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Hello and welcome to Author Chat, an intimate and light-hearted books inspired podcast with Judith from Binge on Books interviewing your favorite authors!
Who's on deck today? HOLLY BLACK!
Yes, that Holly Black. Author of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Darkest Part of the Forest, The Magesterium Series with Cassandra Clare, The Spiderwick Chronicles with Tony DiTerlizzi, and up next, The Cruel Prince.
She joins Judith to chat all things books, co-writing, what she does when she's not writing, and teases from upcoming projects!
Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern Faerie Tale series, the Curse Workers series, Doll Bones, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, the Magisterium series (with Cassandra Clare), The Darkest Part of the Forest, and her upcoming new fantasy series starting with Cruel Prince. She has been a finalist for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award, the Mythopoeic Award and a Newbery Honor. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret door.
Connect with Holly: Website | Twitter
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N.K. Jemison's The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Nancy Collins' Sunglasses After Dark
Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire
KJ Charles' Charm of Magpies series
Roan Parrish's In the Middle of Somewhere series
Amy Jo Cousins' Bend or Break series
Judith is the curator of Binge on Books as well as a columnist for Teen Vogue and USA Today. You can hear more of her in Author Chat and What's On My Kindle? as well as her reviews on the site.
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by Glen Pearson
As democracy sails increasingly into troubled waters, one has to wonder how confident we are that we are up to the challenge. Most of us had assumed that as our wisdom and experience of working together increased, democracy itself would prove itself sufficient for facing whatever challenges confronted us.
Instead, what we have are democratic systems at various points of peril around the globe. Populism, which many assumed would infuse new life into our politics, has instead struck off in many new directions and made it even more difficult to find consensus. While it has been true that democracy doesn't automatically equate with equality, neither does populism bring accountability.
Our politics should not just be about our choices, but the depth of our character.
One of the great lessons we are now learning since World War Two is that democracy is fairly useless if it is merely inherited. Growing up in countries that have enjoyed advanced political systems doesn't guarantee that they will automatically function effectively. For it to truly work democracy must be reinvented in every generation. It is not alone enough to just don it like some favourite old coat; we must infuse it with our best efforts at public advancement if it is to succeed. Democracy functions at its worse when it depends on coercion and works best when it enhances the collective awareness of citizenship in voluntary action.
Our politics should not just be about our choices, but the depth of our character. If we are truly devoted to the public good, then coercion isn't required -- we do it willingly out of our commitment as good citizens. The very moral and ethical factors that created dynamic democracy in the first place must be renewed before our political state falls into the disarray that we so frequently see today.
Have we taken our democracy for granted? Most of us have and now our public life is suffering from neglect. Many of us view politics as some kind of political process that runs whether we pay attention or not. What democracy brought to us was the belief in the values of people and a kind of benign trust that eventually they would put the collective good above their individual pursuits. Democracy has always been about individualism, but depended on the ability of the average citizen to elevate their understanding and temperament to the place where it could work collectively with others for the common good. It's not rocket science, but it becomes impossible if in the pursuit of out lives we forget to look out for the community.
It's likely this is what Thomas Jefferson was thinking about when he penned: "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government." With the anxiety over the future faced by most citizens today, Jefferson's ideal seems farther away from us than any time in recent memory. He saw democracy as revolutionary; we see it as automatic. He saw citizens as revolutionaries; we view them as consumers.
Democracy's great ties are with civil society, not government. Politics is about how we make choices; civil society is about who we are. And what is civil society's great gift to the democratic process? It's civility, not the rancor running through our interactions today. Democracy is about getting the best of us out into the public space, while still permitting us to enjoy our individual pursuits. In far too many cases we have allowed our collective life together to be decided by politics and not the better angels of our natures.
The most overwhelming forces facing the modern age can never be overcome by billions of individuals sealed in their own orbits. Democracy can only overcome those challenges when it brings us into a common space together, ready to work together, despite our differences, for the sake of our future. Somehow we have to get back to this and our politics at the moment is struggling with how to accomplish it.
A vibrant democracy requires, above all else, revolutionary citizens who seek to build one another up out of respect instead of tearing them down out of fear. It turns out that Ralph Nader was prescient when he said, "There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship." The great question for all of us now is: are we ready for the sacrifice.
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Our students are at the heart of a distinctly collegial neighborhood, where we maximize the prospective of each soon-to-be lawyer by way of individualized attention. I hope and think that, as the unsustainable and unjust nature of the status quo becomes far more and more apparent, much more folks inside law schools will openly advocate for true adjust. The state's biomass energy plants are folding in rapid succession, unable to compete with heavily subsidized solar farms, many of which have sprouted up amid the fields and orchards of the San Joaquin Valley. Conclusion: Valparaiso University" Law Sewer is a decrepit toilet that is desperately trying to stay in the game. Law is 1st a regulation, i.e. a practical principle, which aims at ordering the actions of the members of the neighborhood. I am proud of the truth that, as of this coming fall, my law school is on track to … Read the rest
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The LL.M. System in Agricultural & Food Law has a handful of places remaining in its face-to-face and distance tracks for Fall 2016, for complete or part-time enrollment. The monograph also offers insights on the legal mechanisms open to men and women and communities after a conflict. This thread on TFL supplies a sobering glimpse into what's taking place to both the legal academic hiring marketplace and the market place for higher-status and otherwise desirable non-entry level lawyer jobs (BigLaw mid-level or senior associate, DOJ/USA/Federal agency jobs, cush in-house gigs with massive companies, and so forth). Appear at the law grad out of California with over $170,000 of law college debt and is now an Uber driver.
Accordingly, Adams informed the ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education by memo that a 3-member ABA committee would decide, as a matter of discretion, which of the five schools would be … Read the rest
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Our students are at the heart of a distinctly collegial neighborhood, exactly where we maximize the potential of each soon-to-be lawyer by means of individualized focus. He tends to make comparable points on how many concerns (like insider trading, and other stuff, like legal issues in the healthcare device market) are not clearly defined in law, and therefore gives prosecutors huge, massive, discretion on if, how, when, how much to prosecute their targets. We also prepare you for employment in a global legal economy by providing electives with an international focus and facilitating overseas study possibilities. The ABA model imposed on the law schools mandates students must primarily perform no more than twenty hours a week.
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ever since I have been on Zoloft, about 10 weeks now, I throw up when I drink. I even tried drinking just a little one night thinking I would be ok and I still got sick. Is there anything at all that I can drink that will not make me sick? I would really like to drink with my fiance when I get off work because I am out of town all week long. We like to do some shots when I get home.
What kind of alcohol can I drink with Zoloft? I only drink once a week but I want more than one?
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Thank you and that is definitely not what I wanted to hear, lol. I have been on celexa for depression since 2000 and never had a problem with it. Now I've been changed to zoloft because I have severe anxiety now. I also take xanax now but I never take xanax if I plan to drink. I know I can't skip on the zoloft though.
Hi, i'm glad you never took Xanax when you attempted to drink. I know it's a pain in the a*se not being able to drink socially
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The holidays are upon us. Are you ready?
Of course when we ask that, we mean earthquake ready. The holidays are a time when friends and family get together, so why not turn one of your gatherings into a holiday potluck for earthquake preparedness.
Every year at this time we meet for holiday parties and gatherings. Here is an opportunity to turn your holiday potluck into something really special. Instead of asking friends to bring Aunt Bessie's Figgie pudding, ask your friends to bring over a single component of a personal earthquake kit. Everyone can share in the effort and cost and everyone takes home a completed earthquake kit.
Radios cost more than whistles, so group cheaper items together to even the load on your guests. As host, maybe you can add a special treat like fancy chocolates, or a solar charger. You can also include earthquake prep items like bookcase straps or gas line wrenches. Your guests may even think of things that had not occurred to you, so be ready to add to the list as people get inspired.
Here is a step by step guide to planning a holiday prepper potluck for 20 people:
Step 1: Everyone will need a bag to put their earthquake supplies in. Either purchase 20 backpacks or rucksacks at someplace like Goodwill, Salvation Army, or Out of the Closet, or ask each guest to bring their own backpack.
Step 2: Print out 20 emergency wallet card sets, 20 Preparedness Bingo sheets, and 20 1 minute quake checklists for each guest.
Step 3: Provide fabric and glitter pens for guests to decorate their go-bags. Consider a Bedazzler.
Step 4: Ask your guests to sign up to bring the items on the list below. Then provide the food and drink for everyone to share. Depending on the size of the party you may include food and drink signups too.
- 20 bungee cords: Bungees to attach your bag to under your bed.
- 20 pairs of socks: An emergency change of socks belongs in every kit.
- 20 flashlights: Safer than candles. Be sure to include batteries.
- 20 pairs of work gloves: Protect your hands when digging through rubble.
- 2 people bring 10 Transistor radios each: to tune in emergency broadcasts & get news. Don't forget the batteries!
- 4 people bring 5 Solar/crank/battery chargers each: To power Smart phones and rechargeable batteries.
- 20 sets of pens and pads of paper: For leaving notes of your whereabouts .
- 20 pairs of protective goggles: They make navigating dusty or smoky areas easier.
- 20 emergency whistles: Let rescuers know where you are.
- 20 dust masks/bandanas cause nobody wants to breathe in building dust after an earthquake.
- 2 people bring 10 large bottles of water as starter water each: Ultimately each person will need a gallon per person per day, but you're not going to carry that in your go-bag. You need that quantity of water in your stay-at-home earthquake kit. See what Ready.gov says about water.
- 20 chocolate bars: a tasty high calorie snack
- 20 energy bars: a more wholesome alternative snack.
- 20 portable first aid kits: See Red Cross Anatomy of a First Aid Kit.
- 20 bookcase securing straps: Designed to secure tall furniture to the wall.
- 2 people bring 10 Headlamps each: Camping style headlamps make for a great hands-free light source. Remember the batteries too.
Step 5: Arrange all the emergency supplies in a circle, and have your guest form a line and go around the room adding each item to their go-bag. Hand out emergency wallet cards once they are done.
Step 6: Offer your guest the fabric and glitter pens to decorate their go-bags.
Step 7: Once everyone has packed their go-bags, settle down with a slice of pizza and a beer or soda, and engage your guests in a games and conversations about earthquake preparation. Play a round of preparedness bingo. Offer a cool emergency item like a solar backpack or solar powered radio to the winner.
Step 8: Ask everyone to write down what they would add to their go-bag to personalize it. Comfy shoes? Earplugs? Starbucks coffee in a can? You'll be surprised at some people's ideas ; they could be things you never knew you wanted until your friend mentioned it. Give a prize for the most original go-bag addition.
Have everyone take turns saying where they will put their grab-&-go bag. If they don't say "under my bed" then show them why we think a personal quake kit belongs under the bed.
Everyone in California needs a personal emergency kit or grab-and-go bag. A holiday prepper potluck is a wonderful gift to give to your friends and love ones. Have a crafty evening together, and then everyone will be that much more earthquake ready.


