with multiple points relevant to the games industry as well. One of the big questions it raises, and one that has also been picked up by the wider games industry, is just who’s job is it anyway to curate content?
Journalists and reviewers are professionals who we pay to get their opinions. They may be experts in their field, but more often are simply excellent communicators, able to articulate a point in an eloquent, amusing or concise manner as per their audience. While they speak with authority stemming from their status, they are a hangup from a time when we lived in a content poor world.
When games were expensive, and limited to what might fit on the shelves of the shops selling them, it made sense to spend time considering each game’s merits before making a purchase decision. Journalists and reviewers are great at helping decide if a game is good, but not at selecting which games to consider in the first place.
Publishers by their very nature as the middle man in the content distribution chain need to decide what is worth the cost of physically printing boxes and burning disks for. However, historically, publishers have vertically integrated back down the chain, acquiring game studios or having huge influence on the content being produced itself.
We can assume if a game comes from a publisher, it probably has a high level of quality, but as games publishers have evolved towards producing fewer, bigger budget games, they don’t do much for helping pick out those better games already swirling in the wider content pool.
It’s interesting to note that new publishers, such as Chillingo, on purely digital distribution mobile platforms, due to the skewed nature of the market, have found it most profitable to pick a small, select number of games and maximize profits on those. Where curation is needed most, publishers are at best, of limited use to consumers navigating the ocean of apps.
Platform Holders have traditionally had an interest in highlighting the best content on their systems. That which will drives their own sales or where they take a direct cut of the profits. However, in a content rich ecosystem, there is not the same incentive to do that. So long as enough quality content is available, there is no real need for the platform holder to find the hidden gems or give consumers the tools to do that themselves.
Publishers concentrating on profitability provide this minimum quality volume whilst maximizing profit for both themselves and the platform holders.
Even without great tools, The Crowd can be very effective at finding a diamond in the ruff and through viral or social media channels, elevating it to a high status, getting the message out about it and ensuring it receives the success it deserves.
However, whilst great at digging deep into the piles of content, the crowd again won’t produce the volume of finds required to be truly useful. If you don’t like whatever is flavour of the month on social media, or have specific needs and niche interests, the crowd is unlikely to solve that problem.
Algorithmic Recommendation systems are far better than humans at dealing with scale, able to take data not only about the content itself, but the people consuming that content, their habits and usage patterns. What it lacks is a way for new content to gain initial traction.
While giving extra weight to new content can give a partial solution, it precludes content that is given a soft launch or beta release and encourages marketers to front-load all their efforts. As seen on the app stores, having one opportunity, on launch, to make it into the new and trending games leaves a vast scrapheap of perfectly good apps that for whatever reason (from poor understanding of the system, to low budget, to having the misfortune to come out on the day of a big franchise) missed their chance.
The easy answer is to combine all these so that each curator can compliment the overall system with its relative strengths. This is of course completely wrong as few or none of them deal effectively with the large amount of good but not great content.
This is something observed by Nash in the essay I referenced at the start. When competing on a global level, all those who on a local level excel in their field, come across as average at best when placed next to the elite, world-beating, best of the best.
It’s also easily identified in the current status of the games industry, with the stratification of content into super-top end (and super-budget) AAA titles, and the vast seas of small scope games produced for mobile.
The solution is still to have the tools, but to put them in the hands of professionals, who are faster and more skilled at using them to find a wider breadth of content, highlight it, but otherwise leaving it to the crowd to do the detailed analysis and review where required.
The caveat is that those professionals should not be journalists. As they are providing a service, it makes no sense for those curators to be paid like salesmen, on commission for the most traffic to their websites.
Quite how you do it instead is the big, unsolved question. There are no financial incentives for the platform holders, publishers and other stakeholders to provide a better curation service. Until there is a danger of total market failure, we will continue to tread water in the ocean of content | <urn:uuid:150adae5-79db-4820-b152-ffa8d28626f4> | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | http://www.crystallinegreen.com/?p=694 | 2018-03-21T03:13:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257647567.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20180321023951-20180321043951-00000.warc.gz | en | 0.958533 | 1,130 |
Pala Casino Resort and Spa Case Study
We love working on influencer campaigns - despite the fact that it is often very similar to the process of herding cats. Influencers are not always so on top of it, and it can take some extreme levels of management to get from the start of a project to the end.
This last summer, Hollywood Branded was hired by Pala Casino Resort and Spa to help organize and facilitate an on-site influencer event to reach a younger consumer, and help showcase the resort and all it has to offer. In this blog, Hollywood Branded shares insights to our recent influencer marketing case study for Pala Casino Resort and Spa.
Due to Pala Casino Resort and Spa’s aging customer base, their marketing team wanted to find out a way to effectively target and spark interest in their prospective younger consumer base. Additionally, Pala Casino Resort and Spa wanted to attain high quality content that can be repurposed for future marketing and promotional efforts.
- Target demographic: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Older Millennials
- Goal: Attain high quality content, drive brand awareness, increase social media viewership
Hollywood Branded helped Pala Casino Resort and Spa facilitate an on-site influencer event. We worked directly with Pala Casino’s marketing team to put together an event that provided enough structure to make sure each component of the casino was properly covered all while keeping it free flowing enough so that attendees were able to enjoy the casino on their own time without feeling too constrained by the event. Together, Hollywood Branded and Pala Casino Resort and Spa put together a great three-part event that included food and drinks, slot games and nightlife entertainment.
With a goal of having 20 influencers in attendance, Hollywood Branded sourced over 200 influencers that satisfied Pala Casino Resort and Spa’s age, geographical and content-quality specifications and invited them to Pala Casino’s property for the all expenses paid overnight getaway. Hollywood Branded served as the liaison for all communication between Pala Casino Resort and Spa and the influencers; all contracts, questions and other miscellaneous organizational tasks were handled by Hollywood Branded.
Hollywood Branded was able to secure 21 bloggers to attend Pala Casino Resort and Spa’s influencer event. Each influencer created a minimum of three pieces of content all of which effectively conveyed Pala Casino Resort and Spa’s offerings to their followers.
Take a look at this video recap of the partnership:
The program provided targeted social influencers the opportunity to engage with and cover Pala Casino Resort and Spa in a way that resonated most with their follower base. For example, food influencers focused their content heavily on the dining options that Pala Casino Resort and Spa offers whereas fashion influencers focused on creating content that covered which outfit worked best for each component of the casino.
So What We Did Was...
- Work with 21 Bloggers activated
- Who had an overall reach of over 28 million people through the content they posted about Pala Resort & Casino
- And we secued 87 pieces of content coverage
- Which led to over 50,000 engagements
- And led the brand to gain over 1,000 new Facebook likes
Ready To Work With Social Influencers?
BE SURE TO: Contact Hollywood Branded for additional insight and help to make sure your influencer marketing campaign stays within the legal guidelines.
And if you are interested in learning more about how to better make social influencer marketing work for your brand, check out some of our blogs:
- 3 Insights To Create Affordable Influencer Marketing That Sells
- 5 Signs Your Brand Should Invest In Influencer Marketing
- Why An Influencer Isn't Responding To Your Inquiries
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Carole Seigel is a founding member of the Patient and Family Advisory Council at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and is a member of their Quality and Safety Committee. She received a Conquer Cancer Foundation Patient Advocate Scholarship to attend both the 2014 Quality Care Symposium and the Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium held in October in Boston.
I was catapulted into the world of cancer when my husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at age 58. He lived for 27 months with a quality of life worth living thanks to his courage and the quality care and palliative support he received at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. It is critical to note that the quality of supportive care varies widely across our country from comprehensive cancer centers to community hospitals to public and private institutions. I have personally witnessed how every symptom chips away at having a great day when there are too few left and how no symptom is too minor to warrant treatment. For the past 15 years, I have attempted to speak for those whose cancer is too acute or too deadly to allow them to speak for themselves.
