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Military historian Ted Barris wants us to remember the 'average' men and women who put their lives on the line
This interview originally aired on Nov. 9, 2019.
Military historian Ted Barris has written 20 books, including the bestsellers Juno and Dam Busters, and half of them have focused on Canadian men and women in wartime.
His latest book, Rush to Danger, shows the efforts of medical personnel on the bloody battlefields of Europe. The nonfiction book was inspired by the experience of his father, Alex Barris, as a medic in the Second World War.
Barris dropped by The Next Chapter to answer our version of the Proust Questionnaire.
Who was your favourite painter?
"That would be Arnold Hodgkins, a Canadian army medic who served in the Second World War. And also Ted Zuber, who was a Canadian army sniper who served in the Korean War. Both of these men were also sketch artists. At the time of their service in the Second World War and the Korean War respectively, they were not known for their artwork.
"But after their service, when they came home, they took the sketches that they'd stuck in their haversacks or in their diaries and began to work with them. Ultimately their works were recognized officially as Canadian war art and were acquired by the federal government. As a consequence, they have become Canadian war artists."
Where would you like to live?
"I've had the extraordinary privilege of travelling to Europe many times, leading others who are not familiar with battlefields where Canadians served. I've often thought it would be great to spend some time sitting, taking in these places — places like Vimy, Juno Beach, Dieppe — just to be there next to these places where Canadians served and died.
"It takes more than standing in front of a monument and recognizing that they died at 19 — their name, rank, serial number and all that stuff. I want to be able to take more time because of lives lived there and lost there."
Who are your favourite heroes in real life?
"Because of my complete immersion into wartime history, I've learned that heroes are not the men who are recognized with great medals and citations and monuments, but just the average servicewomen and servicemen who put their lives on hold in the Great War, the Second World War, the Korean War or, more recently, during peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia Herzegovina, Somalia, Rwanda and Afghanistan.
"They left all that behind because they had a greater calling. In that service, I consider them heroes."
What is your favourite journey?
"My favourite journey is the short trip up the stairs of my house from the main floor to my office on the second floor. It's a very short trip but it's a calling every day that I look forward to. I go there with that kind of call to action.
"But also knowing that having interviewed thousands of veterans, all those voices are waiting for me to knock. The journey to that office every day — and it is every day — is a joyous one for me."
What is your greatest achievement?
"I don't know if it's an achievement but it would certainly be something I'm proud of. Several years ago, I was contacted by the ministry of Veterans Affairs and I was told that I was going to receive the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation. I realized how humbling and how important it was.
"It was veterans who had decided that I deserve this honour as a historian — and as someone preserving their stories. Because it was they who had given me this honour, it meant so much more. I wear that pin on my jacket all the time as a humbling thank you to them in my effort to preserve their stories."
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Football recruiting fair day for Chandler schools to help colleges identify prospects
The spring football trend last year was to get several high school football teams together at one location to help cut down on college coaches' travel time.
The Chandler Unified School District has found another way to draw interest.
The district is holding a spring football recruiting jamboree on May 15, a Wednesday, when college coaches can move from one Chandler district school to another all day at staggered times.
Chandler's district is arguably the strongest for high school football in Arizona with Chandler and Perry meeting in the last two 6A finals.
"CUSD administration and football coaches wanted to work together to communicate to their network of colleges on the product CUSD delivers," district Athletic Director Marcus Williams said. "With a unified approach that is sensitive to the college recruiter's time, we felt that an all CUSD jamboree, specific to each program, will assist in communication of our amazing student-athletes."
College coaches from all levels will be able to spend nearly two hours at each school.
Each school will provide the coaches with full roster names, heights, weights, year in school, grade-point averages, transcripts, and any vital information. They'll be able to watch the prospects during a spring football workout.
Spring football for Arizona high schools begins April 29.
Arizona College Prep coach Myron Blueford is excited for the kids in his 3A program, the smallest of the six Chandler schools.
"With being a new program in 3A, I scratch and claw to get our players noticed," he said. "We have talent here at ACP and events like this give our players the opportunity to showcase that talent. It's also important to let our current and future players know they can come to ACP and be seen by coaches. We want to be on a big stage and this gives us the opportunity."
The schedule leads with three-time defending 6A champion Chandler at 7 a.m.
Arizona College Prep will follow at 9 a.m. ACP is located about a mile away from Chandler High.
Hamilton then follows at 11 a.m., with Perry (1:30 p.m.), Basha (3:30) and Casteel (5:30) finishing the day. The times are based on geography and the fastest way to get from one school to the next.
Chandler Principal Larry Rother calls these showcases "win-win for both college recruiters and high schools."
"Colleges want to see as many student-athletes as they can in the most efficient manner as possible and we want our kids to have an opportunity to showcase their skills," Rother said. "At Chandler High, we view this as just another way to ensure our students-athletes have as many opportunities as possible to compete at the next level."
Chandler coach Rick Garretson likes that college coaches will be able to watch a full practice without having to leaving early for another school in the district.
"It's what is best for the boys," he said. "You're able to communicate with the college coaches. It's a nice thing Marcus has developed."
Basha coach Chris McDonald likes this format.
"I think it's a great idea because it allows each CUSD high school to operate a full and efficient practice because the access of field space will not be changed," McDonald said. "Typically with jamborees, you have multiple high schools practicing on condensed fields and space is limited.
"Not all high schools across this state have enough space to fully embrace three to four other high schools. I think that college coaches will appreciate this because if they do block off the 15th and travel the CUSD circuit they can really get a great evaluation of all kids the district has to offer. The need to rush from one school to another because practice windows are typically the same is now alleviated."
Hamilton coach Mike Zdebski said there weren't full spring football practices in Michigan, but "technique classes." He said this will benefit not just the top recruits, but those under-recruited.
"Any time you have a young man with that much exposure, it's great," Zdebski said. "We're doing everything we can to promote all the players."
To suggest human-interest story ideas and other news, reach Obert at email@example.com or 602-316-8827. Follow him at twitter.com/azc_obert.

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Hunterdon County bowling team competes in Special Olympics
- New Jersey special olympics annual bowling program was celebrated at the state spring sports festival in March
- Hunterdon County Turkeys, registered 19 bowlers to participate in the weekend competitions
- Hunterdon Hotshots traditional team, comprised solely of Special Olympics athletes.
The culmination of the New Jersey Special Olympics annual bowling program was celebrated at the state Spring Sports Festival on March 28 and 29 and was held at the Brunswick Zone in North Brunswick. Barbara Berger, the Local Program Coordinator and Head bowling coach for her Hunterdon County Turkeys, registered 19 bowlers to participate in the weekend competitions. Saturday, March 28, was the state team competition day and the "Hunterdon Hotshots" traditional team, comprised solely of Special Olympics athletes Emil Ciccotelli, Tamaryn Lehman, Erica Schaefer and Mark Weidman, received the bronze medal in their division.
