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Kyrie Irving Expected To Play In Back-To-Backs After Denver Game
With four games under his belt, Kyrie Irving is slowly getting back to his old self, thanks to a strict and patient minute-management approach by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The All Star point guard has seen his minutes increase gradually from 17 in a blowout game to 24 in his coming out contest against the Phoenix Suns.
Interestingly, his return coincided with the dreaded four-games-in-five-nights stretch of the team. The Cavs, armed with a long term plan, elected to not push the envelope when it came to the floor time of Irving. As such, Chris Haynes of the Northeast Ohio Media Group reported that Kyrie Irving will only start to play in back-to-backs after their visit to Denver.
But Irving, because of his careful comeback from knee surgery, won’t be activated for Wednesday’s contest against the Denver Nuggets.
He’s following the team’s recovery plan of being inactive on the second game of back-to-backs.
He saw action in the much-hyped Christmas Day game against the defending champions but sat out the next game which the Cavs lost in an embarrassing fashion. In Haynes’ article, Irving shared his optimism for the rest of their games.
That will be the last time I miss a back-to-back and the last two games hopefully I miss for the rest of the season.
Any game from this point, being out for as long as I was, is going to be tough to sit out from. But like I said, I let go all of my selfish emotions coming back. The team knows, as well as the coaches, what the preparation is and ending this year not playing in the back-to-backs, it works for me.
Against the Phoenix Suns, Irving returned to his old fourth quarter dominating self as he ended the night with 22 markers including the dagger trey. He’s currently averaging 13.0 points, 1.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.0 steals in 21.5 minutes, but expect an upward tick in his production moving forward.
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THE HOTTEST DANCE SHOW ON TV TOURS AMERICA THIS WINTER IN DANCING WITH THE STARS: LIVE! – Light Up the Night
TV’s hottest show is going back on tour across America this winter in Dancing with the Stars: Live! – Light Up the Night. Fans of the show have the opportunity to see the best ballroom dancers in the business perform live in their hometowns. This all-new production showcases ballroom and contemporary dances from ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars, including sizzling group numbers, steamy duets and over the top original pieces.
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The decision to buy a business represents a major financial investment. CIC Inc., invites prospective buyers to enter into a carefully detailed process of analysis, valuation and negotiation to establish a partnership by reaching a sound business decision together.
CIC Inc., works with prospective Buyers to determine correct pairing of opportunities available through correlation of ownership interests, strengths and capabilities.
We invest time and talent to locate and qualify quality business listings to offer our Buyers.
We leverage partnerships with preferred lenders to offer exceptional rates and expedited processing.
We work to protect the confidentiality of both Buyer and Seller.
We work with prospective Buyers to review and interpret the confidential presentation package to ensure adequate transparency of the Seller's business.
We provide quality of service to both the Buyer and Seller, through a policy of listing a limited number of select business listings at any point in time.
We work to balance both Seller and Buyer needs and host negotiations between both parties.
We prepare closing documents and facilitate expedited closing arrangements to complete the buying process.
We understand the demands of owning and operating a business, and remain available outside of standard business hours and weekends.
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I've trawled the search function and found a fair few posts about variant images etc but not really one that fits what I'm after or if it does it's not very clear that it's the same thing.
I am using Supply theme and I have product variant images. The problem is when the user clicks on the item to get to the product page it automatically changes the image to the first variants image. I don't want to do that, I'd like the main product image to stay until the user selects a variant from the drop down. I'd be happy with the default item saying something like "Please pick a color" and then defaulting to the main product image.
Could anyone help me get an idea about how this could be accomplished? I'm fairly new to Shopify but I can manage html, css and JS but not so experienced with JQuery or liquid.
Many thanks in advance for all of your time...
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CMA offers both flat and cylindrical screen-printing
The benefit to screen printing over other processes is the ability to print a larger area. Screen printing applies more ink which is ideal for printing lighter colors onto darker substrates.
Flat Bed Screen Printing
1-4 color screen-printing onto large flat surfaces
Cylindrical Screen Printing
1-4 color screen-printing onto cylindrical parts
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– The L.R. will be used in a research paper targeting Q1 or Q2 journals. – The suggested research topic is
“The viability of photovoltaic system and passive design strategies toward near-zero energy in low-income residential buildings”
The suggested topics to be covered in the L.R. are as in the following: ( you may add based on the suggested title of the paper) • Zero-energy building concept • Energy consumption in residential buildings • Low-income residential buildings • Passive design strategies to reduce energy consumption • Photovoltaic systems in general – PV in residential building • Feasibility analysis for energy-saving measures – The need for such research – L.R should use recent references (5 years old)
The post Write about the viability of photovoltaic system and passive design strategies toward near-zero energy in low-income residential buildings appeared first on Essay Lane.
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M3M Sky Suites at Sector 65, Gurugram
4 BHK & 5 BHK Ready to Move in
Duplex & Triplex Penthouses
Starting from ₹10.56 Cr*
M3M Sky Suites, A collection of spacious ultra-luxury duplex and triplex apartments specially design for elite at the city’s finest location. The apartments are surround by myriad world-class facilities & astonishing views. It offers contemporary living spaces ranging from 9000 sq.ft. to 15000 sq.ft.
The New Luxury Residential Project by the name of M3M Sky Suites Gurgaon which is being built over the largest High-Street Mall of Gurugram (M3M 65th Avenue). The Mall is spread over an area in 14.84 acres. So, living in that type of society which is over a commercial development is always very enjoyable. Inspired by lifestyle from different societies comes a paradise that offers a richly diverse mix of living, shopping and leisure activities.
M3M Sky Suites Sector 65 is well-located on Golf Course Extension Road Gurgaon which is very near the metro station. In the vicinity, there are schools like Delhi Public School, St. Xavier School, Gems Academy, Lotus International and much more which are already ready. There are hospitals comparable to medanta, Artemis, Park Hospital, etc. In terms of the living Golf Course Extension Road is desired after location in Gurugram.
Highlights of M3M Sky Suites Sector 65 Gurgaon
|✔ 4 & 5 Bedroom spacious penthouses from 8800 – 15000 SQ.FT||✔ Set amidst sprawling 56+ acres|
|✔ Located in Sector-65 on the coveted Golf Course Road (Extn.)||✔ A mix of high rise and mid-rise residential towers|
|✔ Immaculately designed by ARCOP International, Canada||✔ Apartments overlook the designer 09 hole executive golf course|
|✔ Studded with 101 lifestyle amenities||✔ Price starts at ₹10.56 Cr|
Amenities of M3M Sky Suites Sector 65 Gurgaon
- Business Centre
- Snooker Room
- World Class Sports Arena
- Swimming Pool
- Club Elevate
Location Map of M3M Sky Suites Sector 65 Gurgaon
✔ Airport in 30 minutes
✔ Proposed metro in the vicinity
✔ Well connected to Delhi via NH8 and Faridabad Expressway
Master Plan of M3M Sky Suites Sector 65 Gurgaon
‘Magnificence in the Trinity Of Men, Materials & Money’ is what the M3M Group is all about. The realty major’s innovative, unique and unparalleled concepts, multi-dimensional realty solutions and unmatched high service standards, distinguish M3M from the other alike in the realty sector. Showing its commitment towards developing state-of-the-art real estate masterpieces, M3M has always endeavoured to gather the finest talent in the industry. The company has added valuable experience to its profile in the real estate sector with diverse and admiring talents from a rich network of top notch intermediaries, financial institutions, high-net-worth individuals and some of the most reputed developers in India.
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DIY Miniature Dollhouse Kit with Furniture and LED Lights, Chinese Wooden. DIY Miniature Dollhouse Kit: This Product is collectible building model and nice home decoration. It’s an assembled DIY product, you need assemble it by yourself. Materials are of high quality, the furniture and other kits are precisely cut so that they fit together perfectly. Printed sheet was included to locate the numbered parts, and colorful printed user manual with detailed and colored pictures will guide you how to do step by step to assemble the entire miniature. Meaningful Gift: This DIY miniature dollhouse kit is a decent and delicate gift to your friends? Children or lover, because you made it yourself, and it makes the gift even more meaningful. Educational Toy for Children: It’s also a great way to communicate with your children when you assemble it together. Most importantly kids will gain confidence, improve the practical ability and happiness through their own work. Beautiful Home Decoration: This DIY Miniature Dollhouse is not only a toy, it’s also a beautiful living collection and decoration for home or shop. You can put the finished product on the table or shelf, it looks very realistic, especially at night, when you turn on the lights of this dollhouse, a beautiful and spectacular view will come into your sight. Music movement and Dustcover: This product includes a music movement and 5 pieces of dustcover covered with brown paper, the default music of music movement is: Castle in the sky, and Dustcover will keep your dollhouse clean and prevent scratches. As our valued customer, we will do our best to make sure the product you receive arrives to you on time and as expected. This item is in the category “Dolls & Bears\Dollhouse Miniatures\Dollhouses & Room Boxes”. The seller is “guy_1000″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
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Celestial Star is a brand name that Sears Holdings Corporation uses for its certified diamond jewelry. Celestial Star quality is also referred to as "best" diamond quality by Sears employees (other qualities are "Promotional, "Good", and "Better"). Currently, the Celestial Star line is the highest in terms of diamond quality out of all Sears diamond jewelry.
Quality-wise, Celestial Star diamonds are minimum H-I (near colorless) in diamond color and I1-I2 in diamond clarity. The jewelry is always 14k white or yellow gold. However, these are only minimum requirements, and it is not unusual to see Celestial Star styles that use colorless or VS clarity diamonds. Thus, Celestial Star jewelry can vary widely in appearance and value for the money you pay.
Celestial Star diamond jewelry comes with a credit card sized plastic "International Gemological Information" appraisal summary. Each piece is independently graded and assigned an "estimated retail replacement value" by the International Gemological Institute (IGI). Sears routinely sells the jewelry below the value stated on the summary. Each piece of Celestial Star diamond jewelry is engraved with the unique summary number that matches the certificate it comes with. The certificate states measurements, carat weight, color, clarity, polish, and symmetry of the diamond as well as the Sears item number, a description, and a photograph.
Celestial Star items are always changing as styles that sell are replenished, older styles are discontinued, and popular new styles are rolled out. The current styles, especially in diamond pendants and earrings, are priced lower than those of years past and have a lower total carat weight of diamonds. New styles focus more on clusters or multiple diamonds instead of solitaire diamonds, which allows for a lower price.
Sears markets Celestial Star diamond jewelry as their best. Special navy blue platforms, navy blue price signs, and special signed white leatherette trim set the jewelry apart. Celestial Star diamond jewelry is always (according to corporate mandated planograms) displayed at the top (farthest from the customer) of the showcase on the special displays.
Celestial Star diamond jewelry never goes on sale because it is a Great Price ("always a low price") item, which is seen by all prices ending in 98 cents. Celestial Star diamond jewelry is exclusively sold in Sears, Sears Essentials, and Sears Grand, as well as online at Sears.com. The number of Celestial Star diamond jewelry styles that a Sears store carries depends on how much that particular store sells. The line is not sold at Kmart stores.
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Neauvia Intense Flux
Neauvia Intense Flux
Why is it worth buy Neauvia Intense Flux online at EuroMex?
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Not so while ago, a new solution for people with noticeable aging signs appeared on the aesthetic medicine market – Intense Flux Neauvia Organic. This unique product produced by Matex Lab manufacturer is perfect for reaching many appearance goals and completing the task of absolute skin rejuvenation.
On EuroMex, it is possible to purchase various products by the Neauvia brand, namely:
- Neauvia Intense;
- Neauvia Lips;
- Neauvia Hydro Deluxe;
- And so on.
Note that we will need proof that you are a licensed aesthetic medicine professional. To provide us with your certificate and other important details, it is necessary to complete the registration process and create your personal private account. This process won’t take long, and you’ll be able to buy a wide range of products EuroMex is ready to provide you with afterward.
Basic Properties of Neauvia Organic Intense Flux
Flux Neauvia Organic Intense is an organic filler with hyaluronic acid in its base; the product is created with the help of a special PEG cross-linked technology and Glycine and L-Proline amino acids, which is exceptionally beneficial for better tissue restoration of volume and overall skin improvement.
Even though this gel contains a high concentration of hyaluronic acid, it is still of low viscoelasticity and high bio integration. That’s why it becomes much easier to be administered to the intradermal layer of the skin and show noticeable improvement after the first treatment already.
Neauvia Flux is a colorless, clear gel without any foreign particles placed in the syringe. It contains 22 mg/ml of the remedy and can only be administered by an experienced medical professional.
Areas of Use
Neauvia Intense Flux has a balanced crosslinking degree, thus can be used for aesthetic improvement of many facial areas:
- Deep tissue restoration in the zone of nasolabial folds, marionette lines, smile wrinkles, etc.;
- Lips augmentation and contour improvement;
- Chin, cheeks, nose modeling;
- Face lifting and shaping;
- Rejuvenation of strongly aged skin in the face, neck, and hands areas.
It is important to make sure the product is suitable for the patient before the actual injection. That’s why a pre-appointment with a beautician is highly recommended to learn more about one’s body and health peculiarities, allergies, desired results, and other important aspects.
Possible Side Effects
As most products on the aesthetic medicine market, Neauvia can cause several side effects a patient should be aware of. All because it is needed for proper aftercare and successful recovery.
One of the best features of the following product is that thanks to the natural ingredients in its composition, side effects are minimal and don’t cause a lot of trouble to a person. We talk about itching, swelling, bruising, redness, and other symptoms typical for injection site reactions. Other than that, specialists warn about possible allergic reactions and skin tenderness. Everything mentioned above is typically gone in one to two days.
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Do not wait too long and contact us to make your first order! You may choose the most comfortable option – via phone, email, or website chat. We cannot wait for our successful cooperation!
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The four seasons only happen in the regions along the mid-latitude— places that are neither near the poles nor near the equator. Meanwhile, places near the equator, such as our country, experience little changes in season. The Philippines is a tropical country, and has only two official seasons– wet and dry.
Why does the Philippines have only 2 seasons?
Why philippines have two seasons? The Philippines is located near the equator. Areas near or at the equator receive high amounts of sunlight due to the inclination of the earth. Because more amount of sunlight is received in these areas, there are only two seasons here: the summer and the rainy season.
Is Philippines near the equator yes or no?
GPS Coordinates and Borders of the Philippines
The Philippines are located at a latitude of 14° 34′ 59.99″ N and a longitude of 121° 00′ 0.00″ E. The latitude of the Philippines expresses the country’s location relative to the equator. That said, the Philippines is above the equator and part of the northern hemisphere.
Is Philippines near the equator Brainly?
Located in the Pacific Ocean near the equator, the Republic of the Philippines consists of around 7,640 islands — about 2,000 of which are inhabited — that form an archipelago.
How does the heating of the equator affect the Philippines?
In summer, it rains all over the Philippines; the equatorial climate zones are those in which it rains even in winter, that is, those exposed to the northeast winds.In these areas, more than 100 millimeters (4 inches) of rain fall per month even in winter, which is often the rainiest season.
Which country has only two seasons?
It will be a surprise to many Filipinos that summer is not one of the two seasons in the Philippines. Most countries of the world, in fact, have only two seasons. This is because most countries lie within the tropical zone.
What is the largest body of water located near the Philippines?
Laguna de Bay, lake, the largest inland body of water in the Philippines, on Luzon just southeast of Manila. Probably a former arm or extension of Manila Bay cut off by volcanism, Laguna de Bay (Spanish: “Lake Bay”) has a normal area of about 356 square miles (922 square km) and is about 32 miles (51 km) long.
What country is very far from Philippines?
Nearby countries are Malaysia in the southwest, Indonesia in the south, Vietnam in the west, and Taiwan, and mainland China to the north. The Philippines shares maritime borders with China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Palau, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam.
What side of the equator is the Philippines?
How far is Philippines from the equator and on what hemisphere is it? Philippines is 898.21 mi (1,445.54 km) north of the equator, so it is located in the northern hemisphere.
What if Philippines is not located near the equator?
Answer: If the Philippines is not located near the equator life can change. Explanation: First of all, we would get 4 seasons (Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter) instead of (Rain and Sun) 2.
What is in the equator?
The Equator passes through 13 countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati.
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LED Wireless Qi Charger Mushroom Head Type USB Charging Station for iPhone/Samsung
Multi-Function Charger: This Mushroom Charging Station has 45w power that supports 1 wireless charging +3 USB charging ports simultaneously. It has a wireless fast charging and USB normal charging function rolled into one product, that meets the charging method of most mobile phones and other digital products.
Charging Storage Stand: The charger base has 3 brackets, and the mobile phone or tablet can be placed in the card position, which saves space and keeps the charging table clean and tidy, avoiding the winding and messy charging lines.
LED Soft Light Night Light: This Charging Station can also function as a lamp. It exudes white/warm color LED light and is equipped with a translucent silicone shell, the soft light it produces does not glare; it comes with a sensitive vibration sensor switch, lightly tap to light or turn off the night light, very simple to use and convenient.
Practical and Widely Used: It is suitable for most DC 5 charging input digital products. The wireless charger supports all devices that have a wireless charging function. This product can be used in your home, study area, libraries, restaurants, and bars.
Material: ABS, PC, Silicone
Functions: USB Interface Charging Station
Battery Information: USB 1: 5V-1A; USB 2: 5V-2.1A; QC3.0: 5V-3A, 9V-1.8A, 12V-1.5A (Max)
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The story of Butch Oliver, a recently divorced retired Marine with a sexual appetite that was still a challenge to satisfy even at age 52, continues.
With the same dedication Butch Oliver exhibited with everything he did, the retired Marine kept curling the barbell as sweat poured off his body. The fact that he had spent almost all night in bed with a neighbor girl didn’t seem to affect his energy level this morning, and in fact the only part of the 52 year old that really ached was his tongue, having used it virtually non stop on the furry pussy of Meredith, the virgin next door who turned out to be nothing like he had expected.
As he worked out he looked towards the girl’s house when he saw the girl’s mother putting things in their car, probably for the trip to Meredith’s aunt that the gabby girl had told him about, the trip being the reason she wouldn’t be over to pay the grizzled veteran another visit this day. The talkative teen had also shared other tidbits on her life without being pressed.
Besides revealing that while the 18 year old was a virgin, she was not shy in saying she was known for being more than generous with her oral skills, a talent that Butch had to admit were amazing and beyond her years. Meredith also noted that her father had left her and her mother, something the trucker hadn’t noticed since he was a way a lot, and confessed that her mother would often look out the window in his direction when he was working in the yard.
Meredith said that since her father skipped out Mom had been acting squirrely of late and suggested the woman had the hots for him, and while Butch had never considered making a move on her because she was married – well, she wasn’t married anymore and wasn’t a bad looking woman, skinny like her daughter but with a much bigger bust.
Who knows, Butch mused to himself? When Meredith took off for college maybe he would pay the gal a visit, because she was just a few feet away. For now though there was Meredith, and while she wasn’t a raving beauty and didn’t have much of a body, she was cute in her own way and furthermore had promised him a go at another one of her orifices besides her mouth, somehow in her mind keeping her technically a virgin.
For the hell of it Butch decided to go outside, so clad only his shorts he stepped out and moved his garbage can to the front of the house, making a big show of it to see if Meredith’s mother would notice him. She saw Butch alright and made a point of waving and calling out to him.
“Hello Mrs. Castle,” Butch called out, flexing his arm as he waved over, and as he did Meredith was getting into the car looking very tired but managing a timid wave for his benefit.
“I could see myself making a house call to you,” Butch mumbled as he watched them leave, and then he tried to put Meredith out of his mind so he could concentrate on what he was planning to do, painting the shed out back, but sometimes the best laid plans…
Butch didn’t see the girl coming up the driveway until she was right up on him, and the first thing he could think of when he saw the chubby redhead was what she was selling – cookies or magazines or something else he did want. She was a neighborhood girl and was wearing a windbreaker with the crest of the school Meredith went to, an odd wardrobe choice since it was warm and going to be hot, but since she was a female he didn’t just tell her to get the hell out of here.
“Excuse me,” the cherubic ginger said, offering a smile that revealed a tipped tooth behind full pink lips. “Are you Sgt. Oliver?”
“Was. Retired so now I’m just Butch, a trucker. What can I do for you?” he asked while surveying the plump kid’s body, mostly hidden except for sturdy looking calves that were pale and shapely.
“Do you know Meredith? Meredith Castle?” the girl asked. “She lives next door. I’m a friend of hers.”
“If you’re looking for the Castles I’m afraid you just missed them because they just left,” he started to explain but the redhead shook her head.
“I know they just left. I was waiting until they took off so I could talk to you,” the girl responded. “I just wanted to know if you knew her.”
“I do,” Butch said. “Why is it you want to know, and who the hell are you?”
“Oh. Sorry,” she replied. “I’m Kelly Flynn. We live down on Kent Drive.”
“Hello Kelly Flynn. Not too many Italian folks around here,” Butch said.
“Italian? I’m Irish,” Kelly responded with a quizzical look..
“I was kidding,” Butch said to the least Italian girl he had ever seen.
“Oh. Anyway me and Meredith go to Mercy High. Actually went there. We just graduated,” Kelly explained.
“She had a graduation party the other day,” Butch said. “Didn’t see you there.”
“Meredith’s mother doesn’t like me to hang around her,” Kelly admitted. “She thinks I’m a bad influence on her.”
“Maybe. I’m not a bad person,” Kelly told the older man. “Anyway, she said you’re a friend of hers and I was kinda wondering whether we could be friends too.”
“I’m canlı bahis a great deal older than you,” Butch said with a raised eyebrow. “Shouldn’t you have friends more your age? I have socks older than you.”
“Kids are dumb. Besides, I get along better with older guys,” Kelly explained and then looked around before saying, “Look Sgt. Oliver. Please don’t tell Meredith I came here to see you. She’d flip because she thinks you’re her boyfriend.”
“Boyfriend?” Butch snorted. “I don’t know what the girl told you but…”
“Everything,” the redhead said without emotion. “Meredith exaggerates sometimes but she doesn’t lie to me. She told me how you caught her giving head to Woody and how she met you back there and sucked your dick, and then she came over here and spent the night. She told me all about it – and you. Am I right?”
“I don’t discuss my private life,” Butch said curtly while wondering whether this was a record time for kissing and telling. “That’s something you young ladies might consider.”
“It’s okay. I mean, after Meredith told me all that stuff it got me so hot that I came over here to meet you. I might not be so great looking but I never have to go looking for it, you know? I never really saw you up close before but man – you’ve got muscles on muscles,” Kelly said. “I also know that while B.J. – that’s her nickname at school – does her thing, there’s stuff she doesn’t do. Stuff I like doing a lot. That’s why I was hoping we could be friends, if you weren’t doing anything today that is.”
“Well,” Butch sighed as he looked back at the shed which suddenly didn’t look that badly in need of paint. “I have some things to do.”
“I know I’m not pretty and I’m kinda fat…”
“Chubby might be a better word for you,” Butch said.
“I do have stuff that guys like though,” Kelly said as she looked around again before unzipping the school windbreaker and pulling it open.
“I was wondering why you were wearing that on such a humid day,” Butch chuckled.
“Mom would shit if I left the house like this,” the redhead explained as she pulled the jacket off to show the older man what she was wearing underneath, a plain white wife beater t-shirt that seemed over-matched by the huge breasts it struggled to contain. “It was my old man’s shirt.”
“I imagine you look better in it than he does,” Butch observed.
“So what do you think?”
“I think you’re a cute kid.”
“I’m not a kid,” she sniffed.
“18 is a kid to me.”
“I’m not 18, I’m 19. I got held back in fourth grade,” Kelly told him. “Some people thought I was stupid but I’m not. I was told I couldn’t behave and was a little wild.”
“Was?” Butch laughed.
“So what do you think?” Kelly said as she followed the man back to the garage where he set the garbage can in place.
“I’m flattered but I’m really sweaty,” he explained, although the way he stared at the girl’s breasts hanging down to her waist had him saying it without much conviction.
“I don’t care,” the bold ginger informed him as she came up to the older man and squeezed his arm before leaning forward and kissing his shoulder. “I like sweaty guys. You aren’t going to make me beg are you? I’ll do anything you want. Anything.”
Looking up at the veteran with a look she was trying to make seem seductive, she took Butch’s wrist in hand and raised it up high before leaning forward and nuzzling under his arm, even giving the moist tuft of air a kiss before leaning back.
“Sweet and salty,” she giggled.
“I know,” Kelly said with a grin. “I also know I’ve got something you like.”
“They’re something alright,” he admitted as he looked at her breasts that hung unsupported down to her thick waist.
“No. Something else,” Kelly informed him as she took the waistband of her shorts in hand. “Meredith said you dig chicks with hairy pussies.”
The veteran stood amazed as the girl dug the shorts out of her soft belly and lowered them just far enough to expose the trail of burnt orange hairs that led down from her belly button and the timberline of her pubic hair.
“Why don’t I take a shower and you can come back later?” Butch offered.
“Go take a shower. Can I use your phone?”
“Sure. Come on in,” Butch told her as he led the ginger into the house, looking all around like he was stealing something, before closing the door behind them. “Make yourself comfortable, unless you want to join me that is.”
“I just got out of the shower myself,” Kelly told him as he went into the bathroom and turned on the water.
As he scrubbed up the veteran wondered whether they put something in the water in this town, because while he never had much trouble finding companionship this was ridiculous. Despite her obvious assets Kelly didn’t have quite the same appeal to him as Meredith but the way she acted suggested she had a kinky side to her, and that was something that interested him.
Butch turned off the shower, pulled the curtain open and grabbed the bahis siteleri towel but was a bit shocked when he saw the redhead standing in the doorway watching him.
“Make your call?”
“No. I didn’t need to use the phone. I just wanted to get invited inside,” Kelly confessed. “Actually, when you invited me to take a shower with you I panicked and said I already took one. That was dumb.”
“Would have been a snug fit with two big people like us in it together anyway,” Butch noted.
“Can I dry you off?” Kelly offered.
“Be my guest,” Butch responded, and as he handed her the towel he watched the girl’s eyes look down, the double take she gave making a chill go down his spine as she knelt down and dried his legs.
“Meredith exaggerates sometimes but damn!” Kelly mused as he rubbed the cotton over his calves. “Sgt. Oliver?”
“Butch,” he reminded her as he observed her drying while keeping her eyes fixed on his flaccid organ.
“Can’t I call you Sgt. Oliver? Meredith says that’s what her mother calls you.”
“As you wish.”
“Anyway, what I was going to say is that you’ve got the biggest limp dick I’ve ever seen,” Kelly said as the towel went to his thighs and hips. “All these veins makes it look like one of those maps they have at the museum – I don’t know what they’re called but they’re like three dimensional and show the rivers and ridges?”
“Raised relief maps?” Butch chuckled, and when the chubby ginger nodded he added, “I’m glad this is becoming an educational moment. You don’t have to dry it if you’d rather not you know?”
“You’re kidding, right?” she laughed as he lifted the heavy limp tool and deftly peeled back the foreskin. “Mushroom. I love the way the heads come in all different shapes, and when a guy is uncut it’s sort of a surprise when you unveil it.”
“You seem to know what you’re doing,” he said as he watched Kelly meticulously dry the crown and the hood.
“Yeah, my old man wasn’t circumcised either,” Kelly said in a matter-of-fact tone. “He wasn’t nearly as big as you though.”
“Uh,” Butch mumbled, for once almost at a loss for words momentarily before managing to ask, “None of my business of course, but how do you know what your father’s anatomy looks like.”
“Actually he’s not my father, he’s my stepfather. Long story. You ever see that TV show Father Knows Best they rerun on channel 6?”
“I remember it – hell I saw it when it first came out. Showing my age I guess,” he admitted as the drying continued on his scrotum after the girl coaxed his thighs open a bit.
“Well let’s just say that my family was nothing like that and my step father was sure as hell not Robert Young,” Kelly chuckled. “Hope I’m not freaking you out.”
“No, but it makes me even more glad we never had children,” Butch mused.
“Maybe if we get to be good friends I’ll tell you about it,” Kelly said as she finally left the veteran’s crotch and moved the towel up his still flat stomach.
“If you kept drying me down there I think you would have worn out the towel.”
“Didn’t hear you complaining. I was trying to get you hard,” Kelly giggled as she dried his chest. “I was getting there too, but there’s other neat stuff to play with, like this. Do you lift weights?”
“Have to,” Butch sighed. “Sitting on my ass in a truck for long stretches would have me fat in no time otherwise.”
“I’d like to watch you lift weights sometime,” Kelly admitted. “Lift your arms for me.”
“Man, what biceps! You’ve got a lot of hair under your arms,” Kelly noted as she rubbed his armpits with the cotton before leaning forward and kissing the muscled armpit.
“Smells a little better now I suspect.”
“Hmmm… different, not better,” Kelly corrected. “Told you I like sweaty guys, as long as the sweat is fresh – and better yet if I caused it.”
“Keep doing that and you’ll never get me dry,” Butch mentioned before taking in breath through his teeth when the redhead ran her tongue up and down the furry hollow.
“Your cock is getting harder,” Kelly said when she felt the semi-turgid organ against her hip. “And you’re almost dry too. Should I leave when I’m done?”
“That’s up to you honey,” Butch replied as Kelly dried his back. “I’m too kind a host to throw you out.”
“I’m glad. Why don’t you spread your legs a little for me Sgt. Oliver? Bend over for me.”
“You’re giving me the deluxe treatment, are you?” Butch wondered aloud before letting out a startled gasp. “That’s not the towel is it?”
Kelly’s fingers slipped between his buttocks and toyed with the furry crevice before kneeling down and getting a better look when her digit found his anus and rubbed it.
“Man, the view back here – the way your balls swing way down? So sexy,” Kelly mentioned as she pushed her finger very softly into the balloon knot as the older man’s body shuddered.
“There. All dry,” Kelly announced as she stood back up, and when she looked around the veteran’s burly shoulder and down at his manhood bahis şirketleri she mused aloud, “Did I do that?”
“What do you think?” Butch responded as he made his erection spring up and down a couple of times.
“Did you ever measure it? No? I bet it’s a foot long,” Kelly guessed.
“I sincerely doubt that,” Butch said with a shake of his head.
“It looks really angry,” Kelly mentioned.
“Well, it likes to be teased a little but after a while…”
“I was just playing. Like I told you, I’ll do anything you want.”
“You like it a little rough?”
“Just don’t kill me,” she said as she leaned up and kissed his leathery cheek while rubbing the top of his crew cut and noting, “Forgot to dry your hair.”
As Kelly reached up and ran the towel through the brush cut Butch looked down at the sprinkling of freckles on her round shoulders and upper back, her skin so pale that they seemed to glow, and his cock was crushed between him and her tummy.
“Why don’t we go into the bedroom so I can get a good look at you too?” Butch suggested while taking her lightly by the back of the neck and guiding her through the living room and to the destination.
“Didn’t make the bed,” he apologized.
“Would have been a waste of time,” Kelly cracked as she looked around the otherwise immaculate room. “Geez, this is so neat and tidy – the whole place seems to be. You should see my room.”
“Maybe next time. Guess I’m just a neat person,” Mr. Oliver noted as he sat on the edge of the bed. “Now let’s get a look at you. Get naked for me – slowly.”
“What first?” Kelly asked. “And please don’t look too close at the bad parts.”
“No such thing on a girl’s body,” Butch informed the ginger. “How about the shorts first?”
“Okay,” Kelly replied as she lowered the tan shorts down off her fleshy but firm thighs and plump but shapely calves, and Butch grinned when she saw her overflowing panties.
“Oh geez,” Kelly groaned when she looked down and saw the burnt orange hairs peeking out the sides of the white panties, with the outline of her bush visible through the cotton. “Told you.”
“So you did. Now how about your old man’s tank top?” Butch advised. “Pull it up slowly for me – that’s it.”
“Nice,” Butch observed as she pulled the t-shirt out and over her massive breasts, the pale, bell-shaped jugs hanging down to the thick waist and capped with large areolas that were a very light rose color. “Now freeze like that.”
“Like being tied up in a dungeon,” Kelly suggested as she stood in place with her t-shirt around her wrists.
“You speak from experience?”
“No,” Kelly said with what seemed like a tinge of regret. “Seen movies though and I think it would be cool if I have a nice dungeon master.”
“I’ll keep that in mind,” Butch noted, grinning when he looked at the large hollows which were coated with a burnt orange shadow. “Looks like you get 5 o’clock shadow by noon.”
“Oh crap,” Kelly replied when she looked under her raised arm and saw what the older man was looking at. “I shaved this morning. Honest. It’s just this dumb Lady Sunbeam m Mom gave me as a present. It sucks.”
“Electric razors never cut as close as a blade,” Butch informed the girl as he rubbed his chin. “It doesn’t bother me if you shave or not. It’s sort of like sandpaper when you lick it now.”
“Ooh – and you thought I was kinky?” Kelly laughed. “Last winter I didn’t shave at all and you wouldn’t have believed what I looked like.”
“I can imagine.”
“Kind of like a red haired version of you. Can I lower my arms now? My fingers are getting numb.”
“You would never last in a dungeon,” Butch said while nodding, and after the girl set the shirt aside he directed her. “Grab your tits. Cup them.”
“Like this?” Kelly asked as her hands hefted the weighty globes whose flesh seemed to be quite yielding.
“Perfect. A word of advice though. As much as you probably don’t want to wear a bra, those beauties will really be hanging low after a while if you don’t.”
“I usually do, except when I want to show them off sometimes. Problem is I outgrew most of my bras, and Penney’s doesn’t sell my size so Mom took me to this place downtown that sells all sizes for a fortune,” Kelly related. “The woman that owns the place took me into this back room to fit me while my Mom rotted out in the store reading magazines. It took forever because this lady kept measuring me over and over and had me try on all this stuff.”
“I would have liked being a fly on the wall for that,” Butch said. “Something tells me that the woman was interested in more than selling bra.”
“You sound like my Mom,” Kelly said. “I think you are right though. She wants me to come back some night without Mom so she can see how the bra she sold us is holding up.”
“You like girls as much as guys honey?” Butch wondered aloud as he lightly stroked his cock while watching the teen continue to knead her breasts, and when the girl’s chubby cheeks blushed he continued. “Maybe you and Meredith?”
“I thought you said I shouldn’t talk about my private life,” she reminded the veteran.
“Touche!” Butch responded but then suggested, “I was just think what it would be like if Meredith was here now.”
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NO NO NO
We dont want him to resign we want a general election, all that will happen if he resigns is a different labour stooge will take over and carry on much as before
It's easy to mock this government's bumbling attempts to get political mileage out of Web-2-point-twattery - fun, too. But we should also celebrate the brave new world of interactive communication our overlords have opened up. Although our esteemed leader still has no public email account, and his YouTube videos make children …
Is the petition for the wrong thing? For the article to be correct, it should be for Gordon Brown to resign as Prime Minister, not for the Prime Minister to resign. That's a campaign for an infinite loop (which might have been the intention).
You know, like "No matter who you vote for the government always gets in"...
