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He always wore a smile and he will forever be missed
In the autumn of 2016, if anyone would have entered the Hollywood restaurant in Lal Chowk, he would have found himself in a different world. Reporters working with various papers would frequent the place at the end of day's work and engage in all sorts of discussions which had nothing to do with the Hollywood. The place had become a sort of a press club for journalists, especially for print reporters of the Valley.
Over multiple cups of tea, they would freely discuss all issues – from all the crap that was being written about Kashmir to the impact of the changing world order on Kashmir. They would talk about China, America, India, and add Kabul as well to create more impact. Without Kabul, no discussion looks intellectual enough! In the process, no chair or table would remain in its original place.
Many of us who had read Lawrence Wright, Joby Warrick and other stuff would talk about ideological drift and I would look outside the window feeling satisfied that Srinagar has changed in the past one hour when I entered the restaurant.
One day I was surprised to find some of my colleagues passionately explaining to a journalist from New Delhi how the China Pakistan Economic Corridor is a game changer and how it would help this region. The restaurant staff, as usual, was least interest in this intellectual talk. They would serve tea without making any fuss.
Surprisingly, Jan Sahab, the owner of the restaurant, never bothered what these CPEC enthusiasts did to the chairs and the tables of his restaurant. The restaurant is in the second floor and Jan Sahab was always on the ground floor. He never bothered about the chaos upstairs! We would arrange tables and chairs the way we liked. And no one asked us whether we were allowed to do it or not.
Looking back, I feel it was nothing but affection of Jan Sahab towards us that he allowed us for years to use his restaurant the way we liked. At times we would leave the restaurant without paying bills, presuming someone among us would pay. But Jan Sahab took these aberrations with a smile. He wouldn't even remind us the next day about previous day's unpaid bill.
Since his sudden death, I have not visited the restaurant. It pains to even look at the restaurant now. It wouldn't be the same again without him around, at least not for us who have been regular to the restaurant for the past so many years not only for having food and tea but also for filing stories.
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The 101 Greatest Moments of Game of Thrones! #40 – 21
We've crossed the threshold and reached the Top 40 of our Greatest Moments of Game of Thrones countdown. In case you were on vacation or tragically elsewhere this week, swing by the first three days of the countdown before spoiling yourselves! I'm busy having the time of my life at Con of Thrones, so let's […]Continue reading →

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Death Of The Left
Article by Jeffrey A. Friedberg, 2016
"Thomas' mind suddenly reeled at the measureless might of the Elite—ruthless—godlike, in its steel combination of kings, wealth, and world war machines. Great wealth could perform great miracles. Raze forests. Level mountains. Burst hills. Move armies across the Earth, and sail great fleets….But Is there more? His mind wandering, frightening him again…. (From "Victory Or Death," a short story, by Jeffrey A. Friedberg, 2017)
And, like Thomas, above, some of our minds do reel at the measureless might of the so-called Elite.
We marvel at their vaulting ambition, their utter ruthlessness, their influence, their war machines, and their godlike abilities with more money than some national governments.
It has been estimated that the Rothschilds, alone—said to be one of this vaunted International Elite—may control up to ten Trillion dollars worth of assets.
And, by a further educative example, "With their current net worth, the Rockefeller family [of reputed Bilderberg fame] is considered as the 22nd richest family in the world in 2015." ~TheRichest.com
Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly worth around $50 Billion, while Jeff Bezos comes in at around $77 Billion. Bill Gates edges Bezos out and hits the American record with a Grand Total of $79 Billion.
We also have lesser grandees, like Warren Buffet, Larry Ellison, Charles Koch, David Koch, and others comprising a golden list of the top ten richest in America. ~Techscio.com.
Okay. My point is, that you recognize these names, right? You should, because some or most of them seem to be almost constantly in the news, influencing governments and their policies, news outlets—the world wide propaganda machine—and entire societies; the world.
How come these people get to call up world leaders, influence global policy, make pronouncements in the world-wide media—as if they have discovered a cure for death—and you don't?
It's because they are part of the World Wide Elite. They have money, power, connections, and they are welcome with their stuff at all levels of government and global rule, because some will give away their stuff.
Some will give it away in one form or some other form—donations, influence, contacts, put on a notorious performance, or more—to politicians, empty talking heads, and suit-swathed wannabes.
They buy Power that way. They can thereby move their mountains, burst open their hills, and reap more and more of whatever treasure. Or personal aggrandizement, attention, or whatever else they might be seeking for themselves.
You know how this works. I don't actually have to tell you; right?
But somebody's got to say it—put it "out there," live, on the Internet, as a matter on record. It might as well be me, and not somebody with something to actually lose. Okay, so what? Where am I going with this? First, that there really does seem to be a world-wide Elite. Second, that they do appear to wield considerable influence and power.
Oh…and third, that they have over-reached, over-reacted, and overplayed the hand dealt to them by Donald J. trump and the Trump Revolution. That they are on the verge of collapse, meltdown, and obliteration, because of Trump and Trumpers.
How can that be?
What—did you think they were winning, or something?
No, they're not winning.
