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Reported gaming revenues at casinos and racetrack casinos increased by 4.4 percent in 2012, reaching almost $38.9 billion. That improves on 2011's performance, when revenues increased by 2.9 percent over 2010. Total revenues increased in 16 jurisdictions, but sagged in 8. Ohio was new to the casino ranks in 2012, increasing the number of states with casinos (not counting tribal facilities except for the two largest properties in Connecticut) to 25. Massachusetts will eventually join the club with a licensing process underway.
Nevada of course continues to lead the way, with more than $10.8 billion in gaming revenue last year, up 1.5 percent. That's actually a slowdown from 2011's 2.8 percent increase, but not surprising since that year marked a significant period of recovery from the recession.
Pennsylvania has claimed the second spot nationally in terms of gross gaming revenue, surpassing the ailing Atlantic City with a 2012 total of more than $3.1 billion. This despite the impact of competition from Ohio – the new casino in Cleveland took its toll primarily on nearby Presque Isle Downs, where total revenues declined by 10 percent in 2012. New York jumped up five spots to rank seventh in total gaming revenue with $1.8 billion.
Revenues at racetrack casinos outpaced those at other casinos in this study, due primarily to the influence of the largest facility, Resorts World Casino New York at Aqueduct Racetrack, which opened in late 2011. Other new racetrack casinos opened in Florida and Ohio, while Maine's casino added table games in 2012.
Among all other casinos, the most significant jurisdictional growth was triggered by new properties in Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. But a heralded new casino in Atlantic City failed to improve that city's fortunes, as revenues sagged even further in 2012 than they had in 2011.
The attached chart summarizes gaming revenues for the past three years. The data does not include wide-area network gaming at bars, clubs and other distributed locations in Illinois (new in 2012), Louisiana, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota and West Virginia. I have included a line item for the cardrooms at Florida's pari-mutuel facilities; annual data are not yet available for Minnesota's two racetrack cardrooms.


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The Sports Xchange
EditorsNote: will be updated with later games Game roundup: Royals, Shields shut down Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- James Shields was dominant in his return to Tropicana Field on Monday, shutting out the Tampa Bay Rays for seven innings as the Kansas City Royals won 6-0 to open a three-game series.
A stalwart of the Rays teams that changed the franchise from perennial loser to 2008 American League champions and postseason regulars, Shields allowed just three hits in seven innings with 10 strikeouts, a walk and a hit batter. Shields (9-4) won for a record 48th time at Tropicana Field.
Tampa Bay began to resemble its Shields-era self with a 9-2 road trip that rekindled hopes of midseason recovery, but it dropped the opener of a six-game homestand. Kansas City outhit the Rays 14-4.
Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi (4-8) allowed two runs on six hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in six innings. He struck out seven in his final three innings but was again troubled by a high pitch count (101).
Alex Gordon and Omar Infante each collected three hits for Kansas City.
Orioles 8, Nationals 2 (11 innings)
WASHINGTON -- Chris Davis crushed a two-run homer to right-center in the 11th inning to break a 2-2 tie, and Baltimore beat Washington in the opener of a four-game, two-city interleague series between local rivals.
Davis entered the game with an average of .201 and was hitless in four at-bats before he blasted a 3-2 pitch from reliever Craig Stammen (0-4) for his 14th homer.
J.J. Hardy and Manny Machado added 11th-inning homers for Baltimore. Machado finished with a career-high five hits.
Yankees 5, Indians 3
CLEVELAND -- Brett Gardner, Brian McCann and Ichiro Suzuki each had three hits, and right-hander Shane Greene, in his first major league start, pitched six innings to get the win as New York beat Cleveland.
The Yankees scored all their runs in the second and third innings against right-hander Justin Masterson (4-6).
In six innings, Green gave up two runs on four hits with two strikeouts and no walks.
BOSTON -- Rookie right-hander Scott Carroll, making his eighth major league start, became the latest pitcher to handle last-place Boston. He gave up one hit over 6 2/3 innings, and two relievers finished off a two-hitter as Chicago cruised in the opener of a four-game series.
Adam Dunn and Dayan Viciedo homered against Clay Buchholz, Dunn's 13th of the season a solo shot in the second inning and Viciedo's 11th a three-run job in the fourth.
The win was the fourth in five games and seventh in 10 for the White Sox, while the Red Sox fell to 1-6 on their current homestand.
Reds 9, Cubs 3
CINCINNATI -- Jay Bruce, making his first professional start at first base, hit a two-run home run, and center fielder Billy Hamilton had a career-high four RBIs, lifting Cincinnati over Chicago in the opener of a four-game series at stormy Great American Ball Park.
First baseman Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run home run and left fielder Chris Coghlan went 4-for-5 with two doubles for Chicago, which went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and left nine on base.
Bruce, playing first in place of injured Joey Votto, made a couple nice fielding plays but also committed an error that led to a run.
Mets 4, Braves 3 (11 innings)
NEW YORK -- Ruben Tejada's two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the 11th gave New York a win over Atlanta at Citi Field.
Juan Lagares began the winning rally with a one-out double to left-center field off right-hander Anthony Varvaro (3-2). Lucas Duda was intentionally walked, after which Lagares took third on Travis d'Arnaud's fly out to deep center field. Tejada singled to center on the next pitch for his fourth career walk-off hit.
Freddie Freedman had three hits for Atlanta.

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Zhirong Yang holds a bachelor degree in medicine and master degrees in epidemiology and in primary care. Before joining the Primary Care Unit in 2015, he worked successively as a biostatistician in Shantou-Oxford Clinical Research Unit and as a research associate in the Centre of Post-marketing Safety Evaluation within Peking University, mainly responsible for study design, data collection and analysis. Zhirong's previous research projects focused on diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, tuberculosis, and skin and soft tissue diseases, involving evaluation of treatment effectiveness and safety, assessment of diagnostic test accuracy, exploration of environmental and genetic factors, and estimation of prevalence and incidence. As a clinical epidemiologist, Zhirong also contributed to methodological study of clinical research, promotion of reporting guidelines, and development of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in China.
