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These targets are excellent for indoor ranges, especially at longer distances, where it is often difficult to see where the bullet entered the target with only dim lighting available.
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Meningitis and polio are two spinal cord infections that can have serious consequences, and in some cases, can be fatal. Rapid diagnosis and treatment is critical for good outcomes.
Viral and Bacterial Meningitis
Meningitis is an inflammation of the thin membranes (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord. Most cases of meningitis are either viral or bacterial. However, rare causes include fungi, parasites and non-infectious origins, including drugs.
Viral meningitis is the most common form of the disease, and usually resolves without permanent damage. Bacterial meningitis is a much more serious disease that often requires emergency treatment. Bacterial meningitis can cause:
- Brain damage
- Hearing loss
- Learning disabilities.
In some cases, bacterial meningitis can be fatal.
The symptoms of viral and bacterial meningitis are the same, so you'll want to see a doctor to get an accurate diagnosis. In people over the age of two, the common symptoms of meningitis are high fever, headache and stiff neck that develop over a time period of several hours to two days. Other symptoms of these spinal cord infections may include:
- Confusion
- Discomfort looking into bright lights
- Nausea
- Sleepiness
- Vomiting.
Infants with meningitis may vomit or not want to feed, seem slow or inactive, and be irritable. As meningitis progresses, people of any age can experience seizures.
The treatment for bacterial meningitis is usually antibiotics. Viral meningitis has no specific treatment, and most people recover within two weeks. In order to relieve fever and headache in these cases, doctors often recommend:
- Bed rest
- Medicine
- Plenty of fluids.
Both viral and bacterial meningitis are contagious. Scientists have developed a vaccine that protects against some forms of bacterial meningitis. Bacterial meningitis outbreaks have traditionally occurred in places where young people live together, such as college dormitories. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends routine vaccination of everyone 11 to 18 years of age.
Polio and the Polio Vaccine
Polio (poliomyelitis) is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus that lives in the throat and intestinal tract and attacks the brain and spinal cord.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 95 percent of people infected with the poliovirus have no symptoms. However, some people with polio do experience minor symptoms, such as:
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Flu-like symptoms
- Headache
- Nausea
- Pain in the arms or legs
- Stiffness in the neck and back.
The CDC reports that fewer than 1 percent of people with polio experience permanent paralysis (which, when it does occur, usually occurs in the legs). Approximately 5 to 10 percent of the people who experience paralysis die when their respiratory muscles become paralyzed.
Polio is uncommon in the United State since the introduction of the oral polio vaccine (OPV) in 1955. The United States now uses an updated form of the vaccine, called the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). The OPV, however, is still used in many parts of the world to prevent polio.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staff. (2010). Meningitis questions and answers. Retrieved March 22, 2010, from http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/faq.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staff. (2010). Polio disease in-short. Retrieved March 22, 2010, from http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/polio/in-short-both.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staff. (2010). Polio vaccination. Retrieved March 22, 2010, from http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/polio/default.htm#disease
Vorvick, L. M.D. (2009). Poliomyelitis. Retrieved March 22, 2010, from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001402.htm

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FREE BOOK: The Accidental Hero [MYSTERY!]
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Although no one even believed so, we finally woke up from the long winter sleep and we announce that BA18 will take place in Zbraslavice on September 28-30. Stay tuned for more details.
We wish you many "bike adventure" experiences in the year 2017. Unfortunately year 2017 will be the first one in a long row without Bike Adventure competition. From several different reasons we decided not to organize competition this year. Main reason is my personal, cause I need a gap year that I can invest into my family. Another are two high profile events that our USK team is organizing next year and that will be extremely demanding. I believe that this gap year will be profitable not just for organizing team but for competitors as well. And that we will be looking forward to BA18 even more and we will enjoy it on a full gas. Fresh ideas are already coming. Míša L.
Here are overall results. You can also find track analysis online.
BA16 has been documented by photographers Jirka and Honza and their gallery can be seen here. More photos by Ondra Antoš are here.
Thank you all for coming and competing and as well for great atmosphere you have created!
You can find results of the Saturday stage and the start list for the Sunday one on the BA website.
You can also upload or draw your route choices.
We have an inquiry contest for you! You can win functional scampolo Cool Mesh Superlight – there will be one for ladies and one for men. The prize draw from right answers will be held before the Saturday prize giving ceremony. Send your tips by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Deadline is on Friday 12am. The prize will be given just to competing individuals and only in person.
In case you will not win, you can still buy yourself a nice treat by Craft. As usual there will be a Craft sales tent full of high quality functional underwear and cycling apparel with BA discounts.
Startlists for Saturday´s race are out.
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The scientist: Estefanía Urdániz is a PhD Student in the IQUIBICEN- Department of biological chemistry, University of Buenos Aires, supervised by the PI of the project Dr. Mariana Piuri.
Estefania has constructed a new improved generation of FP carrying a modified mCherrybomb gene. Also, she set up the conditions for detection of M.tb by automated fluorimetry for extracellular activity testing of compounds. Phage infection in a multiwell format was standardized and MICs were determined for a wide range of drugs currently used for TB treatment with different targets in the bacteria. Recently, she has been working on the development of an infection assay in eukaryotic cells, using macrophages and pulmonary epithelial cells. She is also working in the automatization of this cell infection assay for intracellular screening of several compounds at the same time.
The sponsor: IQUIBICEN-CONICET, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Exact and Natural Science, University of Buenos Aires.
Foundation funding: The Foundation is providing £40,636 in support.
GSK's contribution: Access to GSK TB compounds set for screening. GSK will also contribute its extensive experience in extracellular and intracellular in vitro compound screening against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. GSK will also provide its expertise in in vivo studies and access to facilities for in vitro and in vivo studies.
