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Morning fog is covering a village, spotted eagles are stretching their wings in the sky, when 75-year-old English Sir John Hartley Lawton takes his backpack, binoculars and goes outside. This is the perfect time for a wilderness retreat, he says.
"Amazing pictures!" says Sir Lawton watching a flock of birds through his binoculars. Villagers passing by don't share his excitement, they are pretty used to the exotic-for-a-foreigner views.
TUT.BY reporters took a walk with John Lawton along Polesie to find out how Belarus hooked an Englishman, why he is willing to spend hours waiting for a wolf, and why the Chernobyl exclusion zone is a unique opportunity for scientists and tourists.
Sir John is 75, he traveled halfway across the world, twice visited Antarctica with an expedition, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for the preservation of the environment and won a la Nobel Prize of $250,000 in ecology.
Who would have thought that it will be a post office in Belarus that will take him aback? To get to Olmansky swamps, a foreigner should pay 245 BYN (~$118), give his checking account and somehow find a common language with a local cashier.
"They gave me this at the airport, this one is from a hotel, this should be given to a border guard and this is a permission to a border area. Everything is very complicated here, I have not seen so much paperwork in any other country," the Englishman laughs.
Half an hour later, another piece of paper is added to the collection of documents and certificates. Sir John is now free to visit the Olmansky swamps all year round.
No landscapes like yours in Europe
The English scientist came to Belarus for a reason. Frankfurt Zoological Society jointly with Achova ptušak Baćkaŭščyny won a grant by The Arcadia Fund for Polesie – Wildlife Without Borders program.
Turns out that Sir John Lawton chairs the fund's supervisory project. He decided to see for himself how $1.5 million will be spent and how exactly Belarusians intend to preserve their nature in the next five years.
First of all, there are plans to restore the marshes drained back in Soviet times. Experts analyzed satellite images of the marshes since 1984 and identified 15 areas that need to be restored first.
The car stops, and Sir John Lawton gets outside in slight confusion. There's a 40km long high road running through the reserve, a unique territory where rare species of animals, birds and insects live.
This is a very strange decision to bury a swamp alive," the scientist shakes his head.
"A person should not interfere with the wild, Belarusians explain it this way: since there is a road, it will be easier to put out fires. In fact, fires occur where there is a person.
Look over there! See, there's a woman over there on the road? It means that the territory of the reserve becomes more accessible and may lose its uniqueness. There are no landscapes like yours in Europe. It is vital to save them."
Don't understand how rich you are
As we walk through the swamps, white-tailed eagles and large spotted eagles are flying in the sky. The scientist, who doesn't let go of his binoculars, admits that it's incredible luck to see these birds in the wild.
"The forest in England is like an art gallery without paintings, almost nothing remained there. Some species are gone forever. There are no lynxes left, we have badgers, the otter is coming back. The British were so fond of hunting in the Victorian era that some species simply disappeared.
Here you have white-tailed eagles flying above your head, we have about a hundred pairs of them. Their return to the country cost millions of dollars. The main restoration program was on the small island of Mall in Scotland.
There are 22 couples now living there, and every year, thanks to the tourists who come to see them, they bring in seven million dollars! Only we have never seen so many of them in one place, while you have no problem with that," laughs Sir John Lawton.
Chernobyl zone mystery
We head to the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve, the car stops several times, as white herons and cranes catch the eye of the Englishman.
John Lawton is not afraid to go to the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Firstly, he has already been there in 2013 and, secondly, he believes the territory is unique.
"What happened there is terrible, people should see and know what nuclear disasters can do to them. I remember how I went into a dilapidated house, saw a newspaper and doll on the table and started crying. The exclusion zone is not only a safety and health problem but also a huge potential for scientific work.
There is one riddle. This area is very radioactive, but large animals live there. Moreover, wolves and moose have a long life, the population becomes larger. We do not understand this. Why don't they die?
This needs to be scientifically verified. The same about mushrooms and plants eaten by animals, how does this affect them? If the same catastrophe suddenly happens, we will need to understand how it works and how to preserve the ecosystem."
To see the wolf and the moose in the wild, the Englishman leaves the hotel at 5.30 in the morning. He doesn't hide his surprise when he sees people planting new trees on the site of a burned-out forest.
"Why? Radiation accumulates most in wood. It is clear that it will not be possible to use it for another hundred years. It's hard for you to do nothing. In fact, tourism should be here, it needs to be promoted."
At this moment, one wolf crosses the road, then another. "Nature in the exclusion zone does not allow radiation to leave, it blocks it," the scientist explains.
"We chose Belarus from 48 countries, so you have great opportunities. You don't even understand how beautiful your country is! It is important to preserve the Belarusian nature."
Sir John Lawton has a dream, he wants to come back with his wife to show her "an amazing country, beautiful Orthodox churches and village houses."
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In his dreams, he rents a car and travels around the country, in reality, he is afraid of bureaucratic troubles and endless paperwork.
"Your officials should let go of the situation and allow tourists to come just like that," the sir says goodbye, holding a pile of documents he collected during his a week-long trip around Belarus.
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By Elizabeth Harrington
On the last day of testimony before the prosecution rests in the murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell, a former worker at Gosnell's clinic testified that she saw one late-term baby who survived an abortion "swimming" in a toilet and "trying to get out."
Kareema Cross, a "medical assistant" who worked at Gosnell's Women's Medical Society clinic for four-and-a-half years, testified in a Philadelphia court today, telling of the horrors of babies who survived abortions only to have their necks snipped with scissors.
"Did you ever see those babies move?" asked Prosecutor Joanne Pescatore.
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Functional coupling of β3-adrenoceptors and large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels in human uterine myocytes
Doheny, Helen C.
Lynch, Caoimhe M.
Smith, Terry J.
Morrison, John J.
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Doheny, Helen C. Lynch, Caoimhe M.; Smith, Terry J.; Morrison, John J. (2005). Functional coupling of β3-adrenoceptors and large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels in human uterine myocytes. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 90 (10), 5786-5796
Context: beta(3)-Adrenoreceptor modulation in human myometrium during pregnancy is linked functionally to myometrial inhibition. Maxi-K(+) channels (BK(Ca)) play a significant role in modulating cell membrane potential and excitability. Objective: This study was designed to investigate the potential involvement of BKCa channel function in the response of human myometrium to beta(3)-adrenoceptor activation. Design: Single and whole-cell electrophysiological BKCa channel recordings from freshly dispersed myocytes were obtained in the presence and absence of BRL37344, a specific beta(3)-adrenoreceptor agonist. The in vitro effects of BRL37344 on isolated myometrial contractions, in the presence and absence of the specific BKCa channel blocker, iberiotoxin ( IbTX), were investigated. Setting: The study was carried out at the Clinical Science Institute. Patients or Other Participants: Myometrial biopsies were obtained at elective cesarean delivery. Intervention: No intervention was applied. Main Outcome Measures: Open state probability of single channel recordings, whole cell currents, and myometrial contractile activity were measured. Results: Single-channel recordings identified the BK(Ca) channel as a target of BRL37344. BRL37344 significantly increased the open state probability of this channel in a concentration-dependent manner ( control 0.031 +/- 0.004; 50 mu M BRL37344 0.073 +/- 0.005 (P < 0.001); and 100 mu M BRL37344 0.101 +/- 0.005 ( P < 0.001). This effect was completely blocked after preincubation of the cells with 1 mu M bupranolol, a nonspecific - adrenoreceptor blocker, or 100 nM SR59230a, a specific beta(3)- adrenoreceptor antagonist. In addition, BRL37344 increased whole- cell currents over a range of membrane potentials, and this effect was reversed by 100 nM IbTX. In vitro isometric tension studies demonstrated that BRL37344 exerted a significant concentrationdependent relaxant effect on human myometrial tissue (P < 0.05), and preincubation of these strips with IbTX attenuated this effect on both spontaneous and oxytocin- induced contractions (44.44 and 57.84% at 10(-5) M, respectively). Conclusions: These findings outline that activation of the BK(Ca) channel may explain the potent uterorelaxant effect of beta(3)-adrenoreceptor agonists.


