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The number of passengers travelling through Newcastle Airport has hit a record high for 2015 with 106,121 passengers passing through the Airport in October.
This continues a trend of October being the busiest month each year at Newcastle Airport.
Newcastle Airport CEO, Dr Peter Cock said October is consistently a busy month for the Airport.
"Strong demand for travel during October can be attributed to a mix of leisure and business travel.
"The end of the school holidays and the October long weekend are complemented with large events and conferences around the country, such as the AFL Grand Final, the Spring Racing Carnival, and Gold Coast V8 events.
"Locally, our region hosted a number of conferences including the Regional Airports Association Australia Conference, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Conference, Australian Men's Shed Conference, Interflora Conference, and the Newwork 21 Conference. Each of these increased the number of inbound visitors to our region," said Peter.
"Our team works alongside local tourism organisations and the Altogether Perfect team to entice high-quality conferences and delegates to our region. October showed a culmination of months of work behind the scenes to bring it altogether.
"This year has certainly been exciting for Newcastle Airport. The opening of our new terminal in August and the high passenger numbers in October reinforce the Airport's crucial role in connecting Newcastle with the rest of Australia," concluded Peter.
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LAKE ERIE (4-29) at NORTHWESTERN OHIO (15-21)
Tuesday (3 p.m. DH)
Racer Field (Lima, Ohio)
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Lake Erie heads to Lima, Ohio, for the team's first non-conference affair since March 11. The Storm will tangle with the Northwestern Ohio Lady Racers, an NAIA program and a member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference.
The Tuesday twin bill sets up as a respite for two teams struggling in conference play. UNO is 1-15 in WHAC games (and 10-17 overall). The 4-29 Storm are 1-21 in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference games. Lake Erie has lost 11 consecutive games. On the season, the Green & White are 2-6 in road games.
Northwestern Ohio is a start-up program – the 2014 season is the Lady Racers' inaugural campaign.
MATCH-UP NUMBERS: Northwestern Ohio is averaging 4.4 runs per game, while giving up 5.3. The Lady Racers own a .315/.354/.410 batting line (average/on-base/slugging) and an ERA of 4.52. They have registered a more-than-respectable .956 fielding percentage in their inaugural season. … LEC is averaging 2.9 RPG while yielding 8.2. The Storm have thus far batted .271/.326/.373. They own a 7.56 ERA and a fielding mark of .925.
SLUMPING BATS & GLOVES: Lake Erie's offense has been much improved overall in 2014, but over their last 10 games, the Green & White are hitting just .243/.306/.336 and producing only 2.1 RPG. That slump has carried over in the field as well – the Storm committed nine errors on Sunday, 13 over their four-game weekend set and have saddled pitchers with an .890 fielding percentage since April 9.
SERIES STARS: Freshmen Hannah Shevenell and Elizabeth Karako and seniors Hannah Francis and Maddi Klemp had big numbers in Lake Erie's four home games on Friday and Saturday. Shevenell batted .400 (4-of-10) and notched a 4.34 ERA in the circle. Karako had a 1.200 OPS (on-base plus slugging) and a pair of RBIs. Francis registered a .583 OBP, reaching base seven times in four games. Klemp batted .333 (3-for-9).
ROAD WARRIORS: In eight road games this season, Lake Erie is batting .309/.351/.435 and averaging 3.9 RPG. Jeniffer Gratz (1.096 OPS), Maddi Klemp (.400 OBP), Hannah Francis (.935 OPS) and Darrian Yanek (.632 SLG) have been LEC's top batters in away games.
RAGING ON: Jeniffer Gratz has hit safely in eight straight games; that's the longest hit streak for Storm Softball since 2010. No player has had a double-digit streak since Jessica Hedrick (10 games) and Katie Puda (13) accomplished that feat in 2008. … Lake Erie is 3-6 this season when scoring first and 1-23 when its opponent scores first. … Lake Erie is 1-5 in games decided by one run. The second inning has been a rough one on the Storm. The Green & White have been outscored, 57-4, in the second.

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TORONTO -- Kawhi Leonard carried the Toronto Raptors through most of the postseason.
However, after Leonard played 52 minutes in Toronto's double-overtime win on Sunday and was noticeably favoring his left leg, Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said teammates knew Leonard was limited Tuesday and that the rest of them "had to step up."
The Raptors did, especially Lowry, who scored 18 points in the first half to set the tone and finished with 25 points as the Raptors defeated the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 120-102 to even the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals at two games apiece.
Game 5 is Thursday in Milwaukee. The winner of the best-of-seven series will advance to meet the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals.
"We have had to rely on (Leonard) so much, and when everybody steps up, it takes the load off him," Lowry said.
Raptors coach Nick Nurse added of Leonard's health, "I mean, yeah, we were concerned. I think (Leonard) is fine. I think he's -- you know, he logged a lot of minutes. He's certainly tired, like a lot of guys in this series are. You know, he looks OK to me.
"I think there's a number of guys out there that aren't 100 percent on both sides of the ball. But, again, he's got tremendous will. He's got tremendous desire, and there's one time I was trying to give him an extended rest there, and he didn't really want it. So he must be OK."
Leonard contributed 19 points and seven rebounds in 34 minutes.
Norman Powell added 18 points off the bench for the Raptors. Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol each scored 17 points, and Fred VanVleet had 13 points. Ibaka also grabbed 13 rebounds.
Powell, Ibaka and VanVleet led a strong showing by Toronto's bench that made the difference.
"I'm going out there and trying to impact the game where I see that I can," Powell said. "Just take what the defense is giving me and just stay confident in my reads. Just try to follow the game flow. We're just playing for one another. We were talking to each other on different shots, different reads that are there."
Khris Middleton amassed 30 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the Bucks. Giannis Antetokounmpo added 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Nikola Mirotic contributed 11 points.
"They did a great job on us defensively," Middleton said. "They took advantage of some of our defensive coverages and just made shots. For the most part, they got anything they wanted. We've got to be better."
The Raptors led by as many as 16 points during the third quarter and had a 13-point margin entering the fourth.
"I think defensively, just tonight didn't feel like where we need to be defensively, as good as we need to be," Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. "They got to good spots. They shared the ball. They passed it. They made open shots. They made some high-degree-of-difficulty shots, so that's a bad combination. They're making open looks, and then they're making tough ones, too."
VanVleet sank a 3-pointer that bounced around the rim several times before dropping in, Ibaka knocked down a free throw, and Powell hit a one-footer to put Toronto ahead by 20 points with 8:35 to play in the game.
The Bucks crept within 14, but Lowry's layup had the lead at 21 with 3:50 to go. Ibaka's dunk bumped the lead to 25.
The Raptors led 32-31 after one quarter, and they scored the first nine points of the second quarter to increase the margin to 10.
Middleton's 3-pointer with 7:08 remaining in the first half trimmed the deficit to five.
George Hill made two free throws to reduce the margin to four with 3:08 left, but Toronto went up by nine on Powell's 3-pointer with 1:53 left.
The Raptors led 65-55 at halftime with Lowry scoring 18 points. Middleton had 16 first-half points for Milwaukee.
The Raptors led by 13 early in the third quarter on Pascal Siakam's layup and free throw.
The Raptors had the lead as high as 14 before the Bucks went on a 7-0 surge to cut the gap in half.
Toronto pulled away again, taking a 12-point lead on Leonard's step-back jumper with 3:15 remaining.
Lowry made two free throws with 1:17 to go, and Toronto led by 15. The Raptors were on top 94-81 after three quarters.
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Day 8: A book I love and one I didn't
One of my favorite books is Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like Crazy on An Ordinary Day.
I have pondered for a few days and can't come up with a book that I disliked enough to write about.
Day 8: A book I love and one I didn't
One of my favorite books is Pearl Cleage's What Looks Like Crazy on An Ordinary Day.
I have pondered for a few days and can't come up with a book that I disliked enough to write about.
Day 7: What tattoos I have and do they have meaning
I am a lover of the arts. I love music, poetry, spoken word, drawings, paintings, fashion, and body art. Body art is one of my most favorite forms of self expression.
I got my first tattoo when I was 18 years old. It was a picture of Ms. Piggy in a red dress, and it read BIG SEXY. I remember it hurting really bad and being disappointed when I saw because one of her legs was awkward looking.
I got my second tattoo when I was about 20 or 21. A Chinese symbol that is supposed to mean beauty. Since I can't read chinese, I have no clue what it really says. It's a really small tattoo, but it hurt worse than any of my other ones. I learned that it hurt so bad because I was dealing with a tattoo artist who wasn't experienced with skin of color and he was using too much pressure when applying the ink.
I may have been about 22 when I got my third tattoo. A version of the Capricorn zodiac sign. So far, it's my favorite tattoo.
Sometime between my 30th and 32 birthday I had the Ms. Piggy tattoo covered with an abstract tribal tattoo. I was disappointed that it ended up looking more like a dragon than anything tribal.
About 2 years after the cover-up. I had it expanded and the artist made some freelancer touch ups to make the tattoo look more feminine and less dragonish.