Fifteen athletes participated in the Singles Competition on Sunday, March 28. Eleven of these bowlers, placed in the top three positions, on March 29. Bob Lohner won the only gold medal in the program. Silver medals were awarded to: John Clapperton, Dan Kenny, Adam Hoff, Brian Ellis, Denise Franco, Katie McGee and Bernadette Tomsky. Bronze medals were presented to Jimmy Dennihy, Dorothy Justynska and Mark Kiskurno. Sarah Martin came in fourth place and fifth place medals were given to Matt Buchsbaum, Jamie Goldstein and GaryHegedus.
Currently, training for Track and Field athletes is taking place at North Hunterdon High School. The local training program competition date is Sunday, May 3. Bocce and softball practices will begin shortly.
Special Olympics is a year-round program. Families and staff from group homes are encouraged to register their athletes so that they may choose which sports they would like to participate in. Those interested in volunteering, coaching or sponsoring an event are asked to contact Area 4 Director Joyce Kirchin at email@example.com or 908-236-7807.


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- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 2-3 tablespoons of whipped cream
- 1/3 cup white wine
- 300g spaghetti, roughly broken
- 300-400g of fresh seafood of your choice (calamari, shrimps, mussels, scallops boneless salmon chopped in cubes etc)
- handful of parsley leaves, chopped
1. Cook pasta according to the instructions. If you want it al dente, reduce cooking time by 1-2 min. Set aside. Keep 1/2 cup of the water
2. In a large saute pan, put oil over medium heat. Add garlic.
3. Add in shrimp and allow to cook for 2-3 minutes. Add in the rest of seafood.
4. In a couple of minutes pour white wine. Allow for white wine to cook down about 3-4 minutes till it evaporates.
5. Lower heat to the minimum, add whipping cream and cover. Cook for another 3-5 minutes.
6. Remove lid and add pasta Lower heat and let sit for 3-5 minutes to allow pasta to soak.
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Sheng Xue
Sheng Xue or Reimonna Sheng (Chinese: 盛雪; pinyin: Shèng Xuě; born 1962), is the pen name of Zang Xihong (simplified Chinese: 臧锡红; traditional Chinese: 臧錫紅; pinyin: Zāng Xīhóng), a Chinese-Canadian journalist and writer, and human rights activist.
Sheng Xue grew up in Beijing, and moved to Canada soon after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
Xue is a member of PEN Canada, and also a member of The Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC), both of which belong to International PEN. She is a member of the Writers in Prison Committee of ICPC.
Xue is the Canadian correspondent of Radio Free Asia and the North American correspondent of Deutsche Welle (Voice of Germany). She is also a regular commentator or columnist for a couple of media.
In 2001, she received the Canadian Association for Journalists Award for Investigative Journalism, and the Canada's National Magazine Award, for an investigative report, "The Smuggler's Slaves", on the lives of Chinese boat refugees published in the Canadian magazine Maclean's.[1][2][3] She is the first Chinese Canadian to win such prestigious awards.
In 2005, Sheng won the Journalism and Media Award from the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada,[4] for her outstanding achievements, contributions, and community service and in recognition of her efforts in promoting understanding the traditions and the interests of Chinese-Canadian communities, her leadership, courage and dedication for the promotion of multiculturalism, human rights, respect of human and cultural values, integrity and equality among all Canadians.
In 2001, Sheng Xue investigated China's most prominent smuggling case and published a book (in Chinese), Unveiling the Yuan Hua Case (simplified Chinese: "远华案"黑幕; traditional Chinese: 「遠華案」黑幕), which soon became a best seller in Chinese communities outside mainland China and created shock waves both inside and outside China. The Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China immediately banned the book.
A collection of Sheng Xue's poems (in Chinese), Seeking the Soul of Snow (simplified Chinese: 觅雪魂; traditional Chinese: 覓雪魂), was published in Jan 2008 by United Writers Press, Hong Kong. The poetry collection has also been banned by authorities in mainland China.
United Writers Press also published a collection of Sheng Xue's essays (in Chinese), Lyricism From a Fierce Critic (simplified Chinese: 敌对抒情; traditional Chinese: 敵對抒情) in August 2008. This book has also been banned in China.
She also starred two Canadian movies, Small Pleasures (simplified Chinese: 浮云; traditional Chinese: 浮雲) in 1993,[5][6] and Chinese Chocolate (simplified Chinese: 落鸟; traditional Chinese: 落鳥) in 1995.[7] She also starred a stage drama (in Chinese), He Zhu Xin Pei (Chinese: 荷珠新佩), in 1997.[8]
Sheng Xue was the Writer in Residence at Carlton University, Ottawa, in the winter of 2007,[9] the Writer in Residence at McMaster University for the winter of 2009,[3] and the Writer in Exile of Edmonton during September 2009 – August 2010.[9]
Sheng Xue is a key leader of overseas Chinese pro-democratic movement and is an outspoken critic of the Chinese government's human rights record. She is the chairperson of June 4 Massacre Investigation; Vice-Chairperson of The Federation for a Democratic China, Board member of Forum for Democratization of China and Asia. She established a group "Ten Dollar Can" in 2004, which is to encourage people to donate Ten Dollars per month and send to writers and journalists in prison, as well as other political prisoners, in China. She is also a founder of China Rights Network, a coalition of a number of organisations united by their opposition to the policies of the Chinese Communist Party, including Falundafa Human Right Association, Federation for a Democratic China, Students for a Free Tibet, Taiwanese Human Right Association of Canada, Tibetan Women's Association of Ontario, Tibetan Youth Congress, Uyghur Canadian Association, World Federalists of Canada, and others.
On September 29, 2012, during a function held in Sheng Xue's home by about 50 Asian political exiles to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, on behalf of the Canadian government, awarded Sheng Xue the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
On October 8, 2012, during the FDC's 11th Global Congress held in Budapest, Sheng Xue was elected as the Chairperson of Federation for a Democratic China.
- Unveiling the Yuan Hua Case (simplified Chinese: "远华案"黑幕; traditional Chinese: 「遠華案」黑幕), Mirror Books, New York, USA, 2001. ISBN 962-8744-46-1.
- Seeking the Soul of Snow (simplified Chinese: 觅雪魂; traditional Chinese: 覓雪魂), United Writers Press, Hong Kong, Jan 2008. ISBN 978-988-17-2051-1.
- Lyricism From a Fierce Critic (simplified Chinese: 敌对抒情; traditional Chinese: 敵對抒情), United Writers Press, Hong Kong, August 2008. ISBN 978-988-17-2056-6.
All of these three books have been banned in China.
