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Cities are first and foremost about water: No water, no city. And the consequences of urban water crises can be global.
The New York Times illustrates that effectively in this story about Mexico City:
It is a cycle made worse by climate change. More heat and drought mean more evaporation and yet more demand for water, adding pressure to tap distant reservoirs at staggering costs or further drain underground aquifers and hasten the city's collapse. …
Always short of water, Mexico City keeps drilling deeper for more, weakening the ancient clay lake beds on which the Aztecs first built much of the city, causing it to crumble even further.
Colored areas show how quickly the ground sank from October 2014 to May 2015
Much is being written about climate change and the impact of rising seas on waterfront populations. But coasts are not the only places affected. Mexico City — high in the mountains, in the center of the country — is a glaring example. The world has a lot invested in crowded capitals like this one, with vast numbers of people, huge economies and the stability of a hemisphere at risk.
One study predicts that 10 percent of Mexicans ages 15 to 65 could eventually try to emigrate north as a result of rising temperatures, drought and floods, potentially scattering millions of people and heightening already extreme political tensions over immigration.
The effects of climate change are varied and opportunistic, but one thing is consistent: They are like sparks in the tinder. They expose cities' biggest vulnerabilities, inflaming troubles that politicians and city planners often ignore or try to paper over. And they spread outward, defying borders.Read more »


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Uber's job listings hint at its plans for world domination
It has become pretty apparent that Uber wants to rule the world. But first, it needs an army.
The ride hailing service has hit the gas on its recruitment, providing a window into the company's plans moving forward. Job openings in the U.S. have almost doubled from the start of the year, adding up to 427 listings now, according to information compiled by data publishing and visualization firm Silk.co.
North America has the most openings of any continent, but Asia — a region that is seen as crucial for Uber to reach the size that investors have forecast — is a close second. Silk found 278 Uber job openings in Asia.
Data from uber-jobs.silk.co
Silk has been compiling Uber's job postings every six months to look for differences, and recently noticed that the company is about to go on a hiring spree.
Uber shouldn't have too much trouble paying these new employees. It's raised almost $6 billion, including about $2.6 billion in 2015 alone.
These jobs encompass everything from operations and engineering to marketing and finance, but does not include drivers. Nobody quite knows how many drivers Uber employs, but in the U.S. alone, more than 162,000 people drove four or more trips in December 2014, according to numbers released by the company. Uber could be in a tough spot if it has to consider those drivers as employees instead of contractors, an issue that recently came up in California.
The geographic location of the jobs is informative, but so are the types of jobs that Uber is looking to fill. Silk found that Uber is hiring fewer tech-focused jobs than one might expect.
"The relatively small percentage of engineering jobs compared to operational, support, marketing and policy jobs implies that Uber's backend is scaling very nicely and that it doesn't need much more engineering firepower to continue to grow the company. The bottlenecks now are likely drivers and growing individual markets, as well as opening new ones," wrote Caspar Egas, data journalist and analyst at Silk.
Uber is also not done expanding. Silk found that since January, the company has posted job openings in 12 new countries. And if you're interested in a particularly adventurous position, Uber has one spot that includes responsibilities on multiple continents. So get your resume together and pack your bags.

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When the romance goes sour: Coping with heartbreak and heartache.
The end of a romantic relationship is indeed a painful experience. Heartache hurts us in a deep way because the closeness we have to a romantic partner is not like other love connections. The level of intimacy makes the romantic partner very special. It is also the kind of relationship that makes us dream of a future together. So when it ends it is understandably, painful. Most people feel like they have lost something that was very important to them.
How do we come to terms with it? The first thing to remember is that you are a human being and you have just lost your love so IT IS PERFECTLY OK to not be OK for a while. The idea that I have to be strong and just carry may come from misguided 'strong' role models. They aren't realistic. Those strong people also broke down when you weren't looking. It's normal to hurt so just accept it. If you want to really be strong and brave try speaking the truth. "Sorry guys I am not my usual self at the moment because I'm processing the end of my previous relationship…but I'll be back soon". What you really need is time to heal.
During your healing time you are likely to face a whole lot of emotions. Anger, confusion, sadness, betrayal, despair, hurt, inadequacy and rage!!!! Don't fight these feelings. They are normal and feeling them is essential for you to get through this. If you feel like crying, then cry (ok maybe excuse yourself to the bathroom if you're in public), if you feel like not seeing anyone, then don't see anyone. Whatever feeling comes up, its ok, allow yourself to feel it. This may sound strange, because painful feelings are usually avoided, however the sooner you allow yourself to feel these feelings the sooner you will work through the loss.
Accompanying these emotions is usually a whole lot of overthinking. This includes replaying every detail to see whether there were 'signs', remembering all the things they said to see if they were lies, trying to answer the question of why why why? Maybe even bargaining with yourself " If only I was more, better, prettier, taller, smarter, more available, etc… then we would still be together." These 'if onlys' usually cause you to find fault in yourself and how you THINK you could have done things differently. Be realistic. Yes maybe there is something you can learn here about how to be in relationships. But maybe there isn't. The reason it ended may honestly have NOTHING to do with you. In time, you will see the truth. It will eventually make sense. Right now, its ok if it doesn't.
One of the things that make breaking up so unbearable is the over inflated value we often put on our partners, and the undervalue we put on ourselves. Basically the idea that I need someone to complete me, my other half, my better half etc… all point to the idea that we are deficient on our own. Like we can't stand on our own two feet, enjoy our own company, make the most of 'me time', think for ourselves, love ourselves, take pride in our strengths, manage our lives and basically… be fully functioning human beings on our own. Therefore, assuming we can't do these things, we then become overly-DEPENDENT on our partners to complete us, to fill our gaps. Don't get me wrong I'm not suggesting we should stay single, but viewing your partners as something you cannot exist without makes breaking up more unbearable. Instead, partners should be people you WANT to journey through life with, not people you NEED to complete you. You are a totally complete, wonderful, vibrant, worthwhile person, and the sooner you believe that the easier it will be to survive heartbreaks. And FYI it will also stop you from doing a whole lot of needy, weird stuff when you are actually in a relationship too.
Finally, I want to leave you with a thought. We often seem to get caught up in the idealized notion of everlasting love. Is s/he the one? My soulmate? We think that if our relationships don't last for decades they are 'failed' relationships. I completely disagree. I have learnt more about me, life, people and the world from ex's that from books. Even the short relationships have taught me a whole lot. It may be a bit soon at the time of heartbreak to acknowledge the 'gifts' you received from your ex. I don't mean valentines chocolates. But in time we begin to see that the gifts in knowledge and experience such as feeling special, desired, accepted, loved etc… are invaluable. They fill us up on the inside and we are often better off for having had them, even if it didn't end well.
In a nutshell its all about acceptance. Accept that you are not ok, accept whatever feelings come your way, accept that you will tend to overthink things but there will be some great learning opportunities. Finally accept that you will survive this like you have survived so much worse in the past because deep down you know that you are enough.
Yolan Moodley
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Centre for Psychological Services and Career Development