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Yang Z, Hu J, Qu Y, Sun F, Leng X, Li H, Zhan S. Interventions for treating gas gangrene. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015; 12: CD010577.
Yang Z, Wang J, Wang W, Zhang Y, Han L, Zhang Y, Nie X, Zhan S. Proportions of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients with surgical site infections in mainland China: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 2015; 10(1):e0116079.
Wu S, Xia Y, Lv X, Tang S, Yang Z, Zhang Y, Wang X, Hu D, Liu F, Yuan Y, Tu D, Sun F, Zhou L, Zhan S. Preventive use of hepatoprotectors yields limited efficacy on the liver toxicity of anti-tuberculosis agents in a large cohort of Chinese patients. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2015; 30(3): 540-545.
Tang S, Lv X, Chen R, Wu S, Yang Z, Chen D, Zhan S. Lack of association between genetic polymorphisms of CYP3A4, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 and antituberculosis drug-induced liver injury in a community-based Chinese population. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 2013; 40(5): 326-332.
Sun F, Yu K, Wu S, Zhang Y, Yang Z, Shi L, Ji L, Zhan S. Cardiovascular safety and glycemic control of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pairwise and network meta-analysis. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2012; 98(3): 386-395.
Sun F, Zeng X, Yang Z (editor). Explanation of reporting guidelines for medical research [in Chinese]. Beijing: Peking University Medical Press 2015.


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Additional Arrests of Alleged Drug Traffickers, Gang Members, and Associates in Southeast Mississippi
JACKSON, MS—Eight additional members or associates of the Black Gangster Disciples and Vice Lords Street Gangs have been arrested on federal drug charges in southeast Mississippi. In the afternoon of Feb. 2, 2017, FBI agents, task force officers, and sheriff's deputies arrested the following suspects in southeast Mississippi:
- Learthur Silas, a.k.a. "Lil A," age 36, of George County, Mississippi.
- Melvin Walker, a.k.a. "Hotboy," age 27 of Greene County, Mississippi.
- Tykail Moye, a.k.a. "Ty," age 23, of George County, Mississippi.
- Darrell Dennis, a.k.a. "Weezy," age 31, of George County, Mississippi.
- Mario Fairley, age 36, of George County, Mississippi.
- Christopher Bolton, age 31, of Jackson County, Mississippi.
- Marquis Collins, age 29, of Jackson County, Mississippi.
- Edward Brown, a.k.a. "Black," age 30, of Jackson County, Mississippi.
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- Garnett Edwin Smith, 38, of George County, Mississippi.
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- Mareo Green, 36, of Greene County, Mississippi.
- Tarsen Deveal Fairley, 29, of George County, Mississippi.
- Zack Bexton, 30, of George County, Mississippi (arrested in Vancouver, Washington).
All suspects have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
The suspects arrested in Mississippi appeared before United States Magistrate Judge John C. Gargiulo today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in Gulfport. Judge Gargiulo ordered all suspects to be held without bond pending detention hearings set for next week.
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This morning I left Scribble with Daddy and drove off through the rain to visit the dentist, someone I've not had the pleasure of seeing in...*cough* three years. This is the story of motherhood, though. Everyone comes before you, and certainly, your teeth. But after putting off this appointment for so long, and since I knew-- I KNEW-- a cavity had formed because of this, I finally bit the bullet. So to speak. Last week we took Doodle to her first pediatric dentist visit (also overdue), and while it went about as well as I expected (read: manageable meltdowns), it was so great to finally get that item checked off the to-do list, and now she's a big fan of the dentist. Until her next appointment, at least.
So anyway, as I'm laying in the chair, looking up at the blue sky and cloud scenes on the light panels and feeling the most comfortable I've felt in months (can I ship that dental chair to my house, seriously?), Jackie the hygienist chats me up and suddenly I realize that I can't stop talking. Poor woman. This is what happens when you let a mommy out into the adult world again-- she can't shut up. The cleaning goes well enough, and it's confirmed that my tooth sensitivity is in fact a cavity. As I stood at the counter holding my little baggie of Sensodyne and dental floss and pondering the full calendar on my phone for a follow-up filling appointment, I learn that a no-show had opened up a slot. My filling could be done the same day! Forty minutes and a numb mouth later, I'm paying a copay and heading back home again.
Fortunately, by the time I returned it was time to nurse and a nap. Suddenly the day feels easy. I love my 3-year old desperately, but the days she's at preschool are so much easier.
And now a quick update before the tell-tell squawks over the baby monitor light a fire under my butt:
Doodle stuff...
She just had her third birthday, and already she's so different. More language, more ability to rationalize, more inside jokes. She's beautiful and funny, and I love her to pieces. She's getting to the age where we can finally do real art and craft projects together, and I'm so excited. Yesterday we made these toilet paper tube owls (an idea borrowed from a mommy blogger but I can't find her now, I'm sorry!) Our paintbrushes went missing, so we used markers instead, but i think these turned out pretty cute.
Scribble stuff...
In a couple of weeks she'll hit 6 months already. Can't believe how quickly her first year is flying by. She's a champion nurser, but the call of solid foods is loud and clear. She's getting to be a good sitter, and is starting to grab at everything on our plates. The "easy" and uncomplicated packing days are coming to an end. Bring on the high chair, bibs, spoons, bowls, homemade baby food, finger snacks, and wiping accoutrements... but in a couple of weeks.
