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In President Trump's new Afghanistan War policy, laid out in a speech on Monday night, he pledged a deliberately unspecified troop surge, probably of about 4,000 extra troops, and declined to set a timetable for withdrawing the U.S. military from the country. Trump sided with the former generals in his administration rather than those advocating winding down the 16-year-old war as a lost cause, prominently his recently ejected chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, so perhaps it is no surprise that the foreign policy hawks in the Republican Party were very enthusiastic about Trump's speech...
I commend @POTUS's new strategy for #Afghanistan. We must move past last admin's failed policy of postponing defeat. https://t.co/ExDC4JqkHi pic.twitter.com/zZGqrkSD9i
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) August 22, 2017
Good #AfghanStrategy & excellent speech by @POTUS laying it out to the nation.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 22, 2017
Between Afghanistan and Syria @realDonaldTrump is showing the WILL to stand up to Radical Islam...
....unlike President Obama.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) August 22, 2017
...while Bannon's Breitbart News vehemently disagreed with Trump's decision. Specifically, the writers and editors at Breitbart took issue with Graham and other conservatives that the policy was significantly different that former President Barack Obama's.
Trump's #Afghanistan speech was Obama's speech minus the deadline & details. Like the bit about Pakistan, not convinced we can deliver India
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) August 22, 2017
Obama 2009: "The days of providing a blank check are over."
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— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) August 22, 2017
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— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 22, 2017
Democrats criticized Trump's lack of details or vision. And while the reaction at Fox News was much more positive, not all Fox News regulars were on board. Laura Ingraham, a conservative radio host once considered for White House press secretary and reportedly in talks for her own Fox News TV show, sounded almost like the Democrats.
Who's going to pay for it? What is our measure of success? We didn't win with 100K troops. How will we win with 4,000 more? https://t.co/XHj9GpJzaZ
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) August 22, 2017
So, 2017, strange bedfellows, etc. Peter Weber
When Rickee Stewart walks down the aisle next month, she won't have any wedding presents waiting for her to unwrap when the day is over — and that's exactly how she wants it.
The West Jordan, Utah, high school teacher has registered for winter coats and tennis shoes to give to homeless students, rather than china and sheets. Stewart told KSL.com she had no idea there were more than 100 homeless students at Copper Hills High School until the school set up a food pantry for them. In her wedding invitations, she let guests know that instead of sending gifts to her, they could help her students. Her goal was reached before she sent out all of her invitations, and in the second batch of invites, she asked guests to consider donating money to provide coats and tents for every Jordan School District student in need.
Stewart said donations are coming in from friends and family across the U.S., and even strangers, and she plans on incorporating lessons about homelessness and charity into her curriculum. She told KSL.com her "hope is that we get to not only have this amazing wedding and start our lives together, but that we are able to put some warmth on all of those kids." Catherine Garcia
Report: It took urging from generals, photos of women in miniskirts for Trump to decide on Afghanistan strategy
When President Trump finally settled on a strategy for the war in Afghanistan last weekend at Camp David, he went with the plan pushed by generals who understand the complexities of the situation and have battlefield experience, not what the non-interventionist faction in the White House wanted, several administration officials and Trump allies told The Washington Post.
Trump has spent months angry over the fact there's no quick fix for Afghanistan, the Post reports. He discussed yanking every U.S. troop out of the country, firing the commander, and even sending the controversial founder of Blackwater to Afghanistan to privatize the war, but finally, he settled on sending more troops after listening to Defense Secretary James Mattis, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, and new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, whose son was killed in 2010 while fighting in Afghanistan.
One way McMaster convinced Trump that Afghanistan could become a more modern place, the Post reports, was by showing him a photo from 1972, before the rise of the Taliban; in it, women are shown walking down the street wearing miniskirts. For years, Trump was very vocal about how pointless he thought the war in Afghanistan was, calling it a "total disaster" that is "wasting our money" in 2012, and saying in 2013, "We should leave Afghanistan immediately." He echoed these sentiments during the campaign, but now, the Post says, he just wants to be seen as "strong and decisive" when it comes to fighting the war. Read more about the strategy, and how former chief strategist Stephen Bannon faced off against McMaster, at The Washington Post. Catherine Garcia
Given Fox News host Tucker Carlson's previous treatment of President Trump, the wags on Twitter had some fun predicting what he would say Monday night about Trump's decision to stare directly into the sun during the solar eclipse, without using the solar glasses in his hand, ignoring all the warnings about irreversible eye damage. "It is good the president is blind now," reads one fake Carlson talking point imagined by comedy writer Jason O. Gilbert. "Trump's other senses are about to get MUCH stronger."
Preview of tonight's Tucker Carlson pic.twitter.com/DawbInUrWl
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) August 21, 2017
Haha. So here's what Carlson said on actual real life Fox News.
Tucker: Trump looking at eclipse w/out eyewear was "perhaps the most impressive thing any president has ever done." https://t.co/en2CdUs859 pic.twitter.com/kL5i6L9X7I
— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) August 22, 2017
Maybe Carlson was getting in on the joke by declaring, with a straight face, that Trump's staring at the sun without protective glasses was "perhaps the most impressive thing any president has ever done." Maybe he was serious. Who can say? But seriously, looking at the sun without protection during a solar eclipse is a bad idea that can lead to permanent retina damage and partial blindness. Whether or not you think of the American president as a role model, Trump was clearly setting a bad example by risking his vision for a momentary thrill on national TV. The New York Daily News gets it.
A White House aide in the crowd below shouted "Don't look!" right as @POTUS looked.
Our #SolarEclipse Edition: https://t.co/l0NO46gCGN pic.twitter.com/x0ToMxtXnU
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 21, 2017
Yeah. Peter Weber
While discussing his strategy for the war in Afghanistan, President Trump on Monday had sharp words for Pakistan, saying the United States could "no longer be silent about Pakistan's safe havens for terrorist organizations, the Taliban, and other groups that pose a threat to the region and beyond."
Islamabad has "much to gain" by working with the U.S. in Afghanistan, and "much to lose by continuing to harbor criminals and terrorists," Trump said. The U.S. has been paying Pakistan, an ally, "hundreds of millions" at the same time they are housing "the very terrorists we are fighting," and that "has to change immediately," he added. Because both Pakistan and India have nuclear weapons, their "tense relations threaten to spiral into conflict," Trump said, and it is in everyone's best interests to come together to fight "agents of chaos, violence, and terror." Catherine Garcia
In a televised address, President Trump on Monday shared his strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia, saying the United States military is "not nation-building again. We are killing terrorists."
Speaking in front of an audience of soldiers at Ft. Myer, Virginia, Trump said the American people are "weary of war without victory," and he "shares their frustration." When it comes to Afghanistan, while his original instinct was to pull all troops out, he listened to his advisers and came up with a new strategy, Trump said, but will never reveal the number of troops on the ground in the country or announce upcoming military actions. Trump is also expanding authority for American armed forces to "target terrorists and criminal networks that sow violence and chaos throughout Afghanistan," he said.
