Doctors strike: Army extends support as medical services hit in Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government seem to have stunned the striking doctors on Wednesday by adopting a new measure.
Doctors from the Army are helping to maintain medical service even as the state government serving doctors' strike continued on the third day today.
The army extended support to the Rajasthan administration by providing a team of doctors, nursing staff and ambulance for treatment of ailing people at a district hospital in Jaisalmer.
This comes as medical services in the state remained crippled in view of the strike by doctors.
Medical services were affected in Rajasthan as nearly 8,000 government doctors went on an indefinite mass leave in support of their demands pending before the state government.
The doctors associated with the All Rajasthan State In-Service Doctors Association are on an indefinite mass leave.
The association held talks with the government yesterday after which its member doctors decided to go on strike in support of their 33 demands including the formation of a separate cadre and those related to pay grade.
Doctors from Railways were also deployed to handle the situation.


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I've been savoring my way through Gregory Heisler's book, 50 Portraits: Stories and Techniques from a Photographer's Photographer, which I highly recommend. While I devoured the Profoto Master Series videos featuring him a few months ago, it's been fun to lay back with a big tangible book and take my time to read about his thought processes and the stories behind some amazing portraits.
I'm not sure how much I've absorbed from the book yet and some of these concepts bubble up subconsciously after nestling in amid my other neuroses. While a trip to Columbia Drive Mobile Home park was a far cry from Olympic-caliber swimming, the idea behind Heisler's video about shooting Michael Phelps for the cover of Time was lurking behind my thoughts for the portrait of Manuel Cuevas.
You can read Tyler Richardson's story here, but the oversimplified version is that the park has been largely without power since late October, and while residents were supposed to evacuate, many have had to cope with cold temperatures in creative ways. Manuel was tucking himself into bed at night with bottles filled with hot water and since we were there in the early afternoon, I had to shoot a portrait to illustrate that.
No power in the single-wide meant it was really dark inside his bedroom. Since a headlamp had become necessary for him, I wanted that in the picture. The bonus was having something to focus on in the cramped abyss. There was no room to set anything up in there, but I set my light on a shelf in front and to the left for a quick and unsuccessful test snap:
It's way blown out, but helps show what the room was like. Lighting up the whole room clearly wasn't going to work in a portrait showing the dark and cold conditions he was living in.
I found a spot in back and to the left,
The balance is still off and the lighting not only sucks, but doesn't make sense even if I had moved to get rid of that flare. Tyler had thankfully wrapped up his interviews at this point, so I recruited him to be my VAL (voice-activated lightstand). The first attempt had him standing over me as I crouched in the doorway:
This doesn't work because it looks like a weird spotlight on him, which doesn't make sense. In case you didn't click that Phelps BTS link above, the point Heisler was making is that there's lighting you do to look cool and lighting you do to make sense. In that shoot, he came up with a way to light Phelps to simulate the shimmering light that comes off a swimming pool without having any water nearby.
In this assignment, I'm trying to do something much simpler. All I want is to try and give a little taste of what Manuel is going through. The darkness and frigid late-fall temperatures are things illustrated with the headlamp and water bottles, but you can't put a face to the name in the story if that face is swallowed by darkness. The trick is to light his face in a way that feels almost natural.
Manuel was cool with Tyler standing on his bed, so Tyler move to the right and tucked into the corner:
That's much better, but the light hitting his comforter and the wall behind him needed to go. A slight adjustment to the angle of the strobe and here's the final photo:
And here's a post-shoot behind-the-scenes shot of all the lighting that went into this, which may be the strangest photo I've ever made:
For such a visually simple photo, there's a surprising number of thoughts bouncing around my head during this shoot. First, I have to figure out how to balance the ambient and added light. I wanted the headlamp to be bright enough so it would look on. It's also pulling triple duty by putting a little light on the water bottles and giving me something to focus on. I chose f/5 to give me a little focal leeway since I couldn't see his eyes to make sure they were in focus. Instead, I autofocused on the light and nudged it back just a hair manually. At f/5, I needed to have the ISO at 400 for my flash to not totally blow out the highlights, even at the lowest setting. It's gelled to warm it up slightly, since my flash tends to be pretty cool colored, and there's a gridspot to help focus it on Manuel without too much spilling around the room, which would ruin the effect. At that ISO and f-stop, my shutter speed was 1/2 sec., which is super slow. I thought about getting some neutral density gels to knock the power down, but decided against it since I had already taken a fair amount of time to get to this point and was afraid of wrecking the flow. Also, I was a little arrogant about being able to handhold at 1/2 sec. with the help of resting my left elbow on something stacked on the floor.
Here's an unsharpened crop of the toned image. You can click it to see it at 100 percent:
Not too technically shabby for a handheld half a second, if I do say so myself. But what about the photo overall? Visually literate people will know that this has been lit. The way the shadows fall on Manuel's shoulder is the dead giveaway, but I'm pretty happy with the light on his face and how it mimics where light from his headlamp could be falling. The second highlight on the right side of the bottles is incongruous with the headlamp as the obvious light source. I also used that door frame to hide Tyler in addition to anchoring the composition with something to convey the sense of a cramped space. You can see some light spilling around from either the strobe or the flashlight he was holding to supplement the light on the water bottles.
I'd like to think the average person didn't notice any of that or even care about the technical aspects of the photo. What I hope they saw was somebody in a tough position on the front page and cared enough to read their story. And though it looks like a neurotic jumble when I spell it all out, sharing his plight was the core of what I was trying to accomplish. There's no way I could build rapport with a subject if I'm totally in my head with the technicalities. Years of practicing and failing has made much of this necessary knowledge subconscious and second nature.
That's why it always bugs me when I see people marvel at a great photo and their first questions are about what camera was used or what the aperture and shutter speeds were. That's the stuff you figure out by doing. The processes, mindset and philosophy of making photographs is much more interesting and worth talking about.
Also interesting and worth talking about...
Are discussions about which photos to publish. The New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan wrote this column about the regrettable choice to run "an emotional and sympathetic portrait of a distraught Palestinian woman." It's more explanatory than apologetic, but still an interesting look at how much visual storytelling resonates with people.
Want more evidence? Check out French newspaper Libération's bold statement on the importance of photojournalism last week. Its Nov. 14 edition is not only devoid of photographs, but instead replaced them with blank boxes to support the battered photojournalism industry. It's certainly warranted, not only with drastic total-staff cuts like the Chicago Sun-Times did. A recent Pew Research Center study found that the ranks of photographers, artists and videographers at U.S. newspapers has fallen 43 percent since 2000, compared to 32 percent for reporters and writers, and 27 percent for editors and producers.
Here at the Herald, I'd always felt lucky by comparison, with our photo desk kept intact since 2008, when Molly Van Wagner-Petersen took a buyout. In my nearly six years here, I've seen at least five or six rounds of layoffs and buy-out offers. It's hard to keep track anymore. This week, photographer Rich Dickin was laid off, reminding us all how brutal this industry is.
Who needs staff photographers when you have reader submissions, right? Well, readers are sometimes trolls, as evidenced by this hilarious SNAFU involving a doctored photo of last week's tornado. It also includes a UFO and Big Foot too.
If that technical talk in my blog didn't make sense to you, you probably shouldn't bother with this look at what it really means when a lens is "in spec."
And finally, if you somehow missed the Batkid story from San Francisco, grab a tissue and watch this video by Luanne Dietz and Mike Kepka. The San Francisco Chronicle was so mobbed for special edition papers about Batkid's big day that they had to do another press run.

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4.0% Wage Increase
Over the quarter the Pound has weakened across currency markets - the biggest impact to construction being a 15% drop against the Euro. As circa 60% of construction components are imported from the Eurozone, we see this compounding forward pricing.
Early January saw oil trading at US$ 30 a barrel due to the global slowdown of demand and continued effective over supply. Scotland’s economy is particularly hard hit by this considering that oil averaged US$ 110 a barrel in 2011 to 2014.
The majority of materials cost indices have recorded modest growth in the quarter averaging 1.2% per annum, led by electrical and mechanical components, ahead of CPI headline rates of inflation.
Total pay in construction remains ahead of average national earnings. National wage agreements continue to reflect above inflationary rises on basic pay and subsistence.
Over half a million more people were in work at the end of 2015 compared to 2014. The unemployment rate at 5.1% is the same as it was in 2005, following continual reductions in 2015. This is not an even recovery; the North East has 1.6% higher unemployment than before the recession, whilst London has 1% lower.
More than 230,000 construction workers will be required by 2020 to meet the skills gap according to the CITB. With supply constrained by workers leaving the industry, new entrants and training, particularly through apprenticeships, are seen as vital to keep the lifeblood of the industry flowing.