The Quality Care Symposium followed two tracks. The first dealt primarily with the collection and analysis of data related to safety to translate the findings into actionable initiatives that would positively impact patient safety. Beginning about 30 years ago, the definition of safety began to include quality, in terms of recognizing cancer related symptoms. This second track focused on quality of life and end of life issues, which are key interests for me.
There are disturbing measurements describing end-of-life care in this country, such as death occurring in an intensive care unit (ICU) or acute care hospital, radiation in the last 30 days of life, hospice care less than three days from death, chemotherapy in the last 14 days of life, and emergency room visits in the final 30 days. One-third to one-half of cancer patients report that they did not get adequate advice or help for the top three symptoms: pain, fatigue, or emotional distress. There was universal agreement, at least among those present at the symposium, that these measurements are unacceptable, and they define low-value care, which is estimated to cost $750 billion annually in the United States for treatment that is not evidenced-based medicine and is unwanted by the patient.
The Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium further developed the concepts of patient-centered care and personalized medicine. Key topics discussed were changing the fee-for-service reimbursement model, which encourages overutilization; developing clinical pathways to ensure both symptom management and health utility; focusing on personalized care as evidenced by the NIH Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute; encouraging end-of-life discussions that honor advance directives; developing and adopting quality markers to measure outcomes; and defining palliative care more broadly to provide support and symptom management from the time of diagnosis until death, with hospice and morphine having a small but important place in this continuum.
Now that palliative medicine is a separate discipline, there is a question of how the specialty will be part of cancer care. Will oncology providers manage supportive care with palliative specialist back-up, or will a team approach develop? Will care be fragmented? Will the science of toxicity be better served if palliative care specialists see cancer patients during the entire trajectory of the illness rather than in extreme cases? This is an interesting crossroad in cancer care, and patient advocates need to weigh in to the discussions by relating their experiences, one by one.
Attending an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) symposium is educational and inspirational. It is humbling to be surrounded by health care providers who are united in their goal to provide the best possible care for their patients and witness their determination to explore new paths, yet hear them admit that at times they have fallen short. This experience energizes me to continue the advocacy and political work I do. | <urn:uuid:35060258-10e5-4cfd-973d-6d031acef5cd> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://www.cancer.net/blog/2014-11/patient-advocates-perspective-2014-quality-care-and-palliative-care-oncology-symposia | 2021-12-04T10:35:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362969.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20211204094103-20211204124103-00169.warc.gz | en | 0.963743 | 794 |
Phil Zanghi, co-founder of Debonaire Cigars was a special guest on Episode 79 of our Stogie Geeks show and announced a couple of projects he has in the works.
Zanghi announced he is coming out with a Debonaire Maduro that will use a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper that is “seriously, naturally aged”. This would become the second blend on the Debonaire brand.
Zanghi announced a a sixth vitola will be added to his main Debonaire Core line called “First Degree”. He described this as a “petit salomon” that will be released “very soon”. He describe the size is approximately of being 4 1/2 in length and a 44 ring at its fattest point. He described it similar to the current Debonaire Salomon but smaller. Zanghi originally made this cigar to “give away” and based on feedback he decided to make this cigar available. The name “First Degree” was intended as a way to get people to introduce people to the line.
The Debonaire line uses a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper, a pure strain San Vincente binder, and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. It was originally launched in 2012 with the idea of building the best cigar. To accomplish this, not only has he procured premium tobacco, but Zanghi has employed a variety of innovative growing and fermentation techniques to differentiate his cigars.
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Vivienne Maricevic has been photographing naked men for 25 years and plans to keep doing it till she dies. Her clients are everyday men from all walks of life, most of them straight, who hire her through her Website: sheshootsmen.com. “Men love the role reversal,” she tells me in the midtown apartment she shares with her husband. “They love the opportunity to be a sex object.” But she gets a charge out of it, too. “I like helping them fulfill a sexual fantasy.”
An energetic, youthful brunette in her fifties, Vivienne grew up in Westchester, passionate about art. When she was 20, her brother gave her a 35-millimeter camera. She taught herself photography, and later landed a job at a fine-art magazine. Frustrated with the dearth of male nudes, she took it upon herself to change things.
In 1976, she took her first male nude photos, of a boyfriend. For a while he was her only subject, but she soon grew bored with him and placed an ad in the back of The Village Voice: “Male nudes by female photographer,” and the men came calling. She’d go to their apartments and shoot them in their kitchens or bedrooms. These early photos have an ease and naturalness: A man sits at his kitchen table bathed in light, his hands in his lap; a middle-aged guy stands talking on the phone.
She estimates that since then she has shot close to 1,000 men. Most subjects are average-looking, going so far as to warn her in advance that “I have a pot belly” or “I’m small.” Once the shoot begins, her subjects relax. “They know that I’m not judgmental,” she says. “And they like me telling them they look good.”
At the other end of the spectrum, she has clients who are self-professed exhibitionists who ask that she photograph them outside, guerrilla-style. “One guy stood on a bench in front of Atlas on Fifth Avenue, at the height of all the street traffic, and opened his coat and I got the picture. Some people saw it and weren’t sure if they saw it or not.”
Another client, a businessman, wears women’s panties under his three-piece suit to work and likes her to photograph him in them. “He has 36 pairs of women’s panties he likes to wear. He’s married and his wife knows. She buys the panties.”
Vivienne acknowledges that she gets a voyeuristic thrill out of her work—“I’m the kind of person that, if I see a couple kissing in a park, would go around to get a better look.” But she says she’s also trying to put more male nudes into popular culture so they can be as accepted as female nudes; she has been published in several collections in Europe and the U.S., including Nerve: The New Nude, and Male Nude Now: New Visions for the 21st Century.
Part of the resistance to the subject in the fine-art world may be that erections are still taboo in this country, and in the past decade she’s shot men with erections almost exclusively, encouraging the men to masturbate while she works. “When I’m looking through my viewfinder at a man with an erection, I see his essence, his most powerful being. But he’s also very vulnerable in that moment. It’s a contradiction.”
She thinks her openness to shooting them this way is bolstered by her strong marriage. “When I wasn’t married, I kept my distance more.” But the men have changed, too. “In the seventies, sex was more free and open, so posing nude wasn’t as sexually charged. Now, post-aids, sex is more taboo, and they’re looking for new ways to get turned on.” To help her subjects along, she’ll talk to them from behind the camera. “I’ll say, ‘So, Joe, how do you feel? What are you thinking about? How does your penis feel?’ One time I said, ‘How does your dick feel?’ and the guy said, ‘Please don’t use that word. It’s vulgar.’ ”
She pops in a tape she recently shot (if it’s okay with the subject, she usually brings along a video camera). I see a slender guy in his forties in a Lone Ranger–style mask, naked, kneeling on a bed, with a cock ring on. She asks him what sexual position he likes best and he says, “Doggy style,” and I realize I know this guy. (No, not biblically, he’s a downtown filmmaker, and I’ve been to a dinner party at his house.) Suddenly, Vivienne’s work seems much less distant—it’s one thing if strangers are hiring her, another if people I know are.
“Do you ever get turned on?” I ask, after she ejects my friend.
“No, not sexually, the way I am with my husband. I might get a little flushed in the cheeks. It’s an endorphin rush. If I can have a happy relationship and get a rush from my work too, then why not?”