Trump said he will not set a timetable on when to withdraw troops, instead using a conditions-based approach, and he said undefined economic development in Afghanistan will help defray the America's cost. The U.S. must "seek an honorable and enduring outcome worthy of the tremendous sacrifices that have been made, especially the sacrifice of lives," Trump said, and the "consequences of a rapid exit are both predictable and unacceptable." Catherine Garcia
President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won't be bonding over a shared belief in fake news.
Trump often talks about his dislike of most news organizations, Fox News being the main exception, tweeting on Monday morning that the "very dishonest Fake News Media is out of control!" and telling the "Fake News" it should listen to Liberty University's Jerry Falwell, who was "fantastic on Fox & Friends."
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Any time your heart rate gets down that low results in fatigue, weakness, dizziness and at very low rates fainting. The normal heart rate is 60 bpm and your extremely low heart rate is not normal. This is likely caused by too much heart medication (metoprolol, etc) but in rare cases can have other causes.
You are simply not circulating enough oxygen throughout the body at that rate and this causes the weakness and eventual fainting periods as your body runs out of oxygen already in the blood.
Ok. Not really enough info. How do I prevent it? What can I do once I realise it is happening and that my heart rate is in low 30's? What is the very warm feeling that travels up through my back prior to episode? Is there a medication to counteract the episode. Only happens once in awhile but is scary! Otherwise I'm ok though get tired easily. Fall asleep anytime I sit down. Its lovely that you are a nurse but don't you think I need more professional advice. My son has told me what you have told me.
What you describe is the bodies reaction to a lack of oxygen. This can cause tingling feelings, weakness, spinning, flushing, etc. Each person can have slightly different symptoms but what you describe is in line with low heart rate. Your heart rate should not be in the 30's and this is something your doctor should address. There is not a medication to counter this as I'm sure you are on medication now to lower the heart rate. An adjustment to the medication or the times you take it may be needed. The whole point is to prevent the heart rate from being that low in the first place and not try to deal with the symptoms once they develop. What you need is an exam in person and the doctor to assess your medications regardless of who tells you that. This is something that must be further evaluated.
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Your info is not poor, but there is no other optional button to press except ok service. I already have been told the info you have given at your level and I don't think it is ok for me. I really was expecting a doctor to give me some extra advice my doctors were not giving me. Guess I was expecting too much from this service. Thank you for the level of advice you gave.
Echocardiography done last week, awaiting results.Yes diabetic. Medications too many to list. Dr's trying to juggle them. Will have to make earlier appt to revisit heart specialist than in 8 weeks as is now. Under kidney specialist too. Was wondering if I should ask for oxygen supply at home for these irregular episodes?
Hello Trevor,This is likely to be bradyarrhythmia; this is sudden slowing of the heart. it is mainly due to sinus and atrial node dysfunctions. Sick sinus syndrome is a prototype of these arrhythmias and is a major cause for syncope. 24 hour / 7 days Holter monitoring, echocardiography etc are the investigations done for it. You may also need the following investigations;Electrolyte levelsGlucose levelCalcium levelMagnesium levelThyroid function testsToxicologic screenI concur that you need to consult your cardiologist at the earliest. You may need a pace maker, if there are no underlying diseases like abnormal electrolyte or calcium levels and thyroid function tests are normal. Pacemaker device may be either temporarily or permanently implanted under the skin in the chest wall. Whenever the heart rate drops too low, the pacemaker takes over the job of providing the electrical impulses needed to establish and maintain a normal heart rhythm.Please feel free for your follow up questions.
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Thank you Dr Phophalia, Your info was more in the line of what I was wanting. I am now armed with suitable information I can question my doctors with.Your response was very good. Thx again, Trevor.
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The family of a retired Metropolitan Police detective who died after drunkenly falling backwards down a staircase, have made a formal complaint about the way his inquest was dealt with.
New Malden man Henry Doyle, known as Harry, 52, died in St George's Hospital a week after he was admitted following a series of late-night drunken falls at his home in The Mount.
The alcoholic father-of-two died on May 17 but wife Jan Doyle, 55, said it had been "appalling" that the family were made to wait 10 months for an inquest into his death.
She said: "For people who have been bereaved this is appalling. I feel that I am fighting for those people that are coming after me so that they do not have to go through 10 months of distress and grief.
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During the inquest at West London Coroner's Court on Wednesday, coroner Chinyere Inyama acknowledged the delay and said under new guidelines this would never happen again as all inquests would be heard within six months.
Mr Doyle served in Northern Ireland before moving to the West Midlands Police and the Metropolitan police where he completed 30 years of service and was given an exemplary service award before he retired from the Professional Standards unit in West Brompton in 2011.
Mrs Doyle said: "He was a loyal, loving husband and father who is sadly missed and it need not have been this way. If it had not been for the drink he would still have been around."
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Alternative band, Neon Trees find retro bliss with a fusion of retrograde New Wave style and elements of today's own Pop Rock. Old school synths, bouncy bass beats, reverb, overdubs, and more collide with the polished production of today's popular music enterprise. Neon Trees reprise their Alternative formula from the first album, but with a bit more production and polish on their Sophomore album, Picture Show. Today I'll be reviewing the deluxe version of Picture Show.
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The album begins with a track entitled "Moving In The Dark". An uptempo, upbeat Alternative Rock track with plenty of hooks, great lyrics, and linear production. This track picks up where their last album left off in a lot of ways, while still sounding fresh. Tyler Glenns vocals are smooth and nearly comparable to a younger version of INXS' own Michael Hutchence, may he rest in peace. This track is a personal favorite of mine, when I first heard it I found it very uplifting and cool.
Seemingly wanting to touch more upon their Pop Punk roots from when they were still an Indie band, Neon Trees showed their edgy side with the second track on the album, "Teenage Sounds". This track is a more driving punk tinged alt. rocker, lightly taking on controversial subjects like sexuality, philosophy, fame, and even the state of the music industry. Given a speedy momentum thanks to wild and unruly synths, grinding guitar, and the slightly controlled rasp of lead singer Tyler Glenn. Angsty, fierce, and harder than most of the previous material. Definitely a highlight if you're looking for an edgier Alternative sound.
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Track four is a strange track, caught somewhere in a rift of time between the 80's and now. Some where between Human League and Cobra Starship, but Neon Trees pull it off with the utmost grace. "Mad Love" is a Human League-like track featuring alternating vocals from not only Tyler Glenn but drummer Elaine Bradley as well. With light guitar, fun drums, and background keyboard, this song has a very fun, almost kid-like atmosphere. "Mad Love" is another poppy and yet still retro track, taking a thing or two from bands like Animotion and Human League. This song is an upbeat, happy song about a great relationship, and more specifically, a really wild love. The contrast in vocals is one of the great things about the songs, both singers have strong voices, Tyler's being very suave and sleek, while still a bit raspy and playful and Elaine's being very smooth and angelic.