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Dallas’ Turtle Creek Village retail and office complex has been foreclosed on by investors who purchased the property’s debt.
The two office buildings and shopping strip at Oak Lawn Avenue and Blackburn Street were acquired at foreclosure auction by a unit of Dallas-based Lone Star Funds.
Lone Star Funds’ LSREF2 Clover Trust 2011 took deed to Turtle Creek Village plus two development sites in Uptown and North Dallas, Dallas County records show.
Last August, Lone Star Funds bought a $5 billion portfolio of distressed commercial real estate loans from Anglo Irish Bank Corp.
The mortgages included the debt on Turtle Creek Village, the site of the proposed St. Regis hotel on Cedar Springs Road in Uptown and another development site on North Central Expressway.
Representatives for Lone Star Funds, which invests in a wide range of distressed debt and equity deals, declined to comment on the foreclosures.
Anglo Irish Bank had lent more than $63 million to a New England investor, which owned Turtle Creek Village until the foreclosure. The project includes an 18-story office tower, a six-story office building and connecting retail space built in the 1960s.
The village’s largest office building, constructed in 1972, just got a $7 million makeover. And the previous owner had been working on a remodeling plan for the village.
The 2.5-acre hotel site included in the Lone Star Fund foreclosures had $16 million in debt. Developers canceled plans for the St. Regis hotel tower after the recession hit.
The property is considered one of the most desirable development sites along the Katy Trail.
Three acres in the Lincoln Park development in North Dallas that Lone Star took at foreclosure had previously had $6 million in debt from Anglo Irish Bank. Connecticut-based CommonFund, an investment manager for foundations and pension funds, had been working with the Dublin-based bank to restructure the debt before it was sold to Lone Star for an undisclosed sum.

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From the Archives…
Love Is In the Air with Lift Me Up
Original Crafted Dated: January 2017
Today I am sharing this really easy, and really cute Valentine’s Day card. Yes, this set is retired, Life Me Up along with the Up & Away Thinlit Dies, but I am sure some of you have them in your personal collection.
This card is pretty straight forward. Stamp the background images of the clouds. Add the sentiment. Die cut the balloon and heart and put it all together! I do not have a Stampin’ Show & Tell Video for this project, but I think all of you are bright enough to construct the card.
Happy Birthday version of the card
In a second version of the card, I left the basket on the hot air balloon and transitioned it into a birthday card instead. This was a really fun set to create with.
Materials & Measures
- Real Red Cardstock – 8 ½ x 5 ½ (score at 4 ¼ )
- Whisper White Cardstock – 5 ¼ x 4
- Real Red Cardstock – 4 x 3 (Balloon Die & Hear Die)
- Whisper White Cardstock – 5 ¼ x 4 (inside)
- Envelope: Whisper White
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Quick List of Products
Lift Me Up Bundle To Go Tutorials
And I will let you know that at the time Lift Me Up was a current set, I offered a Bundle To Go Card Class with it. I have add the PDF Tutorials for those cards to the Tutorial Library. So if you are interested in additional cards created with this set, you can purchase and download the entire set for $10.
From the Archives Series…
I hope you find some inspiration in today’s project. If you want to learn more about my Archives Series link here to the index. You can find other projects there as well.
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After escaping from the alien planet, the ship carrying Ellen Ripley crashes onto a remote and inhabited ore refinery. While living in the ore refinery until she is rescued by her employers, Ripley discovers the horrifying reason for her crash: An alien stowaway. As the alien matures and begins to kill off the inhabitants, Ripley is unaware that her true enemy is more than just the killer alien.
Directed ByDavid Fincher
Written ByWalter Hill, David Giler, Larry Ferguson
Produced ByGordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
CastVincenzo Nicoli, Danielle Edmond, Brian Glover, Holt McCallany, Hi Ching, Leon Herbert, Niall Buggy, Paul McGann, Paul Brennen, Peter Guinness, Pete Postlethwaite, Philip Davis, Ralph Brown, Christopher John Fields, Chris Fairbank, Carl Chase, Clive Mantle, Dhobi Oparei, Danny Webb, Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Lance Henriksen


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Chianti in Musica has been held since 2006 in San Donato in Poggio, a wonderful medieval village halfway between Florence and Siena, for one week, between July and August. Every year the event consists of instrument and ensemble music courses, musical aperitifs, and concerts.
Palazzo Malaspina - a late Renaissance building recovered and valorized through an important restoration project by the Municipality of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa - hosts the courses and the secretariat of Chianti in Musica. The elementary school of San Donato in Poggio, on the other hand, hosts the students for study.
The Teatro del Circolo della Filarmonica is the venue for piano lessons.
Every evening, at 6.30 pm, San Donato in Poggio is enlivened by musical aperitifs, informal concerts of the students of the courses - free and open to the public, which for some years have been held in the Romanesque church of Santa Maria della Neve, next to Palazzo Malaspina -, always followed by a tasting of Chianti wines.
The course teachers have offered an evening concert every year to citizens, tourists, and their students. Since 2016 they have had the pleasure of sharing the stage with the best students in the course.
On the occasion of the closing concert of the event, the Orchestra of Chianti in Musica, formed by the students of the courses directed by Maestro Carlo De Martini, goes on stage.
In 2022 Chianti in Musica will be held in its XVI edition.


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Despite reigning the entire South. leggy lass Anushka never got a chance to enter in to the Hindi land. But now reports suggest that this drought is all set to be over for the actress. As we all know that Tollywood ace director SS Rajamouli is making a periodical film titled as ‘Baahubali’ in three languages, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. Earlier, there were rumors that Rajamouli had roped in Sonakshi Sinha for the Hindi version of Baabubali. But Rajamouli himself had denied the rumors as false. The spokeperson of Anushka refutes the rumors and confirmed that Anuskha will play the female lead role in Hindi version of Baahubali. So, road is clear for her Bollywood entry.
The regular shoot of the movie is expected to begin in a week or two now. Anushka will be pairing with Prabhas in this movie for the third time after Billa and Mirchi. The makers claim the movie as the costliest movie ever made in Telugu.


Celebrities Raise Voices On Point to Benefit LGBTQ Scholars
BY Sunnivie Brydum
September 18 2012 3:53 PM ET
Drita D'Avano, of VH1's Mob Wives, on what she'll do for her gay friends and fans:
"I'm going to be blatantly honest - I beat up a lot of people for my gay friends, because they were spoken to in a bad way. And I mean, getting violent is not the right thing to do, but that's how I used to handle the situation because I was very angry about it. Times have changed — but not enough — and I do feel that people should support more… I want my gay fans to know that I love them dearly, and if anyone bothers them, they can fucking email me and I have no problem kicking ass."
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- WATCH: Jon Stewart on GOP Reaction to Marriage Equality: 'Voldemort Has Risen'


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The generator is a source of electrical energy that will be distributed to the substation which will then be channeled back to consumers. The separator is the equipment at the substation which supports the performance of the equipment. Maintenance on the separator should be maintained on a regular basis which consists of cleaning and testing. One of the tests is contact resistance. This test is carried out to determine the resistance value of the Separator contact according to the standard. Power loss is affected by a high resistance value, because the power loss is the square of the current multiplied by the resistance of the contact. This study was conducted to determine the value of contact resistance against power loss by comparing the value of contact resistance in 2020 and 2021. The power loss obtained is relatively small, namely the highest power loss is in the 2021 phase R, which is 6.417 Watt or 0.006417 kW. Meanwhile, the lowest power loss is in phase T in 2020, which is 2.603 Watt or 0.002603 kW. The effect of contact resistance in this study is that if it is found that the contact resistance value exceeds the standard so that a high contact resistance value is obtained, it will be able to cause the equipment to become hot, and when it reaches its melting point, it will be able to melt the separating knife or disconnecting switch, so that the temperature does not change. can be held back by the contact resistance according to its ability, there will be an explosion at the Separator contact which will cause a trip.


