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Following a Menlo Park tradition in which each mayor delivers a "State of the City" address at the close of his or her one-year mayoral term, Mayor Rich Cline gave his own "honest, off the chest" take on where things stand in Menlo Park to a crowd gathered Nov. 17 at Facebook's recently renovated Building 23.
He praised the hard work of staff and locals, spoke about the significant, and not all positive, changes the city has undergone in the last decade, cautioned against the conversion of Menlo Park into a "company town" and brought in a panel of experts on housing, education and transportation to talk about what can be done next.
History weighed on Mr. Cline's narrative of Menlo Park's current state of affairs. In the past decade, Menlo Park has approved the Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel, spent six years ironing out the El Camino Real/downtown specific plan, seen the Menlo Gateway project win over voters, observed growth and renovations at the Tarlton Properties life sciences business park, braced for major developments by Stanford and Greenheart, and, of course, become Facebook's hometown.
Facebook's rapid growth in Menlo Park (the council recently approved Facebook's plans to build two more large office buildings and a hotel) points to Menlo Park becoming a "company town," he said. The phrase, he said, dredges up comparisons to companies like General Motors, Standard Oil, the Hershey Company, and the Pullman Company. For the home cities of those companies, success rises and falls with the success of the company, he said.
Sandwich those changes between major development happening in Redwood City, Stanford and Palo Alto, and major job growth regionwide, and, Mr. Cline said, "that's a hell of a lot to swallow for a small town."
Those changes, Mr. Cline said, have led to a reversal in dominant attitudes toward housing development. Higher density housing — let alone affordable housing — met with widespread obstinacy seven or eight years ago, he said. "Now we can't build it fast enough."
"I do think the state of the city is very strong," he said, adding that the city is doing as well financially as he has seen it during his 10 years on the council.
The city, he said, is only as strong as its fight to keep diverse communities and equal access to services and education. "Otherwise we'll become another town that ran itself over with progress."
This is his third "State of the City" address. He previously served as mayor in 2010 and 2011.
Expert panel
City staff presented a video that asked people who live or work in Menlo Park what they think the city's biggest problems are. The responses were generally housing affordability, traffic and educational equity.
Go to tinyurl.com/state675 to watch the video.
Three local experts were called in to talk about those problems on a panel with Mr. Cline: Evelyn Stivers, executive director of the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County; Ted Lempert, a trustee of the county's education board; and Mark Spencer, managing principal of W-Trans, a Santa Rosa-based transportation consulting firm.
On the housing front, Ms. Stivers said that San Mateo County has been adding jobs and housing at a ratio of 26 to 1 over the last three years. "Of course we're going to be freaking about housing. We've created a mess," she said.
On the education front, Mr. Lempert said the community should get more involved in local schools, including their funding.
On the transportation front, Mr. Spencer said that the city will need to work more regionally and innovatively. He suggested applying the tech slogan, "move fast and break things" to the city's problem with a lack of bus shelters in the Belle Haven area. For now, he asked, why not put out some pop-up canopies?


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How do i just change one letter of a sentence for example if i have a file that says:
hi how is your day howard
i want to change all h's to z's so it will look like this
zi zow is your day zoward
i have this
type config.ini | Findstr /v "a" >%temp%\1.txt
REM get the value of 4, suppose it is OFF now.
echo z >>%temp%\1.txt
type %temp%\1.txt >config2.ini
but it is not quite working it replaces the whole string with a h in it to z and cuts out the rest of the text
hi try this
echo hi how is your day howard | sed 's/h/z/3'
A different tack - one problem is that it will not output blank lines.:@echo off>config2.ini cls setlocal enabledelayedexpansion for /f "tokens=*" %%1 in (config.ini) do ( set var=%%1 set var=!var:h=z!&echo !var!>>config2.ini ) type config2.ini
Did you Google for an answer before asking the question?
Thank you both very much!

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We pick up the action on the turn as Bob Mather is all in with 66 and called by Dan Alspach with TT, and Mather should be feeling great.
Because the flop was 633, he flopped a boat and called the turn all in with two pair.
The river?
T♦ .. .boat over boat .... a two-outer sends Mather to the rail in 93rd place.
In the (poker-tweaked) words of Rasheed Wallace, Boat Don't Lie.


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Due to the internet, you're certainly not required to buy the same old invitations that everyone have seen for the last 20 years. With a bit of time and effort, you can save time and money and design your graduation invitation for free. You worked hard to achieve your goal and your announcement should reflect your milestone in style.
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Without Self-Esteem You Will Never Meet a Mistress
Flesh and blood F/m relationships are usually friendly, often affectionate. Dominant women prefer to be around men they like.
Dommes either have or want a lover. Sure, some women prefer solitude. Solitaries are an exception.
Companionship is a universal need. We fill our homes with cats and dogs. Pets sometimes are our best friends. Their unqualified attention diminishes the aches of loneliness.
Male Femdom fantasies are rich in images of men being treated with contempt by women. Unfulfilled submission pushes men to wish for the extreme: depersonalization and objectification.
This is surely one of the emotional tides that drive men to confess their worthlessness. They dream of being treated with contempt by a woman. Some think of themselves as disgusting, despicable.
Being a man is a sin. Masculinity is shameful. A delusion most common among men who believe in female supremacy and superiority.
Those feelings, self-humiliation, confessions of inferiority assure they will never have an unpaid relationship with a dominant woman.
These guys are bamboozled by other submissive men. Men who pose as dominant women. They write of wholly fictitious female-led marriages. They live their fantasies online by pretending to be Mistress Wives.
Years ago, I noticed how most of these people have much the same prose style. They recycle identical clichés. They are convincing writers.
Professional Dommes prosper online. Some use female supremacy. There is no shame in paying them. ProDommes satisfy their clients' desires. Professional Mistresses, when working, do not reflect the behavior the hundreds of thousands of unpaid dominant women.
Extreme fantasies are fun. Don't confuse your Femdom fantasy life with is attainable.
Dommes and submissive men have happy, companionable relationships. Mistresses do love their slaves.
Find your self-worth. Without self-esteem you will never meet a Mistress.
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Controlling expenses and optimizing the performance for each Property Manager's residential and commercial tenant space locally or around the country can be a challenging task. Affordable, available and timely access to energy and facility data and information is often the greatest shortcoming in managing these assets effectively. As a result, some property managers find themselves reacting to comfort issues and emergency repairs while contending with rising overall costs of operation and energy.
Our Building Energy Management System (BEMS) automated sensors and gateways installed in a tenant space can monitor and control the largest energy users. Equipment that is operating inefficiently or in need of maintenance is immediately identified and alerts are sent to the appropriate party. Tenants and Property Managers are engaged through our BEMS portal, mobile app and push notifications so that maintenance surprises are a thing of the past and energy and operational savings are a welcomed future.