- Small Pleasures (simplified Chinese: 浮云; traditional Chinese: 浮雲), 1993 film, Canada. (Reimonna Sheng as Zhao Qing)
- Chinese Chocolate (simplified Chinese: 落鸟; traditional Chinese: 落鳥), 1995 film, Canada. (Remona Sheng as Francis Huang)
- He Zhu Xin Pei (Chinese: 荷珠新佩), 1997 stage drama in Chinese, Canada. (Sheng Xue as He Zhu)
Grandfather Zang Qifang (Chinese: 臧啟芳, 1894–1961) was the Mayor of Tianjin from 1930–1931, and the president of Dongbei University from 1937–1947. He also held some other important government/academy positions in China before 1949, and in Taiwan after 1949.[citation needed]
- ^ "The Best of the Best, Summer 2001: CAJ Award Winners". eagle.ca/caj/mediamag. Archived from the original on October 1, 2005. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ "Masthead News Archives, May 2001: CAJ winks at Maclean's—again". mastheadonline.com. 2001-05-29. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ a b Terry, Matt (2009-01-22). "McMaster welcomes new International Writer-in-Residence". mcmaster.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ "Names and Bio's of Honourees, page2". nepmcc.ca. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ Small Pleasures on www.imdb.com website
- ^ Yan Ming (Chinese: 严明): Pro-democracy activist becomes a star -- Sheng Xue and the movie she stars, Small Pleasures] (Chinese: 民运女将转眼成了明星——盛雪与她参演的影片《浮云》), China Spring magazine (in Chinese), Sept. 1993, New York
- ^ Chinese Chocolate on www.film.com website
- ^ Ya Yi (Chinese: 亚衣): Here too are passion and poetry (Chinese: 这里也有激情和诗意), China Spring magazine (in Chinese), July 1997, Page 74-82, New York
- ^ a b "Sheng Xue chosen as PEN Canada City of Edmonton Writer in Exile (.pdf format)" (PDF). PEN Canada. 2009-03-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
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- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian poets
- Canadian writers of Asian descent
- Canadian activists
- Canadian journalists
- Canadian women poets
- Charter 08 signatories
- Chinese democracy activists
- Chinese emigrants to Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Writers from Beijing
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
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How For The Best Furniture At The Lowest Price
When you are interested in new furniture, it is very important get as much assistance that you can. You should know how you can recognize quality brands, how to choose furniture that goes well with what you already have and how to find great deals. This is actually the help that you've been searching for. The guidelines in this post will make searching for furniture a lot more enjoyable.
Furniture can get expensive. That is one reason that used furniture can be quite a better solution. It is possible to find used furniture that is certainly still in good shape by checking stores, advertisements, and yard sales. You can always reupholster pieces if necessary. This can help you save a huge amount of money.
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Have a spin for the reason that recliner before buying it and bring it home. This may guarantee that it functions properly. Often times it really is difficult to get a precise replacement for a faulty recliner.
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The greater you understand about furniture, the better it is to get the best decisions. Because you are more aware about how you can purchase great furniture at the best prices, you could start your furniture-shopping quest. Enjoy yourself shopping with these tips at heart, and enjoy the great furniture finds you discover..


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Virtual Classrooms
Blogs, YouTube, Facebook, and wikis are just a few of so-called Web 2.0 technologies that are transforming the look and feel of science on the Web.
Blogs, YouTube, Facebook, and wikis are just a few of so-called Web 2.0 technologies that are transforming the look and feel of science on the Web. Last week a group of leading science educators met at CHF during the annual Leadership in Science Education Conference to discuss how these new media technologies are affecting science education. To find out more about how students are using the internet, we spoke with John Horrigan, an expert on broadband and associate director for research at the Pew Internet and American Life Project. We also take a look at popular internet science videos, like the oscillating reaction shown above. Finally, Abigail Paske, a science teacher in Oakland, California, shares her experiences dealing with No Child Left Behind. Element of the Week: Iodine.
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00:00 Opening Credits
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01:04 Conversation with John Horrigan
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08:01 Science Education in the Era of No Child Left Behind
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On the Riggs Brauscher reaction: Instructions and an explanation from the University of Leeds Chemistry Department.
For surveys of internet users, analysis of current Web trends, and more: The Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Special thanks to Audra Wolfe for researching the show.
Our theme music is composed by Dave Kaufman. Additional music was provided by the Podsafe Music Network. The music at the end of the interview is "Upbeat for Cable TV," by Andrew Chalfen. In the Element of the Week, you're hearing "Stopped Time," by 37Hz. The music at the end of the show is "The Land of Candy," by Chris Resu.


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The unique technical monument is located in the village of Novina.
The viaduct on the railway between Liberec and Česká Lípa was completed in 1900. It is thirty metres high, 202 metres long and comprises fourteen supporting columns. It is not straight but carved. During the construction work, the designers had to face a big technical issue – they had to get over the 700 metres high ridge of Ještěd. Hence, a 802-metre-long tunnel was built that begins one kilometre from the station in Novina and ends just before the station in Křížany.


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I just so happened to have left the television on while writing my articles late one night early this week when something on the news happened to catch my eye—or my ear, rather. It was a short news piece about a new approach to protecting the brain against traumatic brain injury due to sloshing, and I find it utterly fascinating, and potentially revolutionary. I hope that you do as well.
The concept is actually a rather simple one: a collar that one wears around the neck, which compresses the jugular, reducing blood flow from the brain, and thus adding more volume inside the cranium—and less space in which the brain can slosh around.
The idea was inspired by the common woodpecker, a bird that beats its head, according to the report, in excess of 80 million times over its lifespan without suffering the repercussions of brain trauma. The woodpecker's tongue system is a bit more complicated than ours, wrapping itself around the bird's skull, which produces the same effect that the collar proposes to replicate.
That collar is the invention of Dr. Julian Bailes, among the leading researchers in the field of neurological trauma research. He was featured in the recent Concussion movie—and was the Pittsburgh Steelers' team doctor for a decade, as well as Mike Webster's personal doctor after he retired.
Webster was a Hall of Fame Steelers center whose post-career struggle with dementia and the eventual discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in his brain after his death was the catalyst for our growing understanding of the nature of head injuries in relation to the sports world, and in general.
Bailes' device was originally an idea first catalyzed by Dr. David Smith after somebody quipped during a 2007 conference that the problem would be solved "if somebody can figure out how a woodpecker can smash its head into a tree and fly away without a headache". Smith contacted Bailes about his idea in 2009.
Back to the collar, however, it is a proposal that I find fascinating for two reasons, but I will give the concrete one first, and that is the positive results that have already been achieved from an independent clinical trial carried out by Dr. Gregory Myer.
The findings of his study, at least preliminarily, strongly indicate a dramatic difference in the level of changes in the brains of 60 high school athletes over the course a season, comparing those who wore the collar to those who did not.
As we all should know by now, the concern over long-term brain health does not stem solely, nor even primarily, from isolated yet powerful concussive blows, but rather more timid, but repetitive mild blows to the head, which an NFL player can sustain routinely in the area of four figures over the course of a year.
If there is indeed a legitimate finding here that can help players protect themselves from the effects of repeated blows to the head, then it would not be exaggeration to describe its impact as revolutionary to a greater extent than has been the HANS device in auto racing.