Sorry John Oates,
I don't judge our governing bodies by their ability to use Twitter. I'm sure Obama's facebook is literally oozing with style and charisma but fortunately our leader is more interested in actually trying to run the country. Discussions of the success of this attempt aside - asking him to resign purely because he doesn't moonwalk onto stage Steve Jobs style while simultaneously blogging on his wordpress is simply daft.
..as it doesn't call him a fat one-eyed incompetent Scottish idiot :)
nor does it suggest that Darling or Whacky Jacqui be put in stocks outside Parliament and pelted with rotten fruit and used condoms (or my share certificates which are now worthless)
go on then I will.
The Number10 petitions are almost up there with Facebook groups on the scale of faux-democracy tools.
Can you really imagine him calling to the wife and kids one morning:
"come on you lot, pack your bags - there's a facebook group AND a petition to get me out so we'd best leave."
Yes, so many newspapers these days feed us the myth that the recession is global, that people are out of work in places like the USA, Spain and Italy, but we all know the truth. It's only really the UK, and one slack-jawed red tie-wearing politico is to blame.
Now I'm no fan of what Labour has become -- and I've never, ever voted for them -- "recession master"? Come off it.
Now I'm not usually one for "Where's the IT angle", but remember that the defining characteristic of your readership is IT. You'll cut your readership in half if you toe any given political line. I'm starting to consider not reading....
The Register is an IT based site, why the obvious political slant ?
If it was useful/unbiased political comment it wouldn't be so bad, but this sort of juvenile "get em all out" approach would be laughable in your average pub talk let alone in a "respected" publication like this one.
leave the political opinion out please, and if you can't then get level headed contributions rather than immature twaddle !
"...can you name somebody in the current government better qualified and capable than Gordo to replace him?"
Or in the Tories? (That'll be the same party that still has the lovely John Redwood, alien of this parish, lurking in the ranks)
The only thing I can think of in the Tories favour is that they promise (ha, ha) to scrap the oppressive nosese that is the the National Identity Scheme (or 'Service', as the IPS now jokingly want us to call it). But other than that they're going to be the same as we had before.
Anyone care to say they think the LibDems holding the balance of power (highly unlikely outcome due to our anti-democratic electoral system) would be any better?
We're all doomed....
Does everyone thats not signing it have to tell everone, can't you put it on your twitter and not here?
(Heres a clue thats why the site is broken into diffrent catagorys, if you only want IT stories just read the IT stories its not hard when the TV news runs a fluff(y) story at the end of the program i turn my TV off because i'm a gruppy man, simply).
So all grumpy people i don't need to know your not signing a petition.
in alienating probably a third of your readership, El Reg. I don't vote for any of your corrupt English parties as I don't live there but even I can see that this must surely damage your reputation as an IT newletter. Who decided to bring partisan politics into tech news? This is boring and pointlessly argumentative.
Sorry, but Brown is a massive failure, and people can see that. If it was asking for the Labour party as a whole to go then I'd go for it but removing just Brown is bad, why?
Because then we'll get Milliband and although he's just as atrocious, he has a lot of charisma and look how easily the British public have been fooled by Cameron's charisma.
No, better to just let them play out their time and keep shooting themselves in the foot so that we don't have to deal with them again any time in the next decade or so than risk them having a leader who is at least charismatic enough to win people over even if not good enough on the competence and policy front.
Let them keep a leader who is neither charismatic or competent, the short term pain will be worth it when it leaves Labour well and truly crushed to the point of no return.
I signed it, but why?
Is the government going to listen? Almost certainly not! It's clear they just take petitions as opportunities for more spin. Those who believe such petitions work will carry on using them, instead of taking more productive action. Those who believe such petitions are useless are more likely to resign themselves to the ineffectiveness of democratic participation. Either way, the government wins.
So why did I sign?
If I don't sign, simply because I expect such a petition to be useless, I'll be letting the government succeed in dissuading me from democratic participation. I'm not going to do that. But that doesn't mean I'm satisfied that signing it was enough.
Such petitions are better used as a way of spreading awareness about the issues such petitions relate to. A petition to decriminalise extreme porn might do nothing to persuade the government to repeal the extreme porn law, but it can still be used as a tool in wider efforts to raise public awareness of, and public opposition to, such laws. CAAN (www.caan.org.uk) have successfully used public protests for publicity purposes in similar ways, leaving the government unable to claim that there's no public opposition to such laws.
This petition is an opportunity to express opposition to this government and Gordon Brown in particular. But I don't mean simply by signing it. I mean by telling other people about it. "Look how fast people are signing it!" - you can't say that to your family, friends and colleagues if there isn't such a petition in the first place. It is in this kind of way that such petitions can increase public pressure on governments, not directly via the petitions themselves, but elsewhere. Just imagine journalists pressing the government on this petition and what it represents if it gets a million signatures.
Directly, these petitions are just about as useless as they could be. But indirectly, in other ways, they can be powerful, democratic tools.
I will play my small part in spreading the word.
If you accept that we are in mess, that socialism is the way to get us out of it and that Labour is the best party to do it, then fine. That's an opinion and debate worth having.
If, on the other hand, you think Gordon Brown is a victim of circumstance, who did everything he could to the best of his ability and that no-one could have managed this country and its finances better for the past 12 years...
...then you simply haven't being paying attention.
Great idea for a petition. Somewhat brave of No 10 to let it onto the site, too. But, to sign it I have to give me name, address, postcode, email address...
So let's try it and wait for the boys in blue with no shoulder IDs, using anti-terrorism laws no doubt, to come calling, put people on the DNA register, watch list for airports, etc.
Mine'll be the one with planted evidence in the pockets.
It was that bit about asking Gordo to pick a window. I think he's ready to move his IT life from DOS 6 now. Possibly even windows 98, or maybe only windows 95.
Sadly though, if you want to get authoritarianism, illiberality and censorship out of our political culture you can't just change the politicians. You have to change the minds (using the term loosely) of those people who keep voting for them.
OK, this *barely* belongs in "Government" but what did you lot honestly think would be behind an article titled "Go, Brown, go!"? Fashion advice? Some Home Office declaration that, unless you paint your walls a dark colour you're a terrorist?
Sure, another online petition doomed to be ignored utterly that allows anyone with a browser and a couple of minutes spare on a Friday afternoon to vent a little, not news (well apart from the fact it's been approved at all)
However, as has been shown by some comments, there *are* people who read El Reg who fit the above category. Not everything is written just especially for you, my preciouses. It's Friday, relax!
This is possibly the most laughable thread I've read on El Reg, and let's face it, there's some serious competition for that accolade.
I'm not sure which is more risible. The idea that anyone in government will, or should, pay any attention to a half-arsed online petition like this -- or the theory that the police are secretly monitoring it, and they'll be coming to get you if you sign!
You really think that you're striking a blow against the heart of government by adding your email address to this list? You really think that by doing so, you're sticking your head above the parapet in an action akin with standing in front of the tanks at Tiananmen Square? You pathetic, pompous, self-important twats.
More blatant right wing propaganda.
Since when did el Reg start employing trolls to write copy, that's what the comments are for surely.
As for the inevitable "who voted for him" question, his constituents did just like the rest of the MPs, ministers and denziens of the house. FFS what do these people want anyway, some sort of bloody phone in reality TV premier selection?! Make Cameron and whoever the LIbDem non-entity is eat wichery grubs while lying in a vat of leeches in some sort of demented bush tucker trial popularity contest just so the hard of thinking can say "oh I voted for him"
Actually on second thought.
please leave now.
OK, now only us intelligent ones are left, doesn't the volume of debate here suggest that this is something the readership of El Reg is interested in discussing?
just a thought
Paris, because if she can make her mark in politics so can El Reg
In an Age whenever IT is so Immediately Powerful, it is a National/InterNetional Disgrace that the IT Illiterati should be Public Offices of Control and Abusing and Amusing themselves at everyone else's Expense and Blaming Everyone and Everything Else for their Crass Incompetence, Blind Arrogance and Pernicious Follies, which in another Time would have had the Ring Leaders Rightly Rotting in the Tower, and that the IT Cogniscenti should have their Heads so far up their Alimentary Canals to be unaware of their own Ignorant Display in Folly Support via their Superior Where's the IT, No Politics here Angle.
Grow up, Children ..... And Blame Media for News Programs they Produce/Dream up and a Thoroughly Corrupt Banking and Manipulative Markets System, if you can Think that far/deeply, and Pathetic Politicians are not your Fare .
>By DJ Posted Friday 24th April 2009 12:48 GMT
>I still had a valid UK address.
>Who elected him in the first place?
Expats can vote, just watch it when you return to UK
>Resign? I want him forcibly ejected from the country
>By SuperTim Posted Friday 24th April 2009 12:54 GMT
Nope, we dont want him , or Blair, or wj etc (in Narnia that is, where I live!!)
I'm sorry, but did you just use the words "socialism" and "Labour" in the same sentence?
To everyone else, I think el reg was just using this particular example (of the government hosting an online petition against itself) as an object lesson in how important opinions expressed online really are.
Ooops. I walked into that one didn't I?
Obviously not a long term visitor of the Reg then or very aware that technology covers the internet too.
If the petition is online that more than satisfies the non-existent requirement of this website to make all stories tech-related.
For further stewing, exasperation and apoplexy, why not check out the Odds and Sods section.
I'll admit this isn't of the quality usually required.
No gay flamingos stealing baby flamingos from straight flamingos - proving gay chaps and lasses will steal our babies if we allow them to marry. No squirrels plaguing the neighbourhoods of London hopped up on crack. Not even a single case of a yoof trying to sell pot in a police station.
But nonetheless it is pretty damn funny, which is usually more relevant to this site than some boring shit about server virtualisation or yawning over who's processor scores higher on a few benchmarks.
Q: What Party in the UK is closest to saying: We the people, for the people?
Q: What Party in the UK is closest to saying: We the wealthy for the wealthy?
Q: What Party in the UK has tried its utmost to benefit the people by funds raised from the people?
Q: What Party in the UK has tried its utmost to benefit its own kind by funds raised from the people?
My preference is: Derog a Tory.
There are still people defending Labour?? What?? I didn't realise our country was plagued by a level of idiocy quite so severe. I mean, I knew things were bad - after all, Labour got in in the last election post Iraq invasion but I didn't know things were quite this bad in that 4 years of severe governmental raping of this country and it's citizens and they're still getting support.
If people are still defending Labour now, I can only think that our country is in terminal decline and there's possibly no hope to prevent that because a noticable percentage of our population are stupid enough to support a party that has literally turned our country from a top 5 world leader by most important measures into a mid-30s and falling state.
Still, I suppose about 30% of Americans supported Bush to the end so maybe every country has a disturbingly high percentage of painfully stupid people and at least as politicians go, they have someone at least relatively competent now, so perhaps there is some hope.
Us = like minded individuals with commonality in schooling and upbringing
People = prey. People have, from time to time, assets. We (that is the Us mentioned above) will prey upon people to ensure that they are divesting from their assets. Our greed is far, far, far more important than their need.
Society = never understood this one. It seems to be something but it costs money. And in doing so it diverts income from Us to others and that cannot be tolerated for a single moment.
Boom & bust = a natural sequence of events in which "people" are encouraged to build assets and we will divest "people" of those assets whenever we deem important so to do. This present *anking sector crisis is a classical example of Tory boom & bust.
We have decided to fund ... (ok lads, get in there, grab it quickly, efficiently and ruthlessly because this cash stream will stop sometime but until it does restructure and do what you will to grab it before it goes.)
Go Gordy go?
Yes, for sure. More years at the helm rebuilding the UK in a more democratic (don't get me started on that one. House of Lords = house of vested interest with nothing at all to do with notions of democracy, people or society but everything to do with vested interest or vested interest by proxy (it depends upon how much you want to pay)
Tory party = loose amalgam of Tory associates banded together by Us to further limit threats from Commoners and extend influence from Lords directly into the Commons)
Go Gordy Go = 4 more years!
Sure The Red Party have mucked up the country, but then again, so did The Blue Party when they were in power. Besides which, until the recession hit, The Blue Party were all in favour of increased deregulation for banks. Oops. Then they moaned at the government's life support package. They still like moaning about Welfare to Work schemes that encourage the long term unemployed to undertake further training or take up subsidised three month work trials.
Now they seem to have returned to their mantra of tax cuts. Which is strange since the local councils they run like moaning about the decreasing amount of money they're getting from central government.
Ideally The Red Party could do with one term in opposition, to take a break, regroup and reinvigorate their policies. However, give The Blue Party too much free reign and they'll make things even worse (they may want to protect "front line" jobs, but what about all the background staff that handle all the admin, IT, finance etc.?)
So when the election comes, a hung parliament or narrow majority to The Blue Party - perhaps coupled with a very stormy election day to make turnout abysmal...
If you don't wanna read political comment on el Reg, then don't click on the headlines! I couldn't give a monkeys about "big iron" datacentres, so i don't click on the links to stories about them. Thats the beauty of point and click interfaces, you have control over what appears on screen. Its not like ceefax nightscreen scrolling on BBC2.
"Anyone who thinks politics doesn't affect IT
please leave now."
Politics affects IT, yes. But the problem with this article is that it doesn't present any link. The "some link, somewhere" doesn't cut it. Why should we want Brown to resign?
Reg readers come to the Reg because they generally make a point, rather than engaging in the massive politician-press-public circle jerk and trying to encourage mindless, irrational groupthink. "Follow the crowd! Everyone else is evil wrong little (insert name of chosen ethno-socio-religious "inferior" grouping here)s.
While I can respect someone who says I'm wrong, I will only do so if he presents an argument as to WHY I'm wrong.
When someone jumps up and down screaming "Me want! Me want!" I will show my disapproval, just as I would to any other petulant child.
As in, those who don't learn from it just repeat it.
If the Tories are really that bad, how come the last two Labour governments have inherited healthy economies only to fsck them up as soon as they apply "traditional" Labour values?
Our previous Chancellor - the one who said he'd ended 'Boom and Bust' - started off by continuing the /previous/ mob's fiscal policies and things kept getting better. Then came his infamous "Aren't I wonderful" speech where he tried to convince the country he'd saved us from ever being poor again, and he went back to his Old Labour roots and things started going downhill again (house prices stagnated, unemployment up, taxes up, stealth taxes like the worthless Home Information Packs and regular fuel price increases, and so on).
Then came the start of the global collapse - AFTER Brown had started to ruin us again - but there are still a large number of people who cannot see this - they insist on blaming the Tories for Brown's mess when the Tories actually got us out of the mess left by the /last/ Labour government, led by James Callaghan. And now we have Alistair Darling telling us that we'll be out of this Recession by the end of 2010.
I doubt it, since we won't have a General Election until probably mid-2010 (and only then if they don't manage to use the Parliament Act to force through a change in the law - after all, who's going to protest when ZaNew Labour control the police?) and it will take the Tories another few years to recover from the shattered economy inherited from this bunch of incompetants.
So to all you who keep saying "Tories are worse", think on this - if the Tories are really as bad as you believe, how did Labour inherit such a healthy economy when they got in? And if they are right about us being the healthies economy in Europe, why are our Ministers the only ones mentioning even the merest possibility of going cap-in-hand to the IMF?
I'm over 25, out-of-work and a home-owner and car driver. The budget has screwed me over yet again. How am I better off under Labour?
El Reg has never been a narrow exclusion zone where only the nuts and bolts of electronic technology are up for discussion, and thank goodness for that. It would be completely disingenuous to ignore the wider social implications of the business we are engaged in.
As we have discovered to our cost in the last decade, having your head up your ass is not the optimum configuration for the maintenance of a fair and just society. Although this is the posture that our government and its commercial friends very much hopes we will continue to adopt.
So I welcome the fact that El Reg continues to make available a space where the technically competent are able to provide informed commentary on the abuses of our technology by politicians and businesses.Viva El Reg!
IanPotter writes, "More blatant right wing propaganda."
More tired "left wing" vs. "right wing" labelling. Is Labour really "left wing" in any sense any more? Or is "right wing" just a badly chosen euphemism for "anti-government", one step below "unpatriotic"?
"As for the inevitable "who voted for him" question, his constituents did just like the rest of the MPs, ministers and denziens of the house. FFS what do these people want anyway, some sort of bloody phone in reality TV premier selection?"
How about proper representation? A bit like in the European Parliament elections which, contrary to the beliefs of the most ardent nationalists amongst the Britards, probably have more democratic influence than getting your local incumbent elected once again and having him/her waffle on in the Commons while not daring to cross the Whip. And that's really saying something given that the EU is one of the most undemocratic policy fixing organisations in the "free world".
I didn't vote for Brown or Blair. But then, as I note above, in the "first past the post" system that so stimulates the average politicised Britard, my vote counts for virtually nothing in the archaic British parliamentary system. Even if the local MP took a dump in front of the assembled masses on St George's Day, all the loyalists and apologists would still insist that he's such a nice man and vote Labour anyway.
Just a warning from Australia. We finally got rid of that hated little man, John Howard, to the point where he not only lost the Election, but his seat as well, only the second time in Aussie history for that. So we welcomed the bright, shiny new government only to discover that their plans for us included a Chinese/Iranian style Internet censorship plan to take us back to our 1950's style isolation! So by all means sign the petition for Brown (and Wacky) to pick a window, but be careful about who (or what) replaces him.
whilst we are on the subject of getting No 10 petitions up and running i have just had one approved myself, this concerning the actions of the credit card companies who seem fully intent on going against everyone who is trying their best to deal with the credit crunch in a fair way (even if they have been coerced by the govt)
please check out, and sign if you agree, this one -
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The Gordon County Board of Commissioners will hold a work session on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at 5:45 p.m. via teleconference. In-person public access will not be allowed.
The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, 2020, via teleconference. In-person public access will not be allowed.
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Castor Brown Cherry Mirror, 42 1/8"W X 1 5/8"D X 36 3/8"H, 41.8lbs. This mirror offers a touch of rustic flair with a contemporary twist to redefine your personal space. Perfect for amping up the elegance of any bedroom, the exquisite features of the solid wood and wood veneer framework is available in 3 different finishes that can easily accommodate any particular style. Features: Transitional Style Solid Wood, Wood Veneer, Others Brown Cherry
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I’ve never seen anything like it in the years I’ve been writing about downtown businesses. Some businesses seem to hold a lot of promise, sometimes I’m not so sure. Sometimes I am pretty accurate in my assessment of their prospects and sometimes I’m surprised at their success – or the lack of it. Last summer when Cruze Farmannounced it would open a pop-up shop at 513 Union Avenue it ignited a reaction that didn’t stop until the store disappeared for the season. Lines often ran down the sidewalk and often stretched out the door well after the scheduled closing time.
It was hard to imagine it wouldn’t return after such a successful run and in recent weeks, as the weather has heated up toward ice cream time, rumors and speculation have heated up, as well. Guesses have run the gamut of all the places available downtown and a keen interest has been generated in the idea that this go-round might be permanent.
I spoke with Colleen Cruze-Bhatti over the weekend and she confirmed Cruze Farm will open another pop-up shop. The location announcement was actually cleverly included on the many receipts given for the ice cream sold at the Dogwood Arts Festival. Long lines formed before the truck officially opened and didn’t dissipate until the day ended – just like those at the store last year. Each receipt issued listed, “408 South Gay Street,” with the tag line, “Cruze Farm Opening May 18.”
Colleen told me there’s nothing that makes her happier than selling ice cream – because it makes everybody happy. She’s missed selling it all winter and has been working toward a shop in downtown. She also confirmed that there will be a permanent location, though the particular location is still a matter of discussion. Certain, however, is that Cruze Farm ice cream will be available from May 18 – September 15 at the former location of Archer’s Barbecue. After that, it’s not completely determined, though work has proceeded with McCarty Holsaple McCarty for a space design. For now, Colleen is considering her downtown options, but that Cruze Farm will establish a permanent presence isn’t in question.
The business will be a bit different from last year’s version. Cruze Farm hotdogs, which many had come to love through the Market Square Farmers’ Market will not be available at the pop-up store this summer. Colleen felt they were too time intensive to properly produce, contributing to the lines experienced at last year’s shop. While the new location will offer a larger amount of seating due to its much larger size, it will also offer greater outdoor seating possibilities with patio space available both in front of the store on Gay Street and to the rear on the promenade.
She’s also making plans to offer what she calls “fresh churned,” ice cream. She talked about how much better ice cream is directly out of the churn – and it also has less fat per serving because it has more air. For the rest of us, it’s what we might call soft serve and she’s working out the details of offering it at the new location. That may impact which and how many flavors are included, though they also may experiment with mixed-in ingredients and toppings. Use of a soft-serve machine should also speed up service time.
When the new store opens in two-and-a-half weeks, the hours will be longer than those offered last year. The store will open at noon seven days a week, closing at 10:00 PM on Sunday nights, 11:00 PM through the week and at midnight on weekends.
So, we’ll be able to get our Cruze Farm ice cream fix starting in a couple of weeks at 408 South Gay and afterwards we’ll be able to continue the relationship on a permanent basis at a location to be announced at a later time. Stay tuned.
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I’ve been wondering about the world this past week. More so than normal. Between the government here calling for firms to create lists of all foreign workers (later abandoned, fortunately), the scary statements on leaving the EU, and Trump’s comments about women, it has all made me nervous. Has it made you nervous? Should we be nervous? I no longer know. So I spent the weekend making cake (birthdays x 2) and a long, relaxed Sunday lunch. Because at times like this, cooking seems the best thing to make sense of other things. Or at least to concentrate on something life-giving and nourishing.
So making this pasta this week.
The 339 books read on Gilmore Girls. I really like this list. If I ever struggle to find something to read (unlikely, given the growing stash at my bed, on the coffee table, in the kitchen) I may refer to this.
The hidden realities of PhD life. And some of the potential monetary costs you will incur. Writing a thesis was incredibly hard, demoralising (most of the time), and confidence-knocking but this year post-thesis has, in fact, been harder. I no longer know certain about being an academic. Writing is hard work but the self-doubt, competition, and constant refrain of ‘not quite good enough’ has made me question the path I thought I would follow. Now I am focused on writing more widely, developing my own business, and finding somewhere we would like to live for a while (a key step towards all the rest).
Photographs of Foula, an island where just 30 people live.
How much of a crush do you have on Jacques Pépin after watching this video?
An infographic of London coffee-house names.
Should chefs be involved in shaping the food system?
Cultural appropriation and authentic cuisine.
It was Canadian Thanksgiving yesterday. I like the sound of all the foods, frankly, but the butter tarts! Oh my.
I worry a lot about how much we use the web, how often whilst watching a tv series or a movie I am tempted to check on something. Just quickly. I am actively working on reducing my mindless web use. This writer gave it all up for a while and discusses our addiction to information, the need for stillness and silence and the importance of sometimes switching everything off.
On the importance of books and libraries.
Molly Wizenberg on tastes of home and soup.
If you are in Cape Town, this looks like the most insanely cool event ever.
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Into the end credits for the film Reeker, the film-makers inserted the following note: “If you’re a film reviewer and you’re uninspired enough to use the phrase “this movie stinks” or any other lame pun/riff on the title – ha ha ha.” I noticed this as I like to let the credits roll until the very end so I can be sure that there’s no after credit scenes. How confident in your material would you have to be to insert a comment like this? Would you perhaps be concerned that the reviews may not be stellar so you try to get a dig in advance? And what would lead to such a monumental lack of confidence in your own film that you would be so concerned? In my opinion the only thing that could have caused such a crisis of confidence is if they’d actually watched the movie!
Breathe through your mouth!
Reeker has borrowed heavily from other films, which is a nice way of saying it stole a bunch of ideas and threw them together for the purposes of making money. The five kids on a road trip (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) are made up of two girls and three guys, one of whom is disabled (Chainsaw Massacre again – though this time the guy is blind not in a wheelchair). There’s no petrol at the rest stop (Chainsaw, again). The kids at the motel are killed off one at a time while there are parallel events in the real world (Identity). This goes on and on.
Reeker does have one or two decent moments, like the cute girl getting killed in the outdoor privy and the horrible injuries some of the victims suffer are good effects, but the whole thing is woefully predictable and not scary at all, though I’d imagine younger viewers would jump at the right moments. The biggest complaint though has to be how boring the film is. There are long sections where nothing happens at all – I’m not kidding when I say I fell asleep watching Reeker I was that bored.
Two thumbs down for Reeker.
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Curl Tail Grub 3’ – 10 Count – Pink Sparkle
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Create your own themed battlefield representing the towns and outposts under construction by the Dawnbringer Crusades. As the forces of order strike out into the wilds of the Mortal Realms, they bring with arcane caravans full of the materials needed to forge new settlements.
Towering constructs made of stone and gold, Guardian Idols are placed around the perimeter of a stronghold or town, warding away beast and invader alike with a mix of shielding magic and intimidating, ornately wrought features.
This kit is comprised of 15 plastic components, with which you can assemble one Guardian Idol with a choice of two different sculpted heads for use in games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. This kit is supplied unpainted and requires assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel paints.
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Miss Lala tights are made in Italy, a few kilometers south of the beautiful Lake Garda in Lombardy. We use the expertise and Italian know-how in the weaving and knitting of hosiery to bring you high quality and ultra-comfortable tights.
Our manufacturing origins are transparent. Our collection is unpretentious, ethical and sustainable. Our packaging is plastic-free, made from recycled materials and 100% recyclable.
We respect workers' rights and make sure this is the case with every supplier and partner. We do not sell in online marketplaces such as Amazon and prefer to deal directly with you, our valued customers, small business owners and retailers.
Our clothes are soft and safe for your health and that of your loved ones. All our materials are tested to ensure that they do not contain toxic elements and meet the OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 certification.
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CompTIA Certified Team Award for 2021!
COMPTIA AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
We are pleased to announce that our Technical & Operations team has officially received the CompTIA Certified Team Award for 2021!
More than 17 members of our T&O team now hold multiple CompTIA certifications, including the most advanced CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+).
What is the CompTIA Certified Team Award?
The award’s purpose is to recognize organizations that have made a commitment to having 15 or more staff certified by CompTIA(Computing Technology Industry Association), which is one of the top trade associations in the IT industry. Certification and accreditation by the CompTIA boost Movaci’s recognition and status in the industry worldwide.
How is this relevant to you, the customer?
This award is yet another proof of Movaci’s drive toward excellence. We are unceasing in our pursuit to train and re-train our staff to keep up with the unending demand of the IT industry. Rest assured that we are striving to be the very best for you. We are the right company for you to depend upon when it comes to your data and security.
We will continue to train and certify our staff for the rest of 2021 and beyond. We will keep you updated as we achieve even more.
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Separate rooms in the vault setup allow for privacy in the private quarters and more functional use of space in the facilities section.
The kit contains twenty-four (24) OneUp modules that you can use to build and customize your underground vault setups.
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Suggestions for Holiday Shows and Movies
While the holidays can create a busier social calendar than usual, with more time away from the office, it should create a little more quiet leisure time, too. How are you planning to fill the hours? The ScholarNet team shares some of what we’ll be watching.
As Senior Marketing Associate Diane Borchardt points out, she and her family have enjoyed seeing many (but nowhere near all!) of the Guthrie Theatre’s adaptations of “A Christmas Carol” in Minneapolis over the past 45 years. Many cities and community theater groups have similar traditions, regularly doing productions of “A Christmas Carol,” “The Nutcracker Suite,” and other classics. So if you haven’t been in a while, we strongly recommend taking in a live show as a special treat.
Classic Holiday Movies and TV
There’s a holiday classic from every era, appealing to nearly every sensibility, and the ScholarNet team seems to enjoy them all. While Diane enjoys the tradition of watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” each year, several team members couldn’t stop at just one favorite.
In addition to the famous Jimmy Stewart/Donna Reed film, Care Team Specialist, Lisa Valentine named other favorites over the years, including “White Christmas,” “Christmas Vacation,” “Home Alone,” the 1994 remake of “Miracle on 34th Street,” and “Elf.”
Animated shows such as “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman”—and the classic Claymation versions of “Rudolph” and “Frosty,” along with “The Year Without a Santa Claus”—are still high on the must-see lists for Lisa, along with numerous other nostalgic viewers each year.
Other Series and Movies
Had enough of jingle bells and Santa Claus? The holidays are a great time to re-watch old favorites. “If you’re doing holiday cooking/baking, or just snuggling on the couch, ‘Friends’ is sure to keep you entertained,” notes Marketing Manager, Lindsay Sanderson.
If that’s not going back far enough for you, Marketing Specialist Angela Wheaten points out that Amazon Prime carries all seasons of “Little House on the Prairie.” If you’re looking for a shorter commitment, Lindsay adds that “’You’ve Got Mail,’ ‘Sleepless in Seattle,’ ‘Notting Hill,’ ‘While You Were Sleeping,’ and ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ are just a few of the great 90’s romantic comedies that will warm you from the inside out.”
While it’s not in keeping with the holiday warm fuzzies, Diane suggests “The Handmaid’s Tale” series for those who haven’t watched it. Diane also recommends the historical fiction series “Kurt Seyt and Shura” based on a suggestion made to her by a financial aid administrator at the Eastern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Association (EASFAA) conference in May.
On Netflix, Angela has enjoyed (and recommends) both seasons of the series “Imposters,” as well as a modern new take on “Anne of Green Gables” called “Anne With an ‘E’” (two seasons). She also recommends documentaries available through Amazon Prime – in particular, one about Fiona Oakes titled “Running for Good,” and the other called “Free Solo.”
Meanwhile, Lisa will be enjoying episodes of her favorite show, “Survivor.” (At last count, a total of 590 contestants have competed on the show’s 39 seasons – so that should get you through your winter break if you run out of other things to watch.)
Time to Put Your Feet Up
The holidays will be here and gone before we know it, but in the meantime, we hope we’ve given you some ideas for what we’ll be watching and reading over the break.
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US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun is set to meet with Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Lithuania on Monday. Since the August 9th presidential election in Belarus, the US and EU have rejected the results and called for a fresh round.
Tsikhanouskaya is the main Belarus opposition leader who fled to Lithuania shortly after the vote, citing fear of arrest. Official results of the August 9th election gave the incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko about 80 percent of the votes and about ten percent to Tsikhanouskaya. Lukashenko’s opposition says the vote was rigged and illegitimate.
Protests for new elections continue in Belarus, with tens of thousands marching in Minsk on Sunday. The visit from Biegun, who’s second only to Mike Pompeo in the State Department, shows the high level of US support for the opposition in Belarus. Biegun will stop in Lithuania on his way to Moscow.
Lukashenko fears outside forces are working to oust him, and claims NATO is building troops on Belarus’ border. NATO denies any military buildup on Belarus’ border and says the alliance is strictly defensive. Belarus borders three NATO countries to its west; Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Russia has pledged military support for Lukashenko if it is necessary to keep the president in power.
Last week, the EU announced a plan to impose sanctions on individuals in Belarus over claims of election fraud. The EU also reiterated its call for a new round of elections.
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That past two weeks have gone quickly, haven’t they? It seems like only yesterday that I was signing off the last email, finishing off the eggnog and sending festive platitudes to one and all. And here we are, peering cautiously into the work diary, not quite able to believe that it has come to this. But we’re not downhearted here at Nidd Valley House. Oh no! Bolstered by a brilliant set of results over the Christmas break, and looking forward to intervals starting again (we are good to you) and the imminent publication of the 2016 championships, there’s plenty to be excited about.
In the weekend before Christmas, when you were frantically doing last minute Christmas shopping Carol Morgan took part in the Tour de Helvellyn in the Lake District. Nonchalantly described as a “around 38 miles with several thousand feet of ascent” (it might just be me, but if we’re talking in thousands, then quite what you mean by the term ‘several’ is important), this wasn’t an event for the faint-hearted. Always tireless, Carol finished the event in 8:29:46, so the organisers are obviously better at measuring times than they are distances. Nice work, Carol.
While I was up at Fugill Towers in Northumberland, Harrogate enjoyed a moving performance of the Nidd Valley Nativity at Christmas Day Parkrun. First over the line were those three wise men of Nidd Valley: Edoardo Piano (20:59), Jon Easton (21:35) and Damien Handslip. Taking a break from watching their flocks by night, shepherds Paul Manning (23:51), Jim Cook (24:36), Moira McTague (24:52) and Nick Smith (25:06) were the next to enter the finishing funnel via the stable door. King Herod himself Dave Seaman (25:09) was next in, with some talk of slaughtering the innocent children, so it’s a good job that Sarah Lofthouse (25:43) had dad Martin (25:44) watching her back. But what is this? Hark! The herald angels sing of some equally impressive results: Sarah Hughan (26:16), Dave Rushton (27:58) and Tony LC (28:11). And lighting up the skies above the stray, the angelic throngs of Rebecca Ventress (29:40), Debbie Dilasser (30:05), Philippa Moorse (30:06), Jane Hill (37:59) and Michelle Dinsdale (45:44).
And, with the Nidd Valley Nativity finished for another year, we turn ourselves to the Boxing Day results at Harrogate. Clearly not weighed down by his Christmas day feed, Martin Lofthouse (19:51) was first home for the team, followed by Edoardo Piano (21:24), Christine “I swap clothes in pubs” Jones (26:49), Sarah “they were my clothes” Hughan (27:56), Tony LC (31:46), Jane Hill (31:51) and Michelle Dinsdale (39:27). Well done to you all – an amazing effort.
With frankly apocalyptic rainfall on Boxing Day, it was only a few hardy Nidds that ventured out to compete in the Chevin Chase. Described as a “challenging course”, with most of the seven miles under water, it’s special congratulations to our very own Six Athletes of the Apocalypse: Andy Todd (50:08), Carol Morgan (54:03), Simon Franklin (58:14), Dave Prince (1:06:16), Rachael Prince (1:14:04) and Sarah Chalmers (1:21:53)
Whether or not she stayed up late to celebrate the New Year, I can’t say, but Carol Morgan (4:28:49) still made impressive work of the Hardmoors 30 Race on New Year’s Day. Leaving most of her competitors in the dust (or should that be mud?) round the course around Whitby, Ravenscar and Robin Hood’s Bay, Carol was second female over the finish line. As ever, Carol, amazing stuff. Well done.
Don’t worry, you’re not seeing double (though you should probably lay off the port and stilton now) but some Nidds headed to do the Parkrun double in Leeds on New Year’s Day. At Woodhouse Moor, Martin Lofthouse (19:12) led the troops home, followed by Christine Jones (25:19), Jane Hill (30:00) and Fiona Robinson (31:53). Jumping in the car, they shot over to Temple Newsam, where Martin Lofthouse (19:52) did his second race of the day faster than I can do one on fresh legs. Moira McTague (25:00) soon joined Martin on the finish line, and I’m unable to clarify whether Christine Jones (27:09) finished in her own kit or somebody else’s. Rebecca Ventress (29:22) soon came steaming over the line, followed by Jane Hill (31:37) and Fiona Robinson (34:27). Again, that’s a brilliant set of results, and particular congratulations to all who took on the challenge of the double.
