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They are throwing $100 Million at the weed industry…..
The only people making money in the California weed business is the ones STILL doing it ILLEGALLY…..
The California Legislature on Monday approved a $100-million plan to bolster California’s legal marijuana industry, which continues to struggle to compete with the large illicit pot market nearly five years after voters approved sales for recreational use.
Los Angeles will be the biggest beneficiary of the money, which was proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to be provided as grants to cities and counties to help cannabis businesses transition from provisional to regular licenses.
“California voters approved Proposition 64 five years ago and entrusted the Legislature with creating a legal, well-regulated cannabis market,” said Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), the chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee. “We have yet to reach that goal.”
Many cannabis growers, retailers and manufacturers have struggled to make the transition from a provisional, temporary license to a permanent one renewed on an annual basis — a process that requires a costly, complicated and time-consuming review of the negative environmental effects involved in a business and a plan for reducing those harms….
In 2019, industry officials estimated there were nearly three times as manyunlicensed businesses as ones with state permits. Although some industry leaders believe enforcement has reduced the number of illegal pot shops, a study in September by USC researchers estimated unlicensed retailers still outnumbered those that were licensed….

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Giving your little ones a bath is already a process, and it can seem even more daunting when you don’t know exactly what you’re putting on your baby’s skin. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite non-toxic baby shampoos, body washes and bubble baths so that you can focus on keeping bath time fun.
Choose products that are fragrance-free, not unscented
Due to industry efforts to keep formulations private, manufacturers don’t have to tell you what’s in that baby smell you know and love. Chemicals that have a pleasant scent but haven’t been proven to be completely safe (like diethyl phthalate, resorcinol and synthetic musks) can hide behind the vague terms “fragrance” and “parfum” on an ingredient list.
What’s more, just because something is labeled “unscented” doesn’t mean it’s free of these problem ingredients. In many cases, fragrance ingredients are used in products in order to mask other odors.
Because manufacturers aren’t required to disclose their fragrance ingredients – even if they’re linked to allergies or other health implications – avoiding them can be difficult. Look for products that are labeled “fragrance-free,” (rather than unscented), or that explicitly state the fragrance ingredients on their packaging. Below are some of our favorite bath products that smell great and are transparent about what goes into their scents.
Be Wary of “Tear-Free” Shampoos
There’s a reason a lot of popular tear-free shampoos don’t hurt your little one’s eyes: ethoxylation, a process that makes chemicals less irritating but emits the carcinogen 1,4-dioxane as a byproduct. Shampoos and soaps often contain surfactants to lather, foam, and remove oil and dirt. The common surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) can cause irritation to the eyes, skin and scalp, so it undergoes ethoxylation to form the gentler sodium laureth sulfate (SLES).
While manufacturers can ensure that there are no traces of the carcinogen 1,4-dioxane in products that contain SLES, its removal is not enforced by the FDA or any other agency.
When looking for tear-free products, be sure to check the ingredient list for sodium laureth sulfate, or use the HowGood Baby Product Safety Scanner to easily find products without SLS, SLES, or any other chemicals of concern. Below are some of our favorite bath products that are tear-free and don’t contain any sodium laureth sulfate.
Sulfate-free baby shampoos
Some brands, like the ones from Active Essentials and Dr. Bronner’s, are proudly not tear-free. Their products are soap-based, so while they don’t require synthetic surfactants like SLES, they have a naturally higher pH that can irritate your baby’s eyes. If your kiddos don’t make a lot of waves in the bathtub, try opting for a soap-based product instead.
Avoid certain ingredients for eczema-prone and sensitive skin
If your little one has eczema, steer clear of soap-based products that raise the skin’s pH, and avoid products with fragrance and botanical oils (like rose oil, vanilla, and sweet almond oil). Look out for sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), methylisothiazolinone, salicylic acid and glycolic acid when you’re reading a product’s ingredient list.
For more information on toxins that could be hiding in your in your baby’s bubble bath, check out nine ingredients in baby products you should know about.

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According to a CNBC video report released today, gold is experiencing a seven-straight weekly loss (the longest losing streak in four years) at a drop of almost five percent.
In contrast, a recent article by Frank Holmes, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of US Global Investors, Inc., promotes having a positive outlook for gold. Holmes explains how “the price of gold moves in near-lockstep to each increase of the Fed’s balance sheet,” and that since the Federal Reserve is printing more and more dollars, the price of gold is likely to move along with it, as it has historically.
Gold’s ability to recover sooner rather than later may be debatable, but one thing is for certain: The precious metal promises to remain a hot topic for a very, very long time.
Click here to read the Holmes article in full.


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These days, we’re accustomed to celebrities looking perfect in front of the camera. But the impact of social media has completely turned the tables on how A-list stars should genuinely appear to their fans. A majority of them are smart enough to hire social media experts to create memorable selfies, while others simply take snaps of themselves without even thinking of the backlash that will follow. In the midst of the hoopla surrounding selfies, it’s one medium that celebrities use to connect to their admirers. While celebrities
taking a shot of themselves are typically flattering, once in awhile, they wind up uploading a selfie that has gone horribly wrong. In the world of entertainment and social media, nit pickers would go on a frenzy to criticize or defend the supposed image. Others would drum up theories that try to explain why the selfie came to be.
Here are some famous celebs who should’ve thought twice before uploading these horrendous selfies online:
1. Tyra Banks
We all know Tyra is one of the many known supermodels in the world. But when you’re taking a selfie looking like an alien, it’ll creep out your fans. Bulging eyes, a huge forehead, and an alien shaped face? We have one phrase: Take me to your leader.
2. Katy Perry
Katy felt like it’s a terrific idea to lay on a warm bathtub with a tray of pizza close to his chest. It’s an unsettling sight for pizza lovers who prefer to at least have their meal on the couch or table. But pizza on a murky bath water? That’s plain disgusting.
3. Kim Kardashian
Kim is, unsurprisingly, a selfie fiend. Just about everything she does is uploaded on her social media accounts. But we felt this one didn’t make the cut given her untanned eye areas. But why take a selfie of them? Maybe she’s promoting a skin product or something?
4. James Franco
James took a selfie of himself wearing eye pads to reduce wrinkles, puffiness, and dark circles under his eyes. It would’ve been better off if he had pineapple or cucumber slices over them since they’re natural and free of chemicals. But then again. He doesn’t care.
5. Blake Lively and Amber Tamblyn
Blake is a big fan of vegetables. She’s also a fan of taking weird selfies of vegetables in her mouth. But based on this image, we’re not sure what she and her friend, Amber, shoved in their throats. And as for their horrified expressions? We’ll never know.

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Gaining weight and becoming obese or morbidly obese has created an epidemic not only in the United States, but also internationally. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 2/3 of the US population is overweight, and nearly 1/3 is obese or morbidly obese.