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The Whigs have finally produced something to be judged. After three years of live shows around the Southeast, the Athens trio has released a palpable, listenable album, a document of its existence, the pudding wherein the proof lies.
Dispensing with the suspense and any sort of formal grading system, the Whigs' debut -- which showcases their frank Southerness, impeccable nose for hooks and boyish exuberance -- is a singular success. And that's despite a few attempts by the band to make you hate it.
The snotty, agro, unfortunate title Give 'em All a Big Fat Lip is a reaction to the pressures of being a young band constantly getting unsolicited advice on what to do with itself. The best example is the failed developmental deal with RCA, which fizzled when the label suggested hiring outside songwriters. Still, despite the backstory, the name belies the fact that the Whigs themselves are doe-eyed, fresh-faced and alarmingly not intimidating -- at least physically.
Musically, it's another matter. The 11 songs here crib, reflect and pay homage to the breeziness of the Thrills, the shambolic pop imperfection of the Replacements and the lockstep authenticity of Spoon. The slow-rocking "Written Invitation" gets a hazy treatment that separates it from the rest of the album both texturally and vocally -- that's a Fisher-Price mic that singer Parker Gispert is singing into. Frequent live-show attendees will feel most at home with the jangly "Violet Furs," while they'll have to hold on tight during the sped-up "Half the World Away," which overcomes its jarring opening but never becomes the stunning ballad it is live. The taut, open-road song "O.K., Alright" is the standout, hinting at the band's acquiescence to finally hitting the studio.
The studio in this case was a mansion a stone's throw from Athens' 40 Watt Club, where the band holed up for a few weeks with former UGA kicker-turned-recording engineer Billy Bennett. They borrowed some equipment and bought more on eBay, which they're selling back on the site. The total cost of the record: Nothing.
And they say you can't get sweet, Southern goodness for free.
Nashville has more dive bars than ATL now that sucks. tbh i think that new…
*Christ, Lord sorry
"Punk" style like this seems like it is the polar opposite of punk. Bradford Cox…

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While the Jays were able to score first on the night with another Brett Lawrie home run it was no where near enough as Shields was able to shut the offense down the rest of the way.
In yet another game the loss itself seems overshadowed by other developments. Tonight Jose Bautista was not having a good night at the plate, he disagreed with the umpires call on his first K and then in the followup at bat Shields made him look downright foolish, in the 6th Shields got him with almost exactly the same pitch. Upon his return to the dugout he decided to take his frustrations out with a bat against the dugout wall. The umpire obviously heard or saw something he didn't like and toss Bautista from the game after that. Bautista didn't take too kindly to this and decided to start throwing stuff out of the dugout.
Im going to be honest here, I wasn't too impressed with this outburst. I normally don't put too much stock into off the field stuff but Bautista is quite obviously the leader on this team. And in my opinion this little outburst of emotion will actually give the writers who vote on the MVP another excuse not to send a ballot his way.
At the plate the team only managed 7 hits all singles except for the big blast from Brett Lawrie early in the game.
Alvarez wasn't terrible but wasn't good either. 4 hits through 6 innings, unfortunately 3 of those hits cleared the fence. He had 6Ks 2BBs and 4ERs.
It was a pretty miserable game to watch all in all.
Jays of the day - None
Suckage Jays - Bautista and Alvarez

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what y'all think?
A: it's a technique, not a sword.
B: it will NEVER happen.
Why would Zoro need a fire sword? He can create fire with a sword already.
Truly makes no sense.
Actually kinemon himself cuts fire not the sword. Zoro himself show some potenial in it when on thriller bark, when he was fighting Ryuma had his finish move cause Ryuma to burst into flames
I feel like zoro MIGHT and i mean MIGHT, get a new sword from wano. Not because his will break but i just don't think his original is as powerful as the other two. I can't remeber the details so help me out. The sword with the white hilt was his best friends right? Aside from that there's nothing special about it right? And he's going to Wano, most of the greatest swords ever are from Wano so why couldn't he just scoop one up while he's there?
**Eh just my thoughts though**
That's way more likely. Wano is probably a swordsman's wet dream. He's definitely gonna get a new blade from there
But he doesn't have to kill them for a sword
thanks for hearing me out tho guys but I didn't know it was the samurai that cuts fire and not the sword anyways I look forward to Zoro gaining fire power it will bring closer to his demon power Ashura
Makes no sense......lol
What do you think?


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Last semester, I had the privilege of shadowing Latino-American cook Sandra Guiterrez and watching the final stages of development for her cookbook, "The New Southern-Latino Table." I’ve been cooking out of my very own copy for a couple of weeks now. Sandra combines familiar Southern cuisine with the more unfamiliar flavors (at least for me) of Latin America. I’m particularly looking forward to tackling her empanadas and cocoa, chile, and bourbon mole.
I am also excited for Sandra herself. I consider her a mentor and, above all, a friend. She provided me with a wealth of insight about the world of food writing for someone just starting out in the field. She encompasses everything I love about being a part of the food community. Foodie people are happy people.
These spiced pepitas certainly make me happy. This recipe is quite possibly the easiest I have ever posted on this blog, and I like to think that most of my recipes are easy. Cooking time is under 10 minutes, and the final product makes for a healthy snack. A little bit salty, a little bit spicy, and undeniably easy to consume in large handfuls.
From "The New Southern-Latino Table." by Sandra Guiterrez
Makes 2 cups
2 cups raw pumpkin seeds
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ancho chile powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon sugar
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In a medium bowl, toss together the pumpkin seeds, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, cumin, pepper, coriander, chile powder, cayenne, garlic powder, and sugar. Spread the mixture on a baking sheet.
Bake for 5 minutes; remove the baking sheet and shake to redistribute the seeds. Return to the oven and bake for another 3 minutes; stop to shake the pan again. Finish baking for 1-2 minutes, or until the pumpkin seeds are crispy and golden, being careful not to burn them.
Transfer to a cool baking sheet and cool completely before storing.
Related post: Practically A Food Network Star

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I got an email the other day from Geoff Landis over our Clarion list saying that "Drowned Men Can't Have Kids"
was reviewed "briefly but favorably" in the November issue of Locus. And though the review is only one sentence long, I now must find myself a copy. (Besides, it's the Torcon issue, so I would have had to buy it sometime anyway.) So it looks like I'm going to be making a trip to Bakka sometime in the near future, maybe Wednesday or Friday from the looks of my schedule. We'll see.
I've also just discovered that "Loving the Bomb"
is now a Fictionwise Recent SF eBooks Bestseller. (Which is a way of saying that I'm a bestseller in a really, really small category.) It's currently number 12. But, small category or no, there is a cool little Bestseller icon on the Loving the Bomb page, and this makes me happy. Lord only knows how people are finding the book, though, because every time I check Farsector is still showing the October issue. It's a mystery.
In new story-related news, I've come to the realization that this story is not very likely to be what the editor is wanting for this anthology. At all. I am, however, very glad that I wrote it. This story, hereafter known by its title, "Peak of the Ocean," is a background story for a novel (or, more likely, a series of three novels) that I've been toying with off and on for a while now and may have told some of you about. It was delightful to let myself finally dive into this culture and landscape that I've created--and that's what it felt like, diving. I knew this place and these people already; the worldbuilding is mostly done, and entering the world feels like playing.
It was also fantastic to discover that yes, I really can get some serious writing done if I don't let my lazy-ass self spend all my free time checking my email, blogging (oops) or watching pointless TV. And while I'm rushing right now to catch up on my reading for class tomorrow, there is no need for me to write this quickly most of the time. After all, this tight deadline is a sort of one-time deal.
Plus, if I keep my momentum and get back to work on the short story that I was writing (temporarily known as "Doors") and rewrite the final scene of "I Breathe" so that it fits the rest of the story, I'll have three stories to submit to this year's Asimov Award. That'd be a first.


The NYT is all a-gush about China’s increasing transparency and military prowess:
The J-15 Flying Shark is China’s newest attack jet, a sinuous fighter with the folding wings, shortened tail cone and bulked-up landing gear it needs to serve on China’s first aircraft carrier, which is expected to start sea trials soon. It is indisputable evidence of China’s growing mastery of military technology.
The machine was reverse-engineered from an Su-33 imported from the Ukraine after the Russians refused an export license. It’ll have shorter legs than even the FA-18 (!) because of the ski jump take-off CONOPS. And the Chinese have yet to operate a high performance aircraft off the deck of an aircraft carrier, which trust me, is harder that it looks.
“Mastery,” you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.