That's the bullshit story shoveled at you by main scream media puppets. The lackeys, phonies, and frauds. The professional, multi-millionaire bullshit artists who make their shekels that way; who garner adulation and personal power that way—by licking the cross-training Nikes of the Elite, and "reporting" only what they are told to—and allowed to—"report."
Because, almost everything you see and hear and read that comes from them is nothing more than a construct of what they want you to believe and think. It's the false shell of a make believe world.
Like The Matrix.
You saw that one, right? If not, see it.
Oh…and you've read Orwell's, "1984," right?
Because, what they want to do is Control you, by whatever unreal, false "reality" they weave around you. They want to make a prison for your mind with their lies.
But they are not winning. Because—when normal people remember this stuff—they are not hardly listening anymore. Normal people don't believe or even want to hear the lying hysterics being pumped out by the main scream media, like from a broken, New York, sewer main.
How many times can we hear the word, "Nazi," applied to everything the Left doesn't like? And the neverending, indiscriminate, creative bullshit made up and heaved at Donald trump and his family and administration, around the clock?
How much do we want to hear out of the mouths of Michael Moore, Maxine Waters, Schmuck Schumer, John Lewis, Nancy Pelosi, Madonna, Mark Zuckerberg, Harvey Weinstein—and all the rest?
Because, kids—the only thing that actually MATTERS, is what Trump actually, physically DOES.
Whatever people may say, think, speculate, or lie about doesn't matter one tiny bit, in the end. No; not when we are playing with the big, real chips, and for keeps. Not when Trump is moving on Russia, North Korea, Iran, ISIS, and other Today Icons of Danger.
And trump almost never shows what he is really doing. You can't hardly ever tell what he's actually doing by what he shows you, or lets you see. He's better than a magician.
And I trust in Trump and his methods.
Want to know why?
Because, for the most part, he does what any really good businessperson, or private eye, or cop, or any other slick operator does—what I did—when alone in a room with the opposition, or the target, or the subject of the con—or in a crowd—when the only thing that matters is smooth victory.
No repercussions. No charges pressed. And utter defeat for the Not-Me—the whoever or whatever.
This is why you don't hear as much from the violent Left anymore. The riots, the political grandstanding, the marches, and the rest of their garbage. Because the Top Level has figured out that it's not working on Trump or Trumpers.
No. There's trouble in Left Wing City.
And right now, other than for some general "maintenance," those disorganizing, anti-American forces have been recalled.
While the Top Level reassesses and reorganizes. The Top Level will have to try something else, and soon, as they try to create and take over their Marxist Islamist One World Wet Dream. You will know when they back down. Because they will begin to eat their own.
I mean—as in this foreign, billionaire, front-man they use. You know who—the one in the headlines all the time, with the pictures of that droopy, evil face?
When they reel him back; when they reduce his role and public appearances; when they blame and remove him; when they even maybe take him out—then you will know it has begun.
The long, slow, Confused Death Of the Left.
And its uncontrolled obliteration.
And well deserved.
And well met.


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Will the Oscars break with the lovely tradition of having last year's Best Actress hand out the Best Actor award? I hope that this will be one of the few things that remains unchanged during the "all new" Oscar ceremony tomorrow. It is to be assumed that by now Marion herself does know but we're bound to have to wait for tomorrow. Be sure to watch the entire ceremony on TV in order not to miss Marion!
Marion Cotillard, last year's best actress winner, told me she will be one of the presenters at Sunday night's Oscar show, but she won't know the category until she attends rehearsals later today and tomorrow.
Usually, the previous year's best actress winner hands over the Academy Award to the new best actor, and so on.
'I don't know if that's happening this year,' Marion explained when we bumped into each other at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard, which seems to be party central this week.
'They don't want the usual expectations this year,' Marion said of the Oscar show producers, who have pledged to 'shake' the show up.


