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The Greek work pharmakon means, at the same time, remedy and poison. It is an even more interesting fact that is also translates to sacrament.
Here, the story gets a little complicated, but it goes into the territory of anthropology - which is never simple. In ancient Greece, it signified scapegoat too, as seen in this ritual and its meanings: an outsider or outlaw (or more) were being chased away, punished, possibly killed, in order to expel evil from the community. It was the transfer of sins, so to speak, the rite of purification, which exists in all sacrificial traditions. In this case, the pharmakos is the balancing element, the one that will take all harm out, to leave the community purified and safe. He is a cure. He is good and evil, all in one. Note that the ritual was carried out in the times of disaster and great distress - meaning the disease that asks for a cure which holds both life and death within itself. Since it knows both, it is greatly potent.
Today's pharmacology is also derived from the term... and the art. (Yes, today's pharmacology is not really a cure, but it does a great job in inoculating poisons slowly, so they will kill in time and never to soon so that it becomes obvious. This is another great example of the pharmakon concept - this science in itself is neither good, nor bad. It depends of how it is used to become one or the other!) Also, it was a base principle of ancient, medieval and renaissance healing, as well as of magic works. The sorcerer was a pharmakeus.
What I like the most about this whole thing is the concept and the ultimate reality of "right measure". It is the core of the great spiritual systems.
The right measure is always dependent on a great number of factors, and it is advised that none of them shall be ignored. For taking a medication, one needs to take into consideration his age, weight, sometimes gender (due to the different masculine-feminine hormone profiles), activities, metabolism and so on. There is nothing predefined. We may see "the right measure" not as a fixed number, but as a number that varies from person to person, from moment to moment, a calculated and living one, the result of a complex formula.
Countless ideas can be further developed from the pharmakon and the right measure. In spiritual thinking, pharmakon is everything we have in this existence - it is all we can use; only our free will and other endowments (reasoning, feeling) decide what it becomes. In terms of measure, too little action becomes laziness, too much of it turns to exhaustion or dangerous transgression. Anger is unhealthy when suppressed, but it is very damaging when expressed in most ways - therefore, when dealing with it, I try to remember what Jesus said - He advised to not let the sun set before our anger does. So, He did not condemn anger, but drew the attention on how to deal with it. It is an invitation to acknowledge all our emotions, to take them as temporary things and to overcome/heal what is harmful. Also, healing techniques of the East advise us to allow our emotions to come through, to accept and not resist them - resistance and denial only make them worse. Today's hypnosis along with past regression, as well as EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) use the same principles.
This is a very vast topic, as you can see. There are many thoughts to pick from this point on, but this post is already too full and long enough. Let your mind explore them, for they are so many...

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UCF is in national spotlight
Knights host Cincinnati in prime-time clash
ORLANDO — UCF and Cincinnati are Top 25 teams eager to show the college football world what they and the American Athletic Conference are all about.
The undefeated, 11th-ranked Knights and once-beaten No. 19 Bearcats are ready to state their case Saturday night in a prime time, nationally televised matchup (8 p.m., ABC) with league championship implications.
UCF (9-0, 6-0 AAC, CFP No. 11) can clinch the AAC East Division, as well as a berth in the conference title game for the second straight year, by extending the nation's longest winning streak to 23 games.
Cincinnati (9-1, 5-1, No. 24), back in the spotlight after winning four games a year ago in its first season under coach Luke Fickell, can extend the East race to the final week of the regular season by knocking off the defending AAC champions.
"It's exactly what you want as a program," UCF coach Josh Heupel said embracing — for at least for one day — Orlando being the epicenter of college football with ESPN's "College GameDay" setting up on the Knights' campus for the first time.
"You want the spotlight on you. You want each game you play to get bigger," Heupel added. "That indicates you're doing the right things inside your program, and you're winning games."
Then, there's the College Football Playoff conversation, which UCF is hoping to remain part of by going unbeaten for a second straight season.
The biggest knock against the Knights a year ago, as well as now, is strength of schedule. Heupel and Fickell both feel the level of competition in the AAC is underappreciated by outsiders, and Saturday night is an opportunity for a national audience to get a taste of the league.
UCF climbed one spot in the latest CFP rankings, the highest spot an AAC team has occupied in the five-year history of the current playoff format.
The Bearcats are relishing being back on a national stage. The 9-1 start is their best since Cincinnati had a 12-0 regular season in 2009.
"You can't not talk about it. You don't want to say there's an elephant in the room and nobody talks about it," Fickell said.
"It's a Catch-22. You love it," the coach added of the attention his team is receiving. "You love it for the campus, for our fans, for our alumni, for our kids. These guys deserve that. But if you ask me, I'm a little different. I'm under a rock. ... You've got to be able to celebrate it, and you've got to be able to handle it. I think that's the test for us."
Some other things to know about UCF and Cincinnati:
UCF, led by QB McKenzie Milton, is third in the nation in total offense and eighth in scoring. Cincinnati has the AAC's top defense. The Bearcats lead the conference in rushing defense, scoring defense, total defense and fewest first downs allowed.
Heupel doesn't want the Knights to get caught up in the magnitude of the matchup.
"We don't need to do anything differently than what we've done. There's going to be a ton of emotion in the ball game. It will be electric," the UCF coach said. "But at the end of day, it's 11 on 11. It's 11 guys operating as one. It's everybody doing their job. Don't do anything extraordinary, just do the ordinary at a very high level."
The Bearcats exchanged words with South Florida players before their game on Saturday, and then got off to a sloppy start and trailed at halftime. Fickell says keeping their cool is a point of emphasis this week.
"Having your emotions under control — I don't think we did a great job of it last week," Fickell said. "This emotional roller coaster, you come in right before the game and all of a sudden your Adrenalin just drops. We had some of those situations. So as a mature team, we can take that next step. I know there are a lot of other things that are on this game."
Sophomore running back Michael Warren II scored four times against South Florida, including his first touchdown catch. He has 18 touchdowns this season, a school record. His 17 rushing touchdowns tie the school record. He has run for 1,082 yards overall, becoming the first Cincinnati player to run for 1,000 since 2012. He's been the Bearcats' most consistent player on offense, scoring in all but one game. They're leaning on him as the season reaches its biggest games.
"He's built for November," Fickell said.