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Justin Osmond, son of Merrill Osmond, has been on an intense training schedule since September of 2014 to run the biggest and longest trek of his life. He isn't running for himself--he's running 250 miles to raise awareness and financial support for 25 deaf children living in Southern Utah who will be receiving the gift of better hearing.
A Run 4 Hearing event will kick off the start of this trek on Saturday, May 2nd, starting at 9am in Canyon View Park in Justin's hometown of Ephraim, UT (650 S. 100 E, Ephraim, UT). This will begin with a press conference at 8:45 AM and then a 5K Fun Run (open to the public). This will also kickstart Justin's 250-miler to St. George where the kids will be anxiously waiting to receive their new hearing devices.
On Saturday May 9th at the finish line in St. George (location and time to be announced), there will be another benefit run entitled "Super HEAR-O 5K Fun Run." A grand celebration will take place as family, friends, and many community members will come together to pay tribute to our young Super HEAR-O's that deserve to hear life's precious sounds.
All the proceeds from this Run 4 Hearing event will benefit the Olive Osmond Hearing Fund (OOHF). The OOHF is excited to announce their partnership with the Washington County School District Foundation. Together they will work towards their goal to help many deaf and hard of hearing students within the Washington County School District to achieve better hearing.
"We are thrilled and so excited to partner with the Olive Osmond Hearing Fund in this worthy endeavor to help many of our deaf and hard of hearing students in our school district," shares Pam Graf, Director of Washington County School District Foundation "I'm excited to see them excel and reach their greatest dreams and aspirations through the gift of better hearing."
Olive Osmond was the matriarch of the world-famous Osmond singing family. Two of her children were deaf and she devoted her life to helping people with hearing loss. "The reason the original Osmond brothers started performing in the first place was to raise money to buy hearing aids for their deaf siblings. I'm simply paying it forward to help more deaf people who don't have the resources and to empower them to be all they can be," Justin says.
For more information about Justin Osmond's 250 Mile Benefit Run, visit www.Run4Hearing.com.
Founded in 2010, the Olive Osmond Hearing Fund (www.hearingfund.org) serves both the deaf and hard of hearing communities with education, resources, and cutting-edge hearing equipment and devices. Justin Osmond started the organization in honor of his grandmother, Olive Osmond, the matriarch of the world-famous singing Osmond family.
Justin Osmond, an accomplished violinist, is himself 90% deaf. Since 2010, Olive Osmond Hearing Fund has provided hearing aids to over 2,500 children around the world and has outfitted several school districts with equipment to help teachers better communicate with deaf students. The organization also provides musical instruments and lessons to deaf children.


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text: Gold crystal wall lamp with 2 bulbs from the Coated Crystal product range. The arms are made of technical glass coated with gold coloured noble metal. Brilliant shine is the main benefit of gold color and clear crystal combination. The lighting is suitable especially for timeless classic interiors as a complement to gold coated chandeliers of the same design.


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Source Juicery gets new location, expanded menu on Main Street
Business expands on Main Street
Breanna Booker | The Intelligencer
EDWARDSVILLE — The recent location change at Edwardsville's Source Juicery came with a makeover and a growing menu.
Source Juicery first opened for business a few doors down from their new location on Main Street three years ago. Co-owners Michelle Motley and Chrissy Stevens made the decision to move whenever the new location, full of space for the shop to build a spacious kitchen and bigger menu, opened up down the street Friday at 228 N. Main St.
"As soon as we opened at that space I felt like the space wasn't quite right; we didn't have a lot of kitchen space to work out of and the smoothie bar area was just a little too small for how busy the shop was. We couldn't really create new items or expand our menu much with the space that we had, so when this location opened up it seemed like a no-brainer to stay on the same street and also get more kitchen space," co-owner Motley said.
The new location provides a bigger kitchen with the ability for the team to make more food in-house, as well as a more accommodating space for customers.
"We have gluten-free toast and gluten-free waffles, and we're kind of starting to do more made-to-order items as far as the salads go," Motley said.
Before the move, customers could buy pre-packaged salads, but now the shop will also be offering salads with different ingredients that can be mixed up on the spot.
"For the past three years our salads have been pre-packaged and ready to go in the refrigerator, we're still going to do that because people grab them on-the-go and for the convenience, but now we're starting to make salads to order also, so we can use items that we couldn't use on the salads that were made to keep for a couple of days," Motley said.
The new storefront opened on Source's third anniversary and continues to offer a variety of healthy juices, smoothies and food.
"We're excited to stay on Main Street in Edwardsville and grateful to have a community that supports us in this, because we are really passionate about healthy eating and excited to be here," Motley said.
More information about Source Juicery's menu can be found at sourcejuicery.com.
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Walking outside, you've probably passed countless pieces of dead, gnarled wood and bits of corroded old boards.
You've probably passed some rusty pieces of scrap metal, too, and more than likely, you didn't give them a second glance. It's just junk, right?
Not if you see it the way artist Jason Waldron does. He knows that even the most humble of junk can, with the right care, turn into something beautiful and new.
We've seen what a little innovation and talent can do, and we've seen all kinds of trash become gorgeous and unexpected artwork, or even become a charming, rustic dream cabin!
Jason uses scrap wood and metal, most of it collected right off the ground around his home in Central Oregon. He turns them into sinuous, rippling sculptures of animals and humans that seem ready to burst into motion at any second.
And for being made of many different parts, they're remarkably seamless.
His work shows his deep love of nature and wildlife, and that's also reflected in the fact that his work is made completely of found and recycled materials, making them eco-friendly, as well.
Check out his amazing sculptures below, and you might just find yourself looking at a twisted old stick a little differently on your next walk outside!
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The "NEW TRIATHLON" - Freedom, NH - August 29th & 30th, 2020 The Pitch Pine Challenge has grown! This year's two day event will include a 70.3 distance race. Tri Tek Events is excited to announce Camp Calumet will host this year's event. Camp Calumet is a family camping area on Ossipee Lake with direct access to local roads ideal for biking and running. Located on Ossipee Lake Road in Freedom, NH., the camp is easily accessible. Lodging is available for event participants and their families.


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WWF's Green Office network meetings are aimed at bringing the corporate giants at one platform and share insights on energy efficiency and functionality within offices, unveil smart energy devices and discuss practical implementation and feasibility of Alternate and Renewable Energy sources for offices. This year, the meeting was attended by Ali Hassan Habib - DG, WWF-Pakistan, Aqrab Ali Rana, CEO Green Building Council, Dr Naghman Khan, International Ambassador University of Nottingham and MD of Future Energy Ltd, UK and participants from the corporate sector. M Siddique Sheikh, Advisor on Social Sector and Chairman FPCCI Standing Committee on R&D was the chief guest of the event.