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The following is a guest post by Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Founding Director of the Center for Health Equity; Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., MD, Chief Medical Examiner, Washington, DC; and Javier Lopez, Assistant Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Director of the Bureau of Systems Partnerships, Center for Health Equity.
"Addressing violence as a health issue is a paradigm shift that is critical not to winning an ideological battle, but ensuring that people are safe, that their children can thrive."
– Dr. Mary T. Bassett, Commissioner, New York City Health Department
Young people from many corners of our nation have cried out for years that their communities are dying too early as a result from gun violence and dying a slow death from the trauma it leaves. Now we are witness to young people from Helena, Montana to Parkland, Florida, and the Bronx in New York City leveraging their common agendas and calling for an end to partisan divide. But there is still something noticeably missing from advocacy for gun violence prevention today—pushing for a public health approach to stop violence from happening in the first place.
The World Health Organization defines health as "a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." In public health, we protect health for whole communities and populations. We look for patterns of disease, help shift people away from behaviors connected to disease, and address context to prevent risky behaviors in the first place. Whenever we have halted epidemics, we have used powerful public health methods.
However, since the 1990s the criminal justice system and law enforcement have been the primary architects of gun violence prevention efforts. A criminal justice focused prevention strategy has led to heavy emphasis on deterrence and punishment, especially for people of color.As we have learned from the opioid epidemic, preventing gun violence requires responses from beyond solely the criminal justice system and pinning communities as "bad people" in "bad places."
So what is meant when we say gun violence is a public health issue?
- Gun violence is a behavior that can spread like an infection, leading to more violence. It contributes to avoidable injury, life lost, and impacts the mental health of entire communities, not only individuals. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 38,658 firearm related deaths in the United States in 2016; two-thirds of which are suicides, less than two percent are mass shootings.
- Gun violence is a symptom of the larger structural and historical contexts of our nation. Structural violence is created by racist policies and worsened by racial violence. These are headwinds created by our nation's legacy of white supremacy, removal from land, slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, mass incarceration, and gentrification, to name a few. These policies have led to systems and institutions that perpetuate injustices, often invisible, based on race, gender, and income, and inflict physical, mental, and emotional harm on people and communities.
- Gun violence tears apart families and communities and often occurs at the crossroads of other forms of violence, such as intimate partner violence, child abuse, bullying, and other assaults on people. Trauma from violence can be passed down through generations putting children at an increased risk of chronic illnesses later in life, such as heart disease.
- Gun violence more often affects those pushed to the margins of society, causing big differences between groups in their experience and burden of gun violence, injury and early death. In addition to the many school students who have lost their lives within school walls over decades, people of color, cis and trans gendered women, LGBTQ identified people, people with mental illness, indigenous people, immigrants, and people with limited resources have predominantly carried the weight of gun violence. Today, Black men are six percent of the population but make up greater than 50 percent of all firearm related deaths.
Why is advocacy needed to push the health frame?
In 2015, Former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher wrote in the Kelly Report, "Public health is the collective effort of a society to create the conditions in which people can be healthy; relative to violence, the public health approach has never been fully implemented." The CDC, our lead public health agency, historically provides frameworks and evidence to guide state and local governments to tackle some of greatest public health crises issues, including obesity, smoking, HIV, motor vehicle collisions, and now opioid overdose prevention.
In 1979, the first Healthy People Surgeon General's Report identified stress and violent behavior as one of 15 priority areas for public health action. During the 1980s and early 90s, much progress was made by the CDC and communities across the country in better understanding and preventing violence.
Then in the early 1990s, evidence showed that guns in the home increased the risk of homicide and suicide. Driven by a powerful gun lobby led by the National Rifle Association, an amendment by a Congressman from Arizona banned gun violence research connected to advocacy and, subsequently, funding for research was cut from the CDC's budget by Congress. Now 20 years later, public health practitioners and scientists have not been able to move forward in fully addressing gun violence as a health issue since then.
Not only did this halt the CDC's ability to study gun violence as a public health issue, it also inhibited the CDC's ability to provide any level of comprehensive plan or guidance to local governments on data collection and evidence-based interventions; similar to how the CDC has done for obesity, smoking, and HIV.
There is a void and it needs to be filled. We must not play oppression Olympics or partisan politics with gun violence. We need more people, political will, policies, systems, and resources focused on preventing the root causes of gun violence through a public health lens for all types of gun related deaths — homicides, suicides, police-related, and mass shootings. This will allow us to:
- Have more useful data by setting up more collection and surveillance systems. Data will help us look at the health of whole populations, define why violence happens, analyze contributing factors (from structural to proximal), consider the influence of family and social networks in various regions across the country, prioritize which factors we can do something about, develop interventions, and study the effectiveness of these interventions (whether policy, research, or programs).
- Develop and implement policies that advance health justice, support health approaches to gun violence prevention, and dismantle the policies that perpetuate structural violence and worsen inequities.
- Protect our hospitals, schools, and other institutions by strengthening our ability and capacity to evaluate, respond to, and set up emergency preparedness and response systems.
- Deal with stress and trauma associated with gun violence by integrating trauma-informed practice, behavioral and mental health methods that respond to immediate and long-term needs, toxic stress and promote healing associated with trauma.
- Work across sectors to develop partnerships and alliancesandbe inclusive ofthose impacted the most by gun violence in developing interventions. We must engage community residents, community-based and faith-based organizations, coalitions, academia, and media in plans to see violence not as an inevitable consequence of modern life, but as a problem that can be understood and changed.


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Impulsive? Me? Never!
Well, I did it. I played around with WordPress for a couple of days, and liked it so much that I just said "what the heck," and switched over. This means the iBlog posts since September 29 are partially missing, but I will gradually put them into the WP blog. (In the meantime the old files still exist.)
Special note to those of you reading the RSS feed: Since I changed blog software, you might get some repeating posts. I really hope not and I apologize if it happens. One of the reasons I changed software is so that this kind of thing wouldn't happen as much as it did with iBlog.
There's a new design as well. If you liked the old one better, don't worry — I'm going to set up the page so that you can click to choose which look you prefer, the new starry night design or the old rusty stripes one. Or maybe some others as well. 🙂
Anyway, do try it out, leave comments, etc. This should be better for us in lots of ways.