Sometimes her subjects hit on her during the shoots, forcing her to do some explaining. “There was one guy I photographed, and he said, ‘Aren’t you getting turned on? I am.’ I explained that it’s hot for me too, but in a different way.” One subject, whom she’s shot several times, doesn’t even ask for prints; he values the experience over the record of it.
The men who do take prints often hide them from their wives and girlfriends. “They worry their wives would think something went on with me that shouldn’t.” (One guy keeps an apartment in the city for his various mistresses and hangs the photos there, away from his wife and children in Princeton.) But a few married subjects find the experience so exciting that they bring their wives along the second time. “I really like that,” Vivienne gushes. “I’m opening her up to a new possibility with her husband.”
Her own husband is completely supportive. They met at a party in Soho in the early eighties when she was photographing live sex shows in Times Square. She says that when she told him what she did, he was genuinely curious, and has never seemed threatened by her work. Of course, back in the eighties, there were some perks that came with being her boyfriend. “I took him with me to a sex show, and he was in heaven.”
Recently, Vivienne shot an 87-year-old man. “He wanted to get his penis hard and he couldn’t, but he loved the fact that I was there photographing him. I loved the fact that he was 87 and open-minded about something like this. I told my husband, ‘Someday I’ll be 90, photographing 90-year-old men.’ ” | <urn:uuid:c5318b14-7678-4cc6-9e35-a7d044e649b1> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://nymag.com/nymetro/nightlife/sex/columns/nakedcity/n_8663/ | 2021-12-05T20:15:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363216.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20211205191620-20211205221620-00251.warc.gz | en | 0.984337 | 1,602 |
BREACHING European driving laws by not taking sufficient driving breaks, has cost a Dwyfor HGV driver £355 in fines and other costs.
William Arthur Jones, 57, of Tyddyn Lol, Abererch, Pwllheli pleaded guilty to five charges of driving in excess of four and a half hours without taking a 45 minute break from driving.
Nia Lloyd prosecuting said that Jones was stopped in Bala on April 22 this year driving a DAF three axes lorry with a gross weight of 26,000k when his tachograph details were checked by vehicle examiners.
Prosecuting for the Vehicle Examiners VOSA, Nia Lloyd said that the EEC rules were made to prevent driver fatigue, especially by drivers of heavy goods vehicles.
It transpired that on 24 March the defendant had driven for six hours 46 minutes with only an 18 minute break.
On 7 April, he had driven for seven hours and 35 minutes with 24 minutes break. On April 8 had driven for five hours and 12 minutes with 16 minutes break. On April 9, Jones had driver for six hours six minutes without any break and on April 20 had driven for five hours and 22 minutes with only 18 minutes break.
Jones wrote to the court pleading guilty to the five offences of exceeding his driving times without taking the 45 minutes break.
Dolgellau court chairman David Vaughan imposed a £100 for the first offence with no separate penalties for the other four offences and ordered the defendant to pay £240 prosecution costs and £15 victims surcharge. | <urn:uuid:8af7d9d4-ae57-473f-998d-e75c93956467> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/trucker-not-take-enough-breaks-2778597 | 2019-01-19T09:05:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583662863.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20190119074836-20190119100836-00599.warc.gz | en | 0.975567 | 320 |
Haha! Yup now I can run. Thanks. I meant player's reach distance. A creeper couldn't reach me enough to trigger exploding if I keep hitting it. Anyway, thanks for the game. Have fun in development process.
MineClone 2 is the best game on Minetest engine. It has nearly all content on original game. Has more slabs and stairs and thats perfect.
But I don't like something. Animals walks on water, the reach distance is very long. There is no running state.
These are not a valid reason to make me hare the game. This is still the best clone of minecraft.
I can play it on a 12 years old laptop even if I do not install the gpu drivers and run on integrated gpu. | <urn:uuid:6b230fdc-6903-427e-a55d-281f36dedbc4> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://content.minetest.net/users/Elagoht/comments/?page=1 | 2023-12-01T23:53:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100308.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201215122-20231202005122-00249.warc.gz | en | 0.948621 | 163 |
Kettlebell Complex FML – The Workout
- Front Squat
- Military Press
See what we did there? And believe me when I tell you, the true meaning of FML will be on the tip of your tongue throughout most of this workout. At least if was for me first time I tried it. Well, sort of. You can catch my meaning at the end.
Kettlebell Complex FML – Breaking Down The Workout
WEIGHT SELECTION: I would advise using a Kettlebell that you can one arm military press with full confidence for 5 strict reps but where you’d have an issue if you went for 8 or 10. For men, that’s going to be somewhere between a 16 and 24kg bell and for the ladies, probably between 8 and 12kg. For the mutants out there, use whatever weight you feel like would make you say FML.
COMPLEX DESCRIPTION: Grab your kettlebell in your right hand and clean it to the rack position. From there, squat. At the top of the squat, perform a strict military press. Finish with a lunge. (I would advise a reverse lunge where you step back with your right leg and lunge from there.) Next, perform a swing switch and repeat this pattern on the left side. That would be considered one repetition per side, two total reps.
WORKOUT PROTOCOL: This is how we truly arrive at #FML. This routine, literally, is designed to suck. So, what I’m going to advise for this are ladders. Remember, Rich Man’s Gym is about strength AND conditioning for body, mind and spirit. All of that will happen here. We’re also going to ladder this with pull ups. If you can’t do a pull up on your own, use bands or some other type of assist but the pull up is very helpful here for making sure the whole body is hating on you. If you’re a mutant, do your pull ups weighted.
Perform one repetition on the right, one on the left, set the bell down and perform one pull up. Repeat the sequence, two on the left, two on the right, two pull ups. Then three. Take a break and repeat the sequence over again.
Kettlebell Complex FML Levels
- Level ONE: Start with 3 Ladders of 1, 2, 3 working up to 5 Ladders of 1, 2, 3.
- Level TWO: Start with 3 Ladders of 1, 2, 3, 4 working up to 5 Ladders of 1, 2, 3, 4
- Level THREE: Start with 3 Ladders of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 working up to 5 Ladders of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
FREQUENCY: At a bare bones minimum, to finish this full sequence and end at 5 ladders of 5, you’re looking at at least 11 if not 12 to 15 sessions. Each level will probably take 4-5 workouts to get through. Especially towards the end. Perhaps even longer depending on your conditioning. Bottom line here, 2-3 sessions per week should be just about right to make sure you recover fully and progress efficiently. Keep in mind, there’s no real rush here. You’re on your schedule and your pace.
SUPPLEMENTAL WORK: Feel free to add in some active recovery to this in your off days. Yoga or low intensity running would not hurt at all.
NO NONSENSE NOTES FROM ME:
If you start this workout, finish it and DO NOT lower this target. Do not quit and do not do anything that will make you feel bad about yourself. And unfinished task will reap havoc on your mental state.
And on a more serious note, FML is not a hashtag that should be used in real life or in your thought process at all, at any time. Period. What if every thought that you had was to some degree a form of prayer? And here you are running around sending FML vibes into the universe. The universe will probably assume you’re asking it to FUCK YOUR LIFE.
Aaaaaand, what you put your attention on is where you seed your reality. Your reality will grow from that spot of FML seeds you just planted and then what? More reasons to say it and the cycle repeats over and over until there’s a big ass FML snowball rolling right through your life! No, it’s not some innocent little cute colloquialism.
Maybe instead of FML…
…when the fit hits the shan you can sub in BML. Bless My Life. My Grandma was famous for saying Praise the Lord, especially under stress. So take a cue from my Nana and drop the negative in favor of the positive… and why not???
This isn’t about what’s happening in your life, it’s about how you see what’s happening in your life and the meaning you’re assigning to it. Follow?
