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Jekyll Island – Black Skimmers
From one day's visit to Jekyll Island, Georgia I will have several blogs to come. I am moving to my new seasonal job in Colorado and am too busy packing to write, so I will just post the photographs.
There were about 200 black skimmers, and an equal number of courting Laughing Gulls and Royal Terns in their usual spot on the south end of the island.
They congregate at high tide to rest and seek a mate. I was hoping to see the Royal Terns bringing little fish to prospective mates, but they were just getting started with their courtship apparently.
Black skimmers look so awkward and comical when on land, but in flight they are extremely graceful.
The setting sun shines through their ridiculously red bills.
They use their crazy-looking bills to skim the water's surface for edibles. Unfortunately I rarely see them doing this.
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The Astounding Adventures of Terri Cornelia Lee - Part 4 "Family" (Flashback)
Posted on Tue Jun 27th, 2017 @ 9:42pm by Lieutenant Terri Lee
Episode 4 - Truth, Justice, and the Federation Way
Timeline: 2418, In A Future That Was
[2418, Commander Theo Dolarian's Residence, Oakland, Earth]
Theo wiped off her floured hands on her apron. She tore off a chunk of one of the cookies she had just finished, putting it into her mouth. She chewed slowly, concentrating, then nodded. They were perfect. As usual.
Theo plated the orange chocolate chip cookies nicely, poured a glass of milk, and brought the array into the living room where Terri sat on the couch. She smiled down at the girl and said, "These are from your father. Orange chocolate chip." She put them down and crossed her fingers behind her back, praying that she would like them.
Terri had been noticing the tangy and sweet aroma of her favorite cookies coming from the kitchen, and it took her quite the effort not to rudely barge in there. After unceremoniously slapping Gustave in the face last night, she told herself to be on her best behavior for the rest of the weekend. She was the house guest after all.
The built up anticipation meant that she was more than delighted when Theo handed her the tray and by implication gave her the permission to dig in. But it was what she said that took her by surprise.
"What do you mean?" She asked, picking up the biggest piece of cookies from the tray. "I thought you were baking these in the kitchen just now."
Theo's smile softened. "He had them specially ordered. He felt bad for not being here to celebrate a certain someone's birthday." She thought about ending it there, but she didn't want to leave such an unhappy note, so she added, "And he's not the most talented baker, so I stepped in to help."
"Really?" Terri's eyes lit up with glee, but then a thought crossed her mind, and her smile faded. "You talked to him, didn't you?"
Theo's heart dropped when Terri's face fell. "I did." She wondered whether or not she should tell Terri that he said he might call, for she didn't want to get the girl's hopes up.
Theo suddenly had a small idea, but a nice one nonetheless. She bent down and hugged Terri tightly, saying, "This was his other present. He really does feel guilty for not being the father he wants to be." She hoped that wouldn't just make it worse.
"Thank you." Said Terri. It would have been nice if her dad had done this without any prompting from Theo, but she would take whatever she could, even if it's a little forced.
She took a bite of the cookie and a smile returned to her face. "This is really good."
"Why thank you," Theo replied with a proud smile. At least the girl was happy with the cookies.
Terri took another bite of the delicious cookie and drank from the glass of milk. "Dad used to bake, too." She said. "But it's always muffins. Blueberry muffins, honey banana muffins, maple bacon muffins. There was this once on the Themyscira when Michaela left the ship for a week for some doctors' conference and we had muffins for breakfast every day while she was away. After that I couldn't even stand the thought of muffin for a whole month."
Chuckling, she finished the cookie and picked up another one.
Theo laughed with her, smiling and taking a cookie for herself. "I really shouldn't eat these. I'm getting older, and my metabolism isn't what it used to be." She shrugged in sweet, chocolaty defeat. "Oh well, I'll just go on a bike ride sometime."
"Nah, you look great." Said Terri with a smile. Munching on her cookie, she was quiet for a little while. When she was done it, she picked up another piece, but instead of biting into it, she turned to Theo. "Can I ask you question?"
Theo braced herself for the worst, but kept soft smile on her face as she said, "Of course, anything."
"Hmm, you know how my mom and dad had been best friends before they got together. Do you think, I mean, people like them who are friends since childhood can really, you know, uh, be more than just friends? I mean, I know they did, but . . ." Her voice trailed off.
Theo thought for a moment. She knew that Terri was thinking about Gustave, but she didn't want to bring that into the conversation unless Terri was ready. She tried to phrase her words to seem generic instead of focused on Terri specifically. "Well yes, it can happen. Love can happen to anyone, sweetheart, even friends. So if both are willing, then yes. But if it only goes one way, then all you are doing is damaging your friendship. It is up to you to determine which is more important to you."
"Hmm." Terri took a bite of her new cookie and pondered what Theo had just said. "But, how can you tell if someone is, uh, willing?"
Theo picked up another cookie and ate it to stall for enough time to think. "Well first off, they would act differently. Going out of their way to spend more time with you. Saying things they wouldn't usually say. Acting embarrassed, as if they have a secret they can't tell you, but they really want to. I wouldn't know all the . . . symptoms, but you could probably tell."
"Oh, I see." Terri nodded as she continued to chew on her cookie. Gustave hadn't done any of what Theo just said. Did that mean he was . . . unwilling? Sighing quietly, she stuffed the remainder of her cookies into her mouth before picking another piece and stuffing some more. "Boys ar so stuupit." She mumbled under her breath with her mouth full of delicious cookie.
Theo chuckled under her breath as she said, "That they are." Theo wasn't stupid, she had seen the way Terri looked at Gustave. She just wished that there was more she could do about it. Cookies could solve a lot of problems, but hearts tended to take their own path. And as much as it pained her, she knew that Terri's heart would have to tough this one out and risk getting broken.
Just then Gustave walked in, looking for his mother. He saw her on the couch and said, "Hey mom can we tal-" He stopped abruptly when he saw Terri. He noticed that her cheeks were puffed out like a chipmunk's, and then he noticed the plate of cookies. He resisted the urge to laugh, as he didn't want to risk her getting mad and slapping him again. He broke the awkward silence, saying, "Uh, hi Terri."
Terri was so glad she had stuffed her mouth full of cookies. There was no way she could talk to Gustave now, certainly not in front of his mom. She mumbled a few random syllables that she hoped would pass as greetings to Gustave as she stood up from the couch, doing her best to look and act normal.
"I, uh, hoove tu, uh, talk tu Meg un Moorian,"
She took a quick glance at Gustave before making her way away from the couch, only to stop a few steps later. Walking back, she mumbled a few more random syllables and took from the plate all the cookies that could fit in her hands. Another furtive glance at Gustave, she hurried out of the living room and disappeared into the hall way.
Gustave shook his head. "Mom, I just don't know what's going on with her. She seemed perfectly normal at first, but then things kept getting weirder and weirder. She went from talking about news to laying on my lap and having me scratch her back. And then she slapped me! Did I do something wrong?" He looked up at Theo in bewildered confusion, hoping that maybe she could answer the questions he could hardly fathom.
Theo sighed, "She's just confused. It's been a while since you last had a chance to really talk, and she doesn't know how to act around you anymore." She smiled at him comfortingly, putting a supportive hand on his shoulder.
Gustave wasn't quite convinced. "Are you sure that's all? She was acting pretty strangely."
Theo broke eye contact and looked across the room at the television that was still on. She tried to think of the best way to say what Gustave needed to know. "Terri has been through some pretty traumatic stuff in her life, and around her birthday, the pain always comes back and reminds her." Theo looked back up at Gustave and smiled reassuringly, "She is just looking for a little bit of affection, and her best childhood friend happens to be where she is seeking it."
Gustave frowned, then nodded in understanding. "I suppose that makes sense. I guess she was just embarrassed when the twins walked in, so she slapped me." It was clearer now. Some of it still seemed to . . . odd to be explained, but the pieces were starting to fit together.
Theo smiled, "Hey, just because she opened up to you doesn't mean she's ready to open up to the crazy twins yet. She'll come around in time, but you're right, I'm sure she was pretty embarrassed."
Gustave's smile returned to his face for the first time that afternoon. "Alright. Thanks, mom. You really do know everything." He laughed, and Theo joined him. He gave her a big hug, then grabbed a cookie and started for the exit, saying, "Love you."
Theo called to him as he left, "I love you, too."
Terri had made up her mind. Sort of . . . OK, maybe not really.
