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Genre-colored glasses
Thoughts on genre, language, grammar, and other
rhetorical and linguistic norms
rhetorical and linguistic norms
Words Matter, Always
Alt-left, alt-right, and words creating false equivalency
The eclipse could distract us only so long from the terrible violence and divisions in the world. The eclipse made many of us see our position in the universe more clearly—an experience of our smallness and our commonality that, for a brief moment, brought some sense of shared humanity. And this past weekend we in the US had another reminder—the devastating Hurricane Harvey and the disastrous flooding of Houston and one-quarter of the people in Texas that continues still.
But even those singular experiences fade faster than the repeated violence, terrorism, and hatred around the world.
The meanings of those repeated experiences are shaped by the people who comment on them, who tell us what those experiences mean. And those meanings become cemented through repetition, especially through the repetition of words.
"Alt-right," not white supremacists
"Alt-left," not counter-protestors
In the face of this effort to create false equivalency between neo-Nazis and those who oppose racism, I feel the need to return to a point I've written about several times in several ways.
The words we use matter
If you have time, I'd ask you to reread a few of my earlier posts, to build the many ways the importance of the words we use plays out (there are more posts on words and meanings, but here are the most relevant today):
How Words Reflect and Shape Us
Alternative Words
What does Alt-right really mean (though I would come down harder on the term today)
As I wrote before:
The words we use come from who we are, as individuals, a society, and a culture. Words reflect our values and beliefs, our ways of viewing the world. And they reflect our history, who we have been. And words may then shape our views of the world, too, influencing what we see and how we see.
Or even whether we call a car wreck an "accident":
Instead of "accident," highway patrols and safety agencies are using the words "crash" and "wreck." According to Mark Rosekind, director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Or, from a more recent post, think about the ways our words present cancer as a battle. Maybe new ways of treating cancer will shift patients from "survivors" of a war to cohabiters or roommates, people "living with" cancer long-term.
Words will always shape our perspective, like it or not.
But, as journalists and other truth-tellers recognized in the early days of the current US presidency, "alternative facts" don't become factual just because Kellyanne Conway says they are. They're still falsehoods at the least, lies at the most.
The danger lies in letting the words pass, as I argued before:
If we come to accept statements contrary to documented facts as "alternatives" rather than wrong, then there's nothing keeping anyone from asserting anything. In fact, [then press secretary Sean] Spicer argued that Trump can keep claiming with no substantiated evidence that millions of illegal votes were cast in the election, causing him to lose the popular vote, because it is his "long-standing belief." The fact that there's no evidence to support that claim—in fact, there is evidence to the contrary—matters not at all if "alternative facts" are justified by "belief." We are indeed in a post-truth world.
We have the power to resist.
My comments on sexual assault being dismissed as "locker room talk" have become relevant again:
"The power of naming is that it's not individual, but collective. One person can insist on framing it as "locker room talk," but the framing succeeds only if others accept it. That's the difference between naming and "spin." Any publicist can attempt to spin a story, to reframe what happened in a different light. But naming comes from the culture that's there, the beliefs and attitudes emerging from who we are and who we want to be, a framing already present among us.
We still have the power to resist the renaming before it becomes so insidious that we stop noticing it. We are not yet in Orwell's dystopian novel 1984.
(Adding to a bit of an earlier post again:)
When resisters are chided for being "alt-left" because they are an alternative to hatred, beware.
When pronouns define a "we" that excludes large numbers of people* and a "them" that now seems to include you, beware.
When well-established scientific evidence becomes part of a "debate" with "two sides," beware.
When the powers-that-be use the word "Islam" repeatedly and only in the label "radical Islamic terrorists," beware.
Now is the time, as it is happening and we can still recognize it. Don't let powerful individuals usurp the power of naming. Assert our collective power to resist. Insist that our collective culture is not post-truth but knows the difference between fact and belief. Insist that we all, without excluding anyone, must watch what we say. Because we know these alternative truths--
Resistance is not futile.
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Theater and Shows
Mirvish Saturday Morning Club: Metamorphosis(0)
I never told this to anyone but two years ago I fell victim to a telemarketing call. I guess "victim" is the wrong word because I was not duped… two years have passed and I am glad I gave my credit card information over the phone. Two years ago, I was home reading a book… Read More ›
Kafka, Salinger and Watterson: the Gift
I guess I was a little distracted when I sat with my wife to watch Metamorphosis last week. We were really looking forward to watching this play. Back when I was a kid I re-read the first line of the book several times: "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed… Read More ›
Walking through Fear, "You Know Nothing, Jon Snow."
Jon Snow is my favourite character in Game of Thrones. In the "did not know where to put it scene", he tells his friend that he did not want to risk having a child because he does not wish his life, the life of a bastard, on another human being. For the longest time his… Read More ›
Once the musical: "Those who live in fear…" (no spoilers)
We watched a great musical at the Royal Alexandra Theatre last night. Winner of eight Tony Awards, Once was a great play to close the year. The musical performances were breathtaking and even the smaller roles extremely memorable. The staged lacked the high end production of other plays we watched this year but the scene… Read More ›
Aladdin in Toronto: One Direction (no spoilers)
Last night I took Bekki to watch Disney's Aladdin at the Ed Mirvish Theatre downtown. As expected the musical numbers are amazing and they picked a great Aladdin. My favourite moments in the play happened when they "broke the fourth wall". That is not a spoiler. It is not an actual wall they are destroying…. Read More ›
Les Miserables: Dawson's Creek
Hi Ender, Confession time. I watched Dawson's Creek when I was a teenager. OK… I am not being honest enough. I loved that show. As much as it hurts to admit, Dawson's Creek guided/inspired some important decisions I made in my life back then. Your aunt has the entire box collection so if you ever… Read More ›


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In a true democratic style, otherwise known as a Twitter poll, you voted to return to a more central location for the 19 May
So… we will be back at Brewdog (
@BrewDogBrussels on Twitter) by the Gare Centrale, following our very warm welcome there in February. Boasting forty beers on tap, as well as wine, cava and soft drinks for the non-beer drinkers amongst us, as well as tasty food, it's not surprising this place is fast becoming a Tweetup regular!
This time we have reserved the mezzanine level for the TweetUp from 19.00, but we'll be keeping our fingers crossed for sun so we can benefit from their amazing terrace. And fortunately for us, the TweetUp is happening when a whole new set of "digital evangelisers" are in town! The European Commission's Digital Leaders – from the 28 representation offices in the Member States – are having their annual meeting in Brussels with the intention of exchanging good practices and picking up new skills. If you want to do some homework in advance, you can follow the Representations on Twitter through this list: https://twitter.com/EU_Commission/lists/ec-representations …
With just 5 weeks until the
#UKRef, we are sure there will be much to talk about!
Come along, bring your friends and let's Tweet Up!


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Here it is! The Nutrition Label explained especially for dialysis patients! Yay!
Thank you to the persons who produced this. Their names are at the bottom-right on the picture. I'm in a hurry right now but I'll be sure to give them all due credit later. In the meantime, this is wonderful information.