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Plucked Drumstick Leaves 1 1/2 cups
Freshly Scraped Coconut 1 cup
Green Chiles 6 – 8
Ginger 1 inch piece
Turmeric Powder a pinch
Salt to taste
Chana Dal 1 tsp
Urad Dal 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds 1 tsp
Broken Red Chiles 4
Curry Leaves 8
Oil 1 tsp
Method of preparation:
Clean and thoroughly wash drumstick leaves.
Remove stems, wash and vertically slice green chiles.
Peel and finely chop onion.
Peel and finely chop ginger.
Heat oil in a depp pan, add all talimpu ingredients in order.
When mustard seeds start spluttering, add green chiles, onion and ginger.
When onion turns translucent, add cleaned drumstick leaves and turmeric powder.
Sprinkle few drops of water and cook covered until drumstick leaves wilt.
Uncover and stir fry for a minute.
Finally stir in scraped coconut and remove from heat.
Serve with steamed rice and ghee or with pulka.
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ASG CZ SP-01 Shadow Blue Part 5 Part 4 Part 3 Part 2 Part 1
A battle of equals
By Dennis Adler
A battle among equals is the best comparison and no two blowback action CO2 pistols are better matched than the CZ75-based Tanfoglio Gold Custom and the fully equipped CZ75 SP-01 Shadow Blue. There is one obvious advantage to the Tanfoglio; it comes this way right out of the box. The disadvantage is that it has to stay this way! The Shadow begins as a traditional blowback action DA/SA semi-auto that embodies almost every desirable feature one could ask for in a CO2 pistol. What it lacks is a windage and elevation adjustable rear sight that would make it an ideal target pistol instead of a straightforward counterpart to a 9mm duty pistol.
And then the blues start playing
Depending upon your budget you can get fairly well invested in the SP-01 Shadow Blue, or orange or red, if you like, as all three competition colors are offered for the anodized alloy Shadow accessories. I prefer blue. If you add up the money, the fully equipped Shadow will set you back about $279 plus tax and shipping for everything you see here except the optics. An equally equipped Tanfoglio Gold Custom, which has been around for awhile, sells for about $75 plus sales tax and shipping. In this respect, they are equals. But the Tanfoglio serves only one purpose, has only one look, the Shadow has many capabilities from a basic hands-on CZ75 training gun to a customized, optics-equipped target pistol. There is even an available SAO Shadow Blue target trigger for the Shadow if you want to make it exactly like a Gold Custom which uses the competition SAO trigger design based on the 9mm model. But you give up the DA/SA capability for the SP-01 as a training gun, and the SA trigger pull on the Shadow is almost equal to the Gold Custom.
Let's begin with trigger pull. The Tanfoglio has always averaged around 2 pounds 7.2 ounces and as low as 2 pounds 3.9 ounces. The SA trigger pull on the Shadow is an average of 2 pounds, 0.4 ounces with a 0.375 inch take up, compared to the Tanfoglio SAO trigger's 0.375 inch take up, so again pretty much equals. There is a difference in the feel of triggers and moreover in trigger shape; the SP-01's traditional CZ crescent-shape vs. the more vertical Tanfoglio SAO target trigger. How much will this affect accuracy? Depends on the person pulling the trigger, the internal quality of the individual airgun's firing mechanism, and of course, shooting .177 caliber steel BBs through a smoothbore barrel.
In terms of size and weight, the SP-01 (empty with magazine inserted) and the optics rail mounted, weighs 43.0 ounces. The Tanfoglio Gold Custom (empty with magazine inserted) and the optics rail, weighs 48.1 ounces. In overall length the Tanfoglio, with its ported muzzle break, stretches 10.0 inches, the Shadow 8.125 inches. The two guns have equivalent grip sizes and height to the top of the optics rail and grip widths of 1.125 inches, respectively.
Velocity and accuracy with optics
Optics won't change velocity but how close are these two CZ-based CO2 models in fps? The Shadow clocks an average of 319 fps. The Tanfoglio has consistently sent .177 caliber steel BBs downrange at an average of 328 fps. The Tanfoglio gains a small advantage with its longer 5-inch barrel vs. the CZ's internal smoothbore barrel length of 4.25 inches.
Weight and balance are about as even as possible for two similar handguns with optics (especially with the same optic) so it will come down to trigger pull and the shooting skill, the latter as variable as the wind. What is great about both CZ-based models is that they are ambidextrous so right and left-handed shooters go to the range with no handicap.
I shot one series of tests with the high-priced Styrka S3, which I was able to sight in with Umarex Precision steel BBs in half a dozen shots. I fired 10-shot groups using a 10-meter target at 21 feet rather than throwing steel into a big red center dot on a Shoot-N-C. It's a smaller bullseye, too. My best 10-shot group measured 0.81 inches with a best five at 0.56 inches with three overlapping split in the 8 ring at 9 o'clock.
Using the Walther MRS (same as a CenterPoint 32mm reflex sight), which was already sighted in for the Tanfoglio Gold Custom, I needed five shots to readjust POA, after which the MRS delivered 10 rounds into 0.935 inches with the Shadow Blue. The best 5-shot group covered 0.56 inches.
To keep everything both even and more affordable, I didn't shoot the Tanfoglio with the Styrka S3 and switched the MRS back to the Gold Custom. I pulled everything left (because I didn't reset the windage and elevation!) but my groups were tight placing a best 10 rounds at 0.685 inches with a best five-shot spread over 0.437 inches. The Gold Custom is still the gold standard, but the Shadow Blue with equal equipment can give it a run for its money and then switch back to a tactical training gun. I guess that's something.


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Yorktown Heights, NY, June 12, 2020 – PCSB Bank has announced a donation of $20,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF).
The NAACP LDF is America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, it seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans.
Joseph D. Roberto, Chairman, President and CEO, PCSB Bank, stated, "We are angered, pained, and saddened over the senseless death of George Floyd and the victims of racial injustice before him." Mr. Roberto added, "We support the nationwide outcry for social justice reform and accountability in the hope that substantial, lasting change can be achieved. Our communities are hurting and we are here to provide support with our voices as well as actions."
The PCSB Bank leadership group and employees of its 15 branches in four New York State counties are pledging to continue to help foster equality and fight against racial injustice. As a community-focused bank, PCSB will continue a long-standing tradition of an unwavering commitment to utilize its time and resources to help improve the lives of people throughout the Lower Hudson Valley.
"We are proud members of each and every community we serve and have stood with them every step of the way," Mr. Roberto concluded. "We stand with them today for a brighter future."
About PCSB Bank
PCSB Bank (www.pcsb.com), a New York-chartered stock commercial bank, has served the banking needs of its customers in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York State since 1871. It operates from its executive offices/headquarters and 15 branch offices located throughout Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties in New York.


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With the all-new 7 Series, BMW presents the future of luxury.
BMW, is a German luxury automobile, motorcycle, and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. Headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it also owns and produces Mini cars and serves as the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. It is one of the best-selling luxury automakers in the world.


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Come and learn from Reeve and AJ Hickey. Reeve from Score will be speaking about Time Management in Business. AJ Hickey from 9 Rounds will be discussing the topic of how nutrition and exercise can make your more successful in your business.
This event is $15 for all members and $25 for non-members with the MEAL INCLUDED. We will be meeting at the Golden Corral in North Charleston.
Please RSVP 1 day prior.
About Our Speakers
I love helping people. While an Employee Benefits Broker since 1986, I spent 37 years volunteering in Emergency Medical Services, both as a provider and an instructor, I have 5 years as a volunteer mentor for SCORE. I attend several national conferences a year, both to maintain my certifications and to stay on the cutting edge. That viewpoint allows me to help both employers and employees through difficult topics.
Lets face it, navigating employee benefit plans can be daunting. Add to that the complexity of the federal Affordable Care Act (aka—Obamacare) and ERISA, most business owners and individuals are even more confused and frustrated.
A straight-forward approach makes understanding regulations, policies, and insurance easier. I help you put the puzzle together, simplify the process, and provide competitive and affordable products: employee benefits, insurance, 401K, and retirement plans to businesses and individuals.
As a proven professional, I partner with clients to reduce or control costs while providing quality benefits that align with personal and company goals as well as government regulations.
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AJ Hickey served in the United States AIR Force from 2001-2007 as a B-52 Bomber Crew Chief and was a physical training leader. He then left the military to pursue a full career in the fitness industry.
AJ has owned multiple gyms, nutrition companies and supplement companies over the years. He's worked with professional athletes, celebrities, groups well over 100 people at a time and is considered a fitness expert around the country.
He is a certified personal trainer with 3 different top 10 nationally recognized companies for well over a decade and has over 100 hours of continuing education in the field.