I'm 37 now and have a tribal on my left upper arm, that is pretty massive, and two tattoos on my left shoulder blade that are no bigger than 2 squared inches. I would love to cover my entire left upper arm, but the older I get the less serious I get about making an appointment with my artist.
I have had experience with a variety of tattoo artist. My advance to anyone who is new to tattoos and tattooing is to do your research. People of color should seek out artists who have knowledge on working with skin of color. Tattoos are with you forever, it's worth doing your research!
Day 6: A person who fascinates you and why.
I'm wise enough to know now that it is foolish to envy the life we perceive others to have. So I can't name any tangible person that fascinates me. There are snipets from the lives of others that I wouldn't mind experiencing from time to time.
The person I am fascinated by is the women I imaged myself being at this age. The women who had it all: a husband, family, career, mental health, physical health, and all the accolades that come with being a successful business women.
The mind has the ability to project our desires so realistically and sometimes life happens. We learn to roll with the punches amd,over time realize that we are much closer to being the person we fantasize about all along.
London England. I have never been there, but I believe that living there could be quite tolerable. London has a mild climate, is fashion forward, culturally diverse and progressive.
On average there are very little extreme climate shifts in London. There may be rainy or foggy days, but the temperature toggles midrange to seasonal extremes. As a Texan, I can appreciate non-tripple digit summers.
The Royal Family still graces the streets of London. Their timeless gowns, jewels and crowns has forever infused London into the history of fashion. London celebrates Fashion Week twice a year, once in January and again in September. The Fashionista in me can visualize the variety of hues I'll have in trench coats and rain boots!
The economy in London offers a variety of sectors that are on the rise. There are opportunities available for blue and white collar careers. My husband and I have marketable backgrounds. We are also willing to be risk takers and capitalize on the chance to have unorthodox life experiences.
The United States has become extremely racially divided. Almost to a point that it could very well be a daily topic in the homes of black families. I understand that there may be discrimination anywhere we are, but from what I have heard; the hatred isn't onsight and for no apparent reason at all. I want my children to have life experiences based on their character and aspirations.
I had the privilege of living in Germany during grade school. The experience was life changing. There was so much history to see. Living in a place with so documented and tangible history offers endless opportunities for adventure.
Living in Germany at such a tender age made me aware of, and gave me the desire to want to be a world traveler. I would not mind the base of my destinations being London at all.
1. I have an obsession with cake. My favorite flavor is vanilla. I also like lemon, strawberry and pound cakes. I prefer cupcakes over while cakes or slices.
2. I eat vanilla or vanilla bean ice cream with lemon juice.
3. I love sweet beverages: fruit juice, kool-aid, tea, slush drinks, and snow cones.
4. I wrote a book in 2004. It took me 366 days to write the book. It never had it published and now I cannot locate the manuscript.
5. When I was in the third grade my family lived next door to a castle in Germany.
6. I'm an excellent writer who needs to work on being confident in my gift.
7. I have worked for the same company for almost 16 years and still can't retire until around 2035.
8. My husband and I met through an online dating service. We dated for 2 years and have been married for 8.
9. To this day, I can never remember how to spell character.
10.My brother and I are 7 years apart. My husband and his brother are 7 years apart. My daughters are 7 years apart.
This is just my third entry for the writing challenge and I'm already uncomfortable. I made a promise to myself to make 30 entriesin the Month of April, so here goes.
Day 3: My first kiss, my first love
My first kiss happened when I was in the 4th or 5th grade after school on the playground. There was a scrawny boy in my class (whose name I cannot recall)with piercing blue eyes and brown hair. A mullet to be exact, he wore a long mullet 😬. I remember me and all the other girls having the biggest crush on him. However, I don't remember how the situation was orchestrated. He was already on the swings by the time I got there. He stood up, kissed me, I blushed and then walked home with my friends beaming.
My first love. I met my first love during sophmore year of high school through a friend. We would see each other around town for a couple of months before he finally got the nerve to ask me out. We dated for almost 10 years.
The second entry for the 30 Day Challenge of April will take me back down memory lane -this should be fun!
Day 2: My Earliest Memory
Circa 1985 in Lawton Oklahoma. My dad was in the Army so we lived on base. I remember how all my friends and I would ride our Hot Wheels until the plastic wore off the tires and how proud we were to show off our new ones.
It had to have been summer; I woke up to a bright sun shinny day, and a few of my aunts and cousins had driven in from out of town to visit.
I remember taking my cousins and a few friends to the backyard so we could play with the dog, a Spitz named Boomer. He wasn't an aggressive dog but my dad had tied him to a tree, in the middle of the yard with a thin rope, since we had visitors and would be in the backyard frequently while they were there.
I ran out into the yard, leaving my cousins and friends near the backdoor, and called Boomer over with the intent of petting him. He was so excited that he began to run circles around me.
By the time I noticed the rope around my ankles Boomer was attempting to run bigger circles, which swept my feet from under me and he was dragging me around the yard with him.
I screamed his name over and over again. Seems like it took the grown-ups hours to come out and save me. When they got the rope off my ankles the skin had been burned off down to the white-meat.
I decided to partake in a 30 Day Writing Challenge for the month of April to assist in getting me in the habit of writing and posting. This will also help me to step out of my writing comfort zone.
Day 1: 5 Problems with Social Media
I remember the ringing static of dial-up internet. I remember word processors and being a teenager with a beeper. Anytime someone wanted to reach me they would have to "Hit me on the hip." I remember cellular phones being heavy and about 8 inches long. I remember them advancing to colored screens and the "Flip Phone". I also remember MySpace. All of this sounds so archaic -I'm telling my age!
I have a 7 year old, and when she was a baby I proudly carried my pocket sized digital camera with me everywhere I went. I wanted to capture as many memories of her as I possibly could. I would upload the pictures onto my personal computer and kept flash drives in my purse.
Now we have Smart Phones, and they have put the world at our fingertips. I'm using my phone to type this post and will upload it from my phone as well. Living in a "there's an app for that" world where there are social media sites that enhance the functionality of other social media sites. It can be a bit much.
1. Social Media has robbed us of physical interaction. I love being able to upload pictures of my children online to share with relatives who don't live close. I also like being able to share parts of my quirky personality with friends and family. But online interaction has given us an excuse to not make time for one another. We spend all of our time glued to our phones or tablets. We check for social media updates from family and friends, but rarely see each other face to face.
2. Everyone is a celebrity. We are human, and everyone wants to feel important like we are "somebody." Social media provides that platform. Most of us tend to project our ideal self on social media. There is nothing wrong with that, but we just need to remember that there are people who know who we really are.
3. Social media is expensive. Sure most apps are free, but smartphones are hand held computers and their prices reflect that. Social media crazed individuals now need the best phone on the market. This means a phone upgrade happens every year to year and a half.
4. Oversharing. I don't need to know what time you woke up, that you worked or are off today, what time you got to work, what you did on break, what you had for lunch, what time you got off, how fast you make it to the daycare to pick your kids up, that you have a headache, you're tired, your husband gets on your nerves and y'all had a fight, then you got over it and had make up sex, then took a shower and went to bed. I don't need to see a daily selfie taken in the same space of your same face.
5. Everybody is an expert, has a testimony and a side hustle. I love being encouraged and inspired by people who have made it. If I take advice from 10 different people, I'll have 15 different examples of how to: find myself, be the best me, discover my passion and lose weight. Social media is a platform for free advertisement and we have begun to chase ours dreams, putting our names out there through that platform. Some people have a strategy and goals in place. While others grasp at straws until something works.
There are positive aspects of social media as well but that isn't what today's challenge was for. With the constant advancements in technolog, who knows, we may soon be living like The Jetson's!


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Sexual Violence & Sexual Harassment Prevention Education
Both the University and the campus community have made it a priority to ensure that harm and violence have no place at Cal. This can include, but is not limited to, hate or bias related incidents, sexual violence, sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking.
Through numerous trainings, we are equipping our campus with the skills to build a better campus environment, and recognize instances of potential harm or violence and offer help safely, be that by de-escalating, intervening, or reporting any potentially violent or concerning situations.
Faculty and Staff:
Supervisory staff, non-supervisory staff and faculty: Please click here to see information regarding your required trainings
New Students:
Please visit Required Trainings website.
Continuing Students:
Please visit Required Trainings website.
FAQ for Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Education Requirement
Online Training: The online trainings are available at any time. A personalized link is available at CalCentral.
In-person training: If you were unable to attend any of the in person sessions listed above, please contact email the appropriate Dean's Office for additional information.
Students failing to complete programs will have a hold placed on their registration. The hold restricts student access to student services (e.g.UHS, RSF, libraries, parking/transit, etc) and can delay financial aid disbursement if the hold is not resolved. The hold will also impact enrolling in classes. The hold will stay in place until the requirement is completed. More information can be found at http://registrar.berkeley.edu/.
If you received this email in error and have already completed the requirement, please email the appropriate Dean's Office for instructions on submitting an appeal.
Yes, and it's important to understand all the requirements that pertain to you, and how they differ.
All employees of the University are required to take the UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training that is designed specifically for employees. This online module is in addition to the prevention education for incoming students. An email with a personalized link to the training will be sent to you directly from the UCB Learning Center.