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The many stages of pregnancy can feel a bit overwhelming, even if you've already been through it before. To help keep you healthy and on track for a smooth delivery, Derakhsh Fozouni, MD provides comprehensive prenatal care.
As an experienced OB/GYN, Dr. Fozouni understands how confusing pregnancy can be. He offers the following tips to ease your concerns and ensure you're doing everything you can for you and your growing baby.
Here are 10 tips for what to do and what not to do during pregnancy:
1.DO: Get plenty of rest
The many changes your body is experiencing can easily wipe you out. It's important that you get plenty of sleep throughout your entire pregnancy to give your body time to rest and help you feel your best.
Try to account for at least eight to nine hours of sleep each night, and nap whenever you feel fatigued. Keep in mind that with a new baby you may not be able to get high-quality sleep for quite awhile, and you need to take advantage of every opportunity to sleep during pregnancy.
2. DON'T: Overdue caffeine
Watch the amount of caffeine you consume throughout your pregnancy. Although a cup or two of coffee each morning is generally fine, too much caffeine can impact your baby's health.
Caffeine can reach your baby through the placenta and cause an increased heart rate. Stick with drinking water to stay well-hydrated, and limit caffeine as much as possible.
3. DO: Take your vitamins
Though a nutritious diet is important for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, you need to supplement your diet with a high-quality multivitamin.
Dr. Fozouni can recommend the right prenatal vitamin for you, which will contain higher amounts of nutrients, like folic acid, iron, and calcium. These nutrients are vital for your developing baby and ensures you're supporting your own good health.
4. DON'T: Use the hot tub
When you're expecting a baby, life can sometimes get stressful. There are many ways to unwind without risking your baby's health, but you should save your hot tub time until after you deliver.
The high heat of a hot tub or sauna can raise your own body temperature and increase your baby's risk for health problems and birth defects. There may even be a risk for miscarriage if you use a hot tub or sauna in the earliest stages of your pregnancy.
5. DO: Get your seasonal vaccinations
Getting a flu shot is wise for all pregnant women who can tolerate the vaccine. Because you don't get the flu after receiving the shot, you don't have to worry about becoming sick.
The flu shot can protect you from serious side effects of the influenza virus during your pregnancy and reduce your baby's risk for flu-related complications.
6. DON'T: Clean up after the cat
If you have one or multiple cats in your home, it's safe to feed and play with them during your pregnancy. However, you need to designate litter box duty to someone else.
Used cat litter contains numerous parasites and bacteria, including toxoplasma gondi, which can cause pregnancy complications, including stillbirth. You may also be exposing your unborn baby to long-term health issues, like seizures or mental dysfunction.
7. DO: Keep working out
Although you should take it easy during your pregnancy, you should still schedule daily activity to keep your heart pumping. Dr. Fozouni can work with you on a safe exercise plan to keep you healthy throughout all stages of your pregnancy.
Regular exercise can also improve your sleep quality, help you maintain a healthy weight, and alleviate common pregnancy-related muscle pains.
8. DON'T: Eat raw or unpasteurized products
Unpasteurized dairy products, raw meats, and undercooked eggs can increase your risk for illness related to bacterial growth and foodborne disease.
In addition to the complications of food poisoning, raw meats and dairy can lead to serious, life-threatening health issues for you and birth defects for your baby.
9. DO: Enjoy pregnancy sex
In most cases, regular sex is good for your soul and your baby's health, even up until your water finally breaks. For some women, sex can even help speed up your journey to labor and childbirth when the time is right.
If you experience difficulties with sex because of discomfort or if you're considered a high-risk pregnancy, discuss your options with Dr. Fozouni
10: DON'T: Continue bad habits
If you smoked or regularly drank alcohol before you became pregnant, it's important that you now focus on quitting for good.
Smoking and alcohol use throughout pregnancy can increase your baby's risk for a low birth weight and long-term development issues, like learning disorders and behavior problems.
Dr. Fozouni can provide you with helpful resources for quitting alcohol and cigarettes for good without stressing out you or your baby.
If you're expecting a child and need high-quality prenatal care, schedule a consultation with Dr. Fozouni today online or by calling the office.


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Well, all good things must come to an end folks. As much as I'd love to keep posting these fantastic and memorable photos, I've run out of my supply. Not to worry though because next week I'll be posting an exclusive interview with photographer Dave Collier to give you more backstory on his life and career.
Until then, that's a wrap on 1978!


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William Berkeley lived during an exciting though volatile era. England was transforming into a powerful modern country, and William worked hard to put himself close to all the action. He used powerful connections which were tied to the monarchy in ways that most Englishmen could only wish for. But though Berkeley enjoyed those connections, he was often uneasy about his future.
William had reason to worry, especially after the Bishops Wars proved to be a massive failure for King Charles and England. Growing discontent swelled ranks against the Crown, and those attached to it. Many within the administration saw trouble on the horizon and fled the kingdom for places they deemed safer. Berkeley's connections urged him to do the same, and it seemed that he would follow those connections to the continent. But at the last minute, the ever ambitious Berkeley organized a stunning change of heart.
Instead of moving to ancient, exotic locales, William Berkeley looked to the often plagued Virginia. He didn't want simple comfort. He wanted to build a name. King Charles consented to Berkeley's request, and Virginia would forever be changed. So too would England.
- Sir William Berkeley's Rise to Power on Libsyn
- RSS Feed
- VA History Podcast on iTunes
- VA History Podcast on Podbay
- VA History Podcast on Spotify
- VA History Podcast on Stitcher
- VA History Podcast Store
- Billings, Warren M.; Selby, John E.; and Tate, Thad W. Colonial Virginia: A History. White Plains, NY: KTO Press. 1986.
- Billings, Warren M. Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 2004.
- Billings, Warren. A Little Parliament: The Virginia General Assembly in the Seventeenth Century. Richmond, VA: Library of Virginia, 2004.
- Craven, Wesley Frank. White, Red, and Black: The Seventeenth Century Virginian. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1977.
- Craven, Wesley Frank. The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century: 1607-1689. LSU Press, 1949.
- Dabney, Virginius. Virginia: The New Dominion, A History from 1607 to the Present. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1971.
- Hatch, Charles. The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1991.
- Horn, James. Adapting to A New World: English Society in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1994.
- Hume, Ivor Noel. Here Lies Virginia. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1963.
- Mapp, Alfred J. Virginia Experiment: The Old Dominion's Role in the Making of America, 1607-1781. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc., 2006.
- Neill, Edward D. Virginia Carolorum: The Colony under the Rule of Charles The First and Second, A.D. 1625-A.D. 1685. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's and Sons, 1886.
- Rothbard, Murray N. Conceived in Liberty. Auburn, AL: Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 1999.
- Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. The Cradle of the Republic: Jamestown and the James River. Richmond, VA: The Hermitage Press, 1906.
- Wallenstein, Peter. Cradle of America: Four Centuries of Virginia History. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2007.
- Walsh, Lorena S. Motives of Honor, Pleasure, and Profit: Plantation Management in the Colonial Chesapeake, 1607-1763. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
- Washburn, Wilcomb E. Virginia Under Charles I and Cromwell 1625-1660. Kindle Edition.
- Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson. Virginia Under the Stuarts: 1607-1688. New York: Russell and Russell, 1959.
- Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson. The Planters of Colonial Virginia. Kindle Edition.
All photography used on this site is owned and copyrighted by the author. The featured image is "Sir William Berkeley" by Harriotte Lee Taliaferro Montague at the Library of Virginia.
Music used for this episode – Louis Armstrong and the Mills Brothers,"Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" available on iTunes, and "Guiding Light" by Mumford and Sons, also available on iTunes.


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The goal of private dog obedience training can go far beyond basic commands like sit or lie down. Fill out the Training Intake Interview Form, and schedule a meeting with the training staff, and we will individualize a program for you and your dog. Also known as board and train or kennel and train programs, doggy boot day camp can cost $45-$75 per day or your dog will stay at the dog-training facility for a few weeks for prices from $500-$1,250 per week.
Penelope has been training dogs and coaching their people for more than 30 years. All classes are held at the Jacksonville Humane Society Adoption, Education and Pet Help Center. When we get to the nitty-gritty of dog training, it emerges that various skills and behaviors can only be transmitted and ingrained in dogs through the right use of rewards and corrections.
Complete any in-store training program and your pet can enjoy the benefits of Train 'N Play. Our Puppy Board and Train is a 3 week program that teaches your pup valuable life skills. Start your training in a quiet environment, away from other noises and movements so all of his attention is on you.
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Conventionally, those people who buy a parrot as a pet also try to teach him to speak their native language. Investing in their 'Lifetime' training package has been easily worth 3x as much as we paid for it. Age specific behavioral issues including potty training, chewing, jumping, digging, barking and more. In that case dog´s training is nearly impossible or at least very slow, because we have to use lot of time to get some action in dog.
For new, more appropriate behaviors to become reliable in random environments, they must be accessed, reinforced and then practiced so a pet is able to transfer them to any context or situation (known as generalizationâ€). Learn how to introduce your dog or puppy to the leash, then teach him how to walk properly on the leash.
Dog Courses are $150, which includes 6 group training sessions. Positive Reinforcement : There are many different ways to train a dog, but most dog professionals agree that the positive way is the best for both the dog and trainer. In a lot of ways, dog trainers cause more problems than help.
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There's something that happens during the cold winter months that stirs our sense of wanderlust…at least it does for me! I know that I'm not alone and because of this, we wanted to provide a list of unique options that you can escape to this winter.
Tulum, Mexico: I've said it once, and I'll say it again (heck, I will sing it from the rooftops) that Tulum is one of my favorite places (if not THE favorite place) in the entire world. If you like lounging on the beach, drinking out of pineapples, riding bikes surrounded by nature and ruins, eating in restaurants canopied by the jungle and rattan lanterns, yoga, incredible food options, and setting the reset button on the hustle and bustle of every day….don't walk…RUN to Tulum. However, make sure to check out hotel options ahead of time because the accommodations can require some budgeting and the hotels fill up quickly in the peak season (November – March).
Top pick of where to stay: Ahau Tulum
Asheville, North Carolina: Asheville is home to the oh-so-famous and jaw dropping Biltmore Estate. This property is particularly incredible around Christmas time when the grounds are transformed into a mystical winter wonderland. The best part? The tour tickets come with a free wine tasting! Be aware that Airbnb and vacation rentals are losing their grip on this area due to some strict regulations that just passed about short term leases. Your best bet will be to find a cozy bed & breakfast to snuggle into for a few nights.
Top pick of where to stay: Chestnut Street Inn
Palmetto, Georgia: Hear me out on this one….Palmetto, Georgia has a hidden gem of a neighborhood called Serenbe. Tucked away in the Chattahoochee Hills, Serenbe is a perfect getaway for anyone looking for peace and quite. This spot is great for families with kids due to the farm, in-ground trampoline, farmers market, larger than life chess board, and open spaces to wander. There is one restaurant, spa, and adorable coffee shop for morning jaunts…all the necessities!
Top pick of where to stay: Inn at Serenbe or this Airbnb for bigger groups
Telluride, Colorado: If you want to snuggle up with a hot chocolate and your special someone, this is the place for you. Instead of fending off the crowds in the typical Colorado ski towns, head on over to this hideaway. With easy public transportation, skiing, hiking trails, waterfalls and mountain vistas, you are sure to find yourself refreshed.
Top pick of where to stay: Telluride Hotel
Scottsdale, Arizona: Scottsdale is perfect for a golf lover or someone looking for a good night on the town. Scottsdale may not be getting all the attention that it should for so much that it has to offer. With as much IT and real estate business that is moving to this area, the restaurants are following in droves. Spas? Yep. They've got those too…so grab your crew and book your flights for a good time!
Top pick of where to stay: W Hotel Scottsdale
San Juan, Puerto Rico: This one seems pretty obvious. The weather is gorgeous, the water is clear, there are great food options, including gorgeous fresh fruits. This isn't just a vacation spot though. There is plenty of local culture to experience and history to see if you are wanting to venture outside your hotel walls. The biggest plus is the vicinity to the southeast part of the U.S., making it very easy to get to for many folks.
Top pick of where to stay: Condado Vanderbilt Hotel
If you're not seeing an idea that tickles your fancy, or want to know more, we can help you with that. Our goal is to help our customers find the experience they are looking for with a focus on cultural engagement. We'd love to help you find your perfect weekend getaway this winter!