Speaking at the occasion, Ali Hassan Habib, DG of WWF-Pakistan said, "Careful consumption of the natural resources by improving the environmental efficiency of the offices can help us achieve our vision of energy efficient nation. Academia, business sector and civil society should take joint initiatives for reducing burden on environment." Engro is an environmentally aware and a responsible company, and is actively working on various projects of environmental sustainability.-PR
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Performance + Music
A festival of live performance featuring: Pharaoh's Daughter, Haale, Cornell Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Music Ensemble with Adam Matta, and special guests dancers: Kassar + Willow and Chandany + Teszia, artists who create, compose and dance to music that combines Middle Eastern and/or Jewish influences with a sensibility that is edgy and urban.
The festival will demonstrate numerous musical forms. Pharaoh's Daughter, led by Basya Schecter, combines traditional Jewish melodies and tones with modern jazz, rock and urban groove, creating an uplifting and communal sentiment in the audience. Haale draws her influences from Persian Sufi music, combined with a pop/rock sensibility and provides a captivating, hypnotic performance. The Cornell Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Music Ensemble will present music accompanied by Risley Hall Artist in Resident and beatboxer, Adam Matta. The night will open up into an exploration of funk and hip hop, with Adam Matta, joined by musicians from all the bands, and special guests, in the spirit of improvisation and collaboration.


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The caps locks key is one of the least commonly used keys on my keyboard…
Until I mapped it to a control key!
A lot of the registry hacks available online for remapping the caps lock and control button involve swapping their functionality or swapping other keys. I have absolutely no use for a caps lock button, so I just map the caps lock button to a control button and leave the control button in the bottom-left corner alone.
Download this registry file and import it: Remap_caps_lock_to_ctrl.zip.
Or fire up the Registry Editor by clicking Start Menu > Run.
- Type in regedit, and hit enter.
- Browse to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout.
- Click on Keyboard Layout.
- Right-click in the table on the right, and click New > Binary Value.
- A new value will be added in the table. Name it "Scancode Map" without the quotes.
- Double-click on the new "Scancode Map" value.
- A window titled "Edit Binary Value" will pop-up.
- Enter:
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00
- No need to enter the spaces. They will be automatically inserted as the numbers are entered.
- Click OK to save your changes.
Now reboot. After rebooting, your caps lock will now act as a control button!
Check out the Microsoft Documentation if you're looking for a more complete technical description of what all the HEX values mean.


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Cool and foggy morning before afternoon clearing Thursday
Another foggy and cool morning is on tap for Thursday. Marine layer and low clouds will fill in along the coast, stretching into the interior
Another foggy and cool morning is on tap for Thursday. Marine layer and low clouds will fill in along the coast, stretching into the interior
The outage was reported just after 1 a.m. Thursday morning.
Earlier today people filled the performing arts center at Cal Poly, to remember Monica Cantu, but rather than mourn her passing, people in attendance celebrated her life, and what she stood for.
In just a few weeks, students will return to school at Arroyo Grande and Nipomo high schools. However, school officials say their stadiums are still under construction due to a series of construction delays.
Some construction work is already underway but the main overnight reconstruction work will begin on Sunday, August 4.
On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to allow CAL FIRE to hire nearly 400 additional seasonal firefighters statewide. CAL FIRE SLO says 24 of those firefighters will be placed in San Luis Obispo County.
California could be the first state in the nation with a statewide ethnic studies curriculum.
The new school year starts in just a few weeks, and for some families, stocking up on the necessary supplies can be a financial burden.
The shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival hit a little too close to home for many people on the Central Coast, and it raises questions about what's being done to prevent a similar tragedy at popular local events.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is defending California's wildfire prevention efforts while criticizing the federal government for not doing enough.
The actual concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Mission San Luis Obispo, but some music lovers got a free sneak peek.
Santa Barbara is celebrating 95 years of its Old Spanish Days Fiesta.
Firefighters say they're making good progress on three wildfires burning on the Central Coast.
Summer weather pattern is locked in. At the coast more night and morning clouds with mild afternoon conditions and sun but inland the transition back to warmer than average temps for the weekend is underway.
Josiah James Johnstone, 34, is the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Most Wanted Wednesday suspect this week.


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This concert is partof La Belle Époque, A French Weekend Festival of Chamber Music and Song from France's Golden Age. In collaboration with the U niversity of Sheffield, and presents Debussy and Ravel at the opposite ends of their careers. Debussy's Trio is the work of a young man yet to find a personal voice, but it is effortlessly sweet and charming. In contrast, Ravel's second Violin Sonata hints at the composer's discovery and love of American jazz. Ravel's only string quartet was much admired by Debussy, and while perceived as progressive and modern, Ravel considered it firmly rooted in classical tradition.
"Playing together as chamber musicians clearly keeps their technique on tip-top form and, judging by their performances, is something they do with passion. Every city should have an equivalent resident group." The Observer
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Edie Falco Hates Reality TV: 'Who the Hell is Kim Kardashian?'
Nurse Jackie star Edie Falco is just as mean to reality stars as Reese Witherspoon was at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards. Witherspoon said, "If you take naked pictures of yourself on your cell phone, you hide your face, people!" In the same scolding tone, Falco told Vulture she's "not a big fan" of reality TV. "Like, forgive me, I don't know if you're friends with her — but who the hell is Kim Kardashian? Like, who are these people and why are they famous and why are they advertising things and being asked their opinions about things? I just don't understand what these people did to be in a position of having everyone ask their opinions about stuff. I mean, if there's something about her personality or something that she's accomplished or her philosophy on something — but beyond that I don't understand what's happening. It's actually frightening."
You'd think Falco would be in a kindhearted mood, even when it comes to the reality stars she despises. She's neck and neck with Ellen Barkin to win the Tony Award for featured actress next week, and she might beat Laura Linney for the comedy actress Emmy. Maybe she's peeved because her Emmy win for Nurse Jackie last year makes her less likely to win again. Even when she won three Emmys when The Sopranos reigned supreme, she only won every other year (1999-2003), not consecutively, which is a fairly rare feat. Even three-time Emmy winner Linney never did it. On the other hand, Linney has never lost an Emmy race, either. So Falco's entitled to be in a bad mood. But that's no reason to take out your frustrations by kicking as big a target as Kim Kardashian's derriere.
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Harness Briefs
The better pacing ranks in Canterbury took a hit last week with three talented horses departing for America.
The trio – Tiger Thompson, Cole Porter and Don Domingo – were all Country Cup winners last season and will leave a hole in the ranks that were at times wafer-thin.
They all departed Auckland on Friday morning and arrived in New York, via Sydney, China and Alaska, on Monday afternoon (NZ time).
Tiger Thompson and Cole Porter are both headed to Delaware, the same connections that purchased Tiger Thompson's stablemate, Delishka, back in May.
Cole Porter won the Nelson Winter Cup in June when just a three-year-old for trainer Geoff Dunn and heads to America with four victories under his belt from just 13 starts.
Tiger Thompson was a highly-regarded three-year-old for Brad Mowbray but couldn't quite match it with his peers last season.
Even so, the noted speedster managed to win the Central Otago Cup at Omakau and place in the Group 1 Easter Cup behind A G's White Socks.
Don Domingo won seven races for Ken Barron, including last season's Cheviot Cup and Oamaru Cup.
First winner for Waterloo Sunset
The win of Gil Favor at Methven on Sunday credited small-time sire Waterloo Sunset with his first winner.
Part-owner and trainer Paul Nairn mixed racing and stallion duties with the son of Sundon back in the spring of 2014, serving four mares with his semen.