She knew she should just apologize like the twins suggested, but saying "I'm sorry" was always hard for her, really hard. Besides, Gustave probably deserved a few slaps in the face for friend-zoning her all these years, although truth be told, it's probably just his obliviousness, and not intentional. At least she hoped that was the case because otherwise he would deserve not just a few slaps in the face, but a good old-fashioned beat down or two.
She sighed as she walked into the kitchen, looking for those delicious cookies Theo had made to help her clear up her mind, only to find Gustave, who was apparently also looking for snacks. Her first instinct was to bolt away, but unlike earlier, she had a better hold of herself this time. Besides, unlike earlier, there was no one else around so she might as well just get this over with.
"Hi, Gustave." She said casually and without making eye contact as she walked past him and reached the other end of the kitchen table where a plate of cookies waited to be consumed.
He turned abruptly, startled to hear her. "Oh, hey Terri. Didn't see you there." He pulled a glass out of the cupboard and smiled awkwardly.
There was a moment of silence between them as Terri munched on a piece of orange chocolate chip cookie. Then sheepishly and almost inaudibly, she said, without looking at Gustave, "I'm sorry."
Gustave didn't quite hear. With a look of confusion etched on his face, he replied, "What?"
"Arggh." Terri grunted in frustration. Did he really expect her to apologize twice?! Turning around to look at him in the eyes, she wiped the few cookie crumbs off the corners of her mouth and made her ultimatum. "OK, I'll let you slap me, and then we'll be even. So go ahead. Come on. I can take it." That bit was true. She had fought with people twice her size since she was a kid.
"Come on. Are you chicken, or what?" Some taunting surely wouldn't hurt?
Gustave's face went from confused to surprised to horrified and back to confused all in a second. "What?" He said. "Terri, I'm not going to hit you! What is this all about?"
"Why not?!" Terri protested with growing desperation in her voice. "I hit you yesterday, so I'm letting you hit me back. Let's just get this over with already."
"I don't hit people I respect," Gustave said, crossing his arms. "I'm not going to ask why you hit me, I'm sure you had your reasons. I'm over it. I'm not going to hit you."
"No, you can't be over it just like that." The words had already came out when Terri realized how silly and ungraceful they were.
But what's she to do now? Her first plan was to apologize. That didn't work out. Her backup plan was to let Gustave hit her back to even out things. That didn't work out, either. Why did he have to be so oblivious and so understanding at the same time? It didn't make sense to her at all. And it's frustrating.
"Argg" She grumbled. Picking up another cookie, she went back on munching again. She really didn't know what to say.
Now Gustave had no clue about how Terri's mind worked, or the mind of any female for that matter, but he could tell when someone had something on their mind. And this was one of those times.
"Terri," He asked, "What's wrong? If you need to get something off your chest, just say it. I'm listening."
Terri mumbled something as she worked on her next cookie. Why should she have to explain to the slowpoke what was going on? Why did he have to be so oblivious, so slow, so big, so strong, so funny, so good-looking . . . wait a second, she was supposed to be mad at him. Yes, she was mad at him. That was the plan.
Turning back to Gustave, she stared him in the eyes. "I have nothing to say to you. I'm leaving now." With that, she picked up another cookie and munched on it, staying exactly where she was.
Gustave saw her just stand there and tried to suppress a laugh. He failed. Realizing that she might be offended, he said, "I . . . Sorry. I'm sorry, Terri. Okay. Let's get back on topic. Don't leave, please. We definitely need to talk about something." Though about what, Gustave wasn't quite sure. He needed answers. Why had she hit him? What had she mumbled? What the heck is wrong with the entire female population?
Terri might not like apologizing to others, but she sure loved being apologized to, and heaven knows, Gustave owed her more than a few apologies for all the terrible and terrible friend-zoning she had suffered at his hands over the years.
OK, technically that apology wasn't for the friend-zoning, but hey, he got to start somewhere.
With a sniff that was more proud than contemptuous she said, "Hmm, apology accepted." Another bite of her cookie. "So, what do you want to talk about?"
All of a sudden she was feeling a lot better.
"Why did you slap me?" Gustave asked, figuring he might as well not beat about the bush. "What did I do wrong?"
And just like that, Terri was back on square one. It had looked like she might have dodged a bullet there, but Gustave just had to ask the question. With a quiet sigh, she relented.
"I don't know." She said as her eyes drifted away. "It's not you. It's just that I . . . I was . . ." There was a pause. Then she sighed again, but this time more determined. Reconnecting her eyes with his, she spilled the beans in rapid fashion. "I freaked out. OK? I freaked out when your sisters walked in on us. I was embarrassed that they saw us like that. But . . ."
Her breathing quickened as she continued. "But I just wanted to be with someone . . . It's my birthday for heaven's sake! Do you know how hard it is? Everyone else has their birthday cakes, their friends, their families. For everyone else it's a special day, a day to celebrate. What do I have to celebrate? I have never even met the woman that gave birth to me. You know why? Because I killed her! My dad wouldn't even talk to me around my birthday. Why? Because I killed the love of his life!"
Pausing to steady herself, she shook her head. "They never meant to have me in the first place, Gustave. They were possessed by the Vorusi. It was not them, and I was never meant to be . . . I was . . ."
"Woah. Slow down," Gustave said. He understood that she needed the company. That was one thing his confused mind could comprehend. "You are in now way a murderer. Don't blame yourself for any of that, you had no control over the circumstances of your birth." He took a deep breath, knowing that he could never understand how she felt, but hoping he could help.
He paused, then continued. "And your dad being distant . . . that's his problem. To be quite honest, he's missing out. You are an incredible person, and this family loves you. We do what we can to make up for all the love you've missed out on." He looked her dead in the eyes, placed his hands on her shoulders, and said, "But you can't move on until you accept that you are loved and wanted, no matter how much it may seem that you aren't. You can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends. You've got us; Mom and Dad and Meg and Marion, and me."
Terri blinked her eyes as she processed what Gustave had just said. Those were some of the kindest words she had ever heard. Family, after all, was what she had always wanted, but it had never felt complete, even before her dad and Michaela separated. Of course, Michaela with her unbounded kindness and maternal love had always treated her like one of her own, as did Erin and Alex, but nothing she did could ever elicit the same affection from her dad, who remained to this day aloof and distant. The death of Alex and Erin, however, forever shattered even that family, already incomplete as it was.
So to hear those words from the man she had had a crush on since they were kids was especially meaningful and touching, so much so that she was speechless for a few moments as a plethora of emotions swirled inside her.
She felt something moist in her eyes and fought it. No one had ever seen Terri Cornelia Lee cry, and no one ever would.
Gustave saw her eyes fill with tears, and his heart dropped straight to his shoes. He reached out and held her cheek, stroking tenderly with his thumb. He wasn't sure whether or not he should speak, so he sat there and watched as his childhood friend melted in front of him.
That tender touch. Those warm eyes. Her resolve was faltering.
Suddenly she reached out and clinched him with her arms, burying herself in his chest. No one could ever see her cry.
[To be continued in Part 5. . . . . .]
Commander Theo Dolarian
Scientist, Starfleet R&D
Lieutenant JG Terri C. Lee
Researcher, Starfleet R&D
(NPC - Oliver)
Lieutenant Gustave Dolarian
Fighter Pilot, USS Churchill
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NO NBL team has beaten an NBA club yet but Melbourne United today went within a potential goal-tend of achieving the "impossible" in a sensational performance against Oklahoma City Thunder.
Josh Huestis rose above the pack to swat Josh Boone's shot, bringing OKC fans at Chesapeake Arena out of their seats, then did it again to reject Casey Prather and preserve an 86-85 win.
Forget the final scoreline though or the sight of Melbourne players exhorting the referees to call Huestis' block on Boone a goal-tend. It wasn't. Ultimately, it doesn't matter.
This was a huge win for the NBL and its international reputation as a burgeoning league, in the mix as among the finest in the world.
Australian fans - and Australian media - should be swarming all over this performance, especially when you consider Melbourne's major scorer, Rio Olympian Chris Goulding could not even make the trip due to an appendix operation in Adelaide last week!
"The message is to be proud," NBL executive director and owner Larry Kestelman said, addressing basketball's fanbase in this country.
"Support your stars, support your team. We're super competitive (and) we're respected."
We certainly are now, in marked contrast to the words of Thunder star and reigning NBA MVP Russell Westbrook who pre-game when asked what he expected of Melbourne's challenge, scoffed: "I ain't expecting shit."
RUSSELL WESTBROOK: Was made to work by Casper Ware today. Pic courtesy NBA.com
He got a lot more than he bargained for with Casper Ware never taking a backward step en route to 20 points, including a 3-pointer with 6:23 left which gave United the lead 77-76.