As residents of New Haven, we are situated in the midst of two communities with dramatically distinct life expectancy rates and educational outcomes. While Prospect Hill and the downtown area are less than two miles apart, remnants of 1930s redlining and zoning laws have caused its residents to pay the price of socioeconomic and racial segregation — inequitable access to resources as well as an imbalance in school performance between integrated and segregated neighborhoods.
Desegregate CT, an organization founded by Sara Bronin LAW ’06 in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests this past June, aims to correct decades of discriminatory housing policy through a series of statewide zoning reforms in Connecticut, one of the most segregated states in the nation along both income and racial lines. Volunteers and nonprofits collaborate to do research, advocate and educate on how to make a more equitable Connecticut.
This coalition of “neighbors and nonprofits” argues that land laws hurt not only the most socioeconomically vulnerable in the state, but also all residents; thus, pushing for zoning law reform will result in just communities, a thriving economy and a cleaner environment. Desegregate CT focuses on zoning reform to create more housing throughout the state, reduce the overall cost of homes and build a more diverse housing stock. Currently, one in six Connecticut families pay 50 percent of their income on housing and the state’s population is declining, yet its land use laws are hindering racially and economically diverse populations. A large portion of the state’s land is zoned for single, standalone houses, which are expensive and contribute to sprawl, creating a divide between affluent and low-income neighborhoods and in some cases, towns that are geographically close to one another but have sharp differences in educational and health outcomes such as Westport and Bridgeport or New Haven along the divide between the Prospect Hill and downtown communities. Robby Hill ’24, who is working as a volunteer for Desegregate CT on his gap year, explained that in Connecticut “it is 3 to 5 times more expensive to live in a zip code with a high performing school district than it is to live in a zip code with a low performing school district.”
Zoning laws are outdated: Many people now, especially young adults, do not want to live in large, single-family homes and are instead looking to live in apartments, mixed living housing or walkable communities. Higher density housing, built on less land per unit, is cheaper too. Outdated zoning laws also contribute to environmental problems; Connecticut uses too much land for homes, cutting into forests and farmland, and minimum parking requirements have been found to increase automobile dependence, contributing to higher carbon emissions.
Desegregate CT’s work centers around seven policy proposals, some of which have been implemented by other towns in an effort to facilitate more equitable communities: permitting accessory dwelling units, transit oriented zoning, reduced parking mandates, model codes for buildings and streets, commissioner training and housing on main streets. “All of these are ideas that many towns in Connecticut already adhere to, but we’re just trying to rein in some of the outlier towns and put together proposals that are good for the state as a whole, and that will help break down residential segregation,” said Hill. One of the newest projects that Desegregate CT has completed is the CT Zoning Atlas, which a number of Yale student volunteers have helped create as a part of the Yale Roosevelt Institute. The CT Zoning Atlas provides residential zoning information for all of Connecticut’s 2,600+ districts and two subdivision districts, as well as demographic information like median household income and BIPOC population numbers. The atlas reflects changes in district boundaries and regulation. Josephine Cureton ’24 explained the process of the project: “We gather data for town planners. The first step is preliminary data collection and going through zoning and business codes, and then we translate that data in recommendation score cards that we can send out to Connecticut’s municipalities.” The map is a visualization of all the collected data that informs planners how the zoning laws prevent the possibility of building equitable and affordable housing. “Actually visualizing the data on the atlas made me realize how impactful the project is, since before I had just been gathering data on land laws instead of how people can and can’t live,” said Cureton. “The goal is to allow for more developments on main streets and among business centers so that cities and towns don’t have to build into natural areas, as well as making sure to add density to the main parts of the city so people can enjoy its benefits and not cut into natural land,” said Cureton.
Advocacy for affordable housing is happening across the country and Desegregate CT volunteers regularly speak to representatives of similar organizations in Massachusetts, New York and California to exchange ideas. “A key feature of Desegregate CT’s platform is that we are not the first people to be doing this — these are understood and agreed upon ideas,” said Hill. When asked what the biggest problem Desegregate CT encounters as a new organization fighting for zoning law reform, Hill said that there is a “lack of knowledge in the general public of what zoning is and how it affects our lives; the CT Zoning Atlas is then a representation of how these laws contribute to our lives.” These laws have consequences for future generations of New Haven and Connecticut residents; “It doesn’t stop with our platform — there is more we can do either on the state level or through lobbying in local zoning commissions,” said Hill. “While there are immediate policy goals for our upcoming legislative session, there’s always more we can do to make communities more inclusive.”
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Community support for a drug and alcohol-free environment within the 10 area First Nations got a healthy endorsement here Friday morning when almost 300 people showed up to participate in a “Rally and Walk.”
You can’t get “something for nothing.”
That’s just one reason why Jeraldine Bjornson, minister at Knox United Church here, said she will speak out against opening a charity gaming casino in Fort Frances before voters go to the polls in November.
And she’s expecting the local ministerial association—along with others—will come on board.
The fight over Bill 136 may be over but the battle against the Harris government isn’t, with labour groups across the province putting their support behind the teachers’ fight against Bill 160.
After nearly eight years as the economic development officer for the west end of the district, Dan Wright’s term is coming to an end.
Wright’s contract with the Community Development Corporation for the West Rainy River District ends Oct. 3. The CDC may stay around after he leaves but Wright said that’s entirely up to its board of directors.
For longtime district resident Helen Parris, a commitment to building a better community is being realized virtually in her own back yard.
He said it all started with a hunting trip.
Dawson Reeve Lloyd Hodges said his hunting party came out of the bush just three days before the 1961 municipal election to find no one had come forward to seek the reeve’s position in Atwood Township.
It was then that Reeve Hodges said he was approached by three brothers, who persuaded him to run for the job.
You can make rope with it, not to mention clothing, plastics, vegetable oil, and other numerous products—and it could become the next cash crop for the north.
Gord Scheifele, northern research co-ordinator for the University of Guelph, has been doing hemp research for agricultural purposes for the last several years.
Town council learned Monday night that the cost estimates for the proposed auditorium at Westfort have jumped by almost $400,000 more than it expected in less than four years, prompting councillors to take a second look at the project’s design.
And they wants answers by next Monday when a special council meeting will be held.
While teachers agree the new education legislation introduced Monday could have been worse, they also agree it could be a lot better.
Education and Training minister John Snobelen introduced Bill 160—the Education Quality Improvement Act—with the impression that the most stringent legislation already had been dropped, making the bill easy to deal with.


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Very cool DD!!!
Super cool and beautiful. I had no idea Watkins Glen was so gorgeous!
yeah it is truly magnificent. Google has many photos of the glen.
From the web...The Dallol volcano, or rather the Dallol hydrothermal field is located in a remote part of the northern Danakil Depression in NE Ethiopia. It is the lowest known sub-aerial volcanic area in the world.
Dallol is one of the world's most spectacular landscape: a vast area of uplifted thick salt deposits affected by intense fumarolic activity, probably caused by an active volcanic system beneath several kilometers of evaporation salt deposits.
Dallol is said to be the hottest place on the planet, with average annual temperatures well above 30 deg C.
The area commonly referred to Dallol volcano contains the approx. 1.5 x 3 km wide Dallol "mountain" (rising about 50 m above the great salt lake) near the border with Eritrea, and nearby warm springs including the Yellow Lake, the Black Mountain with the Blue Lake, said to be an explosion crater from a hydrothermal eruption in 1926.
Dallol is famous for its hot brine, and multicolored white, pink, red, yellow, green, gray and black salt deposits, hot springs and miniature geysers. These bizarre structures form in a complex interaction of solution and recrystallization processes driven by hydrothermal waters and rapid evaporation.
scaryscaryscary... somethings that would burn the Dodgers skin off! Monstins?!
I agree DD. But when Mother Nature does her thing, ya never know what you're gonna get.
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So we are halfway through the year. I can’t believe it’s already July!
As you can see from the above photo, I made quite a lot in June!
I’m sad to say I only had two orders in June, both for hats.
This gorgeous yellow sun hat was an Etsy order, and has made its way to Dover in America! I love getting international orders.
This simple beanie hat is for a premature baby. The hat is so small! My friend ordered this for her grandson.
In June I launched a new product: a baby gift hamper!
I love this set! It contains:
- A cot size blanket
- A beanie hat
- A pair of mittens
- A pair of booties
I am so proud of this set. I have already blogged about this set so won’t say anymore, apart from the fact it was quite a lot of work!
I have still been making blankets for Baby Basics with friends from the church. I have been using it as a way to try out new patterns and colour schemes.
This was my first attempt at a ripple blanket. I really like the effect the rainbow has in the midst of a plain white blanket. It’s stunning!
The other blanket I made for Baby Basics was a star blanket…and you know how much I love those!
This one is different as it’s monochrome. I wasn’t sure how this would work out, but it’s gorgeous!
I made just one present this month: a simple granny square blanket…except this is a mitered square
Again, I have blogged about this before so won’t say much else about it. I am pleased to say that my friends really like it!
Etsy Shop Items
I have been slowly adding stock to my Etsy shop too. You can find these items here.
This is a new style hat for my shop. It is made using the block stitch technique and I calling them hospital hats, as I am making them newborn size – perfect for keeping little ones head warm once born.
I think it’s a really effective stitch, and looks gorgeous as a tiny hat. I must try it as a blanket too!
I love baby booties. I also love making them. They are so small and cute!
This is my first time making baby loafers, and I love how they turned out! It was a simple pattern to follow, and these neutral colours work really well together.
Well you just can’t have too many hats & booties sets can you?! I love the colours of this set – the turquoise really finishes it off.
Work in Progress
What isn’t shown in the collage are my two work in progress items!
This is attic24’s Hydrangea Blanket. This is a big and slow project, but I love it! The colours are gorgeous and the pattern is simple but effective. It is a joy to be making.
The second project is this shells baby blanket. It is a similar pattern to the Hydrangea Blanket and looks lovely in these pastel shades. This was one of those work in progress projects that had been put away for a while. I am pleased to have it back out, it is a lovely item.
To keep up to date with what I’m working on, follow me on Facebook! You can place orders through my Facebook page too, as well as on Etsy!