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A horrible nightmare is haunting Autumn Sommers—a dream of a little girl abducted from her own yard. Autumn knows the danger of ignoring such powerful omens. This time, she knows she must do something to help find the kidnapped child. Her research into local missing persons suggests that the girl could be Molly, the daughter of businessman Ben McKenzie. Still emotionally shattered from his loss he is unwilling to trust a stranger. As Autumn's dreams become more and more vivid, she and Ben pursue their leads…leads that point to more murders, and to the only person in control of whether they live…or die.
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Top ten New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is a graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara. Residing with her Western-author husband, L.J. Martin, in Missoula, Montana, Kat has written 70 Historical and Contemporary Romantic Suspense novels. More than 17 million of her books are in print and she has been published in twenty foreign countries. Kat is currently hard at work on her next novel.
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Autumn Sommers tossed and turned, an icy fear creeping over her. Gooseflesh rose over her skin and moisture popped out on her forehead at the vivid, frightening images expanding into the corners of her mind.
A little girl raced across the freshly mown front lawn of her suburban home, laughing as she played kickball with her friendsa child five or six years old with delicate features, big blue eyes and softly curling long blond hair.
"Get the ball, Molly!" a little red-haired boy shouted. All of the children were around the same age.
But Molly's curious blue eyes were fixed on the man standing on the sidewalk holding a fuzzy black-and-white puppy. Ignoring the ball, which rolled past her short legs into the shrubs at the edge of the yard, she hurried toward the man.
"Molly!" Angry, the little boy raced after the ball, picked it up and gave it a sturdy kick back toward the other children, who squealed with delight and chased after it.
Molly saw only the adorable little puppy.
"You like Cuffy?" the man asked as she reached up to pet the dog with gentle, adoring strokes. "I have another puppy just like him. His name is Nicky, but somehow he got lost. I was hoping you might help me find him."
Lying in bed, Autumn shifted restlessly beneath the covers. "No " she muttered, but the little girl couldn't hear her. She moved her head from side to side, trying to warn the child not to go with the man, but little Molly was already walking away, the puppy held snugly in her arms.
"Don't go " Autumn whispered, but the little girl just kept walking. Still clutching the puppy, the child climbed into the car and the man closed the door. He made his way to the driver's side, slid behind the wheel and started the engine. An instant later, the vehicle rolled quietly down the street.
"Molly!" shouted the red-haired boy, running toward the disappearing auto. "You aren't supposed to go off with strangers!"
"Molly!" One of the girls clamped her small hands on her hips. "You're not supposed to leave the yard!" She turned to the red-haired boy. "She's really gonna be in trouble."
Worried now, the boy stared down the empty tree-lined street. "Come on! We've got to go tell her mom!" The children started running toward the pathway that led to the house.
When the boy reached up and slammed the knocker down hard on the door, Autumn awakened from the dream.
Her heart was thundering in her chest. Staring up at the ceiling, she blinked several times as the dream slipped away. Then she dragged in a couple of calming breaths; the dream was over. Yet she remembered it clearly and was still unnerved by what she had seen.
With a sigh, Autumn glanced at the glowing red numbers on the digital clock beside her bed. It was almost 6:00 a.m., her usual time to get up. She was a fifth-grade schoolteacher at Lewis and Clark Elementary, though the summer break had just started and she was off work until the first of September. She punched off the alarm before it buzzed and swung her legs to the side of the bed.
Grabbing her quilted pink robe from the foot of the bed, she raked back her short auburn hair. It was naturally wavy; she only had to shower and towel herself dry and her hair fell into soft russet curls around her face. For her busy athletic lifestyle it suited her perfectly.
Autumn thought of the dream as she headed for the bathroom of her twelfth-floor condo. Were the images she had seen a result of something she had watched on TV? Maybe something she had read in the newspapers? And if they were, why had she experienced the same dream three nights in a row?
The shower beckoned, steam rising tantalizingly up inside its glass doors. She stepped beneath the soothing spray, then spent several minutes soaping and washing her hair, indulging herself in the warm, caressing water.
A few more minutes spent in front of the mirror to apply a light touch of makeup and fluff out her hair, then she headed back into the bedroom to dress for the day. In jeans and a T-shirt, she went into the living room, a cozy, sunny area with sliding glass doors at one end leading out onto a balcony overlooking downtown Seattle.
With her father's help, she had purchased the condo five years ago, just before real estate values had gone completely out of sight. She would have preferred one of the small Victorian homes near the Old Town district, but the condo was all she could really afford.
As a compromise to living a high-rise lifestyle, she had furnished the interior with antiques and hung lacy curtains at the windows. She had pulled up the carpet in the living room and replaced it with hardwood floors, then covered them with floral rugs and painted one of the walls a soft shade of rose. The bedroom was done in a floral print and she had bought a canopy bed.
The apartment was homey, nothing like the house in her dream, which, she had noticed last night, appeared to be a large custom-built, beige stucco tract home with fancy brick trim. She had only gotten a glimpse or at least remembered only enough to get the feeling the area was fairly exclusive, the children nicely dressed and obviously well cared for.
Autumn sighed as she grabbed her purse and headed for the elevator in the hall. She was meeting her best friend, Terri Markham, at Starbucks for coffee before she headed over to her summer job at Pike's Gym. One of the things she liked best about living in the city was that everything was in walking distance: museums, theaters, libraries and dozens of restaurants and cafés.
The grammar school where she taught was only a few blocks away, the gym just up the hill and Starbucksher favoritesat down on the corner.
Terri was waiting when she arrived, twenty-seven years old, the same age as Autumn, a brunette who was slightly taller and more voluptuously built than her own petite, five-foot-three-inch frame. Both women were single, both career women. Terri was a legal secretary at one of the big law firms in town. They had met five years ago, introduced by mutual acquaintances. They say opposites attract and maybe that explained the friendship that had grown between them.
Autumn pushed open the glass door leading into the coffee shop. Terri shot to her feet and waved from the back of the room.
"Over here!" she called out.
Autumn wove her way through the tables that were packed with morning coffee drinkers and sat down in one of the small wrought-iron chairs, gratefully accepting the double-shot, non-fat latte that Terri shoved toward her.
"Thanks. Next time it's my turn." Autumn took a sip of the hot foamy brew that was her favorite morning drink and saw her friend frown above the rim of her paper cup.
"I thought you were staying home last night," Terri said.
"I did." Autumn sighed, catching the concern in Terri's glance. "But I didn't sleep very well, if that's what you're getting at."
"Honey, those dark circles are a dead giveaway." She grinned. "I didn't get a whole lot of sleep, myself, but I bet I had a lot more fun."
Autumn rolled her eyes. Everything about the two women was different. Where Autumn was interested in sports and loved being out-of-doors, Terri was obsessed with shopping and the latest fashions. And when it came to men, they couldn't have been more opposite.
"I thought you stopped seeing Ray." Autumn took a sip of her coffee. "You said he was dull and boring."
"I wasn't with Ray. I'm through with Ray. Last night at O'Shaunessy's I met this really hot guy named Todd Sizemore. We really clicked, you know. We had this, like, incredible karma or something."
Autumn shook her head. "As I recall, you said you were going to reform. No more one-night stands. You said from now on you were going to get to know the guy, make sure he wasn't just some deadbeat."
"Todd's not a deadbeathe's a lawyer. And the guy is terrific in bed."
Terri always thought the guys were great in bed the first time they made love. It was after she got to know them that the problems began. Autumn's emotions were too fragile to handle casual sex, but Terri was far more outgoing and spontaneous. She dated as many men as she could fit into her busy schedule and slept with whomever she pleased.
Autumn rarely dated. Except for her two teaching jobsone at the grammar school and the other at exclusive Pike's Gym where she gave classes in rock-climbing, her passion in lifeshe was kind of shy.
"So I know why I didn't get any sleep," Terri said. "What about you? You didn't have that weird dream again, did you?"
Autumn ran a short, neatly manicured nail around the rim of her cup. "Actually, I did."
After the second time it happened, she had told Terri about the dream, hoping her friend might have seen or read something that explained the occurrence.
"Was it the same? A little girl named Molly gets into a car and the guy drives away?"
"Unfortunately, yes."
"That's weird. Most people have recurring dreams about falling off a cliff or drowning or something."
"I know." She looked up, a tight feeling moving through her chest. "There's something I've never told you, Terri. I hoped I wouldn't have the dream again then I wouldn't have to worry about it."
Her friend leaned across the table, shoulder-length dark brown hair swinging forward with the movement. "So what haven't you told me?"
"This same thing happened to me once beforewhen I was a sophomore in high school. I began having this nightmare about a car wreck. My two best friends were in the car. And another kid, a new kid at school. I dreamed the new guy got drunk at a party and drove the car into a tree. It killed all three of them."
Terri's blue eyes widened. "Wow, that really was a nightmare."
"Back then I didn't say anything. I mean it was a dream. Right? I was only fifteen. I thought if I mentioned it, everyone would make fun of me. I knew they wouldn't believe me. I didn't believe it myself."
"Please don't tell me your dream came true."
Autumn's chest squeezed. She never talked about the nightmare. She felt too guilty. She should have done somethingsaid somethingand she had never forgiven herself.
"It happened exactly the way I dreamed. The new guy, Tim Wiseman, invited my friends Jeff and Jolie to a party. Tim was a year older and apparently there was liquor there. I guess they all got a little drunk, which Jeff and Jolie had never done before. On the way home, Tim was driving. It was raining and the streets were wet and slick. Tim took a curve too fast and the car slid into a tree. He and Jeff both died instantly. Jolie died a couple of days later."
Terri stared at her in horror. "Oh my God."
Autumn glanced away, remembering the devastation and overwhelming grief she had felt back then. "I should have said something, done something before it was too late. If I had, my friends might still be alive."
Terri reached over and captured Autumn's hand. "It wasn't your fault. Like you said, you were only fifteen and even if you'd said something, no one would have believed you."
"That's what I tell myself."
"Has it happened again anytime since then?"
"Not until now. The first time, before my friends died, my mom had been killed two years earlier in a car wreck, so I figured maybe that's why I dreamed the dream, but now I don't think that was it. I keep hoping this isn't the same, but what if it is? What if there's a little girl out there somewhere who's about to be kidnapped?"
"Even if there is, this isn't like before. You knew those kids. You don't have any idea who this little girl might be. Even if she exists, you don't know where to find her."
"Maybe. But if I knew the people in the dream before, maybe this little girl is someone else I know. I'm going to check the school records, take a look at student photos. Maybe the face or name will click."
"I suppose it's worth a try."
"That's what I figure."
"You know I'll help in any way I can."
"Thanks, Terri."
"Maybe you won't dream it again."
Autumn just nodded, hoping that was true. But she couldn't help remembering how vivid the dream was and how clearly she could recall it.
She finished her coffee as she got up from her chair. "I'd better get going. Class starts at nine and I've still got to change into my climbing clothes."
Terri smiled. "Maybe this summer you'll meet someone interesting in class. With all those hard bodies around, there's got to be someone."
Autumn ignored the remark and waved as she headed for the door. Terri was always trying to help her find the right man, but Autumn steered clear of most men. Since high school, she'd had nothing but disastrous relationships. In college she had fallen in love with Steven Elliot, a fellow student at Washington University. She and Steve had dated seriously their sophomore through senior years. Autumn was madly in love with him and they talked a lot about marriage and kids.
It seemed her future was set until that afternoon just before graduation when Steve told her he wanted to end the relationship.
"I just don't love you, Autumn," he had said. "I thought I did, but I don't. I never meant to hurt you, but I have to get on with my life. I hope things work out for you." He had left her standing in the quad, crying like an idiot, hating herself for having fallen in love with him.
She had gone on to graduate, then continued school long enough to get her teaching degree, but it had taken years to get over losing Steve.
Standing on the corner, she pulled her sweater a little closer against the breeze and waited till the stoplight changed to green. She crossed from Second Avenue to Third then continued toward Pike Street. The sun was out today but the air was damp and clouds had begun to gather on the horizon. Seattle got more than its share of rain but Autumn never minded. She had grown up in Burlington, a little town north of the city. The beautiful pines and nearby ocean were worth the clouds and rain.