No. 5 is an Alternative track, recalling U2 and even INXS in its instrumentality. "Weekend" is a track about life, desire, youth, relationships, and living and playing pretend while you still can. For just one weekend, two lovers can pretend like the worlds stopped and it's only them. With chirping guitars, booming backing trumpets, speedy tapping drums, and a saxophone solo, this upbeat ballad of sorts is a throwback to the wonderful instrumentation of INXS, Duran Duran, and more.
The next track takes a darker, more ambient approach. Influenced by Dance and Electronic. "Lessons In Love (All Day, All Night)", features Kaskade. This electronic-infused Alternative track with light instrumentation of guitar and drums, harks back to 80's house music that was played in Hollywood clubs regularly. The song has a running theme of fame, playing music, keeping your cool in the limelight, and staying tough and young, eluding to being able to keep up with a rock star lifestyle. One could get the feeling that this song is based on Tyler Glenn's experience as a performer. I had to warm up to this one, though I do find it to be a great track now.
Beginning with an emotional piano intro, the next track is a true highlight. "Trust" starts slow but fades into bass, then electronic drums, followed by light guitar, coupled with Glenn's honeyed vocals. With a memorable first verse and a great chorus, the lost 80's track becomes an antagonistic cry for help before fading into the chorus about losing friends. The song reaches a climax when Glenn screams "you gotta have trust", a light chiming guitar solo follows, only to have the song go into its powerful chorus yet again. "Falling down can feel strange/No one remembers your name/You're losing the game/That's the thing about trust/It's always the same/Sad story again/You lose all your friends/That's the thing about trust", explains Glenn. The track ends in a U2-like outro. A truly wonderful track, with some relevant sound but with 80's inspiration.
Our next track, "Close To You" begins with a bass line straight out of the 80's, followed by a light Alternative guitar riff. Tyler Glenn starts the song slowly, stating his desire to get closer to whomever the song is about or directed to. The drums show up finally and by two minutes time, the track is given a bit of momentum. Synth can be heard fluctuating in the background, as Glenn's vocals echo throughout the song. The song is then filled by Tyler Glenn's crooning. An overall decent track, but a hard one to decipher at times, due to its odd structure and length.
The next track makes the album come back strong after the slower tracks and gets your attention immediately. "Hooray For Hollywood" is an edgy Alternative track, about sin, indulgence, and basking in the limelight of what's seemingly the greatest place in America. The last half of the song is Tyler Glenn listing off celebrities who have passed away, most if not all of which in Hollywood. With banging drums, winding synth, light but driving guitar, and excellent subject matter, this is yet another highlight.
The tenth track, "Still Young", is a powerful and thought provoking track about love, relationships, and youth. Great guitar, vocals, and drums. Tyler Glenn bellows that he's still got his youth and wants to rekindle the passion of the past, "I'm still young/wide eyed and hopeless yeah/I'm still young/I want your devotion to this/can we kiss like we do in my head/can we dance like we do in my bed/yeah like we're still young". I can't help but flashback and reminisce on the great times in my life with my friends, girlfriends, and family when I hear this track. Almost makes you wonder, how long do you have left on your clock?
"I Am The DJ" somehow seems like a long lost Hot Fuss-era Killers track, with twinkling synth, bounding guitar, clanging drums, and more. Glenn's vocals are masterful and he displays his range to some extent. The track seems to be about a long lost love, whilst Glenn is metaphorically a DJ and the girl is but a record, he urges her to keep dancing because he is the DJ. When thought of in the right frame of mind, this is a kind of touching track for the modern era. The only thing out of place, is the plucking guitar solo of an outro at the end of the song. Though beautiful and well done in its own right, just odd placement.
"Show" is strong, recalling elements of the first album, whilst still retaining some style of this album. This song is about displaying ones emotions, letting it all out, and love yet again. The guitar work and rhyming verses are the only thing keeping this track catchy. The song slows down midway, going acoustic, only to pick up yet again. The song is oddly orchestrated but is by no means a bad song.
"Tell Me You Love Me" is an overly enchanting song about sharing trust, emotion, and more. The background drums are excellent. The next track "Take Me For A Ride", makes me recall "Invisible Sun" by The Police in instrumentation. The track is interesting, soulful vocals from Glenn, coupled with soft and sensual occasional vocals from Bradley. The track is a slow ballad, about time, making up, and loneliness. One could speculate about fear of commitment as well. The track features a well placed Saxophone if nothing else.
"Don't You Want Me", an amazing cover of the Human League classic. Great drums, more instrumentation, powerful synth, chiming guitar, and perfect vocals from Glenn. Glenn recaptures the impact of the male lead perfectly, leading up to the perfect build up prior to the chorus. Bradley's vocals are equally impressive, covering the female lead of the human league to perfection. The two are a truly dynamic duo in this monstrous cover. Though the track doesn't differ too much from the original, the cover does prove to retain a unique Neon Trees style to it. This cover was so perfect, it makes me think they should cover "I'm Only Human" next or perhaps "Obsession" by Animotion.
The final track is a demo from 2007, a practically age old song from the archives. The hardest Neon Trees track out there. "Drop Your Weapon" is wild, sporadic, and unrefined. Even Glenn's vocals seem less concise, less controlled, less experienced. The song can be traced back to when Neon Trees were comprised of different members. Violent synths, banging bass, squealing guitar, and fierce screams from Glenn cloud this song with angst and aggravation. A must listen for a fan of their edgier material.
-Album Overview-
Picture show is a solid album. First off, the deluxe version of Picture Show is more for the die hard fan or collector, rather than the casual fan of the band. Casual fans will find the standard album issue more to their liking and will most likely find it to have a similar impact to the deluxe. The band finds a comfortable niche between 80's influenced Alt. Rock and today's modern Pop standards. One could argue that this is loosely a concept album, as there's a bit of a running theme of romance, drama, and film. In terms of length, the standard issue of the album can seem rather short, but the deluxe is a lengthy 69 minutes. Between Power Pop hooks, retro inspiration, and an increase in depth, this album can overcome its predecessor in the Neon Trees catalogue.
-The Verdict-
As good as it is, Picture Show can trip over itself in places. Though the majority of the album is great, well produced, and well orchestrated, there are very specific low points on it. For instance, bonus track, "Tell Me You Love Me" is an underwhelming, slow and overly drawn out attempt to make the band come off like a New York Coffee House band. The album can come off odd at other times too, another weakness in the album are the outlandish outro's in songs, seemingly made to fill up the remainder of run time on the track. Though not bad, just unnecessary. Another weakness to those unfamilar, would be that many of the songs are in someway similar in subject matter, between love, life, youth, and romance, a casual listener could get bored. Once you grow accustomed to them, these slight shortcomings are easily overlooked and allow one to to see just how good this album is.
Highlights: Moving In The Dark, Teenage Sounds, Everybody Talks, Hooray For Hollywood.
Results: 8.9/10
+ Retro appeal, but not overwhelmingly old school.
+ Quality instrumentation.
+ Excellent production.
+ Good overall follow up to 2010's Habits.
- Outro's detract from thoroughly enjoying specific tracks.