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Harnessing hydrogen from H2O
Extracting hydrogen from water could become cheaper and more efficient thanks to a new electrocatalyst.
Hydrogen is very energy dense and can be produced from water, making it attractive as a clean, renewable fuel. However, a large electrical current or an electrocatalyst is required to speed along the chemical reaction. These are typically made from rare and expensive metals, such as platinum.
Researchers from Zhejiang University were part of a team that built a new catalyst by growing tiny flakes of molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2), a semiconducting inorganic compound, on graphene, a layer of carbon one atom thick. They soaked the nanoflakes in hot ammonia to infuse them with nitrogen, which introduced extra electrons and increased the material’s conductivity.
The new nanoflakes generated hydrogen from water using a relatively low voltage and sustained their catalytic performance for more than 32 hours.
- Advanced Materials 29, 1700748 (2017). doi: 10.1002/adma.201700748

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Estimated Incubation Period of COVID-19
- The median incubation period from infection with SARS-CoV-2 to onset of symptoms is approximately 5 days.
- 97.5% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will exhibit symptoms by 11.5 days.
- Monitoring people exposed to SARS-CoV-2 for 14 days for development of symptoms should be sufficient to identify 99% of cases or more.
What is the incubation period between exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus and symptom onset?
Authors searched news and public health reports of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases from areas without community transmission in both the English and Chinese literature. Time of possible exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and onset of any symptom, onset of fever, and time of case detection were recorded and, where not reported, conservatively estimated. The authors fit a log-normal distribution to incubation time, but also tested several alternative models. They also computed the expected number of undetected symptomatic cases from their incubation period estimates that might occur during an active monitoring period, ranging from 7-28 days, with varying risks of infection after exposure.
Overall, 181 cases from outside Hubei province occurring before February 24, 2020, were analyzed. The majority of cases were from outside of mainland China (n = 108). Most had history of travel to Wuhan or contact with travelers from the region. The authors estimated the median incubation period to be 5.1 days (95% confidence interval, 4.5-5.8 days); 97.5% of people who were infected exhibited symptoms by 11.5 days (95% confidence interval, 8.2-15.6 days). Similar results were obtained in analysis looking only at fever onset.
The authors then computed that if risk of exposure is low (1 in 10,000 exposed people) or medium (1 in 1,000 exposed people), 7 days of monitoring would be sufficient to identify >99% of symptomatic cases. However, if monitoring definitely infected people, monitoring durations >14 days could be required to capture >99% of symptomatic cases.
The incubation period between infection and onset of symptoms for SARS-CoV-2 is approximately 5 days. Monitoring or quarantine for 14 days will identify approximately 99% or greater of symptomatic infections among patients exposed.
This study provides quantitative estimates of the incubation period between exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and development of symptomatic infection. They support a duration of 14 days for active monitoring and quarantine for exposed or infected persons to develop symptoms. There are a few important limitations to consider. These data were developed from cases which were recognized as overt COVID-19. Other studies have suggested that a large number of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients may only experience mild symptoms, perhaps insufficient to prompt those infected to seek medical care. Furthermore, it is also possible that some individuals never develop symptoms. The implications of both of these to quarantine or active monitoring durations for exposed individuals are complex and not fully understood.
Clinical Topics: Prevention
Keywords: Coronavirus, Coronavirus Infections, Fever, Infectious Disease Incubation Period, Primary Prevention, Public Health, Quarantine, Risk, SARS Virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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To describe the views from the newly-built Villa Rosa as stunning is a bit of an understatement. This five-bedroom gem sits in the hills of Red Pond Estates in St. Martin and provides you with breathtaking views of the sea and the stunning profile of St. Barts in the distance.
Designed as a stepped property, this classic villa harkens back to the Spanish colonial style with its white stucco arches, pillared rails, terra cotta tile roof, and use of natural stone and wood to create a smooth and flowing property. The pool terrace follows this same line and provides you with a stunning setting from which to enjoy the views, a refreshing dip, and the gentle sounds of the water as it splashes from the upper pool to the lower ponds.
The terrace is sure to become a treasured part of your experience, as it is surrounded by private gardens and leads to a path that takes you to the beach below. With several appealing sun beds, and a covered portico nearby, it is where you can dine, relax and enjoy sunrises or sunsets. Beneath the portico is an al fresco dining area and barbecue, and it leads you inside to the gorgeous great room. With high, stained wood ceilings and arches open to the sea, it features a formal dining room, living room with entertainment system, and the breakfast bar. This opens into the luxurious kitchen with its high-end appliances, marble counters and amazing views.
The five bedrooms are divided between upper and lower levels. The master suite and an additional bedroom are on the upper level, and each features a queen bed and large ensuite bath. The remaining suites are on the lower level, and one is a standalone suite with kitchenette and bath.
The Villa Rosa is a wonderful and scenic spot for a family or group holiday, and it can easily be your main destination.
Bedroom 1: Main floor master bedroom with a queen-size bed, A/C, ceiling fam, closet, safe and en-suite bathroom with shower, double vanity and wc. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 2: Main floor bedroom with a queen-size bed, A/C, ceiling fan, closet and en-suite bathroom with shower, vanity and wc. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 3: Lower floor bedroom with a queen-size bed, A/C, ceiling fan, closet and en-suite bathroom with shower, vanity and wc. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 4: Lower floor bedroom with a queen-size bed, A/C, ceiling fan, closet and en-suite bathroom with shower, vanity and wc. 2 guests maximum.
Bedroom 5 (between Bedroom 3 and Bedroom 4): Lower floor bedroom with two single beds, A/C, ceiling fan and shared bathroom (with Bedroom 3 or Bedroom 4) with shower, vanity and wc. 2 guests maximum.
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Rent a villa for 7 nights or more with a minimum weekly rate of $3000 and receive a complimentary rental car.
A Hyundai I10 is provided. Complimentary vehicle delivery to the villa is included.
Gas, taxes and insurance are excluded. Guest is responsible for returning the car to the airport office of the rental car company at the end of the stay.
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Evidence of Bank Market Discipline in Subordinated Debenture Yields: 1983-1991
The authors examine debenture yields over the period 1983-91 to evaluate the market's sensitivity to bank-specific risks and conclude that investors have rationally reflected changes in the government's policy toward absorbing private losses in the event of a bank failure. Although this evidence does not establish that market discipline can effectively control banking firms, it soundly rejects the hypothesis that investors cannot rationally differentiate among the risks undertaken by the major U.S. banking firms. Copyright 1996 by American Finance Association.
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There are pollutants in municipal water as well as well water. Iron contamination of water is more common in well water but not restricted to it. When iron, manganese, etc are present in water you may notice an unpleasant metallic taste to water. A major indicator of iron contamination is staining of plumbing fixtures and laundry when you use this water. Though iron content in water in limited quantities is not a major health issue, other related contaminants badly affect plumbing fixtures and appliances. If you are facing such problem you need to have filters to remove iron from water.
Iron in water may be ferric iron or ferrous iron. When particles of solid iron or rust are found in water it is called as ferric iron which needs to be removed by mechanical water filters. The iron dissolved in water also called clear iron water needs filtering with special iron water filters. Dissolved iron may not be visible when it comes through the faucet. The water may seem clear but it has a brown color when left standing. Whole house iron water filters are often the first choice for many. Counter top as well as under sink iron water filters are equally effective if you feel that the cost and user monitoring involved in whole house systems is too much. Moreover, choice of filters to remove iron from water depends on the extent of contamination as well as other pollutants and hardness of water.
You can even add iron filter to you existing whole house filter. Filters to remove iron from water are generally installed on main cold water line after the pressure tank or water meter. The technology commonly used is manganese greensand which removes contamination using an oxidation process. It improves water clarity and substantially removes taste and odor from water. With filtration you would also notice a reduction in stains from your plumbing system like toilets, bath tubs and showers. Moreover, the process does not add any harmful chemicals to water making it completely safe for drinking. If you have an RO system and add iron water filter the life of the membrane improves with reduction in amount of iron and manganese.
Manufacturers like Culligan, Brita, Aquasana, etc offer different types of iron filters. Iron water filters can be used with counter top water filters as well as under sink filters. You can even get iron water filter replacement cartridges when the need arises after the life specified for iron filter is over. One such good quality cartridge is the Aquasana EQ-300IP that can filter different amounts of iron and manganese from water. Along with removing iron it also removes hydrogen sulfide. It ensures that the ‘rotten egg’ smell is removed from water. Most cartridges can be used on water at varying ph range. They are easy to install and do not occupy much space. Regular maintenance and replacement is advisable to ensure efficiency of filters. There is no risk of backwashing, chemical addition or any media regeneration.
Iron water filters effectively remove contaminants from municipal water as well as well water. Depending upon needs of your household you can buy the necessary iron water filters to ensure clean, pure and fresh water for all purposes.