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I suppose it depends as I said earlier on why you are painting. If you are supplying interior decoration over the internet and you know your customers, then do whatever sells. If your art is a personal statement about your beliefs about art, life, or whatever,you want people to buy it because they feel a connection with the art, so you want to keep as much as possible under your control, including the frame, to express most exactly what you want.
It may be hidden with fancy words but it is as clear as day to me.How you feel about your work as opposed to everyone elses.
I was not putting your work down merely suggesting the modern work as in your Gallery one would look really good unframed.


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From turf care and specialist machinery to landscaping and playgrounds, over 300 exhibitors bring the latest products, equipment and expertise to the NEC Birmingham for two days. Free to visit, SALTEX is the UK's biggest event for the grounds care sector. With educational seminars to improve your learning, Ask the Expert sessions to expand your knowledge, conference streams to build networks and the IOG national Industry Awards to celebrate achievements.
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What to wear on a unit where nurses wear street clothes and not scrubs? - page 2
Hi all, I have just been hired for my first job (yay!) I will be working in a psychiatric inpatient unit. The nurses on the unit where street clothes instead of scrubs. This seems to be common for... Read More
Sep 1, '12Occupation: Nurse Manager Specialty: 30 year(s) of experience in Leadership, Psych, HomeCare, Amb. Care ; From: IL ; Joined: Apr '07; Posts: 2,919; Likes: 5,533Psych units, especially those within general hospitals, are trending towards a more uniform look, whether scrubs, or polls & khaki's, etcSomeone referenced tax deductibility. But IIRC, that only kicks in after 2% of gross income. So, if you make $50,000, that means $1,000 before you save a penny in taxes.A good suggestion is to get a tour of the unit, and dress like they do, but always dress like a professional.
Sep 1, '12Joined: Mar '07; Posts: 10,533; Likes: 13,082Some facilities like business casual; others provide a uniform (khakis/shirts) or specific guidelines; others will let you get away with jeans (plain blue or black, not stretch or tight, unripped and unadorned in any way) and a nice shirt. I would ask your specific facility for what is OK with yours.
And definitely err on the side of conservative...IMO a good guideline is to dress like you are going to church or court. You don't need the three-piece suit or skirt/dress, but don't display the 3 Bs or wear clothing that looks painted on.
At one job, I can either wear scrubs or street clothing--I wear scrubs even though I'm in the minority. The other, I can wear whatever I want including jeans, so I wear nice jeans and a scrub top because I need the pockets.
I only deduct my scrubs and the work sneakers (I have one pair that is set aside for work only) on the taxes. I think attempting to deduct other clothing is too much hassle.Last edit by Meriwhen on Sep 1, '12
Sep 2, '12Occupation: working in a free clinic Specialty: psych, addictions, hospice, education ; From: US ; Joined: Jul '05; Posts: 3,711; Likes: 6,074As far as deducting what you spend for clothing...I was told by my tax accountant that only things I couldn't wear anywhere but to work could be deducted. So, if I wear business casual, I could wear that other places, so it's not deductible, even if I do spend over 2% of my income on clothes for work...
Sep 4, '12Joined: Sep '12; Posts: 1; Likes: 2I used to work on a psych unit, that allowed street clothes. I left less than a year ago, and soon after, all of the nurses had to wear scrubs (not only scrubs, but all had to wear the same color). Anyway, prior to that, some people wore street clothes, and others preferred scrubs. I usually wore scrub pants, since I had a bunch from my previous position, along with a solid color t-shirt, and sometimes a sweatshirt if it was chilly. Those were all easy to wash, and low cost as well. I primarily worked on the more acute psych unit, and no way did I want to wear any decent clothes there. The chances of having to restrain someone, or encountering a patient with poor hygiene who needed assistance getting in the shower, were too great to risk ruining or contaminating an outfit. Not to mention, psych patients get sick too, and often have chronic medical conditions. I didn't like the idea of wearing the same clothes I wear elsewhere, to work (even after washing), so I chose not to. See what the other nurses are wearing, and see what your work will entail. Wear what you are comfortable in, and makes you feel the best while doing your job. I will say that as a definite, don't wear scarves, dangling earrings, or other loose jewelry. You don't want to wear anything a patient can yank on. Most importantly, good luck!!
Sep 5, '12From: US ; Joined: Aug '11; Posts: 378; Likes: 631We can wear street clothes but I almost always wear scrubs. (I like the pockets and the movement of scrubs better, plus I don't particularly want my regular clothing thrown up on, bled on, etc). When I do wear street clothes, it's usually jeans and t-shirt. Again, I want something I can move in and something that is comfortable. I can't imagine ever wearing a dress/skirt to work for various reasons (fetishism and not being able to freely move in a hold situation being the top two).
Sep 6, '12Joined: Jul '05; Posts: 383; Likes: 256We are not allowed to wear scrubs, though I have noticed quite a few nurses wearing the cargo scrub bottoms with regular style tops. I may join in the subterfuge because I really miss my pockets! Women's business style pants have miniature pockets that are terrible for carrying med keys. I have several knit tops from Walmart because I can load up on them for cheap and I don't feel bad if one gets ruined in a takedown.
Sep 12, '12Occupation: LPN Specialty: A myriad of specialties ; From: US ; Joined: Feb '04; Posts: 1,052; Likes: 665Street clothes are common at our psych hospital in most areas. Some RNs still wear scrubs in the geiatric wards. Most RNs, LPNs in the forensic areas wear street clothes(jeans, t-shirts, etc), Clothing from Good Will stores is best since it won't matter so much when the clothes are ripped or shredded or damaged in other ways. Also jeans and t-shirts are best for when taking a patient down to the floor or to the seclusion rooms.
Sep 14, '12Occupation: working in a free clinic Specialty: psych, addictions, hospice, education ; From: US ; Joined: Jul '05; Posts: 3,711; Likes: 6,074I vote for kneehighs and flipflops!
Sep 14, '12Occupation: R.N. Specialty: 24 year(s) of experience in psych, medical, drug rehab ; From: GA, US ; Joined: Jun '03; Posts: 229; Likes: 53I personally prefer to wear my scrubs. I am a travel nurse and the unit I am on wear professional casual attire.
I love the unit but honestly cant wait until I can wear my scrubs again~
Sep 17, '12Joined: Mar '07; Posts: 10,533; Likes: 13,082Quote from WhisperaLet's just go for broke and wear pajamasI vote for kneehighs and flipflops!
Sep 19, '12Joined: Apr '09; Posts: 18; Likes: 21I usually wear jeans and sweaters or blouses with a scrub jacket but I have gradually started to wear scrub pants sometimes and t-shirts. I tend to NEED pockets. Where I work it is scold-worthy to wear anything around your neck that can be used to choke you. They don't even like the velcro break-away kind since it can be snatched from behind...so I need deep front pockets for my keys, pens and report sheets. Jeans or casual pants work better than elastic waisted scrub pants for my pager if I'm on the support team. I don't wear skirts or dresses because I can't move well in the event of a struggle putting somebody into restraints or breaking up fights...nurses have to get too involved unless you are in management. Another tip, keep a change of clothes in your locker. I had a patient snatch my shirt once and tore it down the front. I've had grape juice thrown in my face. There's also the dreaded spitters or urine-feces flingers. It's just nice to be able to change if you need to. Not that ANY of these things happen often but I've been in psych for 8 years now and there have been times....
Sep 19, '12Joined: Feb '12; Posts: 80; Likes: 62HR should be able to tell you definitively, but in my facility (a residential home, not hospital) it's basically business casual. Think non-denim pants and nice-ish tops. We can even wear tee shirts as long as they don't have writing on them. Just not jeans.