Obesity is defined as having a body mass index of 30 to 39. Morbid obesity begins at a body mass index of 40. It has been shown that the higher the body mass index (BMI), the greater the risk for associated illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease and others. When morbidly obese individuals have one or more of the above diseases, their risk for death increases, and quality of life is severely diminished.
At the Bariatric & Metabolic Institute, world-class Cleveland Clinic doctors evaluate our patients with a thorough physical exam, which may require blood work and other diagnostic tools. With help from physicians in a variety of specialties, our doctors take into account your medical issues when determining the weight loss plan that’s right for you. Pioneering surgeons at the Bariatric & Metabolic Institute perform more than 95 percent of all procedures with minimally invasive (laparoscopic) techniques, improving our patients' healing and recovery time. Bariatric surgery options include the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and sleeve gastrectomy.
The level of support provided at Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric & Metabolic Institute is unparalleled. Each patient is assigned a patient navigator, who serve as a single point of contact throughout your weight loss surgery journey, offering encouragement and support every step of the way.
For patients who choose not to undergo surgery, or for those who are ineligible, Cleveland Clinic offers medical management for weight loss with access to dieticians, psychologists, and exercise physiologists. Patients can also find support from Cleveland Clinic specialists and other patients in our ongoing support groups and classes designed to help patients achieve the best outcome possible.
Patients We Treat
Cleveland Clinic's Bariatric and Metabolic Institute treats people from all walks of life. There is no one type of candidate for bariatric surgery. This includes high risk patients, adolescents, and older adults. There are a few criteria that all patients must meet.
You could be a candidate for surgical weight loss if you meet any of the following criteria:
- You are more than 100 lbs. over your ideal body weight.
- You have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 40.
- You have a BMI of over 35 and are experiencing severe negative health effects, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, related to being severely overweight.
- You are unable to achieve a healthy body weight for a sustained period of time, even through medically-supervised dieting.
Weight loss surgery is not a magic bullet and while most patients are successful after weight loss surgery, there are instances where revision weight loss surgery is required. Whether reasons for seeking revision weight loss surgery are due to inadequate weight loss/weight regain, unresolved co-morbidities and/or medical complications, there is likely a revision solution to these problems.
Revisional procedures overview
Revisional bariatric operations, regardless of the previous surgery, are always challenging for a surgeon. They require adequate expertise to achieve desired results. Bariatric Centers of Excellence certified by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery provide a multi-disciplinary team and facilities for managing patients requiring revision of their surgery. It is highly recommended that patients requiring gastric bypass revision or any other kind of revisional surgery find a surgeon at a bariatric center that has much experience with revisional bariatric surgery.
Childhood and adolescent obesity is an epidemic in the United States. The latest statistics from the U.S Surgeon General are sobering. They show that more than 12.5 million children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 are overweight. And these numbers are on the rise. As a result, growing numbers of children and teens are at increased risk for diseases traditionally seen only in adults, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
Despite the soaring rates of adolescent obesity, teen weight loss surgery remains uncommon. The number of adolescents undergoing weight loss surgery more than tripled between 2000 and 2003, but these surgeries are still relatively rare in adolescents. In fact, teens represent less than 1 percent of weight loss surgery patients, according to a report in the March 2007 issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Some doctors will recommend this surgery if a child’s weight poses a greater health threat than the potential risks of the surgery. Risks of adolescent obesity include diabetes, high blood pressure, joint problems, liver problems, lung and breathing issues and increasing pressure in the brain that can cause vision impairment or blindness.
When is weight loss surgery the answer to adolescent obesity?
Weight loss surgery is not a panacea for obesity in teens. There are many unknowns. No studies document the long-term effects of weight loss surgery on a child’s future growth and development. What’s more, weight loss surgery does not guarantee that an adolescent will lose all of his or her excess weight and/or keep it off long-term. Weight loss surgery also doesn’t replace the long-term need for a healthy diet and regular physical activity.
If weight loss surgery is deemed an option for an adolescent, he or she should be referred to centers with multidisciplinary weight management teams. These teams should include specialists in adolescent obesity evaluation and management, such as psychologists, nutritionists, physical activity instructors and weight loss surgeons. Additional expertise in adolescent medicine, endocrinology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, cardiology and orthopedics may be helpful, too.
Exactly when an adolescent should undergo weight loss surgery is controversial. It depends on the severity of obesity-related health problems faced by the individual patients. This individualized decision should be made on a case-by-case basis with the medical team.
According to guidelines set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2004, adolescents under consideration for weight loss surgery should:
- Have failed six or more months of organized attempts at weight management. This should be determined with the assistance of a doctor.
- Have attained or nearly attained physiologic or skeletal maturity. This generally occurs at age 13 or older for girls and at age 15 or older for boys.
- Be severely obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 40, with serious obesity-related problems; or have a BMI of greater than 50 with less severe obesity-related problems. (Other organizations, including the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, have less stringent weight criteria for teens, due to the severity of medical problems that obese adolescents now face.)
BMI takes height and weight into account to measure body fatness. For children and teens, BMI is age- and sex-specific and is often referred to as BMI-for-age. After BMI is calculated for children and teens, the BMI number is plotted on the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) BMI-for-age growth charts (for either girls or boys) to obtain a percentile ranking.
- Be committed to comprehensive medical and psychological evaluations that should occur before and after surgery.
- Agree to avoid pregnancy for at least one year after surgery. Pregnancies are safe after weight loss surgery, but reliable contraception should be used for at least the first year after the operation due to increased risk to the developing fetus posed by the rapid weight loss. After the period of rapid weight loss is over, pregnancies should be carefully planned and monitored.
- Be capable of and willing to adhere to a strict bariatric surgery nutrition program following your operation. For example, after gastric bypass surgery, patients must consume a very low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet with more than 0.5 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day. Daily multivitamins, as well as supplements of key nutrients such as calcium, vitamin B12, folate, thiamine and iron (for menstruating females), may also be needed.
- Provide informed consent to surgical treatment.
- Demonstrate the ability to make sound decisions. Age is not necessarily the limiting factor here.
- Have a supportive family environment.
Weight loss surgery is not an option in certain adolescents, including those with:
- A medically correctable cause of obesity.
- A substance abuse problem within the preceding year.
- An inability or unwillingness of either the adolescent or the parents to fully comprehend the surgical procedure and its consequences.
- Current pregnancy or plans to become pregnant within two years after surgery. Also, adolescents who are currently lactating following a recent pregnancy must wait.
Teens who had gastric bypass surgery showed dramatic, often immediate, remission of their type 2 diabetes following surgery, according to a study reported in the January 2009 issue of Pediatrics. In fact, many teens checked out of the hospital without any diabetes-related medications.
Previous studies have shown that weight loss surgery can induce remission of type 2 diabetes in adults, but this is the first study to show that the treatment may do the same in adolescents.
The new study included 78 adolescents with type 2 diabetes. Eleven teens had gastric bypass surgery at one of five participating medical centers, while the remaining 67 teens were part of a comparison group who received routine medical management for their diabetes, but did not have any surgery.