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IndieCade 2011: Desktop Dungeons
We get our hands on Desktop Dungeons at IndieCade 2011 and chat with developer QCF Design's Marc Luck about the bite-sized roguelike and future updates.READ MORE >
IndieCade 2011: The Bridge
We get our hands on the Escher-inspired puzzle-platformer The Bridge at IndieCade 2011, and chat with developers Ty Taylor and Mario Castaneda about its development.READ MORE >
IndieCade 2011: Way
We get our hands on Way at IndieCade 2011, and talk with designer Chris Bell of CoCo & Co. about creating a game about collaboration and non-verbal communication.READ MORE >
"This sounds incredibly interesting, indie developers are true innovators for a nearly-stalled ..."see all 3 comments
IndieCade 2011: Antichamber
We get our hands on the abstract first-person puzzle game Antichamber at IndieCade 2011, and pick developer Alexander Bruce's brain about its development and unique presentation.READ MORE >
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Antichamber dev discusses modifying the Unreal Engine
Antichamber developer Alexander Bruce discusses how he modified Unreal Engine 3 to achieve his game's unique visual style.READ MORE >
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IndieCade 2011: Proteus
We check out the ambient art-exploration game Proteus at IndieCade, and talk with Twisted Tree Games' Ed Key.READ MORE >
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IndieCade 2011: Halcyon
We check out the musical action-puzzle game for iPad called Halcyon at IndieCade 2011, and talk to developer Zach Gage about its development and his upcoming projects.READ MORE >
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IndieCade 2011: The Dream Machine
We get some impressions and chat with indie developer Cockroach, Inc. at IndieCade 2011 about their visually-unique, creepy episodic adventure game The Dream Machine.READ MORE >
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IndieCade 2011: StarDrone and StarDrone Extreme
We check out the PS3 action-pinball game StarDrone at IndieCade 2011, and get a first look at the upcoming StarDrone Extreme for the PlayStation Vita.READ MORE >
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IndieCade 2011: The Swapper
We get our hands on The Swapper by Facepalm Games at IndieCade 2011 to check out its mind-swapping puzzles and interesting cloning mechanics.READ MORE >
IndieCade 2011: Fez
We finally get our hands on the platforming adventure Fez at IndieCade 2011, and chat with developer Phil Fish about the game's inspiration and evolution.READ MORE >
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IndieCade 2011: PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew
We get our hands on the mic-controlled XBLIG co-op side-scroller PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew at IndieCade 2011, and chat with developer Incredible Ape.READ MORE >
IndieCade 2011: Skulls of the Shogun
We get our hands on Haunted Temple Studios' upcoming strategy game Skulls of the Shogun at IndieCade 2011, and chat with one of the developers, Ben Vance.READ MORE >
IndieCade 2011: Johann Sebastian Joust
We take a look at Johann Sebastian Joust at IndieCade 2011, a physical jousting game that utilizes hacked PlayStation Move controllers.READ MORE >
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IndieCade 2011: Award winners and inventive cooperation
Two remaining IndieCade 2011 awards are due this evening, but we've got the near-final list of winners so far, along with a few words about some co-operative stand-outs.READ MORE >
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Objective: Add and multiply unit fractions to build fractions greater than 1 using visual models.
Grade 4 Mathematics Module 5, Topic E, Lesson 23
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8:45 AM: I arrive on campus. I head to my office, and turn on my computer. I head to the lounge to leave my lunchbox in the common refrigerator. Unable to wait for my computer to boot up (it's a 2005 laptop), I head to the library in the next building to check my email and respond to the important ones.
9:15 AM: I head to the ATM and withdraw a small amount of money intended for participant compensation that would last the whole day. I head to Lab A and get my folder where I keep my recruitment fliers, and walk all over campus, refilling the ones that are gone.
10:00 AM: I head to Starbucks and get a hot chocolate. I need an excuse to do so, as I don't do this often (not only is it calorie-filling, it's also 3 bucks a pop), but I need to break the twenty bucks I withdrew so I can pay people 5 bucks each when they come to lab. After getting my drink, I head back to Lab A and return the folder.
10:10 AM: I arrive at my office. I work on amending an experiment protocol that we currently have approved, since we are adding a new venue and a new subject pool to the experiment. Thus, instead of conducting the experiment just in Lab A, I can also conduct it in Lab B once the amendment gets approved.
10:36 AM: I am finished with the amendment, and emailed it to the reviewers.
10:45 AM: I head to class in another building.
12:00 PM: I get back from class, and check my email. I notice that the reviewers were quick to respond, and that they have no problems with my amendments. I now have my approval.
12:05 PM: Lunch in the lounge, while talking with two other graduate students about why I do not like to do fieldwork, and how I told someone interviewing me for an honor society that I wanted to do fieldwork in Zulu in the future. Totally false given where I am right now.
12:40 PM: I get back to my office, and print stuff for a meeting with my adviser.
1:00 PM: I head to Lab A to run an experiment for 30 minutes.
1:30 PM: I print legal forms for the experiment, so that they can be run in Lab B. 60 Informed Consent Forms, 30 Debriefing Sheets.
2:00 PM: I head to Lab B and install the experiment. I find out that the button boxes (weird experimental contraption that has just 5 buttons) do not work in Lab B, therefore the procedure has to be edited so that the experiment runs on button boxes in Lab A, but runs with just the keyboard on Lab B.
3:00 PM: The experiment finally runs on Lab B. I go ahead and print the tracking sheets and several other pieces of paper.
3:30 PM: Awesome friend calls and tells me we should go for coffee. Since I haven't caught up in a while with awesome friend, I accompany her. However, I already had my drink fix in the morning, so I was just an escort and not a customer.
4:00 PM: Back in Lab B, I finalize the folder that contains the legal documents, the storage for the data, and the tracking sheet. I email everyone in the lab about the particulars of the experiment, telling them that if there are any problems, they should email me. The experiment is due to start tomorrow first thing in the morning.
4:30 PM: I email everyone in my Tuesday Lab Meeting the paper that I am discussing. I also upload the paper to the common online folder that we all have access to.
5:00 PM: Little break. Chat with friends. Catch my breath.
5:30 PM: Meeting with the adviser. I manage to convince him that the second topic I plan to cover in my dissertation is worth doing. He finds the idea very interesting and cute. Discuss, chat, discuss, explain. Wash, rinse, repeat.
6:25 PM: Meeting adjourned.