Studio stuff....
Still in my Action items is my book for the Sketchbook Project. I'm also up to my nose in researching how to delve into the art show business. More on these later.
Today with my remaining hour of the ever-elusive naptime I am working on a series of drawings for my friend and colleague's education journal article on non-verbal gestures used for teaching in the instrumental music classroom. And, no, I'm sorry to say that those gestures are not included. Sorry. ;)
Another painting sits on my easel upstairs that I'm currently in love with. I take these walks with my kids nearly every day through the trails around here, and right now all the leaves are vibrant shades of yellow and orange and red, and I'm so in love. This canvas is a very long rectangle, and I decided to reflect the amazing height of my view with a vertical orientation.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
You Gotta Stay Positive
Now that I got another bad memory from life stored away in the deep dark recesses of what is left of my mind, let us concentrate on the happier things in life. Or as Monty Python would say, "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life". This Saturday at Three'O Clock, Union Jacks on the mighty Manatawny (creek) presents the Port Brewing and Lost Abbey draught event. To say these beers are rare on tap around here would be an understatement, so this should be a right smart time. I just hope I don't trip over David and Sarah's sleeping bag like the last time.
Posted by Dan Bengel at 9:28 AM
Labels: hold steady, union jacks
4 comments:
- David said...
Tom even lets us use a cot now.. :P
PS: Its Port Brewing. Pizza Port is the brewpub chain.
- October 14, 2008 at 12:22 PM
- sholland said...
I'd ask you guys to save us some but (a) I know better and (b)we can't get there anytime soon anyway. We will think of you all when we are drinking a nice Oregon wet hop IPA.
- October 14, 2008 at 1:04 PM
- Dan Bengel said...
I always mess that one up David. Scott, don't have too much fun out there, and we will think of you when the bill comes.
- October 14, 2008 at 6:53 PM
- Kevin said...
Your line about David and Sarah is funny to me b/c Ijust said the same about you on BA without even reading this. I guess you have company.
- October 14, 2008 at 7:24 PM
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Junior Data Engineer- ML and AI
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Global Artificial Intelligence Accelerator
Ericsson Overview:
Ericsson is world's leading provider of communications technology and services. Our offerings include services, consulting, software and infrastructure within Information and Communications Technology.
Using innovation to empower people, business and society, Ericsson is working towards the Networked Society: a world connected in real time that will open up opportunities to create freedom, transform society and drive solutions to some of our planet's greatest challenges.
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It will be practically impossible for human brains to understand how to run and optimize a 5G network, Machine Learning (ML) and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies- will be vital for us to handle that complexity. We are setting up a Global AI Accelerator in the US, Sweden and India, with 300 experts, to fast-track our strategy execution
Machine Intelligence (MI), the combination of Machine Learning and other Artificial Intelligence technologies is what Ericsson uses to drive thought leadership to automate and transform Ericsson offerings and operations. MI is a key competence to enable new and emerging business. This includes development of models, frameworks and infrastructure that we use to power our 5G networks and services. We engage in both academic and industry collaborations to drive the digitalization of Ericsson and the Industry. Our global group develop state of the art solutions that simplify and automate processes in our products and services and create new value through data insights.
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Well it has been a wirlwind of a week here at Valley Flaxflour Ltd!
On October 27, 2015, Howard and his wife Wendy were invited, along with 8 other specially selected vendors, to participate in the Better Food Rally put on by Sobeys and Jamie Oliver! Not only did they get to show off their product but they got to meet Jamie (who btw was very interested in finding out about the benefits of flax on bowl health!) AND have our flax featured in his new cookbook, Everyday Super Food.
Read all about it here: http://goo.gl/p9esFz and here: goo.gl/9nNClv
Here is a Radio interview Howard did with Halifax's 95.7 fm about the event! Radio_95.7_Halifax-_Valley_Flax.mp3
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Portrait of Mrs Ethel Solomon in Riding Habit
Wolmark's striking portrait of Mrs Ethel Solomon shows his work at a key transitional moment between his early Rembrandtesque manner and dark palette and his notable conversion to colour after 1911. Against a putty-coloured background, he uses a bolder, looser paint handling, picking out his young sitter's fresh complexion, which contrasts with her fashionable black and white riding attire, offset by her mustard-yellow gloves.
Wolmark uses her dramatic pose as a compositional device to indicate her strong character. The portrait also relates specifically to Wolmark's own later series of single-figure works including The Fencer (c.1914, current whereabouts unknown), which repeats the emphatic hand-on-hip gesture, and the Portrait of Dottie Konstam (aka Mrs. Alfred Kohnstamm, 1915, Private Collection), in which his female subject holding her parasol echoes the strong diagonal of Mrs Solomon grasping her riding crop. The work is boldly signed with an early version of Wolmark's monogram.
Born in Edgbaston, the daughter of a draper, Mrs Ethel Solomon (née Cohen, 1888–1985), went on to become a highly influential figure. In 1920 she became Chair of the Women's Federation of British Zionists and in 1939 she and her husband established Whittinghame Farm School to educate German and Austrian refugee children. Between 1943 and 1966, she was also Chair of Ben Uri.
Wolmark executed many portraits of Jewish sitters including a head of the writer Israel Zangwill (1925, Ben Uri Collection), known as the 'Jewish Dickens'. The Ben Uri Collection also holds 13 of the 14 illustrations that formed frontispieces to the multi-volume edition of Zangwill's work published in 1925, and an equally striking head-and-shoulders portrait of Mrs Herbert Cohen, which was presented to the collection by Mrs Ethel Solomon.


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Desire to maintain quality drives foreign player rule
There is something about a coat and tie that makes one value defense over offense in life.