Extremely obese teens who underwent bariatric surgery had an average 34 percent reduction in weight one year after surgery, with all but one seeing their type 2 diabetes disappear. In comparison, obese teens who were medically managed saw their weight remain essentially the same, and all were still taking medication for their diabetes. The teens that had gastric bypass showed other improvements too, such as lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Teens suffering with metabolic syndrome — which greatly increases their risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes — who undergo Lap-band surgery may be cured as a result. The findings were presented at The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Tests for weight loss surgery eligibility
Along with a complete physical exam and counseling, your doctor will run several tests that can help determine whether the weight poses a greater health threat than the potential risks of weight loss surgery. They include:
- Fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1C measurement to look for blood sugar anomalies that suggest type 2 diabetes.
- Liver function tests.
- Lipid profile tests to see if blood cholesterol levels are elevated.
- Complete blood counts.
- Thyroid function tests.
- Pregnancy tests for female patients.
- Screening for nutrient deficiencies.
- Sleep study (polysomnography) for adolescents with sleep apnea (one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep).
- Bone age assessment to document the degree of skeletal maturity.
Choosing a weight loss surgery procedure
Exactly which weight loss surgery is best for teens is not yet known. Both the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy have been effective in treating adolescent obesity.
Risks of adolescent bariatric surgery
Weight loss surgery is risky business. Although these procedures can result in substantial weight loss, the long-term effects among teens are unknown. A recent study offers up some good news. It shows that the risks are no greater in teens than they are in adults. In fact, adolescents who undergo weight loss surgery have fewer complications and a faster rate of recovery than older patients, according to research published in the March 2007 issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Scheduling weight loss surgery for a teen
Along with the physical recovery from surgery, adolescents undergoing surgery need this time to get used to eating solid foods. During the recovery period, they have to slowly reintroduce solid foods, starting with a liquid diet, then on to pureed food and finally, solids. Within four to six weeks, all patients are eating solid food regardless of which surgery they choose. Some physical restrictions also exist during the recovery period, such as avoiding heavy lifting and gym class for about a month.
Most adolescents who undergo weight loss surgery look forward to returning to school after surgery. They may look and feel different. Once they return to school, they find that they are not teased anymore. Surgeons and parents report that the vast majority of adolescents who undergo weight loss surgery are so happy, that their personality changes for the better.
Adolescent life after weight loss surgery
The journey is not over after weight loss surgery. Far from it. Some teens may need body contouring surgeries to get rid of the excess skin and flab that remain after massive weight loss. Unlike their peers, teens who have undergone weight loss surgery must be hypervigilant about what they eat, when they eat and how they eat it. Teens often want to fit in, and such regimented eating may make them stand out.
Long-term medical and psychological follow-up is also necessary after weight loss surgery. It is no quick fix. Weight loss surgery involves a deep commitment and intensive follow-through. In the right adolescent, however, weight loss surgery can improve overall quality of life and self-esteem.
Many of the questions regarding weight loss surgery in adolescents may be answered when the Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) study, begun in 2006, is completed. This five-year, multi-center study of 200 adolescents aims to determine if weight loss surgery is an appropriate treatment option for extremely overweight teens.
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We focus on reconnecting quality and patient safety with clinical care. This collaboration supports Cleveland Clinic health system’s commitment to quality and patient care, which parallels major healthcare initiatives nationwide.
Awards & Achievements
Cleveland Clinic's Bariatric and Metabolic Institute has received accreditation from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery accreditation and quality improvement program.
Cleveland Clinic's Bariatric and Metabolic Institute has been named a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the Surgical Review Corporation. The designation is awarded to programs with a proven record of favorable outcomes for weight loss surgery.
The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at Cleveland Clinic has also been accredited as a Level 1 facility by the Bariatric Surgery Center Network (BSCN) Accreditation Program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
Cleveland Clinic is recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care.
Bariatric COE Certifications
- American Society for Bariatric Surgery: Center of Excellence.
- American College of Surgeons: American College of Surgeons, Level 1A Accredited Bariatric Center, Adult and Pediatric (15 years and above).
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield: Blue Distinction Program, Center of Excellence for Bariatric Services.
- Aetna: Aetna Preferred Bariatric Center Network.
- Medical Mutual of Ohio: Medical Mutual of Ohio Center of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery.
- Cigna: Center of Excellence Program for Bariatric Surgery.
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by Laura Randall
Halloween is just around the corner, meaning it won’t be long before the Christmas markets are lining Hyde Park and festive lights are shining down on hectic shoppers across Oxford Street. Think of autumn as the warm up to The Party Season and without a good stretch of those dancing shoes you won’t be able to keep on moving through to 2012. My advice is to get your permanent marker out and jot these plans in your diary as MUST DOs for the lead up to Christmas. Without them you’re sure to spend the best season of them all holed up in front of the fire when what you should be doing is dancing the cold away.
Proof that this season is going to be the hottest one of the year is the selection of gigs spread across the capital. Going to a gig has got to be the ultimate evening of euphoria and nothing warms the heart more than hearing a crowd throb to the beat of an anthem. Be sure to book tickets to all of the events below as each are guaranteed to blow your woolly socks off-
- are using their unforgettably energy to wow the crowds at Brixton Academy on the 19th October, before kicking the night up a notch with a DJ set at the Jamm after party.
- Florence and her fabulous Machine are showcasing the hits that have charmed our ears so eloquently in the past few weeks. What The Water Gave Me and Shake It Out are definite party starters and will get you pounding your foot to the beat of her drum on the 25th October at the Hackney Empire Theatre.
- If you haven’t got plans for Halloween yet then get ready to make them (and if you have, then get ready to break them) because Arctic Monkeys are performing with special guests The Vaccines on Saturday 29th at the O2 arena. This coalition of indie talent will haunt you through the night and with clubs across the capital opening their doors to the living dead all weekend I’d recommend putting on your dancing shoes, you sexy little swine.
- Rihanna has already bombarded England with her Barbadian talent this October but if you were crazy enough to miss her then she’s turning up the heat again in November with another string of UK dates.
- Bob Dylan is giving the UK a rare performance at the Hammersmith Apollo on the 19-21st November. Tickets are sure to sell out in minutes but if you’re lucky enough to get you hands on one then hold on to it tight and enjoy the night!
- James Blake blew crowds away at this years festivals and a one off performance at the HMV Forum on the 30th November is something I couldn’t recommend enough. His voice will warm the coldest of hearts and if you don’t walk out blubbering then you’ll at least walk out in awe.
- This is set to be the gig of the year! M83 doesn’t officially release ‘Hurry Up We’re Dreaming’ for a few more weeks and yet the free stream on Urban Outfitters’ website has caused a surge of fans to fall at Anthony Gonzalez’s feet. On the 1st December you shouldn’t be anywhere else than at Heaven to watch this and if you are, then Santa wont bring you anything for Christmas.