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Weight loss training has many benefits for the human body. Individuals who exercise regular will feel better about their physique and gain self esteem. Exercise relieves stress that prevents many individuals from focusing. When the body is physically challenged, it gears all of its energy to accomplish the given task, and thus, insecurities vanish and willpower emerges. Many people exercise don't exercise regularly because they don't think it's beneficial. People get frustrated when they don't get the physical results that they desire. The body doesn't produce admirable results unless it is challenged to improve. Before the body can improve, it must use vast amounts of energy.
Weight loss training is also beneficial because it helps reduce fat in the human body. A body that has lean muscle loses fat more readily than a body that has no lean muscle. Lean muscle can be attained by doing muscle exercise with heavy repetition. Many individuals misunderstand the concept of repetition. If the body is used to the stress, it will adapt accordingly. However, if the amount of stress that the body endures varies during exercise, the body won't know how to respond. Many muscle fibers must be torn for muscles to grow. These torn muscles must be rebuilt after the exercise.
Many people focus on enduring a lot of pain during exercise. The magnitude of pain endured during an exercise is not directly proportional to muscle gain. Muscles must be stimulated to gain muscle. This stimulation occurs at a certain threshold for every different muscle and is dependent on the magnitude of that stress. Sometimes, doing fewer exercises that work on many muscle groups is better than doing numerous exercise that focus only on singular muscles. Many individuals like to perform popular exercises at the gym. These exercises are known prominently but aren't always effective.
Continuously doing the same exercise every day doesn't promote muscle growth. However, adding a variation to a simple exercise might coordinate muscle groups effectively to promote muscle growth. The types of exercises that people perform depends on the type of muscle that they wish to develop. People that want to gain muscle mass must lift heavier weights for fewer repetitions to challenge the strength of their muscles. People that want to gain lean muscle must lift lighter weight for more repetitions to challenge the endurance of their muscles.
The hardest muscles to develop are the abs. Jogging and running don't have many benefits because these exercise take a long time to stimulate the muscles in a correct fashion. Heart rate is an important factor in exercise. Maintaining the right heart rate is essential for the body to handle stress. Many people use treadmills in attempts to lose weight. The problem with treadmills is that the exercise is stationary. A stationary exercise only strains the muscle but does not stress it. Doing core exercise are more effective in weight loss training than jogging.
Core exercises are also more effective than ab crunches. Core exercises target the entire middle section of the stomach to stimulate multiple muscle groups and procure significant muscle growth.

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Police Insp.-Gen. David Cohen said Tuesday that "the Carmel tragedy was one of the hardest incidents I have dealt with while in my position."
In an interview on Tuesday with Army Radio, Cohen said, "On the one hand it was very difficult to process such a great loss, but on the other hand I came out of the tragedy with a great sense of pride at the ability of the police to deal with incidents such as this."
Cohen also talked of Dep.-Cmdr. Ahuva Tomer who died tragically in the Carmel fire after rushing into the flames to find out the condition of the dozens of Prisons Service cadets trapped in the deadly blaze.
"Ahuva was a personal example to the entire police force in Israel," he told Army Radio.


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We Americans love our fast food. And a new study shows that a little thing like a nutrition label is not gonna stop us when we want a breakfast burrito.
In January 2009 King County, Washington imposed mandatory menu labeling on all restaurant chains in the region, which includes Seattle and its surrounds. Restaurants were asked to disclose nutrition information, including a calorie count, about every item on the menu.
Then, over the next year, researchers in conjunction with local public health officials monitored food purchases at the Taco Time chain of restaurants. And they found that nothing changed. The total number of sales and the average calories per order were the same, regardless of whether the restaurant labeled its menu. The study appears in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. [Eric Finkelstein et al, Mandatory Menu Labeling in One Fast-Food Chain in King County, Washington]
Now, it could be that Taco Time customers were already wise to the relative nutritiousness of their meals, because the restaurant was highlighting its healthier options with a little logo before the law took effect.
So maybe all we need is a happy, "healthy icon" to keep us from overdoing it. Because pointing out that a large order of cheddar fries has 700 calories was not food for thought.
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I stayed at this little B&B - I don't think they have more than 6 rooms - while at a conference at the NATO school in Oberammergau. If you are going to the NATO school for anything, this place to stay. Leave the hotel and go right, and it is an easy 7 minute walk away and the views are wonderful.
If you're looking for town, leave the hotel and go left. Less than 10 minutes that way and you're in the middle of town. The large church in town is your landmark so you can't get lost.
The breakfast was typical Bavarian with fresh breads, cheeses, meats, juice, yogurt, and coffee. There's plenty to eat.
They offer Wifi but I did not use it so I am unsure of the speed.
The rooms are large, you get your own bathroom with plenty of hot water.
All this at 30 Euro a night. PLUS, they give you a discount pass that's good all through the area for Spas, Pools, Lakes, Ski Lifts, Castles, even the local Casino!


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By Olivia Chiu
Photo by Brian Kojima
Dance Ensemble demonstrated its talent on Monday, December 14 at lunch. The short routine served as a preview for the group’s first show of the school year, Dance Ability, which will take place tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the SPHS Auditorium with performances by Dance Ensemble and Ms Cheney’s Dance P.E. classes.
At lunch, the group performed one song, “All About that Bass” by Meghan Trainor. However, Dance Ability will feature a variety of choreographies to songs such as “Hunter” by Pharrell Williams.
Preparations for Dance Ability started as early as the second week of the school year, when auditions were held. In the days leading up to tonight, practices ran as late as 7 p.m. as the girls perfected their routines during technique rehearsals.
“I’m really excited. We’ve been working really hard,” Dance Ensemble captain senior Emily Armstrong said. “The team is mostly new people, so it’s been a lot of hard work to get everything together, but I think it’ll be fun.”


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Sélecteur de langues
Brussels, 28 June 2010
Commission proposal on marketing of wild types of grass seeds boosts efforts to protect the EU's biodiversity
Efforts to conserve the natural environment and protect biodiversity in the EU received a boost, last Friday, after the Member States endorsed a Commission proposal providing for the placing on the market of certain types of wild plant seeds from conserved habitats. In particular, the proposal –adopted by the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry– relaxes stringent rules to allow the marketing of wild types of plant seeds, known as "preservation seed mixtures."
These seeds are used in Member States for landscaping, wildlife gardening and habitat restoration and conservation. They are collected from natural or semi-natural grasslands, which are designated by the Member States in accordance with the Habitat Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC) as special areas conservation and thus worthy of preservation. In the EU, techniques have been developed to collect, clean and resow these seeds in agricultural land so that the seed of wild type of plants can be multiplied.
Until now, it was not possible to market this type of seeds because their components did not comply with some of the general EU marketing rules for seeds, e.g. on proven varietal identity and purity. Therefore, a derogation to the rules, as provided in the Commission's proposal, was deemed necessary.
Under the new system, the producers need to obtain an authorisation for the marketing of their seed mixtures and the seed has to originate from a habitat type worthy of preservation and from a conserved habitat. The production and marketing takes place in the region of origin. In addition, a maximum quantity is fixed for the marketing of these preservation seed mixtures. To make sure that this maximum quantity is respected, Member States shall require producers to notify the quantities of preservation mixtures for which they intend to apply for authorisation.
The traceability of preservation mixtures will be ensured through appropriate sealing and labelling.
Other areas of national, regional or local importance giving equal guarantees of conservation as in the Habitat Directive may be designated as well. Such areas are considered as source areas for the "preservation seed mixtures." These mixtures should also be used in the same habitat type as that of the seeds' collection area to facilitate the restoration and conservation of the original habitat type.
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If you have the time, a liveaboard is the best way to see the Similans. 4 dives per day, frequent stops at deserted beaches, and more time to relax onboard the luxurious MV Pawara, where every cabin has a private ensuite except the budget. Pawara is a high valuable dive liveaboard, with excellent facilities and services. It offers a regular 4D/4N dive liveaboard trips in the Similan Islands, also can host private charter for custom-build itinerary, it can take max. 24 guests per trip.
Pawara is a steel mono hull dive liveaboard vessel, 35 meters long, 7 meters wide, the cruising speed normally is at 8 to 12 knots (max. speed at 15 knots), it is the flagship of one of the Phuket’s best known dive centres.
Pawara earned its excellent reputation based on services & comfort and facilities, and safety. The staff and crew are among the most established and professional in the region, having been in operation for twenty years now.
There is a entertainment room/lounge with large sofa area, flat screen TV, DVD, sound system, karaoke, games and more.
For those who prefer a quieter form of entertainment between dives, they can borrow a book from the on-board selection in the lounge and relax in the sun deck, lying on comfortable soft mattress.
Pawara offering excellent food on board, every meal comes a wide assortment of food that always manage to satisfy the tastes of every person: pre-breakfast before the first dive, American breakfast after the first dive, lunch after the second dive, snack after the third dive, dinner after the night dive.
Pawara has a functional dive deck/platform, it has been designed in detail and with its large space allows divers to move in total freedom and comfort. In addition to the convenient distribution of the tanks, there are specific locations to store your own equipment.
For maximum comfort, not only FREE NITROX is now available on board, but divers will also will welcomed with a warming hot towel after night dives.
Pawara also offer FREE WIFI during the cruise to all the guests on-board, so those who need to stay connection will not need to worry about buying a 3G card before the cruise anymore.
Pawara has 12 comfortable cabins, with 4 different cabin types, it can host a max of 24 guests.
All cabins feature air-conditioner, fan, international electric sockets, safe box, hair dryer, storage area.
2 Master Cabins :
Located on the main deck, with a double bed or two twin bed, large windows, and ensuit bathroom with sink, toilet and hot shower.
4 Deluxe Cabins :
Located on the main deck, with two twin bunk beds, desk & chair, large windows, and ensuit bathroom with sink, toilet and hot shower.
4 Standard Cabins :
Located on the main deck, with a double bed or two twin bed, porthole, and ensuit bathroom with sink, toilet and hot shower.
2 Budget Cabins :
Located on the lower deck, with two twin bunk beds, use shared bathrooms.
3 Shared Bathrooms : with toilet, wash basin and hot shower.
4 dives per day, including sunset dive and night dives.
No dive provided on the day of arrival.
2 dives will be provided on the day of departure.
All diving will provide experienced guide to lead the dive.
Nitrox：Available, free of charge for Nitrox divers
15L Tanks：Available with additional cost
REBREATHER Dive：Not available at the moment
Dive Equipment Rental：Available, rate on request, must book in advance
Dive insurance：Divers travelling aboard must have valid dive insurance
Wi-Fi Internet ：Available, free of charge
Laundry Service：Not available at the moment
Massage Service：Depends on availability with additional cost
Payment on board：By cash only (THB)
Crew Number：12 or more, including 4 dive guides