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Novell Launches Linux App Store Called SUSE Gallery
Novell sometime today is expected to launch an app store of sorts called SUSE Gallery, The VAR Guy hears. With SUSE Gallery, partners and end users can browse and download SUSE Linux software appliances that fulfill specific business needs. Here's the scoop, plus an interesting Novell twist involving VMware, and ongoing competition with Red Hat.
Novell is expected to announce SUSE Gallery sometime today (July 27, 2010). The gallery provides "a storefront for end users to access more than 415,000 appliances," according to a Novell draft press release viewed by The VAR Guy.
The SUSE Gallery arrives roughly one year after Novell launched the SUSE Appliance Program. The appliance program helps ISVs to develop turnkey applications for SUSE Linux.
In many ways, Novell has spent the past year addressing SUSE Linux's biggest shortcoming: Lack of ISV (Independent Software Vendor) buzz. Historically, most business-oriented Linux ISVs seemed to focus first on Red Hat development, based on Red Hat's strong position on corporate servers.
But the SUSE Appliance Program has gotten Novell into the ISV game. In fact, Novell says the appliance program has attracted 82,000 users and nearly 3 million downloads since launching a year ago. Plus, the SUSE efforts are part of Novell's broader Intelligent Workload Management (IWM) strategy, which strives to help businesses manage traditional and virtual workloads on-premises or in the cloud.
Novell and VMware vs. Red Hat
And here's the interesting twist: Parag Patel, VP of Global Strategic Alliances at VMware, will personally endorse the SUSE Appliance Program on July 27. Within the draft press release, he states:
"A year after its debut, the SUSE Appliance Program has helped ISVs simplify distribution and deployment of their applications, get to market faster and reduce support costs for themselves and their customers. SUSE Gallery is another step forward in helping software vendors accelerate their customers' evolution to a virtualized data center as they progress on the journey to cloud computing."
In recent weeks, Novell and VMware have continued to expand their virtualization partnership. Together, Novell and VMware hope to beat back competition from Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV), an upstart offering based on KVM, an open source hypervisor.
The Novell-VMware business relationship has sparked rumors that VMware is among the bidders to acquire Novell. The VAR Guy doesn't believe the rumors, but he's watching the Novell-VMware relationship closely. And our resident blogger is checking out SUSE Gallery to see if partners and end-customers give it a look.
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Sorry.. but I get sick and tired of Red Hat's marketing of this.
RHEV is a VERY customized version of KVM prior to some of the common (important) features of KVM.
SLES 11 ships with KVM in addition to Xen 4.0 (11 SP1). But the SLES implementation is the same one you'll find ENDORSED in RHEL 5 and 6 and beyond… which IS NOT the strange thing you'll find inside of RHEV. At least NOT today.


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Airtight silicone seal for freshness
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They started their journey as a small company with a simple philosophy, to bring Asian products to a Western audience in 1994. Even back then, it was clear to them, good design shouldn't cost the earth, and so Typhoon was born. Design-led kitchenware at affordable prices. Simple!


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Seminars on Partial Differential Equations
March 21, 2013
Professor Krylov is the Ordway Professor of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota. His contributions to probability theory and differential equations have earned him the Steele Prize of the American Mathematical Society "for Seminal Contribution to Research." He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, corresponding fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is currently a member of the editorial board of several journals. In addition to 250-plus research articles, Professor Krylov is the author of nine mathematical monographs, unique for their clarity of exposition and their usefulness in future research.
March 21, 2013
1 p.m.
Math Science 111
Prof. Krylov will talk on non-linear partial differential equations. These are the equations that mathematicians use to model real-life phenomena. The non-linearity is a significant but necessary complication. It makes the math much harder, but it seems to be the way the world really works. It is always an important step when modeling a problem to make sure that the model admits solutions. This is the problem that Professor Krylov's talks will address, presenting some of his state-of-the-art results.
March 22, 2013
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"The times, they are a changing." I think that is how the saying goes. And this is the message Jesus told the people in Luke 12.54-59. Things are going to change – are you paying attention? Jesus has just given instruction to his disciples and now he addresses "the crowds" (v.54a).
Discerning the Way of God
Jesus, as is his custom, utilizes nature to make his point about the people. First, they can tell, but a cloud in the west, that rain is coming. It may begin small, but soon it will pregnant with rain and will open up for the land to receive it. "And so it happens." Second, a wind will kick up from the south. Obviously, the people know, there is going to be a heat wave hit the land. "And it happens." Jesus rebukes them for this ability to reconize the signs of the seasons but fail to see the signs of the time. They are hypocrites, two-faced, two-minded. They fail to see that prophetic word is coming to fulfillment even before their very eyes: the Messiah has come. They are weather-wise, but they are not Word-wise. For that, Jesus has nothing complimentary to say.
Making Peace with God
Because of their lack of preparation and inability to discern God's way, Jesus admonishes them to seek peace with God, the supreme Judge. "Judge for yourselves," Jesus says. Even without Jesus there before them they should be able to find their way with the light of Scripture. The way they are to seek is peace. Otherwise, there is bad news: the one who does not prepare to face the judge only has hard time to look forward to. There is still a debt before them, there are still charges unsettled. Therefore, the Judge has no choice but to throw the book at you.
The nation of Israel was marching toward certain judgment and destruction with both ears covered and their eyes squeezed shut. They refused to hear and heed the word of God and so they would face the full fury of God's holy wrath. Indeed, we too are marching toward certain disaster if we act in much the same way, refusing to hear the word of the Lord. We can tell you the forecast for the next five days, but fail to acknowledge the coming storm of God's anger because of our sins. God will have no choice but to sentence us, lock us up in eternal torment, and throw away the key. "Today is the day of salvation" – settle your account.