- Little Dragon is at Shepherds Bush Empire on the 4th December and as her album has been a huge hit in 2011 her live performance of it can only be better.
- The Drums have been bringing in the crowds since they surfed onto the scene last year with hits from their self entitled album. Now that Portamento has taken its rightful place on most people’s iTunes, I can only imagine how much energy is going to be pouring out of Shepherds’ Bush Empire on the 9th December.
If that list didn’t get you excited for life over the next few months then I think you need to reassess your priorities. But, if you are a social maniac and you need a little more to wet your Autumn appetite then how about attending one of the many events held by Oxfam over the next month. Changing its name to Oxjam, the charity is holding a unique series of live music events to take over Brick Lane, Islingon, Chiswick, Camberwell, Stoke Newington and Brixton. Talent from beatboxers, drum and bass DJs, poets, singer-song writers and even the odd magician will be performing for your pleasure, whilst Plan B is set to make an appearance at the Brixton take over. Make sure you show your face. Come on, it’s for charity!
By the end of the October we welcome back the annual Freeze Festival that sees extreme sports take over Battersea Power Station for a celebration of all things fun! If extreme sports doesn’t do it for you then perhaps the fact that this will be the LAST EVER London performance by The Streets will. Guaranteed to be an unmissable show, Mike Skinner will join Groove Armada, Zane Lowe, Spector and many more for a spectacular night of music, sport and dancing to keep the icicles at bay.
As a perfect recovery from the cold of the Freeze Festival is a party that’s embracing warmer climates. The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project, on the 12th November, has a lineup that’s being kept tightly under wraps. Last year’s event was seriously big and as this year sees London swapping its black cabs and wintery weather for the caribbean spirit of Jamaica, the big freeze is to be locked outside as Alexandra Palace gets taken over by the carnival atmosphere.
Early November brings the christmas markets, firework displays and switching on of the lights throughout the country. The Natural History Museum is the first ice rink to open on the 4th November. Somerset House, Winter Wonderland and the rest will follow not long after. There’s so many free activities to immerse yourself in once the christmas flood gates open to the excitable crowd of children and adults alike so warm those hands on a mulled cider before hitting the ice rinks.
By now your diary should be well and truly bursting at the seams with what’s going to bring your 2011 to a close. Whether it will be a fond farewell or a celebration that it’s over, be sure to keep the final months of the year an erupting, gala of music and entertainment. There’s no better way to banish those winter blues.


SENATE BILL 355
56th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2023
Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics and Linda M. Lopez and
Gerald Ortiz y Pino and Brenda G. McKenna
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THREE MONTHS OF TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT WHEN A SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RECIPIENT'S EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS RESULT IN A LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2024 and subsequent fiscal years to provide three months of transitional support when a supplemental nutrition assistance program recipient's employment earnings result in a loss of eligibility; provided that none of this appropriation is used for associated program administration. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.
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Watch: TWICE Gives Dazzling Performance Of “Cry For Me” On “The Kelly Clarkson Show”
Updated April 28 KST:
TWICE performed on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on April 27 local time (April 28 KST)!
“The Kelly Clarkson Show” has shared the video of TWICE’s performance of “Cry For Me,” which took place on a dazzling black-and-white set. Jeongyeon, who was on hiatus due to mental health when TWICE first performed “Cry For Me” at 2020 MAMA, did not participate in the performance. Jeongyeon later returned from her hiatus to join TWICE’s performance at the 30th Seoul Music Awards in January 2021.
Check out TWICE’s performance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” below!
TWICE will be performing on “The Kelly Clarkson Show”!
On April 20 KST, TWICE announced on Twitter that the girl group would be performing “Cry For Me” on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on April 27 at 2 p.m. ET (April 28 at 3 a.m. KST).
This will be TWICE’s first time performing on the NBC talk show. TWICE first performed “Cry For Me,” an unreleased track at the time, at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards in December 2020. After positive fan feedback, the song was officially released.
JYP Entertainment recently confirmed that TWICE is gearing up for a June comeback and that the girl group is currently filming their music video on Jeju Island.
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New initiative aims to improve decision-making across biopharmaceutical development and delivery lifecycle
CAMBRIDGE, 23 July 2018—The NEWDIGS Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosted a Design Lab for its new Learning Ecosystems Accelerator for Patient-Centered, Sustainable Innovation (LEAPS) Project. LEAPS aims to support value-driven biomedical innovation by improving decision-making across the spectrum of biomedical research and healthcare delivery.
LEAPS’s initial goal is to design a pilot project in a disease area of special importance in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in collaboration with public leaders and private innovation organizations. To that end, participants in the Design Lab were tasked with considering disease areas offering the prospect of significant healthcare impact and identifying early practical and technical challenges to the pilot project’s success.
NEWDIGS Design Labs convene a diverse sample of healthcare stakeholders, including clinicians, patient advocates, pharmaceutical developers, regulators, payers, scientists, and public sector leaders, who collaborate intensively for two days under the strict confidentiality guidelines of the Chatham House Rule. That confidentiality encourages candid, cross-stakeholder dialogue that is not practical in ordinary daily business.
“Truly patient-centered innovation can’t be done one silo at a time,” said Gigi Hirsch, Executive Director of the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation and Director of NEWDIGS. “Stakeholders have to work together in fundamentally different ways to enhance collective impact on patients.”
“What’s different about this is a ‘de-silo-fication’ of the discussion,” said one participant. “We need crosstalk among stakeholders to make [change] real, rather than one-off projects for this or that. We’re trying to shift the way evidence is conceived and considered across the stakeholder communities.”
Another participant, a physician, underscored the need for better information. “Evidence informs everything I do in the clinic. Every time I see a patient the name of the game is decision-making and having the best information to bring to bear on that is of huge importance.”
A pilot project in collaboration with public leaders at the state level has a twofold benefit. First, it will unite private and public organizations in an initiative for real-world impact, and second, since Massachusetts is home to a supercluster of leading biomedical innovators and care organizations, LEAPS lessons could influence innovation and care provision practices globally. “I hope we can leverage everything the people in this room have to offer,” said a regulator from the European Union. “If LEAPS engages the public side, which holds the data, and they endorse a pilot, together with industry and academia, it would be a major step forward.”
A patient advocate in the Design Labs sees the LEAPS project as an opportunity to design a system that connects today’s scientific advances with contemporary healthcare demands much better. “We don’t have a data ecosystem that can accelerate cures and improve health. LEAPS is an effort to take a step back and design what the data ecosystem should look like in the future and put the patients in the center. It can disrupt a very sequential approach to R&D and healthcare.”