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Today is a great day to celebrate and eat sweets, however Valentine's Day is no exception when it comes to taking great care of your teeth.
Most chocolate and candy contains sugar that causes dental erosion and severe tooth decay. Enjoy the sweets and chocolate your loved ones bring today, but remember to brush and floss afterwards. Make sure you brush on all sides of your teeth and don't forget your tongue.
Next time you visit us at My Family Dentistry remember to ask Dr. Mullins for a demonstration. It is recommended to brush your teeth at least twice a day – in the morning and before bedtime for at least two minutes each time. If you can, brush after lunch as well. Brushing during the day will reduce the damage caused by plaque and toxins. Drinking lots of water will also help flush out acid.
Floss your teeth daily and after each meal to get rid of any food that gets stuck in your teeth. Daily flossing is an important part of your oral health care routine to help remove plaque from the areas where a toothbrush doesn't completely reach.
As you enjoy chocolate and sweets from your sweetheart , remember to take care of your teeth for a kissable mouth!


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Pumpkin Butterscotch Chips Muffins
October 26: National Pumpkin Day
We (and our fall festival friends) enjoyed the pumpkin butterscotch chips cookies recipe that we posted earlier on our blog, so we tried making them into muffins, too. These were devoured at a smaller autumn themed potluck as well. It must have been the intoxicating scent of butterscotch chips and the favorite fall flavor of pumpkin that tempted our friends to eat them all again. For those who love pumpkin, here is another recipe that they can make with this seasonal squash—pumpkin butterscotch chips muffins. They are a festive food during fall, especially on National Pumpkin Day.
(Adapted from Delish)
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1/2 cup butterscotch chips, divided use
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- ¼ cup sour cream
In a large bowl, combine the flour with sugar. Mix in the baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Mix in the cinnamon and ground nutmeg. Stir in 1 cup of butterscotch chips until well coated. In another bowl, place 1 cup of canned pumpkin puree.
Beat the eggs into the pumpkin. Melt and cool the butter before pouring it into the pumpkin-egg mixture.
Add the vanilla and sour cream. Mix until creamy. Gradually fold in the dry ingredients until the batter is moist.
Scoop into cupcake papers and place in a muffin tin. Top with remaining butterscotch chips. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes until cooked through.
- Tossing the butterscotch chips into the flour mixture prevents them from sinking to the bottom of the muffins.
- Search our blog for more pumpkin recipes.


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Smoothies are popular beverages, but most of the recipes I see circulating are better defined as desserts…they often contain a lot of juice and sugar, not much fiber, and overall not the best ingredients.
I wanted to focus this week's post on the best of the best: the most delicious, whole-food kinds of smoothies. All but #5 are naturally high in protein, and #'s 3-4 work great as detoxification support. All recipes here are packed with a variety of natural vitamins and minerals, nothing synthetic here!
Whether you are looking for the perfect whole food "sports drink," a quick summertime breakfast option, kid-friendly summer snacks, or simply a cold and refreshing afternoon pick-me-up, check these out. Enjoy them! (And relax, they are really good for you!)
1. Cocoa, banana, and peanut butter smoothie. (my personal favorite.) Can be made dairy-free. This is one of the best sport drinks! High protein, high potassium, lots of bioflavonoids, antioxidants, and arginine, which supports healthy blood vessel function.
- 1 cup milk (you may substitute with unsweetened almond milk)
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder (use only raw, organic, unsweetened cocoa powder– most store-bought varieties are processed in a way that causes the cocoa to lose much of its health benefits)
- 2 tablespoons nut butter
- 1/2-1 frozen banana (may be substituted with 1/2 avocado if you don't like bananas- keeps the potassium content)
- 1 teaspoon honey
- optional: a pinch of cinnamon or cayenne pepper to make the cocoa "pop"
- Blend all ingredients until smooth. Protein: 16.75g (based on 1 cup cow milk, 2 Tbsp nut butter and 1/2 banana) or 10g when almond milk is substituted.
2. Mango Carrot Smoothie
Serves: 1
- 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1.5 tablespoons almond butter
- 1/2 cup grated carrot
- 3/4 cup fresh mango
- 5 ice cubes
Place all ingredients in blender and puree until smooth.
290 calories, 9g protein
This one boasts a high carotenoid content due to the mango. I recommend amending recipe to use plain yogurt with a few drops of vanilla extract, and a teaspoon of honey as an option.
This recipe includes spinach (and I recommend alternating with kale, to avoid the high oxalate content of daily spinach servings, read more on this topic from one of my previous blogs)
5. Green Sunrise Smoothie: makes several servings.
- 4 cups dark leafy greens (kale or spinach, best to alternate)
- 1 cucumber, diced
- ½ cup water
- 1 lime, juiced
- 4 carrots, peeled and diced
- 1 apple, cored and diced
- 1 orange, peeled
- 1 cup strawberries
- 1 cup ice (optional)
- Put dark leafy greens, cucumber, lime juice, water into a high speed blender and blend for a minute.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth.
- 2 cups fresh or frozen strawberries, 100 calories – 2g protein
- 1 ½ cups 0% fat Greek yogurt, 195 calories – 34g protein
- ½ medium ripe banana, 50 – 0.5g protein
- ½ cup almond milk, 20 calories – 0.5g protein
- 2 teaspoons honey, 44 calories
- 1 cup crushed ice, or 1½ cups ice cubes
- Combine strawberries, Greek yogurt, banana, almond milk and honey in a blender container. Blend on high till smooth and creamy.
- Add ice cubes and blend on high for about one minute.Taste and add a bit of Stevia or sweetener of choice, if needed. Pour into two tall serving glasses and enjoy.
Notes about protein powders: I am often asked by patients which are the "best" protein powders to get. Most people don't really need to use one, but if you are crunched for time and it helps you to make a quick and balanced smoothie meal, then they can be helpful. I recommend using a vegan-sourced protein for health reasons, especially pea protein. Following are 2 of my patients' favorites:


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American Behavioral Health Systems is one of only a few programs in Washington State that offers 3-tiers of treatment: detoxification services for substance use disorders; residential treatment programs for substance dependence and co-occurring disorders; and intensive outpatient/outpatient services for mental health problems, substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders.
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Kacific deepened its commitment to the GVF by by attaining Full Membership
LONDON – The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) has announced Kacific (Kacific Broadband Satellites Group) opted to upscale from an Associate to a Full Membership to weigh in on major issues affecting the global satellite industry, in preparation of launch of its first High Throughput Satellite Kacific1 later this year.
As a unique representative of the Pacific and South East Asia dedicated to affordable satellite broadband to communities, Kacific will lend its voice and expertise through GVF for the benefit of in Asia Pacific's unconnected communities.
The GVF works to build greater awareness and use of the applications, services, and technological advantages provided by satellite-based solutions. It provides the satellite industry with a unified voice on issues and regulatory matters such as market liberalisation, licensing reform and spectrum access. These issues affect the industry and the much wider community of users, as restrictions to key resources such as spectrum are making telecom services to the unconnected inherently more expensive. David Meltzer, Secretary General GVF, said: "GVF is very pleased to have Kacific join GVF and leading members of the satellite industry as a Full Member. Kacific's focus on providing improved connectivity for underserved Pacific island nations is not only a sound business strategy, it aligns with GVF's commitment to be the global voice for the satellite industry".
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In an eleventh hour weekend move, the car rental company Hertz filed for bankruptcy, sending its shares for a lovely ride:
I'm curious what stands to follow, especially as many states continue their draconian frighten in place orders despite the economic bleeding. The travel industry and airlines might raise particular concern, but even some restaurants could hit the chopping block due to their brick and mortar ways. And that's all excluding oil, which has a lot of livelihoods attached to it throughout various parts of the U.S.
If nothing else, this crisis should inform politicians of how fragile the financial web remains in our country. Sending over thirty million to the welfare rolls in order to save them from the invisible enemy strikes the mind as nanny state idiocracy, which we surely don't have in America. After all, this is the greatest country on earth.