- Many songs have similiar subject matter.
There you have it folks! Thanks for reading and keep any eye out for the next album review!


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Zappa Playing Zappa, and Lennon and McCartney, and Barrett
A few sidetracks here. I saw Zappa and the Mothers in 1969 when they first came to Manchester (indeed the only time they came as the Mothers - Frank I believe came back in 1979 after I'd moved to London). I found an online list of tour dates from Melody Maker so now I know it was 1st June 1969; and I also found this article by a journalist who went with them on the tour. The most memorable song from the set was My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama which came out on Weasels Ripped My Flesh about a year later. Here is the band doing it about a month after I saw them: brings it all back. (Though I'd forgotten the "Needles and Pins" quote!)
This is an amazing live set of Beatles parodies: musically and lyrically brilliant, though I can understand whey they didn't get commercially released! I think Jimmy Swaggart, Jimmy Falwell and Apple Records might have set a pack of lawyers on Frank.....
While we're on FZ playing other people's music, here he is jamming with Pink Floyd. There seems to be disagreement over whether FZ ever actually played onstage with Floyd, but the photographic evidence seems clear enough: not just the picture which accompanies the clip, which clearly shows Roger Waters and Frank, but this one showing FZ and Nick Mason. And the sound could only be Floyd, and the guitar only Zappa.
And while I was Googling I encountered this bunch, of whom I had never heard. But damn, they're good.


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Katherine Welby's remarkable blog post and interview about her depression rings true to anyone who has ever been ill in this way but it also illuminates the complex ways in which religious belief can twine round the condition, providing either a vine to tangle your feet in or a beanstalk to climb out on.
The daughter of the archbishop of Canterbury herself is clear about the way in which the Bible helped her get a little clear of the awfulness:
"The Bible is my key. Reading the psalms (that oh so regularly quoted 'you can yell at God, look' book) I find that I don't need to have hope every second of the day. In my hopelessness I just need to acknowledge that God is bigger than my illness and he will come through – eventually. Not always easy, but always possible. I go back to Job in the Bible, again an inspiration, a man in despair, who maintained trust and faith, but not in a squeaky clean 'all is fine' kind of way. In fact, I don't know that I have yet encountered a single person from the Bible who did have a 'everything is fine' kind of life. … The Bible is full of people who screw up, who get miserable, angry, who hurt and who weep. Even Jesus, in the garden of Gethsemane found life a little too much to bear and pleaded with God."
What's odd, to an outsider, is the shadow picture she is rejecting, of a Bible full of flawless heroes as this is obviously how some evangelicals do read it. She writes on her blog:
"I have a God who will stand with me every step. It is just a shame that so often his people will not … I don't want to be told that I 'have not a correct faith' or 'do not understand God's love for me' one more time."
Elaborating in an interview, she says that:
"Some Christians will say, 'You're not depressed'. Then they insinuate – or state directly – that you don't have enough faith, or that depression is not biblical because the Holy Spirit gives us joy, or that you haven't experienced the love of God. To which I just say, 'I experienced the love of God more during my darkest period than at any other point in my life.'"
This kind of trampling on the weak is certainly a feature of some kinds of Christianity. But so is its opposite. And Welby's belief that she was never closer to God than when she was close to despair is echoed in many accounts. Her own father has described his desolation after his first child was killed in a car crash as a baby in similar terms. The Christian psychotherapist Martin Israel wrote a book, Dark Victory, about depression as a way of understanding God.
Depression is, among other things, excruciatingly painful. That's not something that normally turns people towards God. But it can also involve a loss of value, of worth and of meaning. The sufferer is worthless, their life is valueless, their world is meaningless. These are not ideas to play with, but feelings that play with you.
And God, if he exists, is the ultimate guarantor of worth. That's a very large part of his job, along with sustaining the universe in being and so on. So faith in God can't cure depression, but it can be a reassurance of what is hardest to suppose and impossible to believe – that there is a world beyond, outside the chilling fog.


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Bemidji State soccer upsets No. 24 Winona State, remains unbeaten
The Bemidji State University soccer team picked up its second-ever victory over the No. 24 Winona State Warriors on Saturday afternoon at the BSU Soccer Complex.
Scoring first, the Beavers never looked back and held on to capture a 3-2 win.
The win keeps Bemidji State perfect on the season with a 6-0-0 record.
The Beavers started the game looking a bit nervous and the Warriors took advantage of it taking four shots in the first 14 minutes, one of the shots was on net, but was turned away by BSU keeper Samantha Ross. However, Bemidji State was able to settle down and got back to playing its type of soccer.
Senior forward and co-captain, Ashlee Ellefsen, had a hand in each BSU goal on the day. She assisted on two goals and scored one.
In the 24th minute, Ellefsen lined-up to take a corner kick. Her service was low and fellow co-captain Jamie Ford collected the ball at the near post and played it back out to Ellefsen.
Ellefsen then played a high cross into the front of the Winona State goal. Brianna Duff was in the right spot and put a header toward goal. Her attempt tucked under the cross bar, just out of reach for the Warrior keeper Anna Belpedio. The goal was Duff's first of the season.
The first half would come to a close with Winona State starting to gain some momentum back, but the scoreline would stay safely in BSU's possession.
Winona State looked to rally in the second half and caught the Beavers off-guard scoring just 11 seconds after the start of the half.
In the 51st minute, Ford carried the ball down the left wing of the Winona State zone. She saw Ellefsen making a run at the far side of the goal and made a cross over to her. Anticipating the cross, Ellefsen got behind the Winona State defender and placed a perfect header past Belpedio for her fifth goal of the season.
Just seven minutes later the Beavers added another goal to go up 3-1.
Ellefsen had the ball on top of the WSU 18-yard box and played the ball to Bri Scanlan. After receiving the ball, Scanlan placed the ball in the bottom left corner of the net. The goal was her second on the season and her second-collegiate game winner.
Winona State would add a second goal later in the 72nd minute, when Melissa Sellier stole the ball and took a shot from 20 yards out that found itself in the far top corner of the net.
Ross and the rest of the Beaver defense held on for the remaining 18 minutes to seal the victory. Ross had an excellent day in net making nine saves in net for the Beavers.
The BSU soccer team hosts Upper Iowa?Sunday at 1 p.m. at BSU?Soccer Field.


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A 48-YEAR-old man has been charged with perverting the course of justice in connection with a shooting in High Wycombe.
Iftikhar Hussain, of Underwood Road, High Wycombe, is alleged to have interfered in an investigation into a shooting in the Lucas Wood area next to Underwood Road in High Wycombe on May 11, which left five people injured.
He has been bailed to appear at High Wycombe Magistrates Court on August 11.
Five teenagers have previously been charged in connection with the shooting.
Two others have also been charged with witness intimidation in connection with the incident.


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If you are reading this then over 40,000 CWA union members have walked off their jobs as part of a three day strike against AT&T. The strike at the telecommunications giant is just one of the latest in a string of strikes by workers in the industry that have all pushed back against attacks on wages, health care, job outsourcing, and corporate globalization.