Paul George bumped OKC back to the lead but down 77-80, it was Ware again whose triple tied it 80 apiece with 4:19 left.
Ware seriously showed off his NBA bona fides and the NBL is lucky to have a player of his calibre. Boone paired 15 points and 9 rebounds and Prather had 11 and 10.
As the Thunder pulled 86-80 clear and looked home, it was Ware again for three, then Dave Andersen converting an offensive rebound for 85-86.
This was rivetting stuff for any genuine Aussie ball fan. Remember too, and as NBL chief executive Jeremy Loeliger tweeted below:
Their country, their court, their rules, their refs, their fans ... Jeremy politely didn't focus unduly on that second-to-last one but it was significant.
The Thunder's "Big 3" was precisely that as Westbrook off an offensive board, then Carmelo Anthony with a pair of 3-pointers and George with a triple threatened to blow Melbourne out of the water.
Instead United adjusted quickly and came firing back, Ware tying it at 16-16, Prather giving it the lead, Boone extending it to 20-16.
Kyle Adnam's three to close the period saw Melbourne ahead 30-27 and just like that, Australia was united behind them.
Andersen extended the lead to 32-27 in the second before OKC tightened its grip, containing Melbourne to 14 for the period.
Former Adelaide 36ers import Terrance Ferguson (below) also had a moment on the break which he turned into a nifty three-point play but Melbourne was never out of this.
Factor in too, coach Dean Vickerman found court-time for 13 players but United never lost its competitiveness.
Tai Wesley was solid and dished some wicked passes to boot and even when the game threatened to get away when Kiwi centre Steven Adams dunked for a 62-52 lead, Melbourne just stuck to it and worked its way back.
Back in 1995, the Houston Rockets beat Perth Wildcats by 44. Last week Utah Jazz beat Sydney Kings by 25 and by today, the NBL's #1 ranked team took it to the NBA's #3 ranked outfit - OKC still rated behind Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers - in a tremendous result for Australian basketball and the NBL.
Post-game Ferguson reiterated he had expected a scrappy fighting effort from Melbourne but also confirmed his NBL allegiance.
"I hate Melbourne," he said. "I'm an Adelaide boy for life."
While that warmed the hearts of 36ers everywhere - the Sixers host Melbourne again this week - truth is United today definitely represented the NBL and Australia at its finest.
In the words of dual-Olympian and NBA champion Matthew Dellavedova:
Exactly. Melbourne scrappy?
No more than any Australian or Australian team presented with this sort of opportunity, Dellavedova the prime example.
Melbourne classy?
You better believe it.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 86 (George 22, Anthony 19, Adams 12, Westbrook, Roberson 9; Adams 10 rebs; Westbrook 7 assts) d MELBOURNE UNITED 85 (Ware 20, Boone 15, Wesley 13, Prather 11, Andersen 9; Prather 10 rebs; Wesley 5 assts) at Chesapeake Arena, Oklahoma.
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Goya Chanpuru (ゴーヤーチャンプルー) - Bitter Melon and Egg Stirfry
- 2 bitter melon
- 300 gram pork, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon katakuriko (Japanese potato starch), or use corn starch
- 1 block of firm tofu (about 400 gram), cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon oil (canola/olive)
- 2 tablespoon sesame oil
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- Sauce (mix the following together)
- 2 tablespoon sake
- 3 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoon dashi stock granules
- Garnish
- 4 tablespoon bonito flakes
- 1 tablespoon nanami togarashi
- Prepare the bitter melon by first cut the melon in half lengthwise. With a spoon, scoop out the seeds. The, cut into thin 1 cm slices.
- To remove the bitterness, place the melon slices in a mixing bowl, and sprinkle with 2 to 3 tablespoon of salt, then massage the salt gently in to the melon. Let rest for 15 minutes, then wash and drain to remove the salt and bitterness.
- In another bowl, mix together thinly sliced pork and katakuriko. Set aside.
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This morning, there was no way I could pass up the capsicums sitting in the refrigerator screaming for attention. I set out to prepare a pachadi in combination with green chillis to mellow down the sweetness of capsicums. Capsicum and green chilli pieces are sauteed in oil, ground to a coarse paste and slow cooked in a tempering spice base along with tamarind to create an amazingly well balanced flavored pachadi – sweet, sour and spicy. Once you devour it with rice and a dash of ghee, its hard to imagine cooking and relishing capsicums in any other way.
Capsicum pachadi
- 3 big capsicums, washed and cubed
- 8 10 green chillis, chop into big pieces (adjust)
- 2 3 tbsps tamarind paste (adjust)
- 1 large onion, finely sliced
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (optional)
- 1 tbsp split black gram dal (urad dal/minapappu)
- 1/2 tbsp channa dal (senaga pappu) optional
- 1 2 dry red chillis
- big pinch asafoetida/inguva/hing
- few fresh curry leaves
- 1 tbsp oil
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Method for making Capsicum pachadi
Heat two tsps oil in a cooking vessel, add green chillis and fry on medium heat for 4-5 mts, stirring it constantly. Remove from pan and cool.
In the same pan, add the capsicum pieces and stir fry on medium heat for 3 mts. Remove and cool.
Once cool, grind the sauteed green chillis, capsicum and tamarind paste to a coarse paste. Keep aside.
Add the remaining oil to the cooking vessel, add mustard seeds and let them pop, add cumin seeds and dals. Let the dals turn red, add curry leaves and dry red chillis. Add the asafoetida and stir fry for a few seconds.
Add the sliced onions and fry for 4 mts or till they turn transparent. Add the ground capsicum-green chilli paste to the sauteed onions and stir fry for atleast 15-18 mts on low to medium flame.
Add salt and combine. Ensure that the capsicum-green chilli paste is thoroughly fried in oil. This pachadi stays fresh for a few days if stored in the refrigerator.
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A night out in Lima just isn't complete without a visit to Ayahuasca. Located in a huge mansion, Ayahuasca has several bars, each designed by a different architect and each with a different theme. Guests can enjoy strolling from room to room, sipping exotic cocktails and admiring the unique decor at each hangout, which includes psychedelic lighting, glowing coloured bottles and framed bras and knickers. This is undoubtedly Lima's place to see and be seen – as reflected by the hordes of people. Be sure to try the pisco sours here.
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Barra 55
It's no surprise that one of Lima's coolest areas, Barranco, is home to one of its hottest bars. Barra 55 somehow manages to be stylish but laid-back, modern yet retro. You can spend hours relaxing at its sleek bar, knocking back more pisco and soaking up the booze with endless tapas plates. With over 20 varieties of gin to choose from, it's a G&T lover's dream, but has many excellent craft beers too. The soft jazz music might lure you in at the start of the evening, but the funk, house and afro beats which thump out later will keep you there until the early hours.
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Sargento Pimienta
This big, barn-like club is an old favourite in Lima and guarantees visitors a wild night to remember. Depending on the evening you go (each night is themed) you can expect to be entertained by resident DJs, local rock and funk bands or some of the best salsa in the city. Sargento Pimienta is probably best known for its 'salsa Tuesdays', which are perfect for first-time visitors to get a flavour of Peruvian culture. If you can't salsa, don't worry: it's notoriously dark in there, so just put your best foot forward and give it a go.
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Hostel Kokopelli
In the heart of Miraflores on the tourist-packed Calle Berlin is Hostel Kokopelli and its buzzing rooftop bar. In a city that offers such sensational views it would be a crime not to have a few drinks on at least one rooftop, and the one at Kokopelli is always lively. With free shots and a happy hour as well as live bands and DJs, it's a no-brainer for travellers on a budget – or anyone who wants to party hard with other tourists.
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Thursday Afternoon Family Theater
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
West Branch, IA
Thursday, July 25, 2019 - 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A movie that is great for the whole family - The Greatest Showman. The Hoover Museum is partnering with the West Branch Public Library to provide free afternoon movies.
The Greatest Showman celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
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Hello Zettelkasten!
Over the last months, posts about Zettelkästen tended to show up quite frequently on Hacker News and caught my attention.
Using GitHub actions to bump version numbers of Python packages upon release
I used to be a big fan of projects like Versioneer or get_version because they make releasing a new version of a package as easy as
Building a Fully Reproducible Data Analysis Workflow Using Notebooks and Nextflow
In this post, I will describe a data-analysis workflow I developed to address the challenges I face as a computational biologist:
Introducing R Markdown for Jupyter with ipymd
Here, I present ipymd, a plugin for jupyter that allows to read and write R Notebook format. The package is freely available from github.