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CHR urges public to defend press freedom
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday, January 18, urged the public to defend press freedom amid threats against it.
In a statement to the public, the CHR said it "stresses the value of these freedoms in upholding the human rights of everyone. And in any context, but especially when there are attempts to curtail it, it is equally important to protect press freedom."
In a move widely seen as an attack on press freedom, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, January 15, revoked Rappler's license to do business allegedly for violating the Constitution and the Anti-Dummy Law.
The SEC claimed that Rappler violated the Constitution with funds coming from Omidyar Network, a fund created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
The CHR added, "Freedoms of information, speech, and expression are marks of a healthy, functioning democracy. The media, for its part, has always played a crucial role in enabling these rights, as well as in propagating truthful insights and, when needed, speaking truth to power."
Stung by critical media reporting, President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly attacked the press and has said journalists are legitimate targets of assassinations. (READ: From Marcos to Duterte: How media was attacked, threatened)
The CHR said it also hoped the SEC's decision was not an attempt to curtail the freedom the press and that it would not be followed by other infringements on the right to freedom of expression.
"If the statement of Rappler is true with regards to its ownership and control, as well as that due process was not observed, then this is indeed something that is deeply concerning in the context of press freedom," it said.
The CHR also said press freedom could only be attained if media remained free from political and economic intervention.
Read the full statement below:
The CHR has been outspoken against Duterte's war on drugs, which prompted members of The House of Representatives to reduce the CHR's 2018 budget to P1,000 during budget deliberations.
Various local and international media and civic groups slammed the SEC decision as an attack on press freedom.
Rappler's lawyer, Francis Lim, said the SEC decision to nullify the PDRs issued by Rappler Holdings Corporation to Omidyar Network, and to revoke Rappler's articles of incorporation, is too severe.
Rappler said it would continue to operate, and defend and uphold the freedom of the press, which is guaranteed by the Constitution, as it contests the SEC ruling in court. –Rappler.com


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Happily 2021
Happily 2021 is a comedy, crime, romance movie directed by BenDavid Grabinski. The movie story is romantic in the first phase where Tom and Janet are making sex moments. They are still craving love like newlyweds although they have been married for 14 years. Other couples get jealous of them seeing them making love anywhere. They never fight too much, always make adjustments sincerely. They have a great passionate love for each other. Everything is going right but a stranger visits their home and leads to a dead body, a lot of questioning. Moviesjoy Comedy is the most trustworthy site to enjoy movies.
Genre: 2021, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director: BenDavid Grabinski
Actors: JAl Madrigal, Joel McHale, Kerry Bishé
Country: USA
Duration: 1h 36min
Quality: HD
Release: 2021
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Lifelong's Spring Catalog 2021 has many new offerings, both virtual and in-person. You can check it out here or drop down to Lifelong to pick it up.
Please be sure to sign in and wear a mask when you enter the building – we are really happy to see our members and volunteers but want to keep everyone safe!
The classes will be in a mix of live and online formats and will include old favorites as well as exciting new offerings.
Hope to "see" you in some of our classes.