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HTML5 is the future of video. Probably. Or if not HTML5, its successors. It seems that the whole web has rallied behind the desire to get rid of third-party plugins – especially closed plugins like Flash. And so every major new web browser now supports native video playback via a <video> tag.
Given this climate, you would think that a leading open-source HTML5 video player like Video.js would be encouraging people to move away from Flash and towards native browser playback. So it may be surprising that a built-in Flash player has been added to the newest version of Video.js, the HTML5 player framework created by Zencoder. What is going on here?
This seeming contradiction has an easy explanation. Web video playback requires two things: an application framework and video decoding. As it turns out, HTML5 is now a mature, feature-complete application framework for video playback. But it is not yet a mature video decoder, due to some important feature limitations.
Flash was originally designed to be a front-end application framework. A decade ago, people built entire websites in Flash. This had some advantages – Flash had significantly more rich presentation functionality than HTML. It also had some disadvantages, and over time, it became widely acknowledged that entire websites shouldn't be built in Flash. As Flash waned, Javascript waxed. If you want to build a rich web presentation layer today, you use Javascript. Even Adobe does it.
But Flash found a second life a number of years ago as the only web-based video player with near-universal browser penetration. When YouTube sparked the ongoing explosion of web video, they used Flash as a video player, and so did everyone else. Contrarians like Netflix used a different plugin – Silverlight – but the approach was the same. Build a video player application using a third-party plugin. The plugin might be heavyweight, and it might mean that you have to learn a new application framework, but at least it enabled high quality, widespread web video.
Virtually everyone doing HTML5 video today still uses Flash as a fallback mechanism for browsers that don't support HTML5 (about 25%), or that don't support a given codec (WebM vs. H.264) or feature (adaptive streaming, DRM). And so even for those who have embraced HTML5, most video on the web ends up being played via Flash.
Last week, we changed our approach at Video.js to front-end video playback. The newest version of Video.js adds a built-in Flash player, but moves all of the presentation logic out of Flash and into HTML. So player chrome, buttons, settings, and behavior are entirely controlled via Javascript, whether a video is decoded with Flash, HTML5, native decoding (iOS), etc.
This has many obvious advantages.
- First, the same Javascript API can now be used to govern playback across many different playback technologies. Configuration (autoplay? autobuffer? full screen?) is done once, no matter how many devices or decoders are used. This means that styles and settings are handled once, in Javascript and CSS, making for easier development and design. You don't need to know Flash or hire a Flash developer to change how the player looks.
- Second, advanced features no longer have to be implemented twice. Previously, if you wanted playlists in both Flash and HTML5, the typical approach was to use a Flash player that supported playlists, and use a separate HTML5 player for HTML5 playlists. This was redundant and unnecessary.
- Third, more logic is moved out of Flash and into JavaScript, which is a good thing. The web has already transitioned from Flash to Javascript for rich front-end applications – it is time that video applications do the same.
- Fourth, this approach allows for significant performance optimization. The Flash player that ships with Video.js is 10kb in size. For comparison, a full-featured Flash player like FlowPlayer is 120kbps.
So Flash isn't dead. It has just pivoted. In 2002 it was an application framework. In 2007 it fell out of favor as a rich application framework, but gained ground as a video playback application. And now, in 2012, Flash no longer needs to be used as a full-featured video player. Now it is a bare, unstyled window – a video decoder that can be embedded in an HTML5 application to enable codecs, streaming standards, and features not supported natively by browsers.
Is this ideal? Not really. Unified video playback is preferable, but realistically, universal HTML5 playback is still a long way out. But until then, there are options that represent a major improvement over traditional heavyweight Flash video players.


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Rhatany root
What is it?
Rhatany root is an herbal medicine that is used by mouth for diarrhea or as a mouthwash or gargle for gingivitis and sore throat. It is also used on the skin for hemorrhoids or to stop a wound from bleeding.
Other names for Rhatany root include: Krameria, Peruvian Rhatany, Rhatanhiawurzel, Rote Ratanhia, Panacuchu, Peru-Ratanhia, and Racine de Ratanhia.
Ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist if you need more information about this medicine or if any information in this leaflet concerns you.
Before Using:
Tell your doctor if you
- are taking medicine or are allergic to any medicine (prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) or dietary supplement)
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medicine
- are breastfeeding
- have any other health problems, such as high blood pressure or heart or blood vessel disease
Talk with your caregiver about how much Rhatany root you should take. The amount depends on the strength of the medicine and the reason you are taking Rhatany root. If you are using this medicine without instructions from your caregiver, follow the directions on the medicine bottle. Do not take more medicine or take it more often than the directions tell you to.
To store this medicine:
Keep all medicine locked up and away from children. Store medicine away from heat and direct light. Do not store your medicine in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the medicine to break down and not work the way it should work. Throw away medicine that is out of date or that you do not need. Never share your medicine with others.
- Before taking Rhatany Root, tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Do not use for longer than 2 weeks without a doctor's advice (3)
Side Effects:
Stop taking your medicine right away and talk to your doctor if you have any of the following side effects. Your medicine may be causing these symptoms which may mean you are allergic to it.
- Breathing problems or tightness in your throat or chest
- Chest pain
- Skin hives, rash, or itchy or swollen skin
Other Side Effects:
You may have the following side effects, but this medicine may also cause other side effects. Tell your doctor if you have side effects that you think are caused by this medicine.
- Redness and soreness of the inside of the mouth has occurred when used as a mouth wash (1)
- Taking too much may cause liver problems (2)
1. Bradley PR (ed): British Herbal Compendium, Vol. 1: a handbook of scientific information on widely used plant drugs. British Herbal Medicine Association, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK; 1992.
2. Fetrow C & Avila J: Professional's Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicines. Springhouse Corporation, Springhouse, PA; 1999.
3. Blumenthal, Busse, Goldberg et al: The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic guide to herbal medicines. The American Botanical Council, Austin, TX; 1998.
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When: Saturday, June 10, 3:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
Where: Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
A panel discussion and screening of the award-winning film Human Again, produced by Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts professor Bruce Levitt, will take place on Saturday, June 10, 2017, from 3:15–5:15 p.m. in the Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
This joint session with the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP) and The Phoenix Players Theatre Group (PPTG) at Auburn Correctional Facility will explore Cornell's involvement with prison education in three facilities in the region and feature a screening of the documentary Human Again, about the Phoenix Players Theatre Group.
A panel discussion includes CPEP graduates and a member of PPTG.
Sponsored by Engaged Cornell, Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts, the Cornell Prison Education Program, and The Phoenix Players.
This event is included in the 2017 #CornellReunion Events Listings. It is free & open to the general public.
Refreshments will be served.
The Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts is located at 430 College Avenue, in the heart of Ithaca's Collegetown.


