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One-district counties
Regarding your editorial last Thursday ("Consolidation makes sense but not a strict one-district-per-county standard"), I beg to disagree. I agree with the lawmaker who has introduced a bill that would enforce a limit of one school district per county.
It should not be done by 2009, however. I think that would be too soon and would cause too much disruption in too short a period of time. Here is a suggested plan:
(1) Begin to phase out the high cost of school administration by not hiring new administrators as the existing persons in these positions either retire or leave to take other jobs. This also would apply to all administrative staff.
(2) Let the Spartanburg County legislative delegation and County Council work out a plan to eventually go to a single-school-district county.
(3) In Spartanburg County, let this plan begin to be implemented by first phasing down to three school districts on an interim basis as unneeded administrative positions are phased out by retirements, etc.


text: French newspaper suggests pilot error in Air France 447 crash Tuesday, 17 May 2011 16:13:13 CDT David-Braverman Travel (0) Le Figaro is reporting that the French accident-investigation authority (BEA, the French equivalent of the NTSB) reviewed the flight data recorder from AF447 over the weekend. Airbus Industrie, the airplane's manufacturer, this morning reported to its customers that they do not anticipate a finding that the airplane was at fault, an elliptical way of saying it's pilot error. The BEA is livid that Le Figaro leaked the story: "Sensationalist publication of non-validated information, whilst the analysis of the data from the flight recorders has only just started, is a violation of the respect due to the passengers and the crew members that died and disturbs the families of the victims, who have already suffered as a result of many hyped-up stories," the BEA said in a statement responding to that story. Le Figaro, though almost completely consumed for the last three days with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, still seems to have come to a reasonable conclusion based on leaked information from the BEA: Selon les sources interrogées par Le Figaro, de nouveaux éléments sur la responsabilité d'Air France ou de son équipage seront communiquées par le BEA dans la journée de mardi. Le rapport définitif d'enquête du BEA devrait être rédigé durant plusieurs mois mais il est possible que le scénario du drame soit définitivement établi d'ici la fin de semaine. Contactée par Le Figaro, le porte-parole d'Air France s'est refusé à tout commentaire, «tant que le BEA n'aura pas mené à bien l'ensemble des vérifications nécessaires». De son côté, Airbus s'est également refusé à toute confirmation. Translation: According to Le Figaro's sources, new information about Air France's responsibility or its crew's will be released by the BEA on Tuesday. The final report on the accident won't be released by the BEA for several months, but it is possible that the drama's scenario will be definitively established by the end of this week. Air France has declined to comment; for its part, Airbus has also refused to confirm the information. The most widely-held hypothesis, advanced by PBS's Nova a couple of months ago, holds that the plane's computer lost airspeed information due to pitot tube icing, but the pilots failed to respond correctly to the problem.

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Rare cancer found in Nevada likely caused by asbestos in nature
The highly fatal cancer mesothelioma found in unusually higher proportions of women and young adultsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Director of Communications , University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Public Information Officer, University of Hawaii at Manoa
HONOLULU – Southern Nevada counties that include Las Vegas show high proportions
of women and younger residents coming down with a rare and aggressive cancer more commonly found in older men occupationally exposed to asbestos, suggesting that naturally occurring mineral fibers in that region are a contributing source of the cancers, University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researchers have found.
The findings published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology highlight the need for more research to guide development in the region, where construction growth, a dry climate, dust storms, and use of off-road recreation vehicles help to make the carcinogenic fibers airborne and breathable by people. These conditions greatly increase the potential for naturally occurring asbestos to be blown into the Las Vegas Basin and cause human exposure. Once in the lungs, the fibrous particles cause problems that over time can lead to mesothelioma, a cancer of the organ lining that is aggressive and highly fatal.
"It is important to know where asbestos is in the environment so that future urban development does not encroach on it and we can prevent cancer in the future," said Dr. Michele Carbone, MD, PhD, one of the study authors. "We have made similar discoveries in North Dakota, Turkey and New Caledonia, and we have worked with the local authorities in those locations to remedy the problem to prevent diseases in the future. We hope to do the same in Nevada."
Working with collaborators, Dr. Francine Baumann, PhD, an assistant professor in the UH Cancer Center's Epidemiology Program looked at proportions of people 55 and younger, as well as women, among mesothelioma deaths in Clark and Nye counties in southern Nevada.
Because there is a time lag of several decades from exposure to development of mesothelioma in workers occupationally exposed to asbestos, the disease occurs late in life, around 74 years of age. Instead, the University of Hawai'i study found higher than expected proportions of women and people younger than 55 dying from mesothelioma in southern Nevada. In some cases the individuals were younger than 20, suggesting that the exposure to asbestos occurred early in life, probably as a result of exposure to asbestos in the environment.
Dr. Baumann analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control in the United States from 1999 through 2010 by gender, age group and county, which included a total of 31,526 malignant mesothelioma deaths.
The study found that some of the known sources of carcinogenic fibrous minerals in Nevada occur in unpopulated areas in north and central portions of the state, others near the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Las Vegas metropolitan area has 1.9 million people either in direct contact with naturally occurring asbestos or residing in areas that for part of the year are downwind from naturally occurring asbestos sources. Portions of the Las Vegas metropolitan area have the regulated asbestos mineral actinolite, as well as other naturally occurring asbestos-like fibrous materials present in rock, soil, and air.
The researchers said further study is needed to inform strategies that would minimize exposure to humans living in these areas.
The University of Hawai'i Cancer Center is one of 68 research institutions designated by the National Cancer Institute. Affiliated with the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, the center is dedicated to eliminating cancer through research, education, and improved patient care. Learn more at www.uhcancercenter.org. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UHCancerCenter. Follow us on Twitter @UHCancerCenter.


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Bigman, who has been staging the lingerie trade show for 11 years, said the March market, which is among the largest seasonal fairs, traditionally pulls in 600 to 700 merchants.
"We have a very good feeling after talking with all of our exhibitors, and we believe it will be an extremely strong show," said Bigman, noting a number of specialty retailers from the South will be visiting the show for the first time.
The March 3-5 salon will continue to be staged at the Millennium Broadway Hotel on West 44th Street between Avenue of the Americas and Broadway. Bus service to and from Madison Avenue showrooms at the corner of East 34th Street and Madison Avenue will take place every 20 minutes on Monday, March 4, and Tuesday, March 5, beginning at 9 a.m.
"There's a pent-up need for new merchandise, especially after November, which is not the most exciting market," Bigman said. "And people are traveling much more now, especially to New York. So going into March, retailers are definitely feeling very positive."
About 200 lingerie and swimwear lines from 12 countries will be showcased, including ones from the U.S., Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland, U.K., Spain, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Greece and Austria.
Bigman added, "The show has become an incubator for young designers who can reach retailers looking to find hot, new merchandise, such as Araks and Leigh Bantivoglio."
Newcomers to the salon include Avanzad, Ilux, Patrizia, Ying Li, Pompea USA, After Eden, C&G Lingerie, Bluepoint Apparel, Henry John Sleepwear, CMI International and Pantyhose Love Glove.
Bigman further noted that approximately 100 merchants who have never visited the salon have registered on the company's new Web site, intimateapparelsalon.com.


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Are you ready for the elections? Voters encouraged to make sure they are registered and have signed up for postal voting ahead of May local elections
Voters across the Cotswolds are being encouraged to make sure they are registered and have applied for postal voting ahead of the deadlines so that they can vote in the local elections on 6 May.
To take part in any election anyone over the age of 18 must be registered in the area they live in. Some people eligible to vote may not be registered and therefore will not be able to cast a vote. This may be because they have recently moved or are voting for the first time.
Poll cards have now been sent to all individuals registered to vote which contain information on a voters polling station and election details. Any residents who have registered and not received a poll card should contact Cotswold District Council.
Residents can register to vote through the Government website which takes only five minutes to complete.
Some residents prefer to vote by post or by proxy - where another individual casts a vote on a registered voter's behalf when that individual can not vote themselves. To be able to use a proxy vote, applications must be in by Tuesday 27 April by 5 pm.
This year, there are emergency powers which mean that you can apply for a proxy up to 5 pm on the 6th of May if you have COVID-19 symptoms or have been asked to self isolate.
By using a postal vote residents can make sure their voice is heard at the local elections from the safety of their home. Residents can apply for postal voting now and have to get their application in before the deadline of 5 pm on 20 April.
Voters can apply for postal or proxy voting by visiting the council website at cotswold.gov.uk/registertovote or calling 01285 623002.
Jan Britton, Returning Officer for Cotswold District District said, "I would urge people to make sure they have registered ahead of the required deadlines so that they have the chance to have their say in this year's local elections."
"For anyone interested in voting by post this year they need to make sure they apply for their postal vote before 5 pm on the 20 April 2021. We are quickly approaching the deadline and I would encourage people to sign up sooner rather than later."