Project Description: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of human mortality; approximately two billion people are infected with the causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb). The emergence of resistant strains has become a serious public health problem worldwide complicating treatment and control of the disease.
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Large Gray Graphite Chicken Wire Storage Bin with Fabric Liner
Arrange your home in country charm using this lovely storage basket. Chicken wire lines its sides as a fabric tie-down liner creates a bed for your favorite items and treasures. Built with two sturdy wooden handles for easy carrying, this bin is perfect for clearing up a bedroom, bathroom or living room.
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I am a big fan of the Space Opera genre, although what actually constitutes a space opera as opposed to a run of the mill sci-fi book is a bit unclear to me. I think it needs more than one volume, a large cast of characters and conflict. I looked at Wikipedia's definition and I was close:
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, as well as chivalric romance, and often risk-taking. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it usually involves conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities, futuristic weapons, and other sophisticated technology.
So earlier this year Tor.Com offered a Summer of Space Opera Sampler I snapped it up. It has five excerpts from pending or just released longer stories. All Systems Red:The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, Killing Gravity:The Voidwitch Saga by Corey J. White, The Ghost Line: The Titanic of the Stars by Andrew Neil Gray and J.S. Herbison, Starfire:A Red Peace by Spencer Ellsworth and Acadie by Dave Hutchinson.
Two of the excerpts have a very old school feel to them. Starfire combines swords with blasters, a combination that I have always felt only works if you are a Warhammer 40K fan. I just find it hard to believe that a futuristic society would have space ships, space weapons but also armies fighting with swords. Aside from that I liked the dual plot lines that were introduced in the story. In one a cross breed human has defeated the pure human empire and is now pondering pogrom on the remainder of pure humanity. Also there is a mixed breed pilot who is being kidnapped to carry some pure breeds off planet.
The second old school story, The Ghost Line has to do with a ghost ship and a crew hired to possibly salvage it. Their mysterious employer is not entirely clear about their goals. Taking place in the not too far future it could almost be a side story from the world of The Expanse. Slow ships from Earth to Mars, Belters mining asteroids etc… Had a very strong feel from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, and I enjoyed it a great deal.
The third story (chronologically) was my favorite. Called Acadie, it's about how some brilliant genetic engineers fled earth and started moding their bodies. While the topic in the book, Earth's continual search to capture and punish these people, called Makers, the scene where the council is meeting is very funny. The sample gives a very good history of what happened previously and the challenges facing the Makers and the others that live with them when it looks as if Earth has finally found them. I will probably purchase the entire story when it is available; I liked both the humor and the dilemma.
All Systems Red reads as a detective story in space. Who is out to sabotage a project on a lonely planet? Can the assassin android, with a newly but secretly disabled governor, help solve the issue? The premise is interesting and the android is an almost instantly interesting yet complex character, it leaves you at a cliff hanger and makes you wonder, always a good thing.
The last in the excerpts, Killing Gravity, was probably my second favorite. It throws you in the action without a data dump and then slowly feeds you a lot of information in a smooth measured manner. The concept of PSI and other powers being taught to humans and used in space has a lot f interest as a plot device and it is interesting to speculate where the story is going.
It should be noted that these are just a few pages from short stories. None of the tales that the samples come from tallies much over 200 pages and most are in the 160 range.
All Systems Red is a Kindle single available for $3.99, or $10.39 in paperback, 160 pages. Starfire: A Red Peace is in pre-order mode at $4.99 on Kindle and $11.66 in paperback, 210 pages. The Ghost Line is also a Kindle single available in that format for $3.99 and paperback for $14.97 at 146 pages. Acadie, another Kindle single is available for preorder at $3.99 or $7.60 for the print version with no page count (that I could find.) Killing Gravity, also a single, is $3.99 for the Kindle version and $1039 in print, 176 pages.


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Well over the weekend, the CNE made it officially and posted a list of all current opportunities via the CNE's Jobs Portal.
Here is a list of the jobs with the CNE that the Human Resources team is currently looking to recruit for:
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- EXpress Train/Stop Conductor
- Found Children / Lost & Found Attendant
- Found Children / Lost & Found Supervisor
- Gate Concierge
- Guest Relations Attendant
- Guest Services Runner
- Info Booth Attendant
- Info Line Attendant
Now, as with any large-scale recruitment effort, there are lots of jobs available and you can easily find yourself confused by multiple job ads that sound similar. To help you get and stay organized, I recommend using the 2015 Summer Job Tracking Sheet. Use it to track the positions you are interested in and the positions you apply for - and don't be shy about applying for more than one job as it will help increase your chances of success.
When reviewing each ad, pay attention to the requirements section. Due to the nature of some of the jobs, there could be very strict requirements you must meet (e.g. over 16 to handle cash transactions, a clean driving record to operate the shuttle service, etc.).
After reviewing the job ad, scroll to the bottom and you'll see two buttons. If you haven't applied for a CNE 2015 job, click on the 'New Resume/CV' button. If you have already applied for a CNE 2015 job, then click on the 'Existing Resume/CV' button.
Tip: If you're applying for a job with the CNE for the first time, be sure to enter a password on Step 1 of the application form - otherwise, you'll need to re-register if you decide to apply for another job.Once you have started the application form, take your time. It's not an overly complex or long form, but it can be very particular (e.g. you have to enter postal codes in A1B 23C format with a space). The screening questions they ask are fairly basic (e.g. 'Do you have a G license and a clean driving record?') and there will be a section where you can upload your resume and cover letter.