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Lessons learned from the first year of podcasting.
This is the Anniversary episode of Spark+Victory podcast and so, of course, I have been reflecting back on how it went (not to mention how FAST it went, because sheesh).
Today I want to share my biggest lessons from this first year of podcasting – and my advice for any of your big goals or projects this year.
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Staying healthy with Type 2 Diabetes – it is possible! If you keep your blood sugars within the recommended targets you lower your risk of diabetes complications.
Developing diabetes complications is a fear you probably have. You can greatly lower your risk of developing diabetes complications. It's important to keep your blood sugar, pressure and cholesterol in the recommended target ranges. Your diabetes management plan should include meal planning, physical activity, stress management, and medications. A healthy lifestyle will help you stay healthy with Type 2 Diabetes by lowering your risk of complications!
When your blood sugars are high over time, they will cause damage to your blood vessels and nerves. This can increase your risk of diabetes complications. Diabetes complications include heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness, and amputations. Checking your blood sugars is important because it gives you valuable information to make day-to-day decisions on.
Blood Sugar Monitoring
Day to Day Blood Sugar Monitoring
Checking your blood sugars with your meter is the best way to know if your blood sugars are low or high.
Hemoglobin A1C
Other Tests
What Impacts Your Blood Sugars?
It's important to keep your blood sugars and HAIC within the recommended target. It's also important to control your blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Controlling these will protect your vulnerable blood vessels that high blood sugars can damage.
Healthy Eating
Physical Activity
Medications and/or Insulin
Diabetes medications are powerful tools to help you lower your blood sugars. Most people will need some diabetes medication. Type 2 Diabetes can also change over time and your pancreas may become more and more "pooped out". It may eventually produce little to no insulin.
Talk to your doctor about what medications will work best for you. As well, make sure you and your doctor review your medications regularly.
Stress Management
Having diabetes can be stressful, especially when you are first diagnosed. Unfortunately, stress will raise your blood sugars.
Stress has a big impact on some of your hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline. The stress hormones raise your blood sugars because your body is preparing for fight or flight. Stress can also increase your hunger levels and you may use food to comfort yourself.
Find ways to manage your stress. Talk to a friend, go for a walk, meditate or listen to some calming music. Learning to cope with your diabetes is an important part of your management plan.
Keep your diabetes well managed and you will stay healthy with Type 2 Diabetes!


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The Santa Fe Indian School's Spoken Word Club has become a notorious name in the world of slam poetry. The club has participated in events on the local, state, national and international levels and has been the recipient of numerous awards. Members of the club have also been featured on the HBO series entitled, Russell Simmon's Presents: Brave New Voices.
Established eight years ago, the club remains a safe space for native youth to creatively express their feelings on a range of issues including their personal lives and culture. A common theme seen throughout the poems is the frustration the teens feel due to their loss of language. In a poem entitled, Letter to Grandpa, Nolan Eskeets describes the emotional struggle confronted by being unable to understand the language of his grandfather… his own language. Many of the students write in English and often integrate what they know of their native languages into their poems. Spoken word provides an outlet to navigate the intersection of both modern and traditional identities and connects students to the oral tradition of their culture.
Here are two different poems being performed by the students of the Santa fe Indian School Spoken Word Club. The first link is a video performance and the second is an audio recording of a different performance.
Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Performance
A Blessing Poem Performed by the SFIS Spoken Word Club
The Spoken Word Club at SFIS provides an excellent model for engaging youth in critical and creative thinking regarding culture, language, and history. Consider establishing a club in your own community and relish in the beautiful art, growth and inspiration that results.


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Shaping China's Innovation Future employs a thorough analysis of a combination of factors including: the role of law and China's legal system; economic theory and the development of China's economy; China's educational, intellectual property, and financial systems; China's innovation capacity; and Chinese culture. Though the recommendations on how to improve China's technology commercialization system are unique to China, the scope of the research makes the conclusions found here applicable to other countries facing similar challenges.
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Shaping China's Innovation Future
University Technology Transfer in Transition
John L. Orcutt and Hong Shen
Imitation to Innovation in China
The Role of Patents in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries
Yahong Li
Following decades in which China's approach to technology has been to imitate, the country is now transforming itself to become innovation-oriented. This pioneering study examines whether patents play a similar role in promoting innovation in China as they do in the West, exploring the interplay between patents and China's biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in particular.


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A headache derailed all plans yesterday… and after a night full of Dali-esque waking nightmares today's schedule is iffy at best.
My brain is a terrible place to be sometimes. If my head will allow, I plan to curl up into my writing today and hide.
There will be a travel day sometime soon, so if you don't see me one morning look for me the next.
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first published on March 6, 2019 by Will
An archive footage mashup gives a visual account of the South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence (1966-1990).
The war is often referred to the Angolan Bush War in South Africa, and was mainly fought with guerrilla warfare tactics. Much of the fighting took place within Namibia, which was called South West Africa at the time. Considerable conflict also occurred in Zambia and Angola as well. The South African Border War resulted in some of the largest battles on the African continent since World War II.
Although racial and ethnic matters flamed at the micro level, the war itself was another proxy fight in the Cold War, as the communist Soviets and Cuba backed the opposition against the Western colonial powers in the region.