Despite tough talk from both major capitalist parties and Trump in particular, since the economic meltdown of 2008, the only thing that has changed is that billions of dollars have moved out of the hands of poor and working-class people and into the hands of the billionaires – who are now running the government.
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By Benjamin Charles - Baltimore IWW, May 26, 2016
FREDERICK, MD-- Workers at True Technical Experts LLC (TTX), an IT subcontractor for major retailers, have gone on strike today demanding an end to wage theft and harassment, and demanding recognition of their union, the Industrial Workers of the World. The workers have submitted a list of demands, which includes raising wages to the industry standard, regular hours, and an anti-harassment pledge from the business's owner, David Gerlak. IWW workers at TTX have struck twice in the past two months over unpaid wages, winning their back pay both times, although Gerlak has refused to recognize the union. Minutes after being contacted by an IWW representative, Gerlak declared that he had fired two striking employees, in obvious violation of federal labor law.
TTX is a small IT subcontractor whose workers install cabling and other hardware for some of the nation's largest retailers, such as Target and CVS. As is often the case, their work is handled by a complex chain of contractors and subcontractors, producing a "race to the bottom" where wage theft and poor working conditions are common. For over a year, workers at TTX have organized underground for job stability, respect at work, and an end to substandard wages and conditions.
"We're tired of being treated like machines," said TTX field technician Andrew K. "If David won't treat us like human beings, with basic respect and dignity, we'll just have to force him to. We are prepared to stay out on strike for as long as it takes."
This is not the first time these major retailers have had labor issues with their subcontractors. Following years of protests and strikes by a Minneapolis-based workers' center representing janitorial workers, Target agreed to language stipulating that "cleaning companies it works with cannot interfere with workers' organizing rights, must follow wage-and-hour laws and must establish worker safety committees." While no such language currently exists for their IT subcontractors, TTX workers are confident that, with a little encouragement, Target will soon extend its ideals to them as well.
Gerlak has made repeated threats to fire two workers who are members of the IWW, and even threatened to shut down the business in retaliation for union activity. The Baltimore IWW is filing Unfair Labor Practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against TTX for these blatantly illegal threats.
The workers are asking supporters to stand in solidarity by donating to their strike fund. Donations can be made at https://www.crowdrise.com/support-trutech-workers-organizing
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Members of the Boston IWW joined striking Verizon workers for their second day of pickets at the regional headquarters in downtown Boston. Striking members of IBEW local 2222 were pleased with the show of solidarity as we marched together in the sometimes driving rain. The strikers were in good spirits as they walked the all-day picket line and confronted scabs at the local Verizon Headquarters.
The workers went on strike after Verizon, taking advantage of the current economy and widespread attacks on the working class, demanded concessions from the workers while the company and its top executives have taken in billions of dollars in profits. In fact, the company has made more than $15 billion in profits in the past four years while at the same time paying no federal income tax from 2009-2010 and instead receiving over $1 billion in tax refunds. The company was demanding that workers contribute more to healthcare costs, the elimination of pensions, a reduction in sick pay and elimination of Veteran's and Martin Luther King day as paid holidays. Further, the company was pushing to have more work outsourced to non-union workers. As a result of these demands the negotiations broke down and 45,000 workers from CWA and IBEW walked out, including 6,000 in Massachusetts.
At times tensions rose during the picket as scabs exited the building. At one point food was delivered to the workers inside by the notoriously exploitative Upper Crust Pizza, who previously had their windows smashed on May Day because of their abuse of workers. Picketers attempted to block the delivery of the food while police protected those making the delivery. Tempers flared and at one point 100s of sodas were knocked from a palate and later thrown at the delivery van. Workers also attempted to encircle and block the van until finally cops and union bosses convinced them to let the van flee the scene. The picketers showed a degree of militancy and class outrage not commonly seen at other pickets and labor rallies. One Verizon worker who was not familiar with the IWW was given a flyer explaining the position of the IWW and was very receptive. The Verizon workers plan on being out on the picket lines every day for at least two weeks. The Boston branch plans on supporting them as long as the strike continues while at the same time spreading the idea of revolutionary unionism to the rank and file workers.
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Congratulations to Evan Rachel Wood and husband Jamie Bell! The couple, who just married in October, is expecting their first child together. Wood took to Twitter to announce her big baby news. "Remember when I said, 'No baby on the way here?' Well, I didn't know there actually was!" The actress also attached a picture of the go-to baby book for new mothers, What to Expect When You're Expecting. She's sure to be referencing that in the months to come! Congrats again to the expectant parents.
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FIREFIGHTERS took to the water on Easter Sunday as part of a regular aquatic training exercise.
The team of five from Darwen took part in the session in the Loyal Angling Club lake off Johnson New Road, Hoddlesden. They took turns to be rescued by other team members using various techniques.
Crew manager David Forth said: "We used several rope and rescue techniques during the exercise. It's something that we do on a regular basis because we have to keep our skill set up, especially those that are not used as much as others."


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I'm not a chef... instead I'm blessed with a chef! I have been spoilt by my other half as he is amazing in the kitchen (and so he should its his actual job!) but I'm not, I've barely cooked for us in the entire time we've been together. Shameful I know, I bet there are many woman reading this thinking "for goodness sake!"
I think for me I've been afraid of cooking for the fear of doing it wrong. Once upon a time at school I won a cooking competition for creating a 3 course meal... and I was 13. I can only think is that I've become lazy by not cooking for myself. It needs to change, but with very little in the fridge where do I start?! With that in mind I decided to be a domestic goddess and steal one of my mums super powers... making a great meal from bits in the fridge.
So let me take you through my Saturday morning...
|My little kitchen where I shall be creating!
|My happiness pig to keep me motivated
|My yummy Lasanga
|My totally kitch Cath Kidston oven gloves - ready to take the food out of the oven
|My Percy Pig M&S timer - who is my new best friend (and also helps me not burn the food!)
|My masterpiece (go easy remember I don't do cooking!)
|...My reward & some Saturday morning TV
Wasn't I clever bean?! So the boy shall be fed after he's been for a long afternoon cycle and I can nosh on it when I come back from my run. Delightful!
What to make for a Sunday?!


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St. Paul, Minn. — Minnesota GreenCorps is now recruiting hosts and Americorp members for the upcoming program year.
Minnesota GreenCorps is an AmeriCorps program that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) started in 2009. AmeriCorps is a national service program that helps communities with a wide variety of challenges.
Goals of the Minnesota GreenCorps program include reducing solid waste and increasing recycling in communities; reducing greenhouse gases and other air pollutants; reducing stormwater runoff and improving water quality; and training new environmental professionals.
In the first four years of the Minnesota GreenCorps program, over 100 AmeriCorps members were placed in positions with cities, counties, school districts, universities and nonprofit organizations. These AmeriCorp members successfully increased recycling and reduced waste at participating sites and K-12 schools, benchmarked energy data and implemented energy-saving measures in government-owned buildings, and educated citizens on ways to reduce their impact on the environment. They also mobilized hundreds of volunteers in community service projects that helped improve or protect the environment.