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WEEK 13: Vote for week's top girls basketball performer
Who was last week's top Montgomery-area high school girls basketball performer? Vote below for the ASE Credit Union player of the week.
Brooke Burkett, Stanhope Elmore
Finished with 21 points in Monday's 72-35 loss to G.W. Carver. Scored 40 points with eight assists and 11 steals in Tuesday's 65-34 win over Greenville. Posted 16 points and six steals in Saturday's 38-34 win over Prattville. The Mustangs are 9-14.
Sterling Tucker, Lee-Scott
Scored 18 points in Tuesday's 63-36 win over Springwood. Had 16 points and seven rebounds in a 56-43 win at Glenwood on Friday. The Warriors (20-2) have qualified for the AISA quarterfinals for a 16th straight year.
Cordasia Harris, Central-Hayneville
Dropped 27 points in Monday's 67-34 win over Notasulga. Scored 23 points in a 68-36 win over Bullock County on Thursday. The Lions (20-3) marked their second straight 20-win season.
Mia Crenshaw, Georgiana
Had 14 points and 10 rebounds in Tuesday's 55-17 win over McKenzie. Totaled 10 points, 11 rebounds and five steals in Thursday's 58-46 loss to Hillcrest-Evergreen. The Panthers are 15-7.
Nina Johnson, Brewbaker Tech
Totaled 18 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks in a 59-48 loss at Valley on Tuesday. The Rams are 12-13.
Voting is open through noon Wednesday.
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Prayer vigil for ISIS hostage Peter Kassig to be at Butler
The Butler University Muslim Student Association on Wednesday will host a prayer vigil for Indianapolis native Abdul-Rahman Kassig, who last week was named the next beheading target of the ISIS terror group.
Kassig is a former student at Butler.
The vigil will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday on campus at the Atherton Student Union Mall, a Kassig family spokeswoman said. Attendees are asked to wear white as a symbol of peace.
Kassig, formerly known as Peter, was captured by the Islamic State group known as ISIS in October 2013. During his captivity, he converted to Islam and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman, or "servant of the most merciful."
In a video released on Friday, an Islamic State militant beheaded a British hostage, Alan Henning and then threatened to kill Kassig next if President Barack Obama didn't meet the group's demand that the U.S. cease military activity in the region. Henning was the fourth victim beheaded on camera by the terrorist group.
Kassig's parents, Ed and Paula, are expected to be in attendance at the vigil, a family spokeswoman said. The family invited people of all faiths to hold prayer meetings of their own Wednesday night if they choose not to attend the vigil at Butler.
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S&W Seed Brings New Genetics to Sorghum Markets
Grain sorghum producers will soon get their hands on a new source of genetics. The Australian seed firm S&W Seed Company announced earlier this month it has signed a licensing agreement with a major U.S.-based seed company for "…production and marketing of a proprietary hybrid grain sorghum variety in the U.S. as well as Mexico."
S&W did not disclose which seed company it will license its genetics to, but company officials told Successful Farming magazine that the sorghum genetics it offers would be unique to the U.S. marketplace.
"Australian-type germplasm does very well in the U.S.," we were told in a conference call. Australia is a warm, dry country, and the hybrids there are ideal in water-short areas, a hallmark of the U.S. western Corn Belt, which is also this country's ideal sorghum-growing region.
"The Australian sorghums are a little different than what you may see in the U.S. Head type is more open and the plants tend to be taller. This is very good performing material, and we expect to see yield gains over some of the more popular sorghum hybrids," S&W officials say.
This is the first U.S.-based licensing agreement by S&W for any of its sorghum varieties, positioning it to benefit in a crop gaining increasing popularity in food products due to its gluten-free characteristics, as well as its antioxidant, high-protein, low-fat, high-fiber, and non-GM properties.
"Sorghum is gaining increasing importance throughout the world due to its efficiency as a high-energy, drought-tolerant crop that is environmentally friendly and has favorable consumer attributes," said Mark Grewal, CEO of S&W Seed Company, in a news release. "This agreement allows us entry into a growing U.S. sorghum market with a producer that has tremendous capabilities to expand production and drive distribution. We look forward to a long-term and successful relationship with this new licensee."
Sorghum food consumption in 2015 increased by nearly 40% compared with 2014. More than 350 products on grocery store shelves contain sorghum, and mainstream brands are adding sorghum to new product formulations every year. U.S. sorghum is traditionally grown throughout the Sorghum Belt, which runs from South Dakota to southern Texas, primarily on dryland acres. Recently, acreage increases have been seen in nontraditional areas like the Mississippi Delta and Southeast regions. The top five sorghum-producing states in 2015 were Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. The company estimates the U.S. sorghum seed market at between 25 and 30 million pounds of planting seed, worth an estimated $100 million annually. In 2015, the U.S. produced an estimated 597 million bushels of grain sorghum from 7 to 8 million acres of production.
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Ribonucleotide Reductase Subunit Switching in Hepatoblastoma Drug Response and Relapse, Anthony Brown
Predictors of Hyperkalemia and Outcomes of Dyskalemia in US Veterans with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Transitioning to Dialysis, Ankur Dashputre
A Neurophysiological Investigation of Listening Effort in Normal Hearing Adults Using fNIRS and Pupillometry, Jessica Defenderfer
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The other day I posted up a list of my top ten 7in records and EPs of 2018. Have a look, and see if youRead more
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Young Mountain – Lost Tree (Through Love Records / Zegema Beach Records / Miss The Stars Records / Hardcore For The Losers / Dasein Records / Pundonor Records, 2018)
So this is another of those occasions when a band has approached me out of the blue for a review of their new joint. ThisRead more
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Shadowfax, one of India's largest express delivery platform has raised $10 million (Rs 68 crore) in Series B funding led by existing investor Eight Roads Ventures, an investment arm of Fidelity International Ltd. The investment will use to build its network, consolidate its market position and stabilise performance in existing cities, Eight Roads said in a statement.
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ShadowFax was founded by IIT graduates Abhishek Bansal and Vaibhav Khandelwal in May last year. The company had secured seed funding of $300,00 from Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal of Snapdeal, Powai Lake Ventures' Zishaan Hayath and Limeroad co-founder Prashant Malik.
Bansal, who is also the CEO, said that the company is seeking to fulfil the need for quality on-demand logistics in India and that merchants can focus on their core business by outsourcing last-mile delivery services. ShadowFax's clients include fast-food chains McDonalds and Burger King, e-tailer Amazon, grocery delivery startup Big Basket and hospital chain Fortis, he said.
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ethnography revisited – timing and pacing
In prior posts on analyzing "unusual" cases, gaining research access to organizations, research, the IRB and risk, conducting ethnographic research, ethnography – what is it good for?, and writing up ethnography, I discussed various questions and challenges of conducting ethnography. In this post, I want to turn to the topic of timing and pacing ethnographic research, particularly during post-graduate years. When considering what research projects to undertake while in graduate school, I realized that conducting intensive ethnography would be more difficult later in my career. I thus chose a field site where I knew I could devote my efforts. Like other ethnographers, I moved to another city for months at a time and regularly conducted up to 12-hour-long observations on weekdays and weekends.
Now, I am working with more constraints. These include managing increased responsibilities, as well as navigating hurdles that didn't exist in prior decades, such as explaining research methods that are unfamiliar to a campus Institutional Review Board (IRB). In addition, disseminating the findings of previous research, as Diane Vaughan wrote about in this AJS article, can cut back time available for on-going projects.
Over the years, I have noticed that some colleagues have switched from ethnography to other research methods. They may focus on interviews only or engage in archival research, content analysis of publicly available material, quantitative analysis of existing datasets, and theoretical work, all of which are more amenable to less flexible schedules. Some of these methods don't (yet) involve writing a lengthy proposal to the IRB or spending months negotiating access to a field site that might ultimately decline. In addition, some of this research can be conducted from the office or scheduled around other responsibilities.
For those who continue to conduct ethnographic research as a professor, juggling research with increased responsibilities is a challenge. With increased teaching, service, and family commitments to aging parents and/or children, researchers have slimmer blocks of time and energy to undertake observations, write field notes, and analyze and prepare the results for publication. For those who are eligible, a sabbatical or a course release can free up some time during the school year. Teaching online, evening, or weekend classes can also facilitate research during the weekdays. Careful selection of research projects and sites allow some to do research whenever they can travel.
Like researchers who use other methods, ethnographers may train undergraduate and graduate students to help with a larger research project as part of a class assignment or research assistantship. Because of their relative youth and diverse ethnic and class backgrounds, student researchers may find it easier to enter certain field sites, and they may uncover details that the lead researcher cannot access. Even though most students will not pursue research as a career, they gain a deeper understanding of the difficulties of conducting such studies. Moreover, some researchers enjoy mentoring students, and these studies benefit from multiple perspectives.
When conducting observations with an elongated schedule or particularly complex, changing phenomena, researchers may have a harder time determining whether they have reached theoretical saturation such that they are no longer learning something new from observations. The desire to gather more research is hard to resist. One colleague has semi-jokingly compared field immersion with becoming a "field junkie." Other colleagues have worried whether time spent on various responsibilities away from the field means missing a crucial development. Eventually, competing commitments or diminishing stamina or interest may force researchers to move onto the next stage.
For readers who are undertaking ethnographic research or have colleagues who do so, what are your tips for sustaining an active research project? Alternatively, please post your recommendations for relevant readings on this topic below.
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I don't have much of an answer for this, as it's an issue I'm dealing with myself. It's even more difficult since my research is overseas in a place that is very far away and expensive to get to. I have friends in anthropology who seem to have developed a few standard ways of dealing with this problem: do a historical or textual analysis project that is related to your fieldwork; once you have already done a fair amount of ethnographic work, switch to short-term interview projects and/or outsource your data collection (i.e. hire a research assistant to do interviews). Summers are key. I have also found that sociology departments are aware of these issues, to some degree, and it seems to be part of the reason some are not that keen on hiring ethnographers.
Great post. The question of how to sustain ethnography amidst increasing info-glut and time-sucks is an important one. One strategy is to think of your ethnography (as completed) as a far off finished project that can be slowly build over the next 4-6 (or more!) years, but to also plan out short-term completable components that can allow you time to reflect and that can be spun off for publication (the latter is important for tenure-track folks and the increasingly scary "post-tenure review" mandates that are being implemented across the US). These "mini-projects" are both the building blocks of the larger project, benchmarks of progress, and provide the necessary time to critically think and reflect on the project as it inevitably changes. For me, writing these mini-projects during the ethnographic project was essential to my own reflexivity and to issues of power and representation that helped pull the larger project together into a coherent narrative.. I address some of these issues in my ethnography "White Bound" ( http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=21370 ) in Appendix C: Notes on Decisions, Difficulty, Development and Dangers.
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Jeff, Matthew, and bedhaya, thanks for the thoughtful tips and reading recommendations. Summers/revisits can work assuming that the field site is open (which is not always the case) and one has the mobility to go back and forth. Hopefully these will help others think through how their research projects can unfold.
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The Thunder trailed after a Troy Daniels three-pointer with 2:48 left in the first quarter, and never led again the rest of the night. On four occasions, including once deep into the third quarter, the Thunder pulled back to within one point, but could never get over the hump.
"We just didn't play up to the level that we needed to," forward Paul George said. "It's a young team that played hard. They beat us in physicality. They were just aggressive. A young team playing aggressive on their floor. They got hot and it resulted in a loss for us."
After putting Devin Booker to the free throw line once at midcourt and another time off the ball while already in the second quarter foul bonus, the Thunder gave the Suns sharpshooter confidence, and it resulted in five made three-pointers on the night.
"It's only going to make him more confident, whether he's missing shots or making shots, it's only going to make you want to be more aggressive," forward Patrick Patterson said of Booker's free throw attempts. "He was aggressive early on and his shot started falling more as the game went forward."
In the second half, those long distance buckets dropped from just about everywhere, but particularly stretch center Dragan Bender, who made 6-of-8 three-point attempts, including 5-of-6 after halftime and three straight to start the fourth quarter.
The Thunder was a step slow on its rotations and didn't scramble enough times to close out possessions with stops, and it resulted in the Suns attempting 39 three-pointers on the game, and making 10-of-19 long distance shots in the second half alone.
"If people live in your paint, you're going to give up a ton of threes," Donovan began. "And they lived in the paint tonight."
Highlights: Thunder at Suns - 1/7
George Meets with Super Fan
For his 18th birthday, Maryland-native Josiah Lindsay was given a gift he'll never forget. First was the flight to Phoenix, and tickets to the Thunder's game on Sunday night against the Suns. Then, after the game, George strode up and identified Lindsey in the throng of fans waiting for autographs, and stopped by him specifically to say hello and take photos.
Lindsey suffers from muscular dystrophy and is wheelchair-bound, and since George has been an inspirational figure to him over the years, the visit was all the more meaningful.
"That's my favorite player, so it meant a lot because I look up to him as a role model," Lindsey said of George. "The way he plays, he plays really cool. He has a lot of swag."
By the Numbers
14 – Triple-doubles this season for Russell Westbrook, who scored 26 points to go with 11 assists and 10 rebounds
23-12 – The Suns' advantage in second chance points on the night, aided by 12 offensive rebounds
48 – Bench points for the Suns, compared to just 19 for the Thunder
The Last Word
"We should always be the most energetic team out there. We should always be the hardest working team out there because of the veteran leadership we have in this locker room. But Phoenix out-worked us tonight." – forward Patrick Patterson