Use this routine as a way to move your thinking towards the positive creation of your reality. Additionally, you’ll probably wind up looking pretty good naked too in the next 6-8 weeks and if you’re eating right as well, then fuhgitaboutit!
Questions go in comments and would never have a problem if you decided to share this post out using #FML and #RichMansGym hashtags.
RichMansGym uses kettlebells from Onnit.
Posting Updates as I Progress Through the Levels:
LEVEL ONE – 3 rounds of 1,2,3. The last round was awful. Haven’t squatted with a kettlebell in a while. Good news is I exposed some areas of opportunity and leaks in core tension so will be working on that leading up to the next session. Can’t even begin to tell you haw perfect the pull ups plug into this. Literally, full body workout going on here. I added to the misery with 5 supersets of 10 Dips + 10 Barbarian Squats with a 10# mace. Then finished with another 5 round complex of 10 Push-Ups + 10 Ring Rows + 10 Decline Sit-Ups + 10 Hanging Leg Raises.
Did LEVEL ONE – 4 rounds of 1,2,3. Round one was easy which is great news. Round 4 was hard as I felt my nervous system was getting a shock. When that happens, don’t quit, just slow it down and breath through it. Right now the focus is on getting the volume. No need to rush though or compress time. Next I did the 5 rounds of 10 Dips + 10 Barbarian Squats again. Finished with 5 rounds of 10 Atomic Push Ups + 10 Kettlebell Swings. During the days leading up to the second session, I got in a 5 mile run on Monday. On Tuesday I did an upper body workout that consisted of DB Bench, Pull Ups, Dips, Ring Rows, Atomic Push Ups and Battle Ropes. Rested on Wednesday and Thursday did a 1.2 mile sprint.
At this point I’ve worked up to 5 rounds up to 4 ladders. And earlier this week I started with one round up to 5 ladders. So I’m in the home stretch. Next time I do this workout I will do 3 rounds with Pull Ups. Also, at this point will start to minimize the supplemental work as this volume is getting high. It’s important to walk the fine line of pushing yourself while maintaining proper form and making sure you finish stronger, not weaker. | <urn:uuid:8b62fbfa-87c0-44d6-ac34-2aed12a54969> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | https://richmansgym.com/2018/10/kettlebell-complex-fml/?shared=email&msg=fail | 2019-02-19T23:41:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247493803.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20190219223509-20190220005509-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.93536 | 1,591 |
The Role of Interleukin‑2 in Memory CD8 Cell Differentiation
Onur Boyman, Jae-Ho Cho and Jonathan Sprent
The current literature on the role of interleukin (IL)‑2 in memory CD8+ T‑cell differentiation indicates a significant contribution of IL‑2 during primary and also secondary expansion of CD8+ T cells. IL‑2 seems to be responsible for optimal expansion and generation of effector functions following primary antigenic challenge. As the magnitude of T‑cell expansion determines the numbers of memory CD8+ T cells surviving after pathogen elimination, these events influence memory cell generation. Moreover, during the contraction phase of an immune response where most antigen‑specific CD8+ T cells disappear by apoptosis, IL‑2 signals are able to rescue CD8+ T cells from cell death and provide a durable increase in memory CD8+ T‑cell counts. At the memory stage, CD8+ T‑cell frequencies can be boosted by administration of exogenous IL‑2. Significantly, only CD8+ T cells that have received IL‑2 signals during initial priming are able to mediate efficient secondary expansion following renewed antigenic challenge. Thus, IL‑2 signals during different phases of an immune response are key in optimizing CD8+ T‑cell functions, thereby affecting both primary and secondary responses of these T cells. | <urn:uuid:11cedc6e-46da-4f46-b955-7d86ff00d7ab> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.landesbioscience.com/curie/chapter/4262/ | 2013-05-24T01:09:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704131463/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113531-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911627 | 281 |
ANALYSIS: Drug decriminalisation in NSW
Whether it’s called decriminalisation or not, a shift from the NSW Government towards reducing the harm from drugs - instead of heavy-handed policing - is long overdue.
The cost of the failed War on Drugs increases every year. Millions of taxpayer dollars are spent in NSW targeting and prosecuting people who use illegal drugs, yet drug use continues to increase. According to the latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey, one in six people (15.9%) in NSW aged 14 and over admitted to using an illicit drug in the 12 months prior.
Yet, in the past few years, we’ve seen a massive increase in police powers in NSW in the name of tackling drug use. Stories of underage kids being strip searched have turned the stomach of many parents, while NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research data shows that cocaine use and possession has increased from 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2000 to 29.4 in 2020. Meanwhile, drug-related deaths have continued to rise since 2006, nearly on par with a peak in 1999.
In other words, our current approach to drugs is one massive expensive flop that is literally killing people.
In April 2019, I visited Portugal on a self-funded study tour of that country’s drug laws. The difference between their laws and ours could not be more stark. Nearly 20 years ago, heroin addiction was rampant in Portugal, with one in 100 families impacted by the drug. Everyone knew something had to change to stop people dying. After two years of consultation with all sectors of the community, including live televised debates, the parliament enacted the consensus recommendations arising from the process: to remove criminal sanctions for all personal drug use and possession.
The results are breathtaking: drug-related deaths and the transmission of bloodborne diseases have plummeted and so have crime levels. Further, contrary to fear-mongering claims by right wing commentators, overall drug use hasn’t increased. In fact, levels of drug use in Portugal remain lower than the European average.
Here in NSW, the Special Commission of Inquiry into Ice, established by the Berejiklian Government, recommended removing criminal sanctions for the personal use and possession of drugs. This was made after 14 months of extensive evidence gathering and consultation including expert roundtables, public hearings and site visits.
When people who use illegal drugs know they risk hefty fines, a criminal record and even jail, they don’t seek help when they need it - including if they overdose. When people do seek help they often have to wait up to six months or more for treatment in parts of NSW. In Portugal, those who need treatment are in a rehab centre within days. That’s why this shift by the Government has been so welcomed by health, legal and other experts as well as many families of loved ones who have lost their lives to drugs.
The Government is saying their proposed approach isn’t decriminalisation. I don’t care what they call it, but if it ensures drug use is treated as a health issue instead of a criminal one, leaving police to focus on actual crimes and ensure more resources are directed to treatment and lives are saved, then how can that not be a bloody good thing.
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Your memorable private day tour from Budapest to Lake Balaton will begin at your hotel, where our friendly guide will pick you and take to the Lake, and you will spend an unforgetable day and see the most iconic places of this wonderful Lake and 2 amazing spots for the levander, where you can take postcard quality pictures. This tour is not to be missed!
Lake Balaton, or as locals like to call it, the ”Hungarian sea”, is the largest lake of Central Europe, an important element of the hydrology of Hungary. From Budapest, it can be reached in an hour by car. It is 77 km long, its width is between 1,3 and 14 km (7,8 km on average) and its surface area is 594 km2. On the sunny slopes of Balaton Uplands, a lot of grapes and fruits are grown.
Our first stop will be Balatonalmádi, a popular resort town near the northeast corner. The view point gives us a fantastic view over the Lake. The next stop is Csopak, It is famous for its wine, usually and traditionally made of olaszrizling. Here we will see the beautiful vinyards.
The oldest holiday resort on Balaton’s shore, the ”capital of the northern shore”, Balatonfüred is our 3rd stop on this tour. A walk under the shady trees of Tagore promenade is an eternal experience for every visitor.
We will continue our journey to the lake’s eastern basin which is separated from the rest of the lake by the Tihany Peninsula. Tihany is one of the most beautifully located settlements in Hungary, a town rich in spectacular landscapes and natural conditions. Its main sight is the Tihany Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, which was founded by King Andrew I in 1055, in honor of Saint Aignan of Orleans and Virgin Mary.