Whether they are just out of college or contemplating a career change, Minnesota GreenCorps presents opportunities for individuals to gain experience in the environmental field.
Luke Hanson, a Living Green Outreach member with Cycles for Change in St. Paul, said, "Through GreenCorps, I am able to directly impact the communities I live and serve in, empowering them to become more ecologically and economically sustainable. I am able to connect with neighborhood organizations and local community members, and build professional relationships that are as educational as they are purposeful."
The next Minnesota GreenCorps program year will begin this September. Available positions are in the areas of energy conservation, waste prevention, living green, and green infrastructure. Applications to be a host site are due May 6, and applications to become an AmeriCorps member are due June 7, 2013.
For more information on Minnesota GreenCorps, email the MPCA's Karen Solas at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the Minnesota GreenCorps page page ( http://www.pca.state.mn.us/mngreencorps) on the MPCA website.


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The staff were very friendly and helpful. One of them recommended us where to eat according to our budget. The hostel is near to Istiklal Caddessi and very near to night clubs so the noise was very loud until about 4 in the morning. Luckily, we were so tired from all the walking and sight seeing, we fell asleep immediately once we hit the bed. The only thing negative thing was that you have to pay for the towels. Recommended for any tourist looking for lively night entertainment.
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By Tina Snell, Staff Writer
The Holiday Gift Giving Program, coordinated by Judy Buckingham of Little Falls, is in its 16th year. The forms have been returned and she is ready to begin the organization of the many gifts that will be bought.
"People are struggling for many reasons," Buckingham said. "This is a way for people to show support for their community and for others."
Last year, the Holiday Gift Giving Program helped 316 families. With an average size of four people per family, the total number of people helped in the community came to about 1,250.
Starting Thanksgiving Day, the tags will be on trees at Walmart, Coborn's, Pap's Sports Shop, The Gumdrop Tree, St. Mary's Catholic Churches in both Little Falls and Upsala.
"All one needs to do is take a tag and shop for the gifts listed," said Buckingham. "Then bring the unwrapped gifts, with the tag, to either Walmart, Coborn's, The Gumdrop Tree or Pap's Sports Shop.
Buckingham and her many elves will be retrieving the gifts, wrapping and storing them for pick-up Saturday, Dec. 22.
Buckingham knows there are people who want to help, but just don't have the time to shop. She said cash donations are just as important.
"Not all the tags get filled," she said. "At the last minute, we need to go shopping to fill the ones left on the trees. Every child gets a gift at Christmas."
Buckingham said her two head elves, Karen Primus from Sobieski and Jane Yorek from Little Falls, are with her from beginning to end and she couldn't do this without them, or the 10 or more who help wrap and distribute.
Sixteen years ago, the Salvation Army helped Morrison County families in need during the holidays. Camp Ripley worked with both Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army. When the organization no longer assisted families in the area through Toys for Tots, Camp Ripley representatives looked for someone to take over the responsibility.
Buckingham said she would help, but no one stepped forward. So, she took the job on, temporarily. The first year she had help from Morrison County, but after that she was on her own.
"Each year came and no one else stepped forward to take it over," she said. "After a while, I felt responsible for the program."
Buckingham said she continues to head the Gift Giving Program because she sees such a need in the community.
"The day of distribution is unexplainable," she said. "I get an incredible feeling knowing I have helped so many who may not have had a Christmas at all."
For more information or to volunteer, contact Buckingham at (320) 630-8497


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Short, but oh so sweet! We remember telling Brandon about a helmet cam mount we had made for biking in the summer, it seems he's taken it to the water with some amazing results. Cole Elsasser puts together this edit with a selection of shots from some of Brandon's travels this year…
Rider: Brandon Scheid
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An Ordinary Instant
Everything Changes Forever
de Renee Harbison Porter
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The author deals with her grieving process after losing two sons and her husband in less than three years. She shares her journey with journal entries, family photos and scrapbooks.
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- Categoría Biografías y memorias
Cuadrado pequeño, 18×18 cm
212 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación ago. 11, 2011
- Idioma English
- Etiquetas memoir, grief, scrapbook
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Renee Porter
Delta, CO
I am a 75 year old Great Grandmother, who raised seven children. I retired 13 years ago. After which, I took a community class in "Writing Family Stories" and there I met two wonderful women and the three of us met almost weekly for eleven years to write about our families, the ones we grew up in as well as the ones we raised. I have put quite a few of these stories in book form so my children will have some idea from whence I came.
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2016 will present many opportunities for professional service providers as more and more employers start to stage for their automatic enrolment duties and obligations, says Mike Foster.
The recommendation from the Pensions Regulator is that those staging in 2016 should already be in planning mode, but in reality this is still being put off by many employers.
Automatic enrolment presents professional service providers with an opportunity to attract new clients or upsell to their existing clients. Automatic enrolment administration is a task that many entrepreneurs are saying they will not personally wish to be involved with. This is very likely to present you with new prospects that you possibly did not have when you are solely offering bookkeeping, accounts and payroll support.
In my opinion, it is a support service that can be offered with the ease of delivery. Many bookkeepers, accounts assistants and payroll bureau providers are very good administrators, who like their numbers, and are therefore in the position to maximise the opportunities around AE.
In my last article I spoke about the behavioural styles of individuals in the profession. I have profiled, together with Thomas International, many bookkeepers and accountants and many show the characteristics of steadiness and compliance, which makes them ideal for administrative type roles, service and support. They are comfortable with routine, systematic, have good attention to detail and like orderly procedures. Meeting many people who offer accounts, bookkeeping and payroll support, they can all often see the administrative task required to organise the business processes that sometimes the entrepreneurial business owner cannot see.
The question right now for many professional service providers is how to price such a service.
I was recently reading 6 quick tips for a successful pricing automatic enrolment strategy that opened with the comment "a clear pricing structure will allow any bureau to accurately cost and schedule the work involved for each client." This made some great suggestions, so I reflected upon how this opportunity could be priced in practice and then presented to the prospective client and employers you wish to attract.
On review of many offerings that have already been established, there has been much linkage to the payroll support offered by professional service providers. Traditionally a payroll support model has been based on hourly rates, pay runs and/or charge per payslip.
However, for many perhaps this is the first opportunity to explore value pricing. Excellent AE administration and support has a value to the employer that is much greater than these charging models.
Can I suggest that we do not naturally link our support for AE with our payroll proposition? Yes, we know in reality that it forms part of the processing and administration of a payroll and we are likely to administer both at the same time. However, employers may be thinking differently. For example, I was recently at a meeting of the Federation of Small Business and spoke to many business owners who did not consider the obligations as a payroll task, but another specialist administrative duty imposed upon them by government. Therefore, I believe this thinking around the 'pain and problem' for the employer will therefore support a value pricing model rather than falling into such traditional pricing practice.
Another consideration for your pricing is to develop a menu of support options that you can present as your pricing model. You could link this with the payroll administration support or just adopt the menu pricing model for your AE offering.