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Fella Makafui' angry ex-boyfriend takes away the car he bought for her
Looks like not everyone is in support of the relationship between actress Fella Makafui and AMG rapper Medikal.
Fella Makafui and Medikal have been the talk of the town after their "just friends" relationship turned into a love relationship became known to social media users.
After their relationship made it way unto social media, many are those who have shown pity to the rapper's sugar mummy Sister Deborah after she released a diss song to mock Medikal new relationship with Fella.
Since Fella made it to the limelight, she has never spoken about her boyfriend or her relationship but there were some people who revealed that she sleeps around with big men who in exchange gifts her whatever she wants that was why she was always living a classy lifestyle.
Medikal shows off dozens of cash after Fella's ex-boyfriend took away her 2 cars.
Well, seems not only Sister Debby is peeved with the relationship between Fella and Medikal but the ex-boyfriend of the "YOLO" actress is also mad that he has been dumped.
In a new video available on social media, some group of guys seized one of Fella Makafui's cars which according to sources was led by the ex-boyfriend of the actress.
The guys could be heard in the video saying they seized the car from the actress because one of them bought it for her and if she has dumped him for Medikal, he should also buy her a car.
Medikal buys Fella Makafui a brand new Audi A8 car after Sugar Daddy seized her 2 cars
Medikal allegedly gave Fella Makafui a customized Audi A8 Home Used Car.


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When I lived out west we would have place of origin parties. We'd bring either a dish from the part of the country we came from or our ethnic heritage. In my case Southern or Italian or both. This version of my Grits Casserole was always requested.
Grits N Eggs
6 Cups Water
2 Cups Uncooked Grits
1 Cup Butter, Divided
6 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Divide
1 Pound Ground Pork Sausage Brown and Crumbled
1 Teaspoon Minced Garlic
12 Eggs
1/2 Cup Half n Half or Heavy Cream
Salt And Pepper To Taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a large 9×13 baking dish.
Salt water and Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan, and stir in grits. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer about 5 minutes, until liquid has been absorbed. Mix in 1/2 the butter and 3 cups cheese until melted.
In a skillet over medium-high heat, cook the sausage until evenly browned toss in garlic and stir. Drain, and mix into the grits.
Beat together the eggs and milk in a bowl, and pour into the skillet. Lightly scramble, then mix into the grits.
Pour the grits mixture into the prepared baking dish. Dot with remaining butter, and top with remaining cheese. Season with salt and pepper.
Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned.
Serve with Garlic Herbed Biscuits and Good Butter


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Embracing Free Enterprise
Pam Boyd
Enterprise editor
With publication of this week's edition, the Eagle Valley Enterprise is entering its 117th year of operation.
That makes us the oldest business in this county. Think about it, when the Enterprise was born Eagle wasn't even a town yet. It was just a little community serving the gold miners seeking their fortunes up at Fulford and the farmers and ranchers of the Brush Creek Valley.
Support Local Journalism
At some point during its scrappy early years, the Enterprise won the bid to become Eagle County's legal newspaper. That designation has characterized the newspaper for the majority of its existence up to this very day. It's why you will find all those Public Trustee Sale, Sheriff's Sale and Foreclosure Notices populating the back page of the newspaper.
Through the years, the Enterprise has reported the local impact of everything from Pearl Harbor to the Kennedy Assassination to 9/11. But it has always, primarily, reported about local people and events.
Some big changes are under way for the Enterprise. But what won't change is that local news theme. In fact, we are making changes to strengthen that focus.
It's no secret that the newspaper business is struggling nationwide. In this era when everyone is plugged in and turned on, it's pretty tough for a print medium to be a news breaker. As newspapers nationwide have retrenched to discover how to meet the needs of today's readers, our sister publication — the Vail Daily — has come up with a winning formula. The idea is pretty basic — focus on your community. Find out what your readers want and aggressively provide it. Invite them to be part of the newspaper by providing photos and stories. Back up your print edition with a strong website.
And, most importantly, provide a free product. As anyone in this valley knows, stacks of free Vail Daily newspapers can be found at every coffee shop and business in the county. There are free papers available in racks located just about any place where people congregate. I pick mine up at the rack in front of Red Canyon High School. If that one is empty by the time I get to it, I walk across Broadway and pick up a paper from the rack at Eagle Town Hall.
But the Eagle Valley Enterprise is not a free newspaper and because of the conditions we must fulfill as the legal newspaper, we cannot be. The Enterprise costs 25 cents a copy and we like to think it is a bargain at that price. But that's not the point. The point is that in an environment where free newspapers are the norm, charging for your publication is a losing strategy.
Continuing as the county's legal newspaper is important for the Eagle Valley Enterprise. Increasing readership and impact for the residents of western Eagle County is equally important. Unfortunately, one publication can't do both.
The Eagle Valley Enterprise will continue as the legal publication with news items from the past week. But next week a new publication will be born.
It is called the Free Enterprise. As the name suggests, it will be a free weekly publication that includes popular content of the Eagle Valley Enterprise. It will focus on Eagle and Gypsum features and faces and happenings and history of western Eagle County. We will expand our coverage to include Glenwood Springs shopping and entertainment. Like the Vail Daily, you will be able to find it at locations throughout the valley.
As we launch our new publication, we are not abandoning our history. Rather we are committing ourselves to a plan that will help the Enterprise thrive in a new digital era. We are excited about this opportunity and we invite you all to be part of what we create. Send us your story ideas, your photos and your comments. I can be contacted at email@example.com or by phone at 970-328-6656 Ext. 4
Our 117th year is going to be an exciting one. Let's see what we accomplish together. Isn't that always the goal of Free Enterprise?