6:30 PM: I head back to Lab A to run another participant.
6:50 PM: Participant finishes the experiment. I answer emails and write emails. Then I write a blog entry.
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Nine While Nine
Publisher: Parliament House Press
Isabeau Finne's perfect world utterly unravels when she meets Death's right-hand man one fateful night, spiraling her life into a world of chaos and the impossible.
Suddenly, she is no longer Isabeau and becomes part of the most secretive inner-workings of Death itself, as well as an otherworldly dominion of ancient magic.
Now beings—which we were taught as children were merely fictional creations of wildly whimsical minds—are edging their way into her world as well.
Buggans and Kobolds and Vargs…oh my!
She yearns for the simplicity of her old life—this one is full of dangers, unanswered questions, and cryptic dreams.
After one particularly anomalous dream in which she learns of the Nine While Nine Legacy, things become truly precarious.
Now, someone sees her as a risk…a threat…and wants to eliminate her.
Fortunately, she falls under the protection of Gideon—unless she leaves his territory—which is the one thing she wants the most…and wants the least.
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Stasia Morineaux grew up in Southern California, pursuing faeries in the garden and seeking spirits in the local graveyard with her cat Bartleby; they also spent countless nights hunting down things that went bump!
She resettled recently in Asheville, North Carolina with her hubster and kiddoo, as well as with a bevy of creatures…both real and "imaginary".
Mysterious dreams, copious hours of awesome music, and obscene amounts of coffee fuel her writing sessions of paranormal, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, the supernatural…and sometimes even a sprinkling of chick lit!
In her spare time she likes to relax on her balcony, feet kicked up, listening to the squirrels arguing with the crows in her woods.


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Anderson and Carreño Busta turned urban artists for a day
Top seed Kevin Anderson and defending champion Pablo Carreño Busta channeled their inner artist and under the guidance of Gonçalo Mar, local urban artist extraordinaire.
Used to do magic on the courts Anderson and Carreño Busta stepped out of their comfort zone and tried their hand at spray painting. The mural located at the entrance to Clube de Ténis do Estoril, the venue that hosts the Millennium Estoril open, was the canvas for the first shy strokes by both players. Used to take direction on the court both Anderson and Carreño Busta enjoyed their time spraying the surrealist interpretation of a tennis player in a fusion of color and movement.


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RSVP Now For A 2018 Weekender
I trend towards being a visual learner. Tell me something, I'll absorb part of it. Show me something – be it a diagram, a drawing, or a video – I'll grasp much of it. But let me experience something, and it gets implanted in the ol' brain like pumpkin spice nonsense on every fall menu everywhere.
Maybe you're that way, too. Maybe reading this blog or listening to others talk about how they do guest services is alright, but what you'd really like an immersion experience.
That's why we love offering a regular series of events called Weekenders. At the Summit, part of our vision is to equip churches as those churches equip the saints for the work of the ministry. We want to give you tools you can use to get moving. If nothing else, we want to help you avoid some of the roadblocks we've encountered along the way.
Weekenders give you the opportunity to sit in on a training event and then debrief that training in real-time. You'll get to see how we train volunteers for our First Impressions teams, how those teams welcome our brand new guests and long time members, and how all of those pieces of the puzzle fit together. It's one "Aha!" moment after another, designed to help you jump start your own ministry.
The best part about Weekenders is that they're absolutely free. You take care of travel, food, and lodging, but we'll roll out the red carpet for you while you're on site. The only catch? Weekenders happen just a few times per year, and space is crazy limited.
Our next Weekender of 2018 happens on Saturday, April 28 (with an optional Sunday stayover). It's already beginning to fill up, but I want you to be a part of it. You say you like planning way ahead? Other Weekenders are scheduled for July 28 and October 27.
Here's what one recent participant had to say about their experience:
When it comes to organizing a team to effectively serve guests and make a great first impression, I often know exactly what I want to see—but then I have no idea how to get there. The Weekender helped clear out the haze and chart that path. [The event] brought clarity, considered and carefully thought out advice, and most of all gave the "why" behind everything they (and we) do. Rather than rifle off some step by step to rip off their ideas, the Weekender gave plenty of why they do what they do and why they don't do what they don't do. After spending time at the Weekender, I was able to make clearer decisions on what my team would focus on and how we would change lives by changing guest's first impressions. Thank you, Summit! (Josh Allen, Connect Coordinator, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Equifit has been taking care of the needs of horses and their humans since 1991. We believe that keeping our horses healthy, fit and looking absolutely amazing is important. We also offer products and services for the human caretakers too. We love our horses and we know that you love your horses too. We are pleased to offer products that show how much you care for the well being of your beloved horse!


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Story Pitch on Syndicalism
|Bill Downs (center left) with Governor George Wallace (center right)
April 10, 1959 (CBS memo)
To: Irving Gitlin
CC: John Day
From: Bill Downs
I have been thinking about a couple of stories which seem to me lend themselves to public affairs treatment, and which seem to me need telling. Both are in the field of politico-economics, but they can be told with simplicity, and the impact could be tremendous.