Somewhere between jeans in college, khakis in one's 30s and the neck-chafing ties of later home-ownership years, the desire to move forward aggressively can start circling the drain. "Safety first" becomes the order of the day, while the urge for hell-bent aggression just spills away, unnoticed, the same way you lose track of a laundry ticket.
Ironically, they are doing so by tapping talent from beyond the domestic player pool. There may be some risk -- but it's necessary.
MLS has announced that each team can now carry eight foreign players. That's up from seven in 2007, with an important tweak. Previously, the seven international spots fell into two distinct designations: four "senior internationals" and three "youth internationals." Now each club gets eight with no "youth" or "senior" split.
The desire to maintain quality drove the decision. So says Gazidis, who took a break from vacation to talk about initiatives initially ratified during MLS Cup weekend but only unveiled recently.
MLS is in a period of unprecedented growth. Garber, Gazidis and Co. will oversee a 14-team league as San Jose hitches up in 2008. With Seattle and perhaps one other team (Philly and St. Louis remain lead horses in the expansion race), the league could include 16 teams in 2009. MLS is aiming for an 18-team enterprise by 2010 or 2011.
That represents stunning growth for a league of a determined dozen as recently as 2006.
But there is a burden to bear for such breakneck growth. The domestic player pool simply can't sustain the pace while maintaining quality. And that reality threatened to undermine the strides in quality achieved this year. Players such as Juan Pablo Angel and Cuauhtemoc Blanco added flash and dash, while the likes of Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Juan Toja represented the solid, reliable and fiscally responsible underbelly of robust progress.
The product on the field in 2007 was simply sharper. Fewer wayward passes. More instances of accurate crossing and shooting. Fewer moments of high comedy or inept hijinks. Less of the aimless schoolboy tactics: charging about without a real plan. The MLS game still has a long way to go, and the league could help significantly by encouraging and empowering referees to simply exercise greater control. But all in all, the game is easier on the eyes than just a year or two back.
If three years ago the league was Amy Poehler (from SNL), in 2007 it was Drew Barrymore. Not bad. Still room for improvement. But you get the point.
And Gazidis wants to keep it that way. Any realistic assessment of the domestic talent pool would raise questions about its ability to keep pace in a period of rapid expansion. So the league directors extended each club's arm of foreign acquisition, the better to reach deeper into the player supply abroad.
"To risk losing that momentum as we go through this period of expansion would really be shooting ourselves in the foot," Gazidis said. "To do something that shackles you during that period, or you could even argue, something that takes you backward, would be the height of foolishness."
Here's another interesting twist: All international player slots are now assets that can be swapped or shopped. Some were before, but it's all been simplified now; some of the arcane layers of player-acquisition gymnastics have been stripped away.
Is there some risk here? Perhaps. And there will be greater risk if this becomes the first step in a faster march away from an original MLS mandate of cultivating the domestic player pool. But it's not likely to be so. Gazidis insists that domestic talent will continue to be Major League Soccer's primary talent supplier. Going forward, each time the league adds a team, it will add spots for eight foreign fellows, but also open room for 20 Americans (or more Canadians, in Toronto's case).
Is there risk in economics? A little, since teams may enjoy a little more latitude to buy foreign contracts, which could further fuel an economic arms race. But even there, the market, checked by budget restrictions, will continue to dictate practices.
"The reality of MLS budgets is that teams don't have the money to go out and become Chelsea or Arsenal," Gazidis said.
But so what if one team tries, at least in MLS terms? With the ability to acquire international slots, a team may choose to accent itself heavily in foreign flavor. And what's wrong with that, assuming it's a good fit in the market and done with transparency?
In a league that's still a bit too homogenous outside of Toronto FC, it might be nice for some teams to develop distinct personalities. Perhaps it fits for one team in Los Angeles or the second team in New York (which will happen sooner or later) to be stocked with foreign stars. Chivas USA tried it, although an absence of solid tactical personnel planning undercut the intriguing marketing concept.
There may be a time when the foreign limit shrinks, Gazidis said. A lot of that depends on Major League Soccer's developmental initiatives, the drive to nourish talent through youth programs and reserve teams. If those flourish, teams won't need to cast nets abroad. Some don't do it anyway; Houston just won consecutive titles with talent almost exclusively grown in the U.S. or Canada.
"The reality is, most of our teams are not hard against international player limits as it is now," Gazidis said.
Teams just have more flexibility now to chase the best deals out there in foreign talent.
There's still more art than science as MLS moves these numbers around. It's just nice to see them stay out of the bunkers and keep on the attack.
Steve Davis is a Dallas-based freelance writer who covers MLS for ESPNsoccernet. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Disorganised Labor
Ged and Dave express concern that the Australian Labor Party could experience a similar sort of meltdown to the UK Labour Party but Bill reassures them that the loony left locally are confined to the Greens.
"Look here Bill" said Ged "we're very concerned about the UK Labour Party. Leading commentators are forecasting that it's so stuffed it won't be able to form another government until the twenty-thirties"
"Nothing like that could possibly happen here" responded Bill reassuringly
"I don't know" said Ged cautiously "that crackpot Kevin launched a similar procedure for electing party leaders so we could easily cop a Corbyn "
"There's absolutely no chance" asserted Bill firmly "because Australian Labor is firmly established as a centre-left party dominated by the right"
"That's absolute bullshit" asserted Dave even more firmly "it's part of the union movement run by us"
"What Kevin should have done" said Ged "is introduce a party leadership ballot strictly limited to union members and thus ensure that if a left-wing loony ever became leader he'd be our left-wing loony"
"Wait a bit though" advised Bill "don't forget that in the last leadership ballot party members voted for Albo but thankfully there was the safeguard of the parliamentary party who ensured the right result by voting for me"
"I'm still worried" said Ged "about the possibility that one day the loony left party membership could organise itself into a voting block strong enough to impose a Corbyn catastrophe upon us"
"It will never happen" opined Bill "because the Australian loony left are all in the Greens. Lee Rhiannon has absolutely no chance of ever becoming leader of the Labor Party"
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WarBall.io is another addictive multiplayer browser-based game online that is kind of like Agar.io, a famous game online centering on eating and growing cell. In this WarBall.io game, you will get through a lot of the same challenges but in another background and various new features. Your main mission is to swallow more tiny cells, and other opponent cells that are smaller than you. However, there is still a funny feature that is completely different from Agar.io. The game allows you to divide your cell in half and then you are able to shoot the half one and launch it further. This feature is so helpful because it can help you run away from an opponent that is trying to kill you, or you can use it to assault the opponents. The game is completely worth a try! So be sure to check it out as well if you are a big fan of Agar.io! Have fun!