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April 26, 2020
It has been over a month now. A month since life seemingly came to screeching halt. A month since we were banished to live behind closed doors, to emerge only with masks on, and at a safe social distance.
But oddly, in a sense many people had been living like that already before all this began. When they are out in public they wear masks, not to protect them from a virus, but to hide the virus within them. The virus of sin and evil that causes them to harbor hatred, envy, greed, and bitterness. They paint a warm smile on that mask, in hopes people won't see the scowl underneath, the barred teeth, and the curses on their lips. They keep a safe social distance, not wanting to reveal their empty souls and their darkened hearts. Only within the confines of their private sanctuaries do they let their true selves be known to the walls they have built around themselves. And sadly, there are others that wear a mask to hide depression, grief, or despair, not wanting to appear weak, vulnerable, or a burden to others.
Then there are others that had already been living on lockdown inside a cell built by the devil – a cell filled with fear and anxiety that this pandemic has only heightened. Afraid of the future, afraid of change, afraid of what might happen. Afraid to step out into what God would have them to do, worrying that they might fail. Afraid of giving of themselves for fear they might be taken advantage of. Afraid of losing loved ones, so they cling to them so tightly that they themselves are the cause of the loss. So afraid of becoming ill that their mental state weakens their immune system to the point that they open the door they thought they had shut.
Both types of people have been enslaved, not by COVID-19 or by the government, but by something far more powerful. By something that has been trapping the souls of mankind since the beginning. By something that has destroyed peace on earth. Something that has ruined the perfect balance of the natural world and infiltrated it with aggression and destruction, dividing it into the predators and the prey, one living to kill and the other fearing for their life.
At times it takes great spiritual discernment to even know which is which. We can all too easily be deceived into thinking the predators are our friends, with our best interests at heart, all the while preying on our naivete' and our fears. On the other hand, sometimes the most aggressive among us are acting out of fear, attempting to disguise it by intimidating others in order to feel safe.
So what are we to do? How do we escape from the evil that lurks within us, no matter what form it might take? How do we find peace in a world that threatens us from every side? The answer is the same for both. And, of course, that answer is Jesus. Jesus came to this earth to release us from the bonds of sin and evil - and the bonds of fear. Jesus is the key that unlocks the hold that Satan has on you, that releases you from the chains that will otherwise continue to tighten around you until the day you not only lose your physical life, but your eternal life as well. There is nothing more glorious on this earth than the knowledge that you are no longer a slave to sin and to fear. That you have a home waiting for you with our Lord in heaven where sin and fear will never, ever threaten you again. And that during your remaining years on earth you will be free!
Yes, those who Christ has freed are free indeed. No matter the circumstance. Even during a pandemic. Because no matter the restraints the government places on their bodies, their spirits are free and unbound. No matter the snares laid out by the devil, their faith has overcome their fear, their joy has overcome their sorrow, and they know the hope they have placed in the Lord for their future will be fulfilled beyond their wildest dreams.
"So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free." (John 8:36). Amen.
VIDEO: "No Longer Slaves" (Zach Williams) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDnA_coA168


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Opening Bell: 07.06.12
Payrolls In U.S. Rose 80,000 In June; Jobless Rate At 8.2% (Bloomberg)
Payrolls rose 80,000 last month after a 77,000 increase in May, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. Economists projected a 100,000 gain, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey. The unemployment rate held at 8.2 percent. Private employment, which excludes government agencies, increased 84,000 in June, the weakest in 10 months. Hiring has shifted into a lower gear, restricting consumers' ability to boost spending as concern mounts about a global slowdown. Elevated joblessness underscores concern by some Federal Reserve policy makers that the economy isn't expanding enough.
Lagarde Says IMF To Cut Growth Outlook As Global Economy Weakens (Bloomberg)
The International Monetary Fund will reduce its estimate for global growth this year on weakness in investment, jobs and manufacturing in Europe, the U.S., Brazil, India and China, Managing Director Christine Lagarde said. "The global growth outlook will be somewhat less than we anticipated just three months ago," Lagarde said in a speech in Tokyo today. "And even that lower projection will depend on the right policy actions being taken." The new outlook will be announced in 10 days, after an April estimate of 3.5 percent, she said.
Embattled FSA Is Under Fire for Libor Policing (WSJ)
Bank executives warned the FSA about problems with Libor as early as 2007, but it wasn't until 2010 that the FSA, prodded by U.S. officials launching their own probe, began examining Libor irregularities, according to regulatory documents and industry officials. FSA officials defend their handling of the matter. As part of that probe, the FSA learned a top Barclays executive, Jerry del Missier, had instructed deputies to submit inaccurate Libor data, but the FSA in 2010 cleared him of wrongdoing, according to bank and regulatory officials. Just a few weeks ago, the agency blessed Mr. del Missier's promotion to become the bank's chief operating officer.
Barclays' US deal rewrites Libor process (FT)
Under the terms of the pact with the US' Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Barclays agreed to a six-pronged plan to "encourage" benchmark publishers, such as the British Bankers' Association, to improve the rate-setting process by increasing transparency and creating rigorous methodologies to determine submissions. The pact is unusual because it requires Barclays to not only beef up its internal compliance systems but to take on a role as an advocate for increased oversight for the industry.
Spain Re-Enters Danger Zone, Germany Borrows for Free (Reuters)
German two-year government bond yields fell to zero and briefly turned negative on Friday after the European Central Bank cut interest rates the previous day. Two-year yields fell as low as minus 0.001 percent, two basis points lower on the day. Spanish 10-year government bond yields extended their rise to go past 7 percent on Friday, with investors dumping risky assets as they fret about the efficiency of the anti-crisis tools available at the moment. Ten-year Spanish yields were last 22 basis points higher on the day at 7.006 percent.
SI man sues parents over ice-cream company OT payments (NYP)
A Staten Island man has filed suit against his father and stepmother, claiming they never paid him overtime for working at the family ice-cream company. Nicholas Piazza, 29, of Tottenville, says that because the ice-cream business is seasonal, he often was required to work as many as 80 hours at Piazza's Ice Cream & Ice House. But he claims he earned only $10 an hour at the ice-cream distribution firm. His dad, Salvatore Piazza, and stepmom, Patricia — co-owners of the Staten Island-based business — say Nicholas' Brooklyn federal suit is an icy dagger to their hearts and counter that his allegations of being underpaid are laughable given Nicholas was their firm's vice president. They say the suit is a smoke screen for a grab at control of the family business. "I love Nicky, but he went behind our backs and bought an ice-cream truck, and then he lied to all our customers. He told our customers we were dead or we were retired," Patricia Piazza told The Post.
China rate cut a gamble that banks will boost economy (Reuters)
"Bringing up the loan-to-deposit ratio is probably a better move to spur lending, but it's a long-term systemic risk," said Sheng Nan, an analyst at CCB International, the HK investment banking arm of China Construction Bank. "They ultimately want banks to be domestic deposit funded, and an easing of LDR may shift funding towards wholesale lending." Therefore, policymakers have adopted a more complex path of bringing down borrowing costs while trying to persuade banks to more actively manage their loan books. They are trying to overcome the tendency of state-backed banks to extend extra credit to big, cash-hoarding state-owned enterprises and over-extended property developers.
JPMorgan Told To Explain Withholding Energy-Probe E-Mails
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) was ordered by a federal judge to explain why it shouldn't be compelled to turn over e-mails sought by U.S. regulators in a probe of potential energy-market manipulation. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington today gave JPMorgan until the end of the day on July 13 to respond. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sued JPMorgan on July 2 to release 25 e-mails in an investigation of possible manipulation of power markets in California and the Midwest by J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corp.
Citigroup's Provocateur in Residence (WSJ)
Willem Buiter has built a career out of being a thorn in the side of politicians and central bankers. In one of his most recent dust-ups, Citigroup Inc.'s chief economist in February upset senior staff members of the European Central Bank when he warned that new rules would force the ECB to accept "rubbish" collateral in exchange for loans to the Continent's governments, according to people familiar with the situation. ... Back in 1999, while a little-known academic, he grabbed the attention of the financial world with a paper pointedly titled "Alice in Euroland" that took aim at the newborn European single currency. "I like saying things that drive people around the bend," said Mr. Buiter over lunch recently at Citigroup's downtown New York offices.
How David Einhorn Was Out-Bluffed at the Poker Table (BW)
Einhorn has said his approach to poker resembles his approach to investing: He doesn't play a lot of hands. When "the situation feels right, I put in a big, aggressive raise with a marginal holding," he said in a 2006 speech. "It is very hard to describe how I know the 'feel,' and sometimes I get it completely wrong. But to do well in a poker tournament, you have to recognize a few non-traditional opportunities and you need to get people to sometimes fold the better hand. I think we invest similarly. By this, I mean that most of our investing lines up nicely in the disciplined, traditional value camp—very low multiples of book value, revenues, earnings, etc., but occasionally we are opportunistic and invest in situations that are difficult to justify under traditional criteria."
Crammed Into Cheap Bunks, Dreaming of Future Digital Glory (NYT)
The tenants, mostly men in their 20s, sleep next to heaps of dirty laundry. There is no television set; the men watch online video, on laptops with headphones. On a recent afternoon, 23-year-old Steve El-Hage, who came here from Toronto in May, ate slices of ham straight out of the package: "As you can see, I was going to make a sandwich, but I didn't get there." ... Justin Carden, a 29-year-old software engineer who is staying in another hostel, in Menlo Park, while working on a biotech start-up, talks about the place as if it were Stanford. "The intellectual stimulation you get from being here is unparalleled," Mr. Carden said. "If you're wanting to do something to change the world and make it a fundamentally better place, you need to be around the right people."
It's Rough to Make a Living as a Pro Golfer on the Bar Circuit (WSJ)
Graig Kinzler ... goes to a bar to play golf every day. That's his job. He is one of about two dozen men around the country, mostly in their 30s and 40s, who make their living playing Golden Tee, the most popular cash videogame in the U.S. In a typical month, he plays about 600 games, competing against 49 other players at a time for a top prize of $10. He says he earned more than $50,000 last year.