The first is what appears to be the very real threat of syndicalism growing in this and other countries. I was talking with Walter Reuther about this a few weeks ago, and he agrees that the combined threats of "bigness" in both labor and industry threatens to smother the individual. And when you have labor leadership and management collusion, as has been exposed in the Teamster investigations and the mafia stories, then you have political, social, and economic dynamite.
As you know, syndicalism in one form or another preceded and supported the movements that led to Mussolini's fascism and Hitler's Nazi movement. There is plenty of film on this subject.
The cure, according to most economists, is not the abolition of "bigness" at the cost of low-cost production. Neither the antitrust nor the labor reform laws being proposed seem to get to the core of the problem.
It appears that free peoples must learn to live with bigness, but at the same time must find some way to keep from being swallowed up in the complexities of the operation, while also having the political power to prevent their exploitation.
Reuther proposes that one answer may be a nongovernmental public watchdog commission—with powers only to investigate and expose—which would make any major US industry or labor union present its economic reasons or proof any time a union demands a wage increase or a company announces a price rise.
Many labor unions and most industrialists disagree with Reuther. But all of them agree that more government control is not the answer. Still, if unscrupulous men acquire power in either the labor or economic fields, as of now the government and its regulations are the public's only protection.
I know this all sounds fairly high flown, but I believe the story can and should be done, especially now that the spring strike season is upon us.
The history of syndicalism could be mapped out in Italy and Germany. Something like it is in operation now in West Germany, with labor union representatives sitting on the boards of directors at Krupp and other big enterprises there.
The Senate Rackets Committee has produced miles of tape and film on management-labor collusion. The New York waterfront is the best example of syndicalism in operation and control in this country. The advent of automation and the labor pressures it is creating threaten a kind of machine-made syndicalism which will become increasingly important.
Big Labor for the first time showed its political muscles in Ohio and California during the 1958 elections. This could only be the beginning.
Big Business and industry keep getting bigger, with greater concentrations of economic power being collected in fewer and fewer hands.
The question CBS News could ask is: "What happens if these two forces ever get together?"


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Assembling flat pack furniture, jump-starting a car and wiring a plug are among the tasks Brits wish they'd been taught at school , according to new research.
A new study has revealed the top 30 responsibilities adults feel they would have been better off learning than subjects such as Spanish, Geography or Religious Education.
How to unblock the toilet, putting up a shelf and plastering a wall are other undertakings which should have been on the national curriculum, according to millions of adults.
More than a third of those polled wish there had been lessons in how to budget, and a further 32 per cent would have appreciated classes on the importance of insurance.
Gary Measures, Managing Director of Able Skills, a leading provider of construction training courses which commissioned the study, said: "During your school years, the likelihood is that there will have been lessons you loved and lessons you loathed.
"But what many people worry about when they're adults is whether the lessons they did take have actually helped them with their career.
"So many people start climbing the ladder in one sector then get to a point where they want to try something new, simply because their interests have changed.
"But those who do feel this way should know that it doesn't matter what age they are, there are ways to retrain - it's never too late."
Read more:Should children me taught how to use antibiotics
Changing a car tyre, installing new taps and how to take out a pension were also amongst the list of skills Brits wish they'd been taught during their school years.
Further to these, millions of adults wish they'd had lessons in how to turn the water off in the house, laying a carpet and stripping wallpaper without damaging the wall.
How to tile a room, how master grouting and what to look out for when buying a second-hand car were also tasks many adults would like to have covered when in education.
Unblocking a plug, fixing a bike, learning to drive and how to open up a bank account were other crucial responsibilities many Brits felt should have been on the curriculum.
They also wish they'd been taught skills such as how to use a drill, how to put up a fence and how to change a lightbulb.
Four in 10 Brits who took part in the survey said they didn't feel that their school taught them enough to get them through later life.
What is more important algebra or practical skills?
When asked which lessons had no impact on their adult life at all, drama, art and French were named as the least useful lessons attended.
Sixty one per cent said they ended up regretting the route they chose after school and 64 per cent even thought about changing their career entirely and training to do something new.
Half of respondents have already retrained during their adult life - many have become electricians, carpenters and/or mechanics.
But during their adult lifetime, respondents have gone out of their way to learn eight specific new skills that they weren't taught at school.
Despite this, six in 10 respondents have said how they feel it's now too late to retrain and try a new career path.
But if they could, they would always encourage their children to take on careers such as being an electrician or a plumber.
Gary Measures added: "We thought there would be many people out there who thought it's too late to retrain, but it's surprising to see just how many of them there are."
1. How to budget
2. The importance of insurance
3. How loans work
4. How to wire a plug
5. How to take out a pension
6. How to drive
7. How to buy a house
8. How to put up a shelf
9. How to open a bank account
10. How to plaster a wall
11. How to change a car tyre
12. How to turn the water off in the house
13. Things to look for when buying a second hand car
14. How to change the taps
15. How to lay a carpet
16. How to tile a room
17. How to cook a Sunday roast
18. How to jump start a car
19. How to unblock a toilet
20. How to strip wallpaper without damaging the wall
21. How to assemble flat pack furniture
22. How to bring up a baby
23. How to unblock a plug
24. How to grout
25. How to use a drill
26. How to read an electric/gas meter
27. How to fix a bike
28. How to put up a fence
29. How to build a wall
30. How to change a lightbulb.


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This chart and map track recent movements in single-family home sales in Howard and Carroll counties by ZIP Code. The chart lists sales volume and median price for May 1991, the most recent month available for Howard County homes, and March 1991, the most recent month available for Carroll County homes, and compares those figures to 1990 statistics.