Benchmarking Scripting Languages for Bioinformatics or The sad truth about Julia
As a Bioinformatician, I am mainly confronted with two programming languages in my everyday tasks: R and python.
Cleverly using web maps for outdoor activities - Part II
In an earlier blog post I described GEOS, the Google Earth Overlay Server. The python-tool allows to display web maps (such as Google Maps or open streetmaps) as an overlay in Google Earth.
Cleverly using web maps for outdoor activities.
There's a plethora of maps freely available out there, offered by different companies or states. Just to name a few:
⟨ ut ⟩ - travel and outdoor blog
To share the stories of my Erasmus exchange in Tondheim, Norway, I created the outdoor and travel blog ⟨ ut ⟩. "ut" stands for out, outside in Norwegian.
TBG - The Bioinformatics Game
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Substi - An App for substitution schedules at schools
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A recent Wall Street Journal article duly notes that the Trump administration has taken some hits from consumer advocates. One chief complaint alleges its policy of pulling back on protective measures that guard against financial fraud via a clearly friendly business stance that undermines consumer safeguards.
A case in point: Critics charge that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created during the Obama presidency has been materially gutted as a clear concession to business powers.
That criticism is now being addressed, with it being especially spotlighted just like week pursuant to an announcement that a new task force has been created to target and take action against consumer fraud.
The initiative was spawned via an executive order signed by President Trump. The regulatory team comprises the CFPB, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice and additional agencies. The administration states that its creation underscores the government's continued focus on fraud identification and enforcement.
The announcement comes with what is essentially "you can have both" labeling. The Journal piece notes the administration's push concerning "punishment of bad actors even as it pursues deregulatory policies welcomed by the financial industry."
As for the CFPB, it seemingly embraces the initiative in a keen way, given its expressed sensitivity to recent criticisms concerning its perceived loss of oversight, power and enforcement might.
Indeed, CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney seems eager to get started with the task force's agenda. He says that much adverse information circulating about agency weakness and ineffectiveness "is not accurate."


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Following on from the successful bespoke charger bags that I created
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I decided to develop a beauty bags concept. I first create a boxed unlined beauty bag from a repeat pattern fabric that I had created.
I then decided to take my Ice Cream Paper Picture and heat press it onto satin to make panels for a bag.
I decided that a main panel on the front with a repeat pattern design on the back panel might work nicely. So I made the pattern elements and then created the pattern digitally in my favourite app Pixelmator. As learned in Jessica Swift's online course Pattern Camp.
I printed out the designs onto heat fuseable paper then ironed them onto fabric and sewed a fully lined (invisible seam) bag on my fabulous Bernina machine.
And finally, for now, I made a bag from satin featuring a design I created in printmaking and digitally. The bag is also fully lined with hidden seams and is machine embroidered.
This one feels quality and I'm proud of it. The colours and design work well.
I adapted two online instructions from a website and YouTube tutorial to make the bag.
The bags are a key part of the final major project for my art Foundation course, and I have my first 'selling to the public' event next month.
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Officials Preferences
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User Preferences for Assigners
The primary assigner can set the listed preferences below to optimize their assigning environment.
Time Zone - The time zone can be set for the area in which your organization resides.
Page Size - Setting the page size will affect the number of rows displayed on screens where the page rows can be changed. I.e. - Games screen.
Date Range - Allows a date range for the current season to be set. When generating reports the starting and beginning dates will be default to this value.
Game Time Step - When editing a game's start time, steps of every 5 minutes are shown. That value can be changed here to eliminate the number of time values on the pull-down. Acceptable values are 5 through 60.
Official Travel Limit - Changes the default travel limit for new officials. The normal default is 999.
Import Games From - A list of game scheduling brands that have contracted with TheArbiter.net to allow the share of information. To allow games from any of these vendors to be imported into your games file, highlight all brands that your schools or leagues are utilizing.
Number of Days Officials Have To Accept Games - When a game is published the value set here is added to the current date to determine the published assignments' ACCEPT BY date.
Enforce "Accept By Date" - When this setting is checked the system will enforce the ACCEPT BY DATE on each assignment by automatically removing officials once the date is past. Officials are generally removed between midnight and 4:00am of the night of the ACCEPT BY DATE. When removed the setting for 'When Officials Decline Games' will determine if the official is then blocked for the dates for which assignments were automatically removed.
Do Not Allow Officials To Decline Assignments - When this setting is checked official's assignments are automatically accepted when the official views their schedule.
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Allow Contacts To View Game Report - By selecting this preference the assigner can allow contacts to VIEW (only) the game report.
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Willard Veterinary Hospital
304 Proctor RdWillard, MO 65781
Jo Ellen Bacon is our head Customer Service Representative (CSR). A north Missouri native, she came to Willard with her husband, Dr. Brett Bacon, in 1991. They met at MU where she completed her Master's in Counseling Psychology. She keeps busy with their daughter and son's activities in college. Her "furry kids" include Betsy, a Yorkie mix, and Carli, a cat. She enjoys reading, walking and various crafts.
Bridget Mills is a Licensed Veterinary Technician. A Willard native, she completed her Veterinary Technician degree at Maple Woods Community College and her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Missouri Southern College. Bridget and her husband keep busy following their two sons with all of their activities and a house full of dogs and cats. Mango and Holly have grown up with the boys, as well as her cats, Louie and Truffles. Bridget enjoys anything outside and crafts including quilting and tatting.
Pam Console is one of our Customer Service Representatives, and can be seen assisting our doctors. She is a California native and completed an Art History degree at St. Mary's College. She has lived in different parts of the US and currently resides in Ash Grove with her husband, son, and a brood of cats, dogs, horses, and cattle. Pam has been in the veterinary field for several years. She enjoys rooting for her son in football, being with her horses, gardening, and antiquing.
Shelby Epperson is one of our Vet Assistant/Customer Service Representatives. She got her Bachelors of Science in Agriculture Business-Enterprise Management from Missouri State University in 2014. She is a professional trick rider and enjoys traveling and performing when she can. She and her husband are the proud parents of four furry children including three horses Count, Bart, Rooster, and Leland the bulldog.
Candice Felton-Miller has been in the Veterinary field 22 years and a Licensed Veterinary Technican for 14 of those years. She graduated from Maple Woods Community College in Kansas City, MO. She's married with two kids, one dog, two cats and fish. Candice hobbies are playing in the yard, gardening, reading and crocheting.
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Becoming a Member of Ski Patrol
There are actually 3 training areas that need to be accomplished to be certified as a basic patroller:
- The first (and these are not necessarily in the order they need to be accomplished) is Patroller 101. Part of this is the on-hill portion of the training. A certain level of skiing/boarding experience is expected. Although we will work on performance enhancement, most of the scheduled time is spent developing techniques needed to handle a recovery toboggan with and without a patient. Total time commitment for completing the Patroller 101 training is 1+ days a week for about 3 months.
- The second part of the training involves the Outdoor Emergency Care training. Different patrols offer this training at different times of the year. The total time commitment for completing OEC training is 1+ days a week for about 3 months.
- The final part of training is CPR for the Professional Rescuer. This Red Cross course can be taken anywhere. We typically offer it as an extension of the OEC training.
Each year every patroller is required to receive proficiency training in OEC, toboggan handling, CPR and chair evacuation in order to maintain currency.
If this sounds like something you would like to pursue, we would be glad to have you come out and join us.
Patroller 101 training usually begins in December and will culminate the end of the ski season (February or March).
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Welcome to Villa Olivia Ski Patrol
Villa Olivia Ski Patrol (VOSP) is a member driven volunteer organization, affiliated with the National Ski Patrol, that provides emergency care services, ski and snowboard safety, as well as, public relations for the customers and visitors of Villa Olivia Country Club and Ski Area.
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People with Asperger syndrome simply see, hear and feel the world differently to other people and affects both males and femalesFind out more
Asperger Syndrome (AS) is a form of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a lifelong social-communication condition that affects how a person makes sense of the world around them and communicates and interacts with others. People with AS find it harder to read the social behaviour signals that most of us take for granted - this can lead to confusion and high levels of anxiety. Much of the behaviour observed in people with AS is aimed at trying to make their world more predictable and less confusing. It is often referred to as a 'hidden disability' because you cannot tell that someone has the condition from their outward appearance.
People with Autism Spectrum Conditions, including Asperger Syndrome, typically have problems in three main areas referred to as the Triad of Impairments: Social Communication, Social Interaction and Social Imagination. The characteristics of AS affect people in different ways and to varying degrees.