MIT Center for Biomedical innovation
About MIT NEWDIGS
MIT NEWDrug Development ParadIGmS(NEWDIGS) is an international “think and do tank” dedicated to delivering more value faster to patients, in ways that work for all stakeholders. NEWDIGS designs, evaluates, and initiates advancements that are too complex and cross-cutting to be addressed by a single organization or market sector. Its members include global leaders from patient advocacy, payer organizations, biopharmaceutical companies, regulatory agencies, clinical care, academic research, and investment firms. For more information, visit http://newdigs.mit.edu.

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Polish-German long-term volunteering and its impact on both countries inhabitants’ mutual perception and their attitude towards Europe.
On the 7th of October an Expert Round Table discussed research on the impacts of long-term volunteering on Polish-German relations, a quantitative and qualitative research carried out by the Institute of Public Affairs from Warsaw and the Zentrum für zivilgesellschaftliche Entwicklung from Freiburg. This meeting was a part of the research project, which is funded by the Polish-German Foundation for Science and the Foundation of Polish-German Cooperation.
54 young Europeans (28 Germans and 26 Poles) were asked to fill a questionnaire with both open and closed questions during their 6 months or longer Voluntary Service, each in the neighbouring country. [BC1] 9 Germans and 10 Poles were invited for individual interviews about their personal experiences about the voluntary service, their perception towards the host country as well as their attitude towards Europe.
The first results were presented to experts on the topic of voluntary services from Germany and Poland with the aim of not only discussing them but also to finding a way to stress the importance of such services. [BC2]
Even though, participants from both countries answered the exact same questions, the results differ in many areas. First of all the German volunteers appear to be generally younger, since the system of a gap year is quite common in Germany and supported by parents and the educational system while Polish volunteers tend to go abroad after finishing higher education with the motivation to reinforce existing knowledge.
With regard to the perception towards the other country it is seen that both nationalities have different starting points when it comes to the knowledge about the other countries. Through education, media or vacation most of the Poles had deeper contact with German culture or German language. Going to Germany is considered a good option. However the results from the German side were quite different. Poland was not a first choice for most of the participants because, except for a few cases that had family, they did not have a great connection with Poland. However, none of the volunteers claim to regret the decision even though they were aware of several stereotypes before the departure. Some of them took this ignorance towards the neighbouring country as motivation to go since this offered the opportunity to take the role of an ambassador for Polish-German relations or European issues generally.
This approach to volunteering as a tool to change the image of the neighbouring country differs again from the Polish motivation to change the mutual perceptions.
Poles want to change the reputation of Polish people on a micro-level by spreading a realistic picture of the Pole as “normal” people while Germans follow the desire to change both the view on German people in Poland as well as the perception of Poland and Poles in Germany against the background of the EU.
This might come from the different constructs of Europe and the European Union. The Polish participants tend to separate one from another while Germans connect Europe immediately with the European Union.
The German volunteers grew up within the European Union hence its values and opportunities are natural to them while the Poles experienced joining of the EU and have therefore a rather abstract and distant connection with it. This might also explain the rather idealistic motivation and impression of the German side, supporting European integration and civil rights and gaining a feeling of “wholeness” within the EU, while Polish attach to their own advantages on the labour market and to values such as family, friends and cooperation. Still, for both sides peace is a valuable outcome of the European Union.
Regardless of the different motivations, the different experiences and the different results for the volunteers, they all regard the programme as very valuable. Most of them stay connected with the other country though Poles tend to stay in Germany more often than Germans in Poland. Also, many of the volunteers from both sides would recommend the hosting organisations to support a closer contact with young locals e.g. through a mentoring programme to have more cultural exchange on an informal basis.
In the open discussion two main directions approaching the topic were seen. The questionnaire’s results were reflected in the own experiences of the round table’s participants.
First of all, the importance of direct contact of the volunteer with local people of the same age was underlined as a very important part to change perceptions. Getting involved in the life of the peer group connects both nationalities. In that way, the cultural exchange, as it was emphasized, does not have to be supported but is going to happen automatically by talking and sharing experiences. This informal contact was stressed, as not only as the most effective, but also the easiest way to change mutual perceptions.
But the participants also agreed on the fact that the voluntary service should be seen in a European rather than in a bilateral context. The main emphasis should be put on the impact of Europe and the attitude towards the European Union. It should come to a point, according to one of the participants, when the exact country does not influence the choice of the volunteer, but the fact that he or she is going to get the chance for intercultural exchange and a great experience. In this context also the recent challenging situation of European politics was mentioned. Against this background, the need to put the main emphasis on European integration was underlined to overcome internal borders and to be more open-minded towards European inhabitants generally. The aim should be to find a balance between the personal benefit of such a volunteering programme and the advantage for the European integration.
In connection with the Polish-German relation, the main research area of the discussed study, the discussion closed with the statement that; the power to change should not be focused on Polish-German relations, since Poland as Germany, as partners in the European Union, should be seen in more of a European framework.


Ryan Riess, 23, eliminated Amir Lehavot in third place early Tuesday in Las Vegas with a pair of 10s, treading past five meaningless community cards to bump his guaranteed payday up by more than $1 million and set the Tuesday night showdown.
His opponent in the no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament: 29-year-old amateur Jay Farber, who promptly rounded up his friends to go to the club.
"I'm out every night. what am I gonna do? Sit at home and dwell on the final table? No, I'm going to enjoy myself," he said.
After several hours of pushing chips around with little excitement, the final table came to a close with a flurry of all-ins, sending four people to the rail in just 15 hands played in less than an hour.
Lehavot won $3.7 million for third place.
JC Tran, who came in as the chip leader, and was the favourite to win the diamond-encrusted bracelet, busted out in fifth place after struggling all night with a string of weak hands.
"I'm not 100 per cent happy with the way I played, but when you're put on the tough side of hands, it's tough to overcome it," said Tran, the best known of the nine finalists. He vowed to come back next year and make another run at the prize he hopes will float him into grinder retirement.
Nine players from five countries walked like prizefighters Monday night into the 1,600-seat theatre at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino where magicians Penn and Teller regularly perform, and sat down to play the biggest game of their lives under the heat of blue and red stage lights.
Jay Farber took the lead early, a plush panda mascot cheering him on. His friends wore "combat panda" shirts, and shrieked when the mascot rushed the stage and was escorted out by security.
Ryan Riess, the youngest of the finalists at 23, also maintained a strong position all night. His fans cheered "Riess the beast" as he made daring plays and backed them up with strong cards.
"Everyone was playing really solid and the cards ran my way today," he said. "It worked exactly like I envisioned it. I was kinda thinking it would be me and Farber."
The tournament began in July with 6,352 players and was chopped down to nine through seven sessions spread over 11 days. Play then paused for four months, giving players a chance to recuperate and study each other.
Mark Newhouse was the first to go home Monday. He sat down in eighth place, and busted out after he went up against Riess with a pair of nines. Riess was holding an ace and a king, and caught another king on the flop.
Chips mean everything and nothing in poker tournaments. They have no direct tie to the amount of money won or lost; each player already staked $10,000 to enter the tournament in July.