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Kanye West called out Nike and Hedi Slimane during his latest Yeezus Tour interlude.
Last night, Kanye West devoted ten minutes of his performance at Madison Square Garden to putting both Nike and Hedi Slimane on blast for attempting to "son" him.
"They try to act like people ain't line up for the Yeezys," said Kanye. "[Nike CEO] Mark Parker tried to son me. Yes, son me, because I am the sun and I will shine bright. And when I don't have as much money as a billionaire, and when I don't have the factories that that dude has over there, what I do have is my voice. Ain't no corporation that can take me away from my voice and I'm going to scream at the top of my motherfucking mountain as loud as I want. Anything I want. Whenever I want. Is that crazy? So I'm going to make the announcement on Monday with the corporation [Adidas] that finally let me get an opportunity to create... I asked Nike when the Red Octobers supposed to drop, and they said, 'We don't know.'"
On top of this, 'Ye recently revealed that he has yet to receive any royalties for the Air Yeezys.
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This was just mentioned briefly in my class on educational technology, and we didn't delve into it. I think it's partially because the social networking thing just became huge relatively recently.
Perhaps I'm uncreative, but I'm struggling to see how something like Twitter or Facebook could really enhance education beyond small administrative things, like informing students that school is canceled via Twitter. Any ideas?


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Associate Professor Greg Buckley was officially named Interim Dean of the ETSCPS college this morning. Buckley succeeds John Cicero who is leaving Roosevelt to become Dean of the School of Engineering, Technology and Media at National University in San Diego.
Buckley has a strong history within the college, first as an adjunct professor teaching the PLS Seminar in Natural Sciences (while he also was on staff at the Field Museum of Natural History), then joining the full-time Professional and Liberal Studies faculty in 1999. Buckley was tenured in the college in 2006, subsequently, also becoming an Associate Dean.
Last May, Buckley taught a fascinating National Parks course in the Sustainability program, which had an astounding field component: Buckley and eight students traveled to North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park for a 9-day excursion.


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I've never been a huge hair product kinda gal. Don't get me wrong, I love buying them, but when it comes to actually using them they always end up at the back of a drawer after a week or two feeling a little unloved. If there's one thing I could tell them then it would be It's not you, it's me (how many of us have said that before and honestly meant it?), or more specifically it's my hair. As much as I try to style, curl, crimp (come on, we've all been there), tousle and just generally jzeush* it up it pretty much always falls flat within the hour. As a result, I try to stick to quite low maintenance styles and products (GHD Straight & Smooth Heat Protect Spray, maybe some Bumble & Bumble Surf Spray if I'm feeling really daring) and after digging out the Percy & Reed Wonder Balm, a magazine freebie from earlier this year, I've found the perfect quick-fix for my locks. Marketed as a hair primer, a blob or two before blow drying leaves my hair smoother, silkier and much more manageable than usual. It tackles my frizz well, and although I don't find it really does much to extend the life-span of any waves or curls, my hair definitely looks and feels more Loreal advert-worthy for the whole day. So ladies, if your hair is in need of a little pick me up, give this one a whirl because you know you're worth it.
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Southeast Asia Globe's daily rundown of the region's top stories – 14 June 2017
The Region Today – 14 June 2017
Indonesian general claims Islamic State sleeper cells all across the country
Islamic State (IS) group "sleeper cells" have infiltrated almost every province of Indonesia, according to the country's military commander General Gatot Nurmantyo.
"It's easy to jump from Marawi to Indonesia and we must all beware of sleeper cells being activated in Indonesia," he told reporters at a press conference in Jakarta, referring to the ongoing conflict between IS-linked militants and the military in the Philippines, which has claimed over 100 lives.
Ganip Warsito, another general in the Indonesian army, offered a grim analysis of the conflict on Mindanao island.
"If the Philippines wins, Indonesia would get a spill over effect from the retreating militants," he said. "But if the Philippines loses, Mindanao would be a strong regional ISIS base that threatens Indonesia among others." [Time]
Related reading from Southeast Asia Globe: Philippines deploys tanks and helicopters in attempt to reclaim southern city
UN Calls for revision of Thai lèse-majesté law
The UN Human Rights office is calling for Thailand to rethink its controversial lèse-majesté law, which strictly criminalizes criticism of the Thai royal family. Since the junta took power through a military coup in 2014, it has applied the law liberally to detain activists, journalists and civilians critical of the government.
The call comes just days after a social media user was handed a 35 year sentence for posts deemed insulting of the monarchy.
UN spokesman Rupert Colville said the human rights office was "very concerned by the rise in the number of lèse-majesté prosecutions in Thailand since 2014 and the severity of the sentencing." [Associated Press]
Related reading from Southeast Asia Globe: The "ultimate weapon": lèse-majesté
Singapore-based e-commerce company secures funding for regional expansion
Shopmatic, a Singapore-based e-commerce service for small businesses and entrepreneurs, has raised $5.7 million to expand into Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and elsewhere.