Either way, the suggestion is to highlight the detail of your support rather than simply offering "administration support for automatic enrolment" as another product. Create a menu by considering your support offering and break down this support you offer, such as:
- Updating and reporting to the employer/client
- An initial consultation
- Setting up the AE scheme to meet the initial obligations and enrol 'eligible' jobholders
- Act as a nominated contact for the Pensions Regulator
- Regular assessment of the workforce
- Communicating with the employees
- Establishing the pension scheme
- Administering the scheme including managing postponements, opt out's and in's, triennial re-enrolment
- Communicating with the pension provider to submit payment details
- Proactively managing communication requirements with the Pensions Regulator
You may then consider two or three menu options that offer part or all of these solutions. Option one may just be the initial consultation, option two could include the set up and option three the full package.
Using the menu pricing model, you are able to demonstrate the value of your support and build upon the prospects pain, problem or fear to then support your desired price levels. You may even highlight the potential fines for non-compliance in your pitch, so they then fear such fines if they miss something.
In practice, once the employer has identified that they need the support then some may start to negotiate on the support price. With menu pricing, you can reflect such a request to the elements of the offering and ask them which parts of the menu they therefore do not require. I suspect most will reply that they need it all and therefore will clearly see the value and pay the price you desire.
Finally, the offering around AE also presents us with the opportunity to form strategic alliances with partners to support and offer further value to our own offering. For example, you may outsource the processing or partner with an IFA for pension advice that forms part of your overall package.
So how can you seize the opportunities ahead?
Mike Foster is co-founder of The Bookkeepers Alliance and The Entrepreneurs Mentor.
AccountingWEB has launched the No-one gets left behind campaign to alert as many accountants as possible to the obligations implied by auto enrolment. Read our simple eight-point statement which sets out the auto enrolment facts you need to know.


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A new incentive program launched by the Wilson County Convention and Visitors Bureau aims to use residents' personal contacts as a means to help bring more meetings to the area.
The program, called Discover Tourism & Win, will award a gift certificate redeemable at a participating local restaurant to any resident whose contact leads to a confirmed definite booking. An official said he hopes some of the potential bookings that could come from the general public include small- to medium-size meetings, family or military reunions and more.
"Once a lead is received by our office, we will make contact, provide information and offer assistance before sending out a request for proposal to appropriate venues," said Ricky Rodriguez, director of the WCCVB.
All qualified referrals will also be entered in a drawing to win an iPod Shuffle to be given out after National Tourism Week in May. "This program is a great opportunity for residents with a personal or professional relationship that could benefit the community," Rodriguez said. "It may simply be referring a friend or relative that needs to plan a family reunion, wedding or small meeting." To make a referral and register to win, log on to www.discoverwilson.com.
In addition to the Discover Tourism & Win program, the WCCVB has implemented a Staycation incentive aimed at reaching potential visitors living within 250 miles and who have specifically requested information about vacationing in Tennessee. Utilizing and online database, the WCCVB will direct visitors to sign up and receive information online, as well as register to win a package getaway.
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Hi Manda, I passed this by our GEMPAK guru and we downloaded the images and viewed them successfully. I think you may find some helpful suggestions regarding directory structure for GEMPAK below... Let me know if this does not address your problem. Thank you, <snip> Hi, Sorry to bother you once again..... We are unable to read some satellite data from Comet case #12. The data is from goes 7 in 1994. We can read it in wxp but not in GARP. We are running GARP version 2.1 and GEMPAK 5.4 Thanks. Manda Adams <snip> -Jeff ____________________________ _____________________ Jeff Weber address@hidden Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676 NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690 University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 ________________________________________ ______________________ Jeff, I downloaded VIS and IR images for Case 12 via CODIAC and have no trouble displaying them. You are probably correct in asserting that they have not correctly added GOES-7 to the list of directories searched for by the Garp GUI. In my $GARPHOME/config/Garp_defaults the following definition exists: G7 : "$(SATDIR)/GOES-7" Too look for that directory, the $(G7) variable must be added to the "sat" parameter list of paths, eg: sat : "$(G7) $(G8) $(G10) $(G11) $(G12) $(GINI) etc. Here is an example of my sat directory in ~gbuddy/incoming/sat GOES-7 sat/GOES-7: 8km sat/GOES-7/8km: IR VIS sat/GOES-7/8km/IR: IR_19940327_0001 IR_19940327_1001 IR_19940327_1801 IR_19940328_0201 IR_19940328_1201 IR_19940328_2001 IR_19940327_0101 IR_19940327_1101 IR_19940327_1901 IR_19940328_0301 IR_19940328_1301 IR_19940328_2101 IR_19940327_0201 IR_19940327_1201 IR_19940327_2001 IR_19940328_0401 IR_19940328_1401 IR_19940328_2201 IR_19940327_0301 IR_19940327_1301 IR_19940327_2101 IR_19940328_0501 IR_19940328_1501 IR_19940328_2301 IR_19940327_0401 IR_19940327_1401 IR_19940327_2201 IR_19940328_0601 IR_19940328_1601 IR_19940327_0501 IR_19940327_1501 IR_19940327_2301 IR_19940328_0901 IR_19940328_1701 IR_19940327_0601 IR_19940327_1601 IR_19940328_0001 IR_19940328_1001 IR_19940328_1801 IR_19940327_0901 IR_19940327_1701 IR_19940328_0101 IR_19940328_1101 IR_19940328_1901 sat/GOES-7/8km/VIS: VIS_19940327_1201 VIS_19940327_1401 VIS_19940327_1601 VIS_19940327_1801 VIS_19940327_2001 VIS_19940327_2201 VIS_19940327_1301 VIS_19940327_1501 VIS_19940327_1701 VIS_19940327_1901 VIS_19940327_2101 VIS_19940327_2301
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Arson suspected in Bell Township house fire
An early morning fire in Bell Township is under investigation after the owner said he spotted a man running from the burning home.
Kiski state police called the fire "suspicious." A fire marshal was called to investigate.
William "Tim" Lalor Jr. and his fiancee Mariah arrived at their Millstone Road home around 3 a.m. after dinner with family and friends to find the bedroom engulfed in flames, the senior Lalor, who owns the property, said. Mariah immediately ran to Lalor's adjacent property for help, he said.
"We kicked in the door when the fire department came with hoses," Lalor said. "The arsonist was in the house and ran out the back door."
Lalor, 64, said he and his son, 31, chased after the man and were able to tackle him. They held onto him until police arrived, Lalor said.
The home is salvageable, but Lalor estimated damage to be at least $35,000.
"I'm sitting here with a burned house right now," Lalor said. "My only concern was that I saw my two kids. I saw they were safe and that's what really matters."


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IT IS a contemporary irony that Melbourne's great city rival, blessed with bridge, harbour and opera house, should find itself envying a part of our city that was intended mainly as a tradesman's entrance and outlet for the garbage and night soil. But it is true, Sydney lately has been trying to artificially emulate our side-street and laneway culture.