In future weeks, charts and maps will appear for:
* Harford County (July 28).
* Baltimore City and Baltimore County (Aug. 4).
* Carroll and Howard counties (Aug. 11).
The next metro-wide roundup of sales activity will appear in late September. Information is provided by Rufus S. Lusk & Son Inc.


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The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) provides nationwide data on land cover and land cover change at a 30m resolution with a 16-class legend based on a modified Anderson Level II classification system. The database is designed to provide cyclical updates of United States land cover and associated changes. Systematically aligned over time, the database provides the ability to understand both current and historical land cover and land cover change, and enables monitoring and trend assessments. The latest evolution of NLCD products are designed for widespread application in biology, climate, education, land management, hydrology, environmental planning, risk and disease analysis, telecommunications and visualization.
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I get a lot of looks and comments from non school sponsored athletes. Comments about our diet, gear and class schedule are always the most common among the conversations that i overhear.
It may seem like we all have designed diets for every week because of the amount of attention we get in other areas of competition, but besides a quarterly talk from our nutritionist we, or I, hardly pay attention to what i should or should not be eating. I am still the same girl i was in highschool, when cereal was my after school snack and i had dessert every night. I've sat next to someone in the dorms who sat wide eyed next to me the whole meal and finally asked me if i was breaking to rules by eating pizza and fries. If anything, I think I need to pay more attention than what i do to what i eat.
I do love the gear we get for being on a sports team, in fact most of us refer to it as our second christmas! Even though it seems like we are being showered with clothing, we actually arent. We need at least two full days of gear to wear as a team out during tournaments. Not to mention the outfits we wear to weights every week. The reason we usually are wearing all of our gear during class is because we either have no time to change from weights to class, or because we have been worked so hard that there is no benefit in changing besides maybe smelling nice.
As hard as it is to believe, we are not babied with classes either. At least for my sport right now, we practice up to 6 hours in a day including weights and it is extremely difficult to find a class, much less three, that fit into that schedule. We have tutoring as a mandatory hour in our busy days to put everything aside to make sure we are understanding the material we are getting.
All in all, i know it probably still seems hard to imagine, but we are not being babied. We have workouts morning and afternoon that demand all our energy so that we are performing the best we can for UCLA. I hope you all can accept and support us on our way of becoming national champions. Go bruins!
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When I was originally here years ago playing soccer, I used to hear the same things all the time: that we coast through classes because we have special tutoring, or that professors cater to us, never having to lift a finger to do well, or a class was deemed "easy" if even altheltes could pass it. In high school I was resented a bit because I got into UCLA for a sport when some of my classmates with better grades didn't get admitted. I always came back to the same defense: It's not at all that they work harder than I (we) did (do), it's just that we've chosen to put our efforts to something other than, but often along with, our academics. We end up working HARDER than most bc like Natasha said, we end doing the same thing all the other students do, but in the midst of exhaustion.
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Seriously the majority of non-athletes at this school just do not understand what it takes to be a student-athlete. Its not like everything comes easier with being an athlete! Having practices that leave you sore, tired, and sunburnt, then having to do homework and do it all over agian the next day is far from easy. Everything we do must be scheduled around our sport, therefore leaving barely any time for a norma life. I think that non-athletes need to get off of our backs a little more, and try and be as supportive as they can.
Becca, you just get it.
Because literally I get my butt kicked every day in scrimmage and also work so hard every day to try and improve so I can get my butt kicked a little less in scrimmage. It seems like a never ending cycle that I pray will pay off. I guess its hard to want to do work when you come home at 8pm after leaving the house at 6:45am and work. But that is not a surprise to anyone.
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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – In the nearly 10 years that the HME industry has grappled with competitive bidding, AdaptHealth, formerly QMES, has found a way to grow, leading up to last week's news that it's combining with DFB Healthcare Acquisitions Corp. and becoming a public company.
The combined company, which will go by AdaptHealth Holding Corp. and which will be listed on the NASDAQ under a new ticker symbol, will have a value of $1 billion and a market capitalization of about $800 million.
"Adapt is already a huge company," said Brad Smith, managing director/partner at Vertess, of the company, which serves more than 1 million patients annually through more than 150 locations across the country. "They came up with a buy-and-build strategy, and executed on it and I think it's going to go extremely well going forward."
DFB is sponsored by Deerfield Management and Richard Barasch, the former chairman and CEO of Universal American, a health insurance and healthcare services company acquired by WellCare Health Plans in 2017. He will serve as chairman of the company. Adapt's current management team, including CEO Luke McGee, will remain in place.