And the congratulations just keep coming, this time for Paul (22:29) and Rachel Geary (29:39) who took a break from visiting family to fit in a quick spin round the Leamington Park Run on Saturday, and to Andy Todd (18:55) and Maurice Kelly (21:40) who headed up to Fountains. But the biggest cheer at Nidd Valley House was for Rebecca Ventress who completed her 50th Parkrun at Harrogate in a cracking 28:57. Keen to cheer Rebecca home (especially as she was making everyone bacon sandwiches – does anyone else detect a theme here?), here’s the line up in the most athletic of identity parades: Martin Lofthouse (19:38), Matt Wilkinson (21:41), Ben Baird (23:21), Christine Holleran (24:07), Moira McTague (25:06), Nick Smith (26:42), Tony LC (27:38), Rachael Prince (27:59), Philippa Moorse (30:09), Jane Hill (30:16), Hannah Peagram (31:46), Fiona Robinson (33:21), Michelle Dinsdale (34:14) and Amanda Smith (39:27). Well done, peeps.
You know what the PECOs are like. We’ll never get the results. So for now, you’ll just have to make do with a list of timeless congratulations to all of you who negotiated the Middleton course: Matt Wilkinson, Andy Todd, Debbie Gibson, Sarah Chalmers and Michelle Smith. A certain Nidd dropped out this race as, in her words, she “couldn’t be arsed”. Obviously, all of us here at Nidd Valley House wouldn’t stoop so low as to name and shame our brethren, so instead we’ll just identify her by her initials: PM.
That is probably the longest results write-up in history. You know how it is, people, you take a week off and just have to do double when you get back. Still, has to be done and, as Her Maj says: duty first and self second. Keep the results coming: [email protected].
The Week Ahead
• Tuesday: Intervals! Yeah baby, yeah! If you want to feel the burn, get to the Hockey Club for 7pm, or Montpellier Hill for 7.10pm. You’ve got to love intervals, and they’re the best way to get you match fit for the summer race season (and, for the avoidance of doubt, we’re taking the mob match trophy back).
• Thursday: This week it’s Knaresborough. So it’s out down Kingsley, down the big hill to Knaresborough, along Waterside (Bed Race Hill challenge, anyone?), then back along Forest Moor, Morrisons and home. As ever, plenty of options to cut back or extend, plus the chance to sneak preview the route: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/926360373. Meet at the Hockey Club at 7pm.
• Saturday: there’s a night race organised by the Hardmoors lot up on the North York Moors. For those who find fell running in the daylight just a little bit tame, then you’ll find this is right up your alley (so to speak). Frome experience, they’re usually only about 5-6 miles, but you do need your wits about you, know what you’re doing, and be a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Let me know if you want to come, and I’ll get some more details and we’ll get a car together.
Emma’s Stretch of the Week
SPECIAL OFFER: Just for you, for one week only, at an exclusive price of nothing, Emma will demonstrate this week’s stretch for you, in person. You’ll just have to go to the intervals to hear about it.
Alternatively, you might choose to think that Emma forgot to send me a stretch. Which is more likely. And more believable. And true.
Awards Night: Saturday 30 January 2016
Tickets are now on sale for this most exciting of nights. The butlers at Nidd Valley HQ are trimming the candle wicks, polishing the silverware and rolling out the red carpet. It’d be great if you could make it. The tickets are a steal at only £20, and includes posh meal, disco, and the chance to see the chairman dance. If you want a ticket or to find out more, please speak to Judy: [email protected].
AGM: Thursday 18 February 2016
Will you come if we buy you some pizza?
Thought you would.
Though, as an aside, if you did want to stand for a position or to ask any questions, then you know where to find me: [email protected].
A Word to the Wise
This week’s final blessing will be given by Dave and Rachael Prince, as they reflect upon the Chevin Chase and the place of digital media in married life:
Dave: “Odd day. You wait the whole of your married life to see your wife on video and there she is being chased by a Christmas pudding.”
Rachael: “It bloody beat me.”
For those of you returning to work tomorrow, do try and have a good week. It won’t be as bad as you imagine. I promise.
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At least two Iraqis were killed and 28 more were wounded in the latest attacks, but it was a massive sandstorm that killed or harmed even more people today.
One person was killed and 16 more wounded when a bomb exploded near a southern Kirkuk restaurant. A sticky bomb wounded a colonel. Three suspects were arrested and several explosives were located earlier in the day.
A blast on a highway in Khanaqin wounded four people, including a district director for Saidiya.
A man was killed inside his shop in Ramadi.
In Mosul, police accidentally wounded a civilian.
Three people were wounded in separate attacks in and around Baquba.
Iraq officials forcibly removed 17 Camp Ashraf patients — several of them critical, three of them women — from a Baquba hospital and returned to the camp.
A bomb factory was found in Falluja.
Members of the Sadrist bloc promised to protect Iraqi Christians as they would all others.
A Kurdish opposition party politician accused Asayesh forces of trying to assassinate him.
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Giovanna Borradori: September 11 [le 11 septembre] gave us the impression of being a major event, one of the most important historical events we will witness in our lifetime, especially for those of us who never lived through a world war. Do you agree?
Jacques Derrida: Le 11 septembre, as you say, or, since we have agreed to speak two languages, "September 11." We will have to return later to this question of language. As well as to this act of naming: a date and nothing more. When you say "September 11" you are already citing, are you not? You are inviting me to speak here by recalling, as if in quotation marks, a date or a dating that has taken over our public space and our private lives for five weeks now. Something fait date, I would say in a French idiom, something marks a date, a date in history; that is always what's most striking, the very impact of what is at least felt, in an apparently immediate way, to be an event that truly marks, that truly makes its mark, a singular and, as they say here, "unprecedented" event. I say "apparently immediate" because this "feeling" is actually less spontaneous than it appears: it is to a large extent conditioned, constituted, if not actually constructed, circulated at any rate through the media by means of a prodigious techno-socio-political machine. "To mark a date in history" presupposes, in any case, that "something" comes or happens for the first and last time, "something" that we do not yet really know how to identify, determine, recognize, or analyze but that should remain from here on in unforgettable: an ineffaceable event in the shared archive of a universal calendar, that is, a supposedly universal calendar, for these are—and I want to insist on this at the outset—only suppositions and presuppositions. Unrefined and dogmatic, or else carefully considered, organized, calculated, strategic—or all of these at once. For the index pointing toward this date, the bare act, the minimal deictic, the minimalist aim of this dating, also marks something else. Namely, the fact that we perhaps have no concept and no meaning available to us to name in any other way this "thing" that has just happened, this supposed "event." An act of "international terrorism," for example, and we will return to this, is anything but a rigorous concept that would help us grasp the singularity of what we will be trying to discuss. "Something" took place, we have the feeling of not having seen it coming, and certain consequences undeniably follow upon the "thing." But this very thing, the place and meaning of this "event," remains ineffable, like an intuition without concept, like a unicity with no generality on the horizon or with no horizon at all, out of range for a language that admits its powerlessness and so is reduced to pronouncing mechanically a date, repeating it endlessly, as a kind of ritual incantation, a conjuring poem, a journalistic litany or rhetorical refrain that admits to not knowing what it's talking about. We do not in fact know what we are saying or naming in this way: September 11, le 11 septembre, September 11. The brevity of the appellation (September 11, 9/11) stems not only from an economic or rhetorical necessity. The telegram of this metonymy—a name, a number—points out the unqualifiable by recognizing that we do not recognize or even cognize that we do not yet know how to qualify, that we do not know what we are talking about.
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Borradori: Where were you on September 11?
Derrida: I was in Shanghai, at the end of a long trip to China. It was nighttime there, and the owner of the cafe I was in with a couple of friends came to tell us that an airplane had "crashed" into the Twin Towers. I hurried back to my hotel, and from the very first televised images, those of CNN, I note, it was easy to foresee that this was going to become, in the eyes of the world, what you called a "major event." Even if what was to follow remained, to a certain extent, invisible and unforeseeable. But to feel the gravity of the event and its "worldwide" implications it was enough simply to mobilize a few already tested political hypotheses. As far as I could tell, China tried during the first few days to circumscribe the importance of the event, as if it were a more or less local incident. But this organized interpretation, informed by the current state of U.S.-China relations (diplomatic tensions and incidents of various sorts), ended up having to yield to other exigencies: CNN and other international media outlets have penetrated Chinese space, and China too, after all, has its own "Muslim" problem. It thus became necessary to join in some way the "antiterrorist" "coalition." It would be necessary to analyze, in the same vein, the motivations and interests behind all the different geopolitical or strategico-diplomatic shifts that have "invested," so to speak, "September 11." (For example, the warming in relations between Bush and Putin, who has been given a freer hand in Chechnya, and the very useful but very hasty identification of Palestinian terrorism with international terrorism, which now calls for a universal response.) In both cases, certain parties have an interest in presenting their adversaries not only as terrorists—which they in fact are to a certain extent—but only as terrorists, indeed as "international terrorists" who share the same logic or are part of the same network and who must thus be opposed, it is claimed, not through counterterrorism but through a "war," meaning, of course, a "nice clean" war. The "facts" clearly show that these distinctions are lacking in rigor, impossible to maintain, and easily manipulated for certain ends.
Borradori: A radical deconstruction of the distinction between war and terrorism, as well as between different types of terrorism (such as national and international), makes it very difficult to conceive of politics in a strategic sense. Who are the actors on the world stage? How many of them are there? Isn't there here the risk of total anarchy?
Derrida: The word "anarchy" risks making us abandon too quickly the analysis and interpretation of what indeed looks like pure chaos. We must do all that we can to account for this appearance. We must do everything possible to make this new "disorder" as intelligible as possible. The analysis we sketched out earlier tried to move in that direction: an end of the "Cold War" that leaves just one camp, a coalition, actually, of states claiming sovereignty, faced with anonymous and nonstate organizations, armed and virtually nuclear powers. And these powers can also, without arms and without explosions, without any attacks in person, avail themselves of incredibly destructive computer technologies, technologies capable of operations that in fact have no name (neither war nor terrorism) and that are no longer carried out in the name of a nation-state, and whose "cause," in all senses of this word, is difficult to define (there's the theological cause, the ethnic cause, the socioeconomic cause, and so on). On no side is the logic of sovereignty ever put into question (political sovereignty or that of the nation-state—itself of ontotheological origin, though more or less secularized in one place and purely theological and nonsecularized in another): not on the side of the nation-states and the great powers that sit on the Security Council, and not on the other side, or other sides, since there is precisely an indeterminate number of them. Everyone will no doubt point to existing international law (the foundations of which remain, I believe, perfectible, revisable, in need of recasting, both conceptually and institutionally). But this international law is nowhere respected. And as soon as one party does not respect it the others no longer consider it respectable and begin to betray it in their turn. The United States and Israel are not the only ones who have become accustomed to taking all the liberties they deem necessary with UN resolutions.
To answer your question more specifically, I would say that the United States is perhaps not the sole target, perhaps not even the central or ultimate target, of the operation with which the name "bin Laden" is associated, at least by metonymy. The point may be to provoke a military and diplomatic situation that destabilizes certain Arab countries torn between a powerful public opinion (which is anti-American if not anti-Western, for countless reasons stemming from a complex, centuries old history, but then also, in the aftermath of an era of colonialism or imperialism, from poverty, oppression, and ideologico-religious indoctrination) and the necessity of basing their nondemocratic authority on diplomatic, economic, and military ties with the United States. First on the list here would be Saudi Arabia, which remains the privileged enemy of everything that might be represented by a "bin Laden" (a name I use always as a synecdoche) or a Saddam Hussein. Yet Saudi Arabia (an important family and an important oil-producing power), while maintaining its ties with its American "protector," "client," and "boss," fuels all the hotbeds of Arab Islamic fanaticism if not "terrorism" in the world. This is one of the paradoxical situations, once again autoimmunitary, of what you called "total anarchy": the movements and shifts in the strategic oil alliances between the United States (self-styled champion of the democratic ideal, of human rights, and so on) and regimes about which the least that can be said is that they do not correspond to this model. Such regimes (I used the example of Saudi Arabia, though it would be necessary to speak of the equally serious case of Pakistan) are also the enemies or targets of those who organize so-called "international terrorism" against the U.S. and, at least virtually, their allies. That makes for more than one triangle. And with all the angling going on between these triangles, it is difficult to disentangle the real from the alleged motivation, oil from religion, politics from economics or military strategy. The "bin Laden" type of diatribe against the American devil thus combines such themes as the perversion of faith and nonbelief, the violation of the sacred places of Islam, the military presence near Mecca, the support of Israel, and the oppression of Arab Muslim populations. But if this rhetoric clearly resonates with the populations and even the media of the Arab and Muslim world, the governments of Arab Muslim states (the majority of which care about as much for human rights and democracy as bin Laden does) are almost all hostile in principle, as "governments," to the "bin Laden" network and its discourse. One thus has to conclude that "bin Laden" is also working to destabilize them…
Borradori: Which would be the standard objective of terrorists, to overturn but not take over, to destabilize the current situation.
Derrida: The most common strategy consists always in destabilizing not only the principal, declared enemy but also, at the same time, in a kind of quasi-domestic confrontation, those much closer. Sometimes even one's own allies. This is another necessary consequence of the same autoimmunitary process. In all wars, all civil wars, all partisan wars or wars for liberation, the inevitable escalation leads one to go after one's rival partners no less than one's so-called principal adversary. During the Algerian War, between 1954 and 1962, what sometimes looked like "fratricidal" acts of violence between different insurrectional forces proved sometimes just as extreme as those between these groups and the French colonial forces.
This is yet one more reason not to consider everything that has to do with Islam or with the Arab Muslim "world" as a "world," or at least as one homogeneous whole. And wanting to take all these divisions, differences, and differends into account does not necessarily constitute an act of war; nor does trying to do everything possible to ensure that in this Arab Muslim "world," which is not a world and not a world that is one, certain currents do not take over, namely, those that lead to fanaticism, to an obscurantism armed to the teeth with modern technoscience, to the violation of every juridico-political principle, to the cruel disregard for human rights and democracy, to a nonrespect for life. We must help what is called Islam and what is called "Arab" to free themselves from such violent dogmatism. We must help those who are fighting heroically in this direction on the inside, whether we are talking about politics in the narrow sense of the term or else about an interpretation of the Koran. When I say that we must do this for what is called Islam and what is called "Arab," I obviously mean that we must not do any less when it comes to Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia!
Borradori: Earlier you emphasized the essential role of international organizations and the need to cultivate a respect for international law. Do you think that the kind of terrorism linked to the al- Qaeda organization and to bin Laden harbors international political ambitions?
Derrida: What appears to me unacceptable in the "strategy" (in terms of weapons, practices, ideology, rhetoric, discourse, and so on) of the "bin Laden effect" is not only the cruelty, the disregard for human life, the disrespect for law, for women, the use of what is worst in technocapitalist modernity for the purposes of religious fanaticism. No, it is, above all, the fact that such actions and such discourse open onto no future and, in my view, have no future. If we are to put any faith in the perfectibility of public space and of the world juridico-political scene, of the "world" itself, then there is, it seems to me, nothing good to be hoped for from that quarter. What is being proposed, at least implicitly, is that all capitalist and modern technoscientific forces be put in the service of an interpretation, itself dogmatic, of the Islamic revelation of the One. Nothing of what has been so laboriously secularized in the forms of the "political," of "democracy," of "international law," and even in the nontheological form of sovereignty (assuming, again, that the value of sovereignty can be completely secularized or detheologized, a hypothesis about which I have my doubts), none of this seems to have any place whatsoever in the discourse "bin Laden." That is why, in this unleashing of violence without name, if I had to take one of the two sides and choose in a binary situation, well, I would. Despite my very strong reservations about the American, indeed European, political posture, about the "international antiterrorist" coalition, despite all the de facto betrayals, all the failures to live up to democracy, international law, and the very international institutions that the states of this "coalition" themselves founded and supported up to a certain point, I would take the side of the camp that, in principle, by right of law, leaves a perspective open to perfectibility in the name of the "political," democracy, international law, international institutions, and so on. Even if this "in the name of" is still merely an assertion and a purely verbal commitment. Even in its most cynical mode, such an assertion still lets resonate within it an invincible promise. I don't hear any such promise coming from "bin Laden," at least not one for this world.
Borradori: It seems that you place your hopes in the authority of international law.
Derrida: Yes. In the first place, as imperfect as they may be, these international institutions should be respected in their deliberations and their resolutions by the sovereign states who are members of them and who have thus subscribed to their charters. I mentioned just a moment ago the serious failings of certain "Western" states with regard to these commitments. Such failings would stem from at least two series of causes.
First, they would have to do with the very structure of the axioms and principles of these systems of law and thus of the charters and conventions that institutionalize them. Reflection (of what I would call a "deconstructive" type) should thus, it seems to me, without diminishing or destroying these axioms and principles, question and refound them, endlessly refine and universalize them, without becoming discouraged by the aporias such work must necessarily encounter.
But second, such failings, in the case of states as powerful as the United States and Israel (which is supported by the U.S.), are not subject to any dissuasive sanctions. The United Nations has neither the force nor the means for such sanctions. It is thus necessary to do everything possible (a formidable and imposing task for the very long term) to ensure that these current failings in the present state of these institutions are effectively sanctioned and, in truth, discouraged in advance by a new organization. This would mean that an institution such as the UN (once modified in its structure and charter—and I'm thinking here particularly of the Security Council) would have to have at its disposal an effective intervening force and thus no longer have to depend in order to carry out its decisions on rich and powerful, actually or virtually hegemonic, nation-states, which bend the law in accordance with their force and according to their interests. Sometimes quite cynically.
I'm not unaware of the apparently utopic character of the horizon I'm sketching out here, that of an international institution of law and an international court of justice with their own autonomous force. Though I do not hold law to be the last word in ethics, politics, or anything else, though this unity of force and law (which is required by the very concept of law, as Kant explains so well) is not only utopic but aporetic (since it implies that beyond the sovereignty of the nation-state, indeed beyond democratic sovereignty—whose ontotheological foundations must be deconstructed—we would nonetheless be reconstituting a new figure, though not necessarily state-related, of universal sovereignty, of absolute law with an effective autonomous force at its disposal), I continue to believe that it is faith in the possibility of this impossible and, in truth, undecidable thing from the point of view of knowledge, science, and conscience that must govern all our decisions.
Borradori: It might be said that this terrorist attack was, in one sense, an attack against the principle of sovereignty that the United States has over its own land, yet also an attack on the sovereign role the United States plays vis-à-vis the Western world, at once politically, economically, and culturally. Have these two attacks destabilized the concept of sovereignty as it has been developed by Western modernity?
Derrida: Those called "terrorists" are not, in this context, "others," absolute others whom we, as "Westerners," can no longer understand. We must not forget that they were often recruited, trained, and even armed, and for a long time, in various Western ways by a Western world that itself, in the course of its ancient as well as very recent history, invented the word, the techniques, and the "politics" of "terrorism." Next, one has to divide, or at least differentiate, all the "wholes" or "groups" to which we might be tempted to attribute responsibility for this terrorism. It's not "the Arabs" in general, nor Islam, nor the Arab Islamic Middle East. Each of these groups is heterogeneous, filled with tensions, conflicts, and essential contradictions, with, in truth, what we have been calling self-destructive, quasi-suicidal, autoimmunitary processes. The same goes for the "West." What is, to my eyes, very important for the future, and I will return to this later, is also a difference, indeed up to a certain point and within certain limits, an opposition, between the United States (or let's say, more honestly, so as not to be too unfair to American society, what dominates and even governs in the United States) and a certain Europe. And precisely in relationship to the problems we are discussing. For the "coalition" that has just formed around the United States remains fragile and heterogeneous. It is not only Western, and the "front" without front of this "war" without war does not pit the West against the East or against the Far East (indeed China ended up joining, in its own way, the coalition), or the Middle East, where every country condemned, more or less sincerely, the terrorism and agreed to fight it. Some are doing so with rhetoric alone, others by providing military and logistical support. As for the European nations and NATO, their commitment to the so-called "coalition" remains very complex; it varies from one country to the next and public opinion is far from being won over to the American initiatives. The shifts in these alliances, the warming in relations between Putin's Russia and Bush's United States, the at least partial solidarity of China in the same struggle, are changing the geopolitical landscape and strengthening, though also complicating, the American position, which needs all these agreements in order to act.
What would give me the most hope in the wake of all these upheavals is a potential difference between a new figure of Europe and the United States. I say this without any Eurocentrism. Which is why I am speaking of a new figure of Europe. Without forsaking its own memory, by drawing upon it, in fact, as an indispensable resource, Europe could make an essential contribution to the future of the international law we have been discussing. I hope that there will be, "in Europe," "philosophers" able to measure up to the task (I use quotation marks here because these "philosophers" of European tradition will not necessarily be professional philosophers but jurists, politicians, citizens, even European noncitizens; and I use them because they might be "European," "in Europe," without living in the territory of a nationstate in Europe, finding themselves in fact very far away, distance and territory no longer having the significance they once did). But I persist in using this name "Europe," even if in quotation marks, because, in the long and patient deconstruction required for the transformation to come, the experience Europe inaugurated at the time of the Enlightenment (Lumières, Aufklärung, Illuminismo) in the relationship between the political and the theological or, rather, the religious, though still uneven, unfulfilled, relative, and complex, will have left in European political space absolutely original marks with regard to religious doctrine (notice I'm not saying with regard to religion or faith but with regard to the authority of religious doctrine over the political). Such marks can be found neither in the Arab world nor in the Muslim world, nor in the Far East, nor even, and here's the most sensitive point, in American democracy, in what in fact governs not the principles but the predominant reality of American political culture. This final point is complex and tricky. For such a philosophical "deconstruction" would have to operate not against something we would call the "United States" but against what today constitutes a certain American hegemony, one that actually dominates or marginalizes something in the U.S.'s own history, something that is also related to that strange "Europe" of the more or less incomplete Enlightenment I was talking about.
Five weeks after 9/11, Giovanna Borradori interviewed Jacques Derrida in New York City about 9/11, the state and terrorism, and the place of philosophy. This excerpt is from that interview. The interview was published in Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida by Giovanna Borradori. © 2003 by The University of Chicago.
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I have been wearing this red coat all week because I just can’t get enough. There is something about this coat that reminds me of the 70’s and so I decided to go full on retro today with this look. I wanted to avoid looking too costume-y so I made sure to keep this look fresh by not wearing polyester and high-waisted jeans. Instead, I opted for a form fitting turtleneck, a pair of Calvin Klein mid rise bell bottom jeans, (purchased BNWT at Goodwill) a pair of leopard platform booties and a drawstring (bucket) purse. Of course, I had to accessorize with one of the most iconic looks of the seventies by wearing the floppy fedora hat! I also wore gloves because it was freezing cold, which explains why I don’t have photos of the top and jeans only; there was no way I was taking the coat off. I did get a little creative with the gloves by accessorizing with a gold plated chain wrapped around my gloves. The bag is actually a splurge purchase I made about 4/5 years ago and it is one of my favorite bags. How do you know its my favorite purse? I rarely wear them, lol. I’m trying to be better about that but I just don’t want to ruin it.
Top: Talbots, purchased at Goodwill: $4.00 / Jeans: Calvin Klein Mid Rise Bell Bottom Jeans, purchased at Goodwill: $5.00 / Coat: Ann Taylor, Sale Price: $80.00 / Purse: Coach / Shoes: Vince Camuto / Gloves: Fownes, purchased at Goodwill: $2.00 / Hat: Wool Floppy Fedora Hat, purchased at Goodwill: $2.00 / Thrift Total: $13.00
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This month we have a special guest feature by Newark photographer Sheena She. Sheena discusses street photography and using redscale film to give a very unique twist to her photography. Hit the jump to read more.
Time to time I like to shoot redscale. Redscale is basically film that has been exposed on the other side or the wrong side. Usually when you DIY, you take one roll of film and wind it back into another empty film canister but using the other side (wrong side, upside down, or however you want to call it). For this particular roll, I had a roll of Rollei Nightbird 800 in my fridge that has been sitting for almost a year. I have used Lomography’s Redscale NR 50-200 and loved those results as well.
I shot the Nightbird film using Pentax P3 and as of late, I have been shooting street photography for a change. I usually like to curate photoshoots where everything is usually set up with a model, a theme, outfits, etc. Street photography is always fun especially living in a city. Redscale is perfect for this because it gives a different tone, texture, and feel. Obviously it might not be for everyone but I enjoy using different film to create a different palette, outcome, and art.
I came across on Twitter on a challenge to use redscale film for the month of February so I had to jump on the opportunity especially having a roll ready. It’s just fun to be a part of a film community and I love seeing redscale being used in street photography because it just looks so awesome and just has a unique look especially when you start playing with the exposures. Some may look yellow, green, or a bluish red. Film is super fun and I just took my time with this roll. It took about a week or so to finish because I didn’t want to shoot just anything. Hope you enjoy the outcome of Nightbird. Have fun always! That’s the beauty of film.
Sheena She and lives in Newark, NJ, USA and was born in the era of film and has always shot with it. She is an avid nature lover, currently learning herbal remedies, and wants to travel more. Check out more of Sheena’s work here:
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Herniated disc of the cervical spine and herniated disc of the lumbar spine will occasionally need surgery. Most often, the indication for the surgery is constant pain, numbness or tingling in an arm or leg. Here's an interesting fact: 90% of the herniated discs diagnosed by MRI get better on their own and don't require surgery!
There are some urgent situations that people with herniated disc of the cervical or lumbar spine should be aware of. If a patient should develop progressive numbness, progressive weakness, bowel or bladder loss of control, or inability to ambulate, then they need to contact their physician immediately or go to the emergency room right away. These situations arise very rarely, but are considered emergent indications for surgery. Fortunately, most patients do not have such extreme symptoms. By far, the majority of people receiving surgery do so because of unremitting pain.
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Note to self. You are having a hard time focusing and being productive and asking for what you need. That is okay. I know you’re doing your best. Just keep trying to have clear, specific goals. Give yourself breaks and give yourself a break. Right now your one and only goal and thing to try to focus on is to get the last 20 or so pages done on that one job in the next two hours. If you do that, you have a manageable amount of work for Monday and the weekend will be peaceful. You are capable of doing this. So do your best. Don’t beat yourself up that your best right now is not the best you have ever been. No one taught you how to deal with being raped and realizing it and reporting it. Keep going.
(You will quickly see that between my statements and communications with the detective and other parties were the hardest on me. When I thought I might get an update or progress might be made, I had an extraordinarily hard time focusing at work or being productive in my everyday life, though being productive was what kept me sane. This led to me confiding in some of my colleagues, finding a quieter space for me to go when I get overwhelmed, and ultimately talking to my boss and letting her know that I may not seem like myself. Finding the balance between professionalism and wellness was a challenge, especially as a young professional, but I found that the people I work with are very human, very compassionate, and talking to them gave me an enormous sense of relief. I had struggled with dealing with this at work in the past, thinking that it would be unprofessional for me to talk about my rape at work, but I found a way to do that without feeling uncomfortable. Finding people to talk to and for once in my life asking for help was important for me.)
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Please note that it may take a couple of days to be addressed.
General Question problem 01: To what extent can we consider any retrofitting of the existing structure, both for deliverables #2 and #3? Can we add components or strengthen existing ones (eg. column jacking)?
Retrofitting of the existing structure is not permitted for deliverables #2 and #3. This will be one of the primary components of deliverable #4, so it may be beneficial to brainstorm retrofitting options in anticipation of deliverable #4 based on your current analyses.
General Question problem 02: To clarify, the 5-Slide poster that is to be created on PowerPoint/GoogleSlides is just a singular slide with 5 different sections, like an academic research poster? Or is it 5 separate slides?
We would prefer that your poster is 5 separate slides. This will allow for better viewing on a computer screen when you submit the 1-2 minute video overview of the poster slides.
General Question problem 03: How much time will we be given for the presentation and, given that the scoring rubric does not mention an Architecture slide, is it safe for teams to not include the section if we are to be considerate of time?
The scoring document states that teams will have a maximum of 7 minutes for their presentations. Teams should mention architectural considerations that played a role in their design or may highlight an architectural challenge that their project responds to especially well. This would likely be beneficial when judges are scoring the presentation, but the focus of the scoring will be on the topics listed in the rubric.
Part 1 - Problem 01: When converting the given time histories to .txt, SAP keeps giving an error that the data is unreadable as a time history function. Is there any possible solution to this issue or potential to provide a .txt for the given time history data?
Make sure you’re converting the time histories to .txt files separately for each scaled ground motion. They should be uploaded as separate time histories in SAP or ETABS. Otherwise, consider discussing with an advisor or looking at online resources to troubleshoot this issue.
Part 1 - Problem 02: Question 3 asks to consider the internal operation of the building. I am assuming that this part should apply to both the existing structure and the extension. Please confirm if this is the case. Thank you!
Yes, this is correct. You do not need to consider the layout of the existing structure before the extension is added. However, the existing structure should be considered in conjunction with the extension after it is added. Because no prior layout is provided for the existing structure, it is up to the team to design the layout.
Part 1 - Problem 03: In the SDC – Existing Construction Documents, it is stated that the horizontal struts intersecting braces for floor 1 are “only located adjacent to and in-place of braces”. Does this imply that beams along the mid-height are not intersected by interior beams?
At the mid-height of floor one (3” elevation from the ground), there are no interior beams. The horizontal struts at the mid-height of floor one are only on the exterior of the structure in the locations shown on the elevations. Interior beams do intersect exterior beams and braces at all subsequent floors.
Part 1 - Problem 04: Since only one Poisson's ratio value is given, is it assumed that the balsa is isotropic rather than orthotropic or should we be specifying material properties for each principal axis (This is in regards to defining the material properties in SAP/ETABS)?
Just use the single Poisson’s ratio and assume that the balsa is isotropic. Although this is not entirely accurate, you may make this assumption for simplicity.
Part 1 - Problem 05: For inter-story drift ratio calculation for SAP users (since I believe ETABS has this already calculated), is there a location of preference to make these calculations? This question could also be reframed as reassurance that the diaphragm is still assumed to be flexible (and therefore not rigid nor semi-rigid as ASCE 7-16's third drift calculation criterion dictates).
The best approximation may be to select the nodes at/closest to the Center of Gravity. This is one way of calculating the Center of Gravity:
Part 1 - Problem 06: For this part, do you want us to run the full time history analysis? Or should we input the time histories and tell SAP to analyze the data using a response spectrum analysis?
The full time history analysis should be run for each ground motion.
Part 1 - Problem 07: For the design checks in Question 5 Part 1, which grade should we use when determining the size factor in NDS Table 4A for member capacity?
You may assume a dimension lumber grade of No.1 for the purpose of determining the size factor.
Part 1 - Problem 08: Since the buildings diaphragms should be flexible and have zero stiffness, should we ignore torsional properties of the building or how should we account for this instead?
Torsion should still be considered regardless of how diaphragms are defined. Torsion will likely appear in your mode shapes and it would be advantageous to attempt to minimize torsion in your design.
Part 1 - Problem 09: The deliverable states that Allowable Stress Design load combinations should be used when determining member forces, referring to ASCE 7 for the appropriate load combinations. Should we choose the combinations according to paragraph 2.4.5/pg.8-9 from ASCE? Could you give us more insight about these combinations, taking into account the fact that we are not familiar with ASCE and we want to avoid introducing wrong data in our SAP2000 model?
Yes, you are correct that section 2.4.5 of ASCE 7-16 refers to the appropriate load combinations. Rather than calculating Ev and Eh using section 12.4.2, it is permitted to simply input the time history as Eh and neglect Ev. Additionally, you may disregard overstrength.
Part 1 - Problem 10: The deliverable states that we should report the maximum axial, bending and shear forces that are undergone by individual members. Does this mean that for each TH we need to check each member in our balsa wood numeric model in SAP2000 and report the maximum? Is this what individual members refer to?
Yes, but only members with the highest axial, bending, and shear forces must be reported. This should be easily obtainable by viewing member force diagrams or output tables from the software. Note that in question 3, we are asking for the highest forces, but in question 5, the highest stresses will also depend on cross-sectional area, so we recommend that you find the peak forces in each type of member that has a different cross-sectional area.
Part 1 - Problem 11: In this part, construction details are required. Could you provide us a norm or a specific document in which we could find some regulations regarding this aspect?
There is no required format to your construction details. We are primarily interested in your thought process and reasoning behind your construction sequence. Diagrams would be a good way to convey your ideas but there is no required format.
Part 1 - Problem 12: Can we assume that non-structural elements can close in the story to calculate the floor area (i.e curtain wall)? If so, can these elements extend past the tapered building shape as the figure shows in the structural design guide of the existing and addition (i.e building elevation - south)?
Non-structural elements such as curtain walls are permitted to extend past the required footprint of the building. The plan dimensions specified in the design guide and drawings are for the purposes of constructing your numerical model. Any architectural features may extend outside of these bounds. However, please keep non-structural elements within reason (if they extend far outside of the structural bounds, then they would likely require additional structure outside of the structural bounds).
Part 1 - Problem 13: Assuming a Seismic Design Category D, which we had calculated in the Geotechnical deliverable, Section 12.5.4 of the ASCE manual allows using Section 12.5.3a or 12.5.3b to satisfy the additional requirements of the low Seismic Design Category. The first is to design for “100% of the forces for one direction, plus 30% of the force in the perpendicular direction”. The alternative option is to have a simultaneous application of orthogonal ground motions, which would result in only 4 analyses. Since the SLC instruction asks us to analyze each direction separately do we use 12.5.3a or do we simply apply 100% of the force in only one direction?
For this deliverable, please just apply the 100% of the force in only one direction
Part 2 - Problem 01: Regarding the addition, should we make it from the upper floors of the building already created (tenth floor onwards) or should we make a different building next to the one already created?
The Addition should be on top of the existing building
Part 2 - Problem 02: In Table 1.0 of the SDC - Structural Design Guide, two elastic moduli are presented: E and Emin. How should they be applied to the analysis? Are we expected to test both values for our Modal and Time History Analysis or are they used somehow to represent variability in the balsa stiffness?
E should be used in your ETABS or SAP2000 models. Emin should not be used in your numerical model, but may be used in addition to E when determining member capacities according to the NDS. Equations in the NDS explicitly call for E or Emin.
Part 2 - Problem 03: Is our addition (and future retrofit, including all bracing, etc.) restricted to a set footprint/the footprint of the existing structure?
Please refer to “2021 SDC Structural Design Guide” for all the details regarding the extension building geometry, member sizes and spacing requirements.
Part 2 - Problem 04: What is the total duration of construction for the addition (ie: 4 years, etc.)?
This is something up to the designer; however, the addition should be constructed as fast as possible within a reasonable timeframe and ensuring that the existing hospital structure is functional.
Part 2 - Problem 05: Is our addition (and future retrofit, including all bracing, etc.) restricted to a set footprint/the footprint of the existing structure?
Yes, all parts of the existing structure and the addition should be restricted to the set footprint of each floor, as outlined in the provided drawings.