In addition, every first-time Graduate Student Instructor must also successfully complete the online course Professional Standards and Ethics for GSIs (which includes a module on sexual harassment and sexual violence) before they interact with students (either in person or online) in their role as an instructor. The GSI online ethics course module differs from the other trainings in that it focuses on sexual harassment issues as they may arise in the course of a GSI's duties. To enroll in this course, please go to http://gsi.berkeley.edu/programs-services/ethics-course/
Accommodations for students with disabilities needing to complete this requirement may be requested through the Disabled Students Program. Information regarding DSP can be found at http://dsp.berkeley.edu/.
This training is about forms of harm that are much too common, and we recognize that many people in our community have experienced violence and harassment. If you have concerns about completing this training due to a history of trauma, please direct contact a confidential advocate through the PATH to Care Center office line: 510-642-1988. For 24/7 urgent support, call the Care Line at 510-643-2005.
If you have any additional questions regarding completion of this requirement, please submit them to the appropriate Dean's Office.
For infromation about confidential survivor support resources or violence prevention efforts contact the Confidential CARE Advocate at (510) 642-1988 or visit: care.berkeley.edu
A cross-section of UC Berkeley departments have collaborated to enhance prevention campus-wide for a number of years. Since 2014, there have been enhancements and new requirements for students, staff, and faculty. This new annual refresher is the continuation of those prevention efforts. At UC Berkeley, all of our community--students, staff, and faculty alike--complete an annual training.
Sexual harassment, relationship and sexual violence, stalking, and related conduct can have a long lasting negative impact on health, well-being, and professional and academic success. To foster a safe living and learning environment and increase awareness of prevention and response resources, all students must complete mandatory, annual programming.
This training is about forms of harm that are much too common, and we recognize that many people in our community have experienced violence and harassment. If you have concerns about completing this training due to a history of trauma, please direct contact a confidential advocate through the PATH to Care Center office line: 510-642-1988. For 24/7 urgent support, call the Care Line at 510-643-2005.
If you have already completed the requirement, please email for instructions.
If you have any additional questions regarding completion of this requirement, please submit them to the appropriate office.
For information about confidential survivor support resources, violence prevention efforts, or questions about the content of the training, contact the PATH to Care Center at (510) 642-1988 or visit: care.berkeley.edu
University Health Services offers students after-hours emergency consultation with a counselor
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Menomonee Falls police arrest 3 suspects in bank robbery
Menomonee Falls police have arrested two people accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint Thursday and a female bank employee believed to be their accomplice.
The robbery occurred about 7 p.m. Thursday at the BMO Harris Bank at N82-W15415 Appleton Ave.
According to a police news release issued Friday:
Two robbers concealed their faces and entered the bank armed with a handgun. They demanded money and fled once they received an undisclosed amount of cash.
Officers found the suspects' vehicle a short distance from the bank and tried to pull it over, but the driver ignored officers and continued to flee. Officers chased the vehicles for several miles, but the driver evaded police in the southwest area of Menomonee Falls.
Officers canvassed the area and found the vehicle abandoned in the 16200 block of Kohler Lane. The area was searched by Menomonee Falls police with help from City of Brookfield police, Butler police, the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department and the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Within hours, two suspects were found and arrested. A female employee of BMO Harris Bank was later identified as an accomplice and also was arrested.
Menomonee Falls police detectives, with the assistance of the FBI, continue to investigate.
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PEORIA — A federal judge on Tuesday soundly rejected a proposal from the Illinois Department of Corrections to address serious flaws in mental health care for 12,000 state inmates.
The IDOC faces an injunction in federal court that forces its compliance with a 2016 settlement agreement that called for significant improvements to the state's mental health care in response to a 2007 lawsuit filed by inmates in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
In April, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mihm ruled the state had violated prisoners' constitutional rights and shown deliberate indifference to their conditions.
At a hearing Tuesday, Mihm was blunt in his assessment of the state's plan to address the deficiencies in caring for those who are in crisis and in segregation units.
Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General Douglas Rees recommended a two-step plan to identify and provide additional care for inmates at the highest risk for harm.
"It's not a plan. It's nothing, really," responded Mihm, noting that the most seriously mentally ill were identified long ago during the decade the lawsuit has been winding its way through federal court system.
Mihm reminded the state numerous times Tuesday about accounts he heard from inmates who have testified about how the lack of care has affected them.
Mihm said he will issue a final ruling Friday that may be appealed by the state.
Failure to meet the terms of the agreement could eventually lead to the appointment of a receiver to oversee the mandated improvements.
Harold Hirshman, one of the inmates' lawyers, called the state's proposal "almost laughable ... they already don't pay attention to the people who are suffering."
The legal teams for both sides reviewed the plan with Mihm to draft a final plan for relief that will be part of the judge's final order.
Mihm agreed with Rees' concern that the inmates' proposal contained too many specific requirements that could interfere with IDOC control over its sprawling prison network of 41,000 inmates in more than two dozen facilities.
"The department remains committed to the settlement agreement. We believe with each passing month it gets better," said Rees.
As examples of how things are improving Rees cited no delays at 15 facilities in initial evaluations for inmates referred for mental health services and only four facilities reporting delays of 60 days.
The state also is making headway in its reduction of backlogs in psychiatric evaluations, said Rees.
The state's use of a private health care provider to deliver medical and mental health care complicates the issue somewhat, but does not lessen the state's obligation to ensure adequate and constitutional care, said Mihm.
Under the state's contract with Wexford Health Sources, the responsibility for hiring sufficient staff to provide care rests with the company. The state still struggles with the chronic challenge of hiring and retaining enough trained mental health workers.
"If there is one thing that stands out, it's a lack of staff," said Mihm.
"The inadequate number of psychiatrists and mental health professionals simply makes the job the department is constitutionally required to perform impossible," said the judge.
Mihm also opposed a state request for more flexibility in how existing staff is assigned within the mental health system.
A court-appointed monitor testified earlier this year that the state has hired about half of the 65 psychiatrists needed for the mental health caseload.
Currently, the state has 1,100 individuals in segregation, with 900 of them diagnosed with a mental illness. A new unit recently opened at a state facility in Elgin is expected to provide care for about 40 seriously mentally ill inmates held in segregation.
Contact Edith Brady-Lunny at (309) 820-3276. Follow her on Twitter: @pg_blunny


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God Schooling by Julie Polanco {My Review}
I was recently provided with a copy of God Schooling: How God Intended Children to Learn, the latest book by Julie Polanco. Unlike many of the items I review, this one is for me to read as a homeschooling (grand)mom so I had to be sure to carve out some reading time for myself (as many of you understand, not an easy thing to do).
It's super easy for we homeschool moms to fill all of our reading time with books about curriculum and child development by experts in the field and ignore what we see in our children. What are the latest trends in learning? Is this the direction we should go with our child (or in my case, grandchild)?
Too often we ignore the child in front of us and the message they are sharing about how and what they want to learn. In her book, Julie Polanco brings us back to this simple message, that, "Curriculum can be a great tool as long as it does not become our religion."
But what does this mean? How could the curriculum become our religion? Perhaps another way of saying this would be a warning not to allow following a curriculum to a T to become the law in your home. Here's an example that might help you understand what I'm getting at.
I heard of a family who was traveling but had chosen to follow the provincial curriculum to the letter. They followed the schedule as laid out and on the day they arrived at Mount Rushmore in their motorhome, the children had not yet finished an assignment that was due. Concerned that they best not turn in their papers late, the family stayed in their RV doing this schoolwork before entering this amazing monument thus reducing the time spent there. They got their assignment done but at what cost?
I remember falling into this trap when we first began our homeschooling journey. Thinking we had to complete every activity and assignment as presented or we had failed somehow.
Reading Julie's words about a more natural kind of learning calmed my fears that as we move more in that direction we might be missing something. She provides wonderful examples of how her children learn in their own ways, developing skills at different ages and stages, and how she learned to adapt her teaching style over time. I wish I had read her books sooner, it would have saved me a lot of stress and grief.
A homeschooling mother to four children, Ms. Polanco has done a lot of research into how children learn and woven these with Bible references throughout her latest volume. She stresses the importance of teaching by example, as Jesus taught his disciples. This should be freeing rather than feeling like we are slaves to our homeschooling endeavors.
As I read deeper into her book, I found myself realizing just how much learning we accomplish through everything we do in our lives. It's no wonder that Ms. Polanco encourages us to live full lives and to play with our children. She explains so well how to help our children learn through experiences.
Since reading this book I've been trying to pull back a bit and allow EJ to take more of a lead on things so when a heat wave struck and a planned road trip just felt like too much time in a car (who's air conditioning did not want to keep up with the 100°F + temperatures) and we turned down a road that had signage promising a ferry ride across the river I listened as he watched and explained what the pullies and gears were doing as they moved up and down and side to side (it was just like in his science book he told me). I encouraged him to ask questions of the ferryman (with a few prompts to overcome shyness) and was amazed at how much he was able to remember and explain to his mom when we got home. There is certainly something to this way of learning.