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"Currently there is a critical need for developing 21st century skills in students. As educators we must understand that our teaching must reflect how our students are currently learning," the Year 5/6 teacher from Fairfield West Public School in Sydney's southwest, says.
"My classroom pedagogy represents this current demand. For the last two years I've been incorporating inquiry-based learning projects within my classroom pedagogy."
Earlier this year, Pulbrook learned specifically about the work of Sugata Mitra and his ideas regarding Self-Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs) and decided to formally set up SOLE sessions to be part of a SOLE mathematics project at her school.
With a population of more than 700 students, 85 per cent of whom come from non-English speaking backgrounds, Fairfield West Public School runs several community languages programs and has a Support Unit catering for students with disabilities from the broader local area.
Pulbrook's extension class of 32 students have previous experience with a range of SOLE tasks and they thoroughly enjoy the investigative exercises as they get to take ownership of their learning and engage in higher order thinking.
"I have attended many conferences where there have been ICT presentations on SOLE and inquiry-based learning models," Pulbrook explains. "Last year, I attended a DEC Gifted and Talented conference in Sydney and attended a seminar specifically on inquiry-based learning projects.
Last year, FWPS also ran an in-school professional learning session on SOLE, based on ideas that were presented by Sugata Mitra at a DEC ICT conference called INSPIRE."
When it came to her first formal SOLE session, Pulbrook posed the question to her students, 'Can you kill a goat by staring at it?' She says that once her students learned what they would be required to do, they were instantly filled with excitement and were keen to start using their creative and divergent thinking.
"Students weren't specifically told about the 'roles' within SOLE sessions yet, as this first session was to see how the students operate as a collective group and how well they collaborate as a team," Pulbrook shares.
"Interestingly enough, the majority of the students were on task as they were very engaged in finding out the answers to such an abstract question. Although the students fell short of time, students thoroughly enjoyed their first SOLE task for the year and shared their interesting findings with the class."
Their findings for this first task related to US army intelligence experiments, hypnosis, superhero powers, and research relating to headaches.
Since the first session, Pulbrook has explicitly introduced SOLE roles to ensure all students are on task.
These roles include: a police officer (to monitor behaviour), a scribe (to record the team's creative responses), a researcher (in charge of getting an ICT device to search for information) and a materials manager (required to collect all equipment for their group).
With previous experience teaching an extension class for the last three years, Pulbrook says assigning roles is not something she would usually do, as generally speaking, the majority of students in her classes have been those who are high-achieving and intrinsically motivated, and can subsequently organise themselves.
"I was excited to try something new and the students loved wearing their assigned 'role lanyard' and really took ownership of their roles," she says.
"Roles are decided upon by the students and not by the teacher. This is important as I find students are more engaged and excited to take on a specific role if they are interested in that role."
Fairfield West Public School believes so highly in the value of the SOLE sessions that they have subsequently established a SOLE project team, of which Pulbrook is a part of. The main aim of this project team is to make some changes within the school environment to strengthen links with various community stakeholders.
Pulbrook says in Term 2 of this year, they trialled something new and exciting by hosting a SOLE collaboration event, at which four SOLE project teachers (including Pulbrook) and their classes met to collaborate in a joint SOLE project task.
"We gave our students the task of researching and devising a plan on 'How can we protect ourselves from sharks at the beach?' The only difference with this task was that different groups had to address the question from a different perspective.
"For example, students were required to address the issue from the perspective of tourists, swimmers, surfers, residents, environmentalists, fishermen, and lifeguards.
"Each group was required to come up with some creative solutions, supported by research."
To accommodate this SOLE session, the school hall was set up with a variety of different learning stations where students could roam between groups and discuss various issues and problems concerning their viewpoints on the issue. Each learning station had a variety of resources, including laptops, iPads, paper, textas and Post Its.
"It was great to see students collaborating with various students from different years!" Pulbrook shares.
"Some students did struggle with addressing the issue from their chosen perspective. However, as a collective, the teachers thought this session was a great 'trial and error' session to see what worked well and what didn't. This was our first trial of getting the students to look at an inquiry question from a variety of perspectives."
Pulbrook says that at times, teachers can feel overwhelmed when new pedagogies or programs are introduced to the classroom, but SOLE had the direct opposite effect on her. "SOLE for me is the excitement of my week! SOLE sessions are easy to set up," she says.
When it comes to organising a SOLE session, Pulbrook uses the following process:
- 5-10 minute introduction to question – this is where she poses an inquiry question and generates interest through providing visual stimuli on an IWB chart. She also explains the SOLE process and reminds students of their roles (which they assign/decide upon themselves).
- Approximately 50 minute student investigation time – students assign themselves specific roles and groups to find the answers to the inquiry question. Students during this time record their creative responses in any form they like (poster, iPad multimedia presentation, Word document, PowerPoint, Prezi etc).
- 15-20 minute class discussion and reflection – This is where they come together as a collective and students share their group's creative ideas and reflect on the task.
The technology used during SOLE sessions is fundamental to the success of the program. Pulbrook incorporates technology into several stages of each session and uses it as a tool to enhance the learning for her students. "I usually begin my SOLE sessions with the use of an IWB for my introduction and task explanation," she says.
"Students then, in small groups, use a variety of ICT devices, such as class iPads and laptops, to carry out their research and record their ideas. As a collective we then come together at the end of each session and share our ideas in a variety of ways. Often I connect iPads by VGA cable to the class IWB to display student responses."
Another important element to her class' use of SOLE has been the sharing of their findings with the school community at large. Pulbrook's class blog, which is linked to the school's website, is a great way for her students to display their work and class experiences with the wider community.
"The reason I specifically decided to share and document our SOLE experience is because I wanted to share with the wider community the exciting programs that my class are working on and how creative my students can really be with little prompting," Pulbrook shares.
"We have also been communicating with a school in Melbourne and an overseas school in California about SOLE and sharing ideas on how we can enhance our school environments.
"SOLE challenges traditional teaching methods, and there are many teachers who may feel apprehensive to teach in this style.
"By sharing our progress, I hope that many teachers who come across our class blog feel inspired to trial these new teaching methods and encourage their students to be creative and innovative."
According to Pulbrook, the students in her class love SOLE sessions as it encourages critical thinking, active learning, problem solving skills, collaboration, and creativity.
"What my class loves most about SOLE is that it enables them to be in charge of their own learning and they can express themselves in a variety of ways," she says.
But perhaps best of all, through independent and creative learning practices, Pulbrook's students can become efficient to carry out various research tasks related to real world issues.
"What I personally love about SOLE is exactly that — it encourages real world learning and problem solving where students can hope or aim to make changes (addressing real issues) within their school community," she says.


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Two alleged Miami-area gang members who posted a YouTube video showing them posing with guns and taunting the Miami-Dade Police Department got busted on federal firearms violations.
Rudy Villanueva and Tony Logan, alleged members of a Miami County street gang called the Bird Road Boys were arrested by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement last week.
Villanueva, who reportedly goes by the aliases King Bird Road and Bird Road Rudy, is the alleged leader of the gang. He is seen on the video saying, "Metro Dade Gang Unit, here I am, baby."
Logan is shown in the video saying, "Come get it." He also flashes gang signs and brandishes and dry fires two handguns.
The feds were not amused. "Villanueva and Logan threatened law enforcement. They brandished weapons and told us, 'Here I am, baby.' And 'Come get us if you want.' Villanueva said come get me, and we did. We will not tolerate gang threats to our police officers," U.S. attorney Alex Acosta said in a statement.
Agents say that a search of Logan's home yielded an AK-47 assault rifle, a shotgun, and several handguns.
Villanueva is a three-time convicted felon who is prohibited from possessing a gun.
The video was titled "Bird Road Getting in Trouble." It has been removed from YouTube.
40cal.xd @ 1/22/2008 7:51 PM
looks like they got what they deserved!
Chief367 @ 1/23/2008 7:11 PM
Not too many times do we get to see the federal government tap dance on some low life's arrogance, on behalf of our brother officers...well done!!!
Randy Janes @ 1/23/2008 9:37 PM
OK unemployed rocket scientists - what part of this process don't you get! Thanks for flying on our airlines!
americanvin @ 1/26/2008 11:39 AM
Thank goodness you don't have to be smart to be a criminal!!
jwpedraza @ 1/27/2008 6:17 PM
Like the old saying goes: Be careful of what you ask for. You just might get it!!!


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Jeannine Morris is the real deal. Living the beauty-fan's dream, she worked her way up from edit internships to a job at Cosmopolitan to on-camera gigs on the red carpet, covering A-list celebs. She's crowned that all with what's become a true mark of success for any new-media-age journalist: her own website (hey, it worked for our editor-in-chief). From behind the controls at BeautySweetSpot.com, she shares tips, tricks, and inside deets, covering all the rising trends while managing to contribute to television shows, magazines, and more.
Thing is, though, she's got a habit. Like so many of us, she's been sucked in by Pinterest. We looked at her amazing beauty board — full of stunning, shimmering bold-lip looks — and just couldn't figure out how she has time to put it together and still create all that killer content. Like we said, she's the real deal.


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What do you get when you combines the 90's, a dentist who wants to be a comic book author, and bicycles? The CAT 3 comic. I'm not too sure who's idea it was to green light this beyond the first issue or charge $2.50/per comic was but I'm pretty sure they feel plenty of shame when looking back on this.
More hilarious awfulness here.