You will have a traditional Hungarian lunch at one of the Csárda's (not included in the price). The “csárda” is a Hungarian restaurant with a folkloric atmosphere. Originally it would have been an inn, often situated outside the village, which was frequented mainly by travelers.
The whole afternoon is dedicated to the levander. We will see the fields in Tihany, the levander house by the lake and we proceed to Dörgicse, to see the most beautiful fields in Hungary.
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Today is Earth Day, a perfect opportunity to rethink our conventional paradigms that are dooming the planet’s livability for human beings. Today I would like to explore briefly several ideas alluded to in yesterday’s post. The first is Dr. María Elvira Ríos’ exploration of ganying, Dependent Origination in Óscar Carrera’s writing, and Jordi Solé Ollé’s exploration of interdependence.
In Una interpretación ecosófica de la experiencia budista de ganying, Dr. Ríos looks at an ancient Chinese idea that appeared in the Chinese Yijing. She interprets it as a form of stimulus-response or empathic resonance that precedes rational deliberation or conceptualization. She notes how scholar Robert Sharf explains that ganying was used to explain celestial omens, moral retribution, ritual efficacy, natural and astronomical cycles, and political upheavals. She further notes: “This interpretive diversity of the ganying experience allows us to listen to or read multiple stories classified as ganying. This can be stimulated by having dreams and visions of a deity, asking for the healing of an illness, or an encounter with a Buddha or a bodhisattva. The presence of the Buddha or bodhisattva is a response to the prayer of the person who suffers, and directs the supplicant’s feelings to receive a compassionate response that allows them to get out of suffering, often interpreted as the karma of past lives.”
She further explains: “What I ask myself and also invite you to investigate, practice, and experience is whether there is a manifestation on the part of the deity when nature participates in a Buddhist experience of ganying. Or, perhaps, we are facing an experience of spontaneous union with nature, which is achieved by experiencing a situation in which something of nature manifests itself—such as the presence of clouds, fog, heavy rain, the sound of the river, the immensity of a forest, the birdsong or the cry of a monkey—and activates the sincere intention of the recitation of mantras, the performance of rites, all in tune with the sound, breathing and action of the natural space. From there, from that being, the conditions are presented so that the sound of the mantra or the name of a Buddha or a bodhisattva resonates with the natural sound and a beneficial response is achieved.”
Óscar Carrera’s examination of karma and Dependent Origination in Paṭiccasamuppāda: de grillete kármico a interconexión ecológica urges that we need a new interpretation of Dependent Origination. “We should understand dependent arising as a doctrine of total interconnectedness often involves significant changes from earlier notions. Instead of renunciation of the world, a celebration of its harmony; rather than detaching from things, a desire for unity and fusion; instead of radical impersonality, an expanding self to encompass all. Instead of a karmic chain that must be stopped, we should see it as the network as mother, and a matrix in which to fit. Instead of breaking with everything, embrace everything.”
Jordi Solé Ollé’s Karma e interdependencia: una aproximación desde los sistemas complejos invokes Indra’s Net in explaining how Buddhism understands complex environmental systems, and how such an interpretation could lead us to a deeper understanding of nature’s workings and needs. He notes: “Negative disturbances spread like a wave throughout a network, growing and expanding. But this same principle applies to actions that are in harmony with the pure structure of the network of interconnections. Moreover, these actions have a greater scope, because the perspective under which they are carried out is much broader. Thus, our internal improvement is much more powerful than the negative effects of pollution and stains on each jewel in the network, since each small stain that disappears allows the light of infinity of jewels to be reflected in the network.
Feedback loops figure prominently in Ollé’s reflection on interdependent links. “The feedback pattern that we have discussed generates a positive multiplicative effect not only in us, but in the beings with whom we relate, at some point also changing their perceptions and, therefore, also bringing them closer to the ideal network of Indra. So we see that complex systems theory gives us a perspective that can help us in the classical images and examples of the sutras on karma and interdependence. The science of complexity and its methodologies, designed to understand nature or human creations like the Internet, transport networks, social behavior, and so on, can also be used to interpret some of the Buddhist concepts that explain how nature works.”
Throughout the works of these three writers and scholars, a strong theme of reciprocal care and reflective “attending to” can be discerned. Our world has grown careless, callous, and dismissive of the essential universal desire: to feel cared for and valued. This care, ganying, needs to be extended by not just individuals, but institutions of power like corporations and governments, to Earth as an totality. Everyone is responsible, but stakeholders with real influence and power must be held to a high standard of stewardship.
Whether one calls it the biosphere or Gaia, Earth Day invites us to consider the planet’s long-term future as this living totality. As Glasgow proved, we have already missed many targets to pull ourselves back from the brink in terms of catastrophic climate change. There is no reason not to keep trying, however. Even as Earth Day looks bleaker with each passing year, there are stories of success and transformation that should hearten us. Humanity only has so many chances. They should not be squandered. | <urn:uuid:ecfdf96d-04e9-415b-b22e-c2af966ef62f> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://teahouse.buddhistdoor.net/earth-day-2022-only-so-many-chances/ | 2022-12-02T00:36:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710870.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20221201221914-20221202011914-00322.warc.gz | en | 0.926269 | 1,227 |
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Private equity firm Advent International has made a cash offer of 1.17 billion euros ($1.58 billion) for UNIT4 NV
The offer represents a 32.4 percent premium to UNIT4's closing price on October 11, just before it announced it had been approached by companies interested in buying it.
The two companies reached a conditional agreement on a recommended full public offer of 38.75 euro (with dividend) in cash per issued and outstanding ordinary share of UNIT4.
While UNIT4 recommended the offer to shareholders, it also said both parties had the option to terminate the deal if a third party made a substantially higher bid.
"Advent is an experienced investor globally in the software industry and locally in the Netherlands and will provide UNIT4 with financial backing, expertise and support for capital expenditures, investments and acquisitions in accordance with UNIT4's long-term strategy," UNIT4 said in a statement.
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Domestic Assault Breaks Out on Live Radio Between Palestine Mayor and Co-Host; Serious Injuries Reported
PALESTINE, TX—A horrified audience listened on KNET on Wednesday as Mayor Bob Herrington and co-host Darla Holt became involved in a dispute that escalated to a physical altercation resulting in serious injuries to the victim. A listener, who realized that the assault was not part of the show, called police who responded to the scene and arrested one and rushed the victim to Palestine Regional Medical Center. Other listeners simply asked on Facebook if anyone was listening to the assault and asked for advice on what to do about it.
The assailant has been told to not speak to the media by an attorney; however, Palestine chief of police Mike Alexander did speak about the incident and provided details. KNET has pulled the audio on demand of the radio show from their website and has refused to release it to the media.
“The dispute began when the assailant was interrupted by the victim, ” Alexander said noting that he has listened to the entire incident as part of the investigation. “The assailant became increasingly angry until finally assaulting the victim multiple times in the head and face with a microphone, a stool, before using a set of headphones as a tool to whip the victim into submission.”
Alexander said that the victim sustained serious injuries to include facial injuries, three broken ribs, a broken arm and lacerations over the victim’s entire body.
According to Palestine Regional Medical Center, Mayor Herrington is recovering and is expected to be released in time for Thursday’s show. Holt was released from jail on bail and despite a protective order insists that she, too, will be on the air when Meddling in the Morning goes live at 6 AM.
Alexander said that he has assured Holt that if she violates the protective order she’ll be arrested again.