Tip: If you don't have a resume and cover letter, you're welcome to download and use the resume and cover letter templates I created. Just be sure to update with your own information.Good luck!


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From the website Brain Pickings [1], these excerpts from a lecture by Vladimir Nabokov. He says that optimism is not a luxury of the privileged, but at the core of everyone's survival:
The second result is that the irrational belief in the goodness of man… becomes something much more than the wobbly basis of idealistic philosophies. It becomes a solid and iridescent truth. This means that goodness becomes a central and tangible part of one's world, which world at first sight seems hard to identify with the modern one of newspaper editors and other bright pessimists, who will tell you that it is, mildly speaking, illogical to applaud the supremacy of good at a time when something called the police state, or communism, is trying to turn the globe into five million square miles of terror, stupidity, and barbed wire. And they may add that it is one thing to beam at one's private universe in the snuggest nook of an unshelled and well-fed country and quite another to try and keep sane among crashing buildings in the roaring and whining night. But within the emphatically and unshakably illogical world which I am advertising as a home for the spirit, war gods are unreal not because they are conveniently remote in physical space from the reality of a reading lamp and the solidity of a fountain pen, but because I cannot imagine (and that is saying a good deal) such circumstances as might impinge upon the lovely and lovable world which quietly persists, whereas I can very well imagine that my fellow dreamers, thousands of whom roam the earth, keep to these same irrational and divine standards during the darkest and most dazzling hours of physical danger, pain, dust, death.
I take my hat off to the hero who dashes into a burning house and saves his neighbor's child; but I shake his hand if he has risked squandering a precious five seconds to find and save, together with the child, its favorite toy. I remember a cartoon depicting a chimney sweep falling from the roof of a tall building and noticing on the way that a sign-board had one word spelled wrong, and wondering in his headlong flight why nobody had thought of correcting it. In a sense, we all are crashing to our death from the top story of our birth to the flat stones of the churchyard and wondering with an immortal Alice in Wonderland at the patterns of the passing wall. This capacity to wonder at trifles — no matter the imminent peril — these asides of the spirit, these footnotes in the volume of life are the highest forms of consciousness, and it is in this childishly speculative state of mind, so different from commonsense and its logic, that we know the world to be good.
I needed to read those words today. I am so bound to the world as it comes to me through my laptop. It is my vocation to read, to watch, to contemplate, and to write about it. But it is far, far too easy, especially if you have a temperament like mine, to get lost in the darkness, and to lose sight of the straight path that God has laid before us, and that many people with lesser powers than our own still manage to stagger along it, rejoicing and not losing their way despite it all.
Today is the Feast of St. Nicholas. This afternoon, when the children come home from school, we are going to buy our family Christmas tree. Little makes me happier than watching my children run among the trees in the field, and choose the right one for our house. This is how I know the world to be good.


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Parks and Recreation is working with the engineering firm Beals and Thomas to estimate costs and prioritize projects that Townspeople would like to see undertaken to improve our parks and facilities. We want your input and hope that you will complete this survey, which should only take 10 minutes.
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There is an interesting pond behind the abandoned "hardware store" on Washington between Chestnut and Village Plaza. The water stays pretty uncluttered, there is parking and access from the rail trail, and even nearby electric power access if that helps... How about maintaining the pond for ice skating in the winter?
Secondly, can the old building itself be used for recreational purposes? tks.
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I know that there are many meaningful journals, especially ones that journey into the end of life. And a lot of these are of young Lives.
Live Journal helped a girl deal with the struggles with growing up with a horrible illness called cystic fibrosis. There are many LJers who log on here who have the same battle.
cfkitty needed LJ to get her story out and she had been an inspiration to all who have come across her LJ. cfkitty's one dream was realized when she completed her life's journey and left us with her journal.
She dreamed about being a writer and her LJ was the greatest gift to her readers.
Although she is not here now, we as LJers have the gift of what she left us.
She truly loved Live Journal and helped other people suffering with illness through her LJ. I hope an entry from cfkitty is considered.


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Over the Holiday break we heard a lot of, "Is there a solution to progressive web app for
IOS devices since their default browser is Safari?" Now if you didn't already
know, Safari doesn't yet support progressive web apps (Well where is matters)
so what is the alternate then for IOS counterparts? Well we ask to Please keep
in mind that "Browsers that support Progressive Web Apps" is not a
real term, PWA itself is a set of features that a web app can provide for
users. So it's not just only about Service Worker and App Manifest.
Check out the Baseline PWA Checklist and view the list
they have generated for the IOS device and how it affects PWA's.
Here is the list:
Site is served over HTTPS - YES
Pages are responsive on tablets & mobile devices - YES
The start URL (at least) loads while offline - NO
Metadata provided for Add to Home screen - YES
First load fast even on 3G - YES
Site works cross-browser - YES
Page transitions don't feel like they block on the network - YES
Each page has a URL - YES
As you can see, almost everything is working, even if your page
can't work offline on iOS/Safari, there are still a huge benefit of
"upgrading" your web app into a PWA.
What SeatlleCloud™ really wants you to understand is not the
fancy title of "Progressive Web Apps" but a good web app that
delivers a good experience and features for users.
Even if you're not going to apply every single feature behind
Progressive Web Apps to all the products in your portfolio, the results and
case studies speak for themselves: You need to focus relentlessly on mobile. If
you aren't doing this right now, you should probably consider setting it as
your main priority from the product side of things.


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1. Future generations of scholars will use Conan O'Brien's loss of his job and subsequent heroization/meme-ification to explain the country's response to the economic crisis. He will be understood to have symbolically represented us to us.