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Nashville Praise Symphony has recorded five CDs. In addition, the orchestra played an accompaniment role on a CD produced in 2009 by the Tennessee Baptist Chorale. Click on a song title to listen to an MP3 sample.
- O God Our Help In Ages Past
- Doxology
- This Is My Father's World
- I Surrender All
- Chariots of Fire
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
- Resurrection
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As part of the publicity tour to promote his newest film "Only God Forgives" receiving a domestic release on Friday, Nicolas Winding Refn partook in an intimate event at Videology, Brooklyn's nifty bar/screening room. Guests met at the establishment at 1pm on Sunday afternoon for a screening of Refn's surreal 2009 viking drama "Valhalla Rising," followed by a Q&A with the Danish director himself, who then introduced the second feature, the 1971 erotic comedy "The Telephone Book," which he programmed in the double feature lineup. Although "Valhalla Rising" was the main attraction for the afternoon, Refn's talk with Village Voice film critic Simon Abrams covered an array of different times in his life and career, as well as inevitably shifting towards "Only God Forgives" and the upcoming projects he currently has in the pipeline. Below are the top five highlights of the talk.
On discovering midnight movies when he moved to New York City:
"I grew up in New York. I came to New York in 1978 when I was eight years old and I spent ten years of my life here. And that was in a period where New York it was creative and there was a lot of diversity, and there were a lot of midnight shows and old cinemas. Of course I was eight in the beginning, but when I became a teenager New York had a lot to offer. I remember going to Cinema Village and seeing double features and midnight shows, so I really like all kinds of film. And I'm dyslexic and I didn't speak English when I came to America, so the visuals were the only way to communicate to me for a very long time."
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Forgive me, Dorothy, for I cannot forgive you …
ROBERTA likes to collect letters and postcards she finds in second-hand books. When her father gives her some of her Grandmothers belongings, she finds a baffling letter from the Grandfather she never knew – dated after he supposedly died in the war.
DOROTHY is unhappily married to Albert, who is away at war. When a aeroplane crashes in the field behind her house she meets Squadron Leader Jan Pietrykowski, and as their bond deepens she dares to hope she might find happiness. But fate has other plans for them both, and soon she is hiding a secret so momentous that its shockwaves will touch her Granddaughter many years later….
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Roberta works in the 'Old and New' book shop with her boss Philip, and 'sort of ' friends Sophie and Jenna. One day Roberta's father brings a suitcase to the shop that belonged to her Grandmother Dorothy/ Dorothea. Inside are some books, and inside the one of the books is a letter from the Grandfather she never knew. The letter is dated 1941, however, she has always been told her Grandfather died in the London blitz in 1940. How can that be ?
Dorothy/Dorothea was married to Albert, it was not a very good marriage. He deserted her after she miscarried his child, and went to war. One day whilst she is hanging the washing a plane crashes in the field next to her garden. The pilot sadly died in the crash. A few days later Squadron Leader Pietrykowski visits her and it changes her life forever ….
This is a lovely, lovely book, with many heartfelt moments. The book is split into 2 sections. One with Roberta now, and the other with Dorothy/Dorothea in the 1940's. To start with I did find the book a little confusing as it jumps around a bit, but it does sort its self out quite quickly. The two women's stories are woven together perfectly, as they are both trying to make a life on their own, so their they are quite alike. Dorothy after her husband leaves her and Roberta after a love affair ends.
I really did like this book, especially the way each of Roberta's chapters start with a 'found' letter, and how the story tells of how secrets kept years ago can effect other people years later.
All the characters are very likeable and well written.
An excellent first novel, I will definitely looking out for her next novel to read.
I give this book 9/10
Published by Hodder & Stoughton on 14 August 2014
I did request a copy of this book from Bookbridgr, however it hasn't arrived yet, so I bought my own copy – (Tesco £3:85)