There are sections in this book on teaching children under age eight, from eight to twelve, and for teens but you will also find thought-provoking advice on how early to begin the more formal teaching of your pre-school aged children. Do our children really benefit from organized lessons at the age of three or four or will they develop just fine by continuing to learn through play until they are six or even seven years old?
Our girls were all different with our eldest entering pre-school only to tell her daddy and I that the other children were just babies and didn't know their words. She was just that type of child who gathered words like treasures. She loved to know what they meant and was always asking to learn more. Her sister, on the other hand, was our little artist. She loved to create and still does to this day (she did catch up on her vocabulary by the time she was about eight). Our youngest was the tom-boy and spent her days outdoors (she would arrive home on the school bus and proceed to read her picture book to our milk cow). As Julie says, every child is different.
Now all of this may sound very eclectic, relaxed, and possibly a bit unorganized but there are also sections in the book to help us stay organized and keep records. She provides a number of strategies for developing a routine that will help keep your family on track. There are also various suggestions for keeping portfolios, journals, and even a family website. Something to make that end of the year reporting (if required in your district) a lot easier. I've begun to keep a journal, even including what the weather is like and what else is going on to help keep us on track.
There are study questions at the end of each chapter that will help you dig deeper and better understand your feelings toward a more natural way of homeschooling. She has also provided a ton of resources where you can learn more about the books and studies that she references throughout this volume.
I've really enjoyed reading God Schooling: How God Intended Children to Learn and I would recommend it to any Christian homeschool mom (or gramma), especially someone looking for encouragement along their journey.
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FIREWORKS have been thrown at police and members of the public by teenagers in the run up to Bonfire Night.
Thames Valley Police is issuing a warning to young people and parents following a number of incidents involving dangerous use of fireworks on Halloween.
Between 3pm on October 31, and 3am, November 1, Thames Valley Police received around 160 calls related to fireworks.
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The majority of these related to fireworks being used inappropriately by young people, including throwing fireworks at police officers, members of the public, vehicles and buildings.
Calls were received from across the force area but Reading, Aylesbury Vale and High Wycombe saw a larger number of these sorts of incidents.
A firework was thrown at a member of the public in the Castlefield area of High Wycombe which charred their clothing, fireworks were thrown at officers as they responded to reports of anti-social behaviour in the Berryfields area of Aylesbury and fireworks were aimed at shops in Tilehurst, causing customers to have to stay in the stores.
Detective Chief Superintendent Richard List said: "Behaviour such as this is totally unacceptable, irresponsible and dangerous. The time that officers spend dealing with these incidents is completely avoidable and would be far better spent elsewhere.
"It seems that last night, throwing fireworks and setting them off inappropriately was seen by many as 'a bit of fun.'
"Let me be clear, this is not entertaining, this is criminal behaviour that we take incredibly seriously. If you are caught doing this, you can expect to face criminal proceedings."
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He added: "Fireworks can cause serious, lasting damage to people and property.
"As we approach Bonfire Night, I want to remind the public that it is illegal for a person under 18 to possess an adult firework in a public place."
This excludes sparklers, caps, cracker snaps, novelty matches, party poppers, serpents and throw downs.
"If you have fireworks in your home, please ensure that these cannot be accessed by your children and in any case, remind them of the serious consequences that these items can have when used inappropriately."


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We wonder if people who attended the recently held Kannada Sammelana were closing their noses when its President Prof. Chandrashekar Patil spoke? Because our MP Pratap Simha informed us that every time Prof. Patil opens his mouth foul smell comes out. Many have disapproved the MP's language, but it was Prof. Patil who instigated this kind of language and Pratap Simha rightly gave it back.
Being the President of the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, Prof. Patil should have spoken about the future of Kannada literature and how it could be made viable. Instead he made it a political Sammelana making statements such as — "When there is talk of secularism people like Ananth Kumar urinate." So Pratap Simha just gave it back. Metaphorically speaking, Pratap Simha is right; Prof. Patil had spoken like they say in English, a potty mouth — which is when someone uses foul language.
It is disappointing when public discourse is reduced to profanity. And it is happening more often these days. A few years ago we heard this in a press conference — "Bloody ba****d, does he have any shame? Bloody ba****d, who is he? This is the man who sent Shobha Karandlaje begging to my house to say that he will resign from BJP and join JD(S) if made a Minister. What is this nonsense?" These are not the words of a disgruntled party worker but that of the former Prime Minister — H.D. Deve Gowda. This tirade was targeted at the then Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa.
Then we heard this — "They were in power for 34 years, but did nothing. Now they are trying to shove bamboos up the a** of those who are doing it." This is not some angry bamboo worker from Bamboo Bazaar but the West Bengal CM, referring to the CPM.
Over time, use of profanity in public has become common. We have forgotten to be civil to each other. Stand near any auto stand and you will hear the choicest curse words. Go to a 5-star hotel and have to hear both the Kannada and English version of the curses. Everyone seems to be cursing someone all the time.
Also most abuses are misogynistic as it's targeted at a person's mother or sister? They don't even spare the grandmother. In our own "cultured" city, arguments almost always start with "Nimmajji" (your grandmother…) Or the standard "Nimmakkan" (your older sister). Wonder why they don't go after the younger sister and say "Nimthangi." One can only assume men in Karnataka have a thing for older women.
But cursing has its advantages. TIME magazine has reported that cursing is cathartic! It says it helps people deal with both emotions as well as physical pain. Oh! So that's the secret of Delhiites' ability to cope with pollution and Arvind Kejriwal — angrily scream that you want to have sex with someone's sister.
But now curse words meant to vent frustrations have placebos — replace the bad word with a phonetically similar one. But can angrily screaming, "This is bull spit?" or "son of a bucket" or "I don't give a Donald Duck" truly convey one's frustration?
Bad words are like a bad habit, once you start using them it often becomes a part of your personality and sometimes you can get into legal trouble. Indian Penal Code Section 504 states that intentional insult with an intent to provoke is punishable with up to two years imprisonment and Section 294 states anyone who sings or says any obscene songs or words, in public, shall be punished with imprisonment! So don't be a potty mouth in public, else you may go to prison and experience for real what you were cursing as you will become someone's "Donald Duck."
Cursing should be used like a medicinal or recreational drug; it's fun and effective in controlled dosages. When sprinkled with humour, it's a story enhancer but when used in aggression it's vulgar and provocative.
Language is the base of our social fabric and good language tends to encourage good behaviour, more so for a person in public life.
Now, speaking of profanity: A man got a parrot for a pet. Soon he realised it was a foul-mouthed parrot who used profanities all day long.
So the owner locked the parrot up in a dark kitchen cabinet as punishment. The parrot continued to scream profanities. Frustrated, the man put the parrot in the freezer of the refrigerator, where he had also kept his frozen chicken to make chicken curry for the evening dinner.
Even in the freezer he could still hear the parrot screaming profanities but then it suddenly stopped. An hour passed; still there was no sound. The owner got worried that the parrot may have frozen. He opened the freezer. The parrot calmly hopped out and apologised for being foul-mouthed. The owner was happy but wondered what had brought about this transformation.
Then a few minutes later, the parrot, in a soft timid voice asked, "By the way master, what mistake did the chicken do?"
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Australian Grasses
A gardener's guide to native grasses, sedges, rushes and grasstrees
Nick Romanowski
Flexi-cover, full-colour, 192 pp
Many Australian grasses are as spectacularly beautiful as the finest in the rest of the world. They are, of course, much better adapted to our varied Australian climates. This book describes around 200 species of grasses, sedges, rushes, grass trees and related plants, tells you how to propagate and grow them, and is illustrated with photos taken in rainforests, wetlands, mallee scrub and gardens from around the country.