As the tournament progresses, minimum bets creep higher every two hours, tightening the pressure on players who continually find their chips weren't worth as much as before.
A player must lose all his chips to be eliminated from the tournament, and must win all the chips in play to claim the top prize of $8.4 million and the glory that comes with joining the names of past winners, including Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson and Chris Moneymaker.
The finale was broadcast nearly live on ESPN, airing with just enough of a delay to satisfy Nevada gambling regulators that the players don't have any way to tell what their opponents are holding.


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For the past couple of years Afros and Love Songs has only been my voice. I originally started it as a space for me to share my thoughts and feelings, and since it has grown into so much more. Now, it’s time to breathe some new life into this space and I’m excited to bring my fellow redbone homie G Wood into the fold. He’s … Continue reading Introducing: Gerald aka G Wood – Our New Contributor!
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According to the movies, falling in love is grand act that happens in as little as 3 days. Love comes easy and fast and both parties are enthusiastic participants. The is no question about wants, or needs. Fear may linger but it doesn’t stop love from growing and developing. According to the movies, falling in love is easy. Maybe falling in love with another person … Continue reading It Took Me 6 Months To Fall In Love…
So far 2016 has been full of comeback music. Last week I got my dose of new James Blake, and this weekend Chance the Rapper blessed us with Colouring Book. Today, Sampha emerged with Timmy’s Prayer. Sampha’s voice is most recognized from Drake’s “Too Much”, but his fans know that his catalog is filled with great music. Enjoy! Continue reading Song of the Week: Sampha – Timmy’s Prayer
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A stay-at-home Logan mum turned social justice advocate, who became a police officer after she lost her husband to cancer, has been named the 2017 Barnardos' Queensland Mother of the Year.
Sharon MacRae, who works with juvenile offenders in the state's Crime Prevention Unit, is also a passionate campaigner against domestic violence.
The 54-year-old mother-of-four credits the police and her family as the reasons for where she is today, by helping her community in times of need.
"With juvenile offenders, you can get down to their level and talk to them, and be on the right side of crime," she said on Wednesday.
Mrs MacRae's daughter Amanda, who nominated her at the last minute, labelled her mother "inspiring".
"She is the epitome of care and self-sacrifice in the Australian community," Amanda said.
Speaking at Queensland Parliament, Barnardos executive manager Kerry Moore said mothers are the "toughest, least-recognised and most crucial" people in society.
The awards, in their 22nd year, culminate with the national title for Mother of the Year in Sydney on May 11.
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Saint Francis Xavier School Richmond Presents Fame The Musical
Thursday - July 6, 2017
Pupils at Saint Francis Xavier School, Richmond are undertaking their final rehearsals for a production of FAME the Musical, presented 12th-14th July at 7pm.
Based on the TV series and feature film, FAME the Musical tells the story of aspiring performers as they learn their craft at the New York High School of Performing Arts. The show follows students from their first audition through to graduation and delves into the struggles they face on their path to fame.
The school production features a cast of 30 pupils from across all year groups and is directed by former student Claire Smith. Claire said “I’m really proud of what the pupils have achieved. We started rehearsals in January and the children have worked so hard to put the show together. They have all shown amazing dedication, fitting practice in around their studies and exams.”
The production features a ten-piece professional band led by Musical Director and school Head of Music Christopher Rodaway, whilst fellow teachers Kate Clements and Gemma Gardner have taken responsibility for choreography.
FAME the Musical was conceived and developed by David de Silva, one of the original producers of the iconic 1980’s film and TV series. The show debuted in 1988 and has since enjoyed seven West End runs, two National tours and has been nominated for two Olivier awards. As well as the popular title song ‘Fame’, the musical also features memorable tunes such as ‘Bring on Tomorrow’, ‘Hard Work’ and ‘I Want to Make Magic’.
Tickets are available from School Reception. Tickets: Adults - £7.00, Child (16 and under) - £4.00. Box Office: 01748 823414, firstname.lastname@example.org , Saint Francis Xavier School, Darlington Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 7DA
Music by Steven Margoshes, Lyrics by Jacques Levy, Book by Jose Fernandez. Based on a concept by David De Silva. (Title song “Fame” written by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore). This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe www.mtishows.co.uk


Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ‘highly likely’ to have attacked ships in Fujairah
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRG) are “highly likely” to have had a role in sabotaging four tankers off Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates last Sunday, according to Reuters reports.
The hulls of tankers owned by interests in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Norway were damaged by explosives in the attack this week.
A confidential report from the Norwegian Shipowners’ Mutual War Risks Insurance Association (DNK), seen by Reuters, says the attack is likely to have been carried out by underwater drones.
The DNK believes the drones were carrying 30-50 kg of high-grade explosives to detonate on impact and were likely dispatched by a nearby surface vessel.
In its report, cited by Reuters, the DNK said its conclusions were based on the high likelihood that the IRG had previously supplied its allies in Yemen with similar drone boats.
Such vessels are capable of homing in on GPS navigational positions, Reuters reported.
Shrapnel found on the Norwegian tanker is similar to shrapnel from drone boats used off Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen, the DNK said.
The insurer believes the attacks were intended to send a message to the United States and its allies that Iran does not need to block the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt vessel traffic in the region, the newswire said.
Before the attack, Iran and the IRGC had recently threatened to use military force and were highly likely to choose “asymmetric measures with plausible deniability” against their stronger foe, Reuters said, quoting from the DNK report.
The damaged vessels are the Bahri-owned 299,000-dwt VLCC Amjad (built 2017); an 105,000-dwt aframax Al Marzoqah (built 1999), operated by Red Sea Marine Services of Dubai; plus the 47,000-dwt crude tanker Andrea Victory (built 2005), managed by Thome of Norway.
The UAE-flagged bunker vessel A.Michel also sustained damage to its engine room in the attack, according to reports.
The Norwegian Maritime Authority raised the security level for its ships following the attack.
However, tanker owners are unlikely to be the victims of a wider campaign of terror in the Arabian Gulf, UK security consultant Dryad Maritime has said.


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News for the week of 18-Nov-2013
by Carol Banks Weber
Head writer Ron Carlivati tried to explain his job as best as he could in a November 11, 2013, TV Guide interview with Michael Logan. Carlivati’s had to explain himself a lot on Twitter, as fans pester him about lack of screen time for their faves or favoring OLTL transplants over vets. You name it, he’s had to field it. Of course Carlivati could pull a Frank Valentini. The executive producer doesn’t address any controversial, negative fan questions; he just continues to put out sporadic promos about the show. It’s also standard practice for networks not to respond to any negative press publicly but to handle it in-house. But Carlivati’s not that kind of person. He is, like it or not, the public face of GH’s storytelling right now and he’s made himself available, for good or worse, to the very fans who make a sport out of making fun of every word he says in his defense. Give the guy some credit even if he tends to get bitchy about it sometimes. Okay, a lot.