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Hi all,
Can anyone supply step by step instructions on how to monitor Dell Poweredge servers via SNMP in Kaseya 6.3 (windows 2008 environments)?
Hi Ben,
This is somewhat of a loaded question, as there is a lot that goes into monitoring any device using SNMP.
Nevertheless, here are the general steps:
This is a very high overview of the process and requires you understand SNMP in detail and the various SNMP functions within Kaseya.
I hope this helps. If you need additional assistance, Kaseya Professional Services can work with customers on a fee basis on configuring this and all other aspects of the Kaseya product with you and/or for you. If you are interested in these services, please let me know.
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Within this blog post, you will be able to read through a short essay I put together for a trained medical professional to be able to work out any applicable diagnosis. This was written in January 2016 after enduring a horrific period of depression over the Christmas season.
It turned out that some of the things mentioned in my report were strong indicators that I may have Asperger Syndrome. Its certainly interesting reading it back three years later and realising that a number of thoughts I had are still hugely relevant in the present day.
This is word for word exactly what I wrote in the moment of wanting the truth about myself and why I acted in a certain way. Maybe you can relate to some if not all of the stuff I decided to write down prior to my diagnosis.
If you want to speak with a Psychiatrist about issues you have been through and believe they may apply to a certain disorder like Asperger Syndrome, then check out the Official Mind Website, and use their Find a Psychiatrist Tool.
My Report
I constantly feel like everyone is conspiring against me, even my friends and family. It feels like they are all in on something that I don't know about. I keep feeling like they only do things to get at me and the primary reason they do it is to make me jealous and bring me down. There are times when I hate everyone and become incredibly suspicious and cynical. Life feels like a conspiracy in which everything is designed to make me fail.
I feel like I'm in direct competition with everyone and life is a big game. I constantly feel like I'm being watched and never feel comfortable in my own skin. It feels like there is a presence watching over me and scrutinising my actions and my thoughts.
I feel like I have to impress this presence often by doing things that are out of my comfort zone. It constantly feels like everyone is talking and plotting against me behind my back. I feel like I am an outcast in this world and that I'm different and special. It feels like I am not really human. I always feel like I stand out and that I am the person everyone secretly wished wasn't there and that I am seen as a waste of space.
Whenever I meet new people I always have this feeling that they already know I'm special and different. I hate the construct of life and generally hate everyone. It feels like my parents have created this mind field for me and secretly know something about me and know all these problems I have incurred were always going to happen and that they planned it all along.
I hate being around people. I don't understand the construct of conversations and why we have them. I don't have any emotions or feelings towards people and can't tell if they have any feelings for me. I don't understand most forms of humour or behaviour that people find funny. I struggle with sarcasm and misinterpret sentences that have hidden messages.
I cannot hold up a natural conversation with anyone and have to plan everything I say well in advance. Nothing I do or say is spontaneous and done without thought. It feels like everyone is acting and portraying a character in order to fit in with society. I don't feel like I have a personality or a character that I can associate with, instead I mirror other people to try and fit in.
There are phrases and tones of voice and types of laughter that vary depending on the people I am with. If I am with someone I don't understand, then I have a very low and monotone voice which has very little expression. If I'm with someone I like then it's slightly more paced and has more flexibility. I often worry about social situations weeks in advance. I even worry about the greet I have to make when I arrive at work.
When I am in certain social situations where there is a large group of people then I become mute. Even when I'm at family gatherings with people I've known for a long time, I cannot physically speak and want to leave. It feels like I don't understand anyone and I don't understand what my purpose of existing is. I feel no connection or attachment to people you are supposed to care about.
There are times when I have been mute at home and physically can't speak to my own parents. After I have been exposed to people and social situations I have to be alone in my room and zone out by listening to music or imagining a film in my head. I always like my room to be dark, even during the day because it makes me feel safe. I am exhausted and frustrated after social interactions.
At secondary school my mutism was extremely bad. I had entire days where I would barely say anything to anyone. I felt locked in my own body and trapped in a prison with no escape. I was heavily bullied for this which traumatised me dramatically to the point where I had to drop out of school all together in year 10.
I always fantasise about things. I take real life scenarios and then play them out in my mind over exaggerated. I always portray myself as a confident person who everyone loves. It feels like I live for these films I make in my head and that real life is just giving me material for my films.
My life is played out in my head to the point where sometimes it feels more real than the life which is supposed to be reality. There are times when I simultaneously undertake things in real life and then play out an alternate scenario in my head.
I get a big buzz from avoiding people. Whenever people send me messages on my phone I always ignore them because I feel empowered that someone wants to contact me. I like being a social recluse and depriving people of my presence. I try to avoid social situations as much as possible. I always get my mum to conduct phone calls for me because I have an intense fear of talking to anyone on the phone.
I only go out at certain times when I know there will be less people around. I only go out shopping very early in the morning or during a period where most people will be at work. I never go to places where there is a high chance I will meet someone I know. For example there is no way I would do my shopping at the supermarket I work at because I would be fearful of potential social situations that might arise.
There are times when I look though the window to check there is no one in the street before I take my dog for a walk because I want to avoid social interaction. I am incredibly shy around people with authority or people who are very strong socially and have a strong social rapport with a lot of people.
I cannot project my voice, even in situations of distress. It is incredibly rare that I would do anything in public such as go for a coffee or go to the cinema if I wasn't accompanied my someone. I generally hate speaking in front of people and get incredibly stressed and anxious. It feels like my voice is not worthy of being heard.
I have frequent mood swings. When I have a strong bout of depression I cannot function at all. I will lay in my bed and I feel paralysed. I cannot speak or move my body and I feel incredibly numb. I have a sharp pain in my head and feel intense guilt and regret.
My appetite suffers significantly to the point where I don't eat anything at all during the day. Sometimes I wake up shaking and trembling and would rather be dead. It feels like there is no light at the end of the tunnel and that the pain will always cripple me for as long as I live.
I cannot think straight at all and sometimes feel physically sick if people try to talk to me. When I am on a high I can often do over the top things. I have often gambled a lot of money because I become overly optimistic and delusional. I have also booked events and holidays without serious thought just because I'm on a high and want to keep the buzz going.
I am obsessed with time and dates. I will spend hours just looking at sport stats from previous years to the point where I know the final league standings from years ago. I am fascinated with the date in which things happened. It intrigues me when people went to school and the year they got married or when they moved into their house.
I always try to work out dates with people even if the information I know about them is incredibly limited. Time scares me. My day is often divided into time slots which I have to follow. I will designate hourly periods to conduct certain activities such as watching TV or walking the dog.
I am always trying to find ways of passing time effectively because I always want to get to the next part of my life. I never live for the present, I always look back at what I've done and plan for what I am going to do in the future. I don't like being in open spaces and always feel vulnerable. It feels like the world is watching and scrutinising me.
I think the reason I haven't tried to get help before is I constantly try to convince myself that everyone else is strange and that I am actually the one conducting myself normally. I find it hard to accept that maybe I have got problems. I always have delusional visions that eventually I will conquer all these problems but they have scuppered my life too many times now.
I have had to leave school early, I have dropped out of college and university first time round and have now had to postpone my current studies. My life is constantly stopping and starting.
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The following petition has been organised by historian Andrea Gullotta of Glasgow University (Scotland) to support the defense and secure the release of Yury DMITRIEV (Italian text):
Free Yury Dmitriev!
Historian, archaeologist and chronicler of the Gulag and Great Terror
Since the late 1980s, Yury Dmitriev has actively investigated the history of the Gulag in his native Karelia (northwest Russia).
His work on the White Sea Canal, built between 1931 and 1933 by camp prisoners and exiled peasants ("special" settlers), is invaluable and of the highest academic quality. Dmitriev has not simply researched the history of forced labour: he has also compiled several Books of Remembrance, recording the names of thousands who died in the camps or were shot and buried by the Soviet regime in Karelia.
As leader of archaeological expeditions seeking the killing fields of Stalin's Great Terror, Dmitriev has located several sites of mass execution and burial. In July 1997, with Veniamin Joffe (Iofe) and Irina Flige of St Petersburg Memorial, he found the largest of them all, Sandormokh near Medvezhegorsk, where more than 7,000 victims of Stalin's Great Terror were shot and buried in unmarked graves in 1937 and 1938.Continue reading