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February 4: Bob Hawkesworth, former MLA, will speak about faith and work.
February 11: Service of Remembering – This service will be an opportunity to both acknowledge personal loss and grief and/or support fellow members of the CIM community in their experiences of loss. Drawing on ritual, memories, readings and music, together we will remember and share our care for each other.
February 18: Jason de Leeuw will speak about his non-profit organization, Father & Sons: Small Engine Services, Inc.
February 25: First Sunday of Lent
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Top Ten Things We Loved About the NFL In the 2000sZachW97
The Top Ten
Pats and Giants-Steelers and Cardinals-Pats and Rams. All close superbowls - ZachW97
I remember watching the steelers and cardinals. One of the best games I've ever watched
T. O, Chad Ocho, and Steve Smith make scoring TDs fun. - ZachW97
3 out of 4. They say Bellichick was playing chess while every one else was playing checkers. - ZachW97
Numerous records were beaten big time and should be ahead of the patriot's dynasty and wild wide outs (I hate wild wide outs their dumb)
Brady's 50 TD passes, LT's Rushing yards, Randy Moss's TD receptions. - ZachW97
One who wins big games and one who makes records. - ZachW97
25 new stadiums since 1995.Dont forget "Jerry World" the Dallas Cowboys stadium.Which is more like a concert than a game. - ZachW97
LOVE the photo of 1st Sgt. Marc Biletski cheering for the Seahawks! He's my baby brother and I am SO PROUD of him!
Only Bellichick, J. Fisher, and Andy Reid didn't switch during the 2000's. The Redskins had the most coaching switches. - ZachW97
This changed the game so it becomes fair for coaches to give them a second chance. - ZachW97
Donte Hall, Devin Hester, Josh Cribbs. Donte the human joystick, Devin opening kickoff in superbowl, and Josh the new era. - ZachW97
Its hester 40 0 0 Colorado touchdown
Packers, Jets, then Vikings. Are you gonna retire or not. - ZachW97
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Grant Me Timely Grace
A spy thriller set in Washington DC during the American Civil War, Grant Me Timely Grace is relentless, grabbing you from page one and not letting you loose until the end of the epilogue. Gerard Chantier is wealthy, stealthy and contradictory, devoted to the Confederacy but a passionate abolitionist. He has wormed his way into the confidence of members of Lincoln's cabinet and the leading generals of the Army of the Potomac and is poised to deliver the capital of the Union over to the colorful General "Jeb" Stuart.
As the main action of the novel begins, his carefully crafted plans are starting to come apart. His daughter, Thérese, refuses to marry as he bids her, shaking his alliance with British diplomats ready to favor the Confederacy. His oldest friend, James Bayeaux, a black man he freed from slavery, has a secret that will threaten more than Chantier could have suspected. New on the scene is Russell Johns, a disgraced Union officer wanting to get to the bottom of the conspiracy that forced his father to resign from the Senate. Each of these characters is fully drawn and keeps the tension going. There's also Rachel Matson, a Confederate spy who hates black people and men almost equally, and Johns's old West Point roommate who has made himself indispensable to all sides. Among the peripheral characters is Turner, a preacher who runs refugee camps for fleeing slaves and who is one of the strongest figures in the struggle, and the befuddled cabinet members and generals who have played into Chantier's hands.
Each character has his or her role to play in how all this shakes out, and every one of them is fully involved and necessary to the story. All this is brought together with painstaking historical detail that gives the reader a look at the politics underpinning the War Between the States. This novel is truly a page-turner, a tale of sacrifice and passion.


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'I also liked the way he wrote his numbers with a little stub of a pencil. The 4 was so round it looked like a knot of ribbon, and the 5 was leaning so far forward it seemed about to tip over. They weren't lined up very neatly, but they all had a certain personality. The Professor's lifelong affection for numbers could be seen in every figure he wrote.'
You'll never look at numbers the same way once you've read this book. ☺
The Housekeeper and the Professor is a charming, heart warming & intimate story of unlikely friendships, the beauty of mathematics, the spiritedness of baseball, all strung together by seemingly innocent numbers. I really loved the characters and their relationships. Loved the math, it took me back to my Engineering uni days. I just felt the chapters involving baseball dragged slightly and at places I felt Ogawa exaggerated the Professor's character making him seem a little unrealistic. But besides those minor issues, I really enjoyed the book!
Rating 3.5/5⭐
This edition has been published by Picador. This book has been translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder.


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Tim Duncan gets kicked in the nuts
How did Westbrook get foul shots after kicking someone else in the nuts?
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Smartphones have become ubiquitous in our culture. There's no denying the influence of the smartphone on the rise of social media, changes in commercial marketing and even the church.
Rarely a week goes by without me receiving an email, message or tweet from a pastor or church leader asking about church apps, social media strategies, or mobile website functionality. "Don't leave home without it" applies more to our smartphones than it ever did to American Express. And it applies when people are headed into their weekly worship service as well.
Before I get to the specifics of the post, allow me a couple of caveats. I'm not saying people should be piddling away on their smartphones in the worship service. If you can't have your phone out and refrain from playing games or catching up on email during a worship service, then keep it put away. The same would go for tablets. But as you will see below, these four reasons all involve using your smartphone to share or enhance what's going on in the worship service.
1. Using a Bible app. This may be the most basic use of a smartphone while in a worship service. While many still prefer a hard copy of God's Word (myself included), a digital app version is quite convenient.
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2. Taking notes. Many, if not all, of the leading Bible apps allow for note taking. This is helpful if you like to keep digital records of your sermon notes. Evernote, the native Notes app, Pages, or even Word can all be used to catalog sermon notes as well. For some, digital sermon notes are actually preferred to handwritten ones simply because they can be searched and indexed so much easier.
3. Tweeting quotes. This is the main way I use my smartphone while in a worship service. This is similar to taking notes, but you share the quote instead of keeping it to yourself. One piece of advice on this particular smartphone use: ensure that you use an app like Buffer or Hootsuite that doesn't automatically pull up your social media feed. You're less likely to be distracted by what's in your Twitter feed if all you see is an input box. I only use Buffer for sending out sermon quotes for this particular reason.
4. Online or text giving. As online giving and text giving become more prevalent, smartphone usage for them will only increase. If you're promoting online giving or text giving during the offertory, it only makes sense that people would use their smartphones to participate in worship through giving.
Two final reminders: Pastor, when you see someone on his/her phone during worship, it's not always a bad thing. Worshipper, if you're on your phone during a worship service, make sure what you are doing is related to what's going on in the service.
Do you use your smartphone during the worship service? If so, do you use it for anything else?
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text: My Cardiff Award Story – Amy Pay Posted on 26 September 2014 by Kathryn Foot I stumbled across the Cardiff Award at the end of my second year at university. I had taken part in a handful of courses with the Skills Development Service and found them really useful. While browsing the annual graduate careers fair, I met Kath Foot, manager of the Cardiff Award, and casually chatted to herRead more Share this:LinkedInTwitterFacebookMorePinterest