text: Texas Railroad Commission Meet The Two Democrats Who Want To Run For Railroad Commission By Mose Buchele | KUT • Jul 1, 2020 Courtesy of the candidates The Railroad Commission of Texas might be one of the most powerful government agencies you've never heard of. That's because, despite the name, the commission regulates the Texas oil and gas industry. Texas Oil Regulators Loosen Rules And Waive Fees, But Don't Cut Production By Mose Buchele | KUT • May 5, 2020 Gabriel C. Pérez / KUT For months, the state agency that regulates oil and gas in Texas has considered reducing the amount of crude companies can pump from the ground. Supporters of the plan hoped it would reduce a supply glut and stabilize oil prices. But the proposal died Tuesday without a final vote. Texas Was The Model For OPEC, But It's 'Not Likely' To Limit Oil Production Now By Mose Buchele | KUT • May 5, 2020 In Texas, a proposal to cut the amount of crude that oil companies are allowed to pump from the ground appears dead. The regulator who proposed it — Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton — says commissioners "still are not ready to act" on the plan, which would have cut production 20% to try and stabilize prices amid a historic oil glut. Regulators had been expected to vote on the plan Tuesday. Seeing An Industry 'Under Attack,' Texas Officials Debate Oil Production Cuts By Mose Buchele | KUT • Apr 21, 2020 Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon / KUT A meeting of Texas oil and gas officials started Tuesday with a prayer both ominous and inscrutable. "Father, we come to you this morning recognizing an attack upon us as a country, as an industry," Railroad Commission Chair Wayne Christian intoned. Amid Historic Oil Bust, Texas Regulators Consider The Once Unthinkable: Keeping It In The Ground By Mose Buchele | KUT • Apr 14, 2020 Gabriel C. Pérez / KUT In a move that would have been unimaginable just a couple months ago, Texas is considering limiting oil production in the state. Capping the amount of crude that can be pumped is a power the state has not used in nearly 50 years. But, at a meeting Tuesday, regulators heard it may be needed to stabilize an industry in freefall. 2020 Primary Election Results: Statewide Races By KUT Staff • Mar 3, 2020 Gabriel C. Pérez / KUT These are the statewide races we're watching as primary election results roll in Tuesday. Texas Supreme Court | Railroad Commission | State Board of Education | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Clears A Path For Kinder Morgan's Pipeline Through The Texas Hill Country By Mose Buchele | KUT • Jun 26, 2019 Julia Reihs / KUT A Travis County judge has ruled construction on a natural gas pipeline through the Texas Hill Country can proceed. The state district court decision Tuesday marks a major setback for landowners and local governments that sued to stop energy company Kinder Morgan from using eminent domain to build the pipeline. Hays County Residents Say They're 'Prepared To Fight' Planned Natural Gas Pipeline By Mose Buchele | KUT • Jan 30, 2019 Salvador Castro for KUT A public meeting Tuesday on a planned natural gas pipeline in Central Texas often felt more like a protest, as Hays County residents shared concerns about the project and speakers vowed to fight it. Central Texas Pipeline Reignites Fight Over Land Rights By Mose Buchele | KUT • Jan 28, 2019 Julia Reihs / KUT A fight over a pipeline is never only about the pipeline. It's about the environment, property rights, public safety and a community's sense of itself. Just such a fight is now brewing in the Texas Hill Country, where company Kinder Morgan plans to lay a part of its 430-mile natural gas Permian Highway Pipeline. What's In A Name? At The Railroad Commission, It's About Energy Policy, Not Trains. By Mose Buchele | KUT & Betsy Blaney • Nov 5, 2018 Todd Wiseman/Texas Tribune From Texas Standard: From KTZZ and KUT: Tuesday is midterm Election Day. Of course you've heard about the heated Texas Senate race, and some of the state's more competitive congressional districts, the governor's race. But there are also several statewide races on the ballot this year that aren't getting much attention – like railroad commissioner. Current commission chairman, Republican Christi Craddick, is running for a second term against Democrat Roman McAllen and Libertarian Mike Wright. From U.S. Senator To Railroad Commissioner: Here Are The 2018 Statewide Races By Ben Philpott, KUT • Oct 19, 2018 Julia Reihs / KUT We here at KUT spend a lot of time reminding you about the down-ballot races in an election. This season, we hosted City Council forums because local elections really affect your life the most. But we know the big shiny races at the top of the ticket get more attention. So, here's what you need to know about the races everyone in the state gets a chance to vote on. Emails Show Gas Company Knew About Leaks Before Fatal Northwest Dallas Explosion By Jill Ament • Mar 13, 2018 Loren Kerns/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) From Texas Standard. A gas explosion in Dallas killed a 12-year-old girl last month and prompted the evacuation of a northwest neighborhood of close to 3,000 people. What The Heck Is The Railroad Commission Of Texas? By Mose Buchele | KUT • Jan 23, 2018 Mose Buchele / KUT In the brutal final scene from the 2007 movie There Will Be Blood, sociopathic oilman Daniel Plainview meets his rival for the last time. If oil fields are like milkshakes, he says, it pays to have a straw that reaches all the way across the room "and starts to drink your milkshake." "I. Drink. Your. Milkshake," Plainview screams maniacally. "I DRINK IT UP!" What does that have to do with the Railroad Commission of Texas? More than you might think. That's because the commission regulates oil and gas in Texas. Ironically, it has nothing to do with railroads. Science On Oil And Gas Link To Texas Quakes 'Uncertain,' New State Seismologist Says By Mose Buchele | KUT • Aug 11, 2017 Eddie Seal / Texas Tribune The science on whether there's a link between oil and gas activity and a surge in earthquakes in Texas isn't clear-cut, says the new seismologist for the agency that regulates the industry here. Meet the Candidates Running to Regulate Texas' Oil and Gas Industry By Mose Buchele | KUT • Oct 31, 2016 flickr/fireboatKS Listen Listening... / 2:58 The race to fill an obscure but powerful statewide office in Texas has been overshadowed by national politics this year. That's a shame not only because the office is important, but because the race for that office has been packed with strange twists and turns. A lot of those twists and turns come down to perceptions (and misperceptions) about the names involved in the race for Texas Railroad Commissioner. Lawmakers Tackle Reform of Texas' Oil and Gas Regulator Yet Again By Mose Buchele | KUT • Aug 22, 2016 Todd Wiseman / Texas Tribune Today the Sunset Advisory Commission – which evaluates the effectiveness of state agencies and decides whether they should be disbanded or reformed – will meet to look at one agency that's managed to avoid reform for years: the Railroad Commission of Texas. Listen Listening... / 3:06 As Trump Stirs Controversy, One Down-Ballot Democrat Dreams of Victory in Texas By Mose Buchele | KUT • Aug 11, 2016 Todd Wiseman / Texas Tribune When Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine visited Texas earlier this week he came with words of encouragement for a Democratic Party in a deep red state. "We're going to go after Texas," he said, recalling his time leading the Democratic National Committee. "We are serious about this." And as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to make controversial comments and drop in the polls, some Democrats are allowing themselves to dream of that victory. One of them is, himself, a candidate. How The Texas Railroad Commission Was The Blueprint For OPEC By Mose Buchele | KUT • Feb 29, 2016 Texas Archive of the Moving Image The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is not getting a lot of love in Texas these days. David Porter, top oil and gas regulator at the Railroad Commission of Texas, has accused OPEC of declaring an "oil war" against the state. Porter is leaving the Commission this year, and some of those running to replace him have used similar rhetoric. Listen Listening... / 8:42 Railroad Commission Refutes Peer-Reviewed Study Linking Quakes to Oil and Gas Industry By Mose Buchele | KUT • Sep 2, 2015 Eddie Seal/Texas Tribune An inquiry by the agency that regulates the oil and gas industry in Texas has found that oil and gas activity did not likely cause a swarm of earthquakes around the north Texas towns of Azle and Reno starting in 2013. The finding, however, flies in the face of a peer-reviewed scientific study of the quakes. Listen Listening... / 1:09 Amid Oil Boom, Texas Votes On Who Holds the Reins of Regulation By Mose Buchele | KUT • Nov 5, 2014 GRAPHIC COURTESY OF THE TEXAS TRIBUNE Update: Ryan Sitton defeated Steve Brown in the race for Railroad Commissioner 58.31 percent to 36.49 percent. Original Story (Nov. 4, 4:14 p.m.): An empty seat on a strangely-named state regulatory agency usually flies under the radar of voters. But the race to serve on the Railroad Commission of Texas has gained additional attention and importance this election. That's because whoever wins will not oversee railroads, as the name suggests, but will regulate the Texas oil and gas industry. It's an industry in the midst of a boom that's transforming global energy markets and pumping billions into the Texas economy. The two major party candidates competing for the seat offer starkly different visions for what the job entails. Lawmakers Hear Proposals for Confronting Man-Made Quakes By Mose Buchele | KUT • Aug 26, 2014 Oliver Berg DPA/LANDOV From StateImpact Texas: After a surge in earthquakes across Texas over the last several years, state regulators are considering their options. On Monday, the House Subcommittee on Seismic Activity heard some of those options. Many of the quakes are likely caused by wastewater disposal wells, where the liquid waste from oil and gas drilling is pumped back into the ground. The Railroad Commission of Texas is the agency that regulates the state's oil and gas industry, and it is proposing new rules for those wells. Exploring the Science Behind Manmade Quakes in Texas By Terrence Henry • Feb 18, 2014 Terrence Henry/StateImpact Texas From StateImpact Texas: The North Texas towns of Reno and Azle have seen over thirty earthquakes since November, sometimes more than one a day. It's been unsettling for residents like Barbara Brown. "Damage to my home, sinkholes on my property. Nerves! And a lot of angst," she said. "Because you just don't know when they're going to happen again." Amid a Surge of Texas Earthquakes, Oil and Gas Regulators to Hire a Seismologist By Mose Buchele | KUT • Jan 7, 2014 Mose Buchele for KUT In today's meeting of the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state Agency that regulates the Texas oil and gas industry, Commissioner David Porter announced the search for a staff seismologist in response to the rash of small earthquakes that have sprung up throughout the state along with the boom in oil and gas production. Town Hall Tonight Will Take on North Texas Earthquakes By Terrence Henry • Jan 2, 2014 Residents around Eagle Mountain Lake outside of Fort Worth have had a shaky few months. Dozens of small earthquakes have struck the area out of the blue. The Dallas-Fort Worth area is not known as a place that's prone to earthquakes. In fact, before 2007, there were no recorded earthquakes in the area. Since then, there