One of the arguments that has always dogged the proponents of player safety has been the fatalist argument from futility. Because there is no helmet that you can put in somebody's head, there is not much you can truly ever do about protecting from brain injury.
This research could completely turn that fatalist argument on its head, with a virtual helmet of excess blood that helps to shield the brain from crashing into the cranial walls upon impact. Even if this is merely the stepping stone to something more significant, I feel that this provides the pathway to a potentially sustainable solution to a very serious problem.
The other reason that I find the research so fascinating is in part due to its inspiration and what it says about the nature of evolution. Evolution is a bottom-up process that works with existing parts, rather than a top-down process, and during the course of time, this has led to many illogically convoluted adaptations in the anatomy of animals across the spectrum, including the human anatomy.
That Bailes thought to draw inspiration from an animal uniquely adapted to banging its head and seeking to replicate that trait artificially through a simple device for those who must adapt to banging their own heads repeatedly is really quite clever.
I sincerely hope that, in time, something dramatic emerges from this research, and if indeed this simple collar is as effective in reducing the traumatic effects of repeated sloshing as preliminary research might indicate—there has yet to be any findings of negative effects from increasing the level of blood flow in the brain—then I sincerely hope that it finds its way into the status of standard sports equipment as soon as humanly possible.


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Commentaries (some of them cheeky or provocative) on economic topics by Ralph Musgrave. This site is dedicated to Abba Lerner. I disagree with several claims made by Lerner, and made by his intellectual descendants, that is advocates of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). But I regard MMT on balance as being a breath of fresh air for economics.
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QE does not equal printing money.
QE is often equated with printing money. This is nonsense.
Let's start with the QEing of government bonds near maturity. These bonds are widely regarded as, and accepted as a very near equivalent of cash in the world's financial centres. Thus QEing these bonds is about as earth shatteringly irrelevant as swapping $10 bills for $20 bills. Giving someone two $10 bills in exchange for a $20 bill does not constitute "printing money" and nor does QEing short term government bonds.
As to QEing longer term government bonds or private sector bonds, things are a little more complicated. Let's start by defining the word money and the phrase "print money".
There are numerous definitions of the word money, but one definition is "a very liquid asset": that is, an asset which is readily accepted as a means to pay for less liquid assets like cars, houses, and so on.
As to the phrase "print money", this is normally understood to mean the creation and distribution of MORE money with no corresponding reduction in the amount of assets which are "near money". To illustrate (and to use the above example of QEing short term government bonds) creating $X out of thin air and using the $X to buy and tear up $X worth of short term government bonds certainly NOT the same as creating $X out of thin air and distributing the $X to the population (e.g. via a tax reducution or a helidrop).
In the latter case (e.g. a tax reduction), private sector assets RISE by $X. In contrast, in the former case (QEing) the value of private sector assets remain constant, or very nearly CONSTANT. That is a BIG DIFFERENCE! And since the "QE equals money printing" brigade cannot see the difference, the conclusion is that they can't see an awful lot.
Printing versus printing and distributing.
I said above that money printing equals the creation AND distribution of more money. It could be argued that the distribution element is not a necessary part of the definition. For example, if I print a million tonnes of £20 notes and stash them down a disused coal mine and don't tell anyone what I've done, that is still "money printing" isn't it? Perhaps it is. But the above senseless "stashing" operation will have no effect whatever on demand, inflation or anything else (apart from temporarily increasing the demand for paper and ink).
QEing private sector bonds.
QEing private sector bonds and longer term government bonds is a little different from QEing short term government bonds, which as noted above is little different to swapping $20 bills for $10 bills.
Assuming a fair price is paid for "long term / private" bonds, then no money printing takes place in the sense that the value of private sector assets remains the same. On the other hand, the liquidity of a portion of those assets certainly IS improved: in the extreme case, hard to dispose of bonds are turned into cash, which is a very definite improvement in liquidity.
The EXTENT of money creation here is hard to estimate. It is certainly nonsense to claim that QEing $Y worth of these bonds equals the printing and distribution of $Y worth of new money. But SOME money HAS been created in that extra liquidity has been created. I'll leave it to others to quantify this!
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Arguably no new money of any relevance has been created unless some of it flows into additional transactions.ReplyDelete
You can create $1 trillion and if it all sits in a bank reserve account somewhere, then it is irrelevant economically (as we've seen with QE in general).
The only money that matters is that which is moving (and in the US/UK that means money that causes a transaction and some of it is likely destroyed by taxation).


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Northeast Generals Assistant Captain Gerard Marretta has committed to play his College Hockey at Trinity College.
Marretta, a Monroe, NJ native, is in his 2nd season with the Generals. Prior to joining the Generals Marretta was a standout for the Monroe Township Falcons where he has 120 points (including 75 goals) in just 56 games. He then played 2 years at the Tilton School where in 40 games he recorded 21 goals and 28 assists for 49 points.
In 2018-2019 Marretta joined the Generals after a 4 game stint in Amarillo. In 28 games with the Generals he had 2 goals and 6 assists for 8 points. So far in 2019-2020 Marretta has 6 goals and 3 assists for 9 points in 27 games including 2 short handed goals.
"Gerry is one of the best kids I have ever coached. He came to us last year and has made an incredible mark on our organization both on and off the ice right away. He is one of those players that does everything. He blocks shots, finishes checks, penalty kill, power play, you name it. He is invaluable to our success. The boys love him as does the entire staff. He is the first to volunteer off the ice and the first to put in extra work on the ice. He is also very academically minded and had a goal of playing in the prestigious NESCAC conference. So proud of Gerry for reaching his goals. Excited to see how he continues to impact us and before he starts to put his mark on Trinity. Gerry has a very bright future both on and off the ice." said Generals Head Coach/GM Bryan Erikson.
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Current MA CCI student and Tate Britain intern Anna Chatziangelidou writes:
"I was walking near my house yesterday when I suddenly saw a Rembrandt painting hanging on a public wall on Rose street, Covent Garden. Later that day, I had a cup of tea at Maison Bertaux in Soho and there it was again. Not Rembrandt this time, but a a huge Turner painting staring at me on Greek street.
"The project is called The Grand Tour, and is a collaboration between the National Gallery and Hewlett Packard. Almost forty high quality reproductions of fine art are turning West End into a giant gallery, and the result is quite astonishing (well, it was for me!)
"There are also designed specific theme tours such as The Heavy Hitters Tour, the Lovers' Tour (that's a smart way to impress your first date, boys!) and The Lunchbreak Tour.
"Although I am not a fan of galleries that exhibit reproductions (such as the project in Amsterdam I presented at a seminar earlier this year), I think this is something a bit different and it caught my attention instantly.
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If you missed it, I have been leading a 20 Day Yoga Challenge this month. A group of my yoga students and I have committed to doing at least 20 minutes of yoga each day for 20 days. It has been refreshing to share my practice with others and also to stay connected to the physical expression of Yin Yang Yoga.