2. The internet could have been good for reporting. It wasn't because, given the chance, given freedom to consume the media we want, we overwhelmingly preferred opinions to facts. The internet is, in this sense, a symptom not a cause of journalistic decline.
3. Flarf was prefigured by Tyler Durden's passive-aggressive office Haiku. Flarf prefigured Tao Lin.


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Silvren's Journey - The Trip to Lothlorien-Chap. 6
"Silvren, are you done packing yet?" Arwen asked as she stood in the doorway to Silvren's room. She watched as Silvren closed one of her books she had been reading, now that she was off restriction, and set it down beside her on the bed.
"Um-hmm." Silvren nodded.
"Let me see." Arwen said suspiciously as she walked towards the bag that was sitting on the end of Silvren's bed. Arwen looked through her bag, pushing aside folded clothes, books, a hairbrush, and other objects Silvren had packed. "All right, you're ready to go." she sighed, then turned and walked out her room.
"Arwen!" a little voice stopped her. She turned around to face Silvren, who still sat upon her bed with her legs dangling over the side.
"How long will we be gone for?"
"You will be remain in Lothlorien for a year with mother. Then you will come back with her and some other Elves." Arwen replied.
"But how long will you be gone for?" Silvren asked with a confused look on her face.
"I will remain there for three years."
"Oh." Silvren said casting her eyes down.
"Come, father is waiting for us." Arwen said motioning for Silvren to follow her.
Together they walked, hand in hand with their bags, downstairs and outside to where Glorfindel and the others were waiting for them with their horses.
"Grandma! Grandpa!" Silvren shouted as her Glorfindel lifted her off of her mother's horse and set her on the ground. She's only seen them once or twice but she knew exactly who they were.
Galadriel caught her young granddaughter up in her arms and hugged her tightly. "Oh, it's so good to see you." Galadriel said then kissed Silvren on the cheek.
Celebrian and Arwen walked up behind Silvren, exchanging hugs and kisses with Celeborn and Galadriel as well.
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"Look at this flower, Grandpa." Silvren said holding up a
small, pale pink flower for him to see.
"Yes, I see, beautiful isn't?"
"Silvren," Celeborn said softly.
"Yes, Grandpa?" Silvren asked looking up at him.
"You know, my fingers are itching to tickle someone." Celeborn said flexing his fingers, as a small grin spread across his face.
Silvren dropped the flower she held in her hand and took off across the hill. Celeborn stood up and ran after her as she ran in a zigzag line and changed directions, trying to throw him off as he chased her. Celebrian, Galadriel, and Arwen laughed as they looked on from where they sat in the middle of the hill. A few times they thought, for sure, Silvren would run into them. She let out a high-pitched squeal as Celeborn came up and grabbed her from behind. Silvren squirmed in his grasp and fell to her knees as he tickled her sides.
"St-stop!" she cried out among her laughing.
"Whew, all right." Celeborn said. "It's almost time for dinner anyways."
Celeborn grabbed her hand and helped her to her feet, then together, they walked over to where the others sat waiting for them.


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Ever been interested in the fashion industry as much as I am? Perhaps the glitz and glamour of the Lagos Fashion Week fascinate you too! And of course there are the models, [mostly] skinny and beautiful; gracefully-composed/poised as they walk the runways. Such sophistication! Yet, we must all agree that mainstream fashion represent the perfect example of what everybody longs for but can hardly get to have. Why is that?
Across the world, the fashion industry is such a closely-knit, exclusively-wealthy and obviously elitist circle. Those beautiful clothes and accessories are reserved for those who are rich enough to afford them. Indeed, no hungry human can afford to buy a Lanre Da Silva dress or a Zizi Cardow dress. It is almost as if there is a pact between the superrich and the fashion industry experts to make it an all wealth affair, dedicated solely to those who are moneyed and classy. Perhaps by deliberately making fashion elitist, those involved justify Hadley Freeman's opinion that "fashion that is not elite is just clothing".
"Rampant elitism is the cornerstone of fashion's foundation garments. It's like… I wear Alexander McQueen, therefore I am part of a select group that can afford it. Fashion has such a sense of self-importance it comes with a dry-clean-only label as standard…"
So why exactly is fashion so elitist? Well the fact that it can be F***ing expensive forms the basis. Big fashion brands anywhere in the world are quite the luxury items and only those with real disposable income can afford them! Consequently, the price tag automatically excludes a wide range of any given population. They can only be the spectators, looking from outside the circle and never able to have an insider's feel. Such is the way of fashion.
But the belief that fashion must be elitist to thrive comes with very many negative implications. And this can be blamed on the "matriarchs" of the industry. These are the fashion designers themselves, the Creative Directors and the Brand Ambassadors whom can be summarily grouped as "Complete bitches". These set of humans [perhaps not all] are totally obnoxious in their ways. They feel they alone can dictate everything there is to know about fashion. More so, because they earn quite the money by selling to their select clientele, they inevitably feel like they are the richest and most sophisticated people. They have the highest expectations of newbies, including their demands that models be skinny and extremely beautiful. These recruitment yardsticks are set despite the fact that those who set them more often fail to meet the "standards" themselves. And then there is the unfortunate aspect of the entire situation- the fact that the "matriarch's" obnoxiousness overtime [inevitably] robs off on the "recruits" and sadly contributes in further perpetuating this culture of "perfect imperfections".
There is a lot on my mind on this topic and I daresay most of them aren't patronizing. So I will just cut it short by saying that the fashion industry is such an important sector of our economy and society. And in order to ensure its longevity and continued success, it's imperative that the prevalent culture of classism and "bitchcraftery" be done away with; please!