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When it comes to dog training, the vast majority of dog trainers and owners believe that they have to count on treats.
They teach the dog to do a trick. Then they give the dog a treat.
I don’t have anything against treats in and of themselves, but there is a difference between treat-based dog training and relationship-based dog training.
Let’s look at an example. Perhaps you’re out for a walk and your dog sees a person walking on the street and he stops walking and starts barking at the person.
At its worst, a treat-based dog training approach might look at the situation and think, “Ok what can I do to get my dog to stop barking?” So the treats come out and you’re trying to get your dog’s attention, waving a treat in front of his nose, tugging at the leash, and saying, “C’mon, Rover, settle down. Come over here. Sit. Sit. Sit Rover. Sit. Rover. Rover. C’mere. Rover. Sit.” Your dog glances at you like you’re an idiot, maybe takes the treat, gets more revved and keeps barking until the person is sufficiently far away.
At its best, a treat based dog training approach might get Rover to sit, but his eyes and mind are on the person. He takes the treat, but he’s sitting as if he’s on the starting block. He’s not settled. But sure, he’s in a sit.
Relationship-based dog training is going to look a bit different, because the focus is different.
Relationship-based dog training values the relationship first, and that includes paying attention to the dog’s emotional state. For the most part, the dog isn’t going to get to the point where they fixate and start barking at a passer-by. But it still happens. In that case, the owner would ask themselves, “My dog is anxious; how can I take control of this situation, and help my dog feel safe again?” The owner would notice the dog’s energy shifting early, and then kindly, firmly, and calmly lead the dog to the other side of the street, maybe even further away, monitoring the dog’s energy. Then the owner would put in place a calming technique to help the dog feel more calm as the person walks by.
When dog training only focuses on using treats to teach SIT, STAY, and DOWN, it misses the mark terribly. Sure you can teach a dog to SIT. But does that SIT make the dog feel safe and comfortable? Is the SIT reliable when the dog is revved? Does the SIT get to the root of the problem? Does the SIT make the dog trust and respect you? Does the SIT win the heart and mind of your dog? Nope.
You can’t train a dog to trust you. You can’t train a dog to be confident. You can’t train a dog to feel safe. You can’t train a dog to have a relationship with you. Training comes after relationship, not before.
With relationship-based dog training we put trust and respect first. The dog learns to look to you as a leader who will help him navigate life situations calmly and safety. From there, he wants to listen to you and follow your lead.
It’s only at this point that treats make the most sense to your dog. Treats become a way to surprise, delight, and communicate with your dog!
Want to learn how to practice relationship-based dog training with your dog! It's all right here.
Here's to You and Your Dog!
P.S. Check out also The 8 Skills You Should Train your Dog

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On November 19, retired Palm Bay Police Department K9 “Jelani” passed away after battling a prolonged illness. “K9 Jelani was the dedicated and faithful partner of Officer J. Moreno for two years before being forced to retire,” said Palm Bay police officials.
On Wednesday, October 3, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., officers from the Palm Bay Police Department and community members will come together at Dunkin’ Donuts located at 898 Malabar Road NE, for the third annual National Coffee with a Cop Day.
It’s almost time to go back to school! The Palm Bay Police Department joined Center Pointe Church to help get ready for a great school year. Check out some of the highlights from this year’s event.
Come along as Officer Virginia Kilmer discusses her career as a police officer and why she’s proud to work alongside other officers at the Palm Bay Police Department.
The City of Palm Bay Police Officer holds a highly responsible position that involves networking with the community and the protection of life and property.
The Palm Bay Police Department continually strives for excellent community service and is seeking feedback from the community.
Palm Bay Police Detective Tasha Grey made the transition from serving our country in the military to serving our community with the Palm Bay Police Department.
The Palm Bay Police Department’s S.W.A.T. Team is a highly trained and skilled tactical team used for deployment to critical incidents.


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A Journey To The Rainbow Bridge - Written By Mitch Garlington, Music By Chris Collins
Come along on a magical adventure and walk over the rainbow bridge. A portal that can reconnect you with those animals and pets you hold close to your heart.
They live on over the rainbow bridge in a place of eternal love and peace.
Let the journey guide your animals home to you...