Two got in foal, Gil Favor being one and the other a filly out of Nairn's former handy mare Day Of Reckoning.
Waterloo Sunset also has a two-year-old and two yearlings on the ground, all bred and owned by Nairn.
Let-up for Robyns Playboy
Impressive graduation final winner Robyns Playboy has earned himself a short spell.
The Ross Wilson-trained three-year-old broke his maiden when winning the $12,000 Nugget Final at Winton late last month.
And he did it impressively, reeling off a sizzling 26.8sec last 400m on an easy Winton track.
The victory put the Shadow Play pacer in the early reckoning for this season's Southern Supremacy Stakes qualifying and earned him a short spell, as well.
"He doesn't turn three until late November so he is doing a pretty good job.
"I thought I would back off him and give him a wee spell."
Robyns Playboy has placed in all three of his runs this season and has never finished further back than fourth in five career starts.
War Machine back on track
Canterbury trotter War Machine went some way to getting his spring campaign back on track by winning at the Addington trials on Monday.
The Tony Barron-trained trotter beat fellow fast class square-gaiter, Bordeaux, by a head in a 2600m standing start heat.
War Machine has galloped in his two starts this season, but trotted fluently to the line.
The five-year-old is among the most recent withdrawals from next month's Gr.1 Dominion.
Glamour trotter, Monbet, and Harness Jewels winner, Habibi Inta, are the only two horses that were guaranteed a start in the race of the 18 that have been withdrawn.
A total of 34 trotters still remain in contention for the 3200m feature and 15 of those will start in the event.
Son of Sweet Lou hits the track
Louie The Horse, a winner at the Cambridge workouts the past two Saturdays, is the first by his sire, Sweet Lou, to be seen in public in New Zealand.
The Andrew and Lynn-Neal-trained juvenile impressed beating the older horses on Saturday and is expected to target the Young Guns series at Alexandra Park in December.
Sweet Lou, who stands at Woodlands Stud, has a first foal crop of 69, including a filly out of former champion race mare Adore Me.
- NZ Harness News
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We all know where the road of good intentions leads, right? We all have good intentions, but we know that they're never quite enough. "My heart was in the right place," is an excuse that Amy has made for far too long, but Cheri points out a better way in this episode. In this follow-up conversation about Deidra Rigg's book, One, there's a truly transforming epiphany. Tune in to hear the trade we all need to make!
Ponder this question: "Am I going to be a loving person or not?" Life could change dramatically if we all asked ourselves that question before every interaction and reaction. Deidra Riggs, author of One: Unity in a Divided Word, brings challenging insights into how to build oneness in our everyday lives, speaking into a culture that seems to have more divides than bridges. Don't miss this riveting interview that could change us all for the better.
The house must be spotless. The food must be gourmet. Your outfit must color coordinate (and your apron must match). These are bad hospitality rules that have held Cheri and Amy hostage.
But what if none of these are true? What if we can embrace connection over perfection? When we can, hospitality looks much more like the heart that God always intended. Today's conversation by two awkward hostesses will give you hope that you can be hospitable too!
Sometimes the celebration just doesn't seem worth it. The cleaning, the cooking, and the planning can be overwhelming, so we just avoid it altogether.
But what if we've over-complicated hospitality, letting our perfectionism get in the way of something really good?
Christen Price, author of Invited, shares how to choose connection over perfection when we hostess. This episode will leave you with a new perspective on hospitality and out-of-the-box (so worth it!) ways to connect with the ones you love.


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5 Reasons Dentists Are Using Chatbots
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Mirko Bortolotti, Christian Engelhart and Rolf Ineichen took the top spot in the three-part qualifying session with a 1m59.690s average aboard their Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo to follow up on their pole for the Monza series opener last month.
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Engelhart was fourth fastest in Q2 and Ineichen 27th in Q3.
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The M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 of Jordan Pepper, Steven Kane and Jules Gounon took fourth with a 2m00.007s average.
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I spent a few days last week with the amazing team at Kiehl's and we explored parts of NYC that I had never visited before (more on my weekend with Kiehl's coming soon)! One of my favorites were the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx. If you haven't been, I highly recommend because literally every single spot at the garden is so picture perfect!
For my outfit, I knew I was going to be out and about all day so I decided to wear a casual outfit, that is still appropriate for a fancy meal. I recently purchased this GORGEOUS white lace top and knew this would be perfect to pair with jeans to make it look casual, yet dressy. It was also a chilly day so I did all pull out my favorite duster coat from Missguided, which paired perfectly with the nude flats.
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103.9 Questioner: Is there anything else that either we or the instrument can do that would specifically work on the vital energy to increase it of the instrument?
Ra: I am Ra. We have come up against the full stop of free will.
55.2 Questioner: Is there any specific thing that we can do that you have already told us or otherwise to alleviate this psychic attack or to help the instrument the most?
Ra: I am Ra. We scan this instrument and find its distortion towards appreciation of each entity and each entity's caring, as you may call it. This atmosphere, shall we say, offers the greatest contrast to the discomfort of such psychic attacks, being the reciprocal, that is, the atmosphere of psychic support.
This each of you do as a subconscious function of true attitudinal, mental, emotional, and spiritual distortions towards this instrument. There is no magic greater than honest distortion toward love.
67.27 Questioner: Thank you. In closing that part of the discussion I would just say that if there is anything that we can do that is within our ability— and I understand that there are many things such as the ones that you just mentioned that are not within our ability— that we could do for this particular entity, if you would in the future communicate its requests to us we will at least consider them because we would like to serve in every respect. Is this agreeable to you?
Ra: I am Ra. We perceive that we have not been able to clarify your service versus its desire for service. You need, in our humble opinion, to look at the humor of the situation and relinquish your desire to serve where no service is requested. The magnet will attract or repel. Glory in the strength of your polarization and allow others of opposite polarity to similarly do so, seeing the great humor of this polarity and its complications in view of the unification in sixth density of these two paths.
63.5 Questioner: I know that you have already answered this question, but I feel it my duty now to ask it each time in case there is some new development, and that is, is there anything that we can do that we aren't doing to lessen the effectiveness of the psychic attack upon the instrument?
Ra: I am Ra. Continue in love and praise and thanksgiving to the Creator. Examine previous material. Love is the great protector.
94.3 Questioner: Is there anything that we can do that we are not doing to remedy this situation so that the instrument does not experience this pain, or as much of it?
Ra: I am Ra. There is little that can be done due to a complex of pre-existing distortions. The distortions are triple in the source.
There is the, shall we say, less than adequate work of your chirurgeons which allows for various distortions in the left wrist area.
There is the distortion called systemic lupus erythematosus which causes the musculature of the lower left and right arms to allow for distortions in the normal, shall we say, configuration of both.
Lastly, there is the nerve damage, more especially to the left, but in both appendages from the thoracic outlet.
In the course of the waking behavior the instrument can respond to the various signals which ring the tocsin of pain, thus alerting the mind complex, which in turn moves the physical complex in many and subtle configurations which relieve the various distortions. Your friend greets these distortions, as has been stated before, immediately prior to the beginning of the working. However, during the working the instrument is not with its yellow-ray chemical vehicle and thusly the many small movements which could most effectively aid in the decrease of these distortions is not possible. Ra must carefully examine the mental configurations of the mind complex in order to make even the grossest manipulation. It is not our skill to use a yellow-ray vehicle.