Written by Emmanuel Abara Benson
A blast of cold air to my face… That's the last thing I remember as I walked into the banking hall before everything went blank. The next thing I knew was waking up in a crowded hospital Ward two days later with a bandage on my neck which hurt. I had narrowly escaped death after a bullet hit my neck during what was a major bank robbery!
That day had begun like any normal day, and feeling overjoyed by the salary I had received the previous day I went to the bank (on my way to work) to carry out a quick transaction. Little did I imagine I would be walking into a dangerous situation; so bad to the extent that I almost lost my life. After I recovered from that experience, I completely changed my perspective on life. And whenever I am asked what I am grateful for, my response is quick and clear- I am grateful for life…
The story above is a fiction by yours truly intended to buttress this little expose on gratitude. Indeed, there are many number of things we should be grateful for in this life. But with all the sad things happening around us, we often forget to show gratitude for the good things happening as well . Therefore this is a lesson on gratitude and I shall be hinting on the simple and even ridiculous reasons why we should be grateful at all times.
I for one am grateful for life/good health, and for the opportunity to be happy in life despite all the bad rubbish that go wrong right around me. I am grateful for love; for the warmth it brings and the romance/pleasure too. For the opportunity to eat hot noodles on a cold rainy night I am grateful. For the morning sun that glows on my skin after a cold harmattan night I am grateful. My gratitude knows no bounds! For the food that nourish my body I am full of thanks. For the water that is life, the air and the trees… For friends that make me laugh out loud and even for the haters that give me quite the Muse! LOL:) And for the intuition that informs my decisions and the human inkling that keeps me away from harm I am grateful.
I am grateful! For the moon and the stars, for the sound of music and the rhythm at parties… I am grateful for the ability to know and advance myself in knowledge , for the academic process that empowers me to explore new areas… For the books I have read and for the internet. Oh! how I am grateful for the internet; it is indeed the best thing that has happened to me since the telephone and slice bread! I am grateful for Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter. Oh! my world; how I love to tweet and to read tweets from others. And by the way, Google makes my world go round as I'm sure it does yours. WordPress? Oh! my WordPress…
What are you grateful for? This is one question you should definitely ask yourself and never hesitate to answer!
~Emmanuel Benson
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Patriarchy ruined my life because I let it!
It first started like a force beyond my control; my mother's inability to get an education affected her economic/social status in life. This consequently determined a lot about my own life because not only was she ill-prepared to face life (just because she was female), she had been married off to a loser at an early stage. Her younger brother on the other hand got all the education he ever wanted (courtesy of being male), and had gone on to do great things in life. [Un]fortunately for me, my father gave me nothing in life other than life itself. So after he died early, it was as though he never even existed!
I had to work extra hard to position myself on the same pedestal as my uncle's children. It was a hard thing to do even as I was constantly disgruntled as to why the man was wealthy enough to give his children the best in life while I struggled all by myself. My mother told me severally that the man was a money ritualist; she couldn't even figure out the cause of the problem! But one thing was clear to me, and that was the fact that she never really got along with her younger brother.
It took me a while [though] to figured out the reason for the disparity in status and economic success of my mother and uncle. Unfortunately this was after I already did let the causative factor ruin my life! You see I was my mother's only son and as such she adored me just like my sisters did. Like most cultures of the world, my Igbo descent privilege manhood. So I was a treasure, while my sisters were more like tools- for protecting the treasure! I enjoyed the attention and in fact lived for the it. It was my birthright. But unknown to me it would be my nemesis!
I mentioned earlier how I suffered to accomplish everything I achieved in life. But the truth is that my struggle for survival is child' play compared to what my mother and sisters went through. The funny thing [though] is that they never even realize their predicament they were into as a result of culture. To them it was an honour to make their son/brother/lovers happy. It is an honour to most women to protect the interests of the men in their lives. But unknown to most of them they do this to their own disadvantage. Maybe I shouldn't blame them much; I mean culture made them so!
Regrettably I never appreciated the sacrifices of the women in my life. What can I say…I was the privileged man in the midst of women. I grew up lacking maturity of mind even though physically I was every inch a man. My privileged, male-chauvinistic ways would later rub off negatively on my relationship with women especially my wife Caroline whom this story is about. She was the only woman who ever truly loved me (my mother aside). Just like my mother and sisters, Caroline also sacrificed a lot of her comforts to be with me and make me happy, including defying her dying father's wish of having nothing to do with someone of my ilk. When things were hard for me it was Caroline who footed the bills. She even helped me to get a job using her family's connections, all the while having to deal with my mother and sisters who all rejected her. They disliked every bit of her person. It must have been hard for her- all the difficult times she hard trying to conceive a child. My people would call her names, telling her she was a man in a woman's anatomy. I never for once defended her, yet she stood by me and loved me nonetheless. She would eventually bear me a son. But I was too privileged to find that satisfying.
Caroline found it difficult bearing more children after the birth of our son. This therefore became a major source of dispute. My mother wanted more grandchildren, five more perhaps seven and preferably all boys. And she had a demand- if Caroline my wife couldn't make that possible the only option was to get another woman for me. I agreed with this plan mostly to please my mother but mainly because of my insatiable appetite for variety. Sneaking around and cheating on my wife wasn't enough; I needed a reason to make my cheating official and having more children was it. So I began to cheat openly. The plan was not just to marry any other woman into the family, but to taste the waters (and the grounds) to find the one(s) fertile enough for my purpose- expanding the family. Using this excuse I went ahead to disgrace my wife greatly. I would bring the different women into our home and force her to sleep in the guestroom. But as though nature was punishing me none of those women ever became pregnant for me. Yet Caroline stayed.