However, physical yoga (yoga asana) is the tip of the iceberg.
On July 19th I am taking this exploration beyond the mat and hosting a free weekly online bookclub. We will be going through my newest book Elemental Yin Yang Yoga together and you can take part even if you haven't read the book yet.
Whats the point of this bookclub?
I don't know about you but when I read a book on yoga theory or lifestyle, I come up with a lot of questions. As an author I do my best to answer those questions but responding to emails and having very little time to chat with students at the end of class doesn't feel like enough.
So I am making myself available to everyone who registers and joins the conversation. Together we will share insights, ask questions and virtually "meet" like minded yogis who want to explore the benefits of Elemental Yin Yang beyond the yoga mat.
Why should you sign up?
Sure, you could just read the book on your own.
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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003yfy. Unique identifier: us70003yfy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 51.02 km, 141.603° East, 38.2612° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/06/19 / 2019-06-12 10:35:08 / June 12, 2019 @ 10:35 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:35:08 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 51.02 km (32 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shiroishi, Ōfunato, Ichinoseki. Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Sendai (c. 1 063 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sendai-shi (c. 1 063 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ishinomaki (c. 117 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Furukawa (c. 76 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ichinoseki (c. 63 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Shiogama (c. 59 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Liebster Award Tag
Special thanks to Danika for nominating me for this tag!
The rules:
- Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.
- Answer the questions provided by the nominator.
- Nominate and link ten bloggers.
- Create 10 questions for the nominees
The questions:
What was the inspiration behind your blog?
To connect with people and get my views and opinions out there into the wide world. Also to show case what talents I think I have!
What is your favourite film and why?
My favourite film is The Girl Next Door because it is an unconventional love story and very modern and funny. Don't be put off by the tag line of description because it is an amazing love story that I can't get enough off (and the moral fibre scene always makes me cry!)
If a celebrity played you in a movie, who would it be?
I'd say Karen Gillian because I was always compared to her when she was on Dr Who especially when I had red hair. I also loved her acting in Doctor Who and she seems like such a down to earth girl in real life.
If you could give younger you one piece of advice, what would it be?
I'd say to not care so much about what other people think. People honestly don't care! They're wrapped up in their own lives so you do you and let them do them. Also, make sure you know who your friends are and make the most of being young! You only get to be young once.
What was the first piece of writing you did, that you can remember?
It was a book I tried to write when I was about nine. It was about a girl who was shrunk into a dolls house and she had to save her boyfriend from the evil toys (that in my mind looked like Bowser from Super Mario!)
What is your favourite childhood memory?
Oh there's way too many to think of! Probably my favourite one I'd say if you went back in time and asked me as a kid was putting my glasses on my brother when he was a baby! He looked ridiculous! I wish I had a picture of it to show you guys.
Where would you love to live? Real or fantasy
In real life I'd love to live in Kensington or just outside of London or LA. Fantasy I'd love to live in Hogwarts (obviously) or Cinderella's castle.
What do you like to do to unwind?
I love to take a long bath with a bath bomb, I then paint my nails and do my skin care routine. I love falling into bed with a cozy duvet and watching a movie. I've been loving parodies at the moment!
What is your dream job?
I'd love to be an editor, producer or director. I want to create things and evoke emotion from an audience. I'd also love to be remembered way after I'm gone.
Holy grail beauty/grooming product?
My holy grail beauty product has to be the They're Real mascara from Benefit because it just adds a bit of pop to your face even if you don't want to wear much makeup. My grooming product has to be Liz Earle's cleanse and polish face wash because of how easily it takes off makeup and how soft it makes my skin!
My questions:
- What's your favourite blog post you've written?
- Where do you want your blog to go?
- Would you rather do without mascara or do without lipstick?
- What is your proudest moment of your year so far?
- What is the most extravagant product you've ever bought yourself?
- Canon or Nikon? Why?
- What do you use to edit pictures on your blog?
- Did you see yourself where you are now five years ago?
- Who's the person you look up to the most in your life?
- Where do you want to be in ten years?
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Oklahoma Mom Arrested After 4-Year-Old Shows Up at School Drunk
An Oklahoma woman was arrested after her four-year-old daughter turned up at school drunk.
Teachers at Andrew Johnson Elementary School in Oklahoma City noticed that the girl was acting strangely. When they smelled alcohol on her breath, they called the authorities.
Christine Aaron, 34, was arrested on child neglect charges and bailed from the Oklahoma County Jail the next day.
She had apparently left an open beer can within reach of her daughter before falling asleep.
The girl then drank about eight ounces of beer, or about two-thirds of a 12-ounce can — enough to get her drunk, according to authorities.
Aaron reportedly realized her daughter had taken a drink from the can. She scolded the girl, but still dropped her off at school.
The child has been taken into the care of the Department of Human Services while the incident is investigated.
Aaron does not have a criminal background, police said, although they believe her daughter has had access to alcohol in the past.
Steve Jagosh, police spokesman for the Oklahoma suburb of The Village, said: "We have reason to believe that the child has drunk beer in the past."


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Selective operation of three-level NPC inverter based on synchronous reference frame method supplying nonlinear loads in microgrid system
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This paper develops selective strategies for Neutral Point Clamped Multilevel Inverter (NPC) in a microgrid application with load current decomposition based on Synchronous Reference Frame (DQ) method. The 3-level NPC inverter is investigated as widely used topology for medium and high power applications. In addition to the current injection into the grid, the 3-level NPC DG inverter is also being used to improve the power quality at point of common coupling, mitigating load current disturbances and improving power quality. For the islanded mode of operation, the control of the DG inverter involves the regulation of the instantaneous load line-to-neutral voltage magnitude, i.e. va, and frequency m. Single loop and multiloop voltage control scheme based on inductor filter current feedback are developed to regulate load voltage/frequency for a varity of load conditions. The control strategies are implemented in abc-frame. The principles supporting the selective control strategies are discussed and analyzed and the effectiveness of the control metod is demonstrated through digital simulations conducted by means of PSIM.
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Tough tryouts make for a strong season
The majority of fall athletes kicked off their season this week; of the many, boys soccer hit the fields Monday after school, with an especially difficult day.
"Tryouts are always hard. The first day this year was really hard," said junior Ryan Hutson.
The players agree that the most challenging part of tryouts is the fitness, sprints, runs up the hill and runs on the track, which conclude every day of tryouts. The extensive amount of running ultimately led to five players throwing up.
"The fitness gets us back on our game, getting us ready to play full 90 minute games," said junior Tristyn Hasmer.
While the athletes are trying to prove themselves to be a Spartan, the coaching staff faces much different challenges.
"The hardest part of tryouts is getting the kids in the right mentality to compete at a higher level," said Assistant Coach Nick Beckmann.
Confident that tryouts will seed out all the slackers, Hutson is predicting a good season for the Spartan soccer team.
"Everybody just needs to put in their best effort, and I think we'll do pretty well this year," said Hutson.