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Country music singer Deana Carter filed for legal separation on Tuesday, ET has learned.
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According to court documents obtained by ET, Deana, 46, has been separated from husband Brandon Malone for over a year, but now they are moving to make their split official.
The filings cite irreconcilable differences as the reason for the separation, and state that Deana is seeking spousal support.
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A second critical crypto vulnerability that can be exploited to hide vote manipulation has been discovered in the Swiss e-voting system, researchers revealed on Sunday.
The Swiss government, specifically the Swiss Post national postal service, in February announced the launch of a public bug bounty program for its electronic voting systems. Rewards of up to $50,000 have been offered and over 3,000 hackers from around the world have signed up for the program that ended on March 24.
Switzerland has been conducting e-voting trials since 2004 and Swiss Post believes it has now developed a fully verifiable system that can make e-voting widely available in the country.
However, it turns out that the components of the system designed to ensure that votes have not been manipulated, which should have already been thoroughly tested, have some potentially serious vulnerabilities.
Earlier this month, two teams of researchers reported that they had independently discovered a crypto-related vulnerability that could have been exploited for undetectable vote manipulation.
Scytl, the Spain-based electronic voting solutions provider that develops the system for the Swiss government, claims to have addressed that issue. However, the researchers said they had not seen the patched source code so they could not verify their claims.
The flaw also impacted the systems used in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), which also uses Scytl solutions.
All of the implicated parties downplayed the impact of the flaw, arguing that exploitation by an external attacker would have been a difficult task as it required deep access to the Swiss Post IT infrastructure and extensive knowledge of the system. However, the researchers highlighted that the e-voting system should be resistant to insider manipulation as well and the vulnerability demonstrated that it was not.
The Swiss e-voting system is designed to shuffle votes to protect individual vote privacy. Servers in charge of this shuffling process should be able to prove that the input votes correspond exactly to the output votes to ensure that the number of votes has not been tampered with. The first vulnerability found by researchers was related to this process — it was possible to add or remove votes while apparently proving that there was no manipulation.
The second weakness, which the researchers also described as "critical," is related to the votes themselves. Each vote is encrypted and a cryptographic method known as zero-knowledge proof is used to ensure that the voting authority doesn't declare a different vote choice than what the voter selected.
"Zero knowledge means that it doesn't reveal anything about the decryption key, so vote privacy is protected. And proof is supposed to mean that observers can run a verification algorithm to make sure that the claimed vote really is what's hidden within the encryption," explained Vanessa Teague, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne and one of the experts involved in this research.
"But our research has found that this proof is not sound. It's possible to generate a proof that passes verification, but changes the contents of the encrypted vote. It's a little like leaving the ballot box observable all through polling day, yet somehow managing to slip different votes into the count," Teague added. "It's a technical process – but one that can be done by anyone who has access to the right part of the voting system."
Unlike in the case of the first issue, exploiting this vulnerability does leave a trace, explained cryptography expert Sarah Jamie Lewis, executive director of a privacy-focused non-profit called Open Privacy and one of the people involved in this research.
Lewis revealed on Twitter that they had identified other "major issues" as well. The researchers have disclosed the technical details of their findings and released proof-of-concept (PoC) code. She believes these problems are not isolated and they are not easy to fix.
Both Swiss Post and the NSW Electoral Commission have been notified. Swiss Post has yet to make any comments on the findings, but the NSW Electoral Commission says it's confident that its own systems are not affected by this second flaw.
It's worth noting that these flaws were not reported to Swiss Post as part of the bug bounty program.
Related: Securing the Vote Against Increasing Threats
Related: Electronic Voting – The Greatest Threat to Democracy
Related: Georgia's Use of Electronic Voting Machines Allowed for Midterms


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Baldwyn Schools district voters have spoken and by a wide margin have approved passage of a $2 million bond issue.
Complete but unofficial returns this evening show the bond issue passed by about 85 percent. In order for the bond issue to be approved, at least 60 percent of voters had to give it the OK.
The revenue will primarily be spent to build a new vocational technical education building on campus at Baldwyn High School. Also included in the package was money for the purchase of new school buses to replace aging models in the district's fleet, and renovations and expansions of various buildings on school campuses.
"We are very thankful for the support to our schools by the community and for their commitment to helping us continue to grow and improve. We want every student to have an opportunity to succeed," Baldwyn Schools Superintendent Jason McKay said.
A complete report will be included in next week's edition of The Baldwyn News.