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Production-oriented network technician at Scania
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- Scania
- Plats
- Stockholm
- Annonserat
- den 22 augusti 2018
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- den 24 september 2018
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We are looking for a Production-oriented network technician with significant interest in smart infrastructure solutions and agile working methods.
Your tasks
As a production-oriented network technician, you are responsible for operate existing and implementing new production systems to the Scania backbone. Collaborate with production engineering to ensure that we maintain high quality and support our global organisation.
You will have an active part in system integration between production cells, platforms, OS, networks. Contribute to the development and implementation of technical roadmaps.
You will be placed in a challenging environment with good opportunities for development.
In this work you will be supported by a team of other network technicians, a service Owner, network architects and a group manager.
You work amongst other will cover:
- Take part in network development, design and implementation projects.
- Expert on Network in procurement of machinery and production equipment.
- Connect new production systems (SCADA & MES) in close collaboration with production and suppliers.
- Capacity planning, quality and capacity measurement
- The team has a global technical responsibility which means interacting with other countries where Scania has big presence.
- Daily network operations.
Your profile
- You have very good knowledge and experience in routing, switching, firewalls and wireless.
- Experience from industrial networking, protocols and applications.
- You are certified at least Cisco CCNP level or with equivalent work experience.
- Proactive problem solver with focus on quality and security.
- You are customer oriented with good communication skills, proactive, take initiative and ownership.
- You have knowledge and interest to automate recurring tasks (ex: scripting bash, power shell, python etc).
- Position require fluent Swedish and English in spoken and written.
Our offer
In addition to career and development opportunities, we also offer Scania employees other benefits, such as performance bonuses, a pension, flexible working hours, lunch at reduced prices and much more. If you live in Stockholm area, we offer a direct bus service between Stockholm and Södertälje, the Scania Job Express.
Further information
If you would like to find out more about the position, please contact Anders Andersson (Group Manager), +46 8 553 899 99, or Mikael Tammi (Scania Recruitment Centre), +46 8 553 711 74.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews held continuously during the recruitment process.
Your application should include a CV, cover letter and certifications


text: How Long Does 2-CE Stay in Your System? Written by: Editorial Staff Last updated on January 4, 2019 The drug 2-CE (2,5-Dimethoxy-4-ethylphenethylamine) is a synthetic psychedelic drug that is classified as a phenethylamine. It was first synthesized and developed in the 1970s. Alexander Shulgin, who developed it, rated it is one of the major psychedelic compounds he had used. Its effects appear to be highly unpredictable depending on the dose, and it is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). This classification indicates that the drug has no known medicinal uses, is considered to be extremely dangerous, and is a serious potential drug of abuse that may result in the development of psychological or physical dependence in people who use it. There appears to be limited information regarding toxic levels of the drug and whether or not the drug results in the development of tolerance and withdrawal symptoms. The DEA suggests that tolerance develops very rapidly to the drug, but a formal withdrawal syndrome is not identified. Psychedelic drugs produce distortions in perception, such that individuals often perceive things that are not really there. Most often, these drugs produce visual hallucinations and certain bodily sensations, such as dissociation or feeling detached from oneself or reality. The effects of 2-CE are reported to consist of numerous idiosyncratic experiences of dissociation and significant manifestations of visual and auditory hallucinations. The drug is often purchased online, and these substances can be highly unstable and dangerous, especially when purchased from such sources. How Long Does the Drug Stay in the System? The length of time that any drug remains in a person's system can be quite variable. In large part, the amount of time the drug remains in a person's system depends on significant personal variables, including individual rate of metabolism, gender, size, percentage of body fat, and how often and how much of the drug is typically used. There are numerous research studies looking at the breakdown of the metabolites of 2-CE; however, formal guidelines regarding the detectability of this drug are not readily available. Based on some of the research studies, the following can be concluded: The drug has a slow onset of action. The drug has a fairly long half-life for its class. The estimated average half-life of the drug is around four hours but may be longer in some individuals, depending on the amount taken and other variables. Because of its fairly long half-life, it may be eliminated relatively slowly compared to similar drugs. The following are estimates based on research studies, information about very similar drugs, and other data. It can be estimated that 2-CE is: Detectable in urine for up to 2-5 days Detectable in blood for up to 24 hours Detectable in saliva for up to 2-5 days Detectable in hair for up to 90 days Again, these are general estimates based on numerous research studies and the detectability of similar drugs. Tweet Share Pin It Email


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I can not believe that it is March 11, the clock's sped up one hour last night, and yet somehow it feels like it's sped up one whole month! I am most shocked that it has been almost a whole month since I have last posted something – which I will be playing catch up in the coming weeks. Many fun experiences have occurred, and yet the most ironic of all is that I have actually been busy writing blog entries for other sites that I am connected with.
So, while we re-engage and catch up, dear reader, I am submitting now one of my favorites entries recently written, about gluten-free desserts.
Sit back, wet your tongue and hopifully awaken your appetite, and enjoy the read! I will be back soon with a 'newsy – blog'.
I never cease to be amazed at how many persons with celiac's disease, aka suffer from a Gluten intolerance, expect to compromise on taste. I am here to tell you, you don't have to.
Gluten Free does not automatically mean you must feel like you are pic-nicking on the beach and sand has invaded each and every bite, or that this lovely taste fills your mouth, pleasure erupts on your lips and then, WHAM, the after taste hits and spoils the experience. OR, there are those delicious looking gourmet treats in the case, or packaged at the grocery, or pictured on line; a small fortune is extracted for their purchase; you wait with anticipation to finally enjoy the first bite….it's so promising. Typically you take your first bite and disappointment replaces pleasure. The exquisitely packaged and tempting treat is flavorless, or hard, or dry or all of the above, possibly has a weird texture or flavor and into the trash it goes. Unfortunately, baking gluten free at home does not typically render more favorable results. So you Glutenites tend to either give up all together, or just know it won't taste like the original and accept that…. don't. There are those of us professionals, who believe the gluten-free item should be so close to the original that the difference can only be detected when side by side. This includes the likes of dinner rolls, muffins, pie crusts, cakes, cupcakes, cookies… whatever you are craving.
Your science lesson: Gluten free flours react differently than traditional flours when combined with other ingredients; for instance a true Southern butter cake when gluten free won't be as rich as the original because the butter does not permeate the alternative flours the same way. In a blind taste test the gluten free butter cake was declared delicious and was not detected, until the traditional and gluten free were side by side. (The richness or depth of flavor in the two is very different, though the texture is similar.) When a blind taste test was conducted with Red Velvet and Chocolate, 85% could not distinguish between the traditional and Gluten free, even side by side; those who could tell in the end, struggled with their decision. These are examples of how Gluten free should be! (Equal results were found with the bakery goods).
If one of you is Gluten free do not hesitate to have the entire cake Gluten free; if it is deliciously executed your guests will never know and y'all can enjoy whatever bite you like. The only negative note, which has to be addressed is cost. Gluten free does not have to cost you a fortune to be good, however be aware that Gluten free will cost more as alternative flours are very expensive. Insider tip: if anyone is charging you more than 30% over the price of the exact same traditional counterpart, shop around; you are being gouged.
Take away: Glutenites, don't give up, Gluten free is not all the same. Keep your standards high; there are Gluten free baked goods which will evoke Sweet Memories!