As the years passed I got worse. My mother and sisters couldn't make the situation any worst either. But just as the say- change is the most inevitable thing. I was so surprised when Caroline gradually became a different woman. She began by not caring too much about my feelings as she used to, and then she began cheating on me just as I did on her. Eventually she left me, taking my son. The boy hated the idea of me just as I once hated my father. I would never hear about my son for many years except that he had relocated to Canada with his mother where he studied at a top university and became a successful business executive.
As I write this, I am a middle-aged man with no family and no peace of mind. Patriarchy ruined my life, and I let it…
~Emmanuel Benson
(Based on an interview with a man who has chosen to be anonymous. Names have been changed to this end…)
Earlier this year, I decided to make the best of life and change certain things that weren't working to my uttermost benefit. Top on the list of my New Year resolution was the desire to shed the excess fat on my body. To get ready for that, I went to the shopping mall to buy healthy foodstuff. Interestingly, I bought cheese, white bread (of assorted kinds), mayonnaise, and many other packaged products. More so, I bought several kilos of chicken, some red-red beef, and other kinds of goodness. You see, it was the New Year after all, meaning that I needed to eat the it into reality; right? Moreover, my people have a saying that the best way to overcome one's demon is to confront it. But more than that, I told myself that the most important thing towards actualizing my resolution was that I had the motive- to loose the weight of course. It didn't matter the kind of effort I was making towards that direction; all that mattered was that I knew what I wanted.
Some people close to me did perceive this weight-loss method of mine as weird if not outright delusion. I was quick [however] to remind them not to judge me. So I ate my chicken with my rice and stew. I ate my sweet bread every morning for breakfast, ate my cake and ice cream and I generally had a nice few months of year with food. But the truth's that no matter how I continued to keep my new year resolution in mind, it never materialized. Indeed, it was on my mind, but it certainly wasn't on my body. In just a few months into the year, I was almost twice the body mass index I was before I made my pretty useless New Year vow. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it, and those around me were minding their businesses enough to tell me. After all, I earlier gave them a good lesson about "not judging…" Consequently, I lived in my little world with my wishes and my fatness. And by the time I realized what was happening to me, it had already taken its toll…
Now this story, fictitious as it could ever get, tries to drive home several points. For one, our health status is certainly dependent on how lean and lanky we are, or how big and fat as the case may be. There is no doubt about it, medical knowledge (which is the best authority in this regard) has proven beyond doubt that keeping one's body mass index within a reasonable limit is one of the ways to ensure fine living. Yet for whatever reason, many people intentional give themselves food that predispose their bodies to sicknesses that might eventually kill them. Let me ask- how many people would put a bad engine oil or an adulterated petrol into their newly purchased cars? I suppose nobody has time for that. But why eat just anything all in the name of 'saving costs', 'eating what you want 'cause you can afford it' or just because you don't care? Why do people not take care of their bodies?
There are indeed many benefits of having a fit body. Staying healthy is one of them. But more than that, being sexy, looking sleek and appealing is one other reason. Trust me, in as much as some men supposedly like big and busty women for whatever reason, they would rather just prefer the busty packaging without the extra fats on the stomach. And if you ask women who look like what I just described such as Nicki Minaj does, they will tell you that staying figure eight is a hard work. In the same vein, looking slim and sexy is appealing to everyone. When you have the right body size, you would wear clothes that fit you and be comfortable in your body. Why then would anyone deny him or herself the thrill of having a healthy body just because you like that bread soaked with butter?
It is high-time we realized that our bodies are our priciest possessions. For those of us who are FAT, we must endeavour to shed the excess fat. It is hard thing to do, just like everything else nice that never comes easily. Yet we must strive for it and achieve it. Do not come up with excuses as to why you would rather remain with your body fat than let go of it. And most importantly, do not justify your laziness and procrastination. Get your art together, get some greens, vegetables. lean protein and fruits and then work that body. Work it out and get that priced, healthy body of which you will certainly feel good…
Emmanuel Benson loves to write. He can write on just about any topic asides aspiring to become a screenwriter/novelist. Do leave your comments, thoughts and observations. And kindly follow this blog. Many thanks.


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Ciabatta is an Italian white bread made from wheat flour and yeast, created in 1982 by a baker in Adria, Veneto, Italy, in response to popularity of French baguettes. Ciabatta is somewhat elongated, broad and flat and is baked in many variations.
While 'panino' indicates any kind of sandwich regardless of the bread used (whether slices or a bun), a toasted sandwich made from small loaves of Ciabatta is specifically known as a panini (plural of panino) outside of Italy.
Ciabatta was first produced in 1982 by Arnaldo Cavallari, a baker and miller from Adria, a small town close to Venice in Veneto. Cavallari and other bakers in Italy were concerned by the popularity of sandwiches made from baguettes imported from France, which were endangering their businesses, so set about trying to create an Italian alternative with which to make sandwiches. The recipe for ciabatta came about after several weeks trying variations of traditional bread recipes, and consists of a soft, wet dough made with high gluten flour.
Cavallari called the bread ciabatta Polesano for Polesine, the area he lives in and registered it as a trademark. The recipe was subsequently licenced by Cavallari's company, Molini Adriesi, to bakers in 11 countries by 1999.
Ciabatta bread has become popular throughout Italy. Many regions have their own variations on the original recipe or a bread which closely resembles ciabatta, and which has become accepted as a variety of ciabatta; the ciabatta from the area encompassing Lake Como has a crisp crust, a somewhat soft, porous texture, and is light to the touch. The ciabatta found in Tuscany, Umbria, and Marche varies from bread that has a firm crust and dense crumb, to bread that has a crisper crust and more open texture, and in Rome, it is often seasoned with
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New variations of the recipe continue to be developed, wholemeal ciabatta are known as ciabatta integrale and when
is added to the dough, it becomes ciabatta al latte.