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where 8 is a small complex number, 181–10-3«1, which gives a measure of CP nonconservation. | Kjo) and | K29) are eigenstates of CP. Indeed
We observe these two different decays by looking at decaying K mesons in the beam.
So, after some distance only the K2 beam is in existence. When we let the beam hit another target we can regenerate K, mesons because Ko and Ko interact differently with matter, they are absorbed differently. (e.g., K°(S=-1)+p—4°(S=-1)+7+ while Ko(S=+1) cannot produce Ao). In figure 18 the so-called transmission regeneration is sketched.
One can, however, also observe diffractive production of K,o from K 1° on individual nuclei. Cross sections for such diffractive coherent production processes were recently measured for copper and lead nuclei [26]. In order to measure these cross sections, one has to get off the forward direction where the transmission regeneration (which comes from a coherent process whose coherence extends over the whole block of matter) dominates. The amplitude (neglecting 8) is
MKL-K,o=12(Ko | T | K°)-12(Ko | T |ð).
Hence MKL --K.• is given by the elastic scattering amplitudes of Ko and Ko from the nucleus
(Ko | T |ð)=M5°(42) = 2 / db exp (ia.b) {1– exp [ixx•(6)]},
where, as was already shown for copper and lead target nuclei, it is enough to take the large-A approximation:
The elementary amplitudes can be gotten from K+-nucleon scattering amplitudes assuming isospin symmetry:
fxon (0) = f**p(0), fron(0) =fk-p(0),
(i) the imaginary parts are obtained from the optical theorem, e.g.
k. Im fk+p=
(ii) the real parts from dispersion relations (for more details compare [26]). The amplitudes
for neutrons are then obtained using some further acrobatics, as referred to in [26]. In any case, our knowledge of these amplitudes is rather poor.
The real and imaginary parts of the elastic Ko and Ko-nuclear amplitudes are sketched below. The uncertainties of our knowledge of these amplitudes are also shown [26].
From this picture it is clear that neutrons are much more effective in regeneration than protons (the difference in absorption of K and Ko is much bigger in the case of neutrons).
One can get excellent fits to the differential cross sections dok L-K3/dA? by making the neutron and proton distributions different. One gets the following nuclear parameters from the best fits [26].
1. Assuming that we can trust the input data (structure of K,' and KL', skon, from, fxop, skop amplitudes) we obtained a very important piece of information about the target nuclei: the neutron distribution. This is so because neutrons are more effective in regeneration than protons. In this case we have not, however, obtained any new information about the elementary processes and the structure of K,' and KL.
2. The main feature of the K regeneration process seems to be very general, however: The process of diffractive production consists in rearrangement of the "components" (understood in a very broad sense) of the incident particle (system): but components undergo only elastic scattering. This description is common to many models of diffractive dissociation (and excitation).
3. In describing the regeneration process KVK,' we drew heavily on the known structure of K2' and K,': they are superpositions of Ko and Ko, whose elastic scattering from nucleons is reasonably well known.
4.1. Generalizing to Other Diffractive Production (and Excitation) Processes
First of all, the components of the incident and the produced states are, in general, not degenerate: their invariant masses differ. This fact may introduce some important corrections at low energies. But in the limit of very high energies and small momentum transfer, all such effects disappear. Let us take, e.g., two such states and give them the same momentum p. Then their energies differ:
(The only important thing in these approximations is to have very large longitudinal momenta in the initial and final states.) As long as the time of the passage through (or the interaction with) the target is
2p T«
we can consider the states to be degenerate because their relative phase factor during the collision is very small and we have exp[-i(E-E*)]1 to very good accuracy.
In fact the same argument shows that the incident state and the produced state can also be considered degenerate in the limit p-(the fact that p will also change slightly during the collision does not change this conclusion). Note that the degeneracy appears in the laboratory system, where the incident and produced systems move fast.
One can also show that in this limit (p=00) the longitudinal momentum transfer can also be neglected. So, in the limit p=0 all the states taking part in diffractive production processes can be considered degenerate and the longitudinal momentum transfer neglected. As was said, however, for low p's some important corrections may appear.
Summing up:
Our procedure for evaluating diffractive production in the limit of very high energy consists of two steps: (i) Find a "plausible" model and identify the components of the incident and outgoing
systems. (ii) Compute the transition matrix element by making the components scatter elastically
from the target.
If one can implement such a program, one can treat diffractive production processes on nucleons (elementary targets) and nuclei (composite targets) on the same footing: the only difference is that the components scatter elastically from a nucleon in the first and from a nucleus in the second case.
We shall start discussing the approach outlined at the beginning of section 4 with restrictions (4.3) because this scheme contains a large class of known models of diffractive production, including diffractive processes in QED [21], [22], [27], [28].
] Without going into any details let me sketch an example of such an approach in the case of the process of proton dissociation p->n+*+. As in QED (compare e.g., lectures by W. Czyż in ref. [S4]) we express the states of the physical proton and the physical neutron-pion pair through the "bare" states of the proton (p) and the neutron-pion pair (iñ).
admixture In the sense given earlier in these notes, for the purpose of describing elastic scattering we have approximately (compare eq (4.4))
p=p *+pTp. The production amplitude is:
Msi= (õ | T |P) dip d2an+ (ññ | T | ññ dp djan. Suppose the target is a nucleon, then (ñ |T|p) is taken to be the proton-nucleon elastic scattering amplitude, and (ññ | T | ññ) is constructed (e.g., à la Glauber) from (ñ | T | #) and (ñ | T | ñ) pion-nucleon and neutron-nucleon elastic scattering amplitudes [29].
Suppose the target is a nucleus: everything goes the same way except that elastic scattering amplitudes are taken to be with the nucleus (not a nucleon as before). Again they can be computed à la Glauber [29], [S4].
The standard noncovariant perturbation theory is an "obvious" tool to construct such states. Let H' be the interaction Hamiltonian which couples the states p) and ñi). Let this coupling be weak so that it is sufficient to take only the lowest order corrections:
(kpkr | H' | kp) | Vi(kp) )=2 || kp, 0, 0)+ E
| 0, kr, kn)+... Exp-Ern
+..] +...
(pp | H' | pnpr)
| Pp, 0, 0)+... Epp-En-EPT
where Z is the renormalization constant,
| kp, 0,0)= 1 p) is a state of a bare proton
0, 1, k = ( 7 ) is a state of a bare neutron-pion pair. Note that the sign of the second term in / V;) is "minus" because the order of energies in the denominator was changed. These two states should be orthogonal. Indeed
(Pnp. | H' | kp) (kp | H' | pnpr)* (Y; Y;)=2
=0 (Ek- EP - EP Ek-En-Ep because H' is hermitian, hence (kp | H' | Prpr)* = (prp. H' | kp). Note also that if H' is small, Z=1 to first order. So, we have:
(pnpr | H'| kp) diP=d,an=1 and d2P = - (d2an) * =
Exp-Epn - Epp Graphically, do corresponds to the vertex:


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With more of a storm than a buzz brewing up around US metallers The Last Ten Seconds Of Life, the Mansfield, Pennsylvania quartet unleash their new album Invivo[Exvivo] to ravage not only their already seemingly submissive homeland but equally Europe and the UK. Ten tracks of virulently malicious and ridiculously compelling extreme provocation the album is a ferocious mix of filth clad aural brutality. A voracious maelstrom of everything from deathcore to grind, groove to nu metal and a flood of plenty more essences poisoning its vitriolic glory, the band's sound takes no prisoners but neither does it leave the listener searching for rapacious imagination or feverishly rewarding adventure. Some of the tracks take longer to pull a submission than others from the passions but ultimately all succeed on one quite exhausting and riveting scourge.
Formed in 2010 and consisting of guitarist and songwriter Wyatt McLaughlin, vocalist Storm Strope, bassist Anthony Madara, and drummer Christian Fisher, The Last Ten Seconds Of Life not only build on but stretch strenuously the seeds sown and bred on previous releases, the Justice EP of 2010, debut album Know Your Exits in 2011, and the Warpath EP of the following year. Invivo[Exvivo] takes everything to new impacting levels, its impressive savagery and inventiveness the band at a new vicious creative height. Released by Workhorse Music, it is fair to say that the album is not quite the perfect beast, at times missing a few opportunities in a torrent of successes to tantalise as it rips out the jugular, but there is never a moment or second offered which does not flare up the senses and passions into an excited state.
Engineered by Grant McFarland and produced by Carson Slovak (August Burns Read, Texas in July), Invivo[Exvivo] uncages Fertile Steps first to leap upon and savage the senses. The opening breath of the song is an antagonistic brawl and things only intensify as rhythms punch and slap with merciless and spite whilst riffs grind out insidious grooves around the impressive varied venomous squalls of Strope. From the first minute of his appearance the vocalist impresses and leaves ears as hungry for his destructive narrative as the carnivorous sounds around him. The track itself has a definite Slipknot meets Carcass feel at times but also with an unrelenting drench of Pig Destroyer saliva soaking the results.
The immense and thrilling start is soon taken up and further by False Awakening and the following A Dime A Dozen, both sonic carnivores which tear through the ears with an intensive heavyweight predation and rhythmic stalking. The first comes from the violent throes of demons, in tone and effect soaked vocals which mingle with the guttural spewing which spills bile with every outpouring. The track stomps as it comes to an early conclusion allowing a breath to be swallowed before its successor produces a pestilential fury of unpredictable and persistently shifting sounds and flavours. Grooves and carnal riffery are irresistible bait in the torrential contagion and malevolently cantankerous heart of the confrontation. It is the first major pinnacle of the album though not that many steps above what came before to be honest such the impressive start of the album.
Numbskull is the nasty spawn of a hard core and grind union; a track which rampages over and slowly preys on its victim with a continually switching creative intent, again a Slipknot like prompting with Devildriver animosity and Brutal Truth hatred a suggestive texture. It is a downtuned sonic pestilence easy to be consumed by and drool over as is the next up tide of ferocity The Face, a track which scars and seduces simultaneously though both abilities come with an untamed rapacious corrosion.
Morality emerges from a winding sonic enticement initially before placing itself intimidatingly around the ears to take rhythmic and melodically bred violent swipes. It is a striking entrance but soon losing a part of its compulsion as it employs spoken vocals/sample within a maze of guitar sculpted descriptive noise. The track is strong and constantly slipping in a prod at the appetite but is devoid of the spark which made the previous tracks so irresistible. Arguably the song is too adventurous for its own good and certainly there is not the same fluidity linking all its imagination as that impressive elsewhere on the release. Its 'weakness' is instantly amended by Haste Makes Waste and Deadfast though, the first a magnetic tsunami of intensity speared by a great and varied swinish vocal delivery from Strope yet again. The second of the two is another best track contender, niggling hypnotic grooves opening up the throat of the song before its roar and ferocity storms the barricades with a delicious part hardcore, part industrial metal, and all extreme metal esurience. Relentlessly twisting its body and potent resources around and within itself, it is an exceptional blitz of ideas and flavouring which just gets better and better with a great sludgy intensity to its closing incitement.
To be honest Skeletal took more time than any of the songs to fully convince, though it's impossibly black and malignant heart and lethal sonic emprise was swift in its captivation. Eventually it did prove itself to be one of the strongest hatefully impressive blessings on the release. Its triumph makes way for the closing Ego Death, a seven minute plus infestation of grooves and rancorous imagination which gnaws away at and suffocates the senses with the densest malevolence jaundiced assault on the album. It completes in Invivo[Exvivo] an outstanding , absorbing, and invigorating intrusion which without being the complete devil is a demon record to make The Last Ten Seconds Of Life your next best brutal friend.
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I field the calls from panicked new parents all the time: "We need therapy every day of the week!" Parents of older children who are still struggling ask, "Would adding another therapy help him overcome this difficulty?" Parents who have toured various school options tell me, "This one will have her at school five days a week 8AM to 5PM, it must be the best!" What is going on here?!?
Parents, in their desire to do right by their children with hearing loss, often buy into the myth that if one hour of therapy a week is good, then two hours must be better, three hours triple the benefit, and so on. It's a perfectly reasonable assumption, but any professional who leads you down this road probably has the bottom line in mind more than your family's success. Why?
Parent coaching is at the heart of listening and spoken language therapy. If the therapist does her job right, the family should leave the weekly session feeling comfortable with auditory verbal strategies and confident in their ability to carry them out throughout the week. Overscheduling therapy or educational services leads to parents who abdicate the responsibility for their child's development and children who are burnt out and not effective learners. Children's brains need time to rest, grow, play, explore, and absorb new information. Parents need guidance to implement therapy strategies in the home, so therapy doesn't become an even that happens "Wednesdays 2-3PM" but rather a lifelong experience of listening, learning, and enjoying together.