have been hundreds. Studies of other swarms of earthquakes to the south in Johnson County and around the Dallas-Fort Worth airport have shown disposal wells to be the culprit, where wastewater from oil and gas drilling is injected deep underground. Inject enough wastewater, at the right pressure, and it can cause quiet faults to slip, resulting in earthquakes. Should Oil & Gas Inspectors Carry Concealed Weapons? By Dave Fehling • Jan 28, 2013 facebook.com/SmithermanTX Listen Listening... / 3:34 State Regulator Smitherman: 'Much Interest' in Gun Training As part of the debate over guns and violence, there's a new twist developing in Texas: the head of one state agency is proposing that its employees should be provided training so they can legally carry a concealed handgun on the job. The agency has inspectors that enforce the rules on the state's surging oil and gas drilling industry. AM Update: Moontowers Temporarily Vanish, Ron Paul's Michigan Finish, Texas' New Railroad Commish By Tolly Moseley • Feb 29, 2012 Photo courtesy flickr.com/wadeferd Moontowers Temporarily Taken Down An Austin moontower on the corner of West 22nd and Nueces streets has been temporarily dismantled due to a nearby construction project, and another on the corner of Trinity and Cesar Chavez is slated to move over to Third and Red River. Austin is the only city in the world that still operates under a moonlight tower lighting system, made up of those ethereal structures that provide large areas of illumination and – as every "Dazed and Confused" fan knows – the occasional party. According to the Austin American-Statesman, Austin Energy plans to refurbish the towers that have been removed, and because of their designation in the National Register of Historic Places, any repairs have to be historically accurate. You can read more from KUT News about the towers. Texas Oil Regulators Scrap Concealed Firearms Ban By Kate Galbraith, Texas Tribune • Nov 8, 2011 Photo courtesy of Texas Tribune Texas Railroad Commission employees will now be able to carry concealed firearms as they go about their work, following a unanimous vote on Tuesday by the three commissioners. "[Railroad Commission] employees often work alone in remote and desolate areas of the state where they may encounter criminals or dangerous wild animals," Barry Smitherman, the newest commissioner, said in a statement. "The least we can do is allow them to exercise their legal right to carry firearms in accordance with state law." Audit: State Inspected Only 65 Percent of High Priority Pipelines By Nathan Bernier | KUT • Nov 4, 2011 Photo by rcbodden http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcbodden/ With 270,000 miles of gas and oil pipelines in Texas, how closely do you think the state is monitoring the lines under its supervision? Consider that two deadly pipeline accidents happened last year in Johnson County and the Panhandle. According to a new report from the Texas State Auditor, the Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) inspected 65 percent of high priority pipeline systems. The report also found that the TRC's own inspection plan is incomplete and lacks accuracy. However, the report found that the TRC inspection regime was "substantially in compliance" with state and federal regulations. Perry Names Smitherman to Railroad Commission By Ross Ramsey | Texas Tribune • Jul 8, 2011 Photo by PUC Commissioner Gov. Rick Perry is moving Barry Smitherman from the Public Utility Commission to the Texas Railroad Commission, replacing Michael Williams, who resigned earlier this year to run for Congress. Smitherman was sworn into office this afternoon by Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett.


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World Assembly Resolutions
Since the rise of the World Assembly from the ashes of its predecessor, the Bureaucracy That Cannot Be Named, WA member nations have worked tirelessly to improve the standard of the world. That, or tried to force other nations to be more like them. But that's just semantics.
Below is every World Assembly resolution ever passed.
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General Assembly Resolution # 61
WA Copyright Charter
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Artistic
Proposed by: Glen-Rhodes
Desiring to strengthen and protect the rights of authors in their literary and artistic works, as well as in the intellectual means of the production of such works,
Recognizing the legitimacy of national copyright laws, but understanding that international rules must be established to protect the rights of authors abroad,
The World Assembly therefore
DEFINES, for the purpose of this resolution, copyright law as any law that grants the author of an original work of creative artistic or literary value exclusive right for a certain period of time in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution, and adaptation, after which time the work enters the public domain; public domain as the collection of works neither protected under copyright law nor under state ownership, available for free use by the public; intellectual property as intangible property that is the result of original artistic and commercial creativity, and that owners have been granted exclusive right over; fair use as the use of any copyrighted work or intellectual property for educational, personal, private, critical, or satirical purposes, provided that such use does not excessively infringe on the exclusive right or profits of the owner;
REAFFIRMS that national copyright laws apply to works created, distributed, and used in that nation, regardless of the origin of such works or the nationality or citizenship of the owner,
NOTES that such affirmation does not grant immunity to persons or institutions being held liable by foreign governments or copyright holders for the infringement of any copyrighted work or intellectual property, given that sufficient proof can establish a direct intent to infringe upon the rights of the owner of the copyrighted work or intellectual property;
DECLARES that national copyright laws must grant the following rights and protections to the owners of any copyrighted work or intellectual property: the owners exclusive right over the work or intellectual property, including its publication, distribution, and adaptation; the right of immediate copyright protection abroad of a work following placement in tangible form, with no legal or statutory formalities required for protection; the protection of the work or intellectual property from the publication, distribution, adaptation, display, demonstration, reproduction, and storage in electronic form by any person or government entity without the consent of the owner, for a period of time extending at least twenty-five years after the death of the creator, or the shorter of thirty years from publication or forty years from creation, if the work is of corporate authorship;
FURTHER DECLARES that national copyright laws must not discriminate in favor of domestic works, however affirming that nations may subject domestic works to additional requirements for copyright protection;
ALSO AFFIRMS that copyrighted works may be used freely and legally, if such use can be proven to be legitimate fair use;
PROTECTS the right of a copyright holder or intellectual property owner to sell, trade, or otherwise transfer their exclusive right to another party; to release the copyrighted work or intellectual property in to the public domain; and to license the use of copyrighted work or intellectual property to any person or institution, under any reasonable terms they so wish.
General Assembly Resolution # 62
For the Detained and Convicted
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The World Assembly,
Recognizing that detainees and convicts can be subject to mistreatment;
Acknowledging that individuals rescinded their civil rights when detained and convicted;
Understanding that though the individual is convicted, they are entitled to some rights;
Appalled that while some rights are covered by other resolutions, none have been made specifically concerning prisoners;
1. Detainees as any person(s) held in captivity by authorities accused of a crime(s), prior to conviction.
2. Convicts as any person(s) accused of a crime and convicted in a court of law.
1. That the detained:
a. are considered the accused until proven guilty;
b. shall be informed as to the nature of the offense;
c. shall be entitled to protection by the state from outside and inside threats.
d. (i) if held for more than 6 hours per day (or equivalent) shall be fed an adequate meal;
(ii) shall be fed at minimum two adequate meals per day;
2. That the convicted:
a. (i) if sentenced to prison, be given accommodations of a reasonable comfort level;
(ii) shall be placed in an area of adequate security level for the offense;
b. shall be fed at minimum two adequate meals per day;
c. shall have visitation rights;
d. shall be entitled to protection from inside threats;
e. shall not be subject to cruel and unusual treatment, so as not to cause physical or mental harm;
f. (i) shall be permitted at least one hour of outside exercise daily;
(ii) shall be permitted exercise time inside as requested for any reason, weather or otherwise;
g. (i) if misbehaved, may be punished and temporarily lose rights listed as (c) and (g) for an adequate time as given by a prison board or equivalent;
(ii) shall have more time added to their sentence if misconduct is a felony or of a serious nature.
Co-Author: Meekinos
General Assembly Resolution # 63
Protection of Outer Space Act
A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.
The World Assembly abroad,
ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of maintaining Outer Space as an environment for all nations to explore in the safest manner possible,
UNDERSTANDING that the hazardous accumulation of space debris in recent years is contributed by space-voyaging nations,
CONCERNED that nations may pollute this internationally encompassing environment, as space debris that is uncontrolled will not remain in one area forever and may even gravitate towards celestial bodies or pose a hazard to satellites and astronauts,
DEFINING Outer Space as the void which occupies the largely empty areas of the universe outside the atmosphere of any planet, star or other celestial body, where the edge of any celestial bodys atmosphere is understood to be the specific position where a craft would have to travel faster than orbital velocity in order to receive sufficient aerodynamic lift from the atmosphere to support itself.
1) Prohibits space-voyaging nations from damaging or polluting Outer Space unnecessarily.
2) Further Prohibits any unnatural addition of hazardous debris to a frequented travel route or within dangerous proximity to a celestial body where nations reside.
3) Forbids the intentional atmospheric reentry of any vessel, satellite, or object of non-weaponry purpose, if its reentry presents a substantial and unjustifiable risk to the health of any resident of a nation.
4) Stipulates that all vessels, and residences in Outer Space recycle and reuse waste material to the best of their ability, and dispose of it in a manner that is least likely to cause unnecessary risk.
5) Establishes the Coordination of Space Consortium (C.O.S.C), in order to:
I. Support peaceful scientific research carried out by member states regarding the environmental effects of interstellar travel and Outer Space in general.
II. Safely organize, and coordinate the trajectories and flight paths of space vessels and satellites belonging to nations that are willing to share such vital information.