The weight of the cover has some deleterious effect upon these distortions in some cases and thus we mentioned that there was a small thing which could be done; that is, the framing of that which lifted the coverlet from the body slightly. In order to compensate for loss of warmth the wearing of material warming the manual appendages would then be indicated.
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Trong mảng ngữ pháp tiếng Anh, cách dùng mạo từ a an the là mảng kiến thức dễ gây nhầm lẫn cho nhiều học sinh. Để chắc chắn thì cần luyện tập nhiều để thuần thục cách dùng của 3 mạo từ này.
Trong bài trước, Liabia đã hướng dẫn bạn cách sử dụng 3 mạo từ a – an – the, trong bài này, chúng tôi sẽ tổng hợp bài tập mạo từ a – an – the có đáp án chi tiết để giúp các bạn luyện tập.
Bài tập tổng hợp
Bài 1:
Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống (chú ý: ký hiệu "x" có nghĩa là không cần mạo từ)
1. I would live to live by _____ sea
a. the b. a c. an d. x
2. Harry is a sailor. He spends most of his life at______ see.
a. a b. an c. the d. x
3. There are billions of stars in ______ space.
a. a b. an c. x d. the
4. He tried to park his car but______ space wasn't big enough.
a. the b. a c. an d. x
5. We often watch______ television
a. the b. a c. an d. x
6. Can you turn off______ television, please?
a. the b. a c. an d. x
7. We had______ dinner in a restaurant.
a. a b. an c. x d. the
8. We had______ meal in a restaurant.
a. a b. an c. the d. x
9. Thank you. That was______ very nice lunch.
a. a b. an c. the d. x
10. Where can______ people buy everything they need?
a. the b. a c. an d. x
Bài 2:
Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống (chú ý: ký hiệu "x" có nghĩa là không cần mạo từ)
11. Her parents are now working in ______ Europe.
a. the b. a c. an d. no article is needed
12. He majors______ in English.
a. a b. an c. the d. x
13. Mark Twain, ______ American writer, wrote "Life on the Mississippi River".
a. an b. a c. the d. x
14. Paris is splendid by ______ night.
a. a b. an c. the d. x
15. We might be able to catch______ last train if we hurried.
a. a b. an c. the d. x
16. ______ used razor blade is______ useless thing.
a. The/ the b. A/ a c. An/ an d. x
17. We live at______ third house from the church.
a. the b. a c. an d. x
18. My aunt has______ interesting novel.
a. the b. an c. a d. x
19. It was______ best film I had ever read.
a. the b. an c. a d. x
20. A video lab is______ useful means for language learning.
a. the b. an c. a d. x
Bài 3:
Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào chỗ trống (chú ý: ký hiệu "x" có nghĩa là không cần mạo từ)
21. They are looking for _______ place to spend ________ night.
A. the/the B. a/the C. a/a D. the/a
22. Please turn off ________ lights when you leave ________ working room.
A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
23. They are looking for candidates with ________ experience.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
24. Could you pass me ________ sugar, please?
A. a B. the C. an D. x
25. Can you show me ________ way to ________ bank?
A. the/the B. a/a C. the/a D. a/the
26. ________ eldest girl is at ________ college.
A. a/the B. the/x C. x/ a D. an/x
27. Are they going away next Monday? No, ________ week after next.
A. an B. a C. the D. x
28. Do you want to hear ________ story about ________ English businessman?
A. an/the B. the/the C. a/the D. a/ an
29. There'll always be a conflict between ________ poor and ________ rich.
A. the/the B. an/a C. an/the D. the/a
30. There was ________ collision at ________ corner.
A. the/a B. an/the C. a/the D. the/the
Bài 4:
Điền mạo từ thích hợp "a/an/the hoặc x (không cần mạo từ)"" vào chỗ trống.
31. Are Kevin and Sana ________cousins? ~
No, they aren't ________cousins; they are ________brother and ________sister.
32. ________fog was so thick that he couldn't see ________ side of ________road. He followed ________motocycle in front of him and hoped that he was going ________right way.
33. Anna can't remember ________exact date of ________storm, but she knows it was on ________Sunday because everybody was at ________church. On ________Monday ________post didn't come because ________roads were blocked by ________fallen trees.
34. Kevin thinks that this is quite ________ luxurious restaurant.
35. A: There's ________ car accident here.
B: How do you know there's been ________ car accident?
36. Number ________hundred and two, – ________house next door to us, is for sale.
It's quite ________ beautiful house with ________big rooms ________back windows look out on ________ river.
37. I don't know what ________price ________owners are asking. But Dry and Rot are ________agents. You could give them ________ring and make them ________offer.
Bài 5:
Chọn đáp án đúng:
38. I'm afraid of dogs/the dogs.
39. Can you pass the salt/salt, please?
40. Apples/the apples are good for you.
41. Look at apples/the apples on that tree! They are very big.
42. Women/the women live longer than men/the men.
43. I don't drink tea/the tea. I don't like it.
44. We had a very nice meal. Vegetables/ the vegetables were especially good.
45. Life/the life is strange sometimes. Some very strange things happen.
46. I like skiing/the skiing. But I'm not good at it.
47. Who are people/the people in this photograph?
48. What makes people/the people violent? What causes aggression/the aggression?
49. All books/all the books on the top shelf belong to me.
50. First world war/ the first world war lasted from 1914 until 1918.
51. One of our biggest problems is unemployment/the unemployment.
Đáp án
Bài 1: 1a 2d 3c 4a 5d 6a 7c 8a 9a 10d
Bài 2: 11d 12d 13a 14d 15c 16b 17a 18c 19a 20c
Bài 3:
Bài 4:
31. x – x – x – x
32. The – the – the – the – the
33. the – the – x – the – x – the – x – x
34. a
35. a – a
36. a – the – a – x – the – the
37. x – the – the – a – an
Bài 5:
38. dogs
39. the salt
40. apples
41. the apples
42. women, men
43. tea
44. the vegetables
45. life
46. skiing
47. the people
48. people, aggression
49. All the books
50. The first world war
51. unemployment.
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St Mary's College has a responsibility to act wisely and justly in relation to issues of conflict that have the potential to cause a breakdown in the relationships between members of our College community. We believe that the relationship between the home and the College is a very important part of ensuring that children are happy, secure and open to learning.
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BAS is taking part in Seminar 4-5 February 2016 at AHO "SEEKING SANCTUARY"
How does the media cover migration, and how does it frame our perception? What are possible design solutions and strategies for refugees and their host communities, in order to offer a sense of normality and (the feeling of) safety in extreme situations? See program.
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Welcome and introduction
Marianne Skjulhaug (AHO)
10:15 – 10:45
Housing temporality within urban migrant
communities, China.
Cecilie Anderson (Director of The Bergen School
of Architecture (BAS))
10:45 – 11:15
The Fragmented City / Gran Horizonte
Alfredo Brillembourg (ETH/U-TT)
11:15 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:00
Urban displacement and crisis response
in Lebanon
Synne Bergby (NORCAP/UN Habitat)
12:00 – 12:30
Entering Europe (In Transit )
– Stories from Greece and the Balkans
Håvard Breivik & Tommy Sandløkk (NORCAP/AHO)
12:30 – 13:00
Siem Pilot – Stories from the boat rescue
operations in the Mediterranean Sea
13:00 – 14:00
14:00 – 16:00
Panel discussion
Seeking Sanctuary in Norway – A cross-sectorial and consolidated response?
5 minutes presentations by each panelist followed by a panel discussion.