The Spartan's season opener is Aug. 29th against De Smet. They are an intimidating team to kick off the season with because of their reputation and fifth place ranking at the end of last year's season.
"We might have a rough start of the season, because of all the seniors leaving, but I think we'll do good this season," said Hasmer.
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The beautiful bond shared by the brother-sister will come soon, but as always, we are confused about that to get them. The art of gifting seems like a never-ending loop of thought. We keep on thinking about the perfect gift that we can gift them, and in that wait, the day comes when we have to give them something. This is not hard as long as you know what the other person likes, and you can always opt for these gifts.
This year make sure that you are gifting something different, and this will be perfect for them. The gift can be anything that you can go for. You can choose something that they always wanted as human wants are unlimited; it can be anything they like, or it can be a new beginning of a hobby. There are so many things you can opt for and so many things that will be loved by them. Just like you make a delicious birthday cake for them, think of something that will remind them of the beauty of the bind that you both share. Remind them to be happy as always, and here is a list of gifts that you can opt for:
Let the hobby begin with this day; whether your brother or sister is into art or not, you can always gift them this. There are so many things available online, and they will deliver this to your doorstep as well. Something that you can always choose on this day. The art supplies seem a little expensive, which is why you can provide this for them. There are so many colors waiting to be explored by them, so many pictures they can draw. This is the perfect time for you to opt for this and remind you to draw, sketch, and paint to keep them relaxed.
This is perfect for both the brother and the sister. You can get your bother a bracelet or a chain with their initial on it. For the sister, you can opt for necklaces, rings, bracelets, anklets, and tgere are so many things. To personalize it, you can even get a message engraved on them. This will always remind them about how much you love and adore them. This is also perfect if you want to give them a message not to lose hope in dire situations and be perfect for them.
The bought cakes are special, but the baked ones have their share of love. You can always bake a cake for them, and if you for know, maybe you can start practicing in advance. There is a little time left for Raksha Bandhan, so make sure that you surprise them with their favorite cake if you cannot make it properly and remember that baking is an art, and it takes a little time to master. In that case, you can always opt for online cake delivery. The cake will be delivered to your doorstep on time.
There are so many hampers available online. This can be for your bother and sister and you can always remind them how much love them and take care of them with these hampers. You can get them a beautiful grooming kit with everything in handy for them, or it can be a basket containing the eatables or a basket containing everything that will be needed by them whole take to travel. This can be perfect for them, and you can always remind them of their way of the love and affection you have for them.
This list of personalization is just never-ending. You can opt for any git you like and remind them f the love you have for them. This will only be perfect for you and them. There are so many things that you can opt for, from the shirts to the mugs, and these days, you can even get them a pen with their name written on it. As we all know, the humor is also there better=ween brother and sister. Make sure that you are not offending them. Once chosen a beautiful gift, it is bound to make your sister or brother have that million-dollar smile.
These are the gifts that you can always opt for and remind your loved one of the love you have for them. There are so many other things that are waiting to be explored, and if you are aware that your brother or sister wants, then make sure that you are going for it. Happy Raksha Bandhan!


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I write it over and over
wherever we find shelter.
I write of what
I cannot speak...
...the truth.
I write all I know of it
and then I throw the
pages to the wind.
Maybe the birds
can read it.
This yours?
I often find them here,
these scraps.
Must float down from
someone's window.
baby as soon as it was born,"
but something made
her look at it.
She heard the thundering heartbeat,
she smelled the
"baby's bloodied head
and love confounded her. "
It's just a scrap,
like you say.
But there's a story there.
You can feel it.
Shall we walk a little?
My story starts
with Clara.
One day,
it will end with her.
Clara... full of secrets.
My savior.
My burden.
My muse.
Won't you come and be with me
and see what I've got?
'cause what I've got
is what you need
what I got is what
you need...
F***ing hell... Wendy!
I'll call you back.
You bastard!
Did you see that?
He f***ing attacked me!
What's she done?
Really f***ed his nose.
Yeah, well,
he deserved it.
- Come on.
- Oi...
Ernie, get him out of here, will you?
My nose!
My nose...
Would you care for tea?
Please come in.
I have been working here
for 14 nights...
I want my pay!
You're not on the books.
What pay?
Don't you wanna, wanna,
don't you
don't you wanna see
me flaunt what I got?
Don't you, don't you
wanna, wanna...
Excuse me.
Have you seen this girl?
No... sorry, mate.
what I got...
Oi, what are you doing?
Sorry, babe, but they owe me.
No! Stop, you can't take
money out of the till!
Hello, Clara.
We get a lot of b*tches in here,
but she took the f***ing prize.
She was morbidly sexy.
Sh*t! F***!
The tedium I've experienced
in this pursuit!
My time you have wasted!
You would sell nations
with your whoredoms.
Come on.
You know who I'm looking for.
Where is she? Huh?
Where is she?!
I was him once.
And that girl...
Love confounded me for her.
I loved her my
whole life through.
Your wife?
She was married to
my brother John...
Most happily.
She never knew the way I felt.
Nor did he.
There come a time in life
You've got secrets,
haven't you?
There was a story told
when I was a boy
about the neamh-mhairbh,
the revenants.
Neither dead nor alive.
The priests used to tell it
to frighten us.
My name is Eleanor Webb.
Eleanor Webb.
I am ready.
Are you sure?
I've spent quite enough time here.
Believe me.
I feel at great peace.
As if order is about to be restored.
She is an aberration.
I don't know what that means, sir.
Where do you think you're going?
I was going to clean the wound, sir.
You've been cut, it's conspicuous.
All the time you've had
and you've learned nothing.
Truly you're base.
Close your eyes.
Get out.
- How could you bring someone here?
- He was stronger than I thought.
This is our home.
We have to leave.
- I'm not moving on again...
- I had to do it!
- One day you'll understand.
- What, when I'm older?
You have no idea, no f***ing idea
of what I do for you!
- You did that for me? - Pack!
- I liked it here.
I said pack!
- Who was he?
- No one.
Mother was bathing
her baby one night
youngest of 10
and a poor little mite
Mother was fat
and the baby was thin
it was nought but a
wrapped up in skin
Mother turned 'round
for the soap from the rack...
- Thank you!
- All right, see you, girls.
You'll have a look at
the greenhouse, eh?
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House Plan 1065 Terrace Run Cove, European House Plan
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House Plan 1065 Terrace Run Cove, European House Plan
Plan Details
- Plan Number: SMN 1065
- Total Living Space:2509Sq.Ft.
- Bedrooms: 4
- Full Baths: 2
- Half Baths: 1
- Garage: 2 Bay
- Garage Type: Front Load
- Carport: No
- Carport Type: N/A
- Stories: 1
- Width Ft.: 64
- Width In.: 10
- Depth Ft.: 67
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Terrace Run Cove is the Northeast Arkansas Home Builder's Association Showcase Home of 2020! This stock plan cannot be built in Craighead County, Arkansas. Originally derived from La Maison Point – SMN 1022, Terrace Run Cove is a sleek European-style home plan with strong contemporary modern inspirations! Cool gray brick makes up the exterior of this house plan. Offset by sharp black fascia and soffit, Terrace Run Cove has a bold, striking curbside view! Great transom windows emphasize the contemporary modern inspirations by eliminating the traditional panel frames.