There have been a lot of sincere voices this week. Some naive, some not, calling for all kinds of responses to the wave of violent knife crime sweeping the streets of the UK.
Suddenly it has become a national emergency. We’re in an uproar because last week the victims of knife crime were pretty young things instead of a homogenized image of ‘black, inner-city youth.’
The home secretary Sajid Javid wants more money for police overtime, Philip Hammond the chancellor tells forces to use the funds he’s ‘given them already’. Community leaders are calling for trust to be restored in the police and local authorities, for more resources to tackle urban deprivation and hopelessness. Radio phone-ins squawk on about bad parenting, lost morals, and values with a litany of platitudes and claims about how it was ‘back in my day’. Everyone is trying to say and do the right thing and yet we seem to be failing completely to tackle the issue.
Well, I think we need more than the usual moral panic that will become yesterday’s news when this spate of violence has passed.
What I propose are actions so radical and unconventional that at first, most may well dismiss these ideas out of hand claiming that they are utterly far fetched, but I believe it is time for them to receive a fair hearing.
We can begin by asking, what is driving the upsurge in knife crime? What, apart from the odd lunatic, is causing so many deaths of mainly young black men? It is fairly easy to establish that a very large proportion of it is clearly gang-related crime. Either through conflict over boundaries and territory or acts of initiation and retaliation.
Remove the gangs and most knife crime would cease.
This is not a glib statement. The alternatives to a future with no hope that gangs currently offer to disaffected and impoverished young people are extremely attractive, particularly when set against the abject failure of our governments and society to provide a sense of purpose, meaning and hope for an abandoned generation.
This, coupled with the intense and constant peer pressure, envy, and self-comparison lived out on social media, facilitates the grooming of young, lonely, and vulnerable minds, easily lured by the cars, the cash and the prestige of gang leaders, into a life of crime and violence. It gives them some sense that they exist, that they are part of a community, albeit a criminal one.
Cressida Dick, the London Metropolitan Police Commissioner was asked on a radio interview last week if she agreed that middle class, white recreational drug users, sending out for cocaine at dinner parties have the blood of these youngsters on their hands?
She did agree that they should think carefully about the consequences of their casual drug use but what then becomes clear is that this is a complete misunderstanding of the situation. It is not these recreational drug users that are the problem. Those dinner parties are also filled with other highly addictive and dangerous drugs, like alcohol, and tobacco.
The real problem is not the drugs, the problem is their prohibition!
Our leader’s blind and stubborn approach to drug abuse and addiction among other issues is one of the major causes of knife crime and violence and here is why.
What every gang leader in this country fears more than anything, what really terrifies them, is that prohibition might end! Their nightmare scenario is that one day, new legislation will apply to all harmful drugs, that is consistent with the same sensible and intelligent approach we currently have towards alcohol, nicotine, and pharmaceutical drugs like Codien and morphine.
The more dangerous the drug, the greater the need for its control and regulation. The ending of prohibition would not just have the most profound effect on violent crime but would create benefits that vastly outway any negative consequences.
These are some of the benefits I believe would be a consequence of the end of prohibition.
1. Cutting off the lifeblood of gangs.
The legalization, regulation, and provision of not just Cannabis but all illicit substances including class A recreational drugs, would immediately drain the underworld economy. It would completely cut off the lifeblood of both money and drugs that gangs need both to support themselves, to lure in new members and to use as tools of control. Over the last few years, many gangs that were previously adversarial have joined forces creating ‘super gangs’ ending petty conflicts and allowing them to concentrate on their goal of more business and more money. Their trade is drugs and these are now mafia-style cartels that could be undercut and taken out almost overnight with the ending of prohibition. It would at a stroke, remove their entire mode of operation and without the promise of wealth and status, they will have nothing of value to offer to those same young and easily manipulated individuals.
2. Children would have far less exposure and access to drugs and gang culture.
Taking over the supply, distribution, and regulation of all dangerous drugs would instantly remove them from outside the school gates and the streets where our children socialize. No gang could survive on just selling to minors. The bulk of their deals are with adults so by removing the demand for drugs sold on the street, we would be much more able to keep minors away from both the danger of drugs and gang culture.
3. Police resources would be freed up to deal with other crimes including terrorism.
There are of course other reasons for violent crime. Whether it involves, knives, guns, acid attacks and then there is rape, terrorism, and domestic violence. All of these urgently need more resources and funding to reduce the numbers of victims that suffer from attacks. Ending prohibition would have a huge impact on the wherewithal and capacity for law enforcement and the courts to deal with these very serious issues. It could only have a positive effect on preventing and detecting serious crimes of all kinds.
4. Those who are currently incarcerated for possession of drugs could be released.
It costs the taxpayer £80,00 a year to keep a prisoner behind bars. If people charged with possession offenses who have not caused harm to others were released from prison and supported back to a role in society, those huge costs could instead be used to create co-ops and organizations that would not just save those lost funds but would, in fact, generate more resources through taxation and employment. Dealing with drug abuse as a public health rather than a criminal justice issue would not only bring back tens of thousands of left behind individuals into useful creative endeavor but would also remove them from the influence of the most drug-riddled and gang- infested institutions in our land. Prisons.
5. Drug abuse would actually decrease and deaths by overdose would be eliminated.
Ending prohibition is unlikely to increase drug abuse. This has been born out in statistics from countries that have legalized Cannabis for recreational use. The truth is very few people would willingly choose a life of drug addiction and the decision to use drugs is not affected by availability nor a lack of it. Anyone that wants to try heroin can easily purchase it within a few miles of their home. The savings in law enforcement resources and tax revenue would more than fund the creation and operation of safe places for those who have become addicted to drugs. Where they could receive them in safe quantities and would be much less likely to overdose. They would also be far more willing to accept help and support towards rehabilitation from professional and caring staff. Instead, where we do we currently force these vulnerable and fragile people to go? To Buy dangerous drugs, cut with all kinds of lethal substances from criminal dealers who care nothing of their welfare, in fact, care only that they remain addicted. This is the insanity of the current policy of governments around the world.
There would, of course, be stumbling blocks and challenges along the way but I believe that the current system simply fails to address the reality of the situation. Prohibition of illicit drugs is a global phenomenon and changing hearts and minds – persuading governments and nations to see a new and revolutionary way of handling the current crisis is unlikely to happen anytime soon. That is though, no reason to not begin the conversation. To not call upon ourselves to grapple with the possibilities. Knife crime, gangs, and violence have become normalized and to some degree accepted as part of modern life. But for those who live with the daily reality and suffer the consequences, it is a matter of life and death. We cannot continue to do what we have done and expect a different result!


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In his books "Why" and "Conversations with chatGPT: Exploring the Theory of Morality and Existence," William Search offers a theory on why humans exist: morality. According to Search, our moral compass guides us in navigating the world around us and helps us make decisions that positively impact our existence. One key concept in moral philosophy is the categorical imperative, which seeks to establish a universal standard for moral behavior.
The idea of the categorical imperative is based on the concept that an action is moral only if it can be willed as a universal law. As discussed in "Conversations with chatGPT," if we apply the principle "love one another" to the categorical imperative, we can determine if it is a moral principle. Would there be any contradictions or inconsistencies if everyone in the world were to love one another? If the answer is no, then "love one another" is a moral principle according to the categorical imperative.
The categorical imperative is a useful framework for evaluating the moral worth of actions and principles. It provides a way to test actions against a universal standard and determine if they are morally acceptable. While not the only approach to ethics, the categorical imperative remains an important and influential idea in moral philosophy.
Philosophers throughout history have sought to apply their ethical ideas to the world around them. They recognize that philosophy is not just an abstract, theoretical discipline but a practical field that seeks to address real-world problems and challenges. One way philosophers have applied their ideas is through the development of ethical theories and frameworks that provide guidelines and principles for moral behavior. Ancient Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, as well as modern philosopher Immanuel Kant, developed comprehensive ethical systems that outlined the virtues and principles that should guide human behavior.
Another way philosophers have applied their ideas is by addressing specific moral challenges and issues in their societies. Socrates used his philosophical ideas and arguments to challenge the moral beliefs and practices of his fellow Athenians. John Locke wrote extensively about the rights and duties of individuals in a civil society. These and other philosophers applied their ideas to specific moral issues and problems to improve the moral climate of their societies.
In conclusion, William Search's theory on the existence of humans as rooted in morality offers a unique perspective on the importance of our moral compass. The categorical imperative provides a useful framework for evaluating the moral worth of actions and principles, while the history of moral philosophy shows the importance of applying philosophical ideas to the world around us. By understanding the principles of moral philosophy and applying them to our daily lives, we can create a better world for ourselves and future generations.

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Lake County School District forms early college
Originally published on June 8, 2017 in the Leadville Herald Democrat,
by Ryan Fitzmaurice, Herald Staff Writer
The Lake County School Board approved the formation of an early college in a special meeting May 23. The program aims to build a bridge between high school and college for students who would be at risk of dropping out of higher education without it.
“We’ve got much better at getting kids into college, but what we see, across the state and the country, is a lot of those kids don’t end up finishing college,” Wendy Wyman, Lake County School District superintendent said. “This creates that bridge of how do you college with the safety of the high school backing you up. We’re trying to create an environment where kids don’t just get into college, but finish college.”
The Lake County Early College Program, which differs from concurrent enrollment or higher education programs like ASCENT, will create a separate school within Lake County High School designed to provide students with the opportunity to graduate with a high school diploma and an Associates degree, or 60 hours of college work, giving students the capacity to complete their bachelor’s degree within two years of graduation. A student will not need to be in early college to concurrently enroll.
Students within the early college will have to enroll in at least seven credit hours at Colorado Mountain College while needing to meet all Lake County High School graduation requirements.
Students may register for early college between their 10th- and 12th-grade years, and a fifth and sixth year in the program is possible for students enrolled.
The program is a right fit for the school due to a rising number of first- generation students and students that may have difficulty completing college taking part in concurrent enrollment, according to school officials.
When concurrent enrollment started in 2015, 39 students had enrolled. This past spring, that number nearly doubled, with 72 students enrolled.
Even more telling is the demographics of students taking those classes have shifted. While only 30 percent of Lake County’s student population is Caucasian, 70 percent of the students who concurrently enrolled were Caucasian in 2015.
Now the demographics of concurrent enrollment match the demographics of the student population. The same shift has happened with gender, according to Erin Allaman, director and founder of Youth Culture Works.
The program is designed to give students who are interested in college, but might need more support, the resources they need.
“You teach how to go to college. You teach how to make it through college,” Allaman said. “By doing an early college, we can teach students how to navigate that.”
Wyman said the program has a large potential of working due to it giving students the resources of CMC while also not denying them the resources of the high school.
Despite the early college being recognized as a different school, the students will take the same high school classes as other students on a higher-education-oriented graduation pathway.
But, early college students will receive a different report card within the program, compared with other high school students. They may also not be eligible to receive a class rank or be named valedictorian or salutatorian. And while students of early college will be able to walk with their graduating class, unless they finish the program in four years, they may not be able to graduate until up to two years later when they finish the program.
Allaman said there is a way out for students who enter the program and discover it isn’t right for them.
“There’s an off-ramp. At any point they can graduate with high school diploma,” Allaman said.
Amy Frykholm, school board president, urged officials to pay special attention to academic counseling efforts in presenting the option.
“Who we have advising kids needs to be really clear on what are the advantages for ASCENT versus early college, versus concurrent enrollment, versus graduating early,” Frykholm said. “I agree that the danger is a kid will end up on a track that is not beneficial for them.”
Wyman said the program could be available as soon as next fall.
“What we would be able to say to a freshmen student is, ‘This is an option. You have a reason to stay here and keep pushing’,” Wyman said. “That has power for kids.”