Adapt has acquired 56 companies since 2012, including Landauer Metropolitan in 2013 for $22 million ahead of that company's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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Durham 129 for 2 (Mustard 54, Stokes 49*) beat Derbyshire 125 (A Hughes 43*, Hastings 4-26) by eight wickets
Phil Mustard struck a 25-ball half-century before Ben Stokes' unbeaten 49 ensured that Derbyshire were never at the Blaydon races by finishing a crushing, eight-wicket victory with consecutive sixes. Durham's third win of the season, which keeps their interest in the competition alive, was teed up by John Hastings' best T20 figures and finished with aplomb by the batsmen, who spared Derbyshire the effort of bowling seven overs in the chase.
The Derbyshire innings was played almost entirely beneath a cloud of persistent drizzle, before the skies cleared and allowed Durham to knock off the runs. It was as good an example of pathetic fallacy as you will see (and that is not just a dig at Derbyshire's batting).
This has been a tough week for Derbyshire, in the middle of a tough season. On Saturday, it was confirmed that three more players, including the experienced former England Lions opener Stephen Moore, were to leave the club with immediate effect; Tim Groenewald has already moved on loan to Somerset after indicating he would not be signing a new contract. They lie second from bottom in Division Two of the Championship and were winless from their opening seven matches of the T20 Blast.
A scrap of encouragement came in Friday night's victory at Warwickshire, when they chased down 190. The closest they have come to a run of success was Wayne Madsen's expertise at the coin toss - but even that failed them at Chester-le-Street, as Derbyshire's captain conceded the choice for the first time in this year's T20. Having been asked to bat, they then ceded the advantage in little longer than it takes to flick a coin, spinning towards earth at 63 for 6 inside the first ten overs.
They managed to almost double that total but, in setting Durham 126 to win, only three players made it into double-figures. Two of those were academy graduates, Alex Hughes and debutant Greg Cork - son of former Derbyshire and England allrounder Dominic - and they combined in a 32-run stand for the ninth wicket that was a Derbyshire record in T20, as well as the highest of the innings.
Cork showed commendable fight, something which his father was known for, with the bat but his first over in professional cricket was a chastening experience, as Mustard mercilessly thrashed 22 runs from the 19-year-old's left-arm medium-pace. For Cork, as for Derbyshire, things can surely only get better.
It was Alex Hughes who provided a faint glimmer of positivity for the visitors. An unbeaten 43 was his highest T20 score, improving on the 24 he struck at Edgbaston two days ago, and came a few days after making 82, another career-best, in Derbyshire's Championship defeat to Kent.
The stand between Alex Hughes and Cork was ended by a fine Stokes catch in the deep, running in and scooping up the ball with a full-length dive. When Durham lost two wickets in three balls, it was Stokes who strode out to smash eight boundaries and 49 out of 61 in an ebullient, almost mocking stand.
Hastings, Durham's Australian overseas player and a man who looks like he would be handy in a battle, took a wicket in each of his four overs - though he needed two cracks at removing Gareth Cross, who was initially taken by Mustard after top-edging a swipe before replays shows that Hastings had overstepped. Hastings continued to rumble in like a medieval siege tower and had Cross well caught by a diving Paul Collingwood at backward point, making light of the falling rain to snag a greasy ball.
Wes Durston had carted Hastings' first ball high over fine leg for six but was then trapped on the crease by one that nipped back. Chesney Hughes swatted the second of Derbyshire's three maximums over deep midwicket off Usman Arshad and struck some powerful blows down the ground before being defeated by a leg-stump yorker, as Hastings cut his fingers over the ball. Marcus North was Hastings' fourth victim, providing Collingwood with a simpler catch. The damage, for Derbyshire, was irreparable.


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Hey everyone, new here with my first bike i picked up as a project. My headlight comes on when cranking pedals and i know some things are working, but i believe my coil may be open/shorted? I'm reading 3.4k ohms from just the external coil and 5.4k ohms from just the spark wire. Does that sound right or is something wrong? Visual inspection I'm not able to see a spark when the plug is out and the pedals are cranking. Thanks in advance.
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not sure about those numbers, but i like to chect for continuity between coil terminal n cap. cracks in the coil r bad sign, might help to add a ground between coil mount and head bolt and ground plug for testing
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I have a ground from my coil mount to a head bolt, but I'll check for some cracks in the coil
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That was my last farm pull,
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Boys pretending there are horses ahead,
calling commands they'd heard from Grandpa.
Soon spiders will build in my corners,
tickling my boards with their long legs.
The old cat will find a spot under the seat,
where she'll have her last litter,
on a pile of old gunny sacks.
I have served three generations,
my bed carrying a little of everything . . .
grain, corn, pumpkins, rocks. A farmer's
wagon, that's all, but I even carried old Elmer
to his last resting place, out beyond the hill.
I had some exciting times. I loved
the Farmer's Market every Friday, listening
to their friendly bets on who grew the largest
the best, the tastiest. I was always proud of
what I carried, and my bed was empty before
the day ended. Tired farmer. Tired horses.
Tired old wagon.
Now my backboard flaps loosely in the wind,
about to fall off. I don't suppose it will be
missed for a while.
Not until fall, when the hay-rides start.