This European vision is 2,509 sq.ft. with 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, and 1 half bathrooms and encapsulates main-level living. This home plan is the perfect size for any family. A prominent feature is the rear screened porch with back-to-back fireplaces on the shared wall of the Great Room! A decadently spacious chef's pantry hidden behind a kitchen cabinet entry proves the Terrace Run Cove floor plan is more than meets the eye!
Open Floor Design
Terrace Run Cove offers main level living with privately positioned Master Suite wing. There's plenty of space for all in this European home design! The covered front entry opens into the modest foyer with Bedroom 2 on the right. Ahead, the foyer opens into the Great Room open floor design. The Great Room holds a cozy gas fireplace for warming the next cool evening! Flowing smoothly into the Kitchen, a bar island greets welcomed guests. Additional seating for up to 4 offers a more casual snack space, while the Kitchen sink and dishwasher are neatly out of the way, yet within easy reach. Terrace Run Cove offers a Kitchen to make a chef's dreams come true! Expansive counterspace remains unbroken and ready for the most elaborate prep work! In a unique, fresh design, the chef's pantry is hidden behind a cabinet door. This fantastic design provides an extraordinary amount of pantry space without sacrificing Kitchen room!
The Dining area is a fluid transition from the Kitchen and overlooks the back property. The Dining space leads into the screened porch area for a relaxing nightcap after a satisfying meal! The dual fireplace keeps the chill at bay and sets a comfortable atmosphere for any season! An open patio off the screened porch offers a more natural option with an outdoor fire pit.
Split Bedroom Layout
Bedrooms 2, 3, and 4 reside on the right portion of this contemporary modern house plan. Terrace Run Cove ensures each bedroom received a comfortable level of privacy! As mentioned, Bedroom 2 is the most forefront. A modest step-in closet offers hanging space for belongings and wardrobes. Bedroom 2 receives an gracious amount of natural lighting from the front-facing windows. All the better to highlight the vaulted ceilings! Bedroom 2 has easy access to the half bath across the foyer.
Bedroom 3 and Bedroom 4 are mirrored at the front and rear of Terrace Run Cove. With a larger closet space, these bedrooms share a full bath in-between. With a double sink vanity, morning and nightly routines are easily maneuvered in this shared space! A roomy linen closet provides organization for towels and linens!
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- Total Living Space:2509Sq.Ft.
- Main Floor: 2509 Sq.Ft
- Upper Floor (Sq.Ft.): N/A
- Lower Floor (Sq.Ft.): N/A
- Bonus Room (Sq.Ft.): N/A
- Porch (Sq.Ft.): 316 Sq.Ft.
- Garage (Sq.Ft.): 540 Sq.Ft.
- Total Square Feet: 3365 Sq.Ft.
- Customizable: Yes
- Wall Construction: 2x4
- Vaulted Ceiling Height: Yes
- Main Ceiling Height: 9
- Upper Ceiling Height: N/A
- Lower Ceiling Height: N/A
- Roof Type: Shingle
- Main Roof Pitch: 10:12
- Porch Roof Pitch: 16:12
- Roof Framing Description: stick
- Designed Roof Load: 45lbs
- Ridge Height (Ft.): 26
- Ridge Height (In.): 6
- Insulation Exterior: R13
- Insulation Floor Minimum: R19
- Insulation Ceiling Minimum: R30
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People seem to think bad things won't happen to them. Either they are too smart to avoid a problem or just unbelievably lucky. I was one of those people for a long time. After traveling to hell and back a few times in your life you think: "Hey, I made it this far right?" From guns pointed in your face to getting smashed in car accidents, you go to bed thinking you're invisible because you're still here.
Then one morning you wake up and you can't tie your shoes. You can't hold a laptop. In fact, you've lost most of your dexterity and any strength period.
I went from a bad flu to catching some crazy post virus syndrome that caused a debilitating neurological disorder.
The doctors didn't know what was wrong. I asked if could it be ALS? I received a blank stare and instantly thought my life was over. However, I received the blank stare because they just didn't know what it was.
What I learned NOT TO DO
Don't spend nights obsessing on internet forums, trying to self-diagnose. This only makes things worse. At that point, you start to think you have everything disease under the sun! But let me tell you, when you go from the point where you really think your life is over and the doctor tells you that you haven't got ALS — and that you should recover in a year or two — you realize that suddenly whatever you had really wasn't so bad.
Also, don't cut your friends, family and co-workers out of your life while you're dealing with your problem.
What You Can Do Right
This is harder to do than it sounds, but you must keep moving. Letting yourself get down in the dumps and depressed will only make things worse. I could only type for a couple minutes at a time, but I did it as much as I could. I kept reading books. I was digesting whatever content I could, from movies and TV shows to podcasts — partly to keep me distracted, but to also keep me sharp.
Don't allow yourself to fall off and get rusty. If you have ever been around someone that was really sick, you know how fast they lose their sharpness.
Stay in touch with friends, family and co-workers. Conversation can be healing, don't allow yourself to sit around in a dark room feeling sorry for yourself. Stay connected to the people in your life, even if it's just a couple of text messages here and there. Don't wait for them to reach out, send off some messages and they will return.
Don't lose sight of your job and career. Yes, you got tripped up for a little while but you may be back to work before you know it. It is also very easy to say: "I don't want to push it" and I wouldn't go against doctor's advice if they advise you not to push it. BUT if they give you the green light, mash your foot on the pedal and go!
For example, I really enjoy tennis racquetball and weight lifting, but I kept telling myself I couldn't revisit those passions yet. That I need to rest, and that I should slow down.
But the doctor said go, so off I went. I changed my outlook at that point. I told myself: "Maybe my hand doesn't have the strength to hold the racquet but I am doing to duct tape the damn thing to my hand if I have to, and I am going to play today!" And did I go a full hour? No. But did I get in 15–20 minutes? YES! Seeing that I could do it, I realized I was just talking myself out of it. From there I slowly built up my strength again.
It's just as easy to say you're not ready to go back to work. Even if you just go for 2 hours a day, you have to go. Once you mix in procrastination with excuses, you can end up doing nothing for a long time if you allow this to happen. Yes you may have to ease back into work, but you have to just take one step and get started.
This is a short story about a much longer journey, but I wanted to share this life experience and simply say: regardless of what happens to you, keep moving, stay sharp and know tomorrow is coming whether you like it or not so be prepared to take your next step.
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The American came back from a 16-point deficit to overturn crosstown rival Georgetown, 74-70beating the Hoyas for the first time since 1982, when Ewing was a star sophomore at Georgetown.