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Franklin B. Wilson III
Franklin Wilson III was the second to youngest child born to Shirley and Franklin Wilson in 1969.
Franklin graduated from Scituate High School in Scituate MA. After graduating, he enlisted in the United States Army. After retiring from
the Army, Franklin worked for Bakers Commodities Corp., in Lowell, MA for 15 years.
Franklin's life was enriched by the birth of his sons Treyvon and Jokai Wilson. He was a loving and devoted father and was very proud of his sons.
He was a compassionate lover of animals and created a shelter on
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Franklin was preceded in death by his brothers, Alfatir and Akil Wilson, and sister Walidah Wilson. He leaves to mourn, his sons Treyvon and Jokai Wilson of MA; father, Franklin B. Wilson Jr. of MA; mother, Shirley J. Wilson of M. siblings, Elbert Wilson of Roslindale, MA; Daphne and Dennis Brown of Springfield, MA; Solomon Wilson and Lynette Green of Cambridge, MA; Jabreela (Bree) Bass of New Britain, CT; and Lena Wilson of Roslindale, MA. Nephews and nieces: Corey, Lionel, Shannon, Krystal, Kyle, Jennifer, Melissa, Daniel, David, Solomon Jr., Darius, and DaAsia. Great nephews and nieces: Teon Jr., Gabriella, Leneyah and Niyahna. He also leaves to mourn, loving aunts, Pecola Brown of NY; Evelyn Murphy of SC; Barbara Wilson of MA; Victoria Weaver of SC, and a host of family and friends.
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This morning started off grandly with a lovely Zoom church service @ First Presbyterian of Carbondale. The miracle of technology, during the scourge of our pandemic…is amazing! Our worship service has in ways been enhanced, especially when considering participation. A member zoomed in from Florida and another from his station, in the Armed Services. Last night, Jonathon asked me if I was planning on attending service this morning, and I replied that since we were already there…I thought that I would.
The campus of Southern Illinois University looked resplendent in it's Spring regalia. Some of the blossoms are fading from the trees as the green leaves, or in some cases, dark red leaves, take their place on the natural clock. Whenever I pass Anthony Hall, named after the famous suffragette, Susan B. Anthony, I think of the former chancellors that I have known…and the hours that I have spent in the building both visiting with leaders who were my friends, and ensuring that the, 'White House of the Campus,' was in tip-top shape. My good friend, Elizabeth, is the Civil Service Constituency groups representative on the Chancellor Search Committee, and we could not have a better professional to be our spokesperson and look out for our interests. Having served on two chancellor search committees…I know what a important responsibility that the assignment is.
So, Jonathon and I were waiting to retrieve our take-out order from, Dale's Burger Shack, and I noticed a Daily Egyptian newspaper video on Facebook regarding a protest…that I first thought was in Carbondale. The Daily Egyptian is the award winning student newspaper of SIUC. I soon discovered that the hubbub was in Springfield, our state capitol. An inspired woman was passionately speaking trough a bull horn and she said, 'they have closed down the fricking churches,' as the assembled group cheered her on. The DE reporter inquired of a gentleman why he was protesting and he responded that, 'we did the 15 days of the stay-at-home-order…and it was time to open the businesses up and for everyone to go back to work.' Another protestor, loudly proclaimed that, ' all it is is the flu!' I get it! Having worked from paycheck to paycheck for many years…I know the fear…and the hunger of millions of families due to the draconian closure of our entire economy. This fear is not only real…but in fact can not continue any longer than is necessary. Although much has been done, already, to ameliorate the immediate financial suffering of our brothers and sisters…it has only scratched the surface of the economic dearth for people all around us.
We crossed the 40 thousand mark for deaths from COVID-19. We have no earthly idea how many Americans are infected with the life taking disease…due to the lack of testing. In short…we are in the midst of a world wide plague that none of us have seen…nor planned for. Do we want to send everyone back to work…and have one-hundred and forty thousand deaths…instead of 40 thousand? For our 'way of life'….. will you donate a…daughter…or a son…or mom…or dad…or brother…or sister…or husband…or wife?
Why not turn from our comfortable conspiracy theories…and do just what we do when a loved one comes down with cancer…or a heart attack…or a stroke…or kidney failure…or diabetes… We do what the doctor tells us is best for those that we cherish. It does not matter how difficult that it is…it does not matter how hard that it is…it matters that their life is cherished.
When my step-father passed away, suddenly, in 2001…Mary Jane said that she wanted to take into our home my mom, who had Alzheimers disease. MJ quit her job to care for my mother…and it was hard…and it lasted three years. When she wanted to return to work she could not find a job for a long while. We did not ask the opinion of the left-wing or the right-wing of politics…we relied on love…and it was not easy…
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By Victoria Fedden — Written on Jan 23, 2021
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It was one of our worst fights ever. I don't even remember what it was about, because during that time in our marriage — I'm not going to lie — we fought a lot and we fought hard, and we fought about a lot of stupid things because we were each in our own, separate dark places.
I'd been suffering from a long bout of anxiety and depression.
I was on meds that weren't working as well as I'd hoped, and I was self-medicating with carbs and laziness to the point where I'd gained 20 more pounds on top of the ten I'd already needed to lose in the first place.
I'm tall, but I have a small frame, so I wasn't carrying the extra weight well, and being overweight and out of shape added to my misery and self-loathing.
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I knew I looked terrible, but I felt worse.
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"You have a huge pot belly," my husband blurted out. I think he said some other things, too, about how I ate poorly, how I lacked the will to get off the couch and exercise, and how unattractive that was. I don't even remember because all I could focus on was that one comment, and it completely gutted me. I collapsed on the floor and wept, not just because he said it, but because it was true.
I wasn't the woman, mentally or physically, that my husband had married. I had, as they say, "let myself go" without even meaning to, even though I'd always sworn I'd never let that happen. I understand absolutely why my husband was disappointed in me, and in a way it was a little bit like I'd broken my wedding vows. I was even more disappointed in myself.
Of course, that didn't excuse my husband for being a total jerk and saying something like that. I was furious that he would speak to me like that. His words were unacceptable, but they weren't unforgivable.
I got mad that day. Really, really mad. But I didn't call him out for being mean. I cried, and then I got up off the floor and used all of the rage, hurt and sadness that I felt about what he'd said as motivation.
"You have a huge pot belly" became the mantra of my challenge as I vowed to get revenge by showing my husband up. It wasn't just revenge, though fury is a potent motivator, so whatever works, you know? At least at first.
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I wanted to do my part in healing my marriage, too. I needed to show him that I was making the effort to be healthier, more energetic and more attractive because our marriage mattered to me.
I also decided that I needed to lose weight because I wanted our daughter to have parents who were role models for self-care and compassion toward ourselves and one another. I thought it would be good to show her that marriage is work and that I was willing to do that work even when it meant giving up my beloved nachos and midnight bowls of cereal.
Success really is the best revenge. Except, when you're truly successful, you actually stop thinking about getting back at someone. You start to excel purely for your own satisfaction. That's what happened to me.
Anger was what I needed in the beginning to get moving. Being ticked off made me just say no to cake, but pretty soon my ire wore off. My husband's abundant apologies and "I'm sorry" cards helped, but as the pounds melted off, I realized I actually preferred healthy meals and that I liked the feeling of getting fit.
I had an accomplishment of which I could be proud and soon that became my main motivation. It's more fun to be positive than pissed, anyway.
Almost a year after that terrible day, I hadlost the twenty pounds and I had gained a ton of confidence. I looked so much better. In fact, I looked better than I did on my wedding day. Ten years later, I even tried my wedding dress on and delighted in the fact that it was loose.
The main reason that I looked better, though, was because I felt better, and I felt better because I was taking care of myself, moving and eating the right foods to heal my body, which I hadn't been doing before. When I neglected myself, I also, inadvertently, neglected my family and my marriage.
Feeling good helped me be an active and engaged member of my family again. It made me a more suitable, and definitely more pleasant, partner. The weight loss was just a side effect of embracing a healthier lifestyle. That, ultimately, wasn't what it ended up being about.
This journey, I learned quickly, wasn't superficial. It wasn't about turning myself into some cookie-cutter version of an arbitrary beauty standard to appease the male gaze so I could be a trophy wife. I can promise you, I don't play that. Ever.
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It's been a year and half now and I'm in great shape. So is my marriage. But although I started losing weight for husband, things didn't improve just because I had dropped a few dress sizes.
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Being skinny in and of itself wasn't the solution. It was learning to prioritize my own health and well-being with the realization that doing that, regardless of my measurements, was what would make me a more ideal partner, because I would be happier, active, optimistic, fun, and confident.
Dedicating myself to a healthy lifestyle is one of the biggest ways I do my part and share responsibility for my marriage, and it works.
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Victoria Fedden is a writer and author of 'Amateur Night at the Bubblegum Kittikat' and 'This is Not My Beautiful Life'. Her writing has appeared in Real Simple, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Huffington Post, Redbook, Elephant Journal, Scary Mommy, and more. Follow her on Twitter.