While there are similarities with other ASDs, people with Asperger Syndrome are often of average or above average intelligence, and do not have the learning disabilities that are usually present at the lower functioning end of the spectrum. However, it is not uncommon for people with AS to have specific learning dificulties, such as dyslexia, or other neurodevelopmental conditions, such as dyspraxia, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is also a common feature of autism spectrum conditions that there may be problems with sensory perception, such as sensitivity to noise or touch and integrating sensory information, which can cause anxiety.
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The Ancient Britons were those ancient inhabitants of the island of Great Britain who spoke the Celtic Common Brittonic language, which diversified into a group of related Celtic languages such as Welsh, Cornish, Pictish, Cumbric and Breton.
Cumbric was a variety of the Common Brittonic language spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" in what is now Northern England and southern Lowland Scotland.
Pictish is the extinct language, or dialect, spoken by the Picts, the people of northern and central Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.
Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe.
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The Britons lived all over the island of Great Britain and on the surrounding islands and archipelagos such as Orkney, Shetland, the Hebrides and the Isle of Man.
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago that lies northeast of the island of Great Britain and forms part of Scotland, United Kingdom.
Orkney, also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain.
The Isle of Man, also known simply as Mann, is a self-governing Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between England and Northern Ireland.
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Ireland was inhabited by a different group of Celts, speaking Goidelic.
The Celts were people in Iron Age and Medieval Europe who spoke Celtic languages and had cultural similarities, although the relationship between ethnic, linguistic and cultural factors in the Celtic world remains uncertain and controversial.
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The coming of the Anglo-Saxons and Gaelic speaking Celts from the 5th century AD onwards, and the resulting gradual spread of the collection of dialects that would become the English language and Scots Gaelic, between them eventually extinguished Brittonic from much of its former territory by the 12th century AD, leaving Brittonic speakers only in Wales, Cornwall, Cumbria and Brittany.
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.
Cornwall is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom.
The term is usually used in reference to the people of Great Britain in the Iron Age, and through the Roman, Sub-Roman period, Middle Ages and the Tudor period, although there is thought to have been little or no change to the genetic mixture at the start of the period, and relatively little by the end.
The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period which ends with the completion of the reign of Elizabeth I in 1603.
The Iron Age is an archaeological era, referring to a period of time in the prehistory and protohistory of the Old World when the dominant toolmaking material was iron.
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
During the 18th century however, and particularly after the Acts of Union 1707 the terms British and Briton would gradually come to be applied not just to the remaining Brittonic peoples themselves, but to all of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom, including the English, Scottish and Northern Irish.
The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland.
By about 750 AD, much former Brittonic territory had been gradually absorbed by newcomers, in the form of the Anglo-Saxons and Gaelic speaking Scots, both of whom began to arrive from Continental Europe and Northern Ireland respectively in the decades following the End of Roman rule in Britain in the late 4th century AD.
Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe, or, by Europeans, simply the Continent, is the continuous continent of Europe, excluding surrounding islands.
However, numerous Brittonic peoples and polities continued to endure; Wales and the Welsh people remained independent and distinct after this, along with other pockets such as Kernow and Dumnonia in south west England, the Kingdom of Strathclyde in southern Scotland and Cumbria, some Pictish kingdoms of central, eastern and northern Scotland such as Fortriu, as well as the Bretons in northern France, and the inhabitants of Britonia in north western Spain, both groups having migrated from Britain in the 5th century AD.
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, and several small territories on and near the North African coast.
Strathclyde, originally Cumbric: Ystrad Clud or Alclud, was one of the early medieval kingdoms of the Britons in Hen Ogledd, the Brythonic speaking parts of what is now southern Scotland and northern England.
Fortriu or the Kingdom of Fortriu is the name given by historians for a Pictish kingdom recorded between the 4th and 10th centuries, and often used synonymously with Pictland in general.
The first Britons probably all spoke a language that is now known as Common Brittonic which split during this period into the various descendant Brittonic languages: Welsh, Cumbric, Cornish, Breton and the related Pictish, all of which are still extant, apart from Cumbric and Pictish, although these latter two extinct languages have left extensive traces in the form of numerous place names and geographical features in northern England and Scotland.
The earliest evidence of the existence of the Britons and their language in historical sources dates to the 4th century BC, during the Iron Age, and the Britons were known to have traded with the Ancient Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans.
Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization situated on the East Mediterranean coastal part of the Fertile Crescent, on the coastline of what is now Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Gaza, Syria and south west Turkey, though some colonies later reached the Western Mediterranean and even the Atlantic Ocean, the most famous being Carthage.
Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th-9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity.
Demographically, the Roman Empire was an ordinary premodern state.
After the Roman conquest of Britain in the 1st century AD, a Romano-British culture emerged, and Latin and British Vulgar Latin coexisted with Brittonic.
The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process, beginning effectively in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius, whose general Aulus Plautius served as first governor of Roman Britain.
Latin is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Prior to, during and after the Roman era, the Britons lived throughout Britain south of the Firth of Forth.
The Firth of Forth is the estuary of the River Forth in Scotland, where it flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north and Lothian to the south.
Their relationship with the Picts, who lived north of the Firth of Forth, has been the subject of much discussion, though most scholars accept that the Pictish language was indeed a form of Common Brittonic, rather than a separate Celtic language.
The Picts were a tribal confederation of peoples who lived in what is today eastern and northern Scotland during the Late Iron Age and Early Medieval periods.
With the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement in the 5th century AD, the culture and language of the Britons fragmented and much of their territory was taken over by the Anglo-Saxons, or in the case of northern Britain and the Isle of Man, by Gaelic Scots.
The extent to which this cultural and linguistic change was accompanied by wholesale changes in the population is still a matter of discussion.
During this period some Britons migrated to mainland Europe and established significant settlements in Brittany as well as Britonia in modern Galicia, Spain.
By the 11th century, remaining Brittonic Celtic-speaking populations had split into distinct groups: the Welsh in Wales, the Cornish in Cornwall, the Bretons in Brittany, and the Brythonic people of the Hen Ogledd in southern Scotland and northern England in the Cumbric speaking Kingdom of Strathclyde.
Yr Hen Ogledd, in English the Old North, is the region of Northern England and the southern Scottish Lowlands inhabited by the Celtic Britons of sub-Roman Britain and the Early Middle Ages.
Common Brittonic developed into the distinct Brittonic languages: Welsh, Cumbric, Cornish and Breton.


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This realization gave me pause to realize how freeing having a plan can be. In this case, it is a meal plan, something pretty simple. I try to make one up every week, but I don't always stick to it and sometimes I don't get to the store in time in order to get what I need to follow it. On those days (and weeks) I find myself scrambling to figure out what to make and eat. I don't like that feeling, and I especially don't like the stress that comes along with it. On those days, there is a lot of extra energy that goes into thinking about the fact that I don't know what I'm going to make throughout the day. Energy that could be better spent in a lot of other ways.
So having a meal plan and sticking with it frees me from that extra stress and wasted energy. It's liberating in a way that I'm not sure I've really appreciated before. For the most part, I think I've just thought of a meal plan as something that was helpful and that made supper prep easier. Now, it feels more enjoyable too.
In the same way, having a financial plan frees me from the worry of how we're going to pay our bills or if we'll have enough money to save for a vacation and those sorts of things. It's taken us awhile to get to this point, and we've made many sacrifices along the way, but being where we are now is so freeing and much less stressful. Again, I've gained back precious time and energy by not having to think about it so much and endlessly trying to figure out a way to make ends meet.
As it turns out, even the fact that I have a writing desk was part of a plan I put in place. I went to a writer's workshop in January that was incredibly valuable. It was about the practice of writing, and the presenters walked us through a series of questions to help us think about our writing and how we might be more intentional about reigniting our writing life. They asked us to think about what our ideal writing place would be, what a realistic amount of writing time might be, and what we would do to protect that time.
Walking through these questions helped me make a plan for my writing, and part of that plan was creating a writing space for me at home, hence the desk that now overlooks the backyard. The desk is a visual reminder of the plan I developed to write regularly, and having a plan has helped me be more deliberate about carving out and protecting this time.
In all these ways and more I'm being reminded this morning how liberating having a plan can be. Sometimes I have been reluctant to make plans because I don't want to feel locked in, and I like a certain degree of spontaneity. But what I feel this morning is exactly the opposite. I'm grateful for the freedom and sense of peace that making a plan and eliminating some possibilities can bring. And now, I'm going to go throw tonight's supper into the crock pot.