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Measures the overall loudness of your app's audio mix. Loudness goes beyond simple peak level measurements, using integral functions and gates to measure loudness over time in LUFS units.
To provide a consistent audio volume experience across all Oculus VR experiences, you should set a target of -18 LUFS for Rift apps and -16 LUFS for mobile apps.
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The Hemoglobin A1c (HA1c) test is a blood test measuring the average blood sugar level over the past 2 to 3 months, and is used to see how well a person's diabetes is being controlled. Poke ratio is a ratio represented by the average number of tests done per patient over the number of tests, with an ideal number of 4 tests per year per patient. The Medicare billing data used in this project is collected in 2013. The average poke ratio across the United States is 1.63; State ratio ranges from a minimum of 1.39 to a maximum of 1.78.
The map below shows poke ratio per state (including Puerto Rico) by Light-Blue to Dark-Blue Scale, while states without any data available is in Grey. You may change the gradient level for more details.
Directions: to navigate the map simply click on any state to enter the state and view county data. To return to the Country Map, click on the state again or click on Country Map Button.


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In an "unprecedented" effort to revoke citizenship, the Trump administration is analyzing decades-old records of fingerprints from thousands of legally documented immigrants to identify anyone "who may have lied or falsified information on their naturalization forms," according to the Washington Post.
Critics quickly denounced the new program as "alarming," "disgusting" and "madness." Citing a memo issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) director L. Francis Cissna, the Post explains that the program could lead to the deportation of naturalized U.S. citizens:
Homeland Security investigators are digitizing fingerprints collected in the 1990s and comparing them with more recent prints provided by foreigners who apply for legal residency and U.S. citizenship. If decades-old fingerprints gathered during a deportation match those of someone who did not disclose that deportation on their naturalization application or used a different name, that individual could be targeted by a new Los Angeles-based investigative division.
Violators will be referred to federal courts where they could be stripped of citizenship and potentially deported. ...According to the latest USCIS data, 2,536 naturalization cases have prompted in-depth reviews so far, and of those, 95 cases have been referred to the Justice Department. Those numbers are expected to rise as additional fingerprints are digitized by ICE, but only a federal judge—not USCIS—has the authority to revoke citizenship.
News of the program comes amid mounting concerns about the behavior of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents under the Trump administration. ICE has been criticized for terrorizing immigrant communities with "military-style raids," separating children from their parents at the border, and even detaining U.S. citizens for speaking Spanish in public. Earlier this week, ICE detained a legal permanent resident outside his home in California.
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Jose Luis Garcia, a 62-year-old grandfather who moved to the United States with his family nearly 50 years ago, "was watering his lawn and having his morning coffee outside his home in the Arleta neighborhood of San Fernando Valley when ICE agents put him in handcuffs and detained him," The Mercury News reports.
"Databases reveal that Mr. Garcia has past criminal convictions that make him amenable to removal from the United States," ICE said in a statement. "Mr. Garcia is currently in ICE custody pending removal proceedings, where an immigration judge with the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) will determine whether or not he has a lawful basis to remain in the United States."
His daughter, Natalie Garcia, told the newspaper that her father has a misdemeanor conviction from a domestic dispute that occurred 18 years ago and that he completed his sentence by enrolling in anger management classes and reporting to probation.
The elder Garcia's detention is "part of a pattern that we've seen of rounding up people who are longstanding members of our community who have family here and settled lives here and their lives are turned upside down because they may have committed some misdemeanor deep in their past," said Michael Kaufman, a senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Southern California who is not representing the family.
"This is...a misdemeanor from two decades ago for which he's completed his sentence," Kaufman added. "From what we know of this story, this is not an individual that presents a threat to anyone."