Part 2 - Problem 06: According to the deliverable, ‘a thorough analysis of the structure with the addition is not required in this deliverable’. Does it mean that we need a SAP2000 model for the existing structure and another model for the additional structure, respectively, or do we need a model which contains both structures together?
For part 1 of the structural deliverable , your results should be based on your SAP/ETABS model for the existing structure only. For part 2, the addition should be incorporated into your existing model and the two components should be modeled together. For any future questions about the additional structure, analysis should be conducted based on your SAP/ETABS model that has both the existing and the addition structure together.
Part 2 - Problem 07: Should the addition be treated separately from the existing structure? If so, please confirm.
No, please consider the addition and existing structure as a single building in part 2 of the structural deliverable. In reality, the additional structure will be put on the existing building to perform together in an integral way
Part 2 - Problem 08: This section notes "Use drawings to describe how connections will be designed between the addition and the existing structure and how connections will be implemented within the addition itself." Does this mean we are to design steel connections or balsa wood for the drawing package
We would like you to design balsa wood connections for this part. The structural drawings in part 2, question 3 should all correspond to a balsa wood model.
Part 2 - Problem 09: The Deliverable mentions "Your company has been tasked with designing a structural system that will accommodate this tapered geometry without altering the existing hospital structure." If we had determined poor performance in part 1 where the structure would be at risk of failing, are we only to look for acceptable performance of the addition under the assumption that the existing structure will be edited and fixed in deliverable 4, or are we to make a structure that is expected to stand in this deliverable?
Yes, this is correct. In this deliverable, we are asking for a preliminary design for the additional structure that you believe will perform well with the existing building once the existing building is retrofitted.
Part 2 - Problem 10: Is it allowed to use shear wall in the extension? since it is mentioned that we will be able to revise the existing building and make changes so that the shear wall connects the entire building.
The use of shear walls is allowed, however, as mentioned it should be connected to the existing building foundation (in the final version of the building).
Part 1 Problem 01: We were wondering in the LEED question if we are going to send a scoreboard with checked applications we did in our design, or we should just mention our environmental design decisions in general? As there are missing data that are needed to fulfill LEED prerequisites.
Teams should say how they will apply the points mentioned in the scoreboard in the LEED official website in a practical way in their designs, not just tick or check the points in the scoreboard.
Part 2 Problem 01: What scale should the architectural model be done at? 48” to 1” on paper (1:48)? 96” to 1” on paper (1:96)?
The scale of the architectural model is up to the discretion of the teams. The only requirement for the scale of the model is that the render and drawings fit on size 8 ½” x 11” paper.
Part 2 Problem 02: For the architectural model, what should we assume the structural member material to be? For example: glulam, steel or concrete?
For the architectural model, you can assume any material that you think would be appropriate for the members. Balsa wood is required for the structural model, but there is no specified material requirement for the architectural model.
Part 2 Problem 03: The deliverable asks for 4 pages, but also asks for floor plans and renderings. Do the floor plans and renderings count toward the page limit, or should we just make these images very small? Since floors 12-19 have different dimensions, does each level need to be inserted into the deliverable?
For Deliverable #3, only architectural renders and schematic drawings are required. The floor plans for the addition is part of the structural deliverable.
Part 3 Problem 01: What are the scaled-up dimensions of the floors in terms of how big the real building would be? This would be helpful for choosing room sizes for the internal floor plan. How many floors do you want schematic drawings for?
The floor dimensions of the real building are up to the discretion of the teams. As an approximate range, you may consider about 2000 to 3000 square feet when deciding the layout of the internal floor plan. Include schematic drawings for whenever the layout of the floors changes. If you have a repetitive floor plan, simply label it with the floor levels it applies to. Teams may use their judgment to decide the number of schematic drawings needed to adequately convey their ideas.
Part 3 Problem 02: What is the scale of the structural model? We need this information in order to determine the appropriate internal layout of rooms in the building.
There isn’t an exact linear scale of the model to the real building. When determining the internal layout of rooms, consider a floor area of approximately 2000-3000 square ft, but you will not be penalized for going outside this range.
Part 3 Problem 03: We are aiming to achieve a LEED BD+C Healthcare certification. Does this certification apply to the whole hospital (existing + extension) or just the extension? If it applies to both parts, should we assume for instance materials used for the existing to achieve the certification? Thank you again!
Consider both the existing and extension parts when aiming for the LEED certification. You may make an assumption for materials or put more emphasis on LEED points that are independent of material type.
Part 3 Problem 04: Access points are listed as 1"x2.25" in the Design Guide, however, in our scaled-up version to real-life dimensions, an access point in internal hospital renderings is roughly 6ftx13.5ft. Do the access points from the structural requirements have to be maintained in the architectural rendering? For example: when completing the renderings and internal operation of the hospital, do we need to provide hallways/doorways to match the size and location of our access points (eg. 6ftx13.5ft) , or do hallways/doorways in the rendering need to match the location only of our access points?
Your structural configuration should be taken into consideration when completing this part of the architectural deliverable. For example, you should consider where columns and braces are located in the floor plan and where your access points are located. However, the dimensions of your access points in the real structure may be adjusted to accommodate the functionality and architectural interests of the hospital. Strict adherence to dimensions of your balsa wood structure is not required.
Part 3 - Problem 01: The deliverable rules state that we should assume a site class of D. Do we assume that this site class was calculated using the “future geophysical tests following liquefaction mitigation”, or are we just assuming site class D because we are not sure what the actual future site class is?
The site class of D was determined by performing additional in-situ tests after the liquefaction mitigation methods were performed.
Part 3 - Problem 02: A site class of D is assumed for this part. Using ATC hazard tool parameters such as S1, Ss are to be obtained. However, in the tool drop-down menu there are two site class D options (stiff soil-default). The two options provide the same Ss & S1 values, but the other parameters’ value are different. So what’s the difference between site class D(stiff soil) & site class D (default). And how is it possible that they both provide the same values for parameters Ss and S1 but different values for the other parameters?
The difference in choosing site class D (stiff soil) and the site class D (default) is stated in ASCE 7-16 section 11.4.3:”where the soil properties are not known in sufficient detail to determine the site class, Site Class D … shall be used unless the authority having jurisdiction or geotechnical data determine that Site Class E or F soils are present at the site”. The “default” selection (based on insufficient data) is typically more conservative in its values than the “stiff soil” selection (based on the available data). Because shear wave velocity data is available near the project site, it can be assumed that we have sufficient data.
Part 4 - Problem 01: The deliverable for Part 4 Q1 states to “Fill in the rest of the inputs with the information already provided”. when inputting the Site class on the USGS website, should the Site Class found in Part 2 be used, or should a site Class of D be used (as noted in Part 3 to use Class D for all subsequent calculations)?
Use Site Class D.
Part 4 - Problem 02: The deliverable states that we have to provide screenshots for the deaggregation plots for T=1.00 s to T=2.00 s. Several plots were provided for spectral period 1.00s: hazard curve, uniform hazard response spectrum, and spectral acceleration for 1.00 s. which ones need to be provided in the final documentation?
Please provide a screenshot of the deaggregation plot only. This is the 3D bar chart.
Part 4 - Problem 03: The deliverable states that on the given website we introduce the information already provided in the previous points. What diagrams are expected to be plotted and which option do we have to choose? (total deagregation, source:fault, source:grid, source:slab and source: interface) our solution:from the spectral period we chose peak ground acceleration and total deaggregation and provided screenshots with the diagrams.
Please plot the “total” deggregation for the spectral periods that we specified in the deliverable (not at PGA).
Part 4 - Problem 04: As our National Code and Eurocode show little resemblance than ASCE, could you provide us some supplementary information about ‘others’ category?( what is the precise meaning of grid/slab/fault etc.)
These are all potential seismic sources that are mapped and considered in the hazard calculation. Interface and slab (sometimes labeled intraslab) sources indicate the location of a source relative to a subduction zone. Faults represent seismic sources from known or mapped faults. Grids indicate potential background seismicity not related to a known fault, and use an algorithm to smooth this data over gridded coordinates.
Details regarding gridded seismicity can be found here: Frankel et al. (1996). “National Seismic-Hazard Maps: Documentation.” Open-File Report 96-532, Denver, CO. June 1996
Part 4 - Problem 05: According to the deliverable, Grid, slab, and other sources without a defined m and r should be grouped in the “Other” category. Should we change the component to source:slab/grid/fault etc. in order to complete the ‘other’ category in the table?.
The “other” category can be evaluated by leaving the deaggregation as “total.” All remaining percentages without an m and r value can be added to make up the “other” percentage.
Part 4 - Problem 06: Should we consider the ‘other’ category (slab, grid etc.) together or each one of them separately in the table? (for example, at T=1.00s, for slab we have 3 different values and for grid we have 7 different values; do we have to list each one of them or add them?)
Please just add them together and present the total only. There is no need to distinguish between these sources for this assignment.
Part 4 - Problem 07: It is stated that “Grid, slab, and other sources without a defined m and r should be grouped in the “Other” category”. Just for example, for T1 – the deaggregation results on the USGS website do not show a defined m and r for two source sets with the type “fault”. However, when the deaggregation report is download, the m and r are given for them. Should this be counted/not counted as having a defined m and r?
That part of the assignment should only be referring to what appears on the webpage, not the downloaded report. Please keep those fault sources without m and r presented on the webpage (such as “Geologic Model Full Rupture”) in the Other category. These are expected to be minor sources and may not always represent actual mapped faults.
Part 5 - Problem 01: The data from PEER and the data from the given seed motion spreadsheet seem to have different time scales(i.e. The independent variable, T, has different sets of values for the two different sources. Are we expected to manipulate the PEER data and/or modify the spreadsheet?
You are not expected to manipulate and /or data or modify the spreadsheet. The given seed motions’ period (T) and pseudo-spectral acceleration were obtained using a different method than what PEER is using, hence the discrepancy in the T values. it is okay to use a different set of T values for the response spectrum obtained from PEER.
Part 5 - Problem 02: Since we can’t change the given excel for the four ground motions, the values of the selected ground motion from the PEER will correspond to a smaller time range which will not even reach T=1.0 sec for scaling purposes. Also, the geomean values will not be accurate. I want to make sure that you’re aware of this problem.
See answer to question below.
Part 5 - Problem 03: When populating the section on the spreadsheet designated for the PEER database ground motion, the discrepancy in the scales of the period between the seed motions and the PEER motion causes the values of the Geomean to populate incorrectly. In this case are we to input the PSA values according to the period values given for the seed motions or remove these values from the Geomean altogether?
Yes, we did not foresee this issue with the geomean. Please use the period range provided by PEER for the response spectrum only. Still provide a plot with your scaled geomean using only the four provided seed motions.
Rubric: The rubric mentions a 12 page limit (included title page, excluding references). Would any appendices holding referenced tables and sample calculations be included in this limit as well?
An appendix with sample calculations and referenced tables will count towards the 12 page limit. We are primarily interested in seeing your final answers and/or recommendations to the stated questions, with only the necessary supporting information. The reference section should only include citations of referenced resources.
Rubric: The rubric states that the title page should include a computer-generated image related to the deliverable. Does this requirement apply to the first deliverable, where we are not required to generate any renders or models? If so, what kind of imagery is expected?
Since this deliverable is not as graphic-heavy as later deliverables, the image can be considered as optional.
Part 1 - Problem 01: the Design Guide notes that "rentable floor area may only be within the continuous perimeter beams of the floor" (page 5). When calculating the total rentable utilized floor area of the structure, do we calculate the area from the centerline of the perimeter beams of the floor or from the inner edge of the perimeter beams of the floor?
We would like you to use centerlines of perimeter beams when determining the total rentable floor area of the structure.
Part 1 - Problem 02: The deliverable document specifies page limits for calculation appendices and drawings. If our drawings/appendices take up less pages than the limit, can other sections of the report be extended to use up the extra space, or are those pages reserved?
Yes, you may adjust other parts of the report as long as the total report is within the 11-page limit. Please only use 11×17 size pages for drawings (i.e. if you use fewer than three pages for drawings, you may not use an 11×17 page for the body of the report).
Part 1 - Problem 03 (part A): Does the member requirement of 0.2”x0.2” max area specified in the Design Guide apply for the applied retrofitting scheme technique? For instance, can the designed bracings on the extension structure done on Deliverable 2 be retrofitted to have a total dimension bigger than 0.2”x0.2”? This is technically retrofitting the proposed initial design and not proposing a new design.
We would like you to stay within the specifications of the Design Guide for all parts of the addition. You are permitted to deviate from parts of the Design Guide for the existing structure because you’re restricted by the original design of the structure. With the addition, however, you have the ability to completely adjust the design of the addition and should therefore be able to come up with a configuration that meets the Design Guide criteria.
Part 1 - Problem 03 (part B): As part of the retrofitting scheme, can the existing column dimensions be increased to exceed the 0.2”x0.2” specified area from the Existing Construction Documents?
Yes, you are permitted to increase the column dimensions of the existing structure as part of the retrofit scheme. However, if you choose to do so, please describe how this represents a real retrofit technique.
Part 1 - Problem 04: This deliverable states that we are asked to use flexible diaphragms for the existing structure (Deliverable 2 states that "Diaphragms should be completely and have zero stiffness"). Taking this into account, we considered that for the analysis of the existing structure the rigid diaphragm condition was neglected and we did not use diaphragms (wall members/slab), as it was not imposed . Is it correct ?
Yes, this question in Deliverable 4 asks you to consider how the modal results will differ when you change the initial Deliverable 2 assumption and impose a rigid diaphragm.
Part 1 - Problem 05: The deliverable states that the assumption of flexible diaphragms with zero stiffness should be changed with the rigid diaphragm condition. Does it mean that for our numerical model in SAP2000/ETABS a certain thickness diaphragm should be introduced in order to satisfy this assumption ?
Because you are assigning rigid diaphragms rather than semi-rigid diaphragms, the thickness that you assign to the slab element should have little consequence on the behavior of the structure. Rigid diaphragms have infinite in-plane stiffness rather than considering the actual in-plane stiffness, so the slab thickness would not affect the behavior.
Part 1 - Problem 06: If the retrofitting scheme includes structural dampers, do we need to provide a method of proof as to how we could have built a scaled damping members with the properties we input to the SAP model? The main problem being the confirmation that our proposed member design would have the properties we suggest.
If your retrofit scheme includes dampers, then yes, please provide information about the properties of the dampers that you input into the ETABS/SAP model and how those properties relate to dampers that could be constructed in a physical balsa wood tower and/or how the dampers are similar to dampers that are implemented in real structures.
Part 1 - Problem 07: If we were to consider a retrofit design similar to BRBFs, is the dimension limitations specific to the member in its entirety or to each of the materials considered in the design of this member?
For any retrofits applied to the existing structure, you may deviate from the dimension limits of the Design Guide in order to simulate a real retrofit technique. When considering a BRBF-type member, you may choose to stray from the dimension limits for the entire composite member or for each of its components, but please provide justification for how this would relate to a real BRBF and/or how it could be constructed in a physical balsa wood tower. It may be more appropriate with BRBFs to adjust the material properties rather than go outside the dimension limits.
Part 1 - Problem 08: The definition of existing structure is unclear. When replacing flexible with rigid diaphragms, does existing structure include only the first 10 stories, or all stories on the existing structure with the addition?
For this question, change the diaphragms from flexible to rigid for all the levels from the bottom floor up to the 10th floor (roof of the existing structure). Keep the diaphragms of the extension (11th floor to roof level of the addition) flexible. You are asked to compare mode shapes of this configuration to mode shapes of the structure with all flexible diaphragms.
Part 1 - Problem 09: When applying density to our model in deliverable 3, we accidently applied as weight per unit volume rather than mass. However when changing this value, our model yields very low displacements and forces. We would like to confirm that the 8 pcf value is in fact weight per unit volume for our final model and analysis
The 8 pcf value is the weight per unit volume for the balsa wood members. This is similar to mass per unit volume but expressed as a specific weight rather than a density. Make sure that in addition to this self weight of the balsa wood members, you apply a dead load of 1.44 psf to all floor areas. This dead load should be included in the seismic mass of the structure and therefore be activated as a lateral force when conducting a modal analysis or running a ground motion. If the 8 pcf self weight of the balsa wood is the only load considered in the analyses, your results will have very low displacements and forces. This could be the issue, but also keep in mind that a small-scale balsa wood model would have much lower displacements and forces than a real structure.
Part 1 - Problem 10: If we make changes to our addition from what we submitted in Deliverable 2, what should we use for the D/C checks in Part 1-1? (1) The deliverable 2 addition plus existing structure OR (2) The addition that we're currently working on, plus the existing structure but not including the retrofit of the existing structure
Because this was not clear in the instructions and the question and response were posted very close to the submission deadline, either of the above checks will be acceptable. However, we would prefer option (2) as a more direct comparison between the unretrofitted and retrofitted conditions.
Part 1 - Problem 11: Our final construction drawing shows every member in a single line and then states the thickness of each type of member in notes. When we calculate the weight of our design, can we still subtract out the weight of the overlapping connections to make it actually accurate? Or will you guys not account this reduction due to connections? We found that subtracting out the redundant volumes for connections can potentially make a 5% difference, which can mean getting a penalty or not.
For the sake of simplicity, we would prefer that this reduction due to overlapping connections is not taken into account when determining the weight of the structure. Also, consider that if you’re measuring lengths of members from centerline to centerline of perpendicular members, the overlapping member volume on the inside corner of the connection would be picked up by the missing volume on the outside corner of the connection so it would be more accurate to not include any reductions. This calculation becomes more complicated for braces and non-orthogonal geometries and it may be more accurate to apply the reduction for redundant volumes in these cases. If you do reduce weights because of overlapping volumes, we just ask that you clearly state this in your report and provide any example calculations to prove the accuracy of your reduction.
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15 October 2021, 07:00 PM
Glamourween: Beautiful Adult Face Art
A class by Karen Huwen
Artist and Instructor, Wow Factor Faces & Grown Up Glitz
Instructor at multiple conventions worldwide; Winner at 2019 Brushwars Professional Body Painter; 2nd place at 2018 Brushwars Professional Body Painter; UK Body Painter of the Year 2016; UK Creative Make up Artist of the Year 2016; Winner of Body Painting Competition at Painswick Festival 2016; Glitter Body Artist of the Year 2016; UK Body Painter of the Year 2015.
This class is for working face painters who want to add some beautiful Adult Halloween Designs to their repertoire.
Intricate designs using a range of materials including gems, feathers, glitter and gold leaf, as well as paint and powders to make your clients sparkle!
Watch Award Winning Artist, Karen Huwen as she takes you through step by step to build the most glamorous designs for this Halloween.
Red Glamour-ween Design
- Silly Farm “Fuzzies” Rainbow Cake, Elissa Griffith pressed powders in red and metallic gold. DFX black and White. Kryolan Metallic Micro Flakes Gold plus Kryolan mixing solution.
- Gems, eyeliner, lashes and feathers.
- Loew Cornell No2 Flora round for linework Rarely available anymore, the equivalent is the no.2 pointed round from The Face Painting Shop. No. 4 round Generic Artist brush. FPS small filbert for lips.
Rose Halloween Design
- Silly Farm Fuzzies Rainbow Cake, DFX black.
Black Eyeliner, Black Elissa Griffith Powder, Dupe Gold Pigment Powder from the Face Painting Shop, Gold glitter gel from Henna by Afruza.
- Plus false lashes.
- Loew Cornell No2 Flora round for linework Rarely available anymore, the equivalent is the no.2 pointed round from The Face Painting Shop. Also, Face Painting Shop Liner Brush Large.
- Elissa Griffith Powders yellow and metallic gold, for eyeshadow, plus a shimmer white highlighter powder by Ben Nye Gems, DFX black, gold leaf, false lashes, DUPE gold pigments, BAM Cross stencil number 3002, and Bad Ass Half Ass stencil (they come in sets of 11).
- Make up eye shadow brush, Rake brush, Loew Cornell no.2 flora Round OR The Face Painting Shop No.2 Flora Round, Face Painting Shop Liner Brush Large Generic large artist filbert brush.
- Superstar Dream Colours Rainbow cake base, Silly Farm Blue Bonnet one stroke, Kryolan Body Make up Powder Pearl, Kryolan pure pigments metallic blue, Elissa Griffith powders in metallic blue and metallic teal and black, Superstar Peacock shimmer, Superstar Petrol, DFX Black. Glitter Gel in turquoise from Henna By Afruza, chunky glitter blue mix from the Face Painting Shop.
- Shell Stencil from Milena stencils, Mermaid Scales I have had for ages and cannot remember supplier.
- Plus lashes, and gems and pearls.
- 3/4 flat brush - FPS 3/4”, Loew Cornell no.2 flora Round OR The Face Painting Shop No.2 Flora Round Face Paining Shop Liner Brush Large, Mark Reid no. 4 for dots.
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Coaching Tennis DVD: Biomechanics
This is a new powerful DVD demystifying the magic of biomechanics so that any player can gain the easy power available by learning the secrets of your own biomechanics.
Introduction by David Sammel
01. Feeling groundforce power
Total Running time: 63 minutes
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Have you survived the first bout of heat this week? It is definitely a change for this year!
Here’s the view of the whole garden for the week. I took the picture Thursday afternoon, hence the full sun! Plants are getting bigger, especially the tomatoes, which seem to have doubled in size over the week. You can also see that the garlic and shallots are getting progressively more grey in color as they get closer to harvest. I am still taking the “whole garden” pictures from the other angles too, I just don’t want to spend the space looking at them here. I created a set on Flickr for them, and I’ll get them all added to the set eventually. That set is here.
This Red Large Lettuce Leaf Basil is living up to its name in that it is purple/red and the leaves are getting huge. Whether it looks like lettuce leaves I will leave up to you. It does have a very funky appearance though, especially compared to your typical basils.
I cooked up something tasty this week using garlic scapes, fresh Maiskij garlic, shallot scapes, and some of the lemongrass I froze last fall. You’ll have to check back next week to see what I made! (Sorry, I know…so many future blog posts, so little time this week.)
As per usual, a couple weeks after putting out the wheat straw mulch, we have wheat seedlings growing! This really isn’t a big concern. It is easy to pull out and either let it dry on top of the mulch or add it to your compost bins. If you are more on top of things than we are, you would have watered your straw bale a couple weeks before mulching, let it sprout, then spread the mulch afterwards.
These are the tomatoes from the ‘Taxi’ plant. They sized up quickly over the weekend, although they still aren’t at full size. Unless one of the grape or cherry tomatoes comes on strong (a real possibility), my money is on this plant for having the first ripe tomato of the year.
Have a great weekend!
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Die cutting, gluing, scoring, perforation
Cmyk, pms, no printing
Custom Window Cut Out, Multi Colour Foiling, Embossing, Raised Ink, PVC Sheet.
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280 GSM to 700 GSM (60lb to 400lb) Cardstock, Eco-friendly Kraft, E-Flute Corrugated, Bux-Board.
Flat view, 3d mock-up, physical sampling (on Request)
Hair Extension Boxes
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After unveiling a change in their design, guardrail end-treatment company, Trinity, has come under scrutiny for their “ET Plus” guardrail. This design change has prompted at least one state to remove and replace the new guardrails from high speed roadways, and some to suspend purchases. A lawsuit filed by the family of Jose Diance is one of the first wrongful death suits against Trinity, claiming that the 23 year old died from grave injuries sustained as a result of a crash involving an ET Plus. Diance, an LAPD officer, died in April 2011 in the early morning, when he crashed into a guardrail at the Van Nuys Blvd exit on the 101 freeway. Reportedly, he had been driving under the speed limit, but under the influence. Coroner and police reports indicate that his truck was impaled by the guardrail, passing through the engine, and striking the man with a force that ejected him from the vehicle. The lawsuit states that the rectangular yellow and black striped end piece was the source of the problem, saying that when operating properly, never gets inside the cabin of the car. The modified ET Plus has the capacity to shoot through the engine block. The design modifications are believed to have been put in place between 2000-2005, and are believed to be, “defective and unreasonably dangerous,” according to the lawsuit, because the end-pieces do not flatten out and absorb the impact as they should. The lawsuit also claims that Trinity never notified the Federal Highway Administration as they should, and that they never conducted required crash tests. A spokesperson for Trinity adamantly disagreed in a statement saying, “It’s the most crash tested end-terminal system on the road today. If it’s installed correctly and if it’s repaired correctly, it will perform as it is designed. The ET Plus has an unbroken chain of eligibility. It has been on the Federal Highway Administration’s approved-for-reimbursement since it was introduced.” However, in October 2014, a Texas jury found Trinity guilty of making fraudulent claims in order to remain eligible for reimbursement.
If you have experienced wrongful death or severe damages and injury due to Trinity’s modified guard rail end-piece, the ET Plus, the law firm of Hodes Milman Ikuta can provide you with the assistance you need. Contact us today online at verdictvictory.com or call (949) 640-8222 for a complimentary case evaluation.
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Currently coaching: Vital 14-1 Gold
Emily is a 2020 graduate of St. Olaf College, where she earned All-MIAC honors as a Defensive Specialist/Libero for the oles. In her time at St. Olaf, she majored in Exercise Science and Environmental Studies with a concentration in Educational Studies. She has a passion for the sport of volleyball and youth development and is eager to fuel a love for the game within her players.
Jarnigan is currently a 6th grade math teacher at Hiawatha College Prep Kingfield in Minneapolis and a native of Los Gatos, California.
This will be Emily’s first season with Vital!
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Art & Projected Anatomy
Etching with 16 gauge copper plates
sheet: 22 x 15 1/8 in. (55.9 x 38.4 cm)
image: 20 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (53 x 34.9 cm) (show scale)
Printers mark lower left verso.
Signed in graphite lower right verso: "MM 88"
Inscribed lower left verso graphite: "MPG - 065 - 5"
Inscribed lower left verso graphite: "48/64"
Inscribed lower center verso graphite: "5"
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Frank L. Babbott Fund
© Matt Mullican
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Matt Mullican (American, born 1951). Art & Projected Anatomy, 1988. Etching with 16 gauge copper plates, sheet: 22 x 15 1/8 in. (55.9 x 38.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 1990.125.5. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1990.125.5_bw.jpg)
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Polar bears depend on sea ice for their very survival, living where the frozen ocean surface lasts long enough to allow them to hunt seals, the main source of food. And in 2020, the Arctic sea ice shrank to the second lowest on record.
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An alarm is ringing in our world. When a polar bear climbs a cliff looking for eggs instead of hunting on ice floes, something is seriously wrong.
Please help protect our endangered animals and wild places. For more information contact nwf.org
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Are you looking to cast extras in the Tampa area for your feature film, short film, music video, play, web show or commercial? In this Tampa extras casting section of Actorama we have listed all our actor profiles of talent that is available for background work. You may also go to our casting calls section and post an extras casting call for the Tampa area. Below are some of our actors that have indicated in their profile that are interested in casting calls for extras in Tampa. If you are an actor based in Tampa who is interested in being listed is this extras casting calls section for Tampa, you may open a profile and indicate that you are available for extra work in the Tampa area.
These are the most recent actors with profile pictures in the Tampa area that have signed up on our website and are available for extra work:
In Tampa we have a total of 20 actors available for extra work. 15 have profile pictures.
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Johnsons lands his first NFL deal.
This will be a historic NFL Draft for Kentucky Football.
2019 NFL Draft
The first three picks appear to be in flux as Allen vies for the top pick.
"If I don’t go No. 1, I don’t know who is."
For now, the injury is considered minor.
Could a dominant bowl game put him over the edge?
The Cats have a wealth of NFL hopefuls.
There may be multiple Wildcats that hear their names called on opening night of the draft.
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Lacko’s looking for a new home! This boy is sweet as can be, but he also has a sensitive side too. Quick movements and being reached for can make Lacko a little nervous, so a slow approach definitely helps him feel more comfortable. And, once he feels comfortable Lacko really shows his social side! If there’s one thing this kitty absolutely loves, it’s some quality physical affection from his people. Getting lots of pets and scratches is his hobby of choice! But, Lacko doesn’t limit his social calendar to just humans. Lacko enjoys being around feline friends who speak his language and has previously lived well with other kitties. He’s even sharing a room with some of his cat friends at the ASPCA!
Lacko enjoys the quiet things in life, so he’s looking for a quiet home with children ages 8 and up. His adopter should understand that he may be pretty nervous when he first arrives in his new home and will likely need a quiet space to settle in. Think Lacko may be your man? Come meet him today!
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Google's DeepMind AlphaGo artificial intelligence has defeated the world's number one Go player Ke Jie.
AlphaGo secured the victory after winning the second game in a three-part match.
DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis said Ke Jie had played "perfectly" and "pushed AlphaGo right to the limit".
Following the defeat, Ke Jie told reporters: "I'm a little bit sad, it's a bit of a regret because I think I played pretty well."
In Go, players take turns placing stones on a 19-by-19 grid, competing to take control of the most territory.
It is considered to be one of the world's most complex games, and is much more challenging for computers than chess.
AlphaGo has built up its expertise by studying older matches and playing thousands of games against itself.
The company says the eventual plan is to deploy its artificial intelligence "in areas of medicine and science".
Prof Noel Sharkey, a computer scientist at Sheffield University, said it is still a long way from creating a general intelligence.
"It is an incredible achievement and most experts thought an AI winning at Go was 20 years away so DeepMind is leading the field but this AI doesn't have general intelligence. It doesn't know that is playing a game and it can't make you a cup of tea afterwards."
Prof Nello Cristianini, from Bristol University, added: "This is machine learning in action and it proves that machines are very capable but it is not general intelligence. No-one has built that yet."
The types of intelligence exhibited by machines that are good at playing games are seen as very narrow. While they may produce algorithms that are useful in other fields, few think they are close to the all-purpose problem solving abilities of humans that can come up with good solutions to almost any problem they encounter.
Prof Cristianini added that while competition at a gaming level is fine, it should not govern how we view our relationship with intelligent machines going forward.
"We should focus on the good things that we can get out of them and be careful not to create situations in which we put ourselves in direct competition with machines."
Both experts agreed that such algorithms could be adapted to other fields, such as health care.
DeepMind has already begun working with the UK's national health service to develop apps and other tools for diagnosis.
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In response to a legal challenge brought by Care England (with assistance from David Collins Solicitors) threatening judicial review proceedings, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has agreed to reconsider the 2019/20 Funded Nursing Care (FNC) rate and, based on that reconsideration, to re-take its decision about what the rate should be. The DHSC has agreed to engage with Care England as part of that process.
The concerns raised by Care England which formed the basis of its legal challenge, addressed
• The assumption that providers will not employ more than 10% nursing hours through agency nurses
• That providers are capable of making efficiency savings of 3.1%
• The approach adopted in the calculation of inflation, limiting it to £1.40.
Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England, says:
“We welcome the move by the DHSC to look again at the 2019/20 rate and we will ensure we participate openly and fully with the review. We hope this can be conducted speedily and a new rate decision made that increases the current rate to that which properly reflects the costs of providing nursing to many thousands of people living in nursing homes.”
Care England is now in discussion with DHSC about the terms and timings of the review and will keep members informed as to progress going forward.
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I really like this kind of photos! and if the sky is blue, like here, they are even better!
This is an awesome photo. Suffolk used a photo of that statue, covered in snow, in a mailing I received a couple of years ago. I liked it so much, I cut it out and framed it!
Majestic! And he even has an icicle hanging from the side of his hat. :-)Mari-Nanci
:) This reminds me of the rider under cover of snow in Buda that I took last week. George was young here :)
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All recycling collection will be on Thursdays starting April 1
Beginning April 1, 2021, the City of Crete's two recycling routes (Monday and Thursday) will consolidate to Thursdays after the City Council approved a requested change from The Garbage Company at the regular meeting on March 2.
Customers south of 13th Street with current recycling collection on Mondays will have their recycling picked up on Thursdays beginning April 1.
If The Garbage Company misses any recycling collection on Thursdays, please call the Public Works Office at City Hall, 402.826.4312, and the company will be notified to have it picked up on Friday.
Garbage collection routes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays remain the same.
- Please rinse out all food and beverage containers, and plastic items before recycling;
- Accepted items:
- Aluminum & Tin: Aluminum and tin cans, formed aluminum containers (example: disposable pie plates) and clean aluminum foil;
- Paper: Newspaper (including advertising supplements), magazines, brown grocery bags, telephone books, catalogs, office paper, junk mail, envelopes; empty chipboard (cereal boxes), wet strength carrier stock (TV dinner boxes).
- Cardboard: place clean corrugated cardboard boxes or shipping boxes under toter; break down or cut boxes so they are flat and no bigger than 2 X 2 ft;
- Plastic: numbers 1 - 7 plastic containers (numbers are located on bottom of container): soda/water/juice bottles, milk bottles, butter tubs, sour cream carton, dip containers, detergent/bleach bottles, household cleaner bottles etc.;
- Not accepted: Styrofoam, rubber bands, soiled paper (pizza boxes/sandwich wrappers), food, tissue paper, paper towels, wax coated paper, shrink-wrap, plastic bags, wood, and glass.
- On collection day or the night before, totes should be placed next to the curb, not blocking the sidewalk and away from other obstacles such as posts or vehicles. On any day not scheduled for pickup, totes should be stored adjacent to the residence and not in front yards or at the street. Fines may be assessed for containers left at the curb.
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https://www.crete.ne.gov/vnews/display.v/ART/603fbdc248972
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The colonial governments of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia met in Melbourne in 1863 to discuss a management plan for the Murray Darling Basin.
River Murray Commissioners and Staff before the first Commission meeting at the Department of Works and Railways in Melbourne on 14th February 1917. – From Left to Right: J.S. Dethridge (Victoria); H.H. Dare (New South Wales); Senator the Hon. P.J. Lynch
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The conference concluded that the commerce, population, and wealth of Australia could be largely increased by rendering navigable and otherwise utilising the great rivers of the interior such as the Murray, Edward, Murrumbidgee and Darling.
There was nothing concrete decided, mind you. Just the agreement that something needed to be done. It would take the great drought of 1914-15, when memories were still fresh of the “Federation drought” from 1885 to 1902 which devastated bush and city communities at a time when the national economy depended almost entirely on agricultural production, for the three states and the Commonwealth to actually set up a joint management body.
The River Murray Waters Agreement, providing for the construction of a number of storages, weirs and locks was signed and on 14 February 1917. The first meeting of the River Murray Commission was held in Melbourne.
And the Commonwealth and the States have been talking about the problem ever since as the Brief History of the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement on the Murray Darling Basin Commission website outlines in depressing detail.
Reading it leaves little doubt about why Prime Minister John Howard decided that if his government was to put in $10 billion to try and solve some of the river system’s problems that it should also be in charge. More than a century of “cooperation” between states has been an abject failure.
That state parochialism still reigns was put neatly by Victorian Premier Steve Bracks when he announced his alternative to the Howard management plan. What Howard proposed was not, said Premier Bracks, in the best interests of Victoria although he made no comment about the best interests of the nation as a whole.