“The mayor is terrified after this brutal assault and a protective order is in place. She can’t be on the show either in person or telephone or she will be in violation and subject to arrest.” | <urn:uuid:d8a67cb7-ba96-43d5-ae38-84b23a7a6cf5> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://thedogwoodtale.com/domestic-assault-breaks-live-radio-palestine-mayor-co-host-serious-injuries-reported/ | 2018-01-19T07:36:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084887832.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20180119065719-20180119085719-00122.warc.gz | en | 0.968343 | 431 |
This month marks the end of the federal extended unemployment insurance benefits program for 35 states with the nation’s highest jobless rates. More than half a million long-term jobless workers have lost their unemployment lifeline.
Chad Stone of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) says:
As we’ve explained previously, EB [extended benefits] will no longer be available in any state, not because most states’ economies have improved to anywhere near pre-recession conditions, but because they have not significantly deteriorated in the past three years.
The end of the program that provided up to 20 additional weeks of jobless benefits—in addition to the states’ usual 26 weeks—and the additional weeks available under the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC), was part of legislation passed in February to keep the EUC alive through 2012.
That bill reduced the number of weeks of available to jobless workers and also changed the formulas that would trigger extra federal jobless benefits, in effect, cutting benefits even further by setting higher thresholds for unemployment pain. Click here for a closer look from the National Employment Law Project (NELP).
The cuts, a recent report in USA Today notes:
are nudging some Americans into poverty, straining social services just as states and localities face their own budget woes and further crimping weak economic growth as those who lose benefits spend less.
The average unemployed American has been out of work 40 weeks, according to the Labor Department, and there are still about three jobless people for every job opening.
If Congress doesn’t act when it returns after August recess, the situation for long-term jobless workers will grow even more dire because the entire federal EUC expires at the end of the year, leaving workers only state benefits upon which to rely.
Legislation to keep the EUC operating is expected. But with the Republican lawmakers’ track record of blocking, filibustering and other delaying tactics in previous attempts to extend the federal unemployment insurance benefits, the outlook is uncertain.
NELP’s George Wentworth told USA Today:
There's going to be lots of people without any income still unable to find a job. You're going to see these people not be able to feed their families and not able to pay their mortgages. It will have a devastating impact on a lot of local economies. | <urn:uuid:83601a07-60e8-4c49-9dcb-b7f5b9bcf340> | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/End-of-Extended-Jobless-Benefits-Hits-More-Than-500-000 | 2016-09-27T15:30:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738661123.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173741-00026-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955869 | 492 |
HabitsIf your face is starting to show a few lines and perhaps a slight sag, it might be good to start looking into wrinkle creams, serums, and other anti-aging products. Adding these to your typical, standard face and neck care can help, but sometimes you will need to change your routine completely to see the desired results. It is always a good idea to practice healthy skin care habits. Having Healthy SkinMaintaining a good skin care routine can lead to healthier-looking skin. Healthy skin can mean different things to different people, but from a general perspective, keeping your skin healthy will slow down aging. Having youthful skin means that your complexion is not blotchy, but rather bright, your face is firmer and supple rather than leathery, fine lines and wrinkles are minimal, and you are at a reduced risk of skin cancer. You will want to create a good anti-aging plan in order to reap these benefits. If you have yet to see aging symptoms, start now and your future self will thank you! Holy Grail: SunscreenProtecting your skin from the sun is crucial as sun damage can lead to uneven coloring, sun spots, wrinkles, and fine lines in your face. Sunscreen is the foundation for healthier skin. The sun will age you prematurely and will affect your skin in many ways beneath the surface. Try to stay in the shade as much as possible between 10 a.m. and noon. Cover up by wearing hats that will protect your face from strong rays. Wear long sleeves to prevent sun spots on your arms. Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes and the sensitive skin around it. Another thing that must be mentioned is tanning. Although we understand that we want to show off our beach bodies with a nice tan, tanning beds or laying out in the sun can actually be really harmful. You are exposing yourself to harmful ultraviolet rays that will not only age your skin but can lead to cancer. MoistureAs we age, our skin becomes drier and thinner, causing more fine lines and wrinkles. Moisturising can help trap water into our skin so that we look fresher and more youthful. Applying face moisturizer as well as a moisturizer for your body with some lip balm is the ultimate way to feel completely fresh and hydrated. Daily CleansingWashing away the dirt on your face twice a day is crucial. You will want to wash with warm water and a mild cleanser. Cleanse the dirt away rather than scrubbing your skin. And please don't go to bed with your make-up on!
HealthWhat you eat will really dictate a lot of things. Making sure you get a healthy diet with enough nutrients, calories, minerals, and vitamins will definitely yield results for your skin. Getting plenty of fruits, vegetables, lean protein, and healthy fats will have an effect on your skin chemistry. If you are a smoker, this will show on your face as well. The toxins in tobacco can make a smoker's face look dull and dry. Among other things that will affect your skin is sleep. Your body needs rest to replenish itself. While you sleep your body's natural rhythm (circadian rhythm) has the best opportunity to ensure growth of healthy skin cells than can proliferate. Refresh yourself with a good night's sleep!
Are you looking for anti-aging products? Look no further! Bluelene has a wide range of anti-aging solutions that are easy to use & affordable. Shop now! | <urn:uuid:6528aa67-2d45-44aa-85ff-2fe4bf7ec843> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://bluelene.com/blogs/blog/creating-your-very-own-anti-aging-skincare-routine | 2019-11-15T16:19:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496668682.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20191115144109-20191115172109-00422.warc.gz | en | 0.952665 | 712 |
Many Nurses & Care Workers Struggle to Make Ends Meet – Free Debt Help
Here at Scottish Trust Deed we speak to many people every single week who are struggling to make ends meet with just basic day to day living which can lead to financial difficulty having to use credit to get through day to day life.
This is very common with NHS staff, this can lead to a very high level of stress meaning this can not only effect day to day finances but also starts to effect the individual mentally.
How can we help here at Scottish Trust Deed?
We help the people of Scotland use government legislation that can offer various benefits when aiming to get debt free, however here at Scottish Trust Deed we make things as stress free & as straight forward as things can get;
- We offer free face to face appointments – you can ask the questions that need asking and let someone else do all the work!!!
- We can pull up all the debts from your past – no need to phone everyone for balances etc…
- We can stop the nasty calls, texts, letters and visits from your creditors!
- We can lift and prevent wage arrestment orders being put in place!!
If this is something that is effecting you or someone you know that are struggling due to lengthy high repayments for goods get in touch!