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Life Isn't Fair
When I was told, "this is your last time to see him. You have to say goodbye", I didn't want to believe it. When I walked into the room and saw him lying there, I thought there had been some mistake. This wasn't my grandpa. It couldn't be. It just couldn't. But when I saw the painful smile creep onto his face, I knew it must be him.
I believe that life isn't fair. Things happen for no reason, when people don't deserve it. Sometimes life throws things at us and "if you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win." But I know people who have had heartbreak after heartbreak and life just isn't fair.
When my parents first told me that my grandpa had cancer, I really didn't think much of it. It didn't change his life at all. But when I knew he was getting sicker and sicker, I just had to see him. When I visited him for the last time, and had to say goodbye, I wanted to kick and scream. It wasn't fair he got cancer! He never did anything wrong. I walked into his room and it scared me to see him so weak and skinny and sick. I wish I could remember him as the happy, jolly man he always was. I said goodbye and told him I loved him, but I still felt like something was missing. I didn't tell him that I was proud of him for living his life fully until his last days. He was the bravest man I know and probably will ever know.
When we got the call two days later, I was hysterical. I didn't want it to be true. I secretly hoped that the Papa I knew and loved would just get up out of the bed with a big smile on his face and go eat some chocolate cake. I hated the doctors for not curing him. I hated my parents for not letting me visit him more. I hated him for dying.
At the funeral, it finally hit me. I wasn't the only one he left; I wasn't the only one who was grieving. I realized that even though life sometimes isn't fair, when Papa died, he went somewhere where he couldn't feel any pain. Life isn't fair all the time, but sometimes, that is for the better. Life would be incomplete if everything were perfect; nothing is worth having unless you have to fight for it.
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Believer's Two Natures
Believer's Two Natures
Man is a tripartite being, consisting of body, soul and spirit, The soul consists of mind, will and emotions. Before a person is saved, the spirit is in bondage to soul or the spirit's master is the soul. The death nature ruled your inner man and your spirit was in submission to the soulish realm of your mind, will and emotions. The soul of the unsaved person has been the boss. When the soul wanted something, the senses would relay emotions to the mind or the will in order to get action. The spirit had nothing to say because it was dead to God. As long as death reigns in your moral body, your soul is always in control.
When the new birth took place, His Word which is sharper than any two-edged sword divided asunder the soul and the spirit. This is the miracle of the new birth. Your spirit was released from the dominion of the soul and the soul was now subjected to a new authority. The soul is never happy about this. The Word of God penetrates the shell of your mind, will and emotions and when that life Seed is planted into your Spirit, it begins to grow. You now have a "life nature" and the soul kicks out against the new order established.
Thus the believer has both the death nature and life nature inside his own body.
"So I advise you to live according to your new life in the Holy Spirit. Then you you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. The old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, and your choices are never free from this conflict. "
Galatians 5 : 16 - 17
SOURCE :Pastor Paul Trulin's "Making of A Christian "


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Domain Authority: What are Domain Authority and Total Page Reputation?
Domain Authority is determined by the total value of incoming links to a website. The Total Page Reputation of a webpage governs its ability to compete against other webpages for top page ranking on Google for keywords.
Total Page Reputation includes the PageRank of the Page and the PageRank of the website HomePage.
Positioning on Google is determined by a combination of 'Reputation' and 'Relevance'. The Google algorithm is looking at both to determine the ranking of a webpage for a keyword.
Total REPUTATION (ALSO CALLED 'POPULARITY', 'IMPORTANCE' AND 'AUTHORITY') OF A WEBPAGE
is determined by:
- The total link value of links coming into the Webpage.
- The total link value of links coming into the Website – Domain Authority or Website Reputation.
- Whether it is the HomePage of the Website.
Domain Authority Wedding Photographer and Wills Plymouth Website
A Plymouth Wills writer wishes to know how difficult it would be to achieve for – Wills, Probate – Will writing Devon and Plymouth Wills. The first two have high TPAs and would be out of reach for SME websites. Wills Plymouth has a relatively low keyword difficulty of 50. Power of Attorney Plymouth is also a low keyword difficulty keyword at 41.
A wedding photographer in Kent needs to know how difficult it would be to rank for wedding, wedding planning Essex and wedding photographer Kent. The first two have very high TPAs and would not be possible for an SME website to achieve top page positioning on Google. The Essex keyword has a low TPA requirement of 58 and would be relatively easy to rank for. The wedding photographer kent is more difficult at 68.
What is PageRank?
Google tells us that 'PageRank is Google's view of the importance of this page'.
PageRank is on a logarithmic scale. Those with the greatest reputation have a PageRank 10 and a new webpage has a PageRank0 when it is first indexed.
The best indication we are offered by Google of Website Reputation (Website Authority – Domain Authority) is the PageRank of the HomePage of the website.
A HomePage that is competing for a keyword is allocated a minimum PageRank of 4.5. This means that:
- A new website can begin to be competitive for relatively low keyword difficulty keywords if it uses its HomePage.
The value of a link depends on
- The reputation of the page providing the link – PageRank of the linking page. This is the link power of that page.
- The number of outgoing links on the linking page – the more outgoing links the less the value of those links.
Part of search engine optimization is to increase the reputation of the webpage and website – off-page optimization.
The search engines would like all the links to be natural but if you develop a new website and wait for those links you may wait a very long time.
- The keywords (phrases).
- Words in the keywords.
- Synonyms.
- Associated words.
That are
- Visible on the webpage.
- Present in the underlying coding – particularly the Page Title.
- Present in the anchor (linking) text in incoming links to the webpage.
In SEO, as in life, reputation is even more important than relevance.
- Relevance is largely about what you are and in SEO this equates to on-page optimization.
- Reputation is what others say about you. To the search engines this means the links that others place on their website to specifically to your webpage and to your website in general.
Total Reputation of a webpage includes the Page Reputation of the page and the domain authority – best represented by the HomePage PageRank. Keyword SEO Pro assess keyword difficulty according to the averaged PageRanks and HomePage PageRanks (domain authority) of the webpages on the top page of Google for a keyword.
There is only one program that calculates average Total Page Reputation of the pages on the top page of Google for a list of potential target keywords – Keyword SEO Pro
Keyword Difficult and Average Total Page Reputation of Top Web Pages
The average Total Page Reputation of the webpages on the top Google results page for a keyword is the best keyword difficulty tool available.
Please see example results and explanation here…..


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Before Zack Snyder made his perhaps too faithful adaptation of Watchmen, Bourne Supremacy director Paul Greengrass worked on a different version of the film that would have been a modern, gritty take on Alan Moore's iconic comic. Comic Book Resources recently unearthed production art from the Greengrass film and also spoke to the man who created it, production designer Dominic Watkins, who said they were working on a film that would have been more like Batman Begins.
"I thought it was interesting because I thought we could do something very interesting in his style that hadn't been done before. The Nolan Batman hadn't been done at that point, so everything was still kind of very stylized."
"At that time, I thought it was very poignant because it was written under the backdrop of Reaganism and all that in America and the Cold War being in full effect. I thought that the political climate from Bush was escalated to a similar point, with us on the brink of something quite catastrophic, so I thought making a version of 'Watchmen' that was more contemporary and applying it to the decade of the '00s was a good idea and was a lot more relevant than it turned out to be. I think the difference between Zack Snyder's 'Watchmen' and ours would've been night and day. He pretty much made the movie page-to-page from the graphic novel. Ours was definitely going to be based on the graphic novel and all the characters would've been drawn on that, but we'd have updated it somewhat."
"It would've been done a little bit documentary-style, with a little news reporting mixed in. I feel like that would've been really interesting to see it as real-feeling as possible. Obviously, Doctor Manhattan was always going to be the biggest challenge to that. When there's a 50-foot blue man, it's hard to cinematically make it feel real. I felt they actually did a good job with that in Snyder's."
Watkins estimated they'd already spent $2 million-$3 million in preproduction before the film was shut down and were about to start work building a backlot on the West Side of Manhattan. Their plans included a "f-cked up" version of the Owl Ship that was in bad shape after being mothballed for years, and buildings created by Dr. Manhattan that looked "very much like living atoms."
He added that one thing he designed that made it into Snyder's movie -- or that was at least a shared idea -- was Night Owl's house. "My thought was that if you lived in New York, how would you have this hidden workshop space with the Owl Ship down there? You'd have to be closest to a subterranean world and also have something that looked like a normal apartment, so my solution was to have him in this split-level brownstone, and that in turn led to underneath Manhattan, where there are a lot of other tunnels besides the subway system going back to pre-Victorian and late-18th-century times."
Although we liked Snyder's take on Watchmen just fine, we'd have been really curious to see this version as well. As for Watkins, the next movie where you can see his work will be the Red Dawn remake.
Comic Book Resources has more production art from the film, and you can read more their full Watkins interview there. It's well worth the click.