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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - How many of you have gotten into political "fights" online? Do you really know who you're engaging?
Social media has opened the door for trolls, bots and fake news.
Bots are automated accounts that can spread misinformation.
Cleveland 19 investigates who you're really talking to on Facebook and how you can easily point out a bot.
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Known collectively as the Deadly Six, Dr. Eggman has recruited each of the fell creatures to make Sonic's life miserable, but when the Deadly Six turn against their master, Sonic must join forces with his arch-nemesis to prevent the fall of the world.
With his new moves to jump from platform to platform without losing speed, as well as his improved Colour powers, Sonic must defeat the Deadly Six through ever-changing landscapes.
Sonic – Lost World brings back good memories of the older generation Sonic games. Wisps will be back along with their powers. While only Sonic can be played, Tails, Amy and Knuckles are featured still in the story. Also the classic secrets are back in the form of rescuing animals and gold cannons. For the challenge there will be red rings.
The game will work as a parkour, where speed is the key to winning. Sonics speed is being built up over time, by the press of button combinations pressed by the player.
Next to the single player story, the game will feature multiplayer possibilities. This counts for both WiiU and 3DS. The WiiU gamepad will be used to controll Sonic's Colour powers. Also you can play the full game in both single player and multiplayer from the gamepad.
Want to tease yourself? Check out the 'Sonic – Lost World' official trailer:
We expect there will be more information available as soon as Nintendo comes with more information on their Nintendo Direct show on the 11th of June.
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Gateshead go into this afternoon's game at home to Macclesfield Town desperate to end a losing start to the season that was stretched to four games at the weekend.
The managerless Tynesiders lost 2-1 for the third consecutive game, Southport the latest side to get the better of an under-achieving Gateshead.
Macclesfield are also searching for their first win and played with ten men for the whole of the second half on Saturday when drawing with newcomers FC Halifax Town at the Moss Rose.
It's a golden opportunity for Gateshead, from whom much is expected this season, to get back on track before they benefit from the usual shot in the arm that a new man at the helm brings.
David Rush has stepped into the breach as caretaker-manager and will again be in charge against the Silkmen.
There are many managers currently out of work with promotion-winning CV's keen to take over at Gateshead, but Rush remains focused only on the present.
"It's a case of taking each game as it comes and seeing where that takes us," said Rush. "It didn't go to plan in the first half at Southport, but we were much better in the second half.
"The triple substitution and change of formation made all the difference. We had 70% possession after the break and bossed the final half hour but couldn't find an equaliser. In the end we deserved something out of the game. We won 4-0 at Macclesfield last season when every-thing clicked and I feel something similar coming soon.
"It is important we get our season up and running and, without putting more pressure on the players, we have to turn the corner against Macclesfield. I didn't want to take over at Gateshead in these circumstances, but I've got a job to do and it will lift everyone's spirits if we can get three points this afternoon."
It was typical of Gateshead's current plight that they should be undone by a player they tried to sign during the close season, Karl Ledsham.
Southport's goalscoring midfield man scored both of his side's goals in the first half, the first a 33rd-minute header into the bottom corner and the second, in injury time, a 16-yard left foot volley into the far top corner.
Captain Ben Clark and schemer Jamie Chandler both had clear-cut chances for the Tynesiders, but Clark put a free header wide and Chandler was denied by Port keeper Danny Hurst's legs.
Gateshead were galvanised by a triple substitution - and change of system - on the hour mark, sub Richard Brodie pulling a goal back within three minutes from Colin Larkin's cross.
SOUTHPORT: Hurst, Challinor, Fitzpatrick, George, Flynn, Chalmers, Ledsham (Irie-Bi 83), Brown (Milligan 70), Hattersley (Tames 73), Rutherford, Osawe. Subs (not used): Stevenson, Smith.
Goal: Ledsham (33, 45)
GATESHEAD: Bartlett, Baxter, O'Brien, Chandler, Magnay, Clark, Marwood (Walker (58), Turnbull, Hatch (Brodie 58), Larkin, Maddison (Boyes 58). Subs (not used): Nixon (gk), Ramshaw.
Goal: Brodie (61)
Referee: Richard Wigglesworth (Doncaster).
Attendance: 915.


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Image via WikipediaIn the July 2010 issue of Indoor Environment Connections, Mr. Tom Scarlett writes about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issuing a draft report that concludes that inhaling formaldehyde is definitely a human carcinogen. Formaldehyde is widely used in products and can be found in many indoor environments, like the temporary trailers that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) bought. It has been widely published that those temporary trailers had such significant levels of formaldehyde in the indoor air they could not use them as temporary housing for the Hurricane Katrina victims. In addition, the new study also linked increased incidence of asthma to formaldehyde exposure. Needless to say EPA's determination will cause increased regulation of formaldehyde in air. The next steps for this report is for it to be reviewed by an expert panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences. EPA will then use the review and any comments from the public to complete the Health Assessment for Formaldehyde.
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National Hobby Month is a whole month when we can celebrate our interests, strengths, and hobbies outside of the classroom. Whether we like to collect shells, build models, solve challenging puzzles, or play a musical instrument, hobbies are a part of who we are.
As early as 1676, a man named Matthew Hale wrote, "Almost every person hath some hobby horse or other wherein he prides himself." In modern-day language, Hale was talking about the pastimes or hobbies that tweak our interest.
Let's celebrate our hobbies and share them with others!
Ask students: If you were not at school today, what would you be doing? Accept several answers that include both inside and outdoor activities. Ask the students to stand up, clap, wave their arms, or give a thumbs-up if they like to:
Continue until all of the students have expressed their interest in at least one activity or hobby.
Provide each student with a piece of mural paper and paints. Ask them to paint themselves doing something they like to do. Collect the paintings and make a mural for the classroom or school walls.
Remind students that having a hobby is a good way to keep their brain thinking, even outside of school!
Post some charts around the classroom with the following titles:
Provide students with stickers or markers and ask them to go around the room and place a sticker (or a checkmark) on the sheets that indicate things they like to do.
When students have finished, review the sheets and ask students who placed a sticker on the "Other" sheet to tell what their hobby is so you can list them on the sheet. Ask:
Explain that you are going to set aside a short period of time every day/week (schedule permitting) to allow students to share their hobby with the class. Explain that there will be a sign-up sheet and all ideas need to be cleared by the teacher in case of allergies, school rules, etc. Enjoy!
Ask students to work in small groups and brainstorm on chart paper what they like to do on rainy days when there is no school. Explain that although technology is a part of how many students spend their time, let's not include it for this exercise. Post and share ideas.
Share that having a hobby is an important part of expressing who they are.
Read the charts and then ask:
Explain that January is National Hobby Month and share the brief history (see Intro). Engage students in planning a "What's Your Hobby?" day for their school. As a class, arrange a date, time, and venue for the event and ask all classes to participate. Students advertise on the announcements and provide each school class with the details re time, set up, etc. Together, brainstorm any pitfalls and possible solutions (allergies, un-caged pets, etc.)
Set up the day, invite parents, and celebrate National Hobby Month!
Note: This may be done on a smaller scale, (classroom, grade level, etc.)
Also, students at this age may be heavily involved in technology. Express that you recognize this but that there are many pastimes that do not involve technology, as it is important to balance leisure time activities.


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President-elect Donald Trump's multitudinous conflicts of interest now include selling access to himself and his family at a New Year's Eve gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, at which he will be in attendance. With more than 800 guests scheduled to attend, and tickets reportedly starting at $525, Trump will pocket a minimum of $420,000 for the event, which is yet another gross conflict of interest.
Politico reports that President-elect Donald Trump is throwing a "New Year's Eve extravaganza" at his privately-owned Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, at which he and his family will supposedly be in attendance:
Saturday's formal event is scheduled to include a cocktail hour in the resort's living room and patio area, followed by dinner and dancing until 1 a.m. in its grand ballroom to live music performed by the band Party on the Moon, according to Sean Spicer, Trump's incoming White House press secretary.
Spicer, on a Friday morning conference call with reporters, said the party is already "sold out" with more than 800 people scheduled to attend...
A person who travels in Palm Beach society circles said that tickets to the party were being sold for $525 each for members and $575 each for guests.
Trump's transition team declined to comment on the ticket prices.
Using the most conservative (and generous) estimates — 800 attendees at the members' price of $525 — that is a haul of $420,000 for the president-elect.