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Plant-Based Attributes are Evolving
The growing popularity of plant-based options has helped push sales of plant-based items up year over year, with this year's pandemic-induced stock-up accelerating that growth. While meatless, vegetarian, and vegan options have been around for years, they are only part of today's plant-based market. The scope of today's plant-based options is wider reaching than any we've seen in the past.
We've talked about who today's plant-based shoppers are and why the attribute is growing so quickly. Now let's look at what makes today's plant-based landscape different from its previous iterations and learn how attributes can help you unlock opportunity.
The Buying Power of the Flexitarian Shopper
The vegan diet helped establish the popularity of meat-free products and was the starting point for many of today's brands by focusing primarily on eliminating animal-based products from your kitchen. The growing plant-based movement focuses more on the health benefits that come from plant-based proteins, fiber, and nutrients.
Keep in mind, there is plenty of overlap between both—especially when talking about sustainability and the health benefits of reducing animal products. In fact, plant-based serves as a larger term that includes a variety of diets, including vegan and the increasingly popular flexitarian. Flexitarians want to minimize their consumption of meat or dairy but aren't committed to a vegetarian or vegan diet. According to the Food Industry Association, "Among Gen Z, 13% eat a flexitarian diet versus just 6% of Older Boomers. Millennials and Gen X average 10% each for eating flexitarian diets."
"Among Gen Z, 13% eat a flexitarian diet versus just 6% of Older Boomers. Millennials and Gen X average 10% each for eating flexitarian diets...Sustainability and health concerns are helping to drive the flexitarian trend and increase plant-based protein options have more people experimenting with these new food options."
- Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh, Industry Relations, FMI
These shoppers might aim to have a meat-free day or meal each week—or they could mostly enjoy a plant-based diet—while still enjoying a meat-based meal, too. Their goal is to increase their plant-based consumption in a way that suits their lifestyle. That's why some of these shoppers might not be heading to the vegetarian shelves at the store—and why some traditional brands have branched out into plant-based products or begun to position their existing animal-free products differently, going head to head with natural and plant-based brands.
Flexitarian shoppers who don't think of themselves as living a strictly meatless lifestyle might be attracted to these familiar conventional brands. They might also see a plant-based positioned product like lentil soup and realize that this item suits their flexitarian diet even though it's not necessarily an animal alternative. For brands and retailers, the flexitarian mentality provides some challenges and even more opportunities to think creatively and reach a larger audience.
What is Attracting Plant-Based Buyers?
Plant-based shoppers are certainly guiding the industry as they grow in number, but they're also gravitating toward a growing selection of products that appeal to them. Shoppers are thinking bigger than just meal alternatives; they're also focused on dairy options and everyday cooking ingredients.
- Nutritional parity: Brands have focused on making the nutritional content of their plant-based products comparable to animal-based products, particularly focusing on protein.
- Lower sugar: Plant-based products often rely on low-calorie sweeteners (such as stevia), or whole fruits (like monk fruit) rather than artificial ingredients.
- Clean label options: Plant-based has a reputation for processed ingredients due to many early brands focusing on providing meatless options, but many brands are now innovating to keep their labels clean.
- Shelf staples: Plants are appearing on the ingredients list of items from jerky to shelf-stable staples like pasta to pancake mixes.
- Seafood: Concerns about ocean health, sea life, and climate change have pushed more shoppers to select seafood alternatives. For example, SPINS data shows that plant-based tuna alternatives are among the top growers for shelf-stable meat alternatives, growing 178% vs. the overall subcategory's 44% growth.
How SPINS Attributes Help You Succeed in Plant-Based
SPINS has been following plant-based since before "plant-based" was the preferred term; we understand how the attribute has evolved and where it's headed. In order to empower brands and retailers to dig into this growing market, SPINS Product Intelligence provides dedicated, exclusive plant-based categories and subcategories.
Our 4 exclusive plant-based categories and 41 exclusive plant-based subcategories provide easy access to the core segments of the plant-based market. Our proprietary and specialized hierarchy is built around the Natural Products Industry and highlights plant-based products as unique subcategories, separate from animal-based subcategories.
Plant-Based Attribute Nuances: The Difference Between "Plant-Based Diet" and "Plant-Based Positioned"
In addition, SPINS offers 2 distinct attributes that get to the nuance of the plant-based market and give you a unique view: Plant-based Diet and Plant-Based Positioned:
Plant-Based Diet identifies all products suitable for a Plant-Based diet as determined by ingredient analysis. Products are free of animal ingredients including meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, dairy, and their derivatives. This attribute is Ideal for shopper applications and was specifically designed to identify products that contain no animal-based ingredients across the entire store. Kombucha, for example, fits here because you might not even think of it as being plant-based but it fits the requirements
Plant-Based Positioned identifies products positioned as clear alternatives to common animal-derived products such as cheese, meat, poultry, and milk. This attribute is Ideal for identifying products overtly positioned as alternatives, such as a veggie burger or oat creamer.
In both cases, these attributes make it easier for you to identify where shoppers are spending their money and where plant-based is heading. SPINS Product Intelligence lets you gather those valuable insights so you can turn them into a strategy for growth.
If you're a plant-based brand or are a brand interested in learning if creating a plant-based option is best for you, you can learn more here or contact us to discuss how our proprietary attribute data combined with insights and strategic analysis from our consulting team can help you make that determination
As a SPINS exclusive retailer, you have access to all of the SPINS attributes including the plant-based diet and positioned attributes that you can use to deliver more customized shopper experiences through your digital and instore channels. If you are not yet a SPINS exclusive retailer, you can gain more Information here or contact us today at: [email protected]