Panelists: Cecilie Anderson (BAS), Pål Nesse (NRC Flyktninghjelpen), Jan Liesegang (Raumlabor, Berlin) Ann Kristin Brunborg (Beredskapsetaten Oslo Kommune),Eli Støa (NTNU), Kaja Misvær Kistorp (AHO) Knut Henrik Berntsen (UDI), Bala Venkatasamy HERO), Geir Skari (Skari Eiendom), Tor Inge Hjemdal (NAL) Moderator: Stig Arild Pettersen.
10:00 - 12:00
Media and migration
Moving Stories – Presentation of the International
Review of How Media Covers Migration
Oona Solberg (Ethical Journalism Network)
Reflections on Field Experiences
Oda L. Skjetne (Dagbladet) and Kadafi Zaman (TV2)
Moderator: Anne Hege Simonsen (associate
professor, HiOA)
12:00 – 13:00
What buildings do – Impacts of housing quality
in Norwegian reception centers
Eli Støa (NTNU)
Into the Norwegian – Regional opportunities
and barriers for immigrants' inclusion
in the labor market
Susanne Sørholt (NIBR, Oslo)
Die Gärtnerei
Jan Liesegang (Raumlabor, Berlin)
Hotel Cosmopolis
Michael Adamczyk (Augsburg, Germany)
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From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dinosaur, one of the largest then known. For decades the mounted skeleton of this giant, Brachiosaurus, was the largest skeleton of a land animal on exhibit in the world. The dinosaur and other animal fossils found at Tendaguru form one of the cornerstones of our understanding of life in the Mesozoic era. Visited sporadically during the '30s and '40s, Tendaguru again became the site of scientific interest late in the 20th century. African Dinosaurs Unearthed tells the story of driven scientific adventurers working under difficult conditions and often paying the price with their health—and sometimes with their lives. Set against the background of a troubled century, the book reveals how scientific endeavors were carried on through war and political turmoil, and continue into the present day.


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Looks like the New Directions have new directions to head in.
Creator Ryan Murphy released two Glee season-four posters via his Twitter, and the cast photo drops some hints about who will end up where in the new season. But the first thing we noticed? Someone is missing from the photo altogether.
Dianna Agron's Quinn is nowhere to be found! Bummer city. However, we do get a glimpse of the new kids all Gleek'd out and ready to go, including Becca Tobin, who looks suspiciously like Quinn circa season one.
But don't panic, Fabray fans! Murphy posted this message right after tweeting out the photo: "Gleeks, please relax. Dianna is still on the show. We love her and have great plans for Quinn.
Also missing from the photo, in case you are keeping score: Emma, Coach Beiste, Sugar Motta and Joe Hart.
Rachel (Lea Michele) is wearing a souvenir Statue of Liberty crown with a terrified look on her face as her dance teacher Cassandra (Kate Hudson) stands behind her. As tradition, the "loser" symbol is featured prominently on Rachel's forehead, courtesy of Cassandra. The tagline? "Sometimes the Big Apple bites back."
Intriguing, no? We already know that Kate Hudson's character is anything but welcome to Rachel, but is there anything else happening in the city that's causing Rachel so much misery? Maybe missing Finn (Cory Monteith)?
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After a few hold-ups due to illness, last night I went out and completed the final run of Ju-Ju's wonderful 10k programme. I actually ran a full 10k in a time of 1 hour 6 minutes and 43 seconds, and was absolutely buzzing when I got home, and am still in disbelief this morning.
18 months ago I could hardly run 200 metres without being out of breath and here I am now running for over 1 hour non-stop and still feeling quite fresh at the end
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Supercars has completed an overhaul of its rulebook in an effort to provide clarity of the regulations for teams ahead of the new Virgin Australia Supercars Championship season.
The championship has confirmed the overhaul of the rulebook was undertaken throughout last season with almost 11,000 edits made from the previous Operations Manual before it was submitted to the FIA.
Removing ambiguity from regulations was a key area of focus for the review rather than changing regulations.
For example the the explanation of driver time requirements for endurance races has been explained more clearly after Brad Jones arcing fell foul of the rule at Sandown last year.
"The Board decided in late-2016 that it was time to stop and have a good look at it, and what we found was there were duplications of the same rules throughout," Supercars' Sporting and Technical Director David Stuart told the official website.
"The mandate for the review was to go through it, remove all duplications, simplify the language where possible and bring that language into line with current FIA practice.
"It's meant providing clarity around rules which have been in place for years and, in some cases with a level of ambiguity, as well as removing rules that were no longer relevant to the sport as it is in 2018."
The latest Operations Manual also confirms race formats for the coming season including the addition of a Top 10 Shootout on the Sunday at the ITM Auckland Super Sprint.
Meanwhile, the new Red Rooster Sydney SuperNight 300 will feature two 30 minute practice sessions followed by a 20 minute qualifying session to set the grid for a 300km race, including three compulsory pit stops.
The Dunlop Super2 Series will no longer host four-race round meetings this season following its introduction last year.


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'Kentucky Ayahuasca': Chief Shaman of Aya Quest Steve Hupp reveals what drove him to offer therapy with the Schedule 1 drug: 'America needs this!'
In the US, ayahuasca is a Schedule 1 drug because of its hallucinogenic properties. It is still considered a drug and this is a perception the American Shaman wants to change
Viceland's latest documentary series 'Kentucky Ayahuasca' tells the story of how a former bank robber met a South American shaman in prison and got fascinated by ayahuasca. The drink is considered a herbal medicine and is a potent entheogenic tea which has hallucinogenic properties that some say is useful for confronting any kind of trauma or illness that has been stored in the body and mind. The experience that participants go through at Aya Quest allows each individual who drinks it to heal and recover faster than what is seen with conventional forms of therapy.
In the United States, however, ayahuasca has been described as a Schedule 1 drug because of its hallucinogenic properties. It is still considered a drug and this is a perception that the American Shaman wants to change.
After he went through a profound experience himself from trying ayahuasca that Guadalupe, the South American shaman, sent him in a two-liter bottle that was labeled 'dog shampoo', Steve Hupp was determined to prove that ayahuasca has many uses for the benefit of people suffering from trauma or illness.
MEAWW has exclusively learned from Steve, the chief shaman of Aya Quest, that "America needs this!" and how the only risk involved with taking the drug is "being too scared to progress and seeking validation instead of open exploration". Here's what Steve had to say when we asked him what the whole deal is:
You've been conducting spiritual healing with ayahuasca for almost 20 years now and you've helped countless people heal. What was the revelation you made about yourself when you took ayahuasca for the first time and why do you still do it?
The 'rope of my transition has many threads' so to speak, but for me, it was becoming aware, accepting and opening to spiritual interaction on many levels. I will do this 'work' until I die, just like I will breathe until I cannot anymore. The reason why is because I was 'invited' by Mother Aya and other 'Spiritual Collectives' who have impressed upon ME that humanity needs this. AMERICA NEEDS THIS!
Tell us a little more about what happened on the day you were arrested? What went wrong with the robbery and what was your opinion of your cellmate, Guadalupe?
The robbery went flawlessly as did the initial getaway and switch from stolen ride to my ride. My partner was driving my ride as I was taking off the disguise and checking the money. We both had our police scanners on and he heard a cop say, "I have a suspicious guy in a van'. I look up and he is white as a 'ghost' and his eyes are the size of 'pie plates'. I yell at him to 'GO! GO! GO!' so that we could break line of sight and I could jump out with everything and go on foot. He [was supposed to] go ahead a few hundred feet and pull over so [the cops] did not have the 'point of origin' on my escape path.