This soiree clearly presents an enormous conflict of interest for the incoming president, mere weeks before his inauguration. And yet, entirely expectedly, incoming White House Director of Strategic Communications Hope Hicks "rejected criticisms that Mar-a-Lago was selling access to the president-elect."
"The transition is not concerned about the appearance of a conflict," she said. "This is an annual celebratory event at the private club, like others that have continued to occur since the election. Additionally, the president cannot and does not have a conflict."
Hicks is parroting what Rudy Giuliani proclaimed in November — that conflict of interest laws do not apply to the President of the United States. Which is true insofar as there is no existing law preventing sitting presidents from running a (domestic) side business, but conflicts of interest are often about ethics and established standards as much as they are about the law.
It is yet another implicit assertion that President-elect Donald Trump will only be as ethical as the laws require him to be, and not a smidgen more.


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"Soulscape: Mapping Iowa City's Music"
My project will essentially lay some of the groundwork for a larger project of turning downtown Iowa City into a music installation. The end goal of the (larger) project is to develop a mobile app that streams pre-recorded music based on the listener's location in Iowa City. For example, a listener near the Old Capitol will hear music written for that location while a listener in the Ped Mall will hear different music written for that location, and so on. The app's integration of GPS technology will also allow for an interactive feature: when when multiple listeners are in the same proximity, they will be notified and their individual streams will be in sync.
As I only have a semester to complete this project, the end result will not be the completed app. Rather, I will do research and begin composition of music for the app. My efforts throughout the semester can be broken down into three stages:
- Research/gathering historical background of similar projects
- Composition
- Recording/performance
Final Submissions
At the end of the semester, I will submit a collection of research on the background of projects such as this in the form of a paper. Additionally, I will submit several compositions based on locations such as the Ped Mall, the Pentacrest, The Mill, and other Iowa City landmarks (I will submit both PDFs of the compositions and selected recordings of the compositions). Finally, I will present my research/compositions/recordings in class as a multimedia presentation.


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Some of Hollywood's biggest voices are joining forces to fight for immigrant families on Saturday during the Nationwide 'Families Belong Together' rallies.
Lin-Manuel Miranda said he cut his vacation short to march in the D.C. rally and spent his day alongside America Ferrera and Alicia Keys. Both ladies got onstage to address the thousands who gathered at the Nation's capital. Keys fought back tears as she talked about her own children and then read aloud a letter she said was written by a mother separated from her son.
The "Hamilton" star then jumped onstage to perform a lullaby he wrote for parents who've been stripped from their kids. "We're not going to stop until they can sing them to their children again," he said.
"Scandal" actress Kerry Washington showed her support for the cause at the New York rally, stopping to take photos with children who were also marching.
In Los Angeles, John Legend performed an unreleased song called, "Preach" and discussed how important it is for everyone to take a stand. His wife, Chrissy Teigen, also spoke at the march bringing their newborn son, Miles, and her mother onstage.
Other celebrities who've been vocal about their passion to keep families together include: Selena Gomez, Mindy Kaling, Ava DuVernay, Alyssa Milano and more.


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Shakespeare and the Countess: the Battle That Gave Birth to the Globe by Chris Laoutaris
Shakespeare and the Countess: the Battle That Gave Birth to the Globe
Chris Laoutaris
Hardcover, 528 pages
Published June 15th 2015 by Pegasus Books (first published April 1st 2014)
Shakespeare and the Countess is a well researched study on Lady Elizabeth Russell(the Grey Lady), of Elizabethan politics, and how Shakespeare moved from the Blackfriars Theater to the Globe. The biggest issue with this book is the length and the amount of information it actually contains.
I am not a history or Shakespearean scholar, but I did find that, while slow moving because of amount covered in the book, was not overly difficult to get through. Yes, someone who studies history, politics, or Shakespeare may get more out of it, but it definitely is an interesting read, especially about Lady Russell's political pull at that time.
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Mobisante Inc.
This brash, three-year old technology company offers a simple way to reduce the cost of care: Don't move the patient to perform an ultrasound test. Merely transporting a hospital patient from bed to exam room can add a few thousand dollars to a bill. Better to perform the diagnostic test at the bedside using the smartphone in the doctor's pocket, suggests CEO and cofounder Sailesh Chutani.
Not just any smartphone will do, of course. Mobisante provides a phone that has been modified for HIPAA regulatory compliance and data security. But the computing power now available in our pockets rivals many specialized medical devices.
That inspiration came to Chutani while working in Microsoft's Research Group. After some initial field tests using a smartphone with medical sensors showed promise, Chutani chafed at the company's slow resolve. "I got tired of making excuses, of building a prototype, not a product." And so he founded Redmond-based Mobisante with David Zar, a former researcher at Washington University in St. Louis.
An important application of Mobisante's product, Chutani notes, is in emergency care, to rule out an abscess or cellulitis quickly, either in the field or at the side of a gurney. The mobility of the device allows crucial triage decisions to be made directly at the point of care.
Less obvious, but perhaps more powerful, are the possibilities offered through a smartphone's data connection. Imaging acquired by a mobile device can be emailed or transmitted to a cloud server for analysis by an expert off site. In this way, Chutani says, access to quality health care can be scaled to more remote areas. As more data accumulates, it could offer benefits for epidemiology research as well.
Like many in technology, Chutani seeks to change the world. But, he adds, "What's most exciting is you see your device and service having an impact on real lives right away."
Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation
For solid cancers that cannot be removed surgically, Kennewick-based Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation (AMIC) has developed an isotope-delivery product that can be injected into the body to give a targeted high dose of radiation. Licensed from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the technology's "radiogel" system uses a water-based, biodegradable polymer that delivers microspheres of a radioactive medical isotope. Injected as a liquid directly into tumor tissues, the polymer turns into a gel at body temperature, helping it stay in place and irradiate cancer cells. AMIC anticipates commercialization of the product later this year.
Impel NeuroPharma
Getting drugs directly to the brain to treat Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis or epilepsy is a challenge that Impel NeuroPharma's intranasal technology works to meet. The nose offers a direct path to the brain, circumventing the barriers of the bloodstream, to deliver biologics such as proteins and antibodies for otherwise difficult-to-treat brain diseases. Launched by two University of Washington graduate students, Seattle-based Impel was created as a spin-off from several UW research entities, and all of its employees are UW graduates or affiliates.


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US-led Coalition's Commander Hails Hashd Al-Sha'abi
The American general commanding foreign coalition forces in Iraq and Syria has hailed pro-Iraqi government fighters with the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) as remarkably disciplined in their operations against the Takfiri ISIS terrorist group.
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Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast at his headquarters in Baghdad on Monday, Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend said the forces, better known by their Arabic name Hash al-Sha'abi, have made great achievements in their military action against Daesh in the city of Tal Afar, located 63 kilometers west of the city of Mosul.
Townsend said Hash al-Sha'abi forces have kept off Takfiri militants from traveling back and forth with supplies or information.
The PMU did advance more rapidly than we expected and they've done a good job, he said.
Townsend commands the US-led coalition that has been hitting purported Daesh targets in Syria and Iraq since 2014. The forces under his command are collectively known as Combined Joint Task Force � Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR).
Fighters from the PMU have played a major role in the liberation of Daesh-held areas to the south, northeast, and north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, ever since the terrorists launched an offensive in the country in June 2014.
On November 26, the Iraqi parliament approved a law to give full legal status to Hashd al-Sha'abi fighters. It recognized the PMU as part of the national armed forces, placed the volunteer fighters under the command of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and granted them the right to receive salaries and pensions like the regular army and police forces.
The law went into force on Monday, and Ahmad al-Assadi, a spokesman for the popular forces, said it would help further professionalize the pro-government forces, Press TV reported.
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The premiumisation of dark spirits has brought with it a new genre of specially tailored mixers. Kate Malczewski takes a closer look at the dark-spirit mixer trend
Though the term 'premium' can be a dubious one, it's undoubtedly shaping the spirits market. You can't swing an ISO tasting glass without spilling a new craft gin, small-batch rum or another extremely super-premium liquid down your front.
And that thirst for all things premium is particularly evident when it comes to dark spirits – those rums, whiskies and bourbons vying for a taste of gin's popularity – and this has birthed a subset of premium dark-spirit mixers that are also on the rise.
From big-name brands to small start-ups, producers of all sizes are getting in on the dark-spirit mixer market
The dark-spirit mixers category is nascent – comprising just 6% of total mixers sales – but it is experiencing 47% year-on-year growth. And a sift through this year's product launches supports these numbers. From big-name brands to small start-ups, producers of all sizes are getting in on the dark-spirit mixer market.