“People have different ideas of what constitutes criticism and, to me, ‘This show sucks’ is not criticism. I will listen and respond very thoughtfully to someone who says, ‘I had a problem with this because of such and such...’ That doesn't mean I'll change my plans, but that's completely valid,” Carlivati explained. “But, yeah, call me sensitive when someone says, ‘You're the worst writer and human being on the planet!’ There are some very angry, very hateful people out there and who needs that in your life? I would never talk about people the way some of them talk about me. But the fun part of Twitter is really fun. It's a great way to interact with the fans, promote what we're doing, and really show my excitement about this show. The danger is that you're very accessible and people want answers to everything under the sun, and when I don't give them what they want they end up frustrated. Or they make up rumors and want me to refute them. I'm not going to do that. But I love checking out the Tweets while the show is airing and seeing how the audience is responding. ‘Oh, my God! Nikolas just found Robin!’ There are also times when I feel the need to take a step back. But, for the most part, it's an overwhelmingly positive experience. [Laughs] As long as you know how to work the Block button!”
One of the biggest fan complaints has been not seeing a favorite for weeks on end. There’s an answer for that. Carlivati pointed to the rotating system, a necessity for such a big cast with different guarantees and contract statuses—and operating on a much tighter budget. It isn’t a conspiracy and Carlivati isn’t playing favorites. Take Genie Francis (Laura). Carlivati’s a huge fan. He’d put her on all the time if he could. But. He. Can’t. Get it? Here’s his dilemma: “I had to write her character off the show because it's my job, not because I wanted to. I don't make the contracts. I sit in New York and write the show,” he said. “As I understand it, Genie came back to us on a short-term contract, which is what both she and ABC wanted. I was given her dates and worked with them the best I could. Genie had made another obligation before she returned to us, one that meant there were several weeks during the summer where she wasn't available to us. It made the most sense to have Laura's marriage to Scotty blow up and write her out where we did. We gave her this appointment and sent her back to Paris but we weren't saying that's the last you'll ever see of Laura. I love having Genie. I wanted Laura back on GH from the minute I came onto this show. I'm always open to having her back. Contrary to rumor, I assure you nobody got fired. Nobody got thrown under the bus.”
What about Sean Kanan (A.J.)? Did Carlivati give Kanan the shaft for no good reason? Hardly. That one had to do with timing. Before he and his writing team could proceed with A.J.’s murder trial, Kimberly McCullough (Robin) became available. You do the Math. “As soon as that happened, we knew we had to put A.J. on hold because Robin's return to Port Charles would be big and impact nearly every character. We looked at A.J. and realized that his story could rest as he awaited trial. And, for the record, Sean Kanan was more episodes over his guarantee than any other person on the show, including Maurice Benard [Sonny], so he didn't lose money. Even resting him for all those weeks, he never fell under his guarantee.”
Fans read on Twitter last week that Y&R just grabbed Tristan Rogers (Robert Scorpio) to reprise his role as Jill’s mobster lover Colin. Mayhem. Daytime Confidential’s Jillian Bowe November 14 threw shade at Rogers for the unclassy way he left without notifying TPTB. Carlivati tweeted that he just found out, had one day to revise the Feb. Sweeps storyline, and to please cut Rogers some slack. Rogers himself merely addressed the Y&R return without much fanfare: “I’m stoked on Colin’s return to #YR in 2014 and delighted to once again be a part of the CBS Daytime family….I’d like to thank Frank and Ron for great storyline that kept Scorpio true to himself.”
William deVry (Julian) landed a guest-starring role on NCIS for January 7.
Gossip for the week of 18-Nov-2013
by Carol Banks Weber
The most heinous story to date has to be this custody case between Lulu/Dante v. Maxie/Spinelli. The custody case is bringing out the vicious and reprehensible in both female characters purporting to be Mother of the Year. Perhaps they (i.e. the writers) should take a chapter out of the Judgment of Solomon in the Bible’s 1 Kings 3:16-28. Based on Lulu and Maxie’s actions in the courtroom, through their attorneys, neither is fit to be any sort of mom to baby Connie. An abortion for the accidental death of a beloved legacy character… Really, GH? Let’s move on. Measuring stones on a soap opera filled with Sodom & Gomorrah is a colossal, insulting waste of time.
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It has changed over the years. I mean when I was a kid, an only child, I was so lonely. Or at least that was the story I told myself. Looking back from where I am today, it looks a little different...
I can see that I had a lot of opportunities to take advantage of the solitude back then but I didn’t. I saw my aloneness as something to be avoided, gotten over, worked around, changed. And I can see that thought persisted for the whole of my life. I am not sure why, my journey through life seems to be so solitary as a mission, but it does and I can see that I have never really accepted that, in fact I have fought and railed against that so often, that I find myself now unable to fight it anymore. Ok, God, you win.
What I am just now getting is that I have never really been alone. I have always had God or a Higher Power and I know this because I have always talked to God. This presence I have always felt but never until getting sober believed in. And that kind of togetherness really means more than anytime spent with humans. Most of my human interactions have led me away from God, not closer. It is an ugly truth. One that I can see God and I have been battling over for years. God keeps lining people up and I keep going for it, thinking this time it will be different. And it never is.
This vacation is a good example of this issues being played out in my life. I am in Hawaii at a lovely resort full of couples and families. I am here also with my family but not part of a couple. And for the first few days, all I could see was my uncoupled status and my fractured family. I felt different, alone, left out. But then I started really watching the couples and families...and I saw that their participation in coupledom or family life, is not really a barrier to feeling alone. In fact, some of the most alone times I have ever felt in my life, were when I was married and part of a "functional" family.
I sat next to a young girl at the pool yesterday. Her family active and excited to be there. She appeared depressed, alone and almost angry. She was not fit like her family. She was covered in acne and weight. She was pale and appeared to not enjoy being outside all that much. While her family ran off to the beach, she remained on a lounge chair in the shade, trying to read her way off this island and to some place where it perhaps was not quite as lonely, perhaps a place where she felt like she belonged better.
Now, of course, I have no idea what she really felt. I can only extrapolate from what I observed. I thought about plopping down next to her and asking her about her book. What was it about? Was it good? Did she read all the time? But of course, I was sitting on my own lounge chair, isolated from my family reading also so that was kind of a revelation that I could not avoid. So I turned the inquisition back onto myself and inventoried myself instead of this young stranger sitting next to me.
Mostly I have avoided being alone because my head is so much to deal with when not distracted with others. I have sought out companionship not because I wanted it, but because other people were a reprieve for my own self involved dialogue that is seemingly endless. I can see now that I have always, always had an insatiable, abnormal craving for self approval and success. Insatiable and abnormal. Fuck that landed hard this morning.