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"If you are a studio guy or a keyboard guy, you know this brand and these units!
They are recently tested and working but I havent used them in years! They include the rack case!" Click here to visit listing on eBay
"If you are a studio guy or a keyboard guy, you know this brand and these units!
"Great condition"
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" Used, Mint condition. " Click here to visit listing on eBay
" Great sounding analog synthesizer.
The silver color is very hard to find.
Great condition." Click here to visit listing on eBay
"Mint condition no issues." Click here to visit listing on eBay
"Awesone sounding and looking American minimoog!!
Perfect working and sounding se1x with only some wear on the rack mount holes and front panel edge. Version 0.75." Link
` "ABOUT THIS UNIT: Started life as normal SE-1 and went back to Analogia down the street here for a full rebirth as an "X" model. Only thing I didn't swap out was the backplane – so it stills says SE1 on back. But new internals, audio input, display, new filter, overdrive/fuzz circuit like the CODE, new "RED EYE" faceplate, etc. Less than 50 hours use since its rebirth, so it's very much "like new" as the X model.
Why Selling?
Spring cleaning stuff I bought over past several years and have not used much. Had influx of income for a few years and bought something like 50 synths and keyboards, and with my lack of time, I end up maybe using five of them. So, am cleaning house.
Minty fresh condition from Analogia; only remnant of the old box is the back case (basically the outer case except front panel is from old synth; everything else new; typical rack scratches and such). Smoke free, pet free home studio; gear never gigged, loaned, rented; never thrown around like a juggler on crack; never ever left out in the rain as part of a cake, etc.
Studio Electronics SE-1X "RED EYE"
Original box; factory manual.
Power cord.
(NOTE: will ship in larger box; won't ship in the manufacturer box like Analogia did when shipping back to me; so double boxed!)" Click here to visit listing on eBay
"Fantastic condition! " Click here to visit listing on eBay
"Studio Electronics SE-1X synth in excellent condition. Studio use only. " Click here to visit listing on eBay
"If you are searching for this synth you probably know all the details about it. Great sounding synth, in excellent condition, I've had it for about 2.5 years. I hate to part with it but I need the cash. " Click here to visit listing on eBay
"Here is a Studio Electronics SE-1X mono analog synthesizer. It is in exceptional condition. Very little signs of wear. Occasionally the LCD shows some artifacts, which I have taken a picture of. This seems to occur when the unit hasn't been turned on in a while. It seems that after it warms the artifacts go away. I have also taken a picture of the screen after clearing up. This has never got in the way of functionality, the screen is always very legible. This is an excellent sounding synth it is capable of HUGE basses and smooth leads. This is the "X" version, so it has snappier envelopes than the regular SE-1. This is a high quality synth with high quality components and an undeniable analog sound. " Click here to visit listing on eBay
" Up for auction is a Studio Electronics SE1-X in great condition. I am the original owner. This is an amazing analog synth. Includes original box and manual." Click here to visit listing on eBay
" I am selling my Studio Electronics SE-1X Analog Synthesizer it is used with minor scratches from your standard mounting and un-mounting from a cab, but it is in great working order, and quite an awesome machine" Click here to visit listing on eBay
"Silver front Studio Electronics SE-1x, excellent condition. Examine the photos to be sure. Includes manual and power cord. BTW, this was upgraded to the SE-1x from an SE-1. Thanks for looking." Auction ended. Click here to browse on eBay.
"Studio Electronics Nova Edition
Great condition, front & back are Pristine. The top & Bottom have some blemishes, see pics
This is one of the 3 updated models: Nova, Angel Dust, and Red-eye
comes with manual and power cord nicely bubblewrapped." Auction ended. Click here to browse on eBay.
This Se-1x is in great condition . Im selling this for a famous friend of mine, Eugene Wilde. He is liquidating a few pieces from his studio.
This unit looks like it is brand new out the box, no scratches , never been racked.
I tested it and it worked perfectly.
Remember, this is the upgrade to the regular SE-1 with a few extra sounds" Auction ended. Click here to browse on eBay.
Used in a at-home studio for 3 years; never been out gigging. Since 2007 it's been up in my father's attic when I emigrated to Canada. As good as new condition I'd say. Coming back to England next week (w/c 20 June) so will be able to dispatch to the lucky auction winner right away when I visit my pop!" Auction ended. Click here to browse on eBay.
"Selling my Studio Electronics SE-1X. Synth is in excellent condition. Looks brand new. Works fine. Sounds great. has a tiny tiny bit of paint scratched on the thin top portion of the synth from being in a rack (as seen in photo 2). barely noticeable." Auction ended. Click here to browse on eBay.
"You are bidding on a USED Studio Electronics SE-1X in Excellent cosmetic shape. We can throw in a standard 3-prong power supply, but otherwise this auction is for the unit itself. No additional cables, software, etc. Very reasonable starting price." Auction ended. Click here to browse on eBay.


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Loss of dad prompts baseball fundraiser
Jonathan Stutts was only 15 when he lost his father to a malignant brain tumor.
Now 20, Stutts has found a way to help fund cancer research in the hopes that one day, no child will have to lose a parent to the disease.
Stutts, from the Foxcroft area, graduated in 2009 from Charlotte Country Day School, where he played baseball and basketball.
When deciding on a college, he vacillated between UNC Chapel Hill and Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Va. He wanted to go somewhere with strong academics as well as sports.
"I was born and bred to go to Carolina, so that was hard to turn down," said Stutts.
But in the end, he chose Washington & Lee when they offered him a spot as shortstop on their baseball team, The Generals.
"I'll probably go to Carolina for grad school," said Stutts.
Stutts, now a rising junior, decided he wanted to raise money for cancer research in memory of his late father, Clyde L. Stutts II, during his sophomore year of college.
"When I was trying to figure out where to give the money to, I just thought of the Jimmy V Foundation," said Stutts. "I'd always been a big college basketball fan, so I'd seen his 1993 ESPY speech a bunch of times."
The speech, given by famed N.C. State University basketball coach Jim Valvano, announced the creation of the V Foundation for Cancer Research and inspired those watching with its motto: Don't give up, don't ever give up. Eight weeks later Valvano died from cancer, but his foundation has received more than $100 million, with all donations going toward cancer research grants.
Clyde L. Stutts II had the same kind of strength and humor Valvano exhibited in that 1993 speech.
"My dad always tried to play it off like it wasn't as bad as it was," said Stutts, smiling at the memory. "He was tough."
Unfortunately, the aggressive cancer was tougher. Glioblastoma multiforme, a rare form of cancer that attacks the brain, left Stutts' father with only a 5 percent chance of survival from the start.
He died nine months after diagnosis at age 58.
Stutts took on responsibility that most 15-year-olds don't have to worry about. He was the man of the house helping care for his mother and three siblings. That maturity no doubt made Stutts the self-starter he is today.
Through work and determination, Stutts was able to raise nearly $10,000 for the V Foundation this past baseball season.
He started by sending a letter to friends and family, asking for them to pledge money for the foundation based on the number of hits he made during the season. When friends on the baseball team found out, they also wanted to help with the cause.
Stutts re-drafted his letter, asking the donors to pledge based on the performance of the team or of an individual player. They could pledge based on strikeouts, hits, home runs or any other way they wanted. It encouraged people to follow the team while raising money for the cause.
At the end of the season, checks were sent to Stutts. He filed everything in a database, then informed the V Foundation that a large sum of money was on its way. He made the bulk of the donation May 20, the five-year anniversary of his father's death.
"I'm still getting donations, though," said Stutts. "We're at $9,600 as of right now. I expected to raise maybe $5,000. I never thought I'd raise this much money."
While it took a lot of time, Stutts is proud of his accomplishment and thankful for the support of friends and family in Charlotte. He doesn't expect to start another fundraiser for the V Foundation while in college, but he hopes that people will continue to support the cause by giving donations online at www.jimmyv.org.
"I'm just so happy and amazed," said Stutts. "Everyone tells me my dad would be proud."