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While buying a new home is cause for celebration and a sense of accomplishment, lurking in the background after making that big purchase is the dreaded upheaval you'll face when forced to cram your whole life into a mounting pile of moving boxes. After all, countless surveys and studies have confirmed that moving is considered one of life's most stressful experiences.
But have no fear and take a deep breath because if you know what needs to be done before the big day, then the experience doesn't have to be terribly overwhelming. Here are some moving tips to keep your stress levels low as you make your new house feel like home.
1. A Room a Day Keeps the Stress Away: You'll make life easier for yourself on moving day if you start to get rid of stuff before you start packing. In order to make the task less daunting, pick one room a day to clean out. Moving house is a perfect excuse to purge and streamline your possessions and form a pile to donate to charity. Do you really need those three can openers? Or those shoes you haven't worn in 5 years? Also, if you come across items that you want to keep but aren't going to use anytime soon, then it's a good time to pack them away.
2. Prepare a Checklist: You'll thank yourself in the long run if you keep a running list of those little items you need to get done and what you need before you actually start packing. You'll be too busy to remember the little things, so keep the list handy. And yes, you will need more moving supplies than you think, so plan ahead.
3. Garage Sale: Moving is expensive and who wants to pack up and load a bunch of possessions you no longer want or need? Get a head start on lightening your load and make a few bucks in the process by hosting a garage sale.
4. Notifications List: Keep an up-to-date list on all the entities you need to notify about your change in address, such as Internet service provider, your cable or satellite TV provider, various utility companies, a number of insurance companies and more. Set aside some time one morning to cross these off one by one.
5. Keep Kids Involved: If you have little ones in tow, then keep them in the loop by being upfront and making sure that you clearly communicate to them why you're moving so they have time to adjust. Your kid(s) will pick up on your emotions, so physical and emotional preparation for your child needs to start well before moving day. If possible, show them around the new neighborhood before you move and perhaps visit a local park.
6. Box Hunter: Start looking as early as possible for a good variety of boxes that are sturdy enough to protect your goods. While you can buy moving boxes from stores like The Home Depot, it doesn't hurt to start collecting used moving boxes and essential moving supplies. Also, be on the lookout for cheap packing materials. Checking unconventional places, such as CraigsList for example, may yield great results. Some recent re-locators may be looking to unload some cardboard boxes they no longer need or want. One's man's trash could be your treasure!
7. Create "Unpack First" Boxes: A little prioritization can go a long way in making life comfortable as you settle into your new home. By putting key essentials in boxes labeled "unpack first," you'll have access to what you need right away without having to search endlessly.
8. Takeout is your Friend: Cooking and cleaning up home-cooked meals can't be a priority when you're changing residences, as there are too many other details to worry about. So take the pressure off yourself and leave the cooking to someone else.
9. Color Coordination: Label boxes with a color for each room in your new home. So orange labels might be for the kitchen, and red labels for the bedroom, etc. This method will help you organize where items go once you arrive.
10. Happy Helpers: You're probably not moving all on your own, so if you've roped some friends and/or family into helping, keep in mind "fed helpers are happy helpers." By offering to feed and hydrate your assistants, they might be a little more patient when you ask them to move that armoire from the second floor.
11. Computer Talk: Life without the Internet is no life at all, so unless you want to compete for free wifi at a crowded coffee shop after you move, you might want to get your Internet set up at least a week before you move to your new place. Unpacking some of those boxes can wait as you unwind and catch up with your favorite shows on Hulu.
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Waterloo 200 organiser, Mick Crumplin, said, "As education lead for Waterloo 200 and a military historian, I was delighted with the Isle of Man's decision to commemorate one of Britain and Europe's most important historical events - the Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. The stamps splendidly portray various stages in the action of the 18 June, 1815. This issue will remain a treasured memorial for collectors and the general public."
This famous battle, depicted on stamps in various stages from both sides of the conflict, marked the end of the Revolutionary (1792 - 1803) and Napoleonic (1804 - 1815) wars. Financially it cost Britain dearly and resulted in a greater proportional loss of life than World War II.
Following Napoleon Bonaparte's abdication in 1814, he made a surprise return to France the following year, which prompted an extensive mobilisation against him from the combined British/German and Dutch army, the Prussian Force, the Russian army and the Austrian army.
In response, Bonaparte advanced to the border of France and the Netherlands (now Belgium) in anticipation of an allied invasion, and for the first time he faced the Duke of Wellington.
War broke out on the 16 June following two preliminary battles, and two days later a three mile allied line, which included three defended farms (Hougoumont, La Haye and Papelotte) awaited Bonaparte's preliminary move.
At approximately 12.45pm a 64-gun battery fired on Wellington's left centre, followed by a 17,000 strong infantry assault, repelled by a strong, but wasteful, British heavy cavalry attack, which in turn was countered by French cavalry. Fighting continued on both sides all day, but by the following evening victory was assured, as the Prussian cavalry pursued the French off the battlefield. The victory, however, was tainted by the loss of 55,000 men; either killed, wounded or missing.
These stamps relive the battle by capturing its key stages, including the preliminary battle at Quatre-Bras, the fighting at Lay Haye-Sainte, the defence of Chateau de Hougoumont and an image of General Rowland Hill , one of Wellington's trusted generals.
Tim Cooke, Chairman of Waterloo 200, said, "Waterloo 200 is a registered charity with a vision to deliver an appropriate international commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and its consequences for the history of Europe. As the Chairman of Waterloo 200 we are delighted to be in partnership with the Isle of Man Post Office Stamps and Coins division."
Valerie Caine
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HENRICO, VA (WWBT) – Firefighters have become a common site at the Honey Tree Apartments. Several fires there have been ruled accidental. Since the most recent blaze nearly three weeks ago, NBC 12 has received a stack of emails from residents concerned about their safety. We looked into it and found out firefighters have responded to the Honey Tree Apartments nine times in the last two years.
For Stephanie Knight, life is not sweet at the Honey Tree Apartments. She's returned home to a scene with fire trucks at her complex multiple times in the year she's lived there.
"It's one of those things, you don't know what building it is. You don't know which apartment it's impacting. You don't know if anyone's been hurt," she said.
Fire Department records reveal a list of incidents.
On July 13, 2008, a stove caught on fire. In January of 2009, firefighters responded to a blaze in a barrel. Two months later they handled another one in a dumpster.
Then, a two alarm fire was caused when contractors held blow torches too close to combustible vapors. In April and June of that year, fires occurred when people were cooking. On June 9, 2009, there was an overloaded electrical outlet.
Fire marshals have ruled most of the blazes accidental and said they were caused by basic human error.
"No building component has been identified that crosses all of those fires," said Fire Marshal David Seay.
There are no code violations and marshals have found nothing wrong with the buildings. They're hoping education might prevent the sounds of sirens at the Honey Tree Apartments.
Officials went there last week to teach some basic fire safety. Of the 388 units in the complex, less than thirty residents showed up.
"You'd like to think that if you're responsible enough to live in an apartment, pay your rent and your bills, you would be able to properly cook food in the microwave," said Knight.
Fire marshals are still investigating the cause of the most recent fire. In the meantime, firefighters say they're more than willing to come to each apartment to discuss any fire hazards that may be lurking in a home.
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Study Tips
Written By Erin Avery Certified Educational Planner Finals are just around the corner, and I know it can be tough to fit in the time to study, and study effectively. So here are a few tips to help you out. 1. Find your niche. In order to study effectively, some people to need to leave … Continue reading
Sleeping Tips in College
Written By Erin Avery Certified Educational Planner We have all been there – whether it is all nighters, cat naps, or insomnia, college is known for sleep deprivation. I've put a few tips together to help you get some proper sleep, which makes for a more productive day. 1. Exercise. Try walking to class or … Continue reading
College On a Budget
Written By Erin Avery Certified Educational Planner Oh yes, the days of Ramen noodle and left overs…we have all been there, dreaming of the days when 'money was no object,' and when our parents took care of all of our expenses. Well, we want to help make the most of your college experience by providing … Continue reading
Social Media and College Students
Written By Erin Avery Certified Educational Planner Here are three ways college students can utilize Social Media for resources, building relationships/connections, and staying up-to-date with friends. 1. Information is always available: The library use to be the only way a college student could properly study or research for papers. But today we are seeing … Continue reading
Support Japan With $10 + A Bit of Your Time
At this point, we are all familiar with the crisis in Japan. Now is the time to give support to the people there. For high-school and college students, maybe donating a significant amount of funds is a bit difficult right now, but here are 5 ways Mashable.com recommends giving back with just $10 and a … Continue reading
Legacy=A Leg Up?
Written By Erin Avery Certified Educational Planner When I discuss the higher education admission process with my clients, in an attempt to manage expectations, I often invoke the analogy of a single file line. I say, "Guess who's already in front of you?" Those students that represent geographic and ethnic diversity certainly are. Those … Continue reading
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Written By Erin Avery Certified Educational Planner Many students reported that their students had good experiences in programs at American and Boston U. While no one reported sending a student to the communications program at Syracuse, there's agreement that it's worth serious consideration, given the general strength of Syracuse's summer program and its undergrad communications … Continue reading


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It's been difficult following my beloved Broncos in Los Angeles. I just can't get a 'feel' for the team, especially this year for me.
I'm still trying to figure out how good or bad this team will be. How many wins do you guys back in Denver think the team will win?
Seriously, for the first time in quite a number of years I just haven't followed them as much as I would have liked.
Your 2017 W/L Prediction please.
Thanks guys.