What I have sought relief from always was this drive within me to gain self approval and success. I am relentless within myself and as fucked up as this is, I am just now seeing this. Twenty-seven years into recovery and I am just now today, right this very fucking moment, seeing that I have always been trying to escape myself. Not my life circumstances, not really anything other than my own abnormal and insatiable desire for self approval. And I have gone to some pretty low places to seek relief from this place that exists only within my own psyche. I can’t even get to the success part today. That is a topic for another day, today I just can’t even go there.
So all the drinking, smoking, sex, drugs, shopping, eating, not eating, all of it was a distraction, a way out of me. A way for me to escape for as long as I could this unremitting idea that self approval is something I can get and keep. And that others were somehow better qualified to give it to me.
It has always been a trap of my own making, this need to pull others close, then find reasons to push them away. I am nothing without them and then I am become nothing with them. A cycle of self approval seeking, taking hostages along the way. Maybe this is something we all do, I don’t know. I can only see my own life, and my own thoughts and even those are murky a great deal of the time.
What I have realized in the past three days is that the voice of solitude has always been there and I keep getting the lesson of alone to teach me something. But I have been desperately unwilling to learn it. I have told myself fabulous stories about how my alone and solitude is just about to end because Mr. Wonderful is about to show up, or I have told self aggrandizing stories of how all those other poor people are locked into marriages and families that they would rather escape...and I am the lucky free one. What I see now is that all of that, the place that I have spent the whole of my life, is bullshit. All of it. It is none of my fucking business what other people are doing or not. Their marriages or family lives are for them. And my insistence that I should spend any time at all thinking about their inner lives, just another distraction to keep me company while I desperately try to avoid the recurring lesson of myself again and again and again!
What I see today is that the voice of solitude has always been here to teach me one thing...I am the only person that can give self approval. My whole orientation that it exists outside me somewhere with you or him or them, is the great lie I have delusional believed forever. And today, I think I have begun to learn. I think I am beginning to see. That this alone that I feel, this great solitude that has been present the whole of my life, is the solace and the comfort, not the prison I conjured in my mind. This voice of solitude I have avoided, averted and run from, is actually a very comfortable and wonderful place.
Being alone doesn’t make one a loser. Being alone and telling yourself you are a loser, makes you a loser. We do become what we tell ourselves about ourselves repeatedly. It just can’t be any other way. Other people are not a way out of me. They are people who deserve a better role than escape hatch in my life. The most honest thing I can say is that I prefer alone so perhaps it is time I stopped pretending I don’t.
I am not sure where this idea that I was not ok on my own started, wait, fuck, I just got it. I just got the connection! I see it now. I see where I got the idea that being alone and quiet and still was not ok. And I can see the chain of events that caused me to land right here in the present. A place where the voice of solitude comforts me instead of pokes fun at me.
Every time I think I know something, something else happens that makes me see that my previously held beliefs are dead wrong. And all I can do is laugh. I mean, it is funny right? Living each day thinking you know why you are doing what you are doing, and then, repeatedly, having the blinders removed and seeing that all I thought I knew, was wrong.
Solitude is a state of being that all humans must grapple with. And we all use the same methods to either escape it or embrace it. The voice of solitude follows us regardless of whether we are in fact alone, or present with others. And it has been that voice, that fucking voice in my own head that I have tried to tamp down, quiet, shut the fuck up for all these years. Believing that if I surrounded myself with others that their voices could drown it out. But no, that is not possible. What I just got yesterday was that the voice of solitude cares not at all whether I am all alone or surrounded by hundreds...it is capable, in fact, well trained to grab my attention and pull me up short regardless of the venue or how many are in attendance.
But for the first time, I realized yesterday that I am in charge of what the voice tells me. I can allow it to say “LOSER!” Or I can allow it to say something else altogether. It is my voice after all. And if I just say, “ok, I hear you, shhhhhhh...” Perhaps just maybe I can hear God’s voice instead. And with that, perhaps I can find satiation for my incessant drive for self approval and success. I have to give it to myself over and over again...until I am dead. Who the fuck knew?

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Bhubaneswar: To maintain transperency during the counting of votes of the Zilla Parishad candidates, the State Election Commission (SEC) has asked all the district collectors to be present during the counting on Saturday.
The SEC has also directed the Superintendents of Police (SPs) of all the districts to tighten security during the counting scheduled to begin at 9 am tomorrow.
The SEC said that the candidates can ask for recounting if they want.
The five-phased three-tier rural election was held on February 13, 15, 17, 19 and 21. Around 2.6 crore voters exercised their franchise to elect 853 Zilla Parishad members, 6,802 Sarpanch, 6,801 Panchayat Samiti members and 92,052 Ward Members.

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In a little over two year's time, Philadelphia Park Jockeys has helped accomplish some pretty remarkable things at the Bensalem racetrack. On June 11 the group's president, Anthony Black, announced yet another approved measure that will benefit riders: A $100 mount fee for jockeys who do not finish in the top three positions.
When Anthony Black broke a pair of ribs and three vertebrae in a spill at Philadelphia Park last November, it finally looked like the end for the 55-year-old jockey. But Black, who won a pair of stakes races on Maryland Million Day, isn't done defying the odds just yet.
Jockeys' representatives said they have struck a deal with management at Philadelphia Park Racetrack & Casino to increase minimum insurance coverage for on-track accidents.
Philadelphia Park Jockeys and a labor union are exploring other options after a state entity rejected the group's petition to have union representation.
In a continuing effort to increase catastrophic on-track accident insurance for riders, Philadelphia Park Jockeys has taken the unprecedented step of affiliating itself with a labor union to help resolve the issue.
Jockeys at Philadelphia Park again have asked the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission to facilitate an agreement between riders and track management on catastrophic-injury insurance coverage.
Jockeys at Philadelphia Park have asked state officials in Pennsylvania to assist them in their push to get a new catastrophic on-track accident insurance policy.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has finally released its official opinion regarding the 2-month ban on the short selling of Wirecard AG (Wirecard) shares instituted by the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin).
The ban was based on the Short Selling Regulation as an emergency measure, which became effective at 06:00 CET today before the trading session begun and will remain in effect up to 18 April 2019.
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After Collin Creek Mall closed its doors in 2019, the city worked with Centurion American Development Group, the company leading the $1 billion redevelopment project, to set aside an area that was deemed underserved by the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
In a YouTube clip, Justin Sparks, a landscape architect with design consulting firm Studio 13 Design Group, explained the ambitious plan for the 4.5-acre lot located just north of Plano Parkway at the intersection of US 75 and President Bush Tpke. The project would include a shelter space, information and fitness areas as well as an open space and a playground.
One of the city’s ideas is to expand the Chisholm hike and bike trail that currently ends at the northeast corner of the development. The trail will access the entry plaza through the southeast corner and will be complemented by fitness areas which might include an obstacle course and calisthenic park elements.
Sparks also described the vision for the play area as a place that’s inclusive, educational and multigenerational, and where the whole family can enjoy charming features such as play sculptures as well as traditional playground elements like slides and swings. The expectation is the playground will be a social platform, where all ages are welcome.
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