Do you have over £5000 of unsecured debts? Why not look into a Scottish Protected Trust Deed and write off up to 75% of your debt using government legislation. | <urn:uuid:7c0d7d94-cfa3-4dcf-882f-fc7e6c5d4d3a> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.scottishtrustdeed.info/many-nurses-care-workers-struggle-make-ends-meet-free-debt-help/ | 2022-01-17T00:12:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320300253.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220117000754-20220117030754-00383.warc.gz | en | 0.961969 | 337 |
There's blind item is causing a mild shitstorm on Fashionista today about a "publishing house" that has been "quietly paying interns - but only if they're of a 'minority.'" Commenters immediately called out Hearst, which, what do you know, we called them up and it turns out that like myriad other media organizations recruits local minority interns* through a separate internship program with special terms and specifications, one of them happens to be a salary of $12 an hour. Now there is something to get enraged about. Not. Who planted this fucking item? Don't tell me, I don't want to know. This is for you.Dear Disgruntled White Journalism Industry Intern Who Works For Free, What inspired you to get into journalism, kid? I'll tell you what got me into it: journalism. It is a shitty, vicious cycle I'm always meaning to break out the minute I quit abusing alcohol. But anyway: I was writing really bad music reviews for my college paper when it dawned on me that the dorks who listened to the police scanners and checked the logbooks for the "crime" beat were the ones with the actually glamorous jobs. Because there was all this crime on our campus! See, my school was an oasis of obscene mostly-white binge-drinking privilege smack in the middle of an impoverished swath of one of those dirt poor second cities that got abandoned by its economy sometime during the seventies and embarked on a ruinous adventure trying to smoke it all out through a crackpipe in the eighties. (Back then they used to solve problems by bombing them.) In any case, at some point - maybe like the very first weekend of freshman year - it occurred to me that there was no way "here" from "there." The nicest sweetest hardest-working most well-meaning person could be born ten blocks west of my campus and it was just never going to happen for her; worse, she wouldn't even think to aspire to it, though she might think to aspire to some of its shoe collections. I thought this was totally fucked up, and I am one of those people who when I think something is totally fucked up copes by writing about how fucked up it is - yeah, if I were one of those people who enjoyed actually helping I would not have this drinking problem - and anyway, that is what I chose to do, and the more I wrote about it the more I learned and the more I learned the more totally fucked up it became. Just like yourself I had to make some "sacrifices" to keep on this awesome career path. I didn't have money so I worked at Starbucks and took odd jobs the whole time I was working for free till eventually got a job that actually paid me to keep writing about it. It'll happen to you too, if you're masochistic enough! Money was not easy to come by because there were too many people who wanted to write for a living than there were readers to support them; and I'll tell ya, the past ten years haven't made things any easier on this side of that ratio! But hey, I was a white middle-class kid born in America; I actually did have a modicum of free will, and over and over again that will was to remind other people with free will of all the persistent little factors fucking up that sort of freedom for others, and guess what? Slavery is a still a big one. Racism is totally up there. Poverty = totally huge! Look I don't tell you this to be a scold; I am also here for the jokes and the glamorous lifestyle and because I'm a total hater and I don't pretend to think these heavy subjects are hitting you over the head if your internship consists of calling in resort wear for spreads in Harper's Bazaar. But think creatively for a second: why the fuck can't Harper's Bazaar pay you? It's really the same reason they have to give fashion editors "wardrobe allowances" instead of just paying them more money; we're all employed perpetuating the same myth about how life is lived, just in varying degrees of outlandish. If there were enough rich people buying the fancy shit they read about in magazines you'd be rich too; that would be how you found out about those magazines in the first place. But no, I'm guessing you're not. I mean, you are rich enough to accept an unpaid magazine internship in one of the world's most expensive cities, so you actually are pretty rich, but whatever, it's not enough for all the things you'd like to buy. Why is everything so expensive? How come bankers start at six figures and you'd be lucky to start at sixteen grand? Why do you even bother promoting $800 belts to readers who are like, nurses in the Midwest or whatever? Look, I don't know, I would never personally do that, but maybe you like fashion and glamour and "aspirationalism", because maybe you liked playing dress-up as a child or whatever. Maybe you're a dreamer. Don't abandon those dreams after one little glimpse inside the dream sausage factory! Because I have another inspiring affirmative action publishing story for you. Once upon a time a writer landed a job at Entertainment Weekly only to be informed by a co-worker that the editor who'd hired her got a $10,000 bonus because she was a minority. And Entertainment Weekly is not exactly Goldman Sachs! She was distraught when it happened, but she stayed in the business, and went on to become one of the most dedicated, hardest-working media members I have ever met. Because the thing is that as you grow up in the media the dysfunctional relationship between the fantasy world that made you want to go into the business and the ugly realities lurking beneath the surface of everything is pretty much the only thing that keeps you going. And if you really think a bunch of minorities getting a poverty level paycheck when the white kids work for free qualifies as an "ugly reality" you should quit right the fuck now. Because the thing is, no, affirmative action isn't fair, but I'd almost advocate keeping it around in its current flawed race-based state solely on the basis that "neither is fucking anything."
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American Cars, 1973-1980: Every Model, Year by Year
The 1973 oil crisis forced the American automotive industry into a period of dramatic change, marked by stiff foreign competition, tougher product regulations and suddenly altered consumer demand. With gas prices soaring and the economy in a veritable tailspin, muscle cars and the massive "need-for-speed" engines of the late '60s were out, and fuel efficient compacts were in. By 1980, American manufacturers were churning out some of the most feature laden, yet smallest and most fuel efficient cars they had ever built.
This exhaustive reference work details every model from each of the major American manufacturers from model years 1973 through 1980, including various "captive imports" (e.g. Dodge's Colt, built by Mitsubishi.) Within each model year, it reports on each manufacturer's significant news and details every model offered: its specifications, powertrain offerings, prices, standard features, major options, and production figures, among other facts. The work is heavily illustrated with approximately 1,300 photographs. | <urn:uuid:c48bf7f8-bbce-4f2e-ad24-29aa7c624838> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | https://books.google.com/books/about/American_Cars_1973_1980.html?id=PV1uzCfmJDgC&hl=en | 2018-02-18T07:41:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891811794.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20180218062032-20180218082032-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.96448 | 216 |
Timeline for Spring 2020 ASM Election
Election dates and times shall be determined at the discretion of the SEC, provided all dates are in accordance with the requirements laid out in the ASM Constitution.
Petitions for Referenda, Initiatives and/or Recalls – For the Elections in the Spring of 2020, Petitions for Referenda, Initiatives, or Recalls must be submitted to the ASM Office before 12:00 noon CST on Thursday, February 6, 2020.
Candidate Declaration Forms – For the Elections in the Spring of 2020, Candidate Declaration Forms must be submitted electronically to the SEC Chair before 12:00 noon CST on Friday, February 7, 2020.
Candidate Information Session – For the Elections in the Spring of 2020, the Candidate Information Session shall be held at 6:00PM CST on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at a location to be determined.
Ballot Published – For the Elections in the Spring of 2020, the SEC shall post, in a public manner, the list of all candidates, referenda, initiatives, and recalls questions placed on the ASM ballot by 8:00AM CST on Wednesday, February 19, 2020.
Withdrawal of Ballot Items – For the Elections in the Spring of 2020, candidates or sponsors who wish to do so, must notify the SEC Chair of their withdrawal before 12:00 noon CST on Wednesday, February 26, 2020.
Challenges to Ballot Items – For the Elections in the Spring of 2020, challenges to any referenda, initiatives, and/or recalls must be submitted to the SEC by 5:00 PM CST on Monday, February 24, 2020.
Voting Period – For the Elections in the Spring of 2020, the voting period shall begin at 8:00AM CST on Monday, March 2, 2020, and shall end at 5:00PM CST on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.
About the Elections
Every student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is eligible to vote for Student Council Representatives for their school or college as well as members of the Student Services Finance Committee (SSFC). Students interested in running for a position can contact the Chair of the Student Election Commission for information on candidacy declaration forms.
Student Election Commission
The Student Election Commission (SEC) is a subcommittee of the Student Judiciary that plans and executes the election. It is comprised of a Chair and Vice-Chair from the Student Judiciary and a number of hired commissioners who work on many different aspects of the election ranging from design & advertising to dorm outreach. The SEC welcomes any student interested in improving student voter turnout!
Contact the SEC Chair: email@example.com
- In the fall, elections occur when there are vacancies on Student Council or the Student Services Finance Committee (SSFC) and when there is a referendum on the ballot.
- Student Council elections: Each Spring, students from different colleges run to be elected to the ASM Student Council. All thirty-three (33) council representatives are elected in the Spring: Professional (2), Graduate (7), Letters and Science (12), Human Ecology (1), Education (1), Business (2), Agricultural and Life Sciences (2), Engineering (3), Nursing and Pharmacy (1), and Special (2).
- SSFC elections: There are generally two to three openings on SSFC that are elected during the Spring.