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Hardship in the headlines: global poverty and neocolonialism in western news media
ResumoPoverty is one of the most significant issues facing the world today. Although Western news media often report on the manifestations of poverty—famine, overcrowding, epidemics, or natural disasters—they rarely reflect the political, economic, and ideological structures that have directly caused and continue to exacerbate it on a global scale. This article argues that Western news media communicate global poverty, as a pressing issue, but ultimately fail to point out underlying causes or suggest any changes to the status quo. This fosters an understanding of poverty as a series of events, rather than the lived daily experience of many. This article, therefore, investigates the structures of neocolonial capitalism and neoliberal ideologies that gained momentum in the 20th century and continue to frame the content of news media today. Discussing the concepts of 'compassion fatigue' and Anthony Downs' 'issue-attention cycle', this article is a normative analysis of news media, exploring new ways to educate citizens on the global political economy. Drawing on the work of Lauren Berlant and Robert McChesney, this article ultimately discusses new ways of communicating poverty, which will require an acknowledgement of neocolonialism and a rethinking of crisis as lived daily experience.
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FOX, Laura. Hardship in the headlines: global poverty and neocolonialism in western news media. Media & Jornalismo, [S.l.], v. 16, n. 29, p. 191-200, out. 2016. ISSN 2183-5462. Disponível em: <http://impactum-journals.uc.pt/mj/article/view/3748>. Acesso em: 16 out. 2018.
Poverty, media, news, journalism, global, international, political, neocolonialism, communication, development
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Police departments in western Mass. seek stun guns
SHEFFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Two police departments in western Massachusetts are considering arming officers with stun guns, possibly before the end of the year.
The Berkshire Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/13o0k05 ) that the Egremont and Sheffield police departments are waiting for approval after asking town officials to include buying the electroshock weapon in their budgets.
Sheffield and Egremont police officials said stun guns are being used by departments across the state and are a valuable defensive weapon.
Egremont's acting police chief, Jeremy Pilone, said the stun guns would replace the use of pepper spray.
He says pepper spray is ineffective because it could affect officers in close quarters.
Information from: The Berkshire (Mass.) Eagle, http://www.berkshireeagle.com


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I know, I know...
Doing a video or blog post about my monthly favorites isn't exactly a innovative idea, but I always enjoy watching/reading other peoples' posts like that, so I think I'll follow the trend and start posting mine as well! ;)
Now the big question is: Video or blog post?!
I think I'm leaning more towards the video... That way I can still post the video here along with a list of the products featured in the video.
Thoughts? :)


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2013 Field Hockey News
Making the gradeJuly 09, 2014McDaniel College has announced its Dean's List from the Spring 2014 semester and 117 Green Terror student-athletes qualified for the honors.
Eleven named to Academic SquadMarch 19, 2014Eleven members of the McDaniel College field hockey team have been named to the 2013 National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Academic Squad
Making the gradeFebruary 07, 2014McDaniel College has announced its Dean's List from the Fall 2013 semester and 115 Green Terror student-athletes, including 43 first-semester students, qualified for the honors.
McDaniel places 23 on Fall Academic Honor RollDecember 05, 2013Twenty-three McDaniel College student-athletes have been named to the 2013 Centennial Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll.
Cressman named All-CCNovember 11, 2013Rachel Cressman, a sophomore, has been named to the All-Centennial Conference field hockey team.
White makes five savesNovember 02, 2013Caila White made five saves for the Green Terror without allowing a goal in 19 minutes of action in goal. Franklin & Marshall scored four times in a 6-minute, 10-second span to break open a 1-0 game and defeat McDaniel, 5-0.
Meszler, DeColli score on senior dayOctober 26, 2013Seniors Sarah Meszler and Danielle DeColli each scored a goal for the Green Terror in their final collegiate home games. Washington (Md.) scored with 48 seconds left in regulation to tie the game before scoring with 4:35 remaining in double overtime to defeat McDaniel, 3-2.
White makes five savesOctober 22, 2013Caila White led the Green Terror with five saves. Johns Hopkins scored a goal in each half to defeat McDaniel, 2-0.
Haab records one and one in key winOctober 19, 2013Lara Haab led the Green Terror with a goal and an assist, tallying the game-winner in the 52nd minute. McDaniel scored a goal in each half to defeat Haverford, 2-1.
Haab tallies pair of helpersOctober 15, 2013Lara Haab led the Green Terror with two assists, tipping a pair of long passes early in each half that resulted in goals. Gettysburg scored the final four goals of the game to overcome a 2-0 deficit and defeat McDaniel, 4-2.
Meszler, Little lift McDaniel to victoryOctober 12, 2013Sarah Meszler and Julie Little each scored a goal for the Green Terror. McDaniel scored three second-half goals to overcome a 1-0 halftime deficit and defeat Swarthmore, 3-1.
Bach scores both in 2-1 McDaniel winOctober 05, 2013Sarah Bach scored both goals for the Green Terror, including breaking the tie 4:21 into the second half. McDaniel broke a 1-all deadlock early in the second half and the defense held off Eastern Mennonite for a 2-1 victory.
Miller breaks deadlock for 2-1 McDaniel winOctober 04, 2013Haley VanNostrand and Allie Miller each scored their first collegiate goals for the Green Terror. McDaniel carried play in the second half, registering a pair of goals to defeat Roanoke, 2-1.
Little registers one and oneOctober 02, 2013Julie Little had a hand in both goals for the Green Terror, recording a goal and an assist. Dickinson scored three times in a 5-minute, 9-second span to defeat McDaniel, 3-2.
Reynolds scores in first halfSeptember 28, 2013Sara Reynolds scored in the first half for the Green Terror, breaking up the shutout in the 22nd minute. Ursinus scored twice in the game's first 15 minutes en route to a 4-2 victory over McDaniel.
Haab named Player of the WeekSeptember 23, 2013Lara Haab, a sophomore, has been named the Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 16-22.
Haab scores four timesSeptember 21, 2013Lara Haab led the Green Terror with four goals.. McDaniel scored the final four goals of the game to break a 1-all deadlock early and down Bryn Mawr, 5-1.
Bach tallies firstSeptember 17, 2013Sarah Bach scored one of the three goals for the Green Terror. McDaniel scored early in each half to key a 3-1 win at Stevenson.
Little scores earlySeptember 13, 2013Julie Little staked the Green Terror an early 1-0 lead. Muhlenberg scored a pair of second-half goals to break a 1-all deadlock and defeat McDaniel, 3-1.
Haab takes eight shotsSeptember 10, 2013Lara Haab took eight shots for the Green Terror, who finished with a 24-4 advantage in shots. Shenandoah scored a pair of second-half goals to defeat McDaniel, 2-0.
White makes eight savesSeptember 05, 2013Caila White made eight saves in goal for the Green Terror, who finished with a 17-14 advantage in shots and 16-10 advantage in penalty corners. Wesley tallied a goal in each half to down McDaniel, 2-0.
Little named Player of the WeekSeptember 03, 2013Julie Little, a senior, has been named the Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 2.
Little records hat trickSeptember 01, 2013For the second day in a row, McDaniel allowed a late goal to tie the game. For the second day in a row, Julie Little gave her team an overtime victory by a 5-4 margin at York (Pa.).
Little scores twice, including game-winnerAugust 31, 2013Julie Little bookended the season opener with goals for the Green Terror, who got a goal and three assists from Lara Haab. McDaniel had the final say in a back-and-forth affair but needed more than 86 minutes to settle a 4-3 win over Randolph-Macon.


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Hi bees,
I started a new job about a month ago. I work in a small department with about four other people and I really like all of them. My wedding is in April, so I will probably be sending out invitations in February, at which point I will have been at my job for five months. I am wondering as to whether I should invite my co-workers? They know I am getting married and we've talked about my wedding a little, my boss has even encouraged me to take a honeymoon (which we weren't planning on right away) and given me ideas on where to go. At this point, I don't spend time with them outside of work so I'm not sure if it would be appropriate to invite them and I don't want them to feel obligated to come. Thoughts?