III. Research and devise new technologies and methodologies to improve waste management systems in Outer Space as well as the longevity of satellites and other space equipment while minimalizng space travel's dependency on disposable space equipment such as rocket stages.
6) Encourages nations to adopt the C.O.S.Cs technological designs or environmental practices if applicable, or otherwise remain outside of Outer Space until their crafts and crew are compliant with its standards.
General Assembly Resolution # 64
Food and Drug Standards
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
OBSERVING the poor or irregular quality control in the food and drug industries of many nations
BELIEVING that such poor quality assurance in business endangers the consumers health and living standard
SEEKING to establish a firm system of quality control and standards in these industries and eliminate unsanitary and unethical food production
REQUIRES member-states to regularly inspect their quality control facilities in order to ensure that they are performing to the established international standards
DEMANDS that all food and drug products produced in member states must undergo safety and quality screening before being released to the consumer market
CREATES the World Assembly Food and Drug Regulatory Agency (WAFDRA)
CHARGES the WAFDRA with the responsibility to ensure that the food and drug regulatory agencies of member-states are performing satisfactorily; also to gradually implement reforms to the quality regulation authorities of member-states
MANDATES that such reforms shall include:
(A)The creation of a quality grade system by which all food and drug products shall receive a grade marking their relative level of quality and safety
(B)The establishment of forfeits for any businesses that attempt to evade safety standards upon their products; the nature and degree of such forfeits being left at the discretion of the WAFDRA and the establishment of appropriate legal consequences should any quality control facilities be found to be failing in their duty to assure the quality of the products they are charged with inspecting
(C)The creation of a team of WAFDRA inspectors who shall visit product inspection facilities on an annual basis or earlier upon the request of the committee in order to determine if they are still performing adequately to the standards of the WAFDRA
(D)The creation of an overall international standard to which all inspection facilities in member-states shall be measured against; also the creation of international standards by which to measure the safety of food and drug products
ASSERTS that in nations where there is no system of quality control the WAFDRA shall work with the national government to eventually establish such agencies
EMPOWERS the WAFDRA order the closure of any food and drug regulatory facilities that are found to repeatedly fail to succeed in ensuring the quality of the products being inspected; the closure shall be carried out by national law-enforcement
ORDERS that food and drug products being sold must bear upon them a label certified by the WAFDRA which clearly displays the quality grade that the product has been given by national quality-inspection facilities
NOTES that producers and vendors of de minimis quantities of food and drugs shall be exempt from the above clauses so long as they post visible notice at their place of sales that they are not operating under international standards
General Assembly Resolution # 65
Biological Weapons Conference
A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.
The WA,
DEFINES biological weapons as:
1)Any form of an infectious or biological agent of any kind that is intended to cause death, permanent illness, or injury.
2)This includes but is not limited to biologically-derived toxins and poisons, living microorganisms (bacteria, protozoa, viruses, and fungi), and toxins (chemicals that are produced by microorganisms, plants, or animals).
3)Any synthetic agent that mimics agents listed in the above two sections.
APPALLED at the devastation biological weapons can wreak on civilian and military populations alike;
REALIZING that the disarmament of biological weapons will aid efforts in international
DECLARES that the risk of use of biological weapons infecting non-involved nations is not worth utilizing the weapons;
NOTING that some nations may not use biological weapons;
1. REQUIRES member states to disarm their biological arsenal, never acquire or possess a biological weapon, or assist any non-member nation in any way to develop, acquire, or deploy such weapons (except for article 5).
2. CALLS FOR these weapons be disarmed in the safest way possible in order to protect the environment and citizens lives.
3. ALLOWS any member nation to attack non-member nations with any force necessary if they are attacked with biological weapons (except with biological weapons of any kind).
4.DEMANDS that precautionary measures to prevent trafficking of these weapons or agents are taken.
5.ALLOWS member nations to use such agents for peaceful purposes, either nationally or internationally, which includes and does not exclude, experimentation and implementations for vaccinations and other preventative treatments, testing for decontamination purposes, or other peaceful purposes. However, appropriate and effective measures are taken with regard to safety and security.


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The Upper Valley Neighbourhood Team covers Todmorden Ward (including Todmorden, Cornholme and Walsden), Calder Ward (including Blackshaw Head, Heptonstall, Wadsworth Old Town, Erringden and Hebden Bridge), Luddendenfoot Ward (including Mytholmroyd, Cragg Vale, Luddenden, Midgley, and Wainstalls ) and Ryburn Ward (including Ripponden, Sowerby and Barkisland).
Calderdale Council's Neighbourhoods Team are part of an initiative to help target services, tackle a variety of issues raised by local residents and respond to local community concerns.
The Neighbourhood Team act as a link between local people, Council services and other agencies including the Neighbourhood Policing Team.
We are also responsible for maintaining and running the Ward Forums and servicing the partnership Safer, Cleaner, Greener meetings which are set up to address local community issues.
In the Upper Valley Team there are two Neighbourhood Co-ordinators and two Community Wardens.
Kirsten Fussing the Neighbourhood Co-ordinator for Todmorden and Ryburn Wards.
Kirsten is currently on secondment as Programme Lead for Inclusive Economy. Her Wards will be covered in her absence by –
Daisy Wilde
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Jae Campbell is the Neighbourhood Co-ordinator for Calder and Luddendenfoot Wards.
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The evil that you do won't wake you up at night. Researchers say that we are pretty good at justifying our petty evils. What wakes us up are our shames. Our regrets. The memories of things we should have done better if we had only known.
I'm always surprised at the way we military spouses can remember our every flaw in just this way -- especially during deployment.
We will tell you chapter and verse about the fight we had with our deployed servicemember. The mean thing we said. The money we squandered. The vegetables we did not serve. The night we were too tired to read four bedtime stories and rushed through Goodnight Gorilla instead.
Give a military spouse a compliment about their children or ask them about their job and they will tell you exactly how they are messing it up. Weird.
This could be just the way we socialize women to be in this country. That is one thing. But the other thing is that this kind of behavior isn't very useful. It focuses attention where it doesn't need to be and saps energy when we need it most.
So I was paying attention when I heard Dave Grossman, author of On Combat, speak to an active duty members recently returned from combat and their spouses. He told them,
"Never judge yourself by your worst day. Take pride in your good days. Wake up every day and take up the warrior path. And pray that a lifetime of preparation is sufficient. At the moment of truth and the hour of need, you will be the one who leads the others home."That sounded like good advice to me. Not only for the servicemembers, but for we family members, too.
We don't need to judge ourselves on our very worst days—as if those few outliers were truly the best indicator of how we are doing.
Instead we need to take an average of most days. We need to be able to look at all the days that we mostly got it right and sleep well at night.
Because we family members walk our own version of the warrior path. We too lead the others home. We call our servicemembers home. We provide a strong center around which the rest of the family is pulled.
That is no joke. And bashing ourselves about the stuff that happens on our worst days knocks us off that path.
I know that, but I still twit myself about this stuff anyway. I still find myself up at night wrestling with a bad day. And then I turn to another favorite military wife quote--this one is from Ralph Waldo Emerson. I recite out loud to the darkness:
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in: forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. Begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."Then I flip my pillow over to the cold side, turn over, and go to sleep. Because tomorrow I will probably get it right. And so will you.


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Ranging from the pre-Christian era to Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton at the end of the seventeenth century, this Reader covers a broad range of alchemical authors and works. Organized chronologically, it includes around thirty selections in authoritative but lightly-modernized versions. The selections will provide the reader with a basic introduction to the field and its interdisciplinary links with science and medicine, philosophy, religion, and literature and the arts.


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The Olympic Medal Count, by countries, matters. It is a measuring stick of success, a reflection of a nation's swimming governance, health and performance. Since 2004, Team USA has had the golden bullet, Michael Phelps, and he's back for his 5th Olympic Games–like a one-man Fast and Furious franchise. However, this time, he's focused on fewer events, 100-200 fly, 200 IM, and the 400 medley relay. Will he swim on the freestyle relays? Who knows? But after studying the team medal count over past Olympic Games… Phelps matters.
In 2004, Phelps contributed 8 medals to Team USA's 28 total medals.
In 2008, Phelps pushed 8 gold medals into the Team USA column for their total of 31.
In 2012, Phelps helped Team USA with 6 medals, contributing to their tally of 31 again
Over the last three Olympics Phelps' 22 Olympic medals makeup 24% of the total medal count.
On the Team USA men's side, new talent is rising, like Ryan Murphy, Caeleb Dressel and Townley Haas. Conversely, established stars, like Matt Grevers and Tyler Clary, didn't make the team. And Ryan Lochte, who contributed 5 medals in 2012, is in just two events in Rio, the 200 IM and the 4×200 free relay. Then there's Nathan Adrian, quiet, dependable, the defending Olympic Champ in the 100 freestyle…but he's facing intense competition globally, and specifically from the Aussie Physicist, The Professor, Cameron McEvoy.