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Originally published: Sep 2015
Author: Julie Murphy
Set in: Texas
Genre: YA
Page count: 400
Reading dates: 14-19 Apr 2018
Star Rating: 4/5
Dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom, Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin, despite being overweight. When Will takes a job at the local fast-food joint, she meets Bo, a hot former jock. Will finds herself attracted to Bo, and Bo seems to like her back, much to her surprise.
The fact Bo likes Will, knocks her confidence. She enjoys kissing him but feels uncomfortable with him touching her back fat. And she is horrified of the idea of becoming a couple because she thinks people will judge them, wondering what Bo is doing with her.
She rejects Bo and in an effort to get her self-confidence back, she does the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Teen Blue Bonnet Pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates from her school — to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does.
This is a pretty light-hearted read which is just what I needed after the last few quite intense books I have read. I like the fact that the writer doesn't define what she means by "fat" as everyone has different ideas as to what "fat" means. The themes of the book – loving who you are whatever you think might be wrong with you, ignoring the bullies, grief and friendship come across nicely. Will is a great protagonist – we see her confident and vulnerable sides and you can't help but like her.
I felt the ending was a bit of a let-down, almost as if the author got a bit bored with the story! There is a follow up, Puddin' coming in May 2018 so I guess that's why the book didn't wrap up completely. Despite the ending, I already have Puddin' ready to go and I'm happy to dive back into Will's life.
Later this year, Dumplin' the movie will be released, staring Jennifer Aniston as Willow's mum and Danielle Macdonald as Willow.


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text: I attended party but didn't consume drugs: Shraddha Kapoor ADVERTISEMENT Shraddha Kapoor was questioned by the NCB's SIT on Saturday. The 'Saaho' actress is reported to have told the investigating agency that she did attend a party hosted by Sushant Singh Rajput at his Mumbai guesthouse along with other actors. Shraddha reportedly said that weed and alcohol were consumed at the party. However, she refuted the suspicion that drugs were consumed. The party was hosted by the late Bollywood actor SSR after the release of 'Chhichore'. Deepika Padukone, too, was questioned today. It seems the 'Padmaavat' actress and Shraddha were not questioned together. Sara Ali Khan was also spotted at the NCB office. Rakul Preet Singh was questioned on Friday.


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You know how it goes – another A4 brown envelope hits the doormat, you rip it open, braced for a rejection, read the slip which says . . . hang on, it says: "Thanks, I'd like to take your poem. With best wishes, Hugo W."
Within hours of reading Hugo Williams' note, the phone rings. It's the Spectator's Arts Desk to check my poem is still available (apparently, a two month wait is considered worthy of an apology). Then, after a couple of days, the emotional back lash – is it true, did I dream it up, will it really go in?
Come Easter, there it is, better than a chocolate egg, on page 13 of the March 26th edition, all shiny and brand new in the middle of an article about Tory in-fighting.
Friends are duly phoned. They buy copies (many in disguise for political reasons) and I sit back and try to imagine the 60,000 readers who might be considering my poem right now. Will it help them think differently about the refugee crisis? Does poetry make anything happen? Are we all wasting our time?
Much too heavy for the Easter break. I decide on a piece of chocolate and settle down to read some mouth-watering book reviews, including one I may well spend my ill-gotten fee on: Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits. It's by art historian Frances Borzello, full of lavish illustrations and new research into gifted female painters who currently languish in museum basements. Shame on you, Establishment!


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As any professional forester will attest, we quickly learn the truth of an old business adage while working in the field: "The only constant is change." When working in an industry that is not only impacted by macroeconomic factors (oil prices, GDP, housing starts, etc.), we are also forced to adapt to whatever circumstances Mother Nature throws our way. As we have seen throughout 2019, the weather can wreak havoc on short-term performance in localized markets.
While I'm certainly not comparing the current pine stumpage market in the US South to the market directly in the wake of the 2008 Great Recession, there are some noteworthy similarities. Despite these resemblances, however, the market's performance has been affected by very different drivers.
- The weighted average pine stumpage price demonstrated a 35% decrease from 2007 to 2009, with a weighted average annual price in 2009 of $15.42/ton.
- The weighted average pine stumpage price demonstrated a 24% decrease from 1Q2018 to 3Q2019 with an ending average of $15.53/ton. This marks the first time the price has dropped below $16/ton since 2011.
Historical vs. Current Market: Why is it Suppressed?
From the onset of the Great Recession in 2007 and its immediate aftermath, the market for southern timber shrank due to lack of demand. Consider the compounding consequences of the housing market crash during that time period and their effects on housing starts, for example. Starts in January of 2006 were 2.3 million units, which represented a high point of the decade. However, three years later in January 2009, starts totaled just 490,000 units—a decrease of 79%. The tremendous reduction in demand for lumber and other building products sent shockwaves through the entire forest supply chain, resulting in the current oversupply of timber on the stump throughout southern forests.
Now, flash forward 10 years. Based on weather challenges experienced during the last 12 months, timber tracts that were previously purchased became unworkable; the markets reacted accordingly and sent stumpage prices soaring in 1Q2019. Harvesting crews put these tracts on the back burner and moved to workable tracts to maintain production. However, when the wet weather subsided, these crews simply circled back to work the previously-purchased tracts in the "bottoms" that had dried out.
As a result, timber purchasers still have a surplus of wood on their books, which means they aren't actively buying stumpage and are essentially working to get rid of what they already have. Sellers of timber are now dealing with two challenging dynamics: 1) repercussions of the oversupply that date back to the 2007-2010 time period; 2) slack demand in the current market, which is keeping downward pressure on prices.
What Does This Mean for Timber Markets in the Near Term?
While current stumpage prices are once again suppressed, a global recession is not the culprit… thankfully. This time, extreme weather patterns (both wet and dry) across US South have combined with a tense trade situation, which that has spooked many markets. Housing starts are flat, and demand for lumber and other building products is equally flat. (The forest segment is not alone, however, as it seems like a number of industries are in a holding pattern at the moment.)
This combination of factors over the last year has resulted in significantly fewer new stumpage sales on a Southwide basis. There are pockets where stumpage prices have surged due to demand, but they are the exception and not the rule. However, as previously purchased timber inventories become depleted, something will have to give. We are now entering inventory-building season in a prime buyer's markets, which should prompt some new stumpage sales in the coming months.
Many southern timberland owners currently find themselves in a similar situation they experienced 12 years ago: they have lots of timber for sale, but no buyers. While the drivers of these two situations outlined above are very different, both have ultimately led to a flooded market with sluggish demand. Timberland owners need to know what's happening in their local markets to maximize their returns, and buyers need to stay ahead the competition and secure stumpage sales at competitive prices. While we can't control the weather or the broader economy, timber buyers and sellers can make better decisions by accessing the historical price data, trends and timber sales details available in Stumpage 360.