As best I can work it out the reason is that NSW might have more of the federal money spent in its state than will go to Victoria with Bracks objecting to his state being penalised for spending more money in the past to improve irrigation practices than its counterpart across the border.
Prime Minister Howard now has to try and stop all such nonsense when he meets with the Premiers tomorrow. Perhaps commonsense will prevail but there are 143 years of history that says otherwise.
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https://www.crikey.com.au/2007/02/22/143-years-on-and-still-talking-on-the-murray/
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NOTE--this item ships via FedEx and does not ship to PO boxes
Delicious tropical flavors drink mix, case of 24--11.5 oz. cans. Choose from Pass-O-Guava, Strawberry Guava, Island Style Orange, Fuji Apple, Calamansi Lime, Lilikoi Passion, Guava Nectar, Iced Tea, Passion Orange, Coconut Pineapple, Strawberry Guava/
Coconut Pineapple Mixed Pack, Tropical Fruit Drink Assorted Pack or Regular Assorted Pack. This item is shipped via FedEx at no additional charge.
Perfect for your next luau or party! This item is shipped via FedEx 2 day at no additional charge. This item does not ship to PO Boxes.
- Popular in the Hawaiian Islands
- Case of 24 cans
- Each can contains 11.5 fluid ounces
- Contains fruit puree and juice
- Also great as a cocktail mixer
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Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Goldilocks. One day, she went for a walk in the forest. Quite quickly, she saw a house. She knocked on the door and, when no one answered, she walked inside.
On the table in the kitchen, there were three bowls of porridge. Goldilocks was hungry. She tasted the porridge from the first bowl, but it was too hot. She tasted the porridge from the second bowl, but it was too cold. Then, she tasted the last bowl of porridge.
“This porridge is just right,” she said happily and she ate it all.
After she’d eaten the porridge, she went into the living room. She saw three chairs. Goldilocks sat in the first chair to rest her feet, but it was too big. Then, she sat in the second chair, but it was still too big. So she tried the last and smallest chair.
” This chair is just right,” she said happily. But when she sat on the chair to rest, it broke into pieces! Crack!
Goldilocks went into the bedroom next. She lay down on the first bed, but it was too hard. Then she lay on the second bed, but it was too soft. Then she lay down on the third bed and it was just right. Goldilocks fell asleep. ZZZZ…
As Goldilocks was sleeping, the three bears came home.
“Someone’s been eating my porridge,” said the Daddy bear and Mommy bear.
“Someone ate all of my porridge!” cried the Baby bear.
“Someone’s been sitting in my chair,” said the Daddy bear and Mommy bear.
“Someone’s broken my chair!” cried the Baby bear.
When they got upstairs to the bedroom, Daddy bear shouted, “Someone’s been sleeping in my bed,”
“Someone’s been sleeping in my bed, too” said the Mommy bear
“And someone is still sleeping in my bed!” said Baby bear.
Goldilocks woke up and saw the three bears. She screamed, “Ahhhh!” And she jumped up and ran out of the door. The three bears never saw that rude little girl again.
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Kosakata dan Ungkapan
Porridge: /’pɒrɪdʒ /
Hot: /hɒt /
Cold: /kəʊld /
Big: /bɪɡ /
adj. Lunak, Lembut, Empuk
adj. Tidak sopan, Kasar
Knock on the door: Mengetuk pintu
Just right: Pas
Break into pieces: Pecah berkeping-keping
Lay down: Berbaring
Wake up: Bangun
Kalimat Hari ini
1. "The Porridge is just right!"
"Bubur ini pas rasanya!"
2. "The shoes fit me just right!"
"Sepatu itu pas untuk saya!"
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THERE can't be a harder job at Volkswagen HQ than masterminding a new version of the Golf. We're now on to the eighth edition and it's got a lot to live up to.
Approaching half a century since that first Golf arrived, it's been a bit of a success ever since, with more than 35 million pouring off production lines in Germany, Brazil, China and Mexico.
And right from the first Golf, they've been one of a vanishingly small list of cars that are such a fine fit for their role in life that they sit happily anywhere, from poshest hotel car park to suburban semi, via the school run or a lap of demanding race track.
Underneath the smart new suit - but still so obviously a Golf - sits a lot of the old car with the same - but gently tweaked - engines and suspension.
It's grown a bit in length and width and the front is so covered in horizontal lines you wonder if the stylists were wary of curves. Certainly makes the car look wide, which was probably the point.
Different story inside, where there's been nothing short of a revolution. Out goes anything that looks and feels like an old fashioned knob or button. Instead, we have a dashboard that feels as though an iPad obsessive was let loose.
It all looks clean and modern and VW has tried hard to make it easier than it might have been to change things like climate and entertainment settings. Still means you take your eyes off the road ahead for longer than using a physical control, but that argument is lost as screens take over.
The new Golf comes in three trim levels, starting at £23,900 for the Life variant. That comes with alloy wheels and adaptive cruise control, satellite navigation, six speaker sound system and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto linking; so a long way from base spec.
Moving up to a Golf 8 Style, from £25,495, we find front seats with massage function, bigger alloys, LED headlights and climate control instead of manual air conditioning. There's also a choice of 30 colours for interior ambient lighting, upgraded LED headlights and fancier trim.
Topping the current range is the Golf 8 R-Line (many more variants are inevitable as the months roll round), with a more sporty look, sportier looking front seats, leather wrapped multi-function steering wheel and rear tinted glass. Prices start at £26,165.
Powering the latest Golf are 1.5-litre petrol engines with 130 or 150 horsepower and a 2.0-litre diesel with 115 or 150hp, and all driving the front wheels via six-speed manual or seven-speed automatic gearboxes. A mild hybrid version of the 1.5-litre petrol Golf is available and comes with the auto box.
Tailpipe emissions range from 108-142g/km and average economy from 44.1-68.9mpg, with diesels taking honours in both categories; BIK bands range from 27 to 30 per cent.
Driver assistance programmes, which contribute to the Golf's maximum five star official safety rating, include adaptive cruise control, road sign display and front assist that detects an object or person in front of the car and brakes for you if you ignore its warnings.
Lane assist is also fitted and tries to nudge you to keep straight between the white road linings and will annoy drivers who like to make up their own mind about positioning. It has to be switched off each time you start the car if you want the system temporarily disabled.
Volkswagen reckons the 130hp version of the 'entry level' Golf 8 Life will be most popular with British buyers. They're unlikely to think it sluggish, with a top speed of 133mph and 0-62mph in 9.2 seconds making it feel a genuine contender in a corner of the market that sees the Ford Focus and Toyota Corolla as keen competitors.
Several hundred miles in the more potent 150hp version revealed a car that felt genuinely pacey when pressed - as a 139mph top speed and 0-62mph time of 8.5 seconds ought to indicate.
As impressive was the 49.6mpg displayed on the dash after more than 400 miles of varied use from town stop/start to brisk motorway journeys.
Ease off a little and better than 50mpg is comfortably on offer, weakening the case for the £1,000 dearer diesels.
This latest Golf feels a mite more firmly sprung than before, helping up the enthusiasm factor for drivers who like to press on but letting some of the worst of British road surfaces intrude more than expected.
But then the Golf always was a car that was more than good enough in all the right places to make it Europe's best selling car. Nothing's likely to change with the newest one.
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https://www.eurekar.co.uk/articles/2020-06-29/new-golf-in-the-digital-age
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If a fast food chain once owned in part by McDonald’s can make us cry, then maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that a new campaign by Greenpeace–a well-intentioned group that can come off as both abrasive and extremist–can simply kick us in the gut with imagery.
Because when I look at these new ads by DraftFCB Switzerland, I don’t think about the mixed environmental implications of, say, Greenpeace rejecting all nuclear energy technology. In the gothic-industrial ink line drawings, I can only consider what Man has done wrong: built an infrastructure that is bigger and more devastating than he can control. And at least for a moment, I can’t find a single reason to disagree with their worldview.
But why are they so powerful? I can’t help but wonder if Greenpeace’s messaging was more honest than they intended, conveying that in the face of the global machine, the environmental movement finds itself hopelessly outgunned. We see, not a scrappy underdog fight, but an unavoidable slaughter in the making.
David never looked so small.
[Hat tip: Copyranter]
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The City of Ferndale announced today that the COVID-19 vaccine clinic will return for youth and teens ages twelve and up. The clinic will begin Thursday, May 27, and run from 9:00. a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pfizer vaccines will be provided. Those under eighteen must have a parent or legal guardian with them in attendance.
Individuals are encouraged to register on Oakland County’s site and select a desired location and appointment time. Walk-ins are also being accepted at all locations. Those with appointments at next week's vaccine clinic for their first dose will receive follow-up appointments at the same time and location three weeks later for their second dose.
Additionally, Oakland County has partnered with SMART Bus for local accessible transportation to and from vaccine appointments. Whenr egistering for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment, any resident who has transportation needs can simply check a box to indicate they need a ride to their appointment. When they receive their confirmation email, they are prompted to call 800-848-5533 to schedule their transportation to and from the clinic.
Ferndale is one of 12 community-based clinics being conducted by the County; others are located in Hazel Park, Holly, Lake Orion, Pontiac, Rochester, Royal Oak Township, Troy, Waterford, and West Bloomfield. To register for Save My Spot, visit oaklandcountyvaccine.com/appointments or call 800-848-5533. For more information about Oakland County’s CIVID-19 vaccine delivery, clinics, and FAQ, visit oakgov.com/covid.
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However, this type of advertising is consistent with the requirements of the fans.
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True Crime News Roundup: Father Fatally Shoots Ex-Football Player Son During Dog Bite Argument
Plus: The remains of Wisconsin mother Ashley Carlson were found in Minnesota; An arrest has been made in connection to the deadly home invasion of music legend Clarence Avant’s California home; and a Las Vegas college student died from injuries he sustained during a “school-sanctioned amateur fight.”
Father accused of murdering his ex-college football player son after a family fight escalated, officials say.
On Nov. 29, Otis Anderson Sr. got into a verbal fight with his wife, Denise Anderson, and their son, former University of Central Florida running back Otis Anderson Jr., 23. According to police, the argument, which turned violent, was sparked after a dog belonging to Anderson Jr.’s girlfriend bit his father. Officers responding to the scene around 9:30 p.m. arrested Anderson Sr., 52, after they found his son fatally shot in the chest and shoulder and wife suffering non-life-threatening graze wounds. He was being held without bond at the Duval County Jail and is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
The remains of a Wisconsin mother who disappeared in September were found in Minnesota.
A search-and-rescue group has located the remains of Ashley Carlson, a 33-year-old Wisconsin mother of four who went missing months ago. According to authorities, Carlson’s rental car was found partially submerged in Grace Lake in Pine County. Minnesota, on Sept. 24. After multiple searches over the following two months, a private investigation group hired by Carlson’s family located her remains in woods near the lake, the Duluth Tribune reported. “This is a sad day our family hoped would not come, and there are still many questions that need answers, but the important thing is we now have Ashley,” the woman’s mother, Krista Struck, said in a statement. Police have not indicated if they suspect foul play.
Man arrested in connection to home invasion murder at music legend’s California home.
Law enforcement in California have arrested a suspect in the murder of a prominent philanthropist who is the wife of a well-known music executive. According to police, Aariel Maynor, 29, was armed with an AR-15 rifle when he allegedly broke into the Beverly Hills home of Jacqueline and Clarence Avant on Dec. 1 and fatally shot Jacqueline. A short time later, police said, Maynor allegedly attempted to burglarize a Hollywood Hills residence and accidentally shot himself in the foot. According to LAPD Deputy Chief Blake Chow, an “astute watch commander” at the LAPD’s Hollywood Division noticed similarities between the separate shootings and contacted officers in Beverly Hills. The suspect was treated at a local hospital and then released to police custody. “It is a sad case, and although we are happy we have an arrest, I feel so bad for the family,” Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook said, according to the Los Angeles Times. “The evidence thus far shows that only one suspect was involved in the crime and the motive remains under investigation.”
A college student passed away from injuries he sustained during what his family called a “school-sanctioned amateur fight.”
A University of Nevada, Las Vegas junior died days after he took part in a fraternity charity event, and his death has been ruled a homicide. On Nov. 19, junior Nathan Valencia, 20, was representing Sigma Alpha Epsilon when he fought in the “Kappa Sigma Fight Night” boxing match at the Sahara Event Center. During the match, Valencia suffered multiple punches and collapsed. He passed away from brain injuries four days later, on Nov. 23, KLAS reported. Valencia's family claimed in a statement to People that they “confirmed from multiple sources there were no paramedics or medical personnel of any kind at this event” and the referee allegedly appeared to have no professional training or a license as required by the Nevada Athletic Commission. The family said they also "confirmed from multiple sources that there were no paramedics or medical personnel of any kind at this event,” which they called “a school-sanctioned amateur fight that cost [Valencia] his life.” The coroner ruled the student’s death a homicide caused by blunt force trauma to the head, but law enforcement officials noted that “although Valencia's death is tragic, the circumstances surrounding his death are not criminal and no charges will be filed.”
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When the waning days of the Castro regime meet the diplomatic ambition of President Barack Obama, strange things happen on the island. Charge up San Juan Hill with two priests in a Kia, and you know the world is changing. In Cuba, the changes are coming fast and furious. Except when they’re not and the priest still has to fly to the U.S. to get parts for his car.
In six trips to Cuba, newspaper reporter, international outreach practitioner, lifelong agnostic and oddly trusted self-styled emissary of the Episcopal Church Zachary Reid put together a story that shows Cuba for everything that it is, and isn’t, at the dawn of a political change that has been decades in the making.
Reid traveled the island top to bottom and side-to-side, often alone, occasionally in groups, once in a Russian SUV that literally fell apart in his hands, always with his eyes tuned to what life was like for the people away from the politics. At time insightful, at times cranky, is a trip through the Cuba that doesn’t show up on package tours or in newspaper stories.
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The strangest, sickest and scariest midnight movies ever
Depraved new shocker The Greasy Strangler recalls a tradition of late night cult favorites, full of severed limbs, psychedelia and fecal matter
The Greasy Strangler hits the big screen this week and is a strange, grisly homage to cult films and to the midnight moviegoing tradition. From the mad, the bad and the weird, the shocking to the surreal, here are a few of the late-night movies that set the scene for greasy strangling.
With El Topo, Alejandro Jodorowsky did not think hed simulated a psychedelic experience, he believed hed created the psychedelic itself. It was the first midnight movie, an acid western and an eastern, an experiment in cinematic alchemy featuring occult symbols, castration, self-immolation, a man savoring the taste of a high-heeled shoe, a game of Russian roulette played in church. To the uninitiated El Topo was confounding, but to its devotees, it was a religious experience, like midnight mass with more marijuana.
A film about characters vying for the title of the filthiest person alive. As its tagline suggests, Pink Flamingos was an exercise in poor taste, but it was also a celebration of the outr, a tribute to freaks, degenerates, rejects, anyone whos ever lived in a crib and really loved eggs. It existed outside the system, beyond the fringe, beyond pornography according to New York magazine. It established Divine as a cult icon and defined the midnight movie. Pink Phlegm-ingo Barf Bags were distributed at screenings if anyone vomited during the film, John Waters considered it a standing ovation.
Enter the Dragon
It is like a finger pointing a way to the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory. Enter the Dragon dropped Bruce Lee into a James Bond storyline, one with no guns and a whole lot more ass-kicking. It introduced Jim Kelly as a black power hero who beats up racist cops trying to keep him from the martial arts tournament where the film takes place. It brought the kung fu craze to America, graced us with the legendary cool of Lee, and taught us the art of fighting without fighting.
Dario Argentos Suspiria is a fairytale about a womens ballet academy run by witches where students die more often than dance. Like all great midnight movies, it ushers us into another world, one governed by dream logic. The hypnotic pull of danger drives its plot, as inexorable as a nightmare with images to match: a woman running through the woods, a blue-lit room inexplicably filled with coiled wire, yellow eyes watching in the dark, a McDonalds in Germany. Its a fairytale influenced by Bluebeard, Snow White and stories of witchcraft recounted by co-writer Daria Nicolodis grandmother.
The Warriors is Walter Hills modern Odyssey. The one and only Cyrus seeks to unite all the gangs in New York City, and delegates from these gangs come together to hear him speak. But hes shot and killed, and the Warriors are framed. Hill presents these criminal protagonists as classical heroes as they traverse the dreamscape of their city and battle their way home from the Bronx to Coney Island. Pauline Kael wrote that The Warriors communicated the anger of the dispossessed, but it also showed us their heart, their valor, and their cool leather vests.
A woman dressed as a nun kisses a bullet alone in front of her mirror, then aims a gun at an unseen enemy. This is Abel Ferraras Ms 45, also known as Angel of Vengeance. Zo Tamerlis Lund plays mute seamstress Thana, a woman raped twice in the same afternoon, who kills one of her attackers and keeps his gun. Ferrara and Lund bring humanity to Thana, choosing not to play her like a maniac but a woman dealing with PTSD. Ms 45 is like Death Wish from a womans perspective, the Platonic ideal of rape-revenge movies, and a powerful indictment of male violence.
Evil Dead II
In Sam Raimis revision of The Evil Dead, an ancient evil is unleashed in a cabin in the woods when passages are read from the Book of the Dead, and Bruce Campbells iconic hero Ash descends into madness and Kandarian demons. Evil Dead II had more humor and pathos than its predecessor: Ash kills his girlfriend when she becomes possessed and then he must fight his own hand and sever it with a chainsaw after it turns against him in a balletic, slapstick one-man show. Its The Three Stooges meets the Grand Guignol to create ingenious postmodern horror.
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The Qatar Energy Management market is estimated to grow at an exponential rate on an account of numerous smart grid initiatives by the government and stringent regulations to reduce the carbon footprint in the country. In addition, a significant rise in the demand for electricity is witnessed around industrial sector which has led to a spur in the introduction of energy incentive programs in the region for efficient utilization of energy.
According to MarkNtel Advisors’ research report titled “Qatar Energy Management Market Analysis, 2020”, the Qatar Energy Management market is anticipated to grow at a considerable CAGR during 2020-25. Based on technology, the wireless segment acquired the considerable market share in the Qatar Energy Management market owing to significant mobility and economical cost of using wireless technology along with being easy-to-install and with less maintenance requirement.
Moreover, the burgeoning technological advancements intertwined with surging construction activities in the country is increasing the demand for building energy management system to monitor and control the building’s energy needs and decrease the overall costs in Qatar. Hence, there lies a potential opportunity for the market growth of energy management in the forecast period.
“Qatar Energy Management Market Analysis, 2020” provides comprehensive qualitative and quantitative insights on the industry potential, key factors impacting sales and purchase decisions, hotspots, and opportunities available for Energy Management providers across the globe. Moreover, the report also encompasses the key strategic imperatives for success for competitors along with strategic factorial indexing measuring competitor's capabilities on 16 parameters. This will help companies in the formulation of Go to Market Strategies and identifying the blue ocean for its offerings.
Software Component Acquired Significant Market Share
Based on Component, software segment acquired the significant market share in the Qatar Energy Management market in 2019. End-user industries are inclining more toward the purchase of software in order to reduce the overall operating costs to a large extent.
Moreover, the market of hardware sensors also foreseen considerable growth in the coming years owing to the factors such as introduction of smart IoT devices and paradigm shift of verticals from the use of conventional dedicated devices to smart units. In addition, the demand for technological advancements in sensors is also rising as these sensors enable the customer to have a real-time data tracking and also helps in detecting power quality problems which is further predicted to promulgate the growth of Qatar Energy Management market in the forthcoming period as stated in the MarkNtel Advisors’ research report “Qatar Energy Management Market Analysis, 2020”.
According to MarkNtel Advisors, the key players with a considerable market share in the Qatar Energy Management market are ABB, Siemens, Honeywell, Schneider Electric, Johnson Control, Daikin, Emerson, Ingersoll, General Electric, Azbil etc.
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Chinese Pediatric Massage Therapy-A Parent's & Practitioner's Guide to the Treatment & Prevention of
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Chinese pediatric massage becomes accessible for both professional practitioners of Chinese medicine and parents in this guide to its basic theories and techniques. It explains specific Chinese massage techniques for the treatment of many pediatric complaints, including diarrhea, colic, vomiting, constipation, excessive drooling, bed-wetting, night crying, and colds. Illustrations show how to apply each treatment.
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In December, several additional seasons of the popular competition reality show, The Challenge, are set to join the Netflix platform.
This will give fans a way to reminisce and first-time viewers a chance to catch up on two of the classic seasons that introduced several new stars to the series.
It’ll also provide additional episodes to watch while new installments arrive weekly on MTV for Spies, Lies & Allies, and Paramount Plus for The Challenge: All Stars 2 spinoff series.
Netflix to add more seasons of The Challenge for streaming
Based on details from What’s on Netflix, two more seasons are on the way to the streaming platform, with The Challenge Season 12 and 25.
Season 12 of The Challenge was the original Fresh Meat season of MTV’s show, which aired from May through September of 2006.
The Challenge’s 25th season was Free Agents, which originally aired from April through June of 2014. Both of these seasons of MTV’s competition series will join Netflix on December 15, 2021. The platform currently offers the Inferno II and The Duel seasons for streaming.
With Season 12, viewers saw a new theme for Fresh Meat. This involved bringing individuals into the cast who hadn’t appeared on MTV’s Road Rules and Real World. Alumni from those two shows teamed up with rookies. Casey Cooper, Kenny Santucci, Ryan Kehoe, Evelyn Smith, and Diem Brown were among the newcomers.
Season 25, Free Agents, includes two cast members recently in headlines. This past month, Leroy Garrett released a video in which he spoke about his experience during the show with racism. Leroy brought up an incident from Season 30, aka Dirty 30, which involved castmate Camila Nakagawa launching a racist rant towards him during an episode.
MTV released a response to Leroy’s video in which he brought up how the experience affected him, ultimately causing him to retire from the show.
Where else is The Challenge available for viewing?
In addition to the four seasons on Netflix, several other platforms feature seasons of The Challenge. Paramount Plus currently has the most to offer.
Not only can fans watch new episodes of The Challenge: All Stars 2 every Thursday, episodes from the first season of the spinoff are available on-demand. In addition, there are 23 other seasons from MTV’s The Challenge available for viewing.
The Challenge seasons currently available on Paramount Plus include Seasons 11 through 13 and Seasons 15 through 34.
Hulu also has several seasons of The Challenge available. As of this report, they have Season 30 (Dirty 30), Season 31 (Vendettas), and Season 32 (Final Reckoning) available on-demand.
MTV currently airs new episodes of the current season, Spies, Lies & Allies, every Wednesday at 8/7c, while Paramount+ releases a new episode of All Stars 2 every Thursday, giving fans plenty of content to enjoy each week.
The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on MTV.
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The High Court has ruled embattled Act Party leader John Banks should stand trial on electoral fraud charges next year but the trial will likely be fast-tracked so it can be completed before campaigning for the general election begins.
Mr Banks appealed to the High Court over District Court Judge Phil Gittos' committal hearing decision that he should face charges of filing a false electoral return.
The charges relate to donations Mr Banks solicited and received from controversial internet millionaire Kim Dotcom and casino company SkyCity which were later declared as anonymous in the electoral return he signed for his 2010 Auckland mayoralty campaign.
Mr Banks' lawyers argued that Judge Gittos made several errors of fact in his ruling. But while he acknowledged those errors in his decision yesterday, the High Court's Justice Paul Heath said they did not have "any material effect" on Judge Gittos' decision to commit Mr Banks for trial.
"The critical part of the judge's decision was based on Mr Banks' receiving the donations, knowing they had come from both Mr Dotcom's interests and SkyCity and with an intention that they not be disclosed in the return."
Justice Heath also agreed with the lawyers for Mr Banks and the Crown that the trial should take place in the High Court rather than the District Court as originally ordered by Judge Gittos.
This was because if Mr Banks were convicted, the Epsom electoral seat, which he still holds, would be declared vacant and also because of the Act Party's confidence and supply agreement with the Government.
He also noted the outcome of the trial could conceivably have an impact on the result of the election.
For the same reasons he said the case should be given priority as it would be undesirable to have it near to polling day. He understood it could be held in the first quarter of next year depending on whether Mr Banks chose trial by jury or before a judge alone.
Justice Heath also pointed out Mr Banks still had the option of challenging his committal for trial under section 347 of the Crimes Act. That would allow lawyers for the Crown and Mr Banks to put new evidence before a judge who would make yet another decision on whether he should go to trial.
"I imagine that's an option Mr Banks will take," said legal expert Graeme Edgeler.
"But given what the judge has said and we've now got a District Court and a High Court judge saying there's enough evidence here, this is a matter for trial ... it's unlikely to work."
Mr Banks was last night laying low. A spokesman said he was considering the judgment and consulting with his lawyers before commenting.
A spokeswoman for Prime Minister John Key said that as the matter was still before the courts, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to comment.
Act President John Boscawen also refused to comment.
Former Act leader Richard Prebble said while the media had tried Mr Banks and found him guilty, the answers Mr Banks had given to questions about the donations "seem totally credible".
Heat on Banks
* Act leader John Banks' bid to avoid going to trial on charges of filing a false electoral return has been thrown out by the High Court.
* He still has the option of challenging the decision under section 347 of the Crimes Act but that is seen as having little chance of success.
* The High Court's Justice Paul Heath has asked for the trial to be fast-tracked to early next year to avoid it affecting the outcome of the general election.
- Additional reporting APNZ
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Ripple Expects SEC causa Over XRP to Conclude Next Year, chief executive officer Says ‘We’re Seeing Pretty Good Progress’
Ripple chief executive officer Brad Garlinghouse says that he expects the case over XRP by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to return to a conclusion next year. the chief explained: “We’re seeing pretty sensible progress despite a slow judicial method.”
Ripple’s chief executive officer Is Hopeful the SEC’s causa Over XRP can Conclude Next Year
Ripple chief executive officer Brad Garlinghouse mentioned the cause over XRP by the U.S. Securities ANd Exchange Commission (SEC) in an interview with CNBC Monday.
Garlinghouse aforementioned he expects the causa to achieve a conclusion next year, elaborating:
We’re seeing pretty sensible progress despite a slow judicial method.
“Clearly we’re seeing sensible queries asked by the choice. and that i assume the choice realizes this can be not almost Ripple. this may have broader implications,” the Ripple government intercalary.
The SEC sued Ripple, Garlinghouse, and co-founder Christian Larsen in Dec last year, alleging that they sold-out $1.3 billion value of the XRP tokens in AN unregistered securities giving. However, Ripple and also the executives argue that XRP mustn’t be thought-about security.
Amid the causa with the SEC, Ripple revealed a proposal for a regulative framework for cryptocurrencies last week referred to as “A Real Approach to Cryptocurrency Regulation.” Garlinghouse explained that the “proposed policy framework may be a three-pronged approach of what is done currently,” noting that it’s the results of Ripple’s “direct interactions with regulators and nonpartisan policymakers.” The Ripple chief executive officer has repeatedly stated that the SEC has given no clarity on crypto regulation.
Garlinghouse isn’t the sole one UN agency sees the SEC v. Ripple case creating sensible progress. In October, the chief executive officer of the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, stated that the SEC v. Ripple case “seems to be going higher than expected.” Coinbase delisted XRP in Jan, shortly once the SEC launched its causa against Ripple and also the 2 executives.
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Be sure to read the Special Notes further down this page for important requirements and restriction.
WHAT YOU VISIT
San Jose del Cabo
Located in Baja California Sur, this charming town boasts beautiful cobblestone streets, an art gallery district and a mission that founded in 1730. When you arrive, you'll stroll through the quaint town-square, and past historical buildings that date back to colonial times. Your first stop is a traditional glass blowing factory, where you'll witness gifted artisans create amazing art with their hands. Next, you'll visit the Baja Brewing Co. for a sampling of their craft beer. Your last stop is at the incredible Huichol Gallery that's filled with impressive art work created by Huichol Indians.
Tamarindo Organic Farm
Just 15 minutes from San Jose del Cabo, the farm is a vision of farmer-in-chief, Enrique Silva, who created the farm for his need to have the freshest produce and herbs for his own cooking. Walk among the crops and harvest your own vegetables and aromatic herbs. Then in a beautiful kitchen terrace built in stonewalls and wooden ceilings, you'll have a hands-on class, guided by a chef, and learn to prepare different salsas and cook a succulent organic free-range chicken Mexican dish. After the class, share a common table tasting the fruits of your labor while you enjoy the view of the fields and the breeze of the Sea of Cortez.
From the colonial-style Iglesia San José mission to the spacious main square known as Plaza Mijares, San Jose del Cabo offers one photo op after another.
Enjoy shopping for art work at the Huichol Gallery.
WHAT YOU SEE ALONG THE WAY
Sit back and relax as you travel north along a scenic route from Cabo San Lucas to San Jose del Cabo.
Tour timeline may vary to avoid overcrowding, etc.
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December 14, 2021 - OB/GYN Healthcare Hero Departs Too Soon, His Legacy Lives On
In late November, we received some news that we didn’t want to hear: Kenneth Warren Volker, MD, who meant so much to the medical community, had died at the age of 58. The chief clinical officer for Intermountain Healthcare-Nevada, Dr. Volker played a prominent role in the establishment of a medical school at UNLV, frequently heading to the state capitol to convince lawmakers that the best way to combat a lack of physicians in Southern Nevada was through the opening of a graduate school of medicine in Las Vegas. In today’s newsletter, we pay tribute to this gifted OB/GYN, a physician-researcher, academician, and medical entrepreneur. Dr. Volker befriended me upon my arrival at the medical school in April 2020. I am indebted to his candor, availability, and friendship. I will personally miss him.
December 7, 2021 - New Program Making A Difference In The Lives Of Those With Down Syndrome and Their Families
We take our mission seriously -- The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV will serve our patients, students, medical professionals and community as a transformational force for improving healthcare in Nevada. So you can say Dr. Kate Martin, an associate professor and our associate dean of graduate education, is following standard operating procedure as she works to help ease the challenges of the intellectually disabled and their families in Nevada. Not only has she studied how the lack of treatment resources and lack of coordination between resources now on hand can frustrate the most loving of families, but she has also seen it first hand. Spurred on by the love of a brother who died of the effects of his disability and by a medical school student researching for new methods of communication for his non-verbal Down syndrome sister, Dr. Martin founded the Down syndrome program at Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV in August. In today’s newsletter, we learn more about a program already making a difference in Southern Nevada, helping those affected with the most common identifiable cause of intellectual disability.
November 30, 2021 - Medical Student Not Letting Language Barrier Get In The Way Of Patient Receiving High-Quality Care
Laura Culley, MD, our associate dean for community engagement at the school of medicine, is always finding new avenues for our students to pursue the community service work that is part of our curriculum. One way is to help refugees and immigrants -- often they do not speak English -- navigate our health system when they arrive in Las Vegas. So it was the other day when a young refugee from Syria (by way of Iraq) needed some help getting lined up to receive dialysis at University Medical Center. Three of our Arabic-speaking students answered Dr. Culley’s request to help out as patient navigators. Says Dr. Culley: “It used to be that we looked for Spanish-speaking students, but now we have over 20 other languages that are represented in our student population.” In today’s newsletter, we meet Aziza Dhalai, a third-year student from the country of Yemen in the Middle East. By speaking to the nervous and exhausted young Syrian in his native tongue, she helped calm him as he waited for dialysis at UMC. The Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV -- we’re ready to help people from around the globe.
November 23, 2021 - Meet Paul Joncich: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Manager of Media Relations
We’ve known for a long time about the benefits of physical exercise. In the 5th century BC, the ancient physician Hippocrates observed: “All parts of the body, if used in moderation and exercised in labors to which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy and well developed and age slowly; but if they are unused and left idle, they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.” Now, unfortunately, the lack of exercise has become a major public health problem, with physical inactivity associated with the development of 40 chronic diseases, including Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease. In today’s newsletter, we focus on Paul Joncich, our manager of media relations, a former broadcast journalist who’s anything but inactive. More than 30 years after he went to Loyola Marymount University on a baseball scholarship, he’s still playing the game he loves...along with tennis. Paul credits exercise with keeping him both physically and mentally fit, important, he says, to both sharing the story of the school of medicine with the media and to happily fulfilling his role as a husband and father.
November 16, 2021 - School of Medicine and UMC Continue Partnership To Improve Healthcare In Southern Nevada
In working to help meet the healthcare needs of Southern Nevada, the school of medicine continues to build the strong partnerships that enable the medical school to be a catalyst for transforming healthcare in Southern Nevada. Next year, the first permanent building of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV will be finished, thanks to the generous donors who contributed to the Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation, a nonprofit corporation committed to the community, UNLV, and enhancing academic medicine in the Las Vegas Valley. Other collaborations with entities such as the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, area hospitals, civic and government leaders, and donors help ensure our students receive the necessary training to apply best practices that enhance health equity and quality of life. In today’s newsletter, we put the spotlight on Mason Van Houweling, the chief executive officer of University Medical Center, our main teaching hospital and Nevada’s major clinical campus. Together, Mason and I work to make sure that the alliance of our two institutions provides the most extensive and complete teaching programs for physicians who someday will staff hospitals and clinics throughout the state.
November 9, 2021 - School of Medicine and UNLV Health Celebrate Together At Employee Appreciation Event
Good institutions rise during a crisis; great institutions excel. Such is the case with the way that all of the employees of UNLV Health and the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV rose to the occasion during the COVID-19 pandemic to care for the Las Vegas community. From offering the first roadside testing irrespective of ability to pay, to implementing a convalescent plasma program to treat those suffering from the virus, to vaccinating our community in great numbers, our employees excelled. We are all here to care for our community and that we did! This past week, at Dave & Busters in Downtown Summerlin, we enjoyed a celebration of the collective hard work and efforts of everyone involved with the COVID-19 response. It was great to see everyone in this informal setting and great to meet families. Part of our thanks to employees was a custom-designed lapel pin with the COVID virus and the moniker, “We’re in this together.” We will wear this proudly. Our team came through in a time of need. I hope you enjoy the photos of our celebration in this week’s newsletter.
November 2, 2021 - School of Medicine Budget Manager's Family Inspires Her To Work Harder For Better Healthcare
Ever since the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV opened in 2017, we’ve worked to ensure that we are turning out physicians who will help transform medical care both in Southern Nevada and, indeed, nationwide. With our group practice, UNLV Health, we continue to do all we can to make you feel confident that when you visit one of our 17 clinics, you are being treated by expert physicians and other providers who are leaders in their chosen fields. These are obligations to the public that we take most seriously. We also recognize that in building the public trust we have an obligation to act as responsible stewards in managing our financial resources -- adhering to sound management practices that ensure fiscal responsibility is our financial standard of care. In today’s newsletter, we introduce you to Dechelle Brandon, our budget manager. She realizes that we must have our financial house in order if we are to do the most good in our community.