In return for a monthly subscription fee of $20, Shopmatic helps businesses build their online stores, handling everything from payments and deliveries to customer analytics.
"Our approach of simplicity with a wide value proposition to our customers has grown the category of online sellers," said CEO and co-founder Anurag Avula. [Tech in Asia]
Related reading from Southeast Asia Globe: Indonesia on the cusp of an online shopping revolution
Singaporean character in American TV's Orange is the New Black goes viral
With season five of the prison fiction series taking the world by storm, one particular character in the trailers has represented Singapore globally, attracting more than 16,000 'likes' on Netflix Singapore's Facebook page. The character, Ah Lian, portrayed by Michelle Chong, makes reference to Singaporean culture, including the use of Singlish terms.
"I think the Ah Lian culture is something that is truly, uniquely Singaporean, belonging to us and us only. So when Netflix approached me to do this, I thought it was time we introduce her to the international stage," said Chong. [Straits Times]


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If you're a sprint car fan, aspiring driver or an experienced veteren, we've got a program to feed your curiosity or your level of experience. Our students and drivers are ready to go fast (or at their own speed)! Choose a state-of-the-art Sprint (winged or wingless). Our Open Wheel Driving School™ or Rent-A-Ride™ programs offer an excellent opportunity to experience the thrill of sprint car racing.
The Open Wheel Driving School takes students through the critical elements of the car, safety practices, car controls and on-track driving techniques. For the driver who wants to get actual race seat time, the
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Agbonlahor has gone from being the hero of the Holte End and on the fringes of the England national team to a player who has struggled to recreate the form that made him such a feared opponent under Martin O'Neill.
His fortunes nosedived during the difficult regimes of O'Neill's successors, Gérard Houllier and Alex McLeish, scoring only 11 goals in two seasons as his threat was nullified by cautious tactics.
He has not appeared for England since October 2009 and seen former team-mates including Ashley Young, Gareth Barry, Stewart Downing and James Milner move on while he has remained at the club he joined as a 10 year-old.
Whereas Young, Barry and Milner have both experienced the Champions League, Agbonlahor has been involved in two successive battles against relegation.
But after his goals in last Tuesday night's stirring victory over Manchester City he insists Paul Lambert's appointment has breathed new life into a club that was threatening to become moribund.
The forward is expected to retain his place for the derby against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday and is on a mission to wipe away two seasons of underachievement and lead his beloved Villa towards less turbulent times.
He said: "It's been difficult for the club because once Martin left it was a tough season with the new manager coming in. The following season was tough too.
It was always going to be difficult with the excitement of the seasons before, where we did so well in the league.
"I don't want to keep bringing up the past, but a few seasons ago we had good players with the likes of Darren Bent coming in and Ashley Young playing just behind him so it was hard to get into the team.
Last season there was a bit of rotation with positions and people don't see that, they just look at your games and your goals, they don't see the positions you play in.
"You hear a lot when you're playing and you hear fans saying that he's not the same player that he used to be, but for me that just urges me on and hopefully the performance against Manchester City will shut a few people up.
"I'm confident with my ability and people can say what they want but I will keep trying to do what I know I can do."
Villa's struggles over the last two campaigns have hit Agbonlahor harder than most, for he was born only three miles away from the stadium.
Those halcyon days under O'Neill, where the club finished in the top six three years running, seem decades ago while the squad has suffered a string of high-profile departures with little cash made available to fill the gaps.
Agbonlahor has been the one of the few constants in a tumultuous period, even though he has admitted to being so disillusioned under Houllier that he considered quitting the club.
But now, at the age of 25, he insists he would have no qualms staying at Villa for the remainder of his career.
"You can say I haven't had the move but I'm happy to be here," he said. "If the players that were sold had been home-grown players you never know what their choice would have been.
"If a big club had come in for me, maybe they would have known that I wanted to stay here. It's different for me.
"If the club wants to keep me and I'm happy, I will stay here for the rest of my career. I've seen a lot of changes, but the chairman has brought this manager in for stability so hopefully that will happen."
Agbonlahor, who is Villa's player ambassador for Acorns Childrens' Hospice, has been impressed with Lambert and can see similarities with O'Neill, right down to his strict code of conduct with player fines.
He has already been hit in the pocket for the cardinal sin of losing a shooting contest.
This afternoon will be Lambert's first derby since his arrival, with Steve Clarke already six points clear of Villa and keen for his team to remain kings of the West Midlands for another season.
Chris Brunt, the Albion midfielder, said: "It's probably the strongest squad we've had since I've been here.
"It's nice for us to be on the up, we keep improving every season and if people tend to regard us as the best team in the area that's great.
"We had a decent result there last year and we've every reason to go there with confidence."


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By Dr. Chris Rickson, Osteopath. Your body loves you, and protects itself by producing pain. You may not like the feeling of pain compared with love but that is the beauty of the duality you live in. Sun and Moon, Day and Night, Male and Female. You can't have one without the other.
The brain releases happy hormones for you, making you feel better when you feel pain, and without pain you would not know you have burnt yourself on that oven– so pain is good. Pain lets you know when something is wrong. The more you keep running away from pain the more pain you will endure as you have not faced what your brain is trying to tell you.
Sometimes the brain creates a pain loop in the spine and brain and even when your pain is gone you still feel this pain. This is called chronic pain.
Osteopathy understands your pain and with around a dozen different treatment techniques there is at least one that is guaranteed to reduce your pain.
Also be aware that re-aggravating your pain will cause it to come back, so following the nutritional, postural and exercise advice your Osteopath has given you is also very important in ensuring a complete recovery.