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In Argentina, sandwiches made of ciabatta are very popular, especially those containing minute steak.
Ciabatta bread was introduced to the United Kingdom in 1985 by Marks & Spencer, then brought to America in 1987 by Orlando Bakery, a Cleveland firm. They brought over three bakers from Italy to develop the product and adapt it to mass production. They successfully introduced a fresh bread, then later, a frozen version. It was quickly copied throughout the United States.
The more open-crumbed form, which is usual in the United States, is made from a very wet dough, often requiring machine-kneading, and a biga or sourdough starter.
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The Arctic Watershed
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North of this watershed all flowing water eventually reaches Hudson Bay, while south of it all watercourses form part of the Great Lakes drainage system. The height of land follows an erratic course of some 2250 km across Ontario, ranging from 32 to 280 km north of Lakes Huron and Superior. This watershed was declared the inland boundary of the tract surrendered to the Crown by Ojibwa Indians in the Robinson Superior Treaties of 1850. It was also widely considered to be the southern limit of Rupert's Land, the vast, ill-defined Hudson's Bay Company territory transferred to Canada in 1870, and it figured prominently in the Ontario-Manitoba boundary dispute of 1883-4.
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The Arctic-Atlantic watershed boundary's eastern terminus is Cape Chidley; more precisely Killiniq Island, shared by Labrador and Nunavut, where, as with the Labrador-Quebec border, the political boundary follows the hydrographic one. Immediately beside the island is a point where Nunavut, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador meet at a 'triple point'. The Laurentian Divide's western end is in Montana, but that divide separates Arctic from Atlantic waters, and is not the end of the Arctic watershed boundary. That continues north up the Rockies along the Great Divide, marking the division between Arctic and Pacific waters, ending in northwest Alaska's Lisburne Peninsula.
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The Laurentian Divide, separating the Arctic Ocean/Hudson Bay drainage basin from those of the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes, is a fascinating geologic feature. Its western end is at aptly-named Triple Divide Peak in Glacier Nat'l. Park, Montana (where it meets the "East-West" Continental Divide). Its eastern portion forms the boundary between Labrador and Quebec.
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Art Club - Open to all grades, students will meet twice month to create their own sketch book and art projects. Cost to participate is $25.
Band - (Grade 5 & 6) The band & string students perform at school for the Christmas and Spring Concerts. The 4th Grade Recorder Class will meet during the regular school day and will be taught by the Band teacher. The group will perform at selected school events.
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Chorus - The chorus students perform at school functions. Community performances include nursing homes, the mall, Christmas Under the Stars and at Bayou Woods Elementary School. They may participate in the Parish Choral Festival. In the past, the chorus has sponsored a school talent show. Try-outs required.
Crochet - The crochet club is open to all students. Meets on Monday from 3:30-4:30 with several faculty sponsors. All levels welcome.
NAC - The NAC club promotes healthy lifestyles for kids. Nutrition Advisory Council (NAC) meets once a month to assist the cafeteria staff in helping communicate to students how to make healthy food choices.
Student Council - Student Council elections are held during the 2nd quarter. Students must have good grades and teacher recommendation to run for offices.
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"How about Michael Steele and Colin Powell?"
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I question you, is softvore all you want of me I want more I want love.
Then i started to get hard. I told a few jokes and even sang a few songs. It clipped in behind the head and he kept feeling sogtcore end. And I loved that feeling. It was heaven being stuffed by adult horse cock.
With that he walked out while I recovered and pulled my pants up.
Your cred went out the window the moment you plagiarized.
What happens if you're deaf? Do they deport you?
Throwing him to the gangs he had escaped is just a benefit, right?
Reminds me of a story I was told by a man who grew up in some European country.
You would think. I'm going to try what Melli suggested, hopefully that helps.
Oh no. I'm sorry to hear that. ((hugs)).
If you want to make all kinds of assertions, why don't you post the links?
No one will attack me....
I don't specify at all. It's ungentlemanly and if a preview shows the entire plot, what incentive is there to see the movie?
"some people can disagree without being antagonistic" this is so important. My favorite is people who know they're an antagonistic asshat yet they play the victim when the pile-up occurs and they're outnumbered. It's like ok,sweetie,you're allowed to have an opinion but you're not allowed to be a condescending jerk about it.
To the point about "Did Christianity aid or abet the fall of Rome" this was the era Roman emperors started killing Heretics to try to have a single creed. (Heresy was also argued as a threat to the imperial authority, since it was authorized by the orthodox God.)
Then people should not be making claims to knowledge they don't have.
No I have more Trudeau-hating theories.
Pathetic! What a disgrace! That is one heck of a SJW rant you've got there, Gilette! One platitude after the other. And she hasn't even by-hearted them...Do these people really THINK at all? Point proven, G!
Read any evidence? There isn?t any evidence. But since you believe there is so much evidence, how about you name one.
No, I'll do you one better. You keep that attitude going. You find others and you show them that that is the best way forward. You ignore cynical broken people like me and you keep faith. You band together and you lift the nation back to where we should be.
For Americans on US soil - Christians are worse than Islam. Between 2001 and 2015, more Americans were killed by homegrown right-wing extremists (which most considered Christian than any other religion) than by Islamist terrorists, according to a study by New America, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, DC.
First and foremost I couldn't care less the race of either.
I do not know why my mind shot to this when I read what you posted but here goes....
Nothing was false, nothing was changed, nothing needed to be defended. You jumped into the middle. Sorry, you didn't understand the dynamics of the conversation. I am changing nothing at all. Not falling back on anything, not failing to defend anything.