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Today, on May 16th, the XII Astana Economic Forum (AEF) under the theme "Inspiring growth: people, cities, economies" has begun. At the plenary meeting of the AEF-2019, the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev
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Southern Enduro – Round 2 -Triscombe – 28th July 2019: Spectator and Rider
Free Camping and parking available from 15:00 on Saturday until 18:00 Sunday.
Tracks can be walked Sat from 15:00, strictly no riding taped and closed trail before the race.
Info: Spectator: Do not walk on race stages, when watching the race keep well back from the track and avid standing on the outside of corners. Riders: Please car share where possible parking is limited. Useful info: Start of the race is from the race village NOT the top of the hill (This will be somewhere near the open area of the race village). All the Stage start times are from the top of the hill. Please queue up in number order to help the start marshal out. Wear your helmet at all times when on your bike, both on transitions and stages (repeat offenders will be DQ). There will 4 stages. Before practice please sign on to collect your number board and timing chip.
Running order: 08:00 – Sign on opens 08:45 – Riders' briefing 09:00 – Start of practice 11:45 – End of practice 11:45 – Race Start at Race Village 16:00/16:30 – Results, Prize giving
There will be a Mexcan food and real coffee van (God Save the Bean) onsite providing food and drinks .Bring cash the food will be amazing. Bring plenty of water with you as there is no tap onsite. If you have any race reports, pictures or videos please share them on our Facebook page after the event. Please take all you rubbish home with you, including energy gel wrappers etc…racing is no excuse for littering.
Please read the Rules: *****Important information for all Southern Enduro racers!!!***** Please read. Rider start intervals. All other categories will be set off at thirty second intervals. If riders would like to ride down in a train with more than one rider we encourage that. If a rider feels they need a larger time gap we will allow no longer than one minute. If a rider feels they need more than a one minute gap then we would advise that they consider moving up to the elite category. We will allow you to alter your place in the start cue if you feel that you are behind a slower rider but the start gaps must be adhered to. Catching riders on a timed run. Southern Enduro feel that catching a slower rider whilst on a timed run and being forced to overtake is part of enduro racing. If when a rider catches another rider and they feel they have been unfairly held up then the rider in question must take note of the offending riders race number and report it to the race officials and a time penalty of thirty seconds will be handed to the offending rider. Note to all riders!! If someone catches you up on a timed run you must move out of the way for them or you will risk being handed a time penalty. If you catch another rider whilst on a timed run you must give a clear indication that you wish to pass by shouting "RIDER!" and ideally indicate which side you wish to pass them. If you are the rider that has been caught you must move out of the way as soon as safely possible. If a rider on a timed run catches someone who has had an accident you must do your best to get past them and inform the marshal at the end of the stage. A re-run will only be aloud if you feel you have been "significantly impeded". If you feel you have been significantly impeded then you must complete your timed run and have the next marshal on that stage and the marshal at the end of the stage confirm this to the race officials. If you stop to assist a fallen rider then a re-run will be aloud but you must complete your run so as to not confuse the timing system. Time penalties will not apply to the fun category however we ask the fun riders adhere to the rules as stated. Practicing stages. During practice riders must not intentionally stop on the stages and they must not push back up the stages between the taped line. If you feel you need to check certain sections of the stage then you must complete a practice run and then walk back up the hill outside of the taped line or walk down from the start area outside of the taped line. Riders must NOT join the stages at any point other than the start of the stage or at marshaled fire road crossing points when it is deemed safe to do so. This rule is being implemented purely for riders safety and must be adhered to. Failure to adhere to this rule will result in disqualification. These rules will be enforced at all of our races from now on. The level of competition in Southern Enduro has grown to the point where we feel the rules stated must me enforced and as ever riders safety must come first.
Full rules: http://southernenduro.co.uk/about-southern-enduro/rules/
Riders start times: Released Thursday at 09:00
Event address: Field next to Triscombe stone car park. Postcode for satnav: TA4 4AP
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A gladiator slave turned rebel, Spartacus would defy Roman rule and escape the tax farm in 73 B.C., leading around 70 of his fellow slaves to freedom. Arming themselves only with kitchen implements, they fought their way out of the gladiator school at Capua and headed for defensive shelter on Mt. Vesuvius. Though gladiators are often depicted in modern times as ancient rockstars of sorts, the truth is that most were slaves to the Roman state, trained brutally and treated cruelly. Gladiators were forced to swear the oath where one "vows to endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten, and to be killed by the sword," and served as tools of political influence for their owners. Though Spartacus would ultimately fall to the Roman sword, he assembled an army of 120,000 men, women, and children from nothing, and successfully challenged – and even defeated, at times – the most powerful empire in the world. His legend continues to serve as an inspiration for many struggling under the heavy hand of political exploitation and economic oppression.
While some legendary characters become so surrounded by folklore they are impossible to trace historically, Robin Hood actually isn't that mysterious, according to some sources. There are two main versions of the alleged historical character, the argued "real one" likely being not so polite and heroic as tradition would maintain, but more brutal and wild, coming to prominence sometime in the mid-14th century. All the same, Robert (or Robin) Hood is believed to have been pitted against the very real corrupt religio-political leaders of the time, which had taken to pilfering the poor via corrupt politics and threats of hellfire. Whether or not this character actually gave back to the poor habitually, or mostly stole money back from corrupt politicians for himself, is up for debate. What seems to stand up to scrutiny though, is that there was likely a real-life basis for the legend who was an excellent archer, often stood on the side of the downtrodden, and fought against the crooked powers of the time. The most powerful part of the story being the wild, justice-seeking spirit that still inspires courage in freedom-minded individuals today.
Taking a long walk to make and sell one's own salt might not seem revolutionary, but in the context of Mohandas Gandhi's times, this was an act of bold defiance. Traveling to the Arabian Sea to protest Britain's 1882 Salt Act, Gandhi took with him 78 volunteers and walked 240 miles to the village of Dandi, to make salt from seawater. The act was illegal, despite the fact that British law and accompanying taxes were starving masses of Indians of the much needed mineral. Police beat Gandhi to the punch and pushed many salt deposits into the mud before his arrival. Nevertheless, the activist was able to remove a chunk of raw salt with his hand and raise it into the air, effectively breaking colonialist British law. 60,000 people were arrested as a result of the march and accompanying non-violent protests. Journalist Webb Miller described one scene at the Dharasana salt works:
Scores of native policemen rushed upon the advancing marchers and rained blows on their heads with their steel-shod lathis [batons]. Not one of the marchers even raised an arm to fend off the blows. They went down like ten-pins. From where I stood I heard the sickening whack of the clubs on unprotected skulls … Those struck down fell sprawling, unconscious or writhing in pain with fractured skulls or broken shoulders.
It's hard to imagine this level of brutality over salt, but these are the games government plays. As a lesser known, brief aside, British taxes on food products also played a role in Ireland's great potato famine, with some labeling the warped implementation of British "free market" policies as an actual genocide.
A lesser known tax protestor, who stood face to face in battle with the U.S. federal government, is Vivien Kellems. In 1948, Kellems defied the state in refusing collection of withholding taxes from her employees, and cited the practice as unconstitutional, openly inviting the state to indict her. Writing about her in his book "For a New Liberty," libertarian philosopher and economist Murray Rothbard states:
She demanded that the federal government indict her, so that the courts would be able to rule on the constitutionality of the withholding system. The government refused to do so, but instead seized the amount due from her bank account. Miss Kellems then sued in federal court for the government to return her funds. When the suit finally came to trial in February 1951, the jury ordered the government to refund her money.
Kellems would continue to refuse taxes until her death, reportedly sending in blank forms to the IRS every year.
A Japanese given name meaning "intelligence," "wisdom," or "guidance," Satoshi has broken the world of global finance wide open. In creating and releasing the world's first decentralized and secure cryptocurrency via the Bitcoin protocol, the pseudonymous Nakamoto, much like Robin Hood and other legends, commands riveted fascination from specialized experts and laymen alike. Cryptically hinting at the reason for the creation, hashed into the genesis block, Satoshi communicates:
The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.
This is commonly thought to be a reference to the irresponsible and reckless monetary policies of banks and governments worldwide, during a time of extreme economic unrest and upheaval, as well as a nod to the upcoming generations of value holders who would resist this insanity. This resistance taking the form of a new, secure, sound and decentralized currency called Bitcoin.
There are so many other figures who deserve to be included in this list. From Henry David Thoreau and his refusal to fund the Mexican-American war via poll taxes, to Ed and Elaine Brown, who faced potential death at the hands of federal agents to stand by their convictions, and are now spending their last years on earth caged. Or Sherry Jackson, the former IRS agent who would spend three years in prison for refusing to pay income tax. Some even argue that the Jesus Christ of the Bible stood opposed to taxation, confounding sly interrogators with a riddle of an answer, concerning paying tribute to Caesar.
Whatever the case, and however foggy the actual historic natures of some of these individuals may be, or become over time, there is a reason their stories are so compelling. In Howard Fast's 1951 novel "Spartacus," rebels and escaped slaves sympathetic to the cause of their leader would shout "I am Spartacus!" when attacking and fighting, so as to confuse the Roman authorities as to the real location of their gladiator-in-chief. It's only too easy to draw a decentralization metaphor here. Suffice to say that when an idea resonates, and individuals of the same spirit unite and act as one, it becomes unstoppable.
Who's your favorite rebel for economic freedom? Let us know in the comments section below.
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May Edition
CHELCO News Special Safety Edition
May is National Electrical Safety Month
Every year, thousands of accidents occur due to shock hazards, and CHELCO is committed to educating the public about potential electrical dangers in the home.
In 2016, 475,500 structure fires (including residential fires) were reported in the U.S., causing 2,950 deaths, 12,775 injuries and $7.9 billion in property damage. According to the National Fire Protection Association, a residential fire was reported every 90 seconds. Many home fires occur when electrical equipment is outdated or improperly used.
"It is critical that the public understands their home's electrical system and the safety concerns associated with the latest residential technologies before bringing them into their homes," explains CHELCO Safety Officer Stanley Donald. "With newer technologies, such as solar panels, electric vehicles and more electrical gadgets in the home, people need to ensure they have an electrical system that's compatible with the increased load."
To raise awareness of the importance of electrical safety, CHELCO will be sending out reminders through social media and other communication channels throughout the month.
Through electrical safety awareness and education, we can all play a part in preventing electrical hazards and injuries in the future. Together, let's plug into safety this May.
For more news, tips and information, click here for the full edition of this month's CHELCO News.
Safety above all else
"Safety" is a universal word that is mentioned often and used loosely. Communities large and small as well as companies across all industries are committed to safety. Sports leagues, at every level, take safety seriously. Unfortunately, when it really counts, steps to keep the public, workers, athletes and loved ones safe are often ignored in the interest of expediency or convenience.
However, safety is a serious issue, especially when it comes to electrical safety. For, CHELCO, it's the number one priority. This is not empty talk. Over time, CHELCO has created a culture of safety by putting our employees' safety and that of the community above all else. At its essence, CHELCO's mission is to safely provide quality services and products at competitive value while adhering to the cooperative principles. At the end of the day, we strive to deliver affordable and reliable electricity to our members, but equally important, we want to return our workers home safely to their loved ones. To do this requires ongoing focus, dedication and vigilance.
Following leading national safety standards
Working with electricity is an inherently dangerous job, especially for lineworkers. CHELCO has a safety team whose focus is keeping employees and the community safe around electricity. We established and follow safety protocols based on leading national safety practices for the utility industry. We require our lineworkers to wear specialized equipment when working next to or with power lines. There are specific protocols that our lineworkers follow when dealing with electricity. Our safety team has regular meetings where they discuss upcoming projects from a safety perspective. They monitor and track near-misses of accidents in order to understand them, share "lessons learned" and improve in the future.
As importantly, we encourage all of our crews to speak up and hold each other accountable for safety. By cultivating a culture of openness and transparency, we promote problem-solving with regard to safety, rather than defaulting to a blame game. We examine the information and data gleaned from near-misses and accident reports to discern patterns and use safety metrics to improve in those areas where we have fallen short. As appropriate, we brief contractors on our safety protocols and set expectations for their engagement.
Keeping the community safe
Because we live and work in the community we serve, we care about our neighbors. CHELCO conducts electrical safety demonstrations in schools and for community events.
May is National Electrical Safety Month. According to the Electrical Safety Foundation, each year thousands of people in the United States are critically injured and electrocuted as a result of electrical fires, accidents and electrocution in their own homes. Many of these accidents are preventable. There is much you can do to keep yourself and your community safe around electricity.
Don't attempt electrical DIY projects or overload your outlets. Report downed power lines, unlocked substations or padmount transformers that look amiss. Contact CHELCO for additional electrical safety tips. If you would like us to provide a safety demonstration at your school or community event, please contact CHELCO's marketing department. Be mindful when it comes to electrical safety. Pause and take the extra time to plug into safety.
For more news, tips and information, click here for the full edition of this month's CHELCO News.
Make room for roadside crews
Florida law requires you to move over a lane — when you can safely do so — for stopped law enforcement, emergency, sanitation, utility service vehicles and tow trucks or wreckers. When you fail to move over, you put yourself and others at risk; you could crash into a vehicle or worker.
If you approach a crew while traveling on a two-lane road, moving over to the next lane might not be an option. In this case, you should slow down when approaching roadside crews. If you approach a crew while traveling on a four-lane road, and safety and traffic conditions allow, Florida law requires you to move over into the far lane.
Violating the move over law could result in a fine, fees, and points on your driving record. For more information, see Florida Statute.
There's plenty of room for all. Let's work together to keep everyone safe on our local roadways.
For more news, tips and information, click here for the full edition of this month's CHELCO News.