October 26, 2021 - UNLV Health Audiologist Highlights Importance Of Seeking Help When Hearing Is Impaired
The services offered at the UNLV Health Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Clinic at 5320 S. Rainbow Blvd. Suite 250 flow through our accomplished board-certified physicians and our highly trained audiologists. They’ll handle all ENT challenges, no matter how small or complex. Should you be experiencing hearing loss -- you may be having trouble following conversations or hearing the TV without turning up the volume -- chances are you’ll seek medical advice. You can call 702-671-6480 to book an appointment at our ENT clinic. Often the first step in finding solutions is to schedule a visit with an audiologist, who’ll run a series of tests to determine the cause of your hearing loss. If the hearing loss is caused by, say, long-term exposure to loud noises or aging, the audiologist will recommend treatments and strategies for managing hearing loss, such as hearing aids. If the audiologist discovers an underlying medical issue, such as an ear infection, you’ll be referred to one of our ENT doctors. Though audiologists and ENT physicians often deal with similar problems, ENT doctors deal with advanced medical conditions while an audiologist is an expert in diagnosing hearing loss and using technological solutions to help you manage it and live with it. In today’s newsletter, we focus on our head audiologist, Jennifer Cornejo, AuD. Dr. Cornejo can help guide you to the best solution for your hearing life.
October 19, 2021 - Kerkorian School of Medicine Employee Celebrates Her Rebel Spirit All Year Round
When you study the resume of Alyssa Hill, the admissions coordinator for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, you learn that she helps the admissions office process up to 2,000 applications every year. As the number of applications is pared down by our admission professionals -- given the impressive backgrounds of student applicants, it’s not at all easy -- Alyssa coordinates the interviewing of 320 applicants, which goes a long way toward the annual admission of 60 students (with an additional waitlist of 60). What she enjoys most in her work is learning why students want to attend our medical school, why they want to help and serve people, why they want to help transform healthcare in Southern Nevada. “I’m just happy that I get to play, with the rest of the staff and faculty, a small part in growing the number of physicians in Nevada,” she says. In today’s newsletter, with UNLV Rebel Homecoming this week, we also learn that Alyssa is happy just being part of UNLV. How happy? Well, let’s just say her office decor could easily be mistaken for a UNLV Souvenir Outlet Store.
October 12, 2021 - AOA Honor Society Speaker Series Features Talks On Humanism Being At The Core Of Patient Care
In today’s newsletter, we turn our attention to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society Speaker Series, which is designed to broaden the human perspectives of students, faculty, and administrators. Last week, AOA brought Richard Gunderman, MD, to the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV as a speaker for the recognition ceremony for new honor society inductees and he was kind enough to give three talks at the medical school. Many of you may know Dr. Gunderman as an author of 15 books or from his frequent articles on medicine in The Atlantic magazine. During his talks, he encouraged both students and faculty to read books outside of medical texts, including the works of Albert Camus and Walker Percy, suggesting that one benefit of literary fiction is that it can provide insight into the human spirit and can actually change our behavior. I agree with this sentiment. To quote the great clinician and teacher Dr. William Osler: “The art and science of medicine are not distinct but rather twin berries on one stem.” Several years ago some colleagues and I published a study done at several medical schools showing a clear and strong association between participation in arts and humanities and positive physician qualities, including tolerance of ambiguity, empathy, lack of burnout, and wisdom. Reading engages the brain to allow us to better understand each other. To get a better idea of what Dr. Gunderman had to share, please read on...
October 5, 2021 - Current Plight Of Afghan Refugees Hits Close To Home For School of Medicine Employee
In today’s newsletter, we turn the spotlight on Elaine Aromin, the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Manager of Contracts. In her position, she oversees the contract process, ensuring that contracts are accurately processed for appropriate final execution. Over 40 years ago, Elaine was in a much different position -- an 8-year-old child who was one of hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. What Elaine and her family endured and how she now reacts to the current plight of Afghan refugees strongly argues against xenophobia and hatred aimed at those forced to leave their home countries due to war, violence, or fear of prosecution as a result of race, religion, sectarianism, nationality and certain ideas, beliefs or political opinion. We must keep in mind that nearly all of us came to the U.S. from somewhere. In a sense, we are a country of immigrants and refugees.
September 28, 2021 - UNLV Health Sports Medicine Clinic Providing High-Quality Care to Athletes and Community
Sports medicine continues to play a growing role in American healthcare, helping to restore function to injured patients so they can get moving again as soon as possible. We’re proud to say that every day in our UNLV Health Sports Medicine Clinic at 5380 South Rainbow Blvd., Suite 320 -- it’s in the Spring Valley Hospital Medicine Building -- our sports medicine physicians and providers are using the latest non-operative treatments to overcome troublesome musculoskeletal conditions in men, women, and children. While athletes with UNLV, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, and Las Vegas Aces are treated, so are non-athletes of all ages who suffer from conditions that include knee and shoulder injuries, muscle tears, and ankle sprains. The latest therapeutics are made available to those, including musicians on the Strip, who experience overuse injuries such as tendonitis and carpal tunnel. For someone suspected of having a concussion, there is state-of-the-art equipment for a complete evaluation. Stem cell regenerative medicine is offered for many injuries, as are injection therapies for conditions such as osteoarthritis. In today’s newsletter, Wade Gaal, MD, an associate professor of family and primary care sports medicine for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, provides a kind of update on the clinic that opened just over a year ago at its present location.
September 21, 2021 - Making Progress On The School's First Permanent Building
I’m very happy to say that we are less than a year away from the anticipated completion of the first permanent building for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. The five-story, 135,000 square foot Medical Education Building will be a centerpiece for the Las Vegas Medical District. Since breaking ground in October of 2020, M.J. Dean Construction has been making great progress with more than 100 workers on the job each day. If you’ve driven by the site on Pinto and Shadow Lanes, you know the building already has a formidable presence and is beginning to take on some of the characteristics that will define its look and feel. Designed with unique architectural elements, the state-of-the-art building will have a stylish patio out front and a large staircase leading to a multi-story community space for public lectures, TED talks, and a donor recognition wall with a tribute to Kirk Kerkorian, the Las Vegas visionary and philanthropist for whom the school is named.
September 14, 2021 - Medical Student Attending Raiders Game Helps Save Critically Injured Fan
Populating our state with additional skilled and compassionate physicians is one of our most important goals, but it can be a long process. It typically takes four years of medical school plus an additional 3-5 years of residency training before you have a finished product. The good news is that all of our medical students are trained as emergency medical technicians during their very first month on campus. That means every student has the basic skills to assist in almost any type of life-threatening situation, whether it be assisting accident victims or helping deliver a baby away from the hospital. Occasionally our students find themselves in situations during their everyday lives where they can use these skills, helping community members in an emergency. I think you’ll enjoy reading about such one student who stepped forward in a pinch, providing lifesaving care and taking control of a difficult situation prior to a recent Las Vegas Raiders game.
September 7, 2021 - Helping Secure The Future Of Healthcare In Southern Nevada
In today’s newsletter, we feature the White Coat Ceremony, which has become an important rite of passage for medical students, one that welcomes them into the medical profession. We also discuss what the ceremony has given birth to at medical schools throughout the nation, the White Coat Campaign -- a way of providing scholarships to those who want to enter the medical profession. Heading our campaign this year are Drs. Philip and Ami Vaughn, retired physicians who are providing a matching gift for the first $20,000 in donations. We are honored by their commitment, an undertaking critically important to help ensure that young people from all socioeconomic backgrounds can earn a medical degree.
August 31, 2021 - Medical Student Aims To Provide Holistic Approach To Medicine
In today’s newsletter, we feature third-year medical student Paul Matthew Manno Cabugao, who immigrated to the U.S. with his sister and parents in 1999. For those of you who’ve read Making the Rounds over the years, you know it is not unusual at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine for immigrants to be an integral part of our school’s culture. We have both faculty and students -- men and women reaching for the American Dream -- continually strengthening the medical school through their contributions of immense dynamism and talent. We hope you enjoy this written snapshot of Paul and his family, individuals who show us yet again that we should be proud to be called a nation of immigrants.
August 24, 2021 - Key Player In Planning Of Medical Education Building Crosses The Finish Line In Ironman Triathlon
As the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine continues on the path to becoming a world-class center of excellence and innovation, smart-planning decisions are needed along the way. Whether it’s deciding on how space will be used in the Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building that we will move into next fall or consolidating our clinics, planning and managing those operations takes expertise and energy. Fortunately, we have an executive director of space and facilities management, Kim Case-Nichols, who loves to be challenged -- and not just on the job. In June, Kim participated in the 70.3-mile Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii, a grueling test of swimming, biking, and long-distance running. In today’s newsletter, we hope you enjoy learning more about Kim, a woman who believes that being in top shape helps her work at the medical school.
August 17, 2021 - UNLV Medicine Is Now UNLV Health
For four years, ever since the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV opened in 2017, you’ve come to know the medical school’s group practice as UNLV Medicine. During this time, you could feel confident when you visited any one of our seventeen clinics that you were being treated by expert physicians and other providers who are leaders in their chosen fields. That remains true today. But with each passing day our group practice, a key part of the foundation of our top-tier research university, has come to be about more than diagnosis and treatment. It is also about helping to transform healthcare in our region through prevention and wellness programs, research, education, and collaboration. With that in mind, we believe it’s time for the name of the multi-specialty group practice of the medical school to better reflect the scope of its work. We believe a change to UNLV Health does just that.
August 10, 2021 - Medical Student Conducts Research On Motorcyclist Deaths Due To Poor Licensing Methods
In today’s newsletter, we focus on one of our third-year students, David Bandbaz. He recently shared part of the reason he came to be interested in becoming a physician. “For a lot of my childhood I was uninsured, and when I got sick, I’d feel a lot of guilt and not want to stress my parents financially when they were struggling already. Once when I was 12, I took that sentiment a little too far and ended up pretty sick with an infected skin condition I tried to hide with my clothing. Eventually, my parents could tell, so they took me to a doctor that charged uninsured families very little in Las Vegas. When he saw me, he told me he knew I was probably in a lot of pain and that he was sorry for me. I tried to seem like a tough 12-year-old, but I started crying and he hugged me. I could tell he meant it. The doctor who treated my condition really made me feel cared for at a time that I really needed it. Ever since then, I knew that I needed to be a doctor like that, too. I thought that would be a good use of my life.”
August 3, 2021 - Pediatric Access Line Helping Primary Care Doctors Treat Mental Health Issues in Children
Studies have shown that children in need of mental health care in Nevada have less services than in other states. In fact, the non-profit group Mental Health America ranked Nevada 51st among states and the District of Columbia in seven categories of youths at risk, including those who need help with psychological and emotional disturbances and major depressive disorders. The study also factors in children for whom private insurance doesn’t cover treatment. In today’s newsletter, child psychiatrist Lisa Durette, MD, an assistant professor at the medical school who founded, and serves as the program director for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, discusses how a grant program she helps lead, the Pediatric Access Line (PAL), ultimately provides children with more access to mental health care. It allows the state’s primary care doctors, the physicians who generally first see children with mental health problems, to phone into a kind of hotline (PAL) staffed by mental health professionals for recommendations on how to treat troubled children.
July 27, 2021 - Internal Medicine Resident Becomes Father On First Day Of Residency Training
We’re always looking for ways to engage our new students on issues that inform them of the world in which they will practice. This year, we set up a summer reading project for our entering students centered on the book, Fatal Invention, an incisive work written by Dorothy E. Roberts. The book is subtitled, “How science, politics, and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century.” The book points out that with the human genome project, it became clear that the human species is of one race. The book further examines how the biological concept of race promotes inequality in a supposedly “post-racial” era. Jennifer Young, our director of community engagement, did a superb job of coordinating the project that served as a catalyst for robust, if not at times difficult, discussion. Understanding who we are will allow us to better care for our community as a whole. In today’s newsletter, we focus on a recent graduate of the medical school, Dr. John Rovig, who’s now doing his postgraduate residency training in internal medicine through the medical school. Dr. Rovig, who’s become a stickler on medical ethics since entering medical school, is doing all he can to ensure that all Southern Nevadans get the care they deserve.
July 20, 2021 - UNLV Medicine and UMC Build The First Interventional Pulmonology Program In Nevada
In a release to the media, UMC, our main teaching hospital, noted what the latest collaboration between the state’s two healthcare powerhouses has meant to the acute care hospital: “UMC, in partnership with UNLV Medicine, has become the first and only hospital in the state to introduce the groundbreaking ION system, a robotic-assisted platform for minimally invasive lung biopsy procedures.” Today’s newsletter focuses on this procedure and Dr. Arthur Romero, the UNLV Medicine physician who is the state’s first fellowship-trained interventional pulmonologist, a man dedicated to improving lung healthcare in the Silver State.
July 13, 2021 - Art Student Pursues Medical School At Age 32
In today’s newsletter, we focus on one of our students, Danielle Eames, who took a road that the poet Robert Frost may well have said was “less traveled by” to get to the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. Thirty-two years young when she began her medical studies, she says a trip she took to Peru with a physician as a pre-med student convinced her that her life’s work should be in medicine. There, she helped care for people in their 40s who had never before seen a doctor. When it comes to healthcare, she’s well aware that Americans are far better off than people in less developed parts of the world. Yet she says America, one of the most advanced countries on earth, still needs to do better. “The fact there are people who don’t readily have access to medical care, or may go bankrupt if they do, is absurd,” she says.
July 6, 2021 - Dr. Sierra Mastrantonio Shares How Her Dream To Become A Physician Overpowered All The Challenges
In today’s newsletter, we focus on Dr. Sierra Mastrantonio, who was a member of our Charter Class that graduated in May. Now doing her residency in anesthesiology through the University of Utah, she wants to practice her specialty in Las Vegas and says she would love to “contribute to the development of a department of anesthesiology within the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine.” Needless to say, we’d love to see that, too. What kind of anesthesiologist will Sierra be? Well, she says what makes a great physician is “compassion, adaptability, leadership and constant growth,” qualities she says she’ll always strive for. When she had a shoulder operation of her own, Sierra recalls that her anesthesiologist showed his compassion in a unique way. “He sang a Britney Spears’ song to me just before putting me to sleep because he knew I would laugh and it would comfort me during an otherwise frightening experience.” Will Dr. Mastrantonio incorporate caring serenades into her practice? She’ll always do, she says, what’s best for the patient.
June 29, 2021 - Dr. Michael Daubs To Become First Holder of Endowed Chair in Department of Orthopaedics
In today’s newsletter, we focus on the philanthropy that has created the first endowed chair for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, a $2.5 million gift that has improved the resources in our medical’s school department of orthopaedics that are available for research, teaching and clinical care. As physician-scientists well know, we need innovation as much as we need knowledge when it comes to major health advances. To arrive at a more desirable tomorrow, new avenues for cures and new pathways to treatments must be explored. The gift from Optum, the health services innovation company, and Dr. Tony and Renee Marlon, can accelerate the journey toward finding unique methods of handling challenges that arise within, and to, the musculoskeletal systems of Southern Nevadans. We thank them and know that Dr. Michael Daubs, the chair of our department of orthopaedics who has been installed as the first holder of the endowed chair, will do all he can to improve the care of our community.
June 22, 2021 - UNLV Medicine Surgeon Plays Critical Role Treating Burn Patients
Over the years medical advances have dramatically improved the prospects of patients following severe burn injuries, which represent the most severe model of trauma. Today, studies show that outside the extremes of age, most patients treated in a modern burn center -- the UMC Lions Burn Care Center is one of 128 in the nation -- should be expected to survive despite the severity of their injury. It is clear that the development of designated burn centers, where well-organized, multifaceted, patient-centered teams in areas of clinical care and research are on hand, has made a profound difference. In today’s newsletter, we focus on UNLV Medicine surgeon-researcher Dr. Syed Saquib, the medical director of the UMC Lions Burn Care Center. He leads a team of dedicated medical professionals who are currently dealing with a phenomenon unique to the desert environment -- severe pavement burn injuries.
June 15, 2021 - Medical Student Strives To Provide Quality Healthcare To Underserved Communities
It has been said that medical school can be compared with a marathon that keeps going and going, or a kind of intellectual and endurance boot camp that lasts four years. It is not uncommon for students first experiencing the intensity of medical school courses to quickly come to the realization that every hour not spent studying could prove disastrous to their ability to keep up with the material. Pressure? You bet. But not surprising. Remember, medical students are individuals who will one day have people’s lives in their hands, so pressure is something they have to learn to appreciate as a catalyst for solving healthcare challenges. While COVID-19 ratcheted up the academic pressure on medical students even more in the past year as virtual learning became an unexpected reality, for one of our students, Genesis Krisel Leon, the effects of the virus became far more personal. In today’s newsletter, we see how her ability to maintain grace under pressure as her parents struggled with the coronavirus kept her dream of becoming a physician alive.
June 8, 2021 - UNLV School of Nursing Grad on Road to Becoming Kerkorian School of Medicine Physician
There is no doubt that teamwork has proved vital in healthcare delivery, having a real immediate and positive impact on results and patient safety. The increasing complexity of medical cases and the specialization demands that healthcare teams be finely tuned. In today’s newsletter, we focus on one of our students, Mason Montano, a former ICU nurse who rightly believes you can learn something from anybody on a healthcare team, including the patient, helping to ensure that the right treatment course is delivered.
June 1, 2021 - Medical Student: "I Want To Lead A Life Of Purpose By Helping Others"
The more I get to know our students, the more I realize they will make a meaningful contribution to healthcare in Southern Nevada and throughout our country. They do what is necessary to learn the subject matter at hand and always go the extra mile to appreciate the full context of what they’re learning. I know that some of them will save lives in emergency rooms. Others will bring healthy babies into this world. Because of them, I feel secure that many people will live healthier lives. I can’t help but wonder how many times faculty and staff at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV will read about their accomplishments and say, “I knew them when....” In today’s newsletter, we focus on one student, Bobak Seddighzadeh, who’s well on his way to fulfilling his dream of becoming a physician-scientist whose research makes a difference in the lives of patients.
May 25, 2021 - Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Announces MD/MBA Program
I’ll never forget 2005, the year Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It caused over 1800 deaths and $125 billion in damages. It also caused the Tulane University School of Medicine, where I was then a senior associate dean, to move to the Texas Medical Center in Houston, 350 miles away, for a year. The move of 800 students and faculty was greatly aided by the gracious support of Dr. Michael DeBakey, a pioneering heart surgeon, a graduate of the Tulane University School of Medicine and chancellor emeritus at Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine. Apartments were found near the medical center and some incredibly compassionate local students and faculty made rooms available. Our students were still taught by Tulane faculty using the Tulane curriculum even as they took basic science courses at Baylor. Other students did clinical rotations in nearby teaching hospitals in Houston, Galveston and Temple, Texas. While the move worked, I realized how much better it could have gone if I had had formal training in management. When we moved back to New Orleans, I put together our first MD/MBA dual degree program at Tulane. I had seen first hand how business principles can be useful in medicine. In today’s newsletter, we focus on UNLV’s first MD/MBA dual degree, which is open to students this fall.
May 18, 2021 - UNLV Medicine Physician Helping Patients With Diabetes Make Lifestyle Changes
In today's newsletter, we feature Dr. Ana Mrkaic, one of the UNLV Medicine endocrinologists who's doing all she can to help patients with the endocrine disorder of diabetes. Today, more than 30 million Americans have the disease and more than 84 million Americans have prediabetes, a condition that if not treated, often leads to Type 2 diabetes within five years. Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes -- 90 to 95% of people have the Type 2 form in the U.S. -- share similar symptoms, including excessive thirst, increased urination, increased infections, fatigue, weight loss and blurred vision. Left untreated, diabetes can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney damage, nerve damage, amputations and blindness. Like her UNLV Medicine colleagues, Dr. Kenneth Izuora and Dr. Amber Champion, also endocrinologists, Dr. Mrkaic doesn't want Southern Nevadans to ignore symptoms of diabetes. The sooner people are put on the right medications and diet and exercise regimens, the better the chance of reducing their risk of complications from diabetes.
May 11, 2021 - Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Awarded National Medical Honor Society
As I participated in graduation week festivities for our charter class last week, I shared a story with our students that I heard as a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (now the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania). It was told by Dr. Francis Wood, a former Chair of the Department of Medicine who took part in research that perfected the electrocardiogram as a diagnostic device. Though Dr. Wood died in 1990, his story lives on. It is an amusing tale, yet it shows the trust people have in physicians, that reveals how doctors must do all they can never to betray that trust... At the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, we’re doing all we can to ensure that our students understand that people will listen to their advice. I reminded the students to be truthful, to be true to their professions, to be true to their communities, and to be true to themselves. This past week was remarkable. In a very short time, a fully accredited medical school was created in Las Vegas. Our school graduated the newest group of young physicians, some of whom will soon be taking care of our community. We have a lot to be thankful for.
May 4, 2021 - Medical Student Stays In Nevada Fulfilling Need For Family Medicine Physicians
With the first graduation festivities of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV taking place this week, students, faculty, staff, and supporters of the medical school are sure to find ways to memorialize the occasions. Photos and videos will be taken of everything from the student dance to the May 7th commencement itself. As I thought about how these occasions will become part of the histories of families, our school, and our community, I also thought about how we could use this occasion as a catalyst to more fully document our histories, both personal and collective. At no time in American history have there been so many affordable tools with which to share experiences. Leaving written, spoken and visual history couldn’t be easier. A simple cell phone today can make you your own librarian. You don’t need to be Toni Morrison or Steven Spielberg to share the who, what, when, where, why and how of your life. Whether leaving sound, video or print, it’s probably easiest to go decade by decade. Who’s made a major impact on you? When? Why? Where? What’s brought you joy? Moved you to action? When life happened, whether it be COVID-19 or childbirth, how did you react? Through documentation of our lives (a half hour a day is a good start), we’ll get to know ourselves better. And that means our families and friends will, too. In today’s newsletter, we feature Horacio Guerra of our charter class, who is helping the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine make history.
April 27, 2021 - Former UNLV Soccer Player Fighting Through Challenges To Become Physician
So it’s about to happen: On May 7th at 2 p.m. at the Thomas and Mack Center, the first graduating class of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV will receive their diplomas. While COVID-19 social distancing and masking measures must be taken, the large venue will allow each of our soon-to-be MDs to invite 12 guests and also allows for faculty, staff, donors and honored guests to attend. All guests will be required to have a ticket for admission. The event will also be live-streamed from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the UNLV website. Among those we’ll hear from are David Skorton, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), UNLV President Keith Whitfield and Dr. Mark Doubrava, president of the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents (NSHE). Founding Dean Barbara Atkinson, the first woman to head three medical schools in the U.S., will share with us how a medical school dream became a reality. In today’s newsletter, we feature Addison Guida, one of our first students who interviewed for a seat in the Charter Class. Though a grueling battle with cancer has kept her from graduating this year, she is now on schedule to graduate in 2023. Her determination and grit in overcoming grave health issues, coupled with an even greater appreciation for the importance of compassion in patient care, are qualities she fully intends to use on behalf of her patients.
April 20, 2021 - UNLV Medicine's Battle Against COVID-19: Over 100,000 Vaccines Administered
If you talk with business professors about logistics, they’re apt to refer to it as the overall process of managing how resources are acquired, stored and transported to their final destination. When most Americans hear about it, generally through the media, logistics are referenced in terms of the military -- how troops are transported to the battlefield, how supplies and equipment make it to soldiers. During World II, then Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower noted that you can’t overstate its importance: “You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.” Logistics are no less important in the current public health campaign against COVID-19. Shots in arms don’t just happen. We remain in the midst of an astonishing acceleration in the process of vaccine development, manufacturing and distribution. Coordinating the current effective vaccine distribution strategy, so critical to the nation gaining the kind of herd immunity that truly opens up society, involves thousands of people across the U.S. who truly want to make a difference. In today’s newsletter, involving the logistics of UNLV Medicine vaccination program, we hear from Julie Young, our Executive Vice President of Operations and Strategy, a key leader in our vaccination program that includes the behind-the scenes key input of Christie Putman, Debra Sorenson, Theresa Nolan, Michael Arausa, Kevin Ray, Chrstine Rios, Tina Galindo, and Lorena Ware. Fortunately for Southern Nevada, they’re all passionate about making a difference in the battle against COVID-19.
April 13, 2021 - Medical Students Hit the Jackpot Staying in Las Vegas for Residencies
Chances are during the past year, when masking has been used as a means of protection from COVID-19, you’ve noticed far fewer people complaining about, or showing signs of having colds or the flu. Is what you’ve seen among family, friends or in the workplace simply anecdotal evidence? No, as recent studies have shown, it’s far more than that. A study released last month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, one that’s garnered media attention, found that across 44 children’s hospitals, the number of pediatric patients hospitalized for respiratory illnesses is down 62%. Children’s flu deaths are way down as well. Generally, between 100 to 200 die from the disease each year. Yet during the 2020-2021 flu season there’s been just one. Adults also are far less likely to have had the flu this season. While around 34,000 people died during the 2018-2019 flu season, U.S. flu deaths this season will be measured in the hundreds. Researchers largely attribute the dramatic change to wearing masks, social distancing and not going out in public with a fever. Some experts argue that the U.S. should embrace widespread masking in public, the way many Asian countries have. Such a culture shift among the general public doesn’t seem likely any time soon. But within the healthcare industry, where fewer employees have called in sick with respiratory problems (unless they’re suffering from COVID-19), there are those who argue all doctors and nurses should be required to wear masks even after the coronavirus is under control. In today’s newsletter, we focus on two fully vaccinated members of our Charter Class who will graduate in May. Will their medical careers include having to wear a mask anytime they interact with patients? It’s still too early to tell.
April 6, 2021 - Business Management Student Pursuing Her Dream Of Becoming A Doctor
There are times, like now, when I edit Charles Dickens’ opening paragraph in A Tale of Two Cities to include only positives: “It was the best of times...It was the age of wisdom…It was the spring of hope.” Yes, in times like these, when COVID-19 has brought us the worst of times, a long season of darkness, I rearrange one of my favorite paragraphs in the English language to accompany the growth and achievement at the UNLV School of Medicine. Wasn’t it the best of times when students in our Charter Class, spurred on by a dedicated faculty, came away from Match Day knowing that they all now can train in their chosen specialties? Can we not say that this school, born out of a very real medical and economic need for an academic medical center, catapulted Southern Nevada into an Age of Wisdom? Won’t this be a spring of hope as the students in our Charter Class go through our school’s first commencement on May 7 at the Thomas and Mack Center? How many healthy babies will our students bring into this world? How many people will live better lives because of them? How many lives will they save? How many times will we read about one of these pioneering students and say, “I knew them when?” In today’s newsletter, we feature Ashley Newell Prandecki, a member of our Charter Class, whose journey into medicine has been far from ordinary.
March 30, 2021 - First Year Student Documenting His Medical School Journey On YouTube
At medical schools across the nation, one thing couldn’t be more clear: Applications for admission continue to rise. At the UNLV School of Medicine alone in 2020, there were around 2000 applications for 60 slots, more than double the number of applications we had in 2017. Nationally, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) the number of students applying to enter medical school in 2021 is already up 18%. Geoffrey Young, PhD, the AAMC’s senior director of student affairs and programs, says, “This large of an increase is unprecedented. We can’t say for sure why so many more students have applied this year. Some students may have had more time for applications and preparing for the MCAT exam after their college courses went online. Some may have been motivated by seeing heroic doctors on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Whatever the reason, there’s no doubt that there is an increased interest in becoming a physician. One of our students, Shaun Andersen, who was admitted in 2020, was well aware of the increased interest and shared his journey to medical school through a social media outlet, YouTube. In today’s newsletter, we feature Shaun, who now shares his journey through the UNLV School of Medicine with thousands of subscribers to his YouTube video channel.
March 23, 2021 - Providing Crucial Support From The Beginning: Dr. Mark Doubrava
As you may have seen or read from media reports, our first Match Day, the day our doctors-to-be learned where they’ll spend their residencies, the next step in their medical education, went beautifully. Our Shadow Lane campus was bathed in sunshine as each of our students who’ll graduate in May opened a deck of playing cards and pulled out one saying where they’ll spend the next three to seven years training in their chosen specialty. Elvis was there. So was a showgirl. After all, this is Las Vegas. While safety precautions because of COVID-19 held down the crowd, the coronavirus couldn’t contain the hugging and laughing joy of dozens of students during one of the big events in the life of a medical student. Eighteen of our best students will stay in Nevada for their residencies. Other students are going to 18 states, including at top programs associated with Stanford University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Southern California. Many of those students have already said they’re coming back to practice in Nevada, the place where they received a full-tuition scholarship for medical school. In today’s newsletter, we feature Dr. Mark Doubrava, the chairman of the Nevada Board of Regents. One of the speakers at the Match Day event, he has long championed the UNLV School of Medicine.
March 16, 2021 - Providing Impactful Care: The Goal for Pediatrician Dr. Rebecca Meyers
During this Women’s History Month, we focus on UNLV Medicine pediatrician Dr. Rebecca Meyers. She says learning about the late Dr. Francis Oldham Kelsey, a physician-scientist whose actions in the 1960s went a long way toward preventing the FDA approval of thalidomide in the U.S., helped her realize women could contribute to the world of science and medicine. Prescribed for morning sickness and insomnia in dozens of countries around the world, thalidomide ultimately would kill thousands of babies and deform thousands of others. Americans did not escape the tragedy completely. Some physicians received supplies of the drug from the manufacturer under the auspices of its “investigational” trial. Seventeen births were affected in the U.S., but the country was spared the broad-based catastrophe visited upon Europe. As a little girl, Dr. Meyers found out about Dr. Kelsey’s fearless regulatory stance -- she argued the drug hadn’t been tested enough -- in the face of withering pressure from the drug manufacturer. “My dad (a college science professor) was so impressed with her -- he told me how strong she had to be to keep the drug off the U.S. market when it was being used around the world. I didn’t see many other women in science growing up during the 80’s, so learning about Dr. Kelsey really inspired me to see that area as a possibility.” In today’s newsletter, we learn that a key part of Dr. Meyers’ work, like Dr. Kelsey’s, stresses prevention.
March 9, 2021 - Hard Working Medical Student Already Valuable Asset to the Community
Next week members of our charter class participate in Match Day, the third Friday in March when graduating medical students learn where they’ll spend, depending on their chosen specialty, up to seven years of residency training. During medical school, a student chooses a specialty and later enters the taxing process of applications and interviews with multiple residency programs across the country. As you might expect, COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in this year’s matching process, making all interviews virtual rather than in-person. Once the application and interview process is completed, training programs create a rank list of their desired applicants and all applicants create a rank list of their desired training programs. The “match” is determined by a Nobel Prize-winning algorithm managed by the National Resident Matching Program. The algorithm sorts through each medical student’s list of residency programs they’d like to attend, and aligns their preferences with the students chosen by the directors of residency programs. At exactly 12 p.m. Eastern Time on March 19 -- 9 a.m. at the UNLV School of Medicine -- the nation’s medical students will open an envelope with their name on it that reveals the name of the residency program where they’ll do their graduate medical education. In today’s newsletter, we focus on Sarah Grimley, one of our charter class students who anxiously awaits the news of where she’ll do a family medicine residency.
March 2, 2021 - Bright Future Ahead For Medical Student Inspired by Family Health Issues
Sometimes while you’re in medical school you learn something in an unexpected way. So it was for Diane Han, who’ll be one of our first graduates in May. A few months after she started medical school in 2017, the October 1, 2017 shootings on The Strip occurred, taking the lives of 60 people and leaving 411 others wounded. On that terrible night and on the days that followed, Diane was impressed with the teamwork necessary to help so many. “I was inspired,” she says, “by how public health, law enforcement, EMS and medical teams worked cohesively to respond as quickly and efficiently as possible. A lot of medical school is learning about hypothetical situations but this event helped me realize that the role of physicians is to use evidence-based medicine and all their training to diagnose and treat in situations that may be completely unparalleled.” In today’s newsletter, we focus on Diane, who plans on becoming an emergency medicine physician.
February 23, 2021 - Professional Athlete Helped by UNLV Medicine Returns to Say 'Thank You'
In today’s newsletter, we identify some of the surgical, psychiatric and ENT treatment UNLV Medicine afforded Drew Robinson, a professional athlete from Las Vegas whose mental health challenges nearly cost him his life. Dr. Tina Elkins, an assistant professor in the UNLV School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, points out that resident physicians in training played a critical role in his recovery. Mr. Robinson, whose story is well chronicled by ESPN.com, recently visited our ENT Department to say thank you. Dr. Elkins made sure resident physicians were there. She wanted them to understand that successful medicine requires teamwork. Said Dr. Elkins: “Every patient that comes in has a story, and at the time of the injury none of us know what their story was or will be. They (residents) were able to see that their compassionate, hard work has allowed a person to reach a new height. Drew has been able to affect many people, to help them on the mental health journey, but it is residents like ours who make this possible.”
February 16, 2021 - New Physician Happy With Variety Family Medicine Brings
When you read the local newspaper or watch the nightly news, stories about the COVID-19 pandemic, quite naturally, abound. The UNLV School of Medicine and its clinical practice, UNLV Medicine, frequently become part of the coverage because we take our mission seriously -- helping to service the healthcare needs of our community. We’ve been engaged in curbside testing, intensive care treatment, and vaccinations for the virus. But it isn’t only in times of crisis that we’re helping move forward the best in medical care for Southern Nevadans. Day after day we’re training new doctors and our faculty physicians work to make a difference in specialties that include pediatrics, family and internal medicine, psychiatry and surgery, obstetrics & gynecology, ear, nose and throat and autism.
February 9, 2021 - Black History Month
African American/Black History Month is an annual observance in February, recognizing the significant contributions of African Americans in medicine, education, arts, entertainment, law, politics, sciences, sports, and many other fields. In recognition of Black History Month, the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion invites African American faculty, staff, students, residents, and fellows to submit a photo that celebrates your heritage or culture. Participant photos will be included in a slideshow that will be displayed on the flat panels around the medical campus in February.
February 2, 2021 - UNLV Surgeon Had Passion To Heal At An Early Age
With Black History Month now underway, it is a good time to reflect on action recently taken by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). As part of its commitment to becoming an anti-racist, equitable and inclusive organization, the AAMC announced in November that it would rename the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education. Starting this year, the prestigious award will be called the AAMC Award for Excellence in Medical Education. In announcing the change, AAMC President and CEO Dr. David Skorton pointed out that the work of Flexner, an education specialist commissioned to assess the state of American and Canadian medical education in the early 1900s, did result in positive changes in medical education. But Skorton also noted that as a result of Flexner’s recommendations, five of the seven existing schools devoted to educating Black physicians were closed. And in his report Flexner suggested that Black students should be trained as “sanitarians'' rather than surgeons and their primary role should be to protect white people from disease. “A well-taught Negro sanitarian will be immensely useful; an essentially untrained Negro wearing an MD degree is dangerous,” Flexner wrote. There’s no doubt the AAMC did the right thing in renaming its award. As Dr. Alison Wheeler, AAMC’s chief medical officer argues, “the negative repercussions of Flexner’s words and work” can no longer be ignored. In today's newsletter, we feature a member of our faculty, Dr. Oluwafunmilola T. Okuyemi, an African American whose work reinforces the fact that Black history is American history.