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Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed denied asking Cubana group chairman Obi Iyiegbu aka Obi Cubana to lend Nigeria money.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Information and Culture put a "Fake News" stamp on its verified Facebook page on an article claiming the minister made the statement.
The news that was published by an online outlet read in part, "Obi Cubana has this kind of money and Nigeria is borrowing money from China. Cubana should borrow money from us, Nigeria collapses -Lai Mohammed ".
Obi Cubana has been on social media for four days for hosting a lavish funeral for his mother in Oba, a town in the Idemili South local government area in Anambra state.
Several videos from the event show people indiscriminately spraying money as a concert took place after the funeral and was attended by musicians Davido, D'Banj and Phyno, among others.
The "naira rain" at the event led several memes to ask Nigeria to borrow money from Obi Cubana instead of China.
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The Hungarian Kolping Association, part of an international Catholic charity, on Saturday presented 10,000,000 forints (EUR 30,000) in donations it collected to set up an assistance centre for children and families in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo to the head of the Hungary Helps Program, a government initiative to aid persecuted Christians around the world.
Tristan Azbej, who heads the Hungary Helps Program, said the Kolping House would help traumatised children and families in crisis.
"This donation shows that Hungary Helps is a programme of Hungarian solidarity and much more than just a government initiative," he added.
The Kolping Association, which also runs community centres for families and children in Hungary, has offered to send its own experts to Aleppo to run the centre there. They also count on the cooperation of the local Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
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Canadian heartthrob Drake has risen to the top of the commercial hip-hop heap by breaking nearly all of its macho rules. As they go, rappers don't sing. Singing is soft! And they can't come from a clean background. Yet, for this former teen soap star, with his buttery-smooth croon and chilled-out rap flow, this has all added up precisely to megastardom. Let's be real: Ladies from tweens to grown-ass women love Drake. And where they go, men and dollars follow.
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Today was decided. We managed to find the cash for the operation (thanks to mum after a lot of fuss she made) we took Lessy to the vet to get her lump checked.
And true enough, it was a tumor.
I brought her into the vet and the vet asked me what was wrong with her. And I told her there's a lump in her tummy. He "tsked" and said, "Owh dear, it's a tumor. Second case for the day" and quickly brought the two of us (Lessy and myself) into the operating room.
It wasn't really an operating room. But it was where Lessy got operated so let's just call it the operating room for now shall we?
Anyways, the vet asked me to lift Lessy and put her onto the examining table (is that what you call it?) so that he could check on her lump.
He checked it and said, "Yeap, it's a tumor. Best get it removed now itself".
I freaked out. It was like someone placed a black cloth on me. I have never thought, or imagined Lessy going for an operation. And here she is, 11 years old and undergoing her first surgery.
I felt like crying. Seriously, it was fucked up.
"How much would it cost sir? I mean doctor?"
"Rm 300."
"Okay. Remove that tumor then" I was kind of glad that the fees weren't that expensive. I was expecting around Rm 2k or something.
The vet injected her and made her to sleep.
She wriggled as the needled pierced into her bum. I held on to her to calm her down, playing with her fur and head.
"Is it serious doctor?" I asked the vet.
"Owhh all cancers are serious." the poker faced vet replied.
"She has a chance of survival right?"
"I would say around 50 –50" Owhh great, thanks doc! Thanks! You've injected her and NOW you tell me!
Slowly, she flopped in my hands, panting. She knew what was going on.
The assistant (some Indian douchebag, must be an Indian from India) tied her feet to the four corners of the examining table.
I looked at her and she reminded me of a very hairy Jesus Christ with fur in a very funny way. I couldn't laugh back then because seeing her just made me even more heart broken.
She just lay there with her eyes open, tongue out from her mouth and very still. I thought she was dead. But she was breathing so that eased my mind a little.
And here's where I got ticked off. Some Chinese bitch who brought her puppy to the vet starts asking my mum loudly about what's going on (she saw what the vet was doing to Lessy moments earlier because the assistant, didn't close the door).
"The dog's sick." my mum said.
"Aiyor! Really ahh? Poor thing! What happened??" she started making a big fuss about it.
I felt annoyed.
And then she storms into the surgery room like she owns the fucken god damn place.
"Is this your dog??" she asked.
"Yeah bitch, what does it look like to you? My pet rabbit?" Ofcourse I didn't say that. I muttered a "Yeah."
"What happeneeeeeeddddd????" I hate it when people stress the last but of the sentence to prove a point when they ask you a question. I wonder how they sound like if they say, "Would you please fuck meeeeeeeee???" "Do you like it if i give you a yummy blow joooobbbb????"
It was annoying.
I mean seriously, it's my dog. And she's sick. And she's undergoing an op. Why the fuck do you barge into the door and ask me what's wrong with my dog? :S
The vet was kind enough (and also stupid enough) to explain to her that my dog has a tumor.
He then proceeds to hold Lessy's tummy, squeezing it and showing the tumor to the fat Chinatown bitch how it looks like. "You want to see?" He says grinning ear to ear. Maybe he likes voluptuous women.
"See, this is a tumor." Mentor says to protégé.
She looks at it, gives a shake and then proceeds to touch it as well! What the fuck???
Stop touching my dog like that you bitch!
Shit.. but thank god she walked away from the room after that. I guess she got freaked out.
At one point I felt like telling them to stop what they were doing and maybe this surgery was a mistake. I was freaking out. But I contained myself and watched what they were doing.
She was tied to the sides, and the assistant brought over the tungsten light and shone it on her tummy.
"So this is how they operate dogs" I thought to myself.
"Okay son, you can go now. Let me handle her. We'll call you once it's over" The vet said.
And the last thing I saw before telling the vet, "Just do your best, doctor, okay?" was the assistant heating a large scissors up using the Bunsen Burner. Fuck…
I left my contact details at the receptionist and went out all the while keeping my eye on the operating room door imagining the vet cutting up Lessy and removing the tumor.
Mum was waiting outside.
I felt like crying. I've never seen Lessy suffer this much ever. So I didn't say much because I know if I talk, I would start crying.
Mum, on the other hand, observed the surroundings and said the most profound statement I've ever heard which really made my day.
"Hey, they have Carrefour here!"
That did it. I blew up and we had a fight.
I mean, how would you feel, if you had someone you love and care undergoing a life threatening surgery and all you want to hear from people close to you is that things are going to be okay and stuff. But all you hear is, "Hey, they have Carrefour here!"
At 7.30, the vet called to pick up Lessy.
We brought her back, she was groggy and apparently, according to the vet, since she's groggy, she might not be able to recognize us because of the anesthetics.
I called out to her. She just laid in the tiny cage, looking at me.
I know deep down she must be cursing me for bringing her to this place. I felt fucked up.
The vet then proceeded to pull her from her neck and told me to carry her into the car.
Got into the car, had a fight with mum again.
Fast forward the hours, Lessy's now sleeping under my dad's bed (I guess she likes it there). She's very weak and doesn't want to move. And she hasn't eaten anything yet.
I hope she gets well soon.
Maybe I shouldn't have been rude to my mum. But I always believe that people should learn to be considerate.
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"We've been married over 30 years and living in architecturally significant homes the whole time," Mike Charlasch tells the Wall Street Journal. "We've acquired a taste for architecture."
Charlasch and his wife, Hélène Côté, had admired this Berkeley home (designed by Bay Area architects Tim Rempel and Patrick Sheahan) for quite some time. It wasn't until a few years ago, when the home finally landed on the market, that the home-hopping couple, who "tend to move every five to seven years," snapped it up.
Built in 2000 as the former home Rempel, also a master woodworker, Charlasch and Côté bought the property for $850,000 in 2010. Shortly after, the two began a six-month, $175,000 remodel with the help of the architect.
The results are contemporary cohesiveness to the hilt.
"The couple took what was a 1,603-square-foot, three-level home and turned it into a 1,937-square-foot, four-level home," notes WSJ.
The first floor, once a large workspace, now boasts two bedrooms. One of the new bedrooms has been transformed into a soundproof music studio "insulated with recycled cotton." There's also workspace that could double as an art studio.
What's more, the new master bedroom "was designed to feel like a ship's interior with its mahogany walls and doors."
Featuring four floors, three beds, and two baths, 2413A Fifth Street is asking $1,395,000.
- A Berkeley, Calif., Home For Art and Music [WSJ]
- 2413A Fifth Street [Toni Hanna of Pacific Union International]
- Berkeley [Curbed SF]


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Stephen Town – Te Pūkenga's (NZIST) inaugural Chief Executive
Stephen Town – Te Pūkenga's (NZIST) inaugural Chief Executive
It's only a month into Stephen's new role and along with his small team of headquarters staff, he is already confident he's making progress. With Te Pūkenga about to release three RFPs seeking partners to develop an operating model; a capital asset management strategy; and to develop an information systems strategic plan, the move to do things differently is already well underway.
Stephen, and Te Pūkenga's Council Chair Murray Strong are currently finalising the recruitment of six new interim Deputy Chief Executives. Work is underway to finalise the location of office space for HQ Te Pūkenga in Hamilton. They'll be meeting with Transition ITO CEOs in the first week of August, then heading off around the country to visit Te Pūkenga's 16 subsidiaries. They plan to talk with staff, learners, board members and local stakeholders where possible.


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Robert Dilts, an expert in neurolinguistic programming, has written about an enlightening experiment done by Gestalt psychologists with a group of dogs: "The dogs were trained to approach something when shown a white square and avoid it when shown a gray square. When the dogs learned this, the experimenters switched to using a gray square and a black square. The dogs immediately shifted to approaching the object in response to the gray square (which had previously triggered avoidance), and avoiding the object when shown the black square (which had not been conditioned to anything).
Rather than perceive the gray as an absolute stimulus, the dogs were responding to the deeper essence of lighter versus darker as opposed to gray, white or black as being "properties." You can train a human to approach something when shown a white square and avoid it when shown a gray square. When the squares are switched to gray and black, the human will still avoid the gray square. Once gray has been defined in our minds, we see the gray as independent and entirely self-contained. This means nothing can interact with it or exert an influence on it. It, in fact, becomes an absolute.
We have lost the sensitivity to deeper relationships, functions, and patterns because we are educated to focus on the particulars of experience as opposed to the universals. We see them as independent parts of an objective reality. For example, if the average person lost a tiny object in a large room, the person would fixate on how he or she searched for objects in the past and repeat the same method (usually searching visually). That is because we are not to approach problems on their own terms, but are instead taught that when confronted with a problem to reproduce what has worked in the past.
Suppose a vacuum cleaner is prominently displayed in the room next to a table with a pair of sheer socks on it. Would you be able to perceive the value of using the cleaner with the sock to find the object?
Michael Michalko is the author of the highly acclaimed Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius; ThinkPak: A Brainstorming Card Deck and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work. http://creativethinking.net/WP01_Home.htm


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Realize the reduction of digital pollution
I want to create or modify my website with the optimization of digital sobriety.
I check the weight of my website :
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The website will be automatically certified (or labeled) according to the weight of my CO 2 (EcoIndex A or B) :
We will use less digital resources on:
When I am going to create, modify or renew my website, I will engage in digital sobriety.
The result: the challenges of research (Google, Qwant, Bing, etc.) will respectively favor referrals httpe, https and http referencing.