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Baking soda has been touted by many as a safe and effective way to brush your teeth. The reality is that chronic baking soda use can cause some alarming problems to develop in your mouth. Knowing more about how to use baking soda correctly is an important part of long-term oral health.
Baking soda is a weak base or alkaline powder that is used in a variety of cleaning applications. When it comes in contact with water, baking soda releases free radicals that attack teeth stains and help remove discoloration caused from a variety of food sources and tobacco.
In addition to a brighter smile, brushing with baking soda helps dislodge plaque built up on the teeth. Many foods and beverages such as tea, coffee, soda and red wine all cause staining of the teeth. In addition, plaque accumulates and causes additional yellowish discoloration. Baking soda is effective for both concerns and has a bleach-like action resulting in effective whitening of teeth. Plaque contributes to dental decay and cavity formation and must be removed on a regular basis. Baking soda is inexpensive and perhaps the most affordable combination of tooth cleaner and whitener. A single box generally lasts for over 100 brushings and costs around one dollar.
It is not uncommon to experience a slight tingling sensation but stop if you experience an uncomfortable burning sensation.
Strawberries have powerful anti-oxidant properties and work well to whiten teeth.
Mixing baking soda and toothpaste together imparts a nice flavor to the mixture.
Hydrogen peroxide has well-known whitening and bleaching effects.
Mixing peppermint extract, glycerin and baking soda creates fresh tasting toothpaste.
Lemon has excellent teeth bleaching abilities and making a paste is an effective home remedy to whiten teeth.
Although reported to be safe, effective and inexpensive, baking soda use for brushing your teeth is not without risks.


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The Leftist mind is wickedness dressed up as "Justice for all"…
Simple-minded racist Ocasio-Cortez joins forces with infamous antisemite Jeremy Corbyn, calls for global socialist (Nazi) movement
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and notorious Nazi Jeremy Corbyn have joined forces. Echoing Germany's National Socialist Workers Party (Nazi Party), this is the 21st century version, the International Socialist Workers Party. Their rhetoric and policy recommendation differ little from those of Socialist leader Adolf Hitler:
To put it quite clearly: we have an economic programme. Point No. 13 in that programme demands the nationalisation of all public companies, in other words socialisation, or what is known here as socialism. … the basic principle of my Party's economic programme should be made perfectly clear and that is the principle of authority… the good of the community takes priority over that of the individual. But the State should retain control; every owner should feel himself to be an agent of the State; it is his duty not to misuse his possessions to the detriment of the State or the interests of his fellow countrymen. That is the overriding point. The Third Reich will always retain the right to control property owners. If you say that the bourgeoisie is tearing its hair over the question of private property, that does not affect me in the least. Does the bourgeoisie expect some consideration from me?… Today's bourgeoisie is rotten to the core; it has no ideals any more; all it wants to do is earn money and so it does me what damage it can. The bourgeois press does me damage too and would like to consign me and my movement to the devil.
Hitler's interview with Richard Breiting, 1931, published in Edouard Calic, ed., "First Interview with Hitler, 4 May 1931"
There is a difference between the theoretical knowledge of socialism and the practical life of socialism. People are not born socialists, but must first be taught how to become them.


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socialism: noun, 1. any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods. 2. a: a system of society or group living in which there is NO private property. b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state. 3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.
definition of communism
Source: Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, 1965 ( I find that old dictionaries are really the best source for looking up the actual meanings of words.)
Note: Communism has never once resulted in an equal distribution of goods, not once, not ever. It has resulted in totalitarianism, in dictatorships, in the end of freedoms and freedom. It has resulted in re-programming, book burning, mass murder, people starving to death, freezing to death, dying from common illnesses, population control, genocide. It has resulted in two tiered societies, wherein there are two classes of people, the very many whom are very poor, and the ruling class of the very few whom are very wealthy.
So, there are the definitions. The Green New Deal would take control of energy and health care out of the private sector and give that control to the government. The government would then decide how they wanted to distribute those resources. It would set the stage for the end of private ownership of housing, and private means of transportation. There are politicians in the U.S. now openly running for office on socialist platforms with a socialist, if not communist, agenda, and they are doing so counting on the American people being ignorant. That they could, or would, even consider openly running on such ideas in the United States is a slap in the face, a complete insult, to every member of our military whom ever fought against such to preserve our freedom, and sovereignty, and an insult to the intelligence of every American. Every now and then our society seems to go through a phase where these ideas temporarily come into vogue, sometimes that's more dangerous than others. Socialism and Communism do not work, and are a threat to our FREEDOM, to our free society and way of life in the United States.
Read here, What American's Must Know About Socialism
Here, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
And, Nordic Countries Aren't Socialist
I would hope that all voters in the U.S. would take the time to educate themselves before they vote.
And that's what I have to say about that.
We're not "all gone". Here's hoping this just stays a great old movie from the 80s.
God Bless Harry Dean Stanton, and Patrick Swayze.


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Gordon Reid (Middle Boop) has designed the artwork for Andrew Hung's Rave Cave record, which is being released as a digital EP. Hung is one half of the two-piece electronic group Fuck Buttons, who Reid has also worked with. Reid says he has been working on the project for about a year developing his visual idea while listening to the music develop from early mixes to fully mastered tracks. Reid says: "I needed to create a piece that represented the music quite literally as it's quite a challenging idea being that it was created completely using a Gameboy, so with that in mind and knowing that a few more EP's would follow, I wanted to create work that would have a running theme so went about creating my own 8-bit influenced game world in which to house it. This theme will run through the entire campaign taking in new elements, shapes and visuals that will then be run out as live visuals for the shows."