To ram home what a treasure of complexity these narrow thoroughfares have become, an exhibition of photographs has opened to illustrate some of this visual vitality. It is staged by the same voluntary group of photographers who produced a visually powerful book two years ago on Australia's 15-year drought.
The MAP group (Many Australian Photographers) took about 18 months to document central Melbourne's most intimate laneways. There were about 18 photographers who submitted hundreds of works, which were culled down to 49 prints and a slide show of 60.
The project was driven by photographer Jaime Murcia, who has a number of photos in the show, as does MAP joint founder Andrew Chapman, who took some of the shots while recovering from a liver transplant. The photographers, both professional and amateur, include former Age journalist and editor of The Big Issue, Alan Attwood.
They show people partying or recovering from partying, restaurant chefs out back having a smoke, some of the wildlife and passers-by milling around an advertising shoot.
But one of the most subtle and evocative is by Chapman, mainly showing a plain brick wall with a pigeon on top. Embedded in the wall is the outline of a small house with chimney, long since demolished. It is as if Chapman has photographed a dead building's ghost.
Sidestreets & Laneways is at the Old Treasury Building, Spring Street, until January 31.


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After the first newsflash, there wasn't much reality to that morning of 9/11. Some were on their way to their first coffee break and others wrapped in their own arms and thoughts saying, "This can't happen here." Some remembered that day in Dallas – "Big D" they call it as the D in Death. When the first bulletin on 9/11 was heard, the announcer sounded stunned and confused. His careful training in voice and diction went out the window. You snatched fleetingly at the hope that it was only an unconfirmed rumor as you surfed the networks. A paralysis was setting in as millions of minds focused on the suicide attacks at targets in New York City and Washington, D.C. There was a steady flow of bulletins, the announcers sounding breathless as though they had been slugged in the stomach. But all the while a lump was forming in your throat. Your thoughts ambled in a most confused way as the news tickers clattered in the background. Old timers remembered Arthur Godfrey sobbing on the air as he described FDR's funeral and the peculiar, choked phrase, ""God bless his gaudy guts." Tears glistened on the stubbly cheeks of combat GIs. There was Walter Cronkite clearing his throat and announcing, "John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is dead." Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination threw our nation into half-mast. The terrorists' attacks threw our nation into unparalleled tragedy. CNN and FOX proclaimed "America's new war!" We've entered a new age, brutally shaken, but more than ever aware of the dark forces around us and within ourselves that can still be controlled. If we've learned anything, we have learned that there is no such thing as security. When anarchy reigns – and anarchy begins when you stop caring for your fellow man – then not even the most valuable person in the land is safe. All the guns in the Secret Service could not keep us safe, and all the weapons of mass destruction at our command will not keep us safe. The only shield is compassion and understanding, firm in the face of hate.


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Julia Roberts
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2000 Avenue of the Stars,
Los Angeles, United States.
Dearest Julia,
I hope you don't mind me writing to you out of the blue like this, after so many years. Something reminded me of you just now, and of those magical few days we spent together a lifetime ago.
What reminded me was this: I was looking at my growing pile of unpaid bills and noticed that my phone company, Telstra, had got my address wrong. Somehow they got hold of my old Bondi Beach address from 12 years ago, and now have it erroneously listed as my current address. God only knows how they dredged that old info up, given the number of times I've disconnected my phone service in the intervening years. (Like most of us Down Under, I disconnect from Telstra every chance I get!) All I can say is, their computers must have a long, long memory. I had all but forgotten the Bondi pad myself.
But you remember it, don't you? That's where we holed up that weekend when the paparazzi were hounding you because of some nude photo shoot you did in your youth that had suddenly emerged in the papers. I remember that weekend like it was yesterday, or like I have it on DVD or something.
I remember you said to me that you would regret that nude photo shoot "forever" because "newspapers last forever".
How funny that sounds with the passage of time! As you Americans have learnt these past few years, newspapers don't last forever. Not any more. Only computer databases last forever. How lucky it is for our generation that the mistakes of our youth will be forgotten, locked up in a basement somewhere, their pages turning yellow and brittle.
And how unlucky it is for the Facebook generation that the internet won't ever forget. This generation's youthful mistakes are going to chase them to their graves! Either that, or kids are going to have to change their names, as Google suggests.
Though of course if you've been following
Maybe kids won't have to change their names after all. Maybe they'll just need to implant false memories into the internet.
And, Lord knows, humans do get false memories. I was just reading a study published in the Journal of Consumer Research, on the way images can trick people into recalling they've experienced something when in fact they've only seen pictures of it. You wouldn't believe how easy it is for the brain to be fooled like that. Or, maybe you would believe it. It turns out people will believe anything.
I won't bore you with the details, but basically some researchers invented a brand of popcorn, and showed test subjects some ads designed to evoke thoughts of eating the popcorn. Some of the subjects were then fed some popcorn purporting to be the new brand, and some of the subjects weren't fed any popcorn at all. A week later, all the test subjects were asked whether they had ever tasted that popcorn.
Those who had seen the ads, but never actually eaten the popcorn, were every bit as likely to remember eating the popcorn as those who had actually eaten it! And they were just as confident in their false memories as the people who had accurate recollections. In just one week, the brain converted an image of an event into a recollection of the event itself!
It seems Wikipedia isn't the only database getting overwritten with falsehoods. We're all doing it to ourselves, all the time.
I bet that explains why I often get people coming up to me, swearing they went to school with me, when all they've done is seen me on TV. I bet that happens to you too, Julia, though obviously to a lesser extent.
Do you still wear the necklace I gave you?
Yours, as always, Jay Dee.
The Australian Financial Review


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Wielangta Road bridges complete
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Construction upgrades continue on the Cape Raoul and Shipstern Bluff tracks. These tracks will be open every weekend and public holidays.... read more »
Cradle Mountain is the iconic gateway to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The Cradle Mountain Master Plan has provided a vision for improvements to improve the visitor experience.... read more »
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Thursday, August 24, 2017
Smoking and Tobacco
Blood clot in the lung
How dangerous is a blood clot in the lung and how do you treat it.
A blood clot in the lung, usually called a pulmonary embolism -- PE for short -- is quite dangerous, causing about 20,000 deaths per year. Depending on its size, position in the lung, and the effect the clot is having on the patient, the clot may be treated with a clot-busting drug or blood thinning medications. Occasionally more invasive procedures including surgery are used.
Please visit the following web site for further information on pulmonary embolisms: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pulmonary-embolism/DS00429
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College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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Thank you for your quick response and help. I do have a follow up. Since this is a bank, I was told most financial companies have this policy for people at certain levels. If They institute a policy like this for certain levels and above, you are saying they must get a signature to enforce?? I just want to be sure as this is a very large company with over 200,000 employees. I just want to be sure they can't force me to pay back my bonus or wait to start a new job. they say all banks reciprocate, but if they can't enforce why is it in the policy. the policy does state it is only for certain levels of employees as designated by HR. Please advise again.
thank you so much.