The dark side goes premium
On the smaller end of the spectrum is Long Tail Mixers, a relative newcomer that specialises in dark-spirit mixers. The Long Tail range made for 'the finest bourbons, rums and whiskies' includes Ginger Lime, Blood Orange and Island Spice.
'When we looked at how well gin is catered for with the great ranges of tonic options and variety of flavours available, we felt that dark spirits had been somewhat left behind in terms of mixing options, but the amount of quality new dark-spirits brands was ever-growing,' said Alex Jollivet, Long Tail co-founder.
'We wanted to find the balance with mixers that are fresh, but not overpowering, invigorating, but not over-sweetened, and to produce drinks that harmonise with dark spirits, rather than mask their unique flavours.'
Jollivet emphasises the moderate sweetness of the Long Tail range, something Mintel sees as a key point in the new premium mixers on the rise.
'Many newer alcoholic mixers feature all-natural ingredients and reduced sugar content,' said Mintel senior beverage analyst Caleb Bryant. 'Mixers with low-sugar, all-natural ingredients, and with a premium positioning will resonate with consumers who want a mixer that complements premium spirits.'
Soft-drink giants join the game
The mainstream soft-drinks players have certainly taken note of this gap in the market as well. 'There's a move [from sipping spirits neat] towards simple, long mixed drinks with high-quality components,' said Fever-Tree innovation manager Rose Cottingham.
Fever-Tree, which dominates the mixers market with a 40% value share (CGA), has responded to this shift with its own range of dark-spirit mixers. The brand started with a Ginger Beer and Ginger Ale, expanded to include Madagascan Cola in 2016 and added Smoky Ginger Ale and Spiced Orange Ginger Ale last year. These increasingly non-traditional flavours speak of the demand for mixers that are easily recognisable as 'premium'.
In September, Coca-Cola also staked its claim on the market with the launch of Schweppes 1783 Muscovado, 'naturally flavoured to deliver hints of vanilla, caramel and butterscotch'. The product is part of its 1783 line, which also includes flavours like Salty Lemon Tonic Water and Crisp Tonic Water.
'The new Muscovado variant highlights how 1783 is more than a range of tonics, but instead a portfolio of naturally flavoured premium mixers,' said Simon Harrison, customer marketing director for Great Britain at Coca-Cola.
Indeed, big brands have good reason for placing emphasis on positioning their products as 'natural' and 'premium'. The premium mixer category has grown a whopping 86% in value in the 12 months to November 2018, according to CGA, while mainstream mixers are down by 1%. Companies may be able to charge more for premium products, but more importantly, they're the products that customers actually want to buy.
Branching out
The success of dark-spirit mixers, along with the boom in craft tonic waters, is inspiring the development of an increasing number of niche mixer offerings.
Fever-Tree recently partnered with Patrón to create the first tonic designed specifically for tequila, and Fentimans launched a spirit-pairing guide offering mixer suggestions for everything from white port to calvados. Meanwhile, the dark-spirit mixer category shows no signs of slowing down.
'All the new premium dark-spirits brands will need premium mixers to help drive the dark-spirit market and provide consumers with a strong variety of mixing options,' said Long Tail's Jollivet. 'For us, it is about working with the spirit brands to create perfect pairings, and working with on-trade venues to push consumers to try the new mixer and pairing options.'


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CONGRATULATIONS to Team #3: Luke Keys, Brent Wisemantel (Driver) and Andrew Fyfe (Observer), who placed 1st in the Formula 1 class in the 2013 Catalina Ski Race!!! Luke and his team set a new Catalina Ski Race record in the Formula 1 class!
Way to go Luke, congratulations!
Formula 2... sounds like the Luke, Marty, Andy battle was pretty epic out to the turn. Andy had boat problems coming back, Luke and Marty were one second apart after an hour of racing
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The University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine's career resources program follows the AAMC's Careers In Medicine (CIM) Program. All undergraduate medical students are given log-in information and are encouraged to visit the CIM site and complete the self-assessments and review the career information. This career planning page will follow the template of the CIM site and provide additional resources at every step that are meant to complement the CIM resources.
4-Step Career Planning Guide (sign-in required)
Self-understanding - Step 1:
An important first step in choosing a medical specialty, is becoming self-aware and realizing how one's personality, temperament and interests can guide a decision on which medical specialty to pursue.
AAMC's Careers In Medicine has individual and password-protected links to self-assessments. Self-assessment tools include: Specialty Indecision Scale, Medical Specialty Preference Inventory, Physician Values in Practice Scale, and Skills Assessment.
Keirsey Temperament Sorter II (Career Temperament Report) A temperament and personality assessment that helps you understand your work patterns and preferences, especially as it relates to selecting a medical specialty. It is a free online 70 question personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type.
Explanation of Personality Type Test Results – Center for Applications of Personality Type. This link provides a short description of each of the 16 personality types as measured by the Myers-Briggs Personality Test.
University of Virginia's Medical Specialty Aptitude Test - This free online questionnaire can be completed in approximately 15 minutes. The results will provide you with a list of specialties that appear to complement your personality and working style, which may guide you in terms of specific career paths to research.
Duke University and GlaxoSmithKline's Pathway Evaluation Program - This free online self-assessment provides you with a ranked list of how compatible you may be with several different medical specialties.
Career Exploration – Step 2:
Once you have a better understanding of your own strengths, weaknesses and expectations of a career, it is time to explore your options.
AAMC's Careers In Medicine has specialty profiles available to view for free, without requiring a log-in or password. Major specialties are profiled and information includes: career overview, which personality types are often found in the specialty, what personal characteristics specialists in the field possess, American income information and links to specialty-specific societies and journals.
Canadian Medical Association has specialty profiles available to view for free. There are 36 specialty profiles and information includes: career overview, residency requirements, practice demographics, income and satisfaction levels.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has specialty profiles available to view for free. Information includes: detailed residency training objectives, accredited residency programs and contact information.
National Physician Survey – available to view for free, contains Canadian physician responses on career questions by specialty. Includes information on physician demographics, practice setting, and professional satisfaction.
Specialties at the University of Manitoba - Provides information on residency programs at the University of Manitoba.
University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine Student Affairs - Career Lunch Schedule is posted in OPAL as programs book their presentations. Students receive e-mail notification to sign-up ONLINE for each session prior to the event. Lunch is provided to students who sign-up on/before the sign-up deadlline. Students who have missed the advance sign-up are welcome and encouraged to bring their bag lunch with them to the session.
Careermd.com has an online database to search for physician job opportunities throughout Canada and the United States.
Choosing a Specialty – Step 3:
After you have learned more about yourself and researched your options for different medical specialties, it is time to make an informed decision regarding your choice of specialty.
CIM has tools for decision making which includes: a guideline for decision making, an approach to decision making and problem solving and a decision making exercise specific to medical career choices. (Login)
Medscape from WebMD – provides free registration to a personalized homepage (according to your specialty of interest) with full-length medical articles, medical news, USMLE prep quizzes and case study challenges. This site can be helpful for becoming more knowledgeable about a specialty in which you are interested.
American Medical Association – provides the links of National (American) Medical Specialty Society Webpages. These sites will be of interest to you once you have a specialty of interest in mind, and you can search for information on student memberships to specialty societies as well as specialty society conferences.
Still finding it hard to decide?
Applying for Residency – Step 4:
In Canada, the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) is responsible for matching medical students to residency programs.
The Residency Info Guide is a web page from Student Affairs that provides a CaRMS application timeline, links to Canadian postgraduate medical education programs, and a listing of direct entry and subspecialty residency programs in Canada.
CaRMS and the Canadian Federation of Medical Students have compiled a free downloadable booklet regarding the role of CaRMS, important deadlines in application, how the match works and specialty-specific success rates for previous years. Once on their site enter "Match Book " in their search engine to pull up various annual reports.
McGill University's Faculty of Medicine provides a comprehensive checklist and website for gaining admission into a residency program (including how to obtain a U.S residency).
CV, Resume and Interview Tips – When applying for residency programs, you will need to submit a CV, which is a summary of your past education, employment, volunteerism and research activities. CaRMS residency interviews may be the first interview you have attended since starting medical school, and you will need to practice your interviewing skills. The following links provide information on CV and personal statement writing, as well as interview tips.
Interview Tips from Memorial University of Newfoundland's Faculty of Medicine
Resume writing tips from Manitoba Government: Training and Employment Services
BMJ provides interview advice, tips on CV and personal statement writing, as well as a sample CV.
Revised January 25, 2017