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Today's #AshleyTalks is all about how to grow followers on WeChat. After setting up your verified account, the next step is to generate content and grow followers. The key to expanding your follower base is maximizing your account exposure. Your approach will depend on your brand's current recognition level in China and your budget. Here are some of the best ways to start.
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How Autistic Girls Are Different
We posted a piece last week from Apoorva Mandavilli on the subject:
Because autism is at least three times as common in boys as in girls, scientists routinely include only boys in their research. The result is that we know shockingly little about whether and how autism might be different in girls and boys. What we do know is grim: On average, girls who have mild symptoms of autism are diagnosed two years later than boys. There's some debate about why this might be so. From the start, girls' restricted interests seem more socially acceptable—dolls or books, perhaps, rather than train schedules—and may go unnoticed. But the fact that diagnostic tests are based on observations of boys with autism almost certainly contributes to errors and delays.
A male reader "who likely has Asperger's" is put off by the piece:
It seems sexist in that it tries to paint women with autism as worse off than men with autism:
Social isolation, bullying and depression are not exclusive to girls with autism—boys experience them too. But for older girls with autism, the intricacies of their social world add layers of complexity.
This article reads like: "Men are 9x more likely to get autism, and have worse forms of autism, but women are the real victims of autism since theirs is mild enough to go undiagnosed." Women do not have to deal with things like, for example, having their sexuality questioned because they like books.
Another reader engages that one:
The article is not necessarily trying to paint women as worse off than men; women just need different forms of support, perhaps. I'm saying this as someone who's married to a man with Asperger's and who has a five-year-old daughter who's mildly autistic.
Having your sexuality questioned because you like books is more of a cultural thing than anything else. My husband never had this experience (trust me, he likes books), but he struggled with other social issues, particularly in school. Maybe what's needed is some sort of guidance for autistic teens/young adults that would help them navigate sexual relationships and complicated social dynamics. (Because that's really what you're talking about when someone questions your sexuality because of reading books. You might have benefited from some advice on how to shut them down/get them to back off.)
My husband's diagnosis came a year before my daughter's, so I knew what we might be dealing with when she first started having obvious language difficulties. If I hadn't been informed, I might not have asked the right questions.
She's very social; she just doesn't know how to get a positive response from her peers. And living with her isn't that difficult. (It's kind of like living with Ed from Cowboy Be Bop [seen in the embedded video above]. In fact, her current mode of speech is almost exactly like Ed's.) So far, the autism-related interventions she's undergone have helped her immensely. I just worry about her future.
To the article's point: I struggle to get appropriate services for my daughter because of this lack of understanding. She isn't disruptive in class, is fairly outgoing, and is extremely orderly compared to other kindergartners. She's meeting her reading and mathematics milestones without much difficulty. In other words, she's basically an ideal student (or so says her teacher).
The flip side of that is she comes home crying because she "doesn't have any friends" or "a girl hit me." See, her spoken language capabilities and social awareness are compromised. When asked who hit her, I get an unintelligible sentence about a girl and a boy ... no names. When I met with her teacher and the IEP coordination team, they didn't see a point in doing anything to help her with the autism because she's meeting scholastic standards.
But I'm wondering for how long? Once it's not a matter of pattern recognition and the work requires some knowledge of social context, she'll fall further and further behind, particularly in courses like social studies, etc. If she were more disruptive to the classroom peace, like some of the little boys I've seen, maybe I would be taken more seriously when I talk to her teachers.
If you have any personal experiences along these lines, drop me an email. Update from Jim Elliott, one of our best reader contributors:
Autism testing actually falls under my professional context, and I'd say that with the change in diagnostic criteria under the DSM-V to autism spectrum disorder, roughly half to three-quarters of our eligibility work is now under requests for service under autism. There are two "gold standard" tests that clinical psychologists are trained to use: the various modules of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI-R).
The ADOS is what clinical psychologists call a "sensitive" tool—that is, if you demonstrate even the minutest of autism-like symptoms, it is likely to capture them. However, as a highly-sensitive tool, it suffers from being not terribly "specific"—that is, it will catch the smallest of symptoms, but it's really quite terrible at differential diagnosis. That is to say, just because you score highly on the ADOS, it really is impossible—for a good clinician (and many who are diagnosing autism today are not)—to just use an ADOS to determine if a child has autism. The ADI-R is a parental interview that manages to be both fairly sensitive and decently specific, so using it in conjunction with an ADOS actually gives you a pretty good picture.
Both of these tests are highly reliable across gender, ethnicity, and age. Another good test for determining if a diagnosis of autism should be explored further (e.g. with the ADOS and ADI-R) is the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS).
Of course, this brings us to other problems with autism diagnosis. Two of the principal sources of autism diagnoses are school psychologists (through the individual education plan assessment process) and pediatricians. The educational diagnosis of autism is actually quite distinct from DSM-V, so much so that they generally use different tests. Medical doctors are not required to have any education at all in how to deliver standardized psychological testing like the ADOS or ADI-R. Standardized tests require certification and training in how to deliver and score them, usually costing the psychologist (if in private practice) or their employer hundreds or even thousands of dollars to obtain and maintain certification. As a result, such testing is expensive.
Even then, clinical judgment—which is where the controversy comes in—is crucial. I could go on for hours about the mess that is the transition to DSM-V and how utterly ridiculous some of its new criteria is and has been applied. However, you can't escape the fact that collateral information, like good developmental histories, good clinical interviewing skills, and observation in multiple settings on multiple occasions remains crucial to a good, valid diagnosis of autism.
I can say, unequivocally as a professional, that this is not happening for families that are not prepared to spend several thousand dollars on an assessment unless they can qualify for a state-sponsored assessment such as through my employer or if their insurer, such as Kaiser Permanente, covers them under state law. Even then, you have problems—I call it the "hammer and nail effect"—where if all you are looking for is autism, then that's all you find.
I think there are a lot of reasons for this, including a pathologization of typical young boy behavior; clinical "forgetting" of the fact that childhood development is itself a "spectrum," not a truly defined progression; and the fact that autism is the "still-potentially-curable," socially-acceptable diagnosis for your child to have that has all the hot service dollars attached to it (there's a reason why children's likelihood of diagnosis increases if they are in an urban area and the better-off the family is financially).
Aside: If any of your correspondents mention that they need help getting services in California, I'm happy to proffer some professional advice.
You can get in touch with Jim through the hello@ address.