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Leader / Deputy Leader: MIPAAF-IT/ GDAR-TR
Main contributors: INRA-FR, IAV-MA, IRESA-TN
Develop a common scientific and strategic agenda that could lead to a roadmap for enhancing cooperation in the field of Mediterranean Agriculture.
Deepen the scientific and strategic analysis of the challenges for the future and identifying actions.
Task 1.1 Establishment of a Scientific and Strategic Advisory Board (SSAB) (M1-M6)
Task leader: MIPAAF-IT, contributor INRA-FR
This tasks aims at defining the features of this very crucial external board, in terms of mission, number of participants, procedure for board members selection, role within the consortium and governance.
Task 1.2 Synthesis of Foresight studies in Med Area (M5-M12)
Task leader: INRA-FR; contributor MIPAAF-IT
This task will produce an input for the development of the ISRA. The existing foresight studies scenarios and strategies within the field of Med Area agriculture will be reviewed in order to identify the main challenges for the region.
Task 1.3 Synthesis of the Mediterranean priorities in the EU-Med policies (M10-M18)
Task leader: GDAR-TR, contributor MIPAAF-IT, MESRT-TN
The most important goal of this task is the identification of short, medium and long-period needs in term of research and innovation topics and capabilities. Based on the literature, experience, policies and strategies at European and national levels, the SSAB will identify and describe short, medium and long-term objectives for the EU and Mediterranean Countries policies and will report them in a specific position paper.
Task 1.4 Stakeholders and researchers consultations (M14-M16)
Task leader: IAV-MA, Contributor IRESA-TN
The final scope is to receive feedback from stakeholders and the scientific community on the priorities. An on-line consultation tool will be set up, to reach the maximum number of stakeholders and researchers from all over the world. A permanent on-line forum will also be opened.
Task 1.5 Integrated Strategic Research Agenda (ISRA) (M2-M30)
Task leader: MIPAAF-IT, contributor INRA-FR, MESRT-TN
The aim of this task is to produce, based on the outputs of all tasks of WP1, the first Integrated Strategic Research Agenda. It will constitute the principal ARIMNet2 view document/paper including the mission and the common vision of Med Countries involved. An adequate implementation action plan of ISRA will also be set up.


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On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 17:24 +0100, Jeremy Carroll wrote: > > <DanC> (I look forward to progress on: ACTION: jjc to produce EARL for > his implementation, and then sort out multiple test passing in his > EARL. ) Somehow that action didn't make it into the action summary; that would have been OK as long as Harry carried it the next agenda, but it was missed there too. The 28 March minutes should show this action continued. I think it suffices to note this amendment tomorrow. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29EReceived on Tuesday, 3 April 2007 18:22:08 UTC
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Nowadays, newly built and planned religions can be found very easily. Even though all the religions do praise one God, but their ethics and way of worship differ from one another. You may have been requested by some of your friends to join the religion that they follow over your current one.
These new religions often arrange and carry activities and events to increase their followers. And knowing that these types of events may take time of people that they are trying to include in their group, church events are generally followed by small dinner or feast.
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Bud Thatcher, 81
Bud Thatcher, 81, of Sedalia, died Thursday, August 16, 2012, at his home.
He was born June 15, 1931, in Healdton, OK, son of Forest Thatcher and Minnie Pearl Crane Rhoads. In 1954, in Santa Ana, CA, he married Doris J. Johnson, who survives of the home.
Bud was a member of Parkway Freewill Baptist Church. He worked as an inspector at the Chevrolet plant in Kansas City. He enjoyed woodworking and fishing.
In addition to his wife of 58 years, survivors include two daughters, Shirley Collins (Roger), of Kansas City, MO, and Kathy Vens (Mark), of Davenport, IA; a son, Don Thatcher (Frances), of Sedalia; and four grandchildren, Morgan Collins, Zachary Tatum, Colton Tatum and Justin Collins.
He was preceded in death by his parents and six brothers.
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For whatever reason, I've suddenly found myself super motivated to do more ground work with the horse. We've done weekly sessions since our lesson with the horsemanship pro a couple weeks after Charlie came home, but lately we're doing 3-4 sessions a week. Often before I ride, or sometimes instead of a ride.
|charlie recently discovered that, in fact, his back is flexible and he can lift it. good pony!
Emotional skills include:
- Accepting the whip rubbing over both sides his entire body, even in ticklish spots. And I'm purposefully a little sloppy with the whip. Recall this was a big weak spot in our first session, and he's basically a pro at it now.
- Giving to pressure on the rope halter. I'll stand on one side of him and gently bring his head around by pulling on the halter. Softening when he gives, but not if his feet are moving. He's figured this one out pretty quickly, but we're careful with it anyway bc he's honestly not super flexible yet.
- Turns on the forehand, aka disengaging the haunches. Neither of us are very good at this one haha, and we only just recently started practicing it. It's also a little confusing to Charlie bc this asks him to move his feet (in a specific way) whereas other exercises ask for him to be immobile.
- Carrot stretches. Fairly self explanatory lol. Also, Charlie's FAVORITE.
|trying to find his balance with a rider, and fairly earthbound in the process
Physical skills include:
- Ground pole work. I really like lunging him over ground poles bc he treats them differently without a rider. He doesn't rush, and is better about experimenting with his body and balance. And, as you can see in the video below, he's starting to lift his back through the poles all on his own. This is great practice for him physically, and a good way to develop strength.... Now to get that same feeling with a rider!
- Changing directions on the lunge. Charlie is SUPER at changing from tracking right to tracking left haha. I just back up to invite him in toward me, then change the direction of my hands and whip to send him off in the opposite direction. He initially got offended at the moving whip - but figured out to just move off away from it. He's..... terrible at changing directions from left to right tho. Bc he doesn't want to let me on his right side lol. Practice practice.