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Leather Travel WalletsWritten by Tara Peris
A good leather travel wallet is a vital accessory for any trip. With room for passports, currency, and other key trip documents, travel wallets are anything but your average billfolds. When made from high quality leather, these wallets are rugged, durable travel companions that will withstand many years of use. Much like your passport, they will stay by your side through thick and thin and allow you easy access to exciting new worlds both near and far.
Safe and Sound Travel Wallets
Any seasoned traveler will tell you that a good wallet is not just important, it is vital. Especially when it comes to international travel, it is essential to keep documents in one central place where they cannot be lost or misplaced. You want easy access to travel materials (including your passport and different forms of currency) that keeps you organized and agile, without bogging you down at train stations and airports.
You also want a wallet that will keep you safe. Travelers who are seen taking frequent breaks in order to search for their belongings are prime targets for pickpockets and gypsies. A good wallet will keep you moving quickly from one destination to the next.
Those who travel with the right gear are bound to have a more productive, enjoyable experience. Because they are functional, travel wallets are great gift items. For someone who is going to travel internationally for the first (or fiftieth) time, the right wallet is one of the most thoughtful gifts around.


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LAN based connectivity
Budget ₹12500-37500 INR
To enable android devices to communicate to each other over WLAN only (without internet and mobile networks) The devices should be able to send the text messages and push to talk enabled. The devices should also send their GPS location over the same network.
No mobile network/internet can be used.
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The Apollo Eagles continued their recent run of successes under head coach Justin Skaalerud in 2014, posting a 5-3 regular season record and a playoff win over Sauk Rapids-Rice.
However, the Eagles were topped by their biggest nemesis, Sartell, in a memorable playoff game to end the season. Connor Waldron hit a 37 yard field goal to give Apollo a late lead, but the Sabres drove the length of the field with just over a minute left and scored a touchdown to end the Eagles' season.
The Eagles lost a handful of starters heading into the 2015 season, most notably four-year starting quarterback Ben Alvord. However, coach Skaalerud says the Eagles still have the players to compete for the top spot in the new North Central District.
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Drink-driving businessman, 53, who crashed his brand new £150,000 Ferrari while more than twice the legal limit is banned from road
Millionaire property developer Christopher Walsh was found hiding in bushes by cops after crashing into two vehicles
A FERRARI driver has been banned from the road after being more than twice the legal limit when he crashed his flashy motor into two cars.
Wealthy businessman Christopher David Walsh smashed up his brand new bright red £150,000 California T.
The shocking smash happened when the property developer drove into two vehicles in Belfast Road in Holywood, Belfast, on Saturday 26 September 2015.
Today Walsh was disqualified from driving after a judge at Newtownards Magistrates Court said he had "failed spectacularly" to argue that he consumed alcohol after the crash.
The court had heard that Walsh claimed he was suffering from short term memory loss due to the impact and following an assault the month before which meant he did not know what alcohol was in his system when he crashed, reported the Belfast Telegraph.
CARNAGE AT the CAR WASHShocking new footage shows bloodied Romanian car-wash workers 'mowed down by drink-driver who injured five after row'
HOW DID SHE SURVIVE?Drink-driver escaped after wooden plank smashed through windscreen when car crashed
'TOSSED LIKE A RAG DOLL''Brilliant' maths graduate killed by BMW drink-driver just two weeks into dream job as City banker
'I DID THAT. PMSL'What callous drink driver posted on Facebook thread giving funeral details of the dad of three he killed in horror smash
But Walsh, who insisted he had no recollection of events until 24 hours later did not produce MRI scans to the court.
The prosecution lawyer said: "Mr Walsh, is it not simply the case that you had too much to drink, lost control of the car, caused all the damage in your Ferrari and then you fled the scene because you realised that you are in trouble.
"Is that not the simple explanation for all of this?"
Walsh, who has a previous conviction for drunk driving, had the keys to both the Ferrari and a Porsche when he was arrested hiding in bushes.
A bottle of Vodka was found in the Ferrari, which Walsh said he had with him because he planned to attend a party that evening.
District judge Peter King told him: "I have to say Mr Walsh, do not be tempted to get behind the wheel of a car.
"You are now disqualified and if you come back before me for driving while disqualified your liberty will be in jeopardy."
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Sometimes when you're drawing or painting faces you can get stuck, but you don't really know what is wrong, or you can't see where you could change things. Sometimes the face looks flat, or out of proportion, but you can't pinpoint the exact problem. Or you want to create a portrait with a certain likeness to a reference photo, but somehow you can't achieve it. Or you don't have a specific problem, but just want to get feedback on how to make your portrait even better than it already is, to know where you can grow and improve your skills. It's hard to figure these things out all on your own.
That's when feedback from a teacher can be an essential support to help you get past these obstacles. I'm very excited to announce that you can now book individual feedback sessions with me, to receive personalized and in-depth feedback on portraits that you have made.
I am still astounded by how much detailed and helpful feedback you have given to each one of us. The feedback you gave me opened my eyes – not just to errors I was unaware of, but also to countless ways I could improve my own art. I have taken several online art courses but nothing comes anywhere near yours. LYNDA HUNTER – UNITED KINGDOM
Unique visual method
For my feedback sessions I use a unique method of in-depth visual feedback. This not only gives you keys for improvement, but shows you in practice and step-by-step what your portrait looks like when you implement the feedback. The feedback is digitally 'painted' on top of the image of your portrait.
So for example, if the feedback is to place the eyes higher in the face, you will see an altered version of your portrait with the eyes placed higher in the face. After all the steps have been implemented you will also see a before and after image, so you can see and analyze thoroughly what the effect of these changes would be.
You can see an example of this feedback method below.
Focus of the feedback
The feedback focuses primarily on the use of tonal values and facial proportions, which are two of the most fundamental elements in making portraits. If you get the proportions of a face right, it will look more realistic and human. And when you learn to work with tonal values you can give your portraits more depth and a more 3D look.
Another focus of the feedback, if applicable, is how to create a likeness to the reference photo that you used for your portrait. This is useful for instance if you made a portrait which you want to look like a certain person, or when you want to learn to create more realistic looking portraits.
Lastly you can also get help with specific questions that you might have about your work.
This feedback is a very helpful way to improve your work and to grow your artistic skills, especially when you are a beginner or intermediate in making portraits.
You will receive my feedback where possible in the form of step-by-step visual guidance and explanatory texts (in some instances it may come only in a written form, if the visual feedback doesn't apply). It's an interactive display of the feedback in multiple steps, so you can easily view the alterations in each step and the difference between before and after the changes (see an example below).
That way you can literally see and understand what the function of working with proportions and tonal values is, and how you can apply these elements in your portrait. You can then take what you have learned in the feedback and apply it in your future work.
Juna Biagioni is a talented artist and masterful teacher. She exceeded all my expectations. I was challenged, which is what I wanted, but because her feedback was so instructive and graciously delivered, I could understand how to quickly improve my art. She is the best online teacher I have come across and I am so grateful I got to be one of her students! Francie W. Gannon, USA
Below is an example of a personalized feedback session that I gave to a student of a Drawing in the Soul live class. It's best viewed on a device with a larger screen.
The feedback consists of 7 steps, plus a before and after comparison. On the left you see the portrait that the student made and on the right is the reference photo. Next to the reference photo you can read the student's reflections on their work, and below that is my answer. Click on any of the numbers 2 to 7 below the portraits to see the various steps of the feedback, with images and text. In step number 8 you can see what the portrait looks like before and after the feedback.
In the horizontal bar below the feedback you can click on the icons to zoom in and out, or to get a full-screen view.
Juna's critiques are superb. She is so technically knowledgeable that she can digitally draw & paint on top of your photo for suggested improvements. An incredible learning tool for everyone. Peggy Depue, USA
Who is this for?
This feedback is for everyone who would like to receive feedback on their portraits, but is especially helpful if you are a beginner or intermediate level when it comes to painting and drawing faces.
What will you receive
- Step by step feedback on one portrait of your choice
- The feedback session focuses on proportions, tonal values and (if applicable) likeness, and/or on specific questions that you might have
- Visual presentation of each step, with description of the changes
- Interactive display of the steps, so you can easily see the alterations and the before/after changes
Feedback sesson for one portrait of your choice
€ 55
Prices in Euro will be used for the actual purchase.
After signing up you'll receive an email from me with instructions on how to send in your image for feedback.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will I get feedback on one or more portraits?
You get feedback on one portrait of your choice. Of course if you like you can sign up for multiple feedback sessions.
I've never received feedback from you before. How does it work?
Once you sign up, you will receive an email with instructions on what you need to send in for the feedback. I will need a good quality image of your portrait, and if applicable the reference photo that you used for your portrait.
It's also good if you write me a bit about your thoughts about your work, which are the parts that you like about your work, and parts that you have doubts about, or that you think could be improved. This will help you to look more objectively to your work, and to look at it from a more analytical standpoint, which can be very useful. Often we can feel vulnerable about our work, especially when we share it in a group, and we tend to see only the parts that we don't like about it. It's good to go beyond that, to take a step back and try to look more objectively at it. Don't just look at the things you don't like, but try also to find some things that you do like. If you have a specific question, you can write that in your post as well. Questions are very useful for me in providing my feedback to you.
When my feedback is ready, you will receive an email with access to the private website where the feedback will be presented. This feedback is only accessible to you, so it's not publicly visible.
I am a complete beginner and just started to learn to paint and draw faces. Can I get feedback from you on my work?
Yes, certainly! This feedback will be very useful in your learning process.
Will the feedback be provided privately?
Yes. The feedback will be published on a private website that will only be visible to you.
Does my portrait have to be based on a reference photo?
Preferably yes, because that will serve as the basis for my feedback. Even if you didn't necessarily try to create an exact likeness to the photo but just used it as an inspiration for your portrait.
If you haven't used a reference photo, then it's helpful if you have specific questions about your work, or certain aspects that you want me to look at.
Does my portrait have to be made with a specific medium, like oil paint or charcoal?
No, it doesn't matter what medium you used. You can send in images of portraits that you made with any type of supplies, like oil paint, acrylic paint, mixed media, colored pencils, graphite pencil, charcoal, pastels, or any other medium.
Can I get feedback from you on portraits that are not made during any of your classes?
Yes, certainly. You can get feedback on any portrait that you made.
Can I get feedback from you on a full-figure painting that I made?
No, I only give feedback on portraits from the head, including the neck and shoulders.
How can I contact you?
You can contact me by filling in this form.