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Our marketed apricot varieties
The Bergeron is a classic, orange-skinned, partly bright, French apricot variety, one of the larger-frured apricots. The Bergeron apricot is a freshly-eaten, versatile culinary fruit, perfect choice for a French-style apricot pies.
French-bred Bergeron hybrid apricots. The fruit of a slightly flattened wheel is easily recognizable by its deep orange, ruddy colour and large size. Because of its juicy, sweet, low-acid meat, the fruit is very popular and the best is consumed.
Orange Red
Orange red is an elongated fruit with a colourful skin from purple to orange, which is the result of the sunshine to get a typical dotted texture. Its flesh is solid, durable, and tastes balanced. Whether or not freshly consumed, it is also an excellent choice for kitchen use.
Flavorcot is a new breed of apricot from the United States. This July-ripening variety is one of the most delicious apricots, ideal for example, jam cooking.
A French-bred, large, rounded, bright orange, red-covered fruit variety. Its fruits are juicy, harmoniously flavored, aromatic, ideal for fresh consumption and also suitable for cooking.
Goldrich is a well-kept apricot variety, with a huge fruit and a hard flesh. We recommend it mainly for kitchen use.


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No question about it, divorce is difficult. It's a tough transition for the entire family, no matter how amicable the split may be. But a divorce doesn't have to spell lifelong trauma. It doesn't have to leave scars that you and your loved ones will carry, perhaps forever.
In fact, it is possible to come through a divorce stronger, healthier, ahd happier than ever. Best of all, it's possible to shepherd your dear ones safely through as well. But it doesn't just happen. It takes strategy, thoughtfulness, and, above all, a commitment to create the happy and peaceful life you and your family deserve.
Don't Go It Alone
Taking care of yourself and the ones you love in the wake of a divorce begins by reaching out. No one can make it through such a significant life transition on their own. There's no shame in asking for help when you need it.
The good news is that there is an abundance of resources available to you as you learn to navigate this new life. These include agencies to help you connect with legal affordable and accessible legal support, file for divorce online, to assist in custody negotiations, and even to connect with mental health care and divorce support groups.
But your outreach doesn't need to end there. In fact, it absolutely should not. Your most important asset when you're going through a divorce will be your emotional support network — namely, your family and lifelong friends.
No matter how busy you may be, no matter how much time you might be spending focused on taking care of your kids, for instance, you must make time for yourself. Surround yourself with the people who give you comfort and joy. Carve out time each day to connect with people who make you feel good about yourself. It can be as simple as a 15-minute video call or a weekly night out just with the friends.
What matters is that you resist the urge either to withdraw into yourself and disconnect from those you love or else become so consumed in taking care of others that you forget to take care of yourself.
Finding Balance
Practicing self-care when you're going through a divorce isn't just about connecting with the resources you need to smooth your family's path or taking comfort in tried and true personal relationships. You're also going to need some alone time, time to disconnect from work and simply be still, quiet, and mindful.
If you're finding yourself suddenly confronted with the responsibility of being a single parent, for instance, you might be tempted to bury yourself in work. You may fear that your children will suffer if you aren't constantly working. In some ways, it's not an unreasonable fear. Studies show that mothers and their children are at greater risk of living in poverty after a divorce than are fathers.
But the alternative is not to work yourself to a husk. You won't be doing yourself or your children any favors if you make yourself ill with overwork. And your work life isn't going to benefit either — when you're overworked, the research shows, you're less productive and less focused, and you're more likely to get sick and have higher rates of absenteeism. It's a sacrifice with no real benefit.
Instead, educate yourself on the assistance that is available to help relieve some of the financial pressure. This could include anything from financial support to low-cost, high-quality childcare.
With less time spent on the job, you're going to have more time to practice extreme self-care. Incorporating a nighttime ritual that is solely about self-nurturing and comfort can help you decompress, escape the worries and stresses of the day, and prepare you for the healthy sleep you need to start tomorrow fresh.
Ending the day with a hot bubble bath is the perfect way to soak your cares away. You can even make your own plumbing-friendly bath bombs infused with your favorite scents. Combine this with your favorite soothing music and a collection of kid-friendly electric candles surrounding the tub and you will have a treat to look forward to at the end of a long day.
A Family Affair
As you learn to take care of yourself in the wake of a divorce, you will also find that you are better equipped to care for those you love. An important part of caring for yourself and others is managing mental health, including learning how to detect signs of depression.
Changes in appetite or sleep patterns, for instance, can signal depression. Likewise, loss of interest in favorite activities or significant changes in mood or personality could be a sign that you or a loved one is struggling. And that might mean that enlisting the help of a professional is needed to help in the healing process.
Caring for your loved ones post-divorce includes not just tending to their emotional well-being but also to their physical and financial well-being.
For instance, if you have an older family member living in your household and they receive Medicare, they may need assistance in selecting a Medicare plan that meets their evolving needs. In the wake of a divorce, for example, the family may have moved to a different state, or the financial status of the household may have changed. This could require your family member to select a different Medicare plan, such as Medicare Part D, to ensure sufficient coverage in your household's new circumstances.
The Takeaway
Divorce is always difficult. But taking care to take care, both of yourself and the people you love, can help smooth the transition. Minding your and your family's physical, emotional, and financial health will enable you and your loved ones to start over and move into the happy future you deserve.
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Writer: Marie Jones
Director: Lindsay Posner
Reviewer: Alice Fowler
Stones In His Pockets depicts a clash of cultures: what happens when rural Ireland and Hollywood come together on a film-set, somewhere on the Emerald Isle. Actors Owen Sharpe and Kevin Trainor put in bravura performances in this two-man show, playing everyone from bemused locals, roped in as extras, to the film's breathless female lead.
There are laughs aplenty in this production, thanks to Sharpe and Trainor's superb mimicry and seamless switching between characters. Beneath the humour lurks tragedy however, as a vulnerable young man, Sean – his dreams of America shattered – takes his own life. Must filming carry on regardless, as the director insists? Or should respect be paid to the boy, his grieving father and his community?
Writer Marie Jones shines a harsh light on the self-regard and myopia of an industry which sees Ireland merely as a film set: "they've used up most of the 40 shades of green by now", as one extra wearily remarks. Designer Peter McKintosh's simple set – blue sky, grass and an old stone wall – reinforces this one-dimensional view of Ireland and its history. Yet, as Jones makes clear, this nostalgic version is out of date, if it was ever true at all. The cows are vanishing, and with them the future of boys like Sean.
Stones In His Pockets was a huge hit when it premiered at the start of the century. Two decades on its message remains pertinent; if, at times, a trifle heavy-handed. By the play's close, we are firmly on the side of the extras Jake and Charlie as they plan their own, more truthful picture of Irish life.
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Heritage Planning
Historic preservation shouldn't be seen as an end in itself – a way to separate a few valuable sites and prevent them from changing. Rather, preservation of buildings and landscapes should be seen as a means to the end of good stewardship, social well-being, prosperous and sustainable communities, and rich cultural memory. The PennPraxis team brings expertise in all aspects of historic preservation and cultural resource planning. Through research and an extensive portfolio of practical projects, our faculty, staff, and students have worked around the country and around the world to design preservation solutions that advance the curatorial care of buildings, sites, and cultural landscapes while activating these heritage places as civic assets.
Survey design and documentation
Archival research
Cultural landscape analysis
Heritage-informed design
Conservation management plans
Interpretive planning
Community-engaged heritage advocacy
Preparation of historic register nominations
Urban Heritage Project
The Urban Heritage Project addresses issues at the intersection of built heritage, cultural landscape, societal change through multi-disciplinary research and practice.
The Boonton Preservation Project will develop a preservation plan for the Maxfield Engine House--a firehouse constructed in 1893.
Image: Camp for unemployed women in Atlanta, Georgia, ca. July 1934; via: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
This project establishes the first comprehensive inventory of sites associated with unemployed women during the New Deal (specifically, 1933 to 1937), sometimes referred to as "She-She-She Camps." A counterpart to the male-centric Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), these residential camps we
The Detroit Tactical Preservation Program is a partnership between PennPraxis and the City of Detroit's Planning and Development Department that focuses on the partial and incremental reuse of specific spaces within a larger building.
The National Park Service DC Small Parks Project aims to evaluate and manage change for the hundreds of parklets, roundabout circles, and other small parks created by or extended from the original L'Enfant Plan for Washington, DC by conducting detailed analyses of three prototype sites: Marion Park, Titanic Memorial Park, and a section of Fort Drive.
PennPraxis and the Center for Architectural Conservation have developed a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Pennsylvania Hospital, located in Philadelphia's Center City.
A PennPraxis team is developing a conservation management plan for the Miller House and Garden, an internationally renowned mid-century Modernist landmark in Columbus, Indiana. The house itself was designed by architect Eero Saarinen, with interiors designed by Alexander Girard.
The South End Neighborhood Study (SENS) centered on a deep engagement process with residents and stakeholders to analyze the opportunities for growth, development, and heritage preservation in Stamford's South End.
The project surveyed the 108-acre Great Falls of the Passaic/Society of Useful Manufactures National Historic Landmark District for the National Park Service for the first time since the district was updated in 1986.
The Historic Sacred Places Project created the first comprehensive, field-checked inventory of Philadelphia's 842 purpose-built historic sacred places. PennPraxis' field survey findings were published in The Pew Charitable Trusts' 2017 report, Philadelphia Historic Sacred Places: Their Past, Present, and Future.
PennPraxis conducted a survey-based evaluation process for the Infill Philadelphia: Sacred Places / Civic Spaces project, a partnership between the Community Design Collaborative and Partners for Sacred Places, with North 4th LLC as project managers.
In 2018, PennPraxis led the Historic Preservation Citizen Engagement Project, which resulted in the Neighborhood Preservation Toolkit (Toolkit)--a new, free resource to build a larger, broader constituency for preservation in Philadelphia.
The Urban Heritage Project addresses issues at the intersection of built heritage, cultural landscape, and societal change through multi-disciplinary research and practice.
In partnership with the National Park Service, the Urban Heritage Project has worked on projects related to cultural landscapes in Washington, D.C. since the spring of 2012. This collaboration dates back to the 2012 - 2013 Parks for the People competition, organized by the Van Alen Institute and the National Park Service, when a PennDesign interdisciplinary studio was named a finalist in that competition.
Professor Vincent Reina of PennDesign and Catherine Droser, Research Associate at PennPraxis, consulted on a project for Philadelphia Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), to develop a report on subsidized housing in Philadelphia.
Not all of the Indianapolis Museum of Art's prized collections are located inside its building; in fact, some of the most famous works in the museum's collections are buildings themselves.
Philadelphia is known as a city of neighborhoods. So how do we help these areas of the City preserve their unique qualities? PennPraxis' recent work with the Chestnut Hill Conservancy is a demonstration of how this can happen.
PennPraxis is engaged with the University of Pennsylvania Facilities and Real Estate Services to deliver a historical research and interpretation strategy for the Pennovation Works campus. Pennovation Works is Penn's new hub for research and innovation, located in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Grays Ferry.
Conservation of Rwanda's national genocide memorials grows with urgency each passing year. Deterioration of buildings, sites, and artifacts threaten the ability of Rwandans to mourn, commemorate and interpret the deeply meaningful and troubling events surrounding the 1994 genocide.
PennPraxis was awarded a grant from the Getty Foundation to develop a conservation management plan for The George Nakashima House and Studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
The value of Lehigh Valley is visualized across its industrial landscapes where the architectural remains of quarries, kilns and mills from the last two centuries are part of the history of the nation's great industrial era.
The constantly shifting concept of "public good" poses a challenge to designers, stewards and managers of public space, as well as to politicians, elected officials, community leaders and citizens.
In fall 2008, the William Penn Foundation commissioned PennPraxis to study public art in Philadelphia with an aim of better understanding how the city currently supports public art and where gaps in programs exist.