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Background on Yacht Remote Monitoring System (YRMS) developed by CruiseEmail.
|CruiseEmail is now adding a new product to its well known SSB email systems. This new Yacht Remote Monitoring System (YRMS) offers a low cost, high technology, and very simple installation that any owner could install himself/herself. There are two basic models available, for mono-hulls/power boats and catamarans. YRMS connects to the Internet either directly from the YRMS module to a marina WiFi, or through your own WiFi access point. This small high power YRMS computer will monitor and instantly inform you of your battery voltages (one or more banks), disruption in AC dockside power, bilge pump activity, high water alarms, smoke detection, temperature, humidity, and many more critical boat systems.
How does YRMS work?
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The YRMS Mini computer is also a wireless router. This router is programmed to connect to the Marine WiFi network and is then routed automatically to the CruiseEmail Cloud network. All of the addresses are programmed by the client (owner) with multiple email's, at the Cloud. Those email address will send the alerts to whomever you want to be notified should alarms be triggered.
The YRMS mini computer can also perform as a server, and send data wirelessly to your nearby mobile devices without the need for a connection to a WiFi access point. The feature, allows you to monitor your boat while in the comfort of your state room, bridge deck, etc. You can view the bilge activity, temperature, humidity, voltage of your batteries, wind generator, dockside power, solar panels, and anything else you have connected to the YRMS.
Note: You can connect the YRMS wirelessly to either your boats wireless access point or the marina access point. You can also monitor your boats equipment on your smartphone while On-Board with no WiFi connection.
What is the YRMS Dashboard?
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|The YRMS dashboard is an online display of all of the sensors you connected to your YRMS. We provide a link to your dashboard which displays the current conditions on your boat. You can can view the battery voltages for each battery bank, whether your dockside power is connected, how often your bilges are running, the temperature and humidity on your boat, etc. At a glance, you can have piece of mind that your boat is safe and secure from a low power situation, or water intrusion.
Simple to Install.
|To setup and install the YRMS each sensor is connected with a #20 marine gauge wire that will connect to each device to be monitored. There are 8 or 16 analog inputs, depending on the model, and 8 on/off sensors contacts. The analog contacts will sense any sensor that has a 12 volt DC source That sensor gets connected to the YRMS module. There are 2 models, for catamarans (16 analog inputs) and for mono hulls/power boats (8 analog inputs). As soon as 12 volts gets applied, a LED that is assigned to that device will light up informing you that you have made a good connection and that device is now being monitored. When connected to each device, the YRMS module with the associated LED's located on the mini computer will confirm that connection. Loop connections, which are marked separately will sense float switches that will indicate high water level sensors, and once the water reaches your designated height, the alarm will also send a signal to the YRMS computer and which will forwarded that alert to the CruiseEmail Cloud and onto your email device, iPhone, and anyone you placed on the contact list to be alerted as to emergency conditions on your vessel.
How YRMS gets powered.
The YRMS computer is powered by the on-board batteries and/or the dockside power. For example, if you lose the battery connection, YRMS will use dockside power. If you lose dockside power, the YRMS will utilize the boat batteries to stay in touch with the cloud. Whenever your dockside or battery power is disconnected, the YRMS will detect this power loss and alert you (and anyone else you may choose such as the marina officials) immediatly.
How YRMS gets connected.
The YRMS is connected wirelessly to the marina Internet WiFi or connected to your wireless router on-board your vessels, which then connects to the marina office (or any Wifi source). The router is then communicating via the local marina onto the YRMS CruiseEmail Cloud. Example: If you monitor your bulge pump and you view its status on your computer, iTablet, or iPhone you may notice that the bulge pump comes on only 1-2 times per day, but if the bulge pump comes on more often it will automatically send that alarm. Other devices as example, solar/wind power, can be monitored as to when you're generating power to your batteries, not only viewing the output of the devices, but also the voltages levels of all the batteries that you have wired to be monitored. Adding a wall-plugin power converter that outputs of 12 volts DC allows you to monitor the dockside AC connection to your boat.
It is advisable that when you register into a marina that you have a WiFi connection to their office and also make sure that there system is on 24/7 continually. CruiseEmail is currently qualifying marina's that will offer, YRMS, WiFi internet connection to their docking services. Also, it is possible that many vessels will anchor in areas near the marina and use the marina WIFI services for free or a small cost.
Of course, you can also benefit from the use of your own cellular hotspot (as a Wifi) if you want to monitor your boat at more remote anchorages.
Ask your Marina about their WiFi availability.
|The YRMS computer is also a WiFi router. This unit if placed near a port window (the less obstructions the better), has the ability to transmit/receive 300 yards,( 3 football fields LOS "Line of sight" ) to connect to the marine office, or closest WiFi Internet source.
Connect YRMS to your boat.
|The YRMS computer is easily connected to the bilge, batteries, AC power, or any of the other sensors you want to monitor. The photo on the left shows the ease of connecting your YRMS to your boat. Simply connect the YRMS using 20 gauge wire to the screw in terminals and you are ready to start monitoring!
|Enter your Name: (Jim Brown)
|Enter your Phone Number:
|Enter your EMAIL Address (email@example.com)
|Enter your question
This diagram only shows a few of the different pieces of equipment you can monitor with the YRMS.
Info on the dashboard goes here...
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Thanks for visiting this page. All are welcome at Trinity—young and not-so-young, families, singles. Come as you are! We are a congregation of the Evangelical Church in America, or ELCA, that proclaims Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We trust the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe.
Our faith. Here's a snapshot from the ELCA website:
When Lutherans talk about faith, we are talking about the relationship God's Holy Spirit creates with us. It's a relationship where God's promise of steadfast love and mercy in Jesus opens us to a life of bold trust in God and joyful, generous service to everyone we know and meet in daily life.
Our purpose. Our mission at Trinity is this: United and empowered to worship, connect, serve. That statement summarizes our purpose as a unified congregation, empowered by our faith, to worship together, connect with one another, and serve God's people in the community and the world.
Can't wait to see you! We hope you will indeed connect with us as a new or returning guest. We look forward to meeting you soon.


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To the Moon and Back
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon. July 1969, AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
I took this photo of our moon two years ago, during my summer in Amsterdam. At the time I set it aside, not thinking it would ever be an appropriate photo for a travel blog.
But with all the build-up this week to the anniversary of Apollo 11, it seems like an appropriate photo for today, the 50th anniversary of the day Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. After all, isn't space the ultimate travel destination?
I was too young in 1969 to remember much of Apollo 11. I have a vague memory of looking up at the night sky and asking my mom if the astronauts were on the moon at that very moment. "Maybe," she said, but as I think about this memory, I know it was highly unlikely at that age that I was taking a walk outdoors after dark in the middle of July. And so, as we say in my family, I probably dreamed it.
As I watch all the documentaries on TV this week about Apollo 11, there are two thoughts that keep coming back to me. The first is that walking on the moon seems so very concrete compared to what we've seen of space travel in the past few decades. A man or woman taking a spacewalk from the Space Shuttle or the International Space Station leaves no trace. But a walk on the moon … there are footprints.
And the second thought is that, for a while at least, all of humanity was united in aiming for and achieving a common goal.
Would that all of humanity could be that unified again.


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Lviv National Stepan Gzhytsky University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology is a powerful educational and scientific center, known for its well-established teaching methods, tight collaboration with agricultural production and training of highly qualified specialists.
For the moment, over 6,000 full- and part-time students are studying Veterinary at the University. The university trains junior specialists and masters in 5 majors, offers pre-entry courses, has 4 faculties of full-time education, Faculty of Distance Education, Institute of Postgraduate Education and Staff Retraining.
The University authorities take all due measures so that agricultural diplomas of Ukraine could receive official recognition from the universities of developed countries. Thus, educational and scientific activity of Ukraine's agricultural universities has undergone sweeping reforms. Among the major innovations are the introduction of the credit-modular system of educational process and functionally differentiated system of specialists' training.
You can study veterinary medicine in Lviv, Ukraine in this University which conducts training of specialists in 12 specialities and 15 specializations, and provides educational services in the following fields: engineering, food technology, veterinary medicine, production and processing technology of livestock products, law, management and administration, aquaculture and fisheries, economics and business, environmental protection and ecology.
Much attention is given to the quality of teaching and learning activities. The University has achieved great results in the implementation of innovative teaching methods, like modular training system, performance appraisal rating system and also in the integration of science and educational process. The use of innovative teaching methods, coupled with the computerization of learning activities allows students getting comprehensive knowledge of the targeted speciality. The best students have a chance to undertake an internship in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and in the Netherlands.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Lviv National Stepan Gzhytsky University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology is proud to have one of the biggest and oldest faculties of veterinary medicine in Ukraine. The first faculty of veterinary medicine in the Eastern Europe was opened in Ukraine in 1784. Initially, it functioned as a part of the medical department of Lviv National Ivan Franko University.
Today, the faculty comprises 10 departments for Study Veterinary abroad in Lviv:
- internal animal diseases and clinical recognition
- parasitology and ichthyotoxicology
- obstetrics, gynaecology and biotechnology of animal reproduction, named after G.V. Zvereva
- epizootology
- veterinary-sanitary evaluation, hygiene and general veterinary prevention
- pharmacology and toxicology
- microbiology and virology
- hominal physiology and pathophysiology, named after S.V. Stojanovski
- normal and morbid morphology and legal veterinary
- Veterinary (Zoo) surgery.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine trains Bachelors and Masters of Veterinary Science and offers postgraduate and doctorate programs for training scientific manpower.
Study in Lviv National Stepan Gzhytsky University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology is licensed to provide educational services in the field of Veterinary Medicine for international students. All foreign students enrolled at the University have equal educational opportunities with local students and are supplied with all study materials and equipment necessary for a comprehensive education.