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Documentation -> Manuals -> Manual 3.0 -> Script Syntax
Pages for other versions: devel 3.3 3.2 3.1 Older versions: 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.11 1.10 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4
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1. Script Format
The OpenSIPs configuration script has three main logical parts:
1.1 Global parameters
Usually, in the first part, you declare the OpenSIPS global parameters - these global or core parameters are affecting the OpenSIPS core and possible the modules.
Configuring the network listeners, available transport protocols, forking (and number of processes), the logging and other global stuff is provided by these global parameters.
disable_tcp = yes listen = udp:192.168.3.00:5060 listen = udp:192.168.3.00:5070 fork = yes children = 4 log_stderror = no
1.2 Modules section
In regards to the OpenSIPS modules,the modules that are to be loaded (no module is loaded by default) are specified by using the directive loadmodule. Modules are to be specified by name and an optional path (to the .so file). If no path is provided (and just the name of the module), the default path will be assumed for locating the loading the module (default path is /usr/lib/opensips/modules if not other one configured at compile time. For configuring a different path, either the path is pushed directly with the module name (to get control per module) or it can be globally (for all modules) configured via the mpath global parameter.
loadmodule "modules/mi_datagram/mi_datagram.so" modparam("mi_datagram", "socket_name", "udp:127.0.0.1:4343") modparam("mi_datagram", "children_count", 3)
mpath="/usr/local/opensips_proxy/lib/modules" loadmodule "mi_datagram.so" modparam("mi_datagram", "socket_name", "udp:127.0.0.1:4343") modparam("mi_datagram", "children_count", 3) loadmodule "mi_fifo.so" modparam("mi_fifo", "fifo_name", "/tmp/opensips_fifo")
1.3 Routing logic
The routing logic is actually a sum of routes (script routes) that contain the OpenSIPS logic for routing SIP traffic. The description of OpenSIPS behavior in relation to the SIP traffic is done via this routes.
2. Data Types
The OpenSIPS scripting language supports the following data types:
3. Function Calling Conventions
A significant portion of opensips.cfg scripting logic consists of functions. Currently, there are two types of functions:
3.1 Core Functions
The core functions are always available at script level, since they are baked into the opensips binary. The calling convention for these functions varies greatly from one function to another, since each function is individually provided by the language parser.
Example core function calls:
cache_raw_query("mongodb", "{ \"op\" : \"count\",\"query\": { \"username\" : $rU} }", "$avp(mongo_count_result)");
... will look up the specified document within MongoDB and return the results in $avp(mongo_count_result).
cache_fetch("redis:cluster1", "my_counter", $var(redis_counter_val));
... will look up "my_counter" within Redis and return the results in $avp(redis_counter_val). Notice how the output parameter is unquoted for this function, while the previous one, cache_raw_query(), had a similar meaning for its equivalent parameter, yet mandated quotes.
... will force the egress interface to be tcp:10.10.10.10:5060. Notice how its parameter is not a string -- in fact, it's a unique data type (a socket), as the Yacc grammar interprets it.
3.2 Module Functions
Module functions become available for OpenSIPS script writers to use once their respective modules are loaded via the loadmodule statement (see the "Script Format" section above). All module functions implement the same internal function interface, such that they benefit from the following, more sophisticated calling convention:
ds_select_dst(1, 1);
... is equivalent to:
$var(x) = 1; ds_select_dst($var(x), $var(x));
set_dlg_profile("caller", "$var(country_code)_$var(area)_$fU");
ds_count(1, "a", $var(out_result));
ds_select_dst("1", "1");
ds_select_dst(1, 1);
Summary: module functions currently benefit from a more powerful calling convention than core functions. This enables a greater flexibility when passing parameters to these functions, while additionally ensuring a greater degree of consistency across all such functions.


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|Reference : The effects of the cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil, on cardiac function ...
|Scientific journals : Article
|Human health sciences : Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
|The effects of the cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil, on cardiac function in systolic heart failure: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, dose-ranging phase 2 trial.
|Cleland, John G. F. [> >]
|Teerlink, John R. [> >]
|Senior, Roxy [> >]
|Nifontov, Evgeny M. [> >]
|Mc Murray, John J. V. [> >]
|Lang, Chim C. [> >]
|Tsyrlin, Vitaly A. [> >]
|Greenberg, Barry H. [> >]
|Mayet, Jamil [> >]
|Francis, Darrel P. [> >]
|Shaburishvili, Tamaz [> >]
|Monaghan, Mark [> >]
|Saltzberg, Mitchell [> >]
|Neyses, Ludwig [University of Luxembourg > Research Office]
|Wasserman, Scott M. [> >]
|Lee, Jacqueline H. [> >]
|Saikali, Khalil G. [> >]
|Clarke, Cyril P. [> >]
|Goldman, Jonathan H. [> >]
|Wolff, Andrew A. [> >]
|Malik, Fady I. [> >]
|Yes (verified by ORBilu)
|[en] Urea/administration & dosage/adverse effects/analogs & derivatives/pharmacokinetics/therapeutic use ; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/complications/physiopathology
|[en] BACKGROUND: Many patients with heart failure remain symptomatic and have a poor prognosis despite existing treatments. Decreases in myocardial contractility and shortening of ventricular systole are characteristic of systolic heart failure and might be improved by a new therapeutic class, cardiac myosin activators. We report the first study of the cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil, in patients with systolic heart failure. METHODS: We undertook a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, dose-ranging, phase 2 trial investigating the effects of omecamtiv mecarbil (formerly CK-1827452), given intravenously for 2, 24, or 72 h to patients with stable heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction receiving guideline-indicated treatment. Clinical assessment (including vital signs, echocardiograms, and electrocardiographs) and testing of plasma drug concentrations took place during and after completion of each infusion. The primary aim was to assess safety and tolerability of omecamtiv mecarbil. This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00624442. FINDINGS: 45 patients received 151 infusions of active drug or placebo. Placebo-corrected, concentration-dependent increases in left ventricular ejection time (up to an 80 ms increase from baseline) and stroke volume (up to 9.7 mL) were recorded, associated with a small reduction in heart rate (up to 2.7 beats per min; p<0.0001 for all three measures). Higher plasma concentrations were also associated with reductions in end-systolic (decrease of 15 mL at >500 ng/mL, p=0.0026) and end-diastolic volumes (16 mL, p=0.0096) that might have been more pronounced with increased duration of infusion. Cardiac ischaemia emerged at high plasma concentrations (two patients, plasma concentrations roughly 1750 ng/mL and 1350 ng/mL). For patients tolerant of all study drug infusions, no consistent pattern of adverse events with either dose or duration emerged. INTERPRETATION: Omecamtiv mecarbil improved cardiac function in patients with heart failure caused by left ventricular dysfunction and could be the first in class of a new therapeutic agent. FUNDING: Cytokinetics Inc.
|Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Indian IT services firm Tech Mahindra and New York-based robotic process automation (RPA) specialist UiPath have jointly launched an artificial intelligence-driven automation solution for service desk operations at enterprises.
A service desk is a communications centre that provides a single point of contact between a company and its customers, employees and business partners.
Pune-headquartered Tech Mahindra said in a statement that the collaboration with UiPath, which counts venture capital firm Sequoia Capital as an investor, will help customers accelerate their automation journey.
The end-to-end solution will enhance operational efficiency, business agility and customer experience, it added.
The ready-to-use solution also comes with self-service capabilities, Tech Mahindra said. The solution will support the entire life cycle of a service desk ticket from creation to closure through processes like categorisation, triaging, resolution and knowledge management.
"With AI and automation at the core of the digital transformation journey of an enterprise, our cognitive automation solution will provide deeper automation across the service management activities to our customers," said Sameer Dania, global head, business development of platforms at Tech Mahindra.
According to Tech Mahindra, the gradual digital transformation at enterprises requires them to make service desks more accessible to customers and also support a wider and more complex range of offerings. The cost of manual service desk support increases by three times with every escalation, it said, adding that the high volume of customer requests and limited service desk capacity leads to a high average wait and response time for customers.
"We are combining years of practical delivery experience, productised ML engine, and service desk solution from Tech Mahindra with UiPath's enterprise RPA. This solution will improve the speed of service desk resolution and help identify the root cause of the issues leading to an overall decrease in service requests," said Venu Kannan, chief solutions officer at UiPath.
Three years ago, Tech Mahindra and UiPath announced a partnership for joint solutions. Tech Mahindra had integrated its flagship AIOps (Artificial intelligence for IT operations) platform TACTiX, powered by machine learning and natural language processing capabilities, with UiPath.
Tech Mahindra had separately unveiled a TechMNxt charter, which called for building a collaborative disruption ecosystem to drive innovation.
Earlier this month, Tech Mahindra had announced a collaboration with San Francisco-headquartered data security startup i2Chain to build a blockchain-based cybersecurity solution.
Following the completion of a $225-million (around Rs 1,630 crore) Series C round of funding last September, US-headquartered UiPath said it planned to expand operations in India.
The company had said that it would look to boost its local product development capabilities by growing its Indian workforce from 250 at present to 1,200 by the end of 2019.