Instead, he pulled over and got out with his hands up and left me in the back of the van. I jump to the driver seat as the deputy opens fire with his riot gun. His second shot takes out the rear tire but it's a front wheel drive van and I took off, hid the van and went on foot.
Lupe was a very unique human who saw more in me than I saw in him, he liked to make impressions on your mind that 'dropped bombs' in your mind after you thought about it. His people skills were flawless but at the same time, he did not really care what people thought.
What were your interactions with the mysterious South American shaman like in prison? What made you want to try ayahuasca for the first time?
He was a social reclusive like most healers and shamans are. It wasn't like I was his student then, I just learned to listen when he did speak. I was at crossroads in my life. I was so close to re-embracing criminality and going 'hard'. I feel Mother was testing me in many ways for many reasons. She struck when the metal was hot.
How did you meet Teri and Nik? What made the three of you becoming heavily involved in these types of spiritual journeys?
Teri was my first boss at my first job while I was in the halfway house and I met Nik through Teri.
How did you come to have a shaman's daughter working as your apprentice?
She came with another member to our ceremony and liked what she 'felt'.
For the layperson, please explain briefly how the Native American Religion and the main acts passed by the government help you and your team conduct these ceremonies.
When you say 'Native American' where religion is concerned is a vague term, it would be like me saying 'Caucasian American'. How many religions, cultures, and beliefs exist that encompasses [the term]? So this gives Constitutional Religious Protection to a flexible and fluid spiritual path. The main case is the one the União do Vegetal (UDV) [the Christian Spiritist religion that originated in Brazil and is now practiced by over 17,000 people in six countries] won in 2006. My deepest respect goes to Mr. Bronfman of the UDV for taking that case to the Supreme Court.
Which one of your participant's did you most connect with? Have you ever been witness to one of your participants making a powerful realization about themselves?
I have witnessed many miraculous human transitions: physical and spiritual. When you see 'a dead person walking' (suicidal) and seeing the blanket of despair lifting from their eyes is always special. Child abuse survivors are the most touching.
What are the risks involved with taking a spiritual journey based on your experiences or the experiences of the participants?
The only risk is being too scared to progress, seeking validation instead of open exploration.
How easy or difficult is it to conduct the ceremonies you do in the notorious Bible Belt?
We have had some resistance, but I had to be aware of my own judgments. In my mind I am not in 'the bible belt'; I am in a 'Spiritually Charged Environment' that is exciting and vibrant. We walk and are open to all, including Jesus and his teachings.
From uses in religion to uses in therapy, you've brought ayahuasca's many healing properties to the spotlight with this documentary series. What do you say when you are faced with the stigma against this Schedule 1 drug?
I focus on what's working and let the keyboard warriors do their thing without much thought.
Last night, we embarked on our ayahuasca journey.— VICELAND (@VICELAND) November 29, 2018
Catch up on the premiere episode of KENTUCKY AYAHUASCA, On Demand or online: https://t.co/SH8GILvO5h#kentuckyaya pic.twitter.com/PMBHgaf3DB
The documentary series was filmed over a period of eight to nine weeks in Burnside, Pulaski County, and a total of 30 participants had profound experiences in the 10-part series. Viceland's 'Kentucky Ayahuasca' premiered on Wednesday, November 28, at 10 pm ET/PT.


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New York City Audubon, the American Bird Conservancy, and Fordham University are collaborating on research focused on how various types of glass can deter birds from crashing into buildings. This research is very relevant for glass processors today who are looking to include bird friendly glass in their offering. Likewise, there are regulatory developments that highlight the importance of bird friendly glass. Several major US cities have adopted bird safety standards for new buildings, and the US Green Building Council, a nonprofit organization, has introduced bird-safety credit as part of the LEED certification, which further encourages the production of bird-friendly glass.
Creating bird-friendly glass using traditional glass printing methods such as screen printing would require extensive lead time and significant setup and maintenance costs. However, with a digital ceramic glass printer for printing on glass, permanent and durable patterns can easily be added to glass and the design altered with the click of a button.
Digital ceramic glass printing is more permanent than UV glass printing and decals and more cost effective than screen printing. Using a digital ceramic glass printer to create fritted glass provides architects and designer the extreme design freedom they are looking for, while enabling them to comply with bird safety standards.
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Some of Texas' most populous counties may have made strides at reducing caseloads for lawyers representing poor children in juvenile court, data show.
But limitations to data reported to the state make it difficult to tell how much progress has been made toward meeting a goal of lawyers handling fewer than 210 juvenile cases per year.
In fiscal year 2018, Dallas, Harris, Travis, Bexar, El Paso and Tarrant counties reported median caseloads lower than that guideline for juvenile indigent defense lawyers, a Dallas Morning News analysis found.
The guidelines and underlying data resulted from a state law that took effect in 2014 requiring Texas to study caseloads and counties to report the number of appointed indigent defense cases handled by each attorney.
For the state-funded study published in 2016, Guidelines for Indigent Defense Caseloads, researchers examined how many hours public defenders and private assigned counsel in some counties worked in order to set guidelines for managing caseloads.
The study found that attorneys for indigent juvenile defendants in juvenile court should carry an annual full-time equivalent of no more than 210 probation/misdemeanors cases, 108 non-certified felony or 30 felony cases without the support from an in-house investigator.
For lawyers who have investigators as support staff, experts recommended that caseloads not exceed 230 probation/misdemeanor cases, 127 non-certified felony or 36 felony cases.
But the data to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission doesn't include details about what types of cases each lawyer was handling—such as basic hearings that determine whether a youth remains in a detention facility, versus misdemeanors or more complex court hearings that can result in a teen being charged with a felony in adult court.
"Because there is this detention hearing component to juvenile cases, it throws off the data," said Nick Davis, a professor who studied indigent defense caseloads for Texas A&M's Public Policy Research University.
"It's probably an area that's understudied in the state."
Median Caseload of 178 per Defender
For instance, Dallas County showed a median caseload of 178 juvenile cases per public defender in 2018, a sharp improvement from its median of 377 in 2015. Among private lawyers appointed to juvenile cases last year, the median caseload was 14 and the maximum assigned to anyone was 197.
But each of those years included data showing at least one Dallas County public defender handled as many as 4,500 to 6,000 cases.
Data show one public defender in Dallas was assigned to 5,936 cases in 2018. But that figure doesn't differentiate between the number of initial detention hearings and full-blown court cases, said Lynn Pride Richardson, chief public defender for Dallas County.
That public defender handled almost 6,000 juvenile detention hearings—not full-blown court cases, she said.
Detention hearings are the first step in the juvenile court process, and many may not result in a court case. Some may simply result in a judge returning a runaway child to his or her parents, Richardson said.
A similar outlier in the 2018 data shows El Paso County public defender Elizabeth Sanchez handled more than 1,000 juvenile court cases.
Sanchez told The News those 1,020 cases included initial detention hearings, not just court cases, but she couldn't determine how many of each her office handled without getting detailed records from the court clerk.
Even if those cases in Dallas and El Paso counties include large numbers of detention hearings, that's still an "outrageous amount," said Ellen Marrus, a law professor at the University of Houston who researches juvenile indigent defense.
The hearings determine whether a child will remain in custody at a juvenile detention facility and should take at least an hour, Marrus said, allowing time to call witnesses and cross-examine police.
Nationally, data has proven that if a child is detained he or she is much more likely to be adjudicated delinquent, she said.
To accurately compare caseloads in Texas, researchers need significantly more detailed records for each year in all 254 counties.