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10-12 Passengers
127 Baggage Capacity
667 Airspeed
4,800 Range
7.8 Cabin Width
6.2 Cabin Height
33.2 Cabin Length
Enclosed Lavatory Style
The Falcon 900LX is a heavy jet in Dassault's lineup of tri-engine, wide-bodied, long-range business jets with plenty of range: 4,750 nm. The aircraft typically carries ten to twelve passengers. The Dassault Falcon 900LX, which earned FAA and EASA certification in 2011, is also the first Falcon to earn certification with the new EASy II avionics system. Apart from its tri-engine design, the defining features of the new 900LX are its winglets, new to the 900 series, and its upgraded avionics suite, the EASy II cockpit.
Based on Dassault's EASy cockpit take on Honeywell's Primus Epic suite, EASy II adds many capabilities while also improving upon the system's basic functionality. You can charter a Dassault Falcon 900LX from JetOptions by calling us or using our simple price quote request form below.


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Mobility & Collaboration White Paper
A QAD DynaSys Leadership White Paper for Supply Chain Mobility and Collaboration
In modern-day supply chains borders, time zones, and languages no longer present conventional obstacles to supply chain cooperation. Social media and advanced communications, trade agreements, and multinational companies have flattened the world, and the players in a collaborative process may not be in the same geography or even in the same enterprise. Distributors can collaborate with contract manufacturers and third party logistics providers to solve a single problem.
Supply chains, like most other facets of our everyday lives, have become increasingly connected and global. The Internet-of-Things (IoT) delivers real-time connectivity to billions of devices around the world. This has led to coupled supply chains capable of visualizing the real-time flows of demand and supply across countries, companies, industries and languages. But are we now data rich and insight poor?


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If you are a nature lover AND a lover of gorgeous wedding design and details, you are in store for a treasure of beauty. Lauren and Karl's fall Cedarwood wedding feature is so full of stunning green details and spaces, we may have gotten a little carried away! Lauren's wedding design was based on her love of greenery (the new flower!) and the art of terrarium arrangements. Karl and Lauren share a love of outdoor spaces, and they wanted to enjoy and embrace as much of the venue's property as possible, including a post-ceremony rowboat ride on Mooncake Lake. Equally important was surrounding their family and friends with nature including an outdoor ceremony and al fresco dance party complete with warming fires and cigars.
Like a woodland stroll revealing nature's plethora of precious elements, all perfect in of themselves, weddings are a similar magical journey. A mosaic of moments, details, emotions and environments, collectively creating a monumental event in the lives of two people in love, and those that love them. Enjoy Lauren and Karl's wonderful woodland wedding celebration through these photos by Krista Lee Photography.
Amazing natural style. Congratulations Lauren and Karl – we are smitten with every single detail of your wedding and the fantastic photos by Krista Lee Photography! Thank you for choosing Cedarwood as your Nashville wedding venue!
Check out Lauren and Karl's wedding feature on Borrowed and Blue HERE.
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This coming Saturday, in the Latin Church, we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Because I believe this to be an important feast of the Church, I have written on this topic numerous times in two and a half years. It's at the Visitation where Mary greets her older cousin Elizabeth, who is also pregnant and was known to a barren woman. We also hear Mary's Song of Praise, the Magnificat, during the Visitation.
For today's "Mondays with Mary", I bring you into the mind of one of the great Early Church Fathers and Doctors of the Church, Saint Athanasius of Alexandria. Since St. Athanasius had to battle the Arians in the Early Church, much of his theology focuses on Christology, which in turn led him to defending Mary's Motherhood and Perpetual Virginity.
Although Mary's Motherhood (Theotokos) and Perpetual Virginity would not be declared dogmatic till the fifth and seventh centuries, the doctrines were held as truth by many early Church Fathers. Many of them fought with pen and papyrus in defending Mary, which in turn had them defending Jesus Christ. It's the common understanding that when you state something incorrect about Mary's nature, you are in fact stating something incorrect about nature of Jesus Christ.
The excerpt below is from St. Athanasius' Homily of the Papyrus of Turin. In it, he clearly calls out Arius, who thought that Jesus Christ was above man, but below God. For Arius, Jesus Christ is a demi-god like the Marvel Comics hero, THOR.
"[Mary] greets Elizabeth: the Mother of the Master greets [the mother] of the servant; the Mother of the King greets the mother of the solider; the Mother of God greets the mother of the man; the Virgin greets the married woman. She greets Elizabeth with an outward greeting, and when the two greet each other in a visible manner, the Holy Spirit, who dwelt in Mary's womb, incites him who is in Elizabeth's womb, as one who urges on his friend, 'Hurry, get up!'
Therefore he who dwelt in Elizabeth's womb leapt. And behold: [Christ spoke to him] saying, 'Go forth; make straight my paths, so that I may realize the plan [economy] that has been determined for me.' When Mary and Elizabeth greeted one another, Christ also greeted John in his mother's womb, as it is [said] in the Gospel: 'It happened that, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby stirred in her womb of joy.'
Come now, raving Arius: do you not hear that he who is in Mary's womb and he who is in Elizabeth's womb are exchanging greetings, while the son of the barren woman announces to the whole world: 'Behold the Son of God in the womb of the holy Virgin, Mary.'
But you say, 'How does this happen?' Listen, and I will tell you. The moment John heard his Master's voice, he greeted him through the mouth of his mother, and then he rejoiced and delighted to hasten forth from this mother's womb, in advance of his Master. Then, unable to contain his joy, he cried out, through his mother's mouth, addressing the Virgin: 'Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb. But who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?'
My dear friends, do not think that John was the instrument; Elizabeth is the instrument, and John speaks through her mouth. Now, just as John was not an instrument, so also the Savior greets John, by the greeting Mary addresses to Elizabeth through the mouth of his mother."
Wow…That is one moving excerpt! When we hear the voice of God, the voice of Jesus Christ in our hearts, let us pray that we have the courage, strength, and grace to – Hurry and Get Up! Let us also pray that the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the greeting She and Jesus brings to Elizabeth and John can be brought to each and every one of us.
Gambero, Luigi. Mary and the Fathers of the Church. Ignatius Press, 1999.
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The Daily Telegraph is reporting that more trade bidders have exited the race to acquire the magazine division of BBC Worldwide after it emerged that Top Gear magazine and other leading BBC titles were not part of the sale.They quote a source close to a trade bidder as saying that while indicative offers came in at around £160m, some first round bids were lowered to about £110m and second round offers to between £70m and £100m.
Other sources, "familiar with the process" have insisted that there was still interest in the titles, with private equity groups among them.
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I went out for dinner with my friend, and she told me something that made me genuinely laugh tonight. She told me that her husband, an intelligent man, once admitted to her that he had never cleaned their bathroom. There was no need to, he said proudly, as they had designed the layout so well that the bathroom was self-cleaning. It was always so spotlessly clean! So shiny and fresh!
My friend, with a great deal more self control that I would have been able to maintain, had to tell her husband that no, in fact, their bathroom was not of the magical, self-cleaning variety, and for the last few years since its installation, she had been responsible for cleaning it.
I don't understand how such a normally intelligent man could be so naive! What did he think the bottles of bathroom cleaner were for? Did he think that the bathroom cleaning fairies visited in the middle of the night?
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Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics
Document Type
Research Article
Demands for mechanisms to pay for adaptation to climate risks have multiplied rapidly as concern has shifted from greenhouse gas mitigation alone to also coping with the now-inevitable impacts. A number of viable approaches to how to pay for those adjustments to roads, drainage systems, lifeline utilities and other basic infrastructure are emerging, though untested at the scale required across the nation, which already has a trillion-dollar deferred maintenance and replacement problem. There are growing efforts to find new ways to harness private financial resources via new market arrangements to meet needs that clearly outstrip public resources alone, as well as to utilize and combine public resources more effectively. To date, mechanisms are often seen through a specific lens of scale, time, and method, for example national versus local and public versus market-based means. The purpose here is to integrate a number of those perspectives and also to highlight the following in particular. Current experience with seemingly more pedestrian needs like stormwater management funding is in fact a learning step towards new approaches for broader adaptation needs, using re-purposed but existing fiscal tools. The resources raised from new large-scale market approaches for using catastrophe- and resiliency-bond-derived funds will have their use embodied and operationalized in many separate local and state projects. The invention and packaging of innovative projects—the pre-development phase—will be pivotal to better using fiscal resources of many types. Those efforts can be greatly aided or hindered by larger national and especially state government policy, regulatory and capital market arrangements. Understanding the path to integration of effort across these scales deserves much more attention. Examples are given of how federal, state and local roles are each dimensions of that frontier, how existing tools can apply in new ways and how smart project creation plays a role.
Recommended Citation
Kartez, Jack D. Ph.D. and Merrill, Samuel B. Ph.D.
"Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanisms: New Frontiers For Familiar Tools,"
Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics:
Vol. 3:
2, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15351/2373-8456.1066
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