On the women's side, Missy Franklin struggled at US Trials, but secured a respectable schedule of 3 events, 200 free, 4×200 free relay, 200 back. In 2012 she contributed 4 medals. In 2016, she's got a fight on her hands to contribute two, with the 4×200 free relay being a solid podium performance. Then there's Katie Ledecky, racing the 200, 400, 800 free and the 4×200 relay. 4 medals is an easy bet (3 more than she contributed in 2012) and 3 medals is a lock.
In sum, Team USA heads to Rio with a fight on their hands. In past Olympics they've been in the same situation, 1992 and 1996, and performed well.
I got some help from our friends, the swimNERDs at Swimulator. The data? It's magical and proprietary…but they'll reveal some of the metrics as we near the Olympic Games, (and Swimulator will be generating a lot of data for us heading into Rio.)
By country, these are individual medal predictions and do not account for relays, and the predictions are not rounded up or down.
Team USA Men and Women – 17.3 medals
That's a tough number. Not good. I'd pepper in 6 relay medals to bring the total to 23.3. Would you add 6 medals, or 5 medals?
17.3 would be the lowest since 1988, when Team USA won 18 total medals. In my opinion, Team USA in Rio is really competing against itself historical. It's on them to make their mark in history.
2nd – Australia comes in at 12.5 (without relays)
3rd – Japan lands 6.6 medals (not accounting for relays)
4th – Hungry at 5.3 medals (again, no relay factored in)
5th – Great Britain at 5.2 medals
These are our predictions. We'll dive deeper into the metrics as we near Rio and with a longer list, going through the top 20 nations' medal count predictions.
But who cares what we think. What do you think?
See recent Gold Medal Minute videos here:
This is a Gold Medal Media production presented by SwimOutlet.com. Host Gold Medal Mel Stewart is a 3-time Olympic medalist and the co-founder of SwimSwam.com, a Swimming News website.


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August 31st - September 2nd, 2019 | Peoria, IL
The Top Gun Triumph is Top Gun Event's Annual Labor Day event. This 6 Game Guarantee is a great way for your team to spend the holiday weekend.
This is an Open Registration Event
Teams must be registered as an "USA Elite Select" level USSSA team in order to enter this event.
Tournament Information:
6 Game Guarantee
5 Pool Play Games into a Single Elimination Bracket
90 Minute Games
Entry Fee: $750
Payment Deadline:
August 18th, 2019
Daily Gate Prices:
Adults $7 Daily - $15 Weekend Pass
Child $4 Daily - $10 Weekend Pass
Teams are expected to be prepared to play by 8AM on Saturday, August 31st, 2019.
Refund Policy:
Once a team makes a payment for the event an automatic administrative fee will be kept by the tournament director regardless if a team has to withdraw from the event. Partial refunds may be consider up to 30 days prior to an event if a team is to withdraw from the event after making the payment.
Refund Policy Due to Weather:
All of the facilities that we host our events at have a solid reputation for being able to handle inclement weather. Our organization and the organizations that we rent facilities from make all reasonable efforts to get our tournaments to completion. On occasion, mother nature is overwhelming to the point that events may have to be called off before their completion. On those occasions, here is our policy for refunds (these examples are based upon a 3 game guarantee tournament)
Entry Fee:
If an event is rained out completely:
15% admin fee retained from refund for non-premium events
25% admin fee retained from refund for premium events
Top Gun Invitational
Top Gun Synergy
Fall Showcase
Top Gun Prodigy
Top Gun Titan
KC Fall Qualifier
If the tournament has already begun Teams will receive a refund based on the number of games played.
Play in 3 or more games receive no refund
Play in 2 game receive 50% of your entrance fee back
Play in 1 game receive 75% of your entrance fee back.


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Personal grooming can get complicated when you use the wrong razor. This is especially true if you're a black man who wants a clean shave. Most black men have coarse, tightly curled hair that tends to grow inward into the skin when shaved. Because of this tendency, you're more likely to suffer from ingrown hairs and razor bumps. It's even more inconvenient if your skin is sensitive. Not only are these bumps painful, but they're also not exactly appealing. That's why it's high time you invest in the best men's razor for black men with sensitive skin.
When you have coarse, curly facial hair, you should invest in the best razor that won't leave your skin feeling irritated. But of course, you'll want a handful of options to choose from. Below, we've listed down our top picks for the best men's razor for black men with sensitive skin. Pick out the one that suits your needs, and you're sure to have well-groomed facial hair in no time!
Imagine you're about to head out on a date with that beautiful woman you asked out. You're preparing yourself by giving your stubble a quick trim. But because you're using a subpar razor, you end up with nicks, razor bumps, and eventually, ingrown hairs. Not only does it sting when you apply aftershave, but as your date progresses, you feel like you want to run your face under cold water.
Your date will notice, but she'll probably be too polite to say anything. Instead, she'll either ignore it or subtly ask if you need to go to the bathroom to clean up.
You don't want this to happen on your date. That's why you need to pick out the best men's razor for black men with sensitive skin. With the right razor, you won't be constantly concerned about the state of your skin (not to mention the pain!). And the better you look and feel before a date, the more confident you'll be. Now that's something women can't resist!
Tons of razors out there promise to give you the best shave ever. Sadly, not all of them are suited for black men with sensitive skin. But when you have in-depth knowledge about what each razor can offer, you can make a better, more informed decision.
Below are our three picks for the best men's razor for black men with sensitive skin. We've chosen razors from three different price points. We hope they help you pick out the best razor for you because every man deserves a great shave!
When it comes to avoiding irritated skin, electric shavers are your best bet. These razors don't dig deep into the skin to cut hairs, so you don't end up with inflamed skin. For the Best Bang for the Buck category, we've chosen the Panasonic ES8243A ARC4 Electric Shaver and Trimmer. It's a comparatively affordable razor with a ton of great features.
This razor has micro-thin blades made of stainless steel, all of which have a 30-degree angle. This helps the blades get under the hair before cutting it. This type of system for a razor is ideal for black men with sensitive skin because it doesn't come into contact with skin too much. Aside from this, it also has a pivoting head that helps you reach all the contours of your face.
As a wet and dry electric shaver, you can use this razor in the shower. Because your hair is likely to be coarse, you can soften your facial hair with a splash of warm water before shaving. This helps the shaver cleanly trim each strand. You can also use a shaving gel or foam that's gentle on sensitive skin.
As a black man with sensitive skin, you may also opt not to trim your facial hair too closely. This may be because you'd rather have a little facial hair than a ton of irritation from ingrown hairs. If you want to do a quick trim, you can use the trimmer attachment to quickly groom your beard.
Don't run away because of the price! You'll soon find out why the Braun Series 7 Foil Shaver is the best men's razor for black men with sensitive skin. Yes, you've probably heard of the Braun Series 9 shavers, but the Series 7 is a gamechanger for men with coarse and curly facial hair.
Firstly, this electric shaver has four shaving elements. Its first three elements cut the hair, while the fourth is a skin guard. This razor uses the ActiveLIft technology to lift each strand of hair before the blades cut it. Because of this, the blades don't come into contact with your skin, thus lessening the chances of irritation.
Secondly, the Braun Series 7 has an 8D contour Adaptation feature that allows the head to move in 8 different directions. Just imagine how much easier shaving your jaw and sideburns will be when you use this feature.
Thirdly, this razor has 5 turbo and sensitive modes. These modes let you choose how aggressive you want your shave to be. Because you're looking for the best razor for black men with sensitive skin, you can choose the most sensitive mode.
Lastly, its Clean&Charge station charges your razor to give you a total of 50 minutes of shaving time. You'll never be caught needing to charge your razor when you're in a hurry for a date!
Hate having to charge your razor and prefer a more old-school tool instead? Then you'll concede that the WEISHI Nostalgic Long Handle Butterfly Safety Razor is the best men's razor for black men with sensitive skin!
This razor gets our "Best Value" rating because of how affordable yet effective it is at giving you the shave you want. Simply constructed and reliable, this razor gives you a clean, close shave without irritating your skin. It has a single replaceable blade that cuts hair with just one swipe. And yes, no matter how coarse your facial hair may be, its stainless steel blade cuts it in a snap.
However, the biggest drawback for this razor is that it's not easy to use for beginners. When you don't use the right technique, you'll end up with nicks and cuts. Unless you're used to shaving with a safety razor, we suggest giving this option a pass.
All three options for the best men's razor for black men with sensitive skin provide you with a decent shave. However, they're not made equal. For starters, the two more expensive options are both electric razors. Electric razors tend to fetch a hefty price tag because they're essentially foolproof. However, even beginners can use them with ease.
The third option is a safety razor that's easy on the budget yet requires a little practice. If you've used safety razors before without difficulty, then our Best Value option might be the best one for you.
Let's take a quick look at the 3 options above:
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|Best Bang for the Buck
|Panasonic ES8243A ARC4 Electric Shaver
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|Best of the Best
|Braun Electric Shaver, Series 7 790cc Men's Electric Foil Shaver
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|Best Value
|WEISHI Nostalgic Butterfly Open Double Edge Safety Razor
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The best men's razor for black men with sensitive skin is out there. And we're pretty sure it's right here on our list. Pick out the one that's most convenient for you to use, and start impressing your dates!