- Backing. Charlie is surprisingly bad at backing. Fairly resistant to it. We practice tho bc A) he needs to respect my space and back out of it when I ask, and B) backing is a good low-impact way to build strength in his hind end. We often back (slowly) down half the long side of the arena (going along the wall to help with straightness).
This ground work is great for seeing the changes in how he uses himself without a rider, tho the biggest improvements have more to do with how comfortable he is in his body. Charlie's gone through some phases of foot and body soreness since coming off the track - both of which give him a tighter, more stuck way of going. If left to his own devices, he either kinda shuffled along or speed raced around high-headed and hollow-backed.
|figuring out how to set his shoulders free!
|charlie 1 month post-track: kinda stuck lol, but airborne all the same


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Humans tell stories; humans listen to the stories of others; one story whether heard or read often prompts another story; and stories can be both highly personal and/or take the reader/hearer to places – both internal and external – that they have never been before or that are familiar and comforting. Hence, those that facilitate whatever the variation of reading, writing, or mixed reading and writing groups need to be attentive to ways to enrich and enliven their facilitation. So, welcome to the toolkit.
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Justin Bieber's mother finds it "difficult" to let him make his own mistakes.
Pattie Mallette is still trying to come to terms with the fact that the Beauty and a Beat singer, who celebrated his 19th birthday in March, is a legal adult and can make his own decisions but she still calls him every day.
She told People magazine: "When your kids hit a certain age your parenting style changes and it is hard letting go.
"His life was my life and now I've had to let him go a little bit and let him be independent. It is hard to not be able to control everything that your adult child does."
The 37-year-old author doesn't like being asked questions about her son's recent bad behaviour, which includes peeing in a mop bucket while shouting "F Bill Clinton" (the former president of the United States) and partying at nightclubs in the U.S., despite being two years underage, as she wants to support him as much as possible.
She said: "Every parent worries. I text and call him every day. I definitely want to know everything that he is doing and what he is going through so I try to talk to him as much as he'll let me. I mean, he's on tour and being pulled in a million different directions but we talk as much as he is able.
"A lot of people might think that I have my head in the sand or that I am oblivious to the things my son is doing. I know who my son is and I don't always agree with every single thing that he does but I don't necessarily have to address that with everyone else. He's my son and I have to respect he is not going to want me going around being 'that mom' talking about his behaviour."


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Hot Dog & the City from uji films on Vimeo.
Kick this weekend's ass Clinkers!
watching this i was like "hey, how did they skip the detroit coney?"
then in the responses there was like 20 "hey, where's the detroit coney"s 😉
btw you guys i dropped into lafayette coney over the memorial day weekend!
oh and another thing kinda related – did you guys hear there's an american coney (remember the not-anywhere-near-as-cool joint next door to lafayette?) now at a casino in Vegas??


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Post Natal Support for Dads
I came accross this aricle by News Medical Life Sciences about male postnatal depression. It's an issue we don't hear about often but apparently is quite common, when you read the article you will see why.
It highlights the importance of support for couples as they move through the transition of becoming parents for the first time and bringing a new person into their relationship. Support from family and friends is key and the couple need to be open to that. It's a time to let go of perfectionist attitudes and just be open to allowing friends and family to help in any way they can and surround you with their love and support. I notice that people easily do this when there is a death in the family but we are not so willing to it when a new person comes into the world.
Perhaps the parents cant accept support because they are afraid of others taking control or telling them what to do and how to raise their child. But this worry is usually unfounded as people normally offer advice because they just want to help. The best approach is to listen to all the advice, use whatever you find helpful and throw out the rest. Nobody will be offended if you don't do it their way. They will just be happy to see you and your baby thrive.
When people want to come and visit you ask them to bring something useful like some nice food that doesn't need much preparation. Perhaps they can just drop by the supermarket and pick up a few things you need. Do not be afraid to ask for this kind of help. Your visitors will be delighted. Most visitors to new baby households don't know what to bring and end up going to the shops and buying some generic baby outfit that they hope fits and you haven't got 10 more of them already. How great will they feel when you tell them exactly the kind of things and help you need.
I firmly believe that a circle of support is vital to making the difference in the early weeks with baby. If you don't have family nearby it's important to get out and meet some other mums for coffee and chats. But again let go of perfectionism in this. Don't try and have baby and yourself perfectly presented, of course it's nice for women to put on a bit of makeup and some nice clothes, after sitting around the house in sweats for weeks it can lift our spirits but it's important to get out and socalise even if you don't have time for the makeup. And don't expect to arrive exactly on time either, babies operate on a different time clock, its called the 'now'. Sometimes there is a last minute nappy change or feed before you can get out the door. So just go with that and go along anyway even if you are a bit late you will still enjoy getting out and meeting other mums. Most mums meetups and baby classes such as Baby Massage and Baby Yoga are very relaxed affairs. After meeting some other mums for a social event your mood will be better and this will have a beneficial effect on your relationship with your partner.
Don't forget to encourage more golden moments with daddy and baby. And the golden moments don't have to be just the first feed or first smile, we generally cherish those anyway. Golden moments are happening all the time, it's how we experience them that makes them golden and that is a choice to some extent. We can assign changing and bathing duties to dads which provide a nice bonding opportunity for them, however, the approach needs to be relaxed and unregimented. Allow him to do things his own way when he takes these duties on. You can give him some guidance and pointers but then go away and let him get on with it himself. If he is so uptight about getting it right so you wont be upset then it will take the joy out of it. He will figure it out for himself and so what if he does the nappies differently. Let go of the perfectionist in everything and everyone will be happier.
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