January 26, 2021 - UNLV Medicine Professionals "Privileged" To Join Historic Vaccination Effort
As you know, the COVID-19 pandemic is a rapidly evolving situation in Nevada and throughout the country. When the virus initially hit our community hard, UNLV Medicine was the first major healthcare organization in Southern Nevada to step up with the curbside testing that is so critical in helping control the spread of the contagion. Our physicians remain on the front lines at UMC, treating intensive care patients with the virus 24/7. Today, our commitment to the community during this pandemic continues to expand. We not only obtained special freezers to house precious vaccines -- we are also part of a Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) effort to vaccinate individuals affiliated with NSHE, starting with those working in frontline roles in healthcare, public safety, law enforcement, public health and emergency first response. We will also be the primary vaccination point for Clark County School District employees. In today’s newsletter, we focus on three of our medical professionals who are literally injecting life-saving vaccines into the arms of Southern Nevadans.
January 19, 2021 - UNLV School of Medicine Personnel To Lead New Pediatric Skilled Nursing Facility
Well before the doors of the UNLV School of Medicine opened in 2017, community leaders and public officials, in addition to everyone who worked to make the dream of an academic health center in Southern Nevada a reality, agreed that the medical school would be deeply engaged with the community. The school’s commitment to the community is quickly made clear to incoming students: Students engage in a six week course called Immersions EMT/Population Health with optional EMT certification. They also explore a neighborhood and learn how to conduct a community health assessment, a major tool used in Population Health to determine areas of need and possible realistic intervention targets for positive change. In recent months, our clinical practice, UNLV Medicine, has played a key role in COVID-19 testing and treatment in Southern Nevada. In today’s newsletter, we feature yet another example of the medical school’s involvement in the community -- our department of pediatrics will direct medical care at a soon-to-open skilled nursing facility for children.
January 12, 2021 - Community Faculty: Las Vegas' Finest Physicians Contribute to School of Medicine
Community faculty, namely the physicians who volunteer their time at the UNLV School of Medicine and provide guidance to students and residents in the clinical setting, are key to the success of the school of medicine. These physicians also teach in our classrooms and contribute to important clinical research. They contribute immensely to our mission of delivering high-quality innovative education, research, and superb clinical care to meet the healthcare needs of the diverse and growing population of Nevada. In today’s newsletter, we learn more about such volunteerism and introduce two community faculty physicians who are among the individuals shaping the education of future physicians of Nevada. They are among the 400 community faculty physicians who are making a vital contribution both to the medical school and to healthcare in Southern Nevada.
January 5, 2021 - In-Home Stretch of Medical School Members of Charter Class Pursuing Residencies
In today’s newsletter, we focus on Monica Rose Arebalos, Damien Medrano and Kristina Cordes, three members of our inaugural 2017 class who are looking forward to a day less than three months from now that becomes one of the most significant milestones in the life of a physician -- Match Day. It is on that day, the third Friday in March, when fourth year medical students across the country learn where they’ll spend as many as seven years in specialty residency training -- another big step towards turning them into fully-trained, independent physicians. The match process is based on an algorithm that pairs students with residency programs nationwide. Even in this tragic Age of COVID-19, the Match remains the culmination of 4 years of medical study and deciding on a medical specialty. This feature should give you a better sense of the importance of Match Day and how a deadly virus has brought changes to this year’s process.
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This package includes 3 nights in a private lodge on the edge of Central Kalahari Game Reserve followed by 2 nights in the natural wonderland of the Okavango Delta.
Few place names are as evocative as “the Kalahari”. This miss-spelt Anglicism has come to represent the vastness of Africa’s outback with all the romantic undertones of nomadic hunter-gatherers, lions and golden grasslands gently waving under the canopy of a limitless blue sky. The Kalahari Desert stretches west of the eastern hardveld, covering 84% of the country. Desert, however, is a misnomer: its earliest travelers defined it as a ‘thirstland’. Most of the Kalahari (or Kgalagadi, which is its Setswana name) is covered with vegetation including stunted thorn and scrub bush, trees and grasslands. The largely unchanging flat terrain is occasionally interrupted by gently descending valleys, sand dunes and large numbers of pans. From your deluxe lodge you will have the chance to explore this remote area with day and night game drives as well as walking and tracking safaris with local Bushmen.
The Okavango Delta is a natural phenomena where the 1430km Okavango River rises in central Angola, then flows south east through Namibia and into Botswana. Here 18.5 million cubic metres of water annually spreads like an open hand across the flat landscape, eventually losing itself in 16,000 sq km maze of lagoons, channels and islands. In this desert country the mass of water attracts an abundance of bird and other wildlife and is one of the major natural attractions of Africa. Your lodge will provide the perfect sanctuary after your game viewing activities including guided walking safaris and mokoro (dug out canoes) excursions.
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Number of Days: 6
1. Price is valid until 30 November 2019. If travelling after this date please contact us for revised prices.
2. Departs daily, subject to availability
- 3 nights accommodation at Deception Valley Lodge with all meals and local beverages
- 2 nights accommodation at Oddballs Camp with all meals
- Morning and evening open vehicle game drives with experienced guide in Central Kalahari Game Reserve
- Guided safari walks with experienced guide in Okavango Delta
- Mokoro excursions in Okavango Delta
- Flight from Maun airport to Grassland Bushman Lodge
- Flight from Deception Valley Lodge to Oddballs Camp
- Flight from Oddballs Camp to Maun
- Meet and greet at Maun airport by Wild Africa Travel Company representative
This package is fully customisable to best suit your requirements with more or less nights in both the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Okavango Delta available. Please contact us for a quote for your desired itinerary.
Day 1 – Maun to the Central Kalahari
On arrival at Maun airport you will be met by your Wild Africa Travel Company representative and transferred by charter flight to your Central Kalahari Game Reserve Lodge for your 3 night stay. A night game drive followed by bush boma under the stars will be a perfect way to commence your Kalahari experience.
Day 2 & 3 – Central Kalahari
Your days can be as adventurous or as relaxing as you wish as you have the option of early morning, afternoon and night game drives with experienced guides through the park. You also have the opportunity to learn the ways of the local Bushmen as they take you on a game tracking adventure and they show you their desert survival skills. You can also relax and wile away your time in the comforts of your lodge with its reading room, safari deck, bar, restaurant and swimming pool.
Day 4 – Central Kalahari to the Okavango Delta
After an early morning game drive check out of your lodge and you will board your charter plane for your flight to your camp in the Okavango Delta. On arrival and after checking in you will taken on your first game walk with your experienced guide searching for game before returning to your lodge for a sumptuous bush boma dinner under the African stars.
Day 5 – Okavango Delta
An early morning game walk followed by a guided mokoro excursion on the delta as you experience a true “out of Africa” safari experience. Your luxurious camp also provides a sanctuary to relax and take in the sights and sounds of the Okavango Delta.
Day 6 – To Maun
This morning after an early morning game activity you have a short flight to Maun airport for your connecting flight to your next destination.
Deception Valley Lodge
Deception Valley Lodge is the premier Kalahari destination, set on 15 000 hectares of private reserve, bordering the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Experience the vastness of the Kalahari whilst enjoying abundant birdlife, game viewing, or stargazing.The main area features a pool, bar, and lounge whilst the suites consist of luxury twin or double-bedded rooms with en-suite Victorian-style bathroom, an outside shower, and a private lounge. There is also a suite with 2 inter-leading rooms ideal for families. Deception Valley Lodge offers day and night game drives, game walks, as well as a unique San (Bushmen) cultural experience. Let the San guides show you how to experience the tracking and survival skills of the San people. Let them show you how they gather their food and how successful they are at hunting with their poisonous arrows.
Oddballs’ is situated on the edge of Chief’s Island, deep in the heart of the Okavango Delta. The camp is accessible by light aircraft only. On arrival you will be met at the airstrip and welcomed to the island. Accommodation is in dome tents, fully equipped, and set on elevated wooden decks shaded by reed shelters. Each tent boasts a beautiful rustic bathroom, consisting of basin, toilet and shower.
The bar and lounge areas have comfortable seating, and a raised viewing deck overlooks the sweep of the delta – the perfect place to watch the sun set over the palms, and view whatever wildlife may be visiting. Meals are simple, yet wholesome and enjoyed in the main complex.
Activities are conducted by your own professional guide (a maximum of two guests per guide), a man of the swamp, born and bred. He has a mokoro (dug-out canoe) in which he will take you to nearby islands, where you will walk to view game and the spectacular landscape that is the Okavango. It might also be possible to visit his village, meet the elders and perhaps his family.
Oddballs’ caters for the young and young at heart and undoubtedly represents the best value for money in the Okavango Delta. A relaxed camp with a great reputation.
This package is the perfect extension to any of the packages throughout southern Africa, particularly those in nearby Zambia as well as South Africa as flights leave Johannesburg to Maun on a daily basis.
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We have a range of Botswana tours & safaris available which can be customised with more or less nights as well as activities.
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Haven't logged on in forever but just came to say that this was the most entertaining BoA MV I've seen in awhile. She went crazy on the dancing here. Props to the choreographers for this one =D . The song isn't bad either, it'll probably get stuck in my head in a few hours.
And yeah, holy hell... those ads...
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One of the key issues with purchasing a modern Alder Lake system today is the cost of the memory, especially when an enthusiast wants to use DDR5. Due to component shortages, particularly the power management controllers that each DDR5 module needs, costs of DDR5 are quickly rising, with some scalpers looking for $1000+ for basic memory kits. The solution to this has been to recommend that users look to pair Alder Lake with DDR4 memory, which although it isn’t the latest, is the more cost effective scenario. The downside to this solution is that the user has a DDR4-only motherboard, and not the next generation DDR5. That might become a solved issue soon enough, however. In a preview video on YouTube posted today by Bing...
I stopped by ADATA's suite last week to see what the company has been up to in the past six months. While ADATA didn't release or announce anything new...9 by Kristian Vättö on 1/12/2015
One focus of PC design is towards the smaller form factor. While mini-ITX is the standard ‘small’ form factor, Apacer is starting to sample their Combo SDIMMs that add...19 by Ian Cutress on 8/2/2014
One of the big launches this year will be the Haswell-E platform. It is pretty much common knowledge in hardware discussions that this means Haswell-E, X99 and DDR4...25 by Ian Cutress on 6/13/2014
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Ruby developer, API Integration and Scraping Expert
An entrepreneur, developer, photographer and a perfectionist.
"I am from Jaipur, India. I am a part of the Springboards Programme, 2012, whence I love to code little devils in Ruby."
Meet the Amazing Hubot
Recently, I came across Hubot – the amazing bot
from Github, which lets me do nearly anything while
talking to it. Some of the examples being querying my site for availability,
tracking down how many visitors I had in last 24 hours, updating my twitter
status, grabbing tasks from my basecamp projects, and so on.
Currently, I am using Hubot on HipChat and GTalk, but as
my team frequently uses Skype, I will be enabling a Skype adapter for it,
pretty soon (the Skype adapter, in particular, can not be installed on
Heroku). The Hubot instance runs as Edwin Jarvis, as
I always wanted to have something close to the esteemed J.A.R.V.I.S. from the
Here is a brief overview for anyone wanting to get started with Hubot:
git clone http://github.com/github/hubot jarvis
This should start the Hubot in your Shell. If, instead, this gives an error
saying redis was not found or something similar, make sure to remove
redis-brain.coffee from hubot-scripts.json file, and try running again!
Using Multiple Adapters
Ok, so running Hubot locally is good – we can see what it does, we can test
out our code/scripts, etc., but the real power of hubot lies in running it
over a chat server, so that it acts like ChatOps – you can virtually do
anything online by simply talking to the Hubot (think: deploying your code).
Since, Hipchat now provides a free plan for upto
5 users, it stands ideally as a Chat server for our needs (we are a small
team). Additionally, GTalk serves as a quick access to our bot, since it is
always open via either the GMail browser tab, or via some chat client.
However, there is a sligh problem. Hubot doesn’t currently support multiple
adapters, i.e. we can’t tell hubot to run on both Hipchat and Gtalk,
simultaneously, while using the same source code. But, why use the same
source? Why not make another hubot to run on GTalk? Well, I use a lot of
scripts – some are custom – and it is a pain to update two sources to make the
two hubots use the same set of scripts. Therefore, I implemented the following
procedure to let the two hubots use the same source:
First, create new dedicated accounts for our hubot on both Hipchat and
Add hubot-hipchat and hubot-gtalk as dependencies in package.json.
It should look like:
Set our environment variables for the HipChat bot. Settings marked with
@@ can be obtained by visiting your bot’s XMPP/Jabber account
settings, after logging in HipChat
with your bot’s account:
heroku config:add --app="<name-for-our-hipchat-bot>"\HUBOT_ADAPTER_NAME="hipchat"\HUBOT_ADAPTER_USER="<@@room name>"\HEROKU_URL="http://<name-for-our-hipchat-bot>.herokuapp.com"\HUBOT_HIPCHAT_JID="<@@username>@chat.hipchat.com"\HUBOT_HIPCHAT_PASSWORD="<hipchat.com password for your bot>"
Run our heroku process:
heroku ps:scale web=1
Your HipChat bot should now be live. Try logging in as a normal hipchat
user, and talking to the bot (hint: @jarvis help, where my bot’s mention
name was @jarvis)
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Many official types enter a hall at Blackfriars, including bishops, dukes, scribes, then Cardinal Wolsey, Cardinal Campeius, and the king and queen. Wolsey calls for silence while the report from Rome is read, but Henry says it has already been read; there is no need to read it again. Queen Katharine kneels at Henry's feet and speaks:
She asks him to have pity on her, now that she is a stranger in a foreign kingdom. She asks how she has offended Henry, what she has done to make him want to cast her off. She says she has been a true and loyal wife, always obeying him in every matter for 20 years, and had many children with him. She says she is willing to have God punish her if she has ever done anything against Henry, but she has not. She reminds him that Henry's father and her father, the king of Spain, were wise men, who conferred and agreed that their marriage was lawful. She begs the king to allow her time to receive counsel from Spain before submitting to a trial.
Wolsey declares that many learned men are on hand, yet they cannot sway the king from his course, so there is no point in delaying proceedings. Campeius agrees that they should proceed. The queen then addresses Wolsey and says she believes he is her enemy, but she will not allow him to be her judge. She believes that he has caused this divorce, and she repeats that she will not let him judge her.
Wolsey says that she sounds unlike herself, and she does him wrong. He claims to have nothing against her and that the case against her has been discussed by many others besides himself. He denies having stirred up trouble in the marriage, and he notes that he is speaking before the king, who he hopes will defend him against Katharine's assault.
Katharine says that she is unable to defend herself against Wolsey's cunning. She accuses him of being arrogant and proud and of having gone above the power of his office to influence the king. She repeats that she will not be judged by him, and she tries to depart. Campeius and the king call her back, but she insists that she will not make an appearance during the rest of the proceeding and leaves.
Henry lets her go, saying that no man has had a better wife than her. He speaks further of her noble and obedient nature. Wolsey asks the king to declare whether he has influenced him unduly with regards to Katharine, and the king consents to clear Wolsey's name, excusing him from Katharine's accusations.
The king then relates how he came to doubt his marriage to Katharine. He tells how an ambassador from France came to negotiate for the hand of the king's daughter and asked if she were legitimate, which set the king thinking. He thought he must not be doing right in the eyes of heaven, since every child born to Katharine was either born dead or died soon thereafter or was a girl. Believing this was a sign that Katharine was unfit to be queen, he started the divorce process, despite his feelings for her. The king says he first spoke to some of his nobles about his plans, later asking the opinion of all his men. Therefore, it was not out of dislike for the queen that he chose to divorce her but out of a universal belief that the marriage had been unlawful.
Campeius says they must adjourn until another day when the queen is present to complete the divorce. Henry notes to himself that he does not like the tricks of these cardinals, and he has no respect for Rome. He looks forward to the return of Cranmer, his trustworthy religious advisor.
Like Buckingham's day in court, the queen must be tried before she can be cast off. But the "trial" seems a mere formality, since Henry is not concerned with the words from Rome so much as his own decision that he must be done with Katharine. Katharine begs him to have pity on her, but he does not reply to her. Rather, the cardinals respond. So, Katharine speaks of her clear-headed suspicions about Wolsey, presented first in the hearing of Buckingham's Surveyor--suspicions that the king still does not have. Wolsey claims that he did not influence the king against Katharine, and the king assents--but only after Katharine has left the scene. He seems unable to speak directly to his cast-off queen, though he speaks of her good nature as soon as she leaves the room.
The king explains at length how he came to decide he must divorce Katharine. He claims that he began to wonder if it was lawful for him to have married his brother's widow, and the fact that she never gave birth to live male children made a case for the unlawfulness of their union. While it is true that Henry would have wanted a male heir, Henry's explanation sounds like a weak excuse. If Wolsey planted the idea of divorce in the king's mind, he did it to forge new alliances through a marriage between Henry and the sister of the king of France. But Henry seems to have another woman in mind. The divorce from Katharine conveniently is explained as a response to a flare-up of Henry's conscience about the lawfulness of the marriage and a desire for male heirs, but perhaps the real goal is merely another liaison with a different woman--i.e., Anne Bullen.
Wolsey has continued to wield strong influence over the king through both the fall of Buckingham and that of Katharine, but he will not last much longer. It is remarkable that the king has so far not become aware of prevailing opinions against Wolsey, but now is the end of Wolsey's run of power; Wolsey is the next to fall.
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The student, who is now 18 and whose identity is protected by a publication ban, told court he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with Gowans, which included kissing and touching.
The relationship allegedly started in the teen’s Grade 10 French class at Joseph Howe Senior Public School in Scarborough.
The teen was 15 and Gowans was 40 at the time.
The teen said he thought Gowans was in love with him and said he also had strong feelings for Gowans at the time, saying that he wanted to have a sexual relationship with her.
The former student told the court that he would babysit for his former teacher. On four separate occasions while he was babysitting, something happened between him and Gowans, he said.
On one of those four occasions, the court heard that the teen touched Gowans and she replied, “No, this is wrong.”
That’s when the relationship ended, the court heard.
The teen, who is now a university student, told the court that it was actually he who ended the relationship, after Gowans found out about a girl who he took to the junior prom.
Gowans became emotional, the teen said, and he felt that she was trying to control him.
For its part, the defence argued that there was no inappropriate relationship between the pair and that the teen had tried to touch Gowans, was turned down, and then fabricated a story to tell his family.
This article originally appeared on toronto.ctvnews
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"Do you need to sit still to be mindful?"
The Age had an interesting discussion on what activities are good for meditation. It's been suggested that it is not necessary to sit for long hours cross legged, but a moving meditation like Tai Chi and Qigong can be just as good.
So, why not try Tai Chi and Qigong as a form of meditation in your life? Not only will you get to do exercises that can improve your flexibility, balance, strength and concentration, but also Tai Chi and Qigong will allow you to focus on doing the movements in a relaxed way.
Posted on Facebook: 29 November 2019
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Advantages and disadvantages of crowdsourcing in translation
Crowdsourcing, or collaborative participation, involves professional teamwork provided by external communities or collectives.
Many web platforms, including the most well-known ones (Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, to name a few), use the work of their users to translate or improve the quality of the content translation.
As well suited as crowdsourcing may be in some cases, in many other cases it will prove to be counterproductive.
Índice de contenidos
Index of contents
Index du contenu
In the field of translation, crowdsourcing is a great advantage compared to themachine translation tools available online.
- involving translators who are motivated by purpose rather than money
- translate certain texts that would otherwise not have been translated
- cost savings and expansion of the number of partners
- to increase the number of ideas and the number of translation variants
Many authors point out that crowdsourcing is not only a way to get texts translated, but also a method to improve language learning.
As pointed out in many websites and articles such as the one in the R&D Research Journal regarding the Pacific Asia Conference on Information System, crowdsourcing has a lot to offer in terms of education and promotes the improvement of translation tools.
A successful example of the use of crowdsourcing for language learning is the Duolingo website. This page provides users with the possibility to contribute to the translation of web pages in a collaborative way.
Crowdsourcing shows its limits when time and quality constraints come into play when translating.
What at first sight may appear to be an advantage (getting free translations) will sometimes clearly turn out to be counterproductive. For example, when we are translating texts intended for specialists, such as a medical protocol or a patent; or if we are translating highly confidential documents, such as a commercial contract or the company's internal procedures for a quality standard. In such cases, it is preferable to first contact a professional translation agency that guarantees the quality and confidentiality of translations rather than having to correct poorly translated texts afterwards.
As explained in The dangers of crowdsourcing translations, a blog published in the website of our fellow translator Pieter Beens), there are many dangers in crowdsourcing translation, as poorly managed collaborative translation can quickly become a source of problems.
- unverified employee competencies
- no guarantee of quality in final documents
- quantity is preferred to quality
- difficult planning with long delays (small community or lack of time)
- translations started and not finished
- lack of knowledge and ethics
- copyright infringement
Crowdsourcing should be avoided when translations are required to meet certain quality requirements (commercial, official, medical translations, etc.). Bad translations also compromise the image and responsibility of companies.
The list of disadvantages of crowdsourcing in terms of translation is therefore unfortunately longer than the list of advantages. It is important to understand our project and to know whether we can use collaborative translation or whether we will need the services of a translation company. In many cases, it is clearly better to use a professional translation agency such as AbroadLink Translations to prevent the translation process from becoming a linguistic wreck!
Blog writer and Community Manager interested in multiculturality and linguistic diversity. From her native Venuzuela, she has travelled and lived for many years in France, Germany, Cameroon and Spain, passing on her passion for writing and her intercultural experiences.
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The årdrakin are one of several ancient races in the galactic community. This article explores their long and colorful history. All ancient dates are approximate, based on archaeological and anthropological evidence as well as surviving ancient documented history.
— Origins —
- 4 million years ago
Genus draco appears on Drakirú.
- 3.5 million years ago
Draco undergoes an evolutionary split. Branch 1 retains pronograde posture but begins trending toward miniature. Branch 2 trends toward orthograde posture and a reduced size.
— Stone Age —
- 2.15 million years ago
Draco branch 2 (årdrakin) are now mostly bipedal and have reduced to an average eight to eleven feet in height. They begin using primitive stone tools and purposefully building structures (simple arrangements of stones around nests to hold sheltering branches in position).
- 1.15 million years ago
Evidence of controlled use of fire.
- 350,000 years ago
Årdrakin begin looking as they do today. The average adult height has stabilized around six and a half feet but fossilized remains show individuals can range between five and eight feet tall.
- 320,000 years ago
Årdrakin begin using animal hides as clothing.
- 300,000 years ago
Evidence of “long-distance” trading (hundreds of kilometers).
- 250,000 years ago
Draco branch 1 (drakinvír) begin looking as they do today; their adult size stabilizes at roughly twenty-five to thirty centimeters in length. Ritualistic årdrakin burials begin. Remains are buried with birds and drakinvír on clifftops, mountain peaks, and other high altitude locations.
- 232,000 years ago
Development of jewelry from natural materials such as shells and teeth.
- 220,000 years ago
Abstract/symbolic art appears in caves, while rocks and stones (many small enough to carry in a pocket) are engraved with patterns. Evidence of dragon cults/dragon worship in areas where fossilized bonebeds had become exposed. Appearance of the first shamans.
- 214,000 years ago
The bow and arrow replace spears. Haircutting/personal grooming increases with improved stone flaking and shell sharding techniques.
- 200,000 years ago
Modern-looking årdrakin flourish and clans begin to form. Complex languages rise. Stone blade weapons become more common. Better-defined religious behavior begins to emerge.
- 190,000 – 180,000 years ago
Primitive flutes and other similar instruments are invented. Evidence of first ocean crossings and deep-sea fishing. Increase in complexity of cave paintings (use of color, hand stenciling, better-defined animal figures, årdrakin figures) including depictions of water with lightning inside it. First domestication of companion animals. Increased long-distance trading (thousands of kilometers). Beliefs in supernatural beings rise and an increase in religious activity emerges, including ritualistic cremations and a rudimentary belief in reincarnation. Appearance of ancestor cults/ancestor worship and more elaborate funeral rites.
- 179,000 – 170,000 years ago
Ovens, twisted rope, harpoons, and stone/bone saws are invented. Clay pottery is used for figurines. Primitive fibers are used for clothes, infant carriers, bags, baskets, and nets. The first permanent settlements are constructed (huts of rocks, bones, and timber over nests).
- 163,500 – 161,000 years ago
Årdrakin are still primarily predatory but clans begin to demonstrate gatherer/farmer activities by 163,500 years. The first proto-religious sites and proto-urban settlements are constructed by 161,000 years. Territory clashes between clans rise during this period.
— Ancient Age —
- 160,000 years ago (AA 1)
The first lunar calendar comes into use by 160,000 years ago (commonly accepted as Ancient Age year 1) but historians acknowledge this calendar is not reliable, as under it many years are not the same length due to this era’s lack of proper astronomical understanding and regional seasonal variances.
- 159,300 – 151,800 years ago (AA 700 – 8200)
Cultivation of grains for ales, gruel, soup, bread and the domestication of food/fiber animals becomes commonplace approximately 159,300 years ago, around year 700 of the Ancient Age (AA 700). The plow is invented by AA 2500. Gold and silver are used for jewelry by AA 5600. Settlements also become more complex (including the erection of the first towers) and the caste system begins to develop by AA 5600. Copper is discovered and simple metalsmithing of tools and weapons is likewise taking place by AA 5600. Proto-writing, polished stones, and flint axes are in use by AA 8200.
- 151,000 – 146,600 years ago (AA 9000 – 13400)
Additional domestication of labor and food animals and construction of the first causeways is taking place by AA 9000. Settlements see an increase in multi-storey buildings (using clay bricks) by AA 9450. By AA 10650, the årdrakin invent the wheel, complex musical instruments, canals, sailboats, and aqueducts; they are also using lead, meteoric iron, and bronze as construction and weapons materials. Written language on papyrus triggers the start of recorded history by AA 11800 (approximately 148,200 years ago). Written legal codes and the formation of societal honor codes are in place by AA 13400.
- 144,000 – 141,395 years ago (AA 16000 – 18605)
The first cities are constructed, including significant structures, by AA 16000. Clans begin forming kingdoms by AA 18605.
- 140,100 – 130,085 years ago (AA 19900 – 30915)
Fully developed writing systems, dictionaries, and the proliferation of literary texts exist by AA 19900. More complex sailing ships, animal-drawn vehicles, and road networks exist by AA 21250. What later becomes the planet’s capital city is established by AA 21250. In AA 30915, Älar of Clan Nawatílí becomes the first Avatar; she creates the Årdraan faith and prophesies the end of årdrakin society.
- 127,000 years ago (AA 30000/FA 1)
Within approximately 2,100 years of Älar’s Ascension, integration of earlier dragon worship/ancestor worship and reincarnation beliefs with the fledgling Årdraan faith is taking place, ushering in monotheistic religion across årdrakin society. The location of Älar’s first interaction with the goddess becomes the site of Vek Ålna, the first Temple. The Ancient Age ends; the First Age begins.
— First Age —
First Dark Era
- 125,000 – 117,500 years ago (FA 2000 – 9500)
By FA 2067 the growing Årdraan faith has created societal upheaval and collapse. Although many competing belief systems are naturally fading in the face of the Avatar’s demonstrable power, persecution of non-believers and heretics by the Temple results in wars. The general population becomes largely illiterate as cities and entire clans are destroyed or abandoned. Many people believe Älar’s prophecy is coming to pass despite a lack of events that correlate to the nine signs of the apocalypse. Only a few powerful clans as well as the capital city and Vek Ålna remain largely unaffected by the chaos.
- A period lasting from approximately FA 9590 to FA 11600 (roughly 115,400 years ago) where årdrakin society falls dormant as the First Dark Era comes to an end. This period is referred to as the “small breath” metaphorically for the short period spent catching one’s breath after being winded from physical exertion.
- 115,100 – 94,000 years ago (FA 11900 – 33000/SA 1)
Learning and literacy revive and the population starts to recover by FA 11934. Iron is discovered and math involving zero and binary numerals develop by FA 17625. New great cities and temples are completed by FA 23040. Society begins taking census by FA 25670; libraries and paper are also invented around that year. Between FA 28200 and FA 33000 there is a rise of great non-religious thinkers and philosophers, including those who contribute to better astronomical understanding and calendar refinement. People begin referring to the planet as Drakirú. The First Age ends; the Second Age begins.
— Second Age —
- 91,000 – 85,500 years ago (SA 3500 – 8500)
The abacus is invented in SA 3143. By SA 5200 the Årdraan faith is stable. Religious tolerance rises but clan wars remain common (though not out of control) due to a societal shift in focus to combat prowess and other related notions of honor. Clan militaries develop and become a formalized part of life. Population and territories continue to expand globally but society appears to plateau, as no other significant developments have been uncovered during the period ending at SA 8500.
Second Dark Era
- 85,100 – 74,000 years ago (SA 8900 – 20000)
Gunpowder is invented in SA 8988 which kicks off an arms race. The Second Dark Era begins shortly thereafter when clans erupt into more advanced forms of warfare. The known world becomes embroiled in combat and war becomes a way of life for a staggering 11,000 years. War-related technology advances significantly during this period at the expense of other general tech. Steam engines, adding machines, electricity, electric motors, long-distance communications systems, various kinds of machinery including war vehicles and flyers are developed alongside guns and bomb tech. Rudimentary senecíní bombs are also invented.
- A 10,000-year period lasting from roughly SA 20000 to SA 30000 (approximately 64,000 years ago) where årdrakin society falls dormant after the Second Dark Era wars push society to the brink of annihilation. Historical records of this time period are fragmented and it is difficult to know exactly how long the Big Breath lasted. This near-catastrophe and the events which immediately follow it are the primary reasons historians end the Second Age 3,000 years early versus the accepted norm. The Second Age ends; the Third Age begins.
— Third Age —
Rise of the Empire
- 64,000 – 57,927 years ago (TA 1 – 6000)
In TA 1, Alvirôth of Clan Kazeník declares himself the first emperor of Drakirú and establishes the imperial monarchy, uniting all clans under one feudal government for the first time. Universities are built and the expansion of learning and sciences explodes by TA 2000 (approximately 62,000 years ago). A new lunar calendar originally introduced by the Alvirôth monarchy in TA 1 (and still in use today) is standardized in TA 2179 according to improved astronomical studies of the Drakirú system, making recorded dates reliable from this point on: historians can calculate with accuracy that TA 2179 was exactly 61,748 years ago. The årdrakin population is well on its way to recovery by TA 6000 and many new clans begin to form.
- 57,768 years ago (TA 6159)
A superfissure erupts in Drakiru’s southern hemisphere. Five million årdrakin in surrounding communities are killed by pyroclastic flows while hundreds of thousands more succumb to lahars and the near-immediate effects of ash fallout, the bulk of which falls over a 5,000km2 area. The eruption lasts for three weeks, plunging the primarily tropical planet into volcanic winter. In addition to the ensuing ecological and economic devastation, årdrakin experience snowfall for the first time in recorded history and discover their species is fatally allergic to temperatures not far below the freezing mark. The site of the eruption leaves behind a jagged canyon approximately 800km long and up to 50km wide that becomes known as the Great Divide.
- 57,753 – 57,727 years ago (TA 6174 – 6200)
By TA 6174 the volcanic winter is largely over (though temperatures remain cooler than the norm for almost three more decades) and Drakirú’s biosphere begins to recover. The total global death toll due to ash fallout, famine, disease, and especially hypothermia is in the tens of millions, while certain portions of the ecology have been extinguished. However, numerous and rapid medical advancements, as well as the invention of thermal power armor, has taken place. The Årdraan faith adapts its concept of the netherworld where the dishonored are sent after death to include being frozen in torment for all eternity. A contributory trigger for the eruption is traced to the use of senecíní bombs during the Second Dark Era and becomes a primary factor in the eventual ban of these devastating weapons. By TA 6200 the climate of the planet has largely recovered.
- 55,602 – 30,927 years ago (TA 8325 – 33000/CA 1)
By TA 8325 modern society is redeveloping well. Scientific advances after this year are numerous while wars are short and rare. Studies of Drakirú’s flashing oceans and other such natural mysteries begin in earnest. General technology becomes balanced against weapons tech and then both are advanced in tandem. The first computer is invented in TA 12530. Nanites and related tech are in use by TA 15163. Significant crystalline structures begin being grown from lúminí: a new lúminí imperial palace is germinated in TA 21418 and finished by TA 26636. The first satellite is launched in TA 32814 as the årdrakin turn their attention to the stars. The Third Age ends; the Cosmic Age begins.
— Cosmic Age —
- 30,927 – 15,459 years ago (CA 1 – 15468)
The initial years of the Cosmic Age are ones of tremendous activity. Scientific advancements are rapid: Within the first decade, rival clans have begun to develop spy satellite networks; the first unmanned orbital observatories are established; and flybys of Drakiru’s nearest celestial neighbors are completed. By CA 15 the first årdrakin walk on both Drakirú moons and plans are made to build scientific and military bases there. Over the next 50 years, the Empire quickly expands across the Drakirú system. By CA 200 colonization of certain in-system worlds takes place. By CA 584, technology revolutionizes: several airborne cities are constructed on Drakirú and elsewhere; clean energy sources take over; and research into senecíní begins in earnest. Near-lightspeed engines are invented in CA 2127, allowing the årdrakin to begin exploring and colonizing nearby star systems. They experiment with terraforming and by CA 4316 additional colonies are established in even more distant star systems. In CA 13209 (17,718 years ago) threading using senecíní stardrives is discovered. After much trial and error, these stardrives become the primary method of space-based travel and make exploration outside the Drakirú system easy and fast. During this period, poverty, starvation, and illness are largely eliminated for most castes and clans. First contact with another species occurs in CA 15468. The årdrakin are introduced to a vibrant and varied galactic community. Great care is taken to avoid revealing the årdrakin’s cold allergy to aliens and the subject becomes a general societal taboo. Integration with the galactic community initially goes well.
Third Dark Era
- 15,452 – 15,427 years ago (CA 15475 – 15500)
In CA 15475 war erupts between competing clans over trade for superior alien technology. Shortly after, in CA 15481 Clan Kazeník achieves an unprecedented position of power by placing one of their own on the imperial throne as well as maneuvering one of their own into the Temple as the Avatar. This allows the clan to quickly shift attention onto an aggressive push to conquer alien worlds and expand the Empire’s sphere of influence. These campaigns do not end well: the Empire suffers multiple humiliating defeats that wipe out several clan militaries and colonies. By CA 15492 the årdrakin lose the last of their extrasolar territory; clan infighting takes over and the monarchy falls. The alien opponents keep a close eye on the årdrakin while the clan wars continue. Several attempts to recover lost territory and resume expansionist campaigns over the next eight years are decisively snuffed out.
- By CA 15500 society turns its focus inward. It takes approximately 5,500 years to regroup, reassess, learn, and shift society away from its past mistakes and attitudes.