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We are looking for dancers with a high level of dance, theatre and performance skills with at least 3 years of post educational professional dance experience. A strong artistic signature is required for the participatory creative processes that create our dynamic repertory.
The company is offering male/female contracts for 6 months to 1 year. The contract(s) will start in July 2014.
When: The audition will be held on the 18th and 19th of January at GöteborgsOperan. Audition is by invitation only.
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January 10, 2019
SalMar CFO Trond Tuvstein resigns
Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar has announced the resignation of its chief financial officer, Trond Tuvstein.
Tuvstein has been with SalMar since January 2012, when he first held the position of head of investor relations. In October 2013, he was appointed new CFO.
Tuvstein will stay with the company until the end of June 2019, SalMar said in a news release.
SalMar said it has accepted Tuvstein's decision "with regret" and that it would promptly start the process of recruiting his replacement.
"SalMar thanks Tuvstein for his efforts and valuable contributions as part of the top management for over seven years", CEO Olav Andreas Ervik said.
SalMar is one of the world's largest and most efficient producers of farmed salmon. It owns 100 licenses for marine production of Atlantic salmon in Norway.


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A BIRMINGHAM mosque leader today vowed to pay a prison visit to the fanatics jailed over a plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier.
Dr Mohammed Naseem, chairman of Birmingham's Central Mosque, said he wants to meet the five men behind bars "to tap into their minds".
He accepted that they deserved to punished, but remained unrepentant in his criticism of the way police arrested them and insisted the local Muslim community "still lives in fear" since the swoops.
But police chiefs said their actions had been justified and vindicated.
Dr Naseem said: "I want to see the men in jail so I can try to understand why they wanted to do such an appalling thing.
"I want to tap into their minds, to try to read and understand them.
"We need to know why and how people get involved in such extremism so we can prevent this happening and prevent others from getting sucked in."
Parviz Khan, who master-minded the plot to lure a soldier from Birmingham's Broad Street with the promise of drugs before killing him "like a pig", was today starting life imprisonment.
He will serve a minimum 14-years and was told it was impossible to predict when, if ever, he would be released.
Refusing to turn up to court, Khan was sentenced in his absence after he previously pleaded guilty to the plan and to the supply of equipment for terrorists on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Four other Birmingham men received jail sentences and one was cleared.
Dr Naseem was highly critical of the police and the Government after the early morning raids last January, in which a total of nine men were orginally held.
Controversially, he compared the political situation with that of Nazi Germany, saying: "The German people were told Jews were a threat.
"The same thing is happening here - there is dismay and people feel they are being persecuted unjustly."
Today Dr Naseem said: "It's only right these men should be punished."
But he insisted the raids had left a lasting impact on Birmingham's Muslim community.
"The Muslim community was mentioned by name, consequently the Muslim community still lives in fear," he said. "They live in a state of suspicion, which continues to harm the reputation of the community."
Despite four of the men pleading guilty to their involvement in the plot, Dr Naseem insisted they should never have been arrested when they were.
"In this country you're supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, but the arrests were made before the police had gathered the proof," he said.
"They took the lazy man's way of doing things," he claimed.
He criticised the arrest of Amjad Mahmood, who was cleared by the jury at Leicester Crown Court of knowing about the plot and failing to tell the authorities, and supplying equipment. "Now it's likely he [Mahmood] will claim for compensation for wrongful arrest, it's a waste of taxpayers' money," added Dr Naseem.
But Anil Patani, Assistant Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, said the constabulary and security services had now been vindicated.
"Communities need to realise that there are within our communities people who are prepared to perpetrate such acts," he said.
"What this trial demonstrates is that the action West Midlands Police took, by and large with the support of the community at the time, was necessary.
"It's important to remind ourselves of what happened at the time and judge things in respect of outcomes. What this case proves if that where we have to take action, we will be firm, we will be effective and will protect people in our communities.
"Responsible people in our communities need to reflect on what they said before in light of what this case has shown."
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said: "The chilling brutality of this plot highlights the severity of the threat the UK faces.
"This case shows that terrorism does not discriminate and that the threat is faced by all our communities, regardless of political, faith or ethnic background.
"I am determined that we will do all we can to maximise public safety and the Government has bolstered our national capability with regional Counter Terrorism Units and increased resources for counter terrorism.
"This successful operation, led and co-ordinated by the West Midlands Unit, demonstrates the vital role they play in countering this threat."
Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt, also praised police and intelligence services and thanked Britain's Muslim soldiers "for having the courage to stand up for what is right in the face of terrorism and intimidation".