I was thinking specifically of the blood libel against Jews
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stupid problem. I get those from a client connecting to a server. Sadly, the setup is complicated making debugging complex - and we run out of options.
The environment: *Client/Server system, both running on the same machine. The client is actually a service doing some database manipulation at specific times. * The cnonection comes from C# going through OleDb to an EasySoft JDBC driver to a custom written JDBC server that then hosts logic in C++. Yeah, compelx - but the third party supplier decided to expose the extension mechanisms for their server through a JDBC interface. Not a lot can be done here ;)
The Symptom: At (ir)regular intervals we get a "Address already in use: connect" told from the JDBC driver. They seem to come from one particular service we run.
Now, I did read all the stuff about port exhaustion. This is why we have a little tool running now that counts ports and their states every minute. Last time this happened, we had an astonishing 370 ports in use, with the count rising to about 900 AFTER the error. We aleady patched the registry (it is a windows machine) to allow more than the 5000 client ports standard, but even then, we are far far from that limit to start with.
Which is why I am asking here. Ayneone an ide what ELSE could cause this?
It is a Windows 2003 Server machine, 64 bit. The only other thing I can see that may cause it (but this functionality is supposedly disabled) is Symantec Endpoint Protection that is installed on the server - and being capable of actinc as a firewall, it could possibly intercept network traffic. I dont want to open a can of worms by pointing to Symantec prematurely (if pointing to Symantec can ever be seen as such). So, anyone an idea what else may be the cause?


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Re: A very bad idea for a great building, Sept. 30
A very bad idea for a great building, Sept. 30
I very much agree with Edward Keenan. Surely we can do more for this grand building. Toronto is long overdue for having a city museum recounting its varied history and contributions to the country, and beyond our borders.
On my travels around the world, I make it a point to visit these museums to learn more about the cities I'm visiting. Sydney, London, Cape Town, Rio, Paris, Frankfurt, Singapore, Shanghai, Montreal, Vancouver — cities that aspire to "world class" all want to tell visitors about their history.
And while we do have several individual city museums (Mackenzie House, Fort York; the First Parliament interpretive centre has reverted to a automobile showroom) we still have nothing that tells locals and visitors our story, from the settlements of the First Peoples, to the arrival of the first Europeans, and onward through today.
So let's not waste an opportunity to do something lasting with a treasure of a building. Toronto doesn't need a Queen Victoria Building, a classic Victorian structure in Sydney, Australia that was turned into yet another retail mall.
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A thirty-seven-year-old Norwegian is confronted with his mother's terminal illness, an impending divorce, and a final blow to his political beliefs with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Petterson is a master at portraying relationships and evoking the chill of the Norwegian and Danish landscapes. As bleak and depressing as it sounds, this is a highly compelling read!
Amazing writer: the story feels very personal yet universal, and it lingers with you. I read Peterson's last book first, and now I am reading all of his other books.
I love Petterson's work. This is very good...but "Out shooting horses" and "In the wake" are better. But why should I try to sort "Excellent"? Read it!
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Cooking is done by many people on many levels. Amateur cooks make dishes at home for friends and loved ones. Professional cooks make meals in restaurants for customers and high status people. No matter what level you cook at or for who, the tips in this article should help you.
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About CEPA
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is a leading expert in U.S. foreign and national security policy with some 30 years of experience in a variety of government, academic, and private sector capacities. Ambassador Volker serves as Executive Director of The McCain Institute for International Leadership, a part of Arizona State University based in Washington, DC. He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, a Senior Advisor at the Atlantic Council, a Trustee of IAU College in Aix-en-Provence, France, and a member of the International Advisory Board of USIP. He is a consultant to international business, a member of the Board of Directors of CG Funds Trust, and has previously served as Managing Director, International, for BGR Group. He has taught Transatlantic Relations at The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, and is a member of the School's Board of Advisors.
In July 2017, Ambassador Volker was also appointed U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations.
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Should government workers and elected officials in cities, counties, water districts, school districts and other local governments be required to do their public business in public? Should they be required to post meeting agendas and turn over documents on request? Of course. It's a no-brainer. We shouldn't need a ballot measure to require them to obey what is already California law. We shouldn't have to go to the polls on June 3 to vote for Proposition 42. We shouldn't have to — but we do. The Times strongly endorses Proposition 42.
The measure would amend the state Constitution to prevent lawmakers from suspending portions of the Ralph M. Brown Act requiring adequate public notice of local government meetings, and portions of the Public Records Act requiring that documents be available for public inspection.
Proposition 42 is necessary because the state's budget crunch moved the governor and lawmakers to stop reimbursing cities, counties, schools and special districts for the costs of doing all that paperwork, and a few of those governments responded by threatening to simply stop doing it. Without state money, they argued, open government laws were unfunded mandates and they didn't have to comply.
Voters should make it clear that they do have to comply — government workers and politicians do have to obey the law, and they do have to do their work in public — regardless of who pays for it.
Of course, it's always the taxpayers who pay for it, and it's a worthwhile expenditure to ensure that elected leaders don't turn government into a secret society. Those leaders are now simply fighting over whether to take it from the taxpayers' state pocket or their local pocket, and they're using public access to meetings and documents as leverage. This battle between Sacramento and local governments has been going on since the Gold Rush days, and it became bigger and noisier 36 years ago in the wake of Proposition 13. Californians have to pay attention to that battle, because the prize is more than just their wallets. It's their rights as well.
One of the reasons the state Constitution has as many words and chapters as a modest public library is that voters have to keep adding provisions like this one that say, in essence, "When we said you have to keep government open, we meant it."
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