- 9,895 – 7,927 years ago (CA 21032 – 23000)
The Third Dark Era comes to an end with the coronation of Empress Shíorí of Clan Yodesí in CA 21032. Under her leadership, clan militaries are organized into a cohesive Årdrakin Defense Force (ADF) and it becomes forbidden for anyone who shares lineage with the current ruler to also lead the Temple (or vice versa). Shíorí re-establishes contact with the galactic community and restarts imperial expansion under less aggressive policies. The galactic community is wary and slow to warm up to the Empire’s new advances. By CA 21069 the årdrakin have reclaimed most of their previously lost territory primarily via treaties and trade agreements. Recolonization commences and by the end of Empress Shíorí’s reign in CA 21768 (9,159 years ago), these colonies are fully re-established and self-sustaining. Over the next 750 years, the årdrakin economy shifts toward the provision of allied military assistance and limited sale of senecíní drives; overall they come to serve as external peacekeepers and enforcers. By CA 22518 society has successfully integrated with the galactic community and the Empire is well on its way to establishing itself as a galactic superpower. By CA 22532 tourism to view Drakirú’s flashing oceans from space booms and peace is maintained with most of the Empire’s neighbors. Space exploration continues and by CA 22932 the Empire successfully adopts numerous alien worlds as vassal planets rather than violently conquering or overthrowing them. The Empire stretches across several thousand light-years by CA 23000.
- 3,608 – 2,531 years ago (CA 27319 – 28396) In CA 27319 border wars erupt when the Empire’s continuing expansion encounters alien races that are also expanding in the same direction. At the same time, previously good relations with allies begin to sour due to changes in government and policy on both sides. By CA 27567 (3,360 years ago), there is a clear indication that the Empire is beginning to erode. Clan wars begin to rise again. The situation continues to deteriorate to the extent that the first vassal planet successfully secedes in CA 28396 (2,531 years ago), starting a ripple effect with other vassal planets the Empire controls.
- 1,456 years ago (CA 29471) Clan Tsinna faces increasing aggression from Clans Sakloskeret, Inalë, and O’Altlan which puts the future of Tsinna in jeopardy. In response, Vindelí of Clan Tsinna decides to organize a venture to establish a new colony on a distant world. The colony ship Fortune launches late in CA 29471 but contact with the ship is lost approximately six weeks into the journey.
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With the COVID-19 pandemics, we've learned to be flexible, change our regular workflows, and work from home just as productively as before. While some of us succeeded in a new role of "remote worker", for some people working remotely became a challenge.
If you struggle to work remotely, you're not alone. A recent survey revealed that 40% of the US adults experience work burnout because of being forced to work remotely against pandemics.
As advocates of a healthy and productive remote lifestyle, we believe that the remote work burnout issue shouldn't be ignored. In this blog post, we'll explain how to detect the symptoms of this issue and how to avoid burnout at work.
When it comes to "treating" job burnout, the most effective tactics is to detect the first signs and prevent them as fast as possible.
Quite often, people confuse burnout with stress. They think their poor emotional and physical state is temporary and they'll recover soon. The truth is, these problems are completely opposite. When experiencing stress, we're like a raw nerve. A stressed person is characterized by overreaction to stressful situations and working "on the edge" with extra efforts. A general symptom of burnout lies in low emotional stamina. People are likely to feel emotionally drained, helpless, and unmotivated.
As a rule, job burnout is developed gradually, in several distinct stages followed by common symptoms. The zero stage is when we take a new job or tasks that bring us satisfaction, raise our self-esteem, and keep our productivity levels sustainable. Then, the stress kicks in.
After euphoria slightly disappears, people start to feel physical and emotional exhaustion. Quite often, the symptoms take the psychosomatic form. Headaches and stomach aches, high blood pressure, and sudden heart palpitations start to take place.
On an emotional level, employees tend to get away from socializing, doubt their work success, find it hard to focus, and can't keep up with the usual productivity levels.
At this stage, it's important to admit that you're experiencing stress and handle the situation before stress becomes your lifestyle.
As stress episodes are becoming more frequent, you're reaching burnout. In fact, chronic stress is characterized by more intense and harsher symptoms than described above.
On a physical level, you may start to feel powerless after your wake up (as if you haven't slept at all), become ill more often, and feel apathy. Work exhaustion becomes habitual.
Moreover, behavior changes significantly. People attempt to "substitute" their anxiety with comfort food, alcohol, and even drugs. A study conducted in July showed that 12% of the Americans used alcohol and substances to cope with anxiety and stress caused by coronavirus while another 32% overate.
Other behavioral "red flags" include procrastination, being late for work or long breaks without a significant reason, coffee addiction, cynical or indifferent attitude.
When the chronic stress accumulates, here comes the burnout phase. All the symptoms – emotional, behavioral, and physical – escalate.
For example, if you've been feeling stomach ache during the stress phase, you may get chronic diseases like irritable bowel syndrome. The level of stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol go through the roof, causing even more anxiety and panic attacks. As a result, you may feel pushed into the corner without any hope to improve things at work or home.
In exceptional cases, burnout phase may transform into a burnout syndrome. This is a critical stage that may include serious illnesses like depression and chronic fatigue.
OwlLabs research shows that 18% of remote workers tend to spend more time on work than at the office. That, in turn, leads to work-life disbalance and stress. To avoid this situation, try these simple tips:
Mental health is as important as our physical state. If you notice mood swings, inability to manage your stress level, or apathy, you might need professional help. Modern telemedicine offers different options for screening your mental health, consultations, and online therapy.
Don't be afraid to acknowledge your problem and ask for a team leader's or mentor's help. Together, you can work out ways to lessen your workload, switch projects, or add extra vacation days.
Finally, talk to your teammates to cheer up and feel that you're not alone. You'll be amazed by how supportive people can be. Besides, your colleagues can share their stories and ways to deal with stress.
Creative hobbies like handmade and crafts have a tremendous impact on employees' wellbeing. A study conducted in the UK showed that employees that engaged in crafts, recovered from work faster, raised their self-esteem, and felt better control over their lives.
Zappos employees take part in cooking workshops, quizzes, and costume making for holidays. Think about crafts that drive you. This can be painting, photography, resin art, jewelry, woodwork, etc. Who knows – what if your hobby becomes your extra source of income?
Burnout doesn't happen out of the blue. There are certain "red flags" that signalize about stress and dissatisfaction from work. To prevent the worst, take time to relax and listen to your feelings. We hope our easy tips will help you improve your remote lifestyle and if you think this article was useful, share it with your colleagues!
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Turn the vacuum head on and keep everything still. At each junction try to find the short by pulling, twisting, etc. If the short is where the vacuum handle connects to the power cord from the brush, you will have to replace the wiring harness inside the hose handle. We have some Hose Handle Wire Connection Parts for some vacuum handles. If you are able, please test the continuity of the power through the hose. Otherwise, you may need to replace the power cord running from the brush into the hose handle, or the power head itself, if everything else checks out.
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Looking for Can I Install Python 3.5.3 On Bluehost… One of the oldest web hosts began in 1996, Bluehost has ended up being the largest brand name when it comes to WordPress hosting. They are an official ‘WordPress’ recommended hosting provider. They are ranked # 1 in web hosting for little organizations. In this extensive Bluehost evaluation, we’ll put their promises to check with a rigorous and through analysis using market standard benchmarking tools. Following are the areas we’ll check out: Speed: How quick will your site load with Bluehost? We will evaluate their speed and server action time to evaluate that. Performance: How does Bluehost carry out under traffic spikes? We’ll test that by carrying out the stress test and see how well it performs under traffic. Reliability: Will your website be offered 24/7/365 with no downtime? Client Support: Can you depend on Bluehost’s customer assistance when you immediately require assist with your website? Functions: Do they use all the features that you’ll require to build your website? Prices: Do they have the very best rates in the market? Exist any Bluehost deals that can conserve you money? This is our complete Bluehost review and we’ll be doing a thorough analysis of Bluehost cons and pros. If you do not want to read the complete review, here is the quick scorecard of Bluehost with our verdict right below it.
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AccuField is just what its name implies-a collection of precision agriculture services and information that offer farmers unsurpassed accuracy in their fields, through precision soil sampling, variable rate applications, agronomics, yield data, site-specific hybrid selection or data management services. Approaching a decade of service to our growers, GreenPoint Ag’s AccuField is unveiling a new version that honors its history of unrivaled customer support while offering new technologies and features to help maintain profitable production.
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This new look highlights the initiatives “Innovate. Grow. Sustain.” and is built on the five pillars of AccuField:
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First things first: the passage you quote does not claim that GHASH is slower than AES. What it says is that if you replace AES/CTR with a much faster stream cipher, then the GHASH part will be comparatively expensive.
There are many kinds of implementations, for both AES and GHASH; they have different performance characteristics, and they may be constant-time, or not. I'll use BearSSL here for most measures, because I know how that code works (I wrote it), and I can easily benchmark it. The measure platform here is my laptop (Intel i7-6567U at 3.3 GHz, in 64-bit mode):
AES-128 CTR (big) 170.67 MB/s
AES-128 CTR (ct64) 108.91 MB/s
AES-128 CTR (x86ni) 5307.37 MB/s
GHASH (ctmul) 214.63 MB/s
GHASH (ctmul64) 277.17 MB/s
GHASH (pclmul) 4795.76 MB/s
For the AES implementations:
- "big" is a classic table-based implementation (not constant-time).
- "ct64" is a constant-time bitslice implementation that uses 64-bit registers and computes 4 AES instances in parallel (which works well with CTR mode).
- "x86ni" uses the AES-NI opcodes (it computes four instances in parallel, which maps well to the 4-cycle latency of these opcodes on a Skylake core).
For the GHASH part:
- "ctmul" uses 32x32→64 integer multiplications with masking to avoid trouble with carries. It is constant-time.
- "ctmul64" uses 64x64→64 integer multiplications with masking; it is also constant-time.
- "pclmul" uses the AES-NI opcodes.
The following extra notes apply:
All GHASH implementations in BearSSL are constant-time. It is possible to make non-constant-time GHASH implementations which are faster, by using lookup tables, in particular dynamically generated tables for the specific secret $h$.
There is a constant-time bitslice implementation of AES that leverages SSE2 opcodes, both for extra parallelism (128-bit registers) and more efficient implementation of the linear parts of the algorithm. It would go over 400 MB/s on this machine, and would outperform the constant-time GHASH implementations. Whether it qualifies as "not using special opcodes" is debatable: it is not using the AES-NI opcodes, but not all 64-bit architectures have something similar to SSE2 (it is part of the ABI on 64-bit x86, though).
Combining AES and GHASH may offer speed-ups, if they do not exercise the same compute unit within the CPU. For instance, with the AES-NI opcodes, interleaving the AES/CTR encryption and the GHASH can yield better than the already quite decent 2.5 GB/s that the figures above promise.
An aggregate rule of thumb is that, when using only "basic" operations (i.e. those available in C without inline assembly or compiler intrinsics), you can keep the cost of GHASH to less than half the cost of AES/CTR (if using a non-constant-time AES, it makes more sense to measure against a non-constant-time GHASH).
Now let's compare with ChaCha20 and Poly1305:
ChaCha20 (ct) 407.74 MB/s
ChaCha20 (sse2) 590.59 MB/s
Poly1305 (ctmul) 1248.27 MB/s
Poly1305 (ctmulq) 1936.74 MB/s
The "ct" implementation of ChaCha20 uses only 32-bit integer operations; the "sse2" implementation uses SSE2 intrinsics. For Poly1305, the "ctmul" implementation uses basic 32x32→64 multiplications, while the "ctmulq" implementation uses 64x64→128 multiplications (which require some compiler intrinsics or extensions). All of these are constant-time.
What this says to us is the following:
- Without AES-NI, ChaCha20 outperforms AES. Actually, constant-time ChaCha20 substantially outperforms all AES, even non-constant-time.
- Without AES-NI, Poly1305 is much faster than GHASH.
- If you want to make an hybrid out of ChaCha20 and GHASH (this is the context of the previous question that you want to discuss), then the GHASH part is going to be more expensive than ChaCha20, except if you use the AES-NI opcodes for GHASH; but then, if AES-NI opcodes are available, why would you use that ChaCha20 hybrid instead of standard AES/GCM?
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Hugo Tyden, an international hospitality management student at EHL in Singapore, has always been fascinated by the industry since an early age. This prompted the Swedish student to look for jobs in this field when he was only 10, applying for a job at the local hotel where he spent his summers.
However, he was too young to be employed so he instead turned to something more comforting — baking bread. He would package and deliver his goods to his family friends.
Eventually, when he turned 13, he started out as a kitchen porter and his journey into hospitality began. Below, we speak to this 22-year-old about his international hospitality management degree, life in Singapore and what he misses from home:
What made you choose to pursue your bachelor’s in international hospitality management degree at EHL Singapore?
People around me have always encouraged me to study hospitality since I was young because of my passion for the industry. Thus, I heard about EHL and the fantastic reputation it had.
I decided to apply to the EHL bachelor’s programme after two years of full-time experience working in the field. As a result of the COVID-19 situation, I decided to work an additional year and join EHL after.
Earlier this year, I heard about the new Singapore campus and I jumped at the opportunity to apply. I’m happy to be in Singapore which, in my eyes, is the capital of Asia. So, here I am!
Do you think it would have made a difference if you studied at a local institution?
Yes, definitely. Sweden has many fantastic schools but there is no bachelor’s degree that could compete with EHL.
EHL is ranked as the number one hospitality school in the world. The quality of teaching and the international network it gives its students is one of the biggest advantages — it will definitely give me a leg up in my hospitality career.
What’s been your most memorable class in international hospitality management so far?
Personally, my favourite class is Food and Beverage (F&B) Cost Control. It’s very interesting to get an insight into how big an impact small expenses could have on the final profit and how carefully they should be controlled.
Do you have any fond memories with teachers at your uni that has stood out for you?
So far, the teachers have impressed me very much in the way they teach and how passionate they are. To me, anything can become interesting if the teacher is genuine.
Through studying already interesting subjects, the learning becomes very inspiring.
What are the practical learning elements and how do you apply them to the real world?
I mentioned earlier that my favourite class in my international hospitality management programme is F&B Cost Control. We’re currently analysing a hotel with several different F&B outlets.
With the help of different KPIs, we are able to draw conclusions and suggest how we think establishments could improve. In general, the professors do apply the studied theories into realistic situations in form of group projects, class problems and exams very well.
What are your academic goals and what skills have you gained so far?
Academically speaking, I aim to achieve success in my international hospitality management programme by scoring as high as possible in my work. I’m also driven to absorb and gain as much knowledge as possible to assist me in my future career.
The only course that I’ve currently finished is financial accounting which is useful in more or less, all businesses.
At EHL Campus (Singapore), not only do we learn the hard skills to equip us in our careers, but we are also taught a variety of soft skills. This includes communication and relationship-building — that’s valuable in any industry, hospitality or not.
Do you plan to progress into further study? What do you plan to do after graduating?
Currently, I’m not planning to continue further studies after my bachelor’s in international hospitality management but the door for that will always be kept open. After graduating, I plan to begin working more or less straight away within this hospitality industry and hopefully for a great hotel.
What do you like most about living in Singapore?
I love the fact that Singapore is a very green city with a huge amount of nature throughout it. I really enjoyed seeing and learning about diverse vegetation here and I look forward to continuing my exploration of various parks and treks.
I am also looking forward to being able to visit a variety of nearby destinations across Southeast Asia when restrictions are lifted. It’s amazing that you can travel to these incredible places without requiring too much time and effort.
What’s the local food compared to Sweden like? Tell us your most and least favourite.
I would describe the cuisine in Singapore as very diverse and international. I’ve really enjoyed sampling a variety of local dishes.
My favourite is “satay” (skewered grilled meat served with sauce) but I am a huge fan of Indian food. The way they use spices here in Singapore (and Asia in general) differs from how we flavour food in Sweden.
In my home country, we tend to use just salt and pepper but here there is a great variety of other combinations which is fantastic in my eyes. I’m still working my way through the list of local delicacies but the one thing I’ve tried so far that I didn’t appreciate as much is “kangkong” (water spinach).
What about any cultural sites? Can you share what you’ve discovered?
I’ve visited MacRitchie Reservoir which is a beautiful and nice place to explore. This area lets you escape city life and experience nature which is amazing.
I have also visited Holland Village, Lau Pa Sat and the Newton Hawker centres, which allowed me to sample the local culinary experience.
What do you miss from home and how do you substitute it?
I do miss a couple of things. I miss Swedish candy which can’t be easily substituted here and of course my friends and family whom I keep in touch with through video calls and messaging.
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Discord ID: 274262571367006208
Body building makes you better at fighting???
It autocorrect my sentences so I sound retarded
Who the fuck said that? Lol
Ilya just implied it
i never said it did directly.
i just said i have a lot more strength than someone who has never been into working out
well that's what i meant
Body building and "training" are two different things
that's why i do both.
I think it depends
Lifting for strength def helps
But it's not worth arguing over something this esoteric
You Mechwarriah bruh?
Body building for aesthetics would require so much oxygen for all that dense impractical muscle it would hamper ur ability to do the Kung fu fighting
I'm done lol
i was just saying its funny some guy was implying he could beat me up when he has never been in a fight, done anything to improve his physical abilities, trained in any fighting sports, etc
I agree asgardian
that's why I stay at a certain level.
I could be a mechwarrior
i should have died in lots of situations that would kill other people and ive recovered 100%
lol i haven't had anyone defeat me in 14 years
but im sure there's lots of people who could
i don't like fighting or seeking violence.
i just always keep my skills honed, it's a form of self-discipline
everyone left voice
I really don't wanna go to the hardware store I'm in my pjs
wait until the weekendd
and get it done then
thats what I do
besides a plumbing fix sounds like a job thatll take an extended amount of time
2 hours if that.
But it will bother me ALL NIGHT lol
At work it will haunt me
lol what are your PJs?
what needs fixing
what sort of international laws would it violate if someone went around sinking refugee rafts
right wing death yachts
"Why dont you stop trying to steal from white people you piece of shit"
E A R T H I S F L A T
EDDIE BRAVO TOLD ME SO
"Im saying we dont know what we're on"
"they faked the moon landings"
yo bro NASA is a CGI agency
they have no real pictures
>all you would have to do is fucking go from one side of america to the other side with a ship to disprove flat earth theory
@Ilya Muromets pjs are pajamas and my newly installed toilet may have a slight leak or the shut off could be sweating and running down giving the appearance of a leak. I need to do more investigations
why is this still a fucking thing in the current year
Is the flat earth thing just a troll? A worn out trolling expedition?
no i know what PJs are
i meant what variant of pajamas
nah dude I think these flat earthers are real
theyre that fucking nuts man
i sleep in a wifebeater and thai fisherman's pants lol
I thought I was kooky for reading culture of critique
not like nuts or anything
dude people really believe the earth is flat
who wants to hear something I am doing for the War Room?
just socially out of touch
possible new theme
but these flat earthers man
i used to argue with them over science for hours
theyre fucking nuts irl
but i just let people be stupid
@Gray tell me. And tell me why on Last Sons, we are in a "eats healthy" group
Because I lift
you lift right?
There ya go
everyone should exercise
at least to pushups, pullups, sprints, swimming, situps
running is cathartic
running + a cold shower
"its easier to control people when theyre on a ball"
O/O/O/O/O/O/O/ EARTH IS FLAT O/O/O/O/O/O/O/
Flat Earthers are very very real
Asgardian it's dangerous to go alone. Here take this
ASGARDIAN ITS DANGEROUS TO LEAVE HOME WHILE BELIEVING THE EARTH IS A SPHERE
YOU MIGHT FALL OFF THE EARTH
BE CAREFUL OUT THERE
ill chat after i eat if im still awake
Gas the Shills, Cuck War Now.
The switch is awesome btw
Nintendo Master Race
lol here is 2 hollow points
Heres a steel cap to the face, cunt
Vikings is dank, need a woman with some of these hair braid styles, v wheat field
>why not give back the black part you stole
It's like that sheboon at auburn. These people's only unifying identitarian philosophy is one of victimhood. They can't imagine or define identity in any other way. Oppression is now worshipped, and we've achieved full slave morality.
They can't even comprehend anything outside of slave morality at this point. It's scary.
Something I noticed was the blacks chimped out over him saying that they have it easier in some ways.
They did NOT chimp out over him saying that wanting to make america great again is a white thing.
It is whole sale victim mentality
Ironically, this is because their history of oppression is part of their identity. Patriotism and loving America is not.
when ever corporate, government and educational system panders to blacks
muh +280 on SATs
to fail out of college they didn't belong in
it was funny watching some obvious diversity admits bomb the fuck out in 1-2 semesters
in general studies classes largely
Hi Guise. Thanks for adding me, D'Marcus. I recognize some names here but not everyone.
Glad to be here. I miss my favourite Nationalists.
I just spent almost 2 months in Hongcouver. What a clusterfuck of Asians. It's ruined.
its their colony
I'm waiting for the Wing-Singh War™ - it's coming.
They hate each other. I'm down for letting them kill each other off, then White folks can reclaim.
it was so fucking wheatfield
cant believe i gave that bitches keys to my hosue
Get a combo lock keypad for your front door. Give her the combo but if things go south, just change the combo.
Give her the combo so she can come in anytime to do your laundry. And put a few sandwiches in the fridge.
If she doesn't do that the first time, change the combo immediately.
Oh look, it's Anita.
CALM DOWN I SAID
WEW Air Force BTFO
BIKE LOCK ATTACER IS SFSU PROFESSOR
lol you got it before me
Damn, Discord dead as fuck tonight
I could sperg post.
But @D'Marcus Liebowitz will boot me and I'll have to fly to kick his ass. He's a habitual line stepper
Is Ace of Base now officially th band of the Alt-Right?
Way more implicit than Depeche Mode
Even explicit in some circumstances
The guy that made Ace of Base is a "former" neo-nazi and was prominent in the Sweden Democrats
I wonder how Sweden Democrats will do in 2018
They more than doubled from 2010 to 2014
Dont forgetti to wish uncle adolf a happy birthday with the hashtag #happybirthdayuncle on twitter today
Sweden Democrats are also cucked
They threw out one of their politicians in December because she used "arguments associated with antisemitism to argue for a bill that she introduced in parliament intended to reduce concentration of media ownership in Sweden"
You a dangerous faggot now?
We've been trying to ship him back to the UK
Is Milo a chocolate milk mix or something?
If so, than no we don't have that
DONT BE A FUCKING THOT
DONT STICK YOUR DICK INTO EVERY WOMAN
DONT BE IN THE BRAD/CHAD MINDSET
BE A WHOLESOME MAN
Im going to name an STD after your real name
"MAn I've got a bad case of the Brads man..."
we don't dont' call it that
"I have a nice good Christian girl, god I wish I could rape her" -t. BradSmols
Oh i mean Grids
Hey that was a joke 😃
Brad lives in the Grids Coast of Australia
But TBH with out muh dicking I would still be a beta virgin autist
The trick will be when Brad gives his virgin wife genital herpes and has to claim she gave it to him and must have got it from a public toilet seat somewhere.
Implying he wont give her super aids
implying he will Marry a virgin
He will deflower her, give her aids, and then say your not good enough
nah cunt im moving on
Hey I got check recently and am 100% clean
I have been a fuck tonight
i removed most of my tinder profile and put photoshopped nazi pics of me and had the 14 words and a richard spencer quote on my profile and if i get any matches im just going to chip away at people
tinder is gay anyways
this is funny
I tried that for awhile, with little results. I was not very subtle about it and got few responses and many blocks.
@Caerulus_Rex tried to teach me his secrets but it just didn't stick.
Tinder is indeed fucking pozzed
well i have good attractive pictures of me mixed in as well
and will be eloquent and polite
so i wanna see how long i can keep them talking to me
it will be a game
This recent "POZ Button" is worth listening to people. They do a good job of dissecting what happened to Nerd Culture
Any of you familiar with poncho liners and military-style ponchos?
damn this girl told me i was an idiot and to actually study things and blocked me
@here No veterans on?
i was being polite and talking about the recession of Native Americans due to our government years ago, and the plight of the Yazidi people, and she was being an idiot
what about ponchos and liners
I want to know if the folded liner is wider than the folded poncho when both items are legit.
What about them
They are good
like one issued by a certain branch specificially?
I have a legit marine poncho liner and a mil-tech poncho which I assumed would work with it.
The liner is wider than the poncho.
I like USMC uniforms and gear
I was stuck with ACUs and all of that and hated it
So I want to know would this be the case if this was a legit marine poncho.
I'm assuming it would not.
what's it look like, what labeling or brand name or patches is on it
Poncho liner has something-or-other industries for the blind.
Poncho is mil-tech.
what color/pattern is it
Liner is marpat/coyote. Poncho is olive.
how much was it, where did you get it
Liner from eBay, poncho from Amazon.
i havent had that brand before
it doesnt rain much here
Varusteleka says the Germans call it mul-tech or something like that. Mul being their word for garbage.
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A message from John Travis one of the Drop In the Bucket co-founders
“You are most welcome”
That’s the greeting we hear on arrival at every school or village in Africa, and it is our honor to extend it to you. Thank you for your support and generosity, you make all of our work possible and we can’t thank you enough. We are experimenting with new ways to make our organization and specifically our website more personal and interactive and we would love to hear from you. Over the next few months we will be adding things to this section of the site like surveys, polls and other more collaborative features. We would love it if you can participate. We will also have a section where people can download tax receipts for any donations that they have made over the years. We will also feature specific projects that are very important to us and talk about our work, like this one from the St Francis Madera School for the Blind in Uganda.
This is a project very dear to our hearts and it is a good example of how we can start a project with clean water, but often our involvement goes much deeper. Thank you for being part of the Drop in the Bucket family and we look forward to hearing from you.
If you have anything you would like to tell us please tell us your thoughts using this message box.
Thank you so much,
President of Drop in the Bucket
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Project Title : 5S Activity Implementation of Government Saving Bank Central Plaza West Gate
By : Mr.Chakreeti Yodsawat, Dr.Somporn Panyindee
Advisor : Dr.Somporn Panyindee
Degree : Bachelor of Business Administration
Major : General Management
Faculty : Business Administration
Semester / Academic year : 3 /2016
The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) To study the implementation of 5S Activity; 2) To study problems and guidelines in order to maximize the efficiency of 5S Activity implementation. One problem caused by the operations of Credit Department and Accounting Department, is the uncleanliness in the office. Therefore, in order to make the office nice and orderly with effectiveness, then the concept of 5S Activity is applied, the result of study found that areas in the office are clean, documents are clean arranged with convenient searching and the atmosphere in the office is better.
Keywords: 5S Activity Implementation / Office Administration/ Government Saving Bank, CentralPlaza WestGate Branch.
5S Activity Implementation of Government Saving Bank Central Plaza West Gate
Faculty of Business Administration, Siam University, Thailand
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The all new ‘HIIT Keto Yoga Spartan Spandex Warrior Training Program’ is WHAT YOU NEED RIGHT NOW!
Okay, a slight over exaggeration there but yikes, doesn’t the fitness industry seem like a field of land mines to battle through?
Who can blame those who just run screaming for their exercise.
And you know what, I am probably part to blame too. I get such a short time with each person per week that it can be hard to put across the honest truth about what a balanced exercise program should look like.
I have spent quite some time this winter putting together a package that maps fitness. It’s not quite ready to share just yet but it’ll be a nice Christmas present to everyone once it’s done.
In short, it outlines the shape of an average weeks complete fitness plan. It’s not for the extremists or specialised sports people. It’s aimed for all of us who want to use exercise to enhance out health, strength and fitness now and going into the future.
In the video below I talk, yes rather excitedly about this.
This was in response to a question from a member who is time-stuck and wanted to use high intensity training in what time they had in their stress-filled week.
What they wanted to do and what they should do couldn’t be further apart.
It does not actually matter how you get in your aerobic training or strength training. Find what you enjoy and do it. Walk, cycle, roller skate, climb, hike – just find what you enjoy and can sustain and repeat.
At the gym these days we practice strength training with bodyweight movements, kettlebells, some barbell work and for others, they get to use the parallette bars too as well as the more progressive bodyweight system called Animal Flow.
Both Kettlebell Training and Animal Flow training have proven their value but what often holds people back is not knowing how to use them.
Heading into Summer, I’m looking to add a few people to the roster and to make on-boarding easier, I’ve set up times for people to learn how to use Kettlebells and the Animal Flow system.
If you or someone else is interested in learning either of these, follow the links below to check out dates and times.
Animal Flow Introductory Classes (facebook link)
Mondays from 5th November at 10am to 10:45am
Fridays from 9th November at 9am to 9:45am
The Kettlebell is practically a complete gym in your hand that allows its user to transition smoothly from one movement to another cutting out time and hassle… providing you know how to safely use it.
I’ve been using and teaching Kettlebell Training since 2009 and it’s transformed my health and fitness and my outlook on strength and fitness training.
Over a series of classes, learn the Swing, Squat, the Press and other great kettlebell movements.
I teach in the Hardstyle method as taught by the RKC and StrongFirst with whom I certified in 2012. The method of teaching is second to none, simple and effective.
The course will include online homework with videos and lectures to compliment the ’in-gym’ training.
Each weeks lessons will be offered on a choice of a:
Wednesdays at 5:45am or the Saturday at 10am.
*** Starting Wednesday 7th ***
Link => https://www.facebook.com/events/2227912690783686/
Note: this beginner course is set-up to allow for a permanent class to continue from January 2019.
$20 per class or $100 for the complete 6 week course per participant.
My number one goal as a trainer is to help people. It really is that simple.
Whether you want to move better, get stronger, learn more about healthy nutrition habits or you want to know how to use kettlebells properly… I want to help.
I think I do a pretty good job too but your feedback is always welcomed.
To reach out to more people who might like what we do here, I’d love your help by referring friends, family or other business owners.
In particular, I am very keen to work with small groups, 2 to 3 people who would enjoy exercising together.
To thank and reward you for any successful referrals I want to give you a lovely dinner voucher for our local Portabella Restaurant or if you’d prefer, a Westfield voucher.
To refer someone, please direct them to this website to have a look around. Once there, it’s really easy to get in touch with me directly, pretty much from any page.
Thank you for spending time reading my thoughts today.
Any suggestions – just shout 🙂
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2. Going Fat Free
3. Breakfast Cereals Are All HealthyThis is one of the most common blunders that most people make - swapping their wholesome Indian nashta of chillas and methi-stuffed parathas with this modern day junk. Most cereals are loaded with sugar and refined carbs. They are highly processed and produced via extrusion, using high temperature processes to shape the cereal. A big problem is that food manufacturers are expert marketers, making us believe everything they say. Processed food is causing harm to our health, further adding to childhood obesity and other diet related diseases.4. Throw Away the Egg YolksHealth professionals have marked a record in demonising the egg yolk. Almost each day I remind my clients not to throw the yolk. It is rich in Vitamin A, D, E, K, B12 and contains an array of essential nutrients. Thankfully in the past few years, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has collected the findings of 21 different studies which state that “Saturated Fat” and “Dietary Cholesterol” are not associated with coronary heart disease and stroke. In fact, the B Vitamins, particularly Riboflavin, present in the yolk has been known to bring down cholesterol levels whereas Lecithin within the egg prevents much of cholesterol from getting absorbed within your digestive tract.5. Counting Calories is a MustCounting calories, in my opinion, is seriously outdated and simply does not work. Eating 500 calories of processed junk and 500 calories of plant-based food do not have the same impact on the body. Instead, chose fresh food in its natural state as much as possible. Pay attention and listen to your body, which time and again tells you how much it needs, so no math is required.Every day we choose what to purchase and what to eat. Our attitude towards what’s healthy comes from questionable sources with conflicting agendas. So be watchful and do your own research. What’s natural and seasonal will always be good for health than processed products. It would actually be wonderful to see advertisements for natural foods instead of being bombarded with those on fizzy drinks, packaged snacks and cereals. About the Author:
Shilpa Arora ND is a renowned Health Practitioner, Nutritionist and certified Macrobiotic Health Coach. She has to her credit Doctorate in Natural Medicine. She is currently based in Delhi NCR region, successfully running her Nutrition Studio with individual consultations, offering life style programs supported by the most up-to-date clinical research.
The opinions expressed within this article are the personal opinions of the author. NDTV is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, suitability, or validity of any information on this article. All information is provided on an as-is basis. The information, facts or opinions appearing in the article do not reflect the views of NDTV and NDTV does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.
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It is natural for people belonging to different strata of society to have differing perceptions of their economic needs. Daily wagers obviously do not have the luxury of planning beyond a certain time horizon, while government employees take retirement and pensions for granted on the day of recruitment. Private sector employers and employees desire a pro-business environment but do not necessarily agree on sharing of the profits. And, as has been seen during the recent farmers’ protests, even necessary reforms are a contentious issue.
Anybody who is in relatively comfortable circumstances naturally favours the status quo, while the insecure want some ‘guarantees’ that can provide stability in their lives. All of these are part of society and it is a hard task to work out a consensus on the general direction to be taken. Any kind of dominance of one or the other group can create imbalances with long term consequences. This is why, in this particular age when a nature-linked subsistence economy is no longer possible, growth and progress are key factors in achieving desired outcomes. In the present challenging circumstances, globally, entire nations like Pakistan and Sri Lanka are on the verge of bankruptcy because of a failure to expand the economic base, with leaders focusing disproportionally on other issues.
So, it is important when choosing a government to take a close look at contending parties’ economic policies, as also their past performance. Caste and community interests may have relevance, but these should not be allowed to jeopardise the livelihood and future prospects of large sections of the people. Certain giveaways may be promised but care should be taken to see what is being taken away in exchange. If the future is being jeopardised to an extent that the generations to come would suffer, it is wise to be cautious.
In the past couple of hundred years, worldwide, political movements have identified as ‘capitalist’, ‘communist’, ‘socialist’, etc., and have a track record to show. Many nations have transformed from such ideological regimes into autocracies that have come to control every aspect of people’s lives, even their aspirations. Liberal democracies can falter if they too succumb to one or the other ‘ism’. In India, there is a long history of accommodating diversity – the effort should be to keep that going by making the right choices, rising above populism and vested interests.
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La guerre des boutons-Niveau 1/A1-Lecture CLE en français facile–Livre + CD
Publisher: CLE International
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Author: Louis Pergaud
Publisher: Clé international
Publishing Date: February 27, 2017
Subtitle: Lectures CLE en français facile
The heroes of this story are teenagers. Two rival gangs clash and engage in a "war of the buttons": this war consists in seizing the adversary comrades, to spank them, to undress them and to cut the buttons which hold their clothes ...
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In the Beginning: Out of Nothing
Bible VersesGenesis 1:1-25, 31
January 2, 2022
The book of Genesis is a book of beginnings. It’s mainly focused on the beginning of a story about a covenant family that grows into a covenant community spanning the globe. But chapters 1-11 stretch even further back to tell the story about the beginning of our world and the universe itself. Genesis 1 presents five fundamental truths about creation and its relationship to God.
Sermon Notes: In the Beginning
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