A few repairs here and there, so
those city folk, can ride down a dusty country lane,
my squeaks and creaks adding to the aura.
My old wheels can turn a few more times,
and my bed will like the warmth of the hay
spread on my floor.
I'm the old wagon that sits under the mulberry tree,
The relic that city folk love to ogle.
Then came the next generation using me as
intended, especially on Fridays
at the Farmer's market. That was exciting'
farmers comparing crops
who has the biggest, who has the brightest.
I was proud of my load.
The 3'rd generation debated about keeping me
but used me for hay-rides. What fun.
Floor covered with straw, children and chaperones
laughing and singing, as the horses
trot along country roads
my squeaks and creaks adding to the aura.
Now I am part of the scenery
Perhaps "my" last resting place. I stand
under the mulberry tree as a relic from the past
yet I long to trail along behind the horses,
out in sunny fields of harvest.
8/ 27/06 Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck


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FOLLOW-UP #2. We also blogged about the American Academy of Pedatrics' recommendation that teens start school later in order to get more sleep. The Child Mind Institute has an article on its site with advice on how parents can help teenagers get more sleep; find it.
DSM-5. Medscape surveyed over 6,000 physicians on their reactions to the DSM-5, released a year ago. It doesn't seem to have caused much of a stir -- or much change in practice. More than half of the respondents don't use the new edition; and most said that the DSM-5 hadn't made a difference in their handling of autism, pediatric bipolar disorder, or personality disorders. However, the majority of those who actually use the DSM-5 are "extremely satisfied," "very satisfied," or "moderately satisfied." Find out more.
GOT AN ANXIOUS KID? Do you fall into the "protection trap"? Find out what it is and how you can help that child.
DEPRESSION was the topic of lots of stories over the past few days.
- The brains of young adults who have experienced depression are evidently "hyperconnected" -- different sections talking to each other too much; read more.
- The Child Mind Institute ran an article on the symptoms of depression in teens; find it.
- "Collaborative care" -- presumably integrating mental health services into primary care -- leads to greater improvements than "usual" care; read more.
- A study indicates that serotonin might not play a central role in depression; read more.
GIFTED ED IN MINNESOTA. A school curriculum specialist grumps about the state of gifted ed in Minnesota, listing a variety of ills, some of which are probably ones that irritate you in your home state. It's a depressing read, but necessary in that it brings up questions to ask your district or your state board of education. The writer concludes, "Ignoring an entire population of students gives lie to every district mission statement I have ever read and violates everything 'educational equity' should represent. But until education focuses on the growth of each student, stagnation will remain the painful reality for most gifted students." We hope he keeps his job. Read the opinion piece.
ADHD: Not an LD? Maybe it's a "decision-making impairment" instead. See what you think about this twist in diagnosis.
AND FINALLY, THIS -- your bacteria are a big part of your life, and they even travel with you and "colonize" your hotel rooms to "look" just like home. In fact, families have distinct "fingerprints" -- bacterial profiles -- that allow one family to be distinguished from others. Now, this is interesting in several ways, but the research also implies that more early exposure to different bacteria -- eg by having a family dog -- might positively affect a child's development and later life. Read a press release; or, read a Washington Post article about the study. And go get a dog.


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While living in Agrigento, often for university studies, I walk along the streets of cand admire the countless structures, historic villas, old churches and palaces.
The countless monuments, of considerable historical and artistic value, "tell" the different periods that have marked the history of the city.
Between all monuments, the Theatre Massimo stands out for its size and beauty.
So, I decided to spend some time in the theatre and report the experience at GoUnesco, helped by my friend Davide, a student of architecture very prepared.
Already On the way, from Agrigento to Palermo, he spoke to me a lot about the Theatre, history, architecture, events …
David was an encyclopedia, seemed not to stop more, so I decide to take notes…
The Theatre Massimo Vittorio Emanuele of Palermo, is the biggest theatre in Italy and it is the third in Europe.
The work was initiated by the architect Giovan Battista Filippo Basile in 1875 and completed by his son Ernesto Basile, elegant representative of the Italian Liberty, who built the theater in the neoclassical style.
I was very interested in the subject and I was eager to visit the theater with the company of David.
But unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, there was a demonstration in front of the Theatrethe manifestation "Wake Up Italy".
After participating in the manifestation, Davide recounts me a legend of the theater really interesting that i want to recount you because it isn't very famous.
Where now there is the big Theatre, before there was a big monastery where no one lived, only a nun.
The nun was walking with his prayer book in hand, among the silent corridors: a nun jealous of that silence, the guardian of her temple where she spent, in contemplation and spirituality, her days.
When the nun knew that the the municipality of Palermo wanted to destroy her convent, to build a theater … … … she did not keep her spiritual calm.
She tried in every way to prevent the construction of the theater, but did not have success, so, she threw a curse, promising that would not have never gone to that place.
According to the legend, the nun still roams through the rooms of the theater. Some claim to have seen a shadow of a nun wandering backstage, in the basement and launches real curses. It also says that who does not believe in the legend stumblest on a particular step after to entering to the theater, said step precisely "step nun."