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Mexico finishes in 3rd
A closer look at the Mexico's 14-8 win over Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday at Lamade Stadium in the consolation game.
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MEXICO PLAYER OF THE GAME: Francisco Elizondo delivered a big hit with an RBI triple in a five-run second inning. He was on base three times and scored a pair of runs.
NORTH CAROLINA PLAYER OF THE GAME: Beyond making the highlight of the game with his diving catch, Daniels-Moye also had a hit and scored a run in two trips to the plate.
BIG INNING: Mexico's five-run second inning came on the aid of just one hit, a towering RBI triple to right-center from Isaac Miranda. But it topped that with an eight-run fourth inning which invoked the mercy rule.
HOME RUNS: North Carolina's Ashton Byars put a scare into the statue of Howard J. Lamade with a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning. Carson Hardee helped push along the Southeast's comeback attempt with a frozen rope two-run bomb to center field in the fourth.
WHAT THE ADULTS SAY: "We so wanted to play in that championship game, but it was draining emotionally, physically and mentally and I think it carried over to today," said North Carolina manager Brian Fields.
WHAT THE KIDS SAY: "It was cool to hit a home run. I had promised my mom that I would eventually hit one," North Carolina's Ashton Byars said.
WHAT IT MEANS: Mexico finishes the the 2017 Little League World Series in third place. North Carolina finishes fourth.


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2 former Texas school board members sentenced for extortion
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Federal prosecutors say two former South Texas school board members have been sentenced to prison for extorting a company by threatening to end a contract with the school district if they weren't paid a bribe.
Fifty-four-year-old Eloy Infante was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison and 45-year-old Elpidio Yanez Jr. was sentenced to more than three years.
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Tunde Olatunji Ayo Olopon Competition Finals Hold Today
Out of the 371 participants that competed in the qualifying rounds, Sixteen (16) finalists, who are middle school students spread across the three (3) senatorial districts in the state, will be competing for the Ayo Olopon Trophy.
The three ( 3) winners and other finalists will go home with Trophy, medals, African Attire, cash prizes as well as consolation prizes.
Speaking, the lawmaker resprseinting Ife north state constituency said, "In furtherance of our commitment and passion towards the promotion and preservation of our culture and heritage, I will equally be sponsoring four (4) other major cultural activities marking this year's SUBEB ASA day celebration.
"These include: Ewi, Ijo Ibile, Ekun Iyawo, Aso wiwo yoruba (Fashion parade). All middle school students from our dear state will also be participating in these cultural activities organised by SUBEB.
"It promises to be a great event, where about 1,000 students across Osun will converge to mark this year's ASA day in grand style.
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In 1990 a loaf of bread cost only 70 cents, while a pound of hamburger was just 89 cents. Those days are long gone, but you can still eat well without spending a fortune with these helpful tips.
1. Plan Ahead
If you don't bring lunch to work or you've had a long, tiring day, fast food becomes an easy solution. Avoid temptation by setting aside time during the weekend or your day off to plan the week's meals.
- Save more time and money by preparing meals and freezing them so all you need to do is reheat.
- Planning ahead allows you to make better use of products you already have on hand.
- Think outside the box and repurpose leftovers to add some variety.
2. Organize the Kitchen
How many times have you stumbled across ingredients or leftovers that are long past the expiration date?
- When you unpack groceries, rotate products to bring older items to the front.
- Use masking tape and a Sharpie to label leftovers by content and date.
3. Shop Late
If you are fortunate enough to have access to a farmers' market, get in the habit of shopping later in the day when you may be able to get some great deals from vendors who don't want to pack everything up.
4. Buy Frozen Fruits and Veggies
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Convenience always comes at a price. Prepackaged salads and pre-cut veggies save time, but it's not worth the added cost. When you're chopping vegetables, cut more than you need and freeze the extras for future use.
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First Milk has announced it will be offering its creameries on Arran and in Campbeltown for sale.
Commenting on the announcement, Shelagh Hancock, CEO, said: "Following a strategic review, we have determined that our branded consumer-facing businesses in Campbeltown and on Arran are not a strategic fit for First Milk moving forward.
"The review identified that there is undoubtedly a market for the premium Mull of Kintyre and Isle of Arran brands but capturing the opportunities would require significant investment for activity that is not core to our strategic direction.
"However, we are confident that with the right focus and investment under new ownership the businesses would prosper.
"A sale would enable us to continue with our focus on developing our major creameries in Haverfordwest and the Lake District, creating value through broadening and strengthening our strategic partnerships and delivering best value for our members' investment.
"Campbeltown and Arran Creameries will continue to run as normal during this sale process and we will be working closely with prospective buyers to ensure a smooth transition.
"We appreciate that this decision will affect some of our colleagues, but we hope that under new ownership the sites will thrive, offering good employment prospects for the future."
NFU Scotland Milk Committee Chairman, John Smith, who supplies milk to the Campbeltown creamery said: "While producers supplying these creameries are shell-shocked at the announcement, the most important thing to keep in mind is that, in Mull of Kintyre and Arran cheddar, both creameries are making world-famous; award-winning high quality cheese and both sites should be hugely attractive to potential buyers.
"In the short term however, farmers supplying these creameries will be frustrated, justifiably worried but not completely surprised by the announcement. They have built their businesses with a view to continuing to milk cows and have stuck with First Milk through thick and thin.
"However, these are local, family farms who have also successfully invested in building and promoting their brand locally and nationally and we must now look to the future.
"There are no other milk buyers currently operating in these remote milk fields but they are very productive, producing high quality grass-fed milk so the focus is now firmly on building a plan and attracting potential buyers into the area to view the plants.
"For a relatively small investment, potential buyers or partners have an opportunity to take the Kintyre and Arran brands into higher value specialist markets backed by a story with real provenance and great tasting cheese."
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