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The Law on Protection of Whistleblowers – regulation and results of the implementation
Organization Transparency - Serbia
Invites you to participate in a round table
The Law on Protection of Whistleblowers – regulation and results of the implementation
That will be held in the Media Center, Terazije 3, second floor, on Tuesday, 28 February 2017, starting at 12.00 am
Introductory speeches:
12:00 - 12:50
Bojana Medenica, Executive Director of Transparency Serbia
Nemanja Nenadić, Program Director of Transparency Serbia
Snežana Andrejević, Judge of the Supreme Court of Cassation
Miloš Janković, Deputy Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia and Acting Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia
Radomir Ilić, State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice
12:50 - 14:00 Discussion
About the topic:
One of the biggest changes in recent years regarding fight against corruption is the adoption of the Law on Protection of Whistleblowers (25. 11. 2014). This Law, which came into force on 5. 6. 2015 was passed with the expectation that the protection of persons which report illegal and harmful actions, will contribute to the increased number of reporting and investigating cases of corruption.
Transparency Serbia has monitored the process of the adoption of this Law and during that course prepared specific suggestions for improving the legal text. In the past year and a half TS monitored certain aspects of its implementation as well. The study resulted in a publication that will be presented and will serve as a stimulus for discussion at the round table in the Media Center on February 28, 2017, starting at 12.00.
The key issues on which we would like to discuss are: what are the standards that proved to be good in practice and which turned out to be a problem, what challenges still lay ahead in the implementation; in what level did the adoption of this Law affected the increase in the number of reported illegal activities and in what level to resolving of such cases; what are the next steps in protection of whistleblowers in the context of implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plan for Chapter 23 of European integration.
Besides representatives of Transparency Serbia, round table will gather representatives of the Ministry of Justice as a body that was responsible for the preparation of this Law, Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government and the Ministry of Labor who are responsible for oversight of the enforcement, courts that provide whistleblower protection and representatives of other government agencies, NGOs, media and other stakeholders.
We also invite you to attend the conference which will be held in the same premises before the round table, with the beginning at 11am with the following subject: "Citizens, administration and corruption, experiences of Anti-corruption Legal Advice Center of TS"
Within the regional project Transparency International - "Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres – Speaking Up Against Corruption in South Eastern Europe", implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany. All views and opinions expressed are solely those of the organization Transparency - Serbia, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.


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Claver has "kidnapped" the god of time, thus breaking time itself. TTT, the eponymous character, has been sent by the god of time to repair it. TTT is a puzzle-platformer where the character can go back and forth through time, which can affect the various platforms and objects residing in the levels. TTT is "fond of chocolate".
Jeu vidéo créé lors de la Global Game Jam 2020, ayant pour thème "Réparer".
Créateurs : Cyprien DHENAIN, Théo DESMAISON, Michel CHAKER, Anis HADJARI, Amir BHK.