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check it out. it's just the mp3s i currently had in my mp3 folder, but i'll try to keep it updated.
i drew this image specifily for this site XD
:'D my mom came into my room while i was finishing this up and she said "that's bad, who drew that?" XD while i'm finishng up the coloring on the red suit :'DDD so i say "um, i drew it. i am drawing it right now, jerk." XDDD so she goes "it's not as good as your usual stuff."
:'DDD i had no idea that my mom even knew i could draw at all.
um, fyi pictured: yu-ko and bu-ko from the yet to be drawn yume and bunny comic XDDD
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My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Texas
My husband and I have been hunting for a rental house for a few weeks. I found one I really liked, but other people inquired first and I was told I might hear back if the others fell through. Houses move quickly in my area, so when I found a second house that fit most of my criteria, I filled out an application and paid the application fee. At this time, it is October 21.
October 22: Upon application approval for the second house, the landlord tried to get me to sign a lease ASAP, but I was hesitant because I was waiting to hear back about the first house. Also because my current lease at my apartment isn't up until 11/15, but he wanted me to move in 11/1, so I'd have to pay double rent for 2 weeks and I'd be REALLY scraping by for a month. The landlord told me if I paid the first half of the security deposit ($700 out of $1375), he would let me have first pick of the house and stop showing it, but he also said there were other qualified, interested applicants. It was 100% construed as a security deposit in all verbal and written communication. I did not sign the lease.
October 23: I went ahead and paid the $700 security deposit, just in case the other house didn't come through. I figured paying double rent for 2 weeks was worth it if I secured a house that worked. He gave me a receipt, which he signed and dated, that stated the $700 "security deposit" was received.
October 28: The first house I wanted contacted me saying I could have the house if I wanted it, so I said yes. I notified the landlord of the second house immediately. He responded immediately and is claiming that since he took the house off the market, he lost out on 5 days of advertisement. He said that if he doesn't get a tenant to move in by the 1st, rent costs about $45 per day, and he'd use the $700 to pay those costs until a tenant is secured. Interestingly, in his response email, he twisted the wording of the $700 security deposit to just "deposit" in the first paragraph, then to "holding deposit" at the end. That's the first time he ever regarded it as such. I thought my withdrawal of interest wouldn't be an issue since he said there were other interested people in line.
I looked up the Texas Property code, and the costs and damages he's claiming (in Sec. 92.1031 (b)(2)) only apply to tenants who signed a lease and breached it. Since there is no lease signed, he cannot keep my security deposit which secures the lease. I'm 100% entitled to my deposit, right? I sent him an email including Sec. 92.1031 of the Texas Property code with "according to a lease between the landlord and the tenant" bolded, Section 92.104 (a), and the definitions of security deposit and tenant. I also included a forwarding address to return my money within 30 days of my withdrawal of interest, but he has yet to reply...
My questions at this point are:
1. Should I send a formal demand letter threatening to file suit?
2. Is he considered a landlord who is acting in bad faith if I'm not a tenant/a lease was never signed? (In other words, could I get the $100 plus 3x the amount wrongfully withheld plus court costs, as stated in Sec. 92.354, if I took him to small claims court?)
3. Isn't $700 a bit MUCH for a simple holding deposit, which is what he is now trying to claim it was?
I'd appreciate any advice on how to proceed.


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This is what Adam Freudenheim, Publisher and Managing Director at Pushkin Press has to say about Maresi: I was blown away by Maresi, quite simply. Maria Turtschaninoff has written an incredibly original, vivid and gripping story with appeal not only for YA readers but far beyond. And embedded in the story is a passionate feminist voice that I strongly believe will resonate with a wide variety of readers, young adult and adult alike. I've no doubt that Maresi and The Red Abbey Chronicles as a whole will become a classics of the genre."
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fractional derivative of 1/(log x)?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg91325] fractional derivative of 1/(log x)?
- From: "Michael O'H" <hanrahan398 at yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:55:38 -0400 (EDT)
Hello, I'd be very grateful if someone could help me with the fractional derivative (order t) of 1/(log x), where t can range from -2 and -0.5. Many thanks in advance. Kind regards, Michael -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/fractional-derivative-of-1-%28log-x%29--tp18990545p18990545.html Sent from the MathGroup mailing list archive at Nabble.com.


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About Huella Artesanal
About Huella Artesanal
Huella Artesanal is a Spanish company specializing in the export of Spanish products and is characterized by the direct sale of Iberian meat, Spanish ham and Spanish sausages. The name means "artisan imprint" precisely because we were born with the philosophy of exporting typical handicraft products, genuine but sometimes not known to the general public. Our warehouse is located in the south of the Spanish peninsula, precisely in the city of Malaga, in the region of Andalusia, an area rich in local productions and with good logistics communication with the rest of Europe. In particular, we are focusing on promoting Iberian articles with a large, high quality catalog, namely food-specific products and a gourmet selection designed for supermarkets, gourmet restaurants and all private Spanish food lovers. We are official distributors in Italy of some of Jabugo and Guijuelo's cellars, we deal with direct sale from the wicker to the buyer, both for thighs and sausages or fresh meat without intermediaries. In this way, we can offer affordable and market prices, ensuring excellent quality as all pieces are selected and cared for by the most demanding professionals in compliance with all applicable standards. We also offer customized quotes according to the needs of each buyer, without commitment and totally free of charge. We at Huella Artesanal are committed to following every order from start to finish, our team is made up of qualified personnel with experience in international logistics, using different languages such as Italian, English and French. If you want and according to the quantities requested, you can request the translation of the products into the target language as we have in our team a translator who will handle this. Do not hesitate to contact us, ask for more information! Antonio Barbero Jiménez
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Arc Energy Resources Ltd.
The directors of Arc Energy Resources Ltd. recognise that in these days of "just-in-time" manufacturing philosophies it is necessary for a supplier of services to be able both to respond rapidly to customers requirements and to be flexible to customers changing needs.
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The significant investment made both in equipment and personnel underlines the Company's commitment to the provision of a product of the highest quality.
Successfull implementation of these policies has led to the recent expansion of the Company into premises three times larger than the original site.
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New Hampshire Polls: Obama Up Big, McCain Edging Romney
Two polls out in the last 12 hours show similar results for tomorrow's New Hampshire primaries, and both mean big trouble for two candidates seen as front-runners here earlier. Mitt Romney may lose the second state in his early-contest strategy, but he will likely make it close against John McCain. On the other side of the aisle, Hillary Clinton appears ready to lose big again against Barack Obama, further damaging her prospects for the nomination:
Amid frenetic last-minute campaigning, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds the onetime front-runners in New Hampshire lagging as Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have surged to leads before Tuesday's primary.
Obama vaulted to a 13 percentage-point advantage over New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton three weeks after they were tied here. McCain gained a four-point edge over Mitt Romney, a former governor of neighboring Massachusetts who has campaigned almost as a favorite son.
Rasmussen on Democrats and Republicans in the Granite State:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in New Hampshire shows Barack Obama earning 39% of the vote while Hillary Clinton attracts 27%. The survey was conducted on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. All interviews were conducted after the Iowa caucuses and before last night's debate. ...
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in New Hampshire shows John McCain earning 32% of the vote while Mitt Romney attracts 30%.
Assuming that the results remain the same through the primaries -- the first in the nation -- the election will continue to produce surprises. First, looking at the Republicans, Mitt Romney has a problem. He would gain delegates, certainly, and a significant share. However, this will be the second state in a row that he showered with cash and still could not produce a clear win. If McCain beats him more soundly than by two or four points, as Huckabee did with his nine-point win in Iowa, Republican voters will likely question his ability to beat anyone anywhere, even with Romney's fundraising and organizational advantages.
The Democratic results hold far more drama. If Obama has the kind of spread in a victory tomorrow as both polls show, Hillary may be toast. After having lost Iowa by nine points and falling to third place, a double-digit loss in the Granite State should demonstrate that even Democrats have their limits on Clintonisms. Forget about inevitability; Democrats will question how she can beat any of the Republicans when she can't even muster a victory against a man who has yet to complete his first term in the Senate.
The demographics hold more bad news for Hillary. Obama has a seven-point lead among women, negating her supposed strength. He beats her in every age category except 65+, where they tie. Obama now leads her among Democrats by seven points, but among independents he crushes her by 23 points. Self-professed conservatives, moderates, and liberals all go to Obama. The only Granite State demographic Hillary wins is households earning between $20-40K.
It looks like an obliteration in New Hampshire for Hillary. If her team started hitting the panic button after Iowa, expect them to start publicly discussing how the campaign went off the rails -- and looking for spots on Obama's team.