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To eliminate odors and deep clean wood boards, sprinkle with coarse salt, and rub with a thick slice of lemon, let it sit for 10 minutes before rinsing. Salt is abrasive and absorbent, so it loosens debris and draws liquid from the wood, while the lemon deodorizes.
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At a time when Cañon City High School is planning for a complete overhaul in curriculum, opening a charter high school would limit resources, according to Cañon City School District leaders.
During a meeting Tuesday in Mountain View Core Knowledge School's gym, officials presented those changes to parents, a group that has shown interest in expanding the kindergarten through eighth-grade charter school to a high school.
But George Welsh, the superintendent of the Cañon City School District, hoped parents considered something else: "maybe we'll give this project at the high school a little time."
During the presentation, Bill Summers, the principal of CCHS, and Adam Hartman, the district's director of instruction, presented information about "Pathways," the new curriculum that gears students to pursuing studies based on their interests, especially those that could lead to a career.
Welsh said opening a new charter high school could mean that fewer resources go to the rest of the district's students, especially as it moves forward with major changes in curriculum at CCHS.
"Creating a small high school option that maybe would have 140 dedicated slots would draw maybe $1 million from what we're trying to accomplish already at Cañon City High School, with limited funds," Welsh said.
Part of this comes down to the state funding the district would lose if students move to a charter school, which would have relative independence from the district.
Mountain View Core Knowledge, Cañon City's only charter school, has its own governing board that is mostly made up of parents, and Karen Sartori, who is the school's principal and school administrator.
But even with that independence, the school still has to answer to the school district, which is its charter authorizer. For Mountain View, this means that even though the school has relative autonomy and can make the majority of its own decisions, it still has to get approval from the district before making major changes.
It also means that the school contributes a small portion of its per-pupil funding to the Cañon City School District, in addition to maintaining contracts with the district for services, such as special education and nutrition.
At most, authorizers can require that charters contribute 5 percent of their per-pupil funding to them. Sartori said after budget cuts in 2008, the school district raised the charter school's contribution from 3.5 percent to 5 percent.
"So, it was a pretty big hit on our school at the time," Sartori said.
But Sunny Bolin, a Mountain View parent, said the opposite feels true at the school. She said she feels that the district isn't paying enough attention to Mountain View.
"You're presenting this high school to us because you want us to be invested in your programs, and I just asking why because it feels like you're not investing in our kids," she said. "You have a huge literacy grant ... you don't share it with us."
Still, Sartori emphasized that the school's relationship with the district is positive.
"We do have one of the most positive relationships with our district than any charter school that I'm familiar with has," Sartori said, adding that she stays involved with the district to find ways to include the school in district programs and grants.
It is because of the school's independence that it is left out sometimes, she said, adding, "we are autonomous in many ways, and for that reason, sometimes and oftentimes, we get left out of certain opportunities,"
She added that getting left out of a grant can come down to Mountain View's demographics. In some cases, Sartori said, the school's amount of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch is too low to qualify for certain grants.
Additionally, Welsh suggested that parents consider creating a smaller high school through the district if they're still interested after CCHS's changes are implemented.
"That's a promise I would follow through on," Welsh said. "Once again, it's got to kind of follow that rubric that it doesn't take away so much from one group of students for the benefit of others. So, that's going to be a values tug-of-war that we might go through."
After the meeting, Sartori said that parents would have to show interest to Mountain View to move forward with opening a charter high school.
"I think it's going to be a continued conversation with the school district," she said.
She also emphasized previously that no decisions have been made yet.
Instead, the the school planned meetings to determine how many parents would be interested in implementing two major changes at the school: creating a high school and moving to a four-day school week.
In a survey distributed to parents, Mountain View found that 82 percent of respondents would be interested in creating a charter high school. Seventy percent were interested in moving to a four-day week.
In Colorado, 114,694 students are enrolled in charter schools for the 2016-2017 school year, according to Colorado Department of Education statistics. Of those, 25,829 are enrolled in charter high schools.
But Welsh wanted parents to think about adding Mountain View students to those statistics.
"Moving forward with such a project ... I would want to make sure that doing so would not only benefit the kids who would go to the new high school option, but also wouldn't be to the detriment to the vast majority of the kids that would remain in the current high school setting," he said.
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Around & About Theater: The Lion and the Fox at Central Works
This weekend, Central Works opens a prequel to one of their most popular shows, 'The Lion and the Fox,' concerning Niccolo Machiavelli's fascination with tyrant Cesare Borgia, the strongman he thinks might unite Italy, and Macchiavelli's loyalty to the independence of the Florentine Republic. Written by Gary Graves, directed by Jan Zvaifler. Thursdays through Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 5 through March at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue between Ellsworth and Dana, $28 advance (Brown Paper Tickets: 800-838-3006), sliding scale of $28-$15 at the door; previews and Thursdays, pay what you can. 558-1381; centralworks.org


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"Rickshaw! Rickshaw!" – This word is probably uttered a record number of times every day in this city. And about fifty percent of the time people are left muttering abuses to the rickshaw drivers who can leave you stranded when you're in the greatest hurry to get somewhere.
Millions of commuters in Mumbai depend on auto rickshaws in their daily lives to get around. But auto rickshaw drivers have earned a bad reputation for themselves in recent times- with the public accusing them of overcharging by rigging meters, refusing to ferry customers at whim and driving like maniacs with a complete disregard for traffic rules. The media has flashed reports of this general dissatisfaction with autowallahs at length but we have never heard the other side of the story. Here's another perspective from the eyes of two of our artisans- Meeta and Sushila, whose husbands are autowallahs.
Meeta Gupta, 36, Sahara Cooperative:
My husband has been driving an auto for 17 years now. He is at work from 10 am to 9 pm every day. People say all sorts of things about autowallahs but they don't take into account that they might have genuine problems too.
Just the other day a cop asked my husband for directions but my husband didn't know where the place was. The cop started kicking him and abusing him and my husband came home bruised and in pain. As if the humiliation of being kicked wasn't enough, my husband had to stay silent about the incident because he cannot speak up against the police.
Sushila Gupta, 30, Nirmaan Cooperative.
My husband has been driving an auto for 15 years now. He works from 8 am to 5 pm every day. Like Meeta's husband, my husband does not have a permit for the auto either because the government stopped issuing permits in 1997. So even though we paid almost 2 lakhs for the auto, we must pay Rs 90,000 to a man who has a permit every 3 years- in order for us to use his permit to drive. Gas costs Rs 125 per day and oil costs another Rs 25. On top of that we have to pay Rs 20 as night parking charges. On an average my husband earns between Rs 400-Rs 600 a day. After deducting the daily expenses we are left with around Rs 250- Rs 300 every day ($5- $6).
There are a lot of health hazards that an autowallah must face- apart from the complications that arise with being in the heat and dust all day, my husband suffers from constant back aches and leg pain. Staying in one position for hours takes a toll on him. I try to do what I can to help him out financially with what I earn at MarketPlace but I feel bad that his job is so physically taxing.


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Book Club Girl Podcast: Laura Lippman
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The Board of Trustees and the entire staff of The Health Trust send a sincere thank you to Fred Ferrer for his nine years as Chief Executive Officer. During his tenure, Fred created strong programs in housing, homelessness, aging, early childhood, health care and led efforts that benefitted our entire community.
During this time of transition, the Board has appointed Dr. Charlie Bullock as interim CEO. Dr. Bullock is Dean Emeritus from San Jose State University and has worked in health and human services throughout his career. He is a visionary leader and a nationally recognized and respected teacher, scholar and administrator. Dr. Bullock recently served as Chair of the Board of The Health Trust, has a community-first philosophy and a proven track record of working with diverse groups of people during difficult times of change and transition. Learn more about Dr. Charlie Bullock here.
The Board of Trustees and staff understand that our community faces many complex health and social services challenges. As such, we are committed to searching for a leader with vision, passion, credibility and the ability to strengthen existing partnerships while forging new ones. The Board will search for a leader who will create public policy initiatives to continue building healthy communities and direct resources to the needs and challenges facing the most vulnerable in our community. The Health Trust remains committed to its three important initiatives: Healthy Aging, Healthy Eating and Healthy Living; and, will remain strong in our client services – children's oral health, family resource centers, health education, HIV/AIDS, housing, Destination Home, Meals on Wheels – and other good programs. Dr. Bullock will lead the Board in the search for the permanent CEO.
Like many of you, we know the Health Trust is a resilient agency with a unique role to play in moving forward an agenda for healthier communities through thoughtful public policy initiatives, strategic advocacy and strong community partnerships that ultimately create a safer and healthier place for vulnerable communities to live and thrive. The Board and staff stand ready and committed to continue the excellent services and work currently underway.