Now Ewing coaches the Hoyas (3-3), and the result — along with last week's loss to Loyola Marymount — will only serve to raise doubts about the state of the program in the wake of last season's disastrous 6-25 campaign that ended in a 21-game winning streak.
For the Eagles (3-2), after coming off a 10-22 season, the victory led Brennan's players to put him out in a postgame celebration.
"Moments like this are few and far between for a lot of shows," Brennan said. So hopefully we can make use of it. I'm happy for the group. They've worked since they got here. … They stuck with it as a group, stuck together. So I'm glad they are able to celebrate a moment like this."
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"Things will happen in a year," Ewing said. "Hopefully by the end of the year, we'll look back on these setbacks and laugh. But right now I'm not laughing."
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The Eagles led by 16 points over Johnny O'Neal. Geoff Sprouse added 15 and Jaxon Knotek shrank at 14.
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The anxiety started early on as Ewing's anger reverberated throughout the arena (he advertised for a crowd of 3,267) as he lashed out at his team less than eight minutes into the game. The Hoyas trailed 11-10 at the time, and the coach ripped his players off during an intermission.
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Ewing was asked after the game about the pressure he faces leading a program struggling to get off the right foot after last season's disaster.
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"We all have to do what we need to do to be successful and, yes, to get Georgetown back where I think we need to be. But sometimes you're going to have bumps in the road. Now we have bumps in the road, and it's all about how you handle those bumps." Are we going to put our heads down, or are we going to be like rats and run away from the sinking ship? Or are we going to step up and get the job done? We've got guys who can get up and get the job done. We just have to fix the things we're doing in the second half of the games to be able to do what we need to do. with it ".
Georgetown guard Brandon Murray missed the game with a lower body injury. The 6-foot-5 Germantown, Maryland sophomore has started each of the first five games, leading the team in assists (4.4) and finishing second in scoring (15.4).
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Long before his death, Aziz Asbar's name had circulated beyond Syria's borders, attracting attention among security agencies.
His work at the Scientific Studies and Research Centre in Masyaf, near Hama, focused on weapons that pose as much of a threat to Syria's external enemies as it does to the internal rebellion against President Bashar Al Assad.
For Mr Asbar was Syria's rocket man, heading a department responsible for the production of precision long and medium-range missiles. That put him in close contact with the regime's top officials, as well as Mr Assad's top regional allies Iran and Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese Shia movement.
No one in recent times has taken as much interest in the Masyaf research centre as Israel, striking it in September last year and again as recently as July 22. The facility was also on the radar of Western intelligence agencies, which targeted it with financial sanctions for its suspected involvement in Syria's chemical weapons programme.
So when Mr Asbar's assassination – in a car bombing – was claimed on Saturday by a relatively unknown rebel group, the Abu Amara Brigades, it was greeted with some scepticism.
"They have developed a reputation internally for being a little too swift to claim attacks that few think they have the means to conduct," Charles Lister, author of 'The Syrian Jihad,' told The National.
The Abu Amara Brigades emerged early in Syria's uprising, in Aleppo. The group's conservative Islamist leanings set it apart from the more moderate rebel groups in the area. It linked up with the Salafist group Ahrar al-Sham, and in May 2017 joined the former Al Qaeda affiliate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
Opinion: For the Syrian regime, Idlib is crucial to taking back control of the country
Although the group's claim of Mr Asber's assassination has been largely waved off, it has claimed responsibility for a litany of high-profile attacks over the past few years, many of them behind enemy lines.
In November last year, its 'Special Tasks Unit' claimed it had killed five officers involved in "scientific research" in Homs, again using explosives. It also claimed the killing of Brigadier General Jamal Razuk in February, an attack pro-government media blamed on ISIS.
"They probably have been behind some of the attacks – particularly given their previous links with Ahrar al-Sham, which developed cells on the coast. But some, like this one in Masyaf, seem less likely," said Mr Lister.
In the aftermath of the attack, everyone else had a simpler explanation for who was behind Mr Asbar's killing: Israel's Mossad spy agency.
State media in Iran and Syria quickly pointed the finger at Israel. The New York Times, quoting "a senior official from a Middle Eastern intelligence agency" said on Monday that Israel was behind the assassination.
Mr Asber was killed on Saturday evening while driving somewhere in the Hama countryside. According to reports, a bomb placed somewhere in his car exploded, killing him and his driver.
At the time of his death, he was thought to be leading a unit within the Masyaf centre called Sector 4, which had been working with Iran to produce more accurate version of Syrian SM600 rockets that could hit targets hundreds of miles away.
Little is known about Mr Asber's life outside of work, but Brigadier-General Zaher al-Sakat, a former chemical weapons chief in Syria who defected in 2013, described him as "a respectful, moral, pleasant, intelligent man, who would choose his words carefully."
"He was not sociable, just like all those who work in this area. This is because they are afraid of being watched and gone after," he told The National.
Gen. Sakat has an entirely different theory as to who is behind Mr Asber's killing.
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The defector, who briefly joined the armed opposition in Syria before fleeing the country, said Mr Asber had nothing to do with the development of chemical weapons, but that his knowledge of their use would have made him a target of the government.
"All those who might later testify against the government in international criminal courts are being killed," said Gen. Sakat. "As the head of the research centre he knew all about the weapons there. He learnt a lot about use of chemical weapons."
"They will probably accuse Israel. Or the opposition will claim responsibility. This will be a lie. The Assad regime liquidated him."
Israel doesn't comment on reports of assassinations carried out by Mossad, but the country's Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz welcomed Mr Asbar's death on Tuesday.
"I can say that assuming the details of this man's activities are correct and he was engaged in developing chemical weapons and longer-range missiles capable of hitting Israel, I certainly welcome his demise," he said.
Throughout Syria's civil war, Israel has repeatedly carried out airstrikes against targets it deems a threat to its security, mostly focused on Iranian and Hezbollah interests. But the assassination of Asber would signal a new approach to the conflict, and a recognition that airstrikes alone cannot contain the threat from Syria and its allies.
Mossad has been carrying out targeted assassinations in Syria since before the civil war.
In 2008, it was thought to be behind two high profile killings in the country. Brigadier General Mohammed Suleiman – a key aide to President Assad and a liaison with the militant Lebanese Shia movement, Hezbollah – was shot by an Israeli naval commando sniper while on a beach near the Mediterranean port of Tartous.
The same year, Mossad collaborated with the CIA to kill senior Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus with a car bomb placed behind the headrest in his car.
If Israel was behind the attack, the targeting of Mr Asber suggests that it may soon turn focus to Syria's scientists, just as it did in Iran between 2010 and 2012. Mossad was blamed for the killing of four top Iranian scientists involved in the country's nuclear programme over that period.
While those killings were credited with setting back Iran's alleged nuclear programme, Gen. Sakat, the defector, doubts the assassination of Mr Asber will have much of an impact on Syria's missile programme.
"It will not disrupt it because they have many experts including those who studied in America, in the Soviet Union, who will make the plans continue without them being disrupted."