The commission overseeing indigent defense in Texas "chose to be respectful of county resources and not require extremely detailed reporting," said deputy director Wes Shackleford.
"Having said that, Texas would certainly benefit from more detailed reporting of juvenile cases since it's not currently possible to separate juvenile cases by type," he said.
In Texas, each county handles indigent defense for juveniles in its own way, which further complicates the process of collecting uniform data statewide.
In Austin, the public defender's office handles nearly all juvenile cases. Dallas and Houston operate a hybrid system: Both have public defenders and private appointed counsel who handle juvenile cases.
Many Texas counties don't have public defenders' offices and use a rotating system of private attorneys appointed by the court for indigent defense.
To assess whether counties are meeting caseload guidelines, the data must include the types of juvenile cases each attorney handled and the number of cases they managed in adult and misdemeanor courts, experts said.
Data Gaps
Dottie Carmichael, one of the researchers who authored the Texas study on juvenile caseloads, said that in the case of private attorneys, the data also does not account for the number of cases each lawyer handled for clients who can afford to pay — which is another problem.
"With regard to private attorneys, the data is clear; there is no way to responsibly handle the kind of combined juvenile-adult caseload you are seeing," she said.
Data show 12 attorneys in Harris County earned $100,000 or more in 2018 through juvenile indigent defense cases. Each handled between 180 and 427 juvenile cases, many in addition to adult felony and misdemeanor indigent defense cases (as well as their own private clients).
A 2018 investigation by Texas Tribune/Reveal found that judges in Houston were assigning hundreds of juvenile indigent defense cases to a handful of private attorneys—some of whom handled between 227 and 377 juvenile cases, in addition to as many as 126 cases in family and probate court.
In Travis County, the median juvenile caseload for public defenders in 2018 was less than the guideline suggested by the state study, but some did handle almost 300 cases. Juvenile Public Defender Kameron Johnson said his office has one of the largest staffs in Texas, plus a caseworker and investigator.
His office focuses on efficiency, not just caseloads, he said.
"You could get into a situation and it could affect their school, where their family can live, where a child can go to college—for something that happened at 13, 14, 15 years old," he said. "I always try to explain to people: How would you want your child to be represented if they come into the court system?"
Cary Aspinwall is a John Jay/Tow Juvenile Justice Reporting Fellow. He prepared this report with Ariana Giorgi, as part of his fellowship project for The Crime Report. A more extensive report is forthcoming in the Dallas Morning News.


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We are delighted to present our new book trailer for Peril in Paris by Katherine Woodfine.
It's 1911, and the young detectives of TAYLOR & ROSE are turning their talents to espionage.
Join Secret Agents Sophie and Lil on a brand new mystery from Katherine Woodfine, illustrated by Karl James Mountford.
Watch the new Peril in Paris trailer above or on YouTube.
Peril in Paris by Katherine Woodfine
This new standalone series picks up in 1911 with the two heroines from Katherine Woodfine's bestselling The Sinclair's Mysteries, detectives Sophie Taylor and Lil Rose, who are stepping boldly into the world of international espionage.
On a case for the mysterious SECRET SERVICE BUREAU, the daring MISS SOPHIE TAYLOR and MISS LILIAN ROSE must leave London for the boulevards and grand hotels of Paris.
But DANGER lurks beneath the bright lights of the city – and INTRIGUE and MURDER lie in store.
As aeroplanes soar in the skies overhead, our heroines will need to put all their spy skills to the test to face the PERIL that awaits them…
Peril in Paris is published on 09 August 2018 – order your copy today!
About Katherine Woodfine
Katherine Woodfine is a true champion of children's literature. Until 2015 she was Arts Project Manager for Booktrust, where she project-managed the Children's Laureateship and YALC, the UK's first Young Adult Literature Convention, curated by Malorie Blackman.
She is part of the founding team at Down the Rabbit Hole, a monthly show for Resonance FM discussing children's literature. Katherine blogs at followtheyellow.co.uk. She lives in London.
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Rhino3d for Mac Tutorial Series - Curated by Simply Rhino to help you get started and learn Rhino on the Mac platform.
This is the video transcript, published alongside the video, to further support your Rhino learning experience.
Welcome to the Simply Rhino, Rhino for Mac Tutorial Series. I'm Sean from Simply Rhino and this is a tutorial in which we'll be covering absolute coordinates, relative coordinates and distance angle constraints.
I'm going to start by just expanding the top view, so I'll just double click on the word top. I'm going to start by just defining a five by five box by using a polyline. So I'm going to come over to the left here and click on the tool, polyline. Now in bold, Rhino is asking me for start of polyline. My cursor has changed from an arrow to crosshairs, which means that Rhino requires a left click on the screen or a value to be typed into this box here. If I type in 0 and press enter, Rhino will recognise that as a shortcut to the origin. We don't need to type in 0, 0, 0. Now in order to find the other point on this box, I'm going to type in another absolute coordinate. Now I just need to work out what that co-ordinate is and I need to make sure that I type it into this box here and I separate it with a comma. Now if I'm defining a five by five box and drawing it in an anticlockwise direction, 5, 5 will be the next coordinate. The next coordinate is up in the corner here and I'm going to define that by typing in 5, 5. So that's x, y, always separated with a comma. Now to define this point here, again I need to just calculate what that co-ordinate would be, and that would be 0 in the x and 5 in the y. Now in order to close this object, I can click on the word close, I can run my cursor over that particular point revealing the object snap point or I could type in C, enter.
Now let's have a look at relative co-ordinates now. It's an easier way of defining points because Rhino will be aware of the last point that I chose. So again I'm going to click on polyline here, start a polyline in bold. Now I need to define this with an absolute co-ordinate, the very first point because relative co-ordinates of course have to be relative to something. So if I type in 8, 0, the line will appear. Now if I want to draw a triangle and I'm going to define the hypotenuse now, I'm going to type in the word R first of all, that's short for relative. Now I just need to work out where this point is relative to the last point that I defined. If I type in 5, 5. There, it will be 5 in the x and 5 in the y. Now if I wanted to create a right angled triangle here using relative coordinates, type in R. Now I need to define whether or not I'm travelling in a positive or minus direction. In this case I'm travelling minus. So I type in -5, 0, press enter. Now again in order to close this, I can place my cursor over this point and make a left click.
Now let's have a look at distance and angle constraints. This is a different way of defining points. We define the points by breaking them down into two separate inputs. Let's run the polyline command again and I'm just going to choose a point somewhere on the construction plane. Now if I type in 5 rather than press enter, Rhino will recognise that as a distance of 5 and what I need to confirm now is the orientation. So I can confirm that with a left click on the construction plane. Let's just do that again with different dimensions. Type in 4, press enter. Now in order to get this line horizontal, I can hold down the shift key and that will activate orthogonal. So you can see as I move my cursor, I'm moving in increments of 90 degrees. So I hold down the shift key and left click.
Now if I wanted to create an angle other than my orthogonal setting, what I would do was that I would select the angle symbol, which is above the comma on the keyboard, and I type in for example 20, I press enter. There, now I've got increments of 20 degrees. If I type in the distance now, say three, I'm now moving it increments of 20 degrees and a distance of three exactly. Notice then in that example, I actually chose the angle constraint before the distance, but we could of course do it both ways. If I type in two, enter. There's my distance of two. Now if I type in angle symbol for example, followed by 10, I press enter. There I have increments of 10. I choose the first increment which will be 10. I press enter to close the command.
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