Forms & Procedures
- Spring 2020 Election Rules
- Registered Student Organization (RSO) & Third Party Organization Candidate Advertising Permission Form
- Campaign Violation Complaint Form
- Response to Campaign Violation Complaint Form
- Student Election Commission Rules of Procedure
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Warning, this was quickly written WHILE raging at this game! I don't even agree with any of this stuff now! It contains foul language!
Pardon my French, but this game angers me to no fucking end. I'm at the point where I can't even play it anymore, all it is, is lag, spawnkilling, and dumb fucking teamates who think they should walk RIGHT in front of you when you're firing your weapon, then get pissed at you for "TK'ing." The game is a fucking lag fest, and it's not from my end either. The community are a bunch of short tempered idiots who run around everywhere with knives or pistols, get almost no kills, and say YOU suck. The game will run at 60 fps in some parts, but only SECONDS later, drop down into the single digits. Every time I die, it lags like crazy. During that lag, I get SPAWNKILLED again. I can't even quit the game it's so bad, I just have to mash CTRL SHIFT ESC until task manager slowly opens, then spend 50 seconds to 5 minutes waiting for it to end the process and quit the god forsaken game. The guns and any other good stuff are only available to high level players, it takes ages to even unlock face camo. The wage matches are BULLSHIT, whoever lags the least wins. What's almost as bad as the run and gunners are the campers. They sit at the edge of the corner of the fucking map under a bush where in hardcore mode, there's no possible way to see them, and they kill you INSTANTLY from where you spawn, ACROSS the map from them. This has happened to me, my friends, and tons of other players many times so it's not just me. Why the FUCK can you not save emblems and work on a new one? I spend hours making a great one, I want to try and experimental with new shapes I unlock, I don't want to fuck up my detailed emblem. Why the FUCK can't I have three attachments- an underbarrel, scope, and suppressor? Will it be to heavy for the run and gunners? Why are there only 2 zombie maps? We all know that they're going to release 1 more for $20, but why only 2 in Blackops? There was like 5 in WoW. The fucking spawn system.. oh boy. The FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT FUCKING GOD DAMN GARBAGE ROTTING DOG SHIT spawn system. Whoever thought it up deserves to be dismembered while still alive. What fucking sense does it make to have no spawn protection, or safe spawn zones on maps? Any fucking enemy can waddle over to our spawn, sit in the corner with his thumb up his ass and wait for us to spawn and shoot us. We can't fucking turn around and fire back at him because he's using his SUPER LEET BONG 420 EMBLEM UNDERBARREL SHOTGUN AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN ASSAULT SNIPER RIFLE to gun us down instantly. Nuketown is fucking HORRIBLE because of the spawn system. The fucking enemies hide in the fucking garden area and fucking shoot us and throw grenades at us, giving us no chance whatsoever. You manage to escape? -LAG- and you get shot immediately. The good thing is though, that if you can manage to shit out a grenade before you get spawnkilled, you have a small chance to kill the fucking piece of shit who spawnkills us. With HIS luck though, he'd end up killing all of us instead. I hate the community in this game. I'm fucking sick of hearing some 12 year old spoiled son of a bitch scream into his mic "YOU FUCKING *racial slur* STOP FUCKING HACKING THE GAME AND PLAY 4 REEL STOP PLAYING LIKE YOU'RE INTENDED TO PLAY AND PLAY THIS SHIT EATING WAY!!!" Then there are the 25-40 year olds who have nothing better to do then make obscene emblems, spawnkill you/your enemies, and steal all your kills. How is the lag not fixed yet in this game? This is one of the most, if not the MOST selling game ever made, and they CAN'T FIX THE FUCKING GAME BREAKING FUCKING ISSUES IN THE GAME. This is the most half assed game in the whole series. You can see that they put little/no effort in the multiplayer, and they STILL aren't. If they were, they'd be UPDATING US MORE THAN DAILY ABOUT *UPDATE* PROGRESS AND AT LEAST RELEASE SOMETHING. I DONT CARE IF IT PUTS THE GAME AT FUCKING LOWEST OF LOW SETTINGS, I want to be able to PLAY it. What's the deal with non hardcore mode? It takes 4-8 underbarrel shotgun blasts to kill an enemy, when he can just take a makarov, shoot you in your ear, and you're automatically dead. What the fucking FUCK is the sense of that. How is shooting someone 10 times in the same exact spot in the foot going to kill them. Same for hardcore mode. How does a rolling object KILL you or an enemy. | <urn:uuid:eb6f7d1f-998e-405c-9d41-c57e67a9d1f9> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://lilcheeselad.blogspot.com/2010/11/call-of-duty-blackops.html | 2017-12-15T15:37:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948575124.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20171215153355-20171215175355-00791.warc.gz | en | 0.947713 | 1,104 |
Efimenko Volodymyr Mykhailovych
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
04053, Kyiv, 3 Observatorna str.
Теl. +38(044) 486-26-91, +38(095) 897-01-68
Mozgovy Olexandr Vasyliovych
Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky State Pedagogical University of Vinnytsia
21100, Vinnutsia, 32 Ostrozkogo str.
Теl. +38(0432) 27-69-73, +38(067)773-24-34, +38(050)032-51-37
Scientific, Memorial and Local Organizing Committees of the International Conference “COMETS, ASTEROIDS, METEORS, METEORITES, ASTROBLEMES, CRATERS” (CAMMAC-2017) are pleased to invite you to attend the Conference, which will be held in Vinnitsa (Ukraine) September 26 – 28, 2017. The Conference will be held at the Vinnytsa Mikhajlo Kotsuybinskij Pedagogical University: Vinnytsia city, street Ostroz’skogo, 32 (Conference hall).
Deadline for registration and abstract submission: September 2, 2017.
Registration fee: 20$
CAMMAC-2017 participants will be accommodated at the hotel.
The working languages at the CAMMAC conference are English, Russian and Ukrainian
At the choice of the organizing committee submitted scientific articles can be published after the conference in the journal “Bulletin of the astronomical schools”
Please inform about the International Conference CAMMAC-2017 your colleagues which are interested in problems of the Conference.
New results on comets, asteroids, meteors, meteorites, astroblems and craters on the surfaces of the planets, their satellites and the small bodies of the Solar System: physics, dynamics, interrelations, evolution, origin, space missions and some selected problems of astrophysics. Accepted papers on physics and kinematics of small bodies in the solar system, the physics of the sun and planets, physics of stars and galaxies, as well as methods of teaching astronomy
Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)
Chair: V.F. Zabolotny (Ukraine)
Vice-chairs: R.Ya. Belevtsev (Ukraine), A.A. Valter (Ukraine), Mozgovy (Ukraine)
S.M. Andrievsky (Ukraine), A. Guliev (Azerbaijan), V.M. Efimenko (Ukraine), O.O. Zheleznyak (Ukraine), V.N. Kryvodubsky (Ukraine), V. G. Kruchynenko (Ukraine), D.F. Lupishko (Ukraine), S.V. Podolyanchuk (Ukraine), Kh. Ibadinov (Tajikistan), L.F. Chernogor (Ukraine)
Local Organizing Commitee (LOC)
Chair: Mozgovy (Ukraine)
Vice-chairs: O.V. Kuzmynsky (Ukraine)
Secretary: V.O. Demkova
A.I. Bilyuk, M.V. Didovyk, V.P. Dumenko, N.S. Kravchuk, A.M. Mozgova, V.O. Ponomarenko, V.I. Solonenko | <urn:uuid:eb8c1930-8e5b-46e4-9070-e564953adbf4> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://cammac.univ.kiev.ua/ | 2018-10-22T05:47:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583514708.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20181022050544-20181022072044-00254.warc.gz | en | 0.778221 | 759 |
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