text: Comprehending the Impacts of Mental Therapy Psychological therapy is made use of to improve the emotional and behavior performance of people. It can be carried out in the person, family members, or group setup. Treatments may be short, such as a number of sessions, or long-lasting, such as a year or more. Research studies indicate that most people that receive treatment will benefit from it. The very best emotional treatments are those that attend to a person’s private issues through straight energetic learning. One of the most typical kind of psychological therapy is cognitive behavior modification. This treatment involves recognizing as well as changing hazardous reasoning patterns. Cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to be efficient in dealing with lots of conditions. Other types of psychological therapy consist of positive psychotherapy and also humanistic therapy. There are a selection of elements that contribute to the effectiveness of therapies. Scientists are now working to identify these parts. Knowing which factors drive successful treatment could enhance the performance and usefulness of these therapies. Numerous clinical psychologists believe that recognizing the effects of a therapy is important. This understanding could be utilized to develop evidence-based procedures for mental treatments. Some researchers suggest that the most effective therapies take the kind of coaching in real-life circumstances. Additionally, several of the most effective psychological therapies concentrate on developing a solid restorative alliance between a person and also therapist. An excellent healing alliance is essential due to the fact that an individual should have an excellent relationship with their therapist. Research study reveals that a healthy healing alliance results in higher self-worth, improved actions, and also much better wellness. A growing body of research study has actually likewise shown that people that obtain emotional therapy experience less unwell days as well as impairment. Nonetheless, raising the availability of psychological therapy is still a challenge. Currently, there are greater than a thousand named treatments offered. These treatments vary in terms of size, method, and content. An organized scoping review of the study was undertaken to identify study approaches that can be used to better understand the elements that make a therapy effective. This review identified seven methods. One study technique is a network meta-analysis, which is developed to evaluate the communication impacts in between various treatment components. While this strategy works, it is restricted in its capability to attract causal final thoughts. Another method is to take a look at the specific differences in the results of different parts. Although these researches are commonly little, it is a crucial action in comprehending the merits of different techniques. Lastly, numerous specialists blend elements of various methods. As an example, a therapist might make use of a psychodynamic therapy method, such as Cognitive Behavior Modification, along with a resource-oriented technique, such as Favorable Psychotherapy. The study’s outcomes showed that the communication impacts were little, however more research study is needed to fully review these results. Also, even more research is needed to figure out whether the communication effects between parts are moderated by the customer’s characteristics. Although these techniques are a great begin to understanding the effects of treatment parts, further study is required. Medical psychological scientific research will ultimately capitalize on the toughness of these approaches.


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Drawing Animals Using Grids
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If you have often struggled to draw animals, from master artist Giovanni Civardi comes this highly visual beginners guide to drawing dogs, cats and horses using the traditional grid technique - a method that makes the first stages of drawing simple and achievable.
Giovanni Civardi shows you how to create an accurate pencil sketch of the subject by laying a grid over a photo or drawing and transferring the image to the drawing surface one square at a time.
Beginning with a summary of animal anatomy and basic drawing techniques, this book contains over 90 outlines of dogs, cat and horses in a range of static and moving poses, with guidance on how to add shading and tonal effects to create more detailed finished drawings.
Author: Civardi, Giovanni
Publication date: 01/03/2021
Imprint: Search Press UK
|Dimensions||295 × 210 mm|
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Ensemble; women's grey double cloth dress and jacket.
A: The short jacket has a princess line with a bust dart, a rolled collar, long set-in sleeves, and a center front closure with two large silver buttons.
B: The sleeveless dress has a round neckline, center back zipper, and a slightly flared skirt that has two topstitched horizontal seams for decoration. Reverse side of double cloth is tan. Both the dress and jacket are lined with a grey silk fabric.
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I'm so afraid to tell my doctor that I'm addicted to Vicodin, because I know she'll stop prescribing it and I feel like she will judge me. I'm really anxious about the withdrawal symptoms because I'm hypersensitive to medication and side effects. It feels like I have just been hit by a bus when I stop taking hydrocodone for a couple days. How long do these withdrawals last? I have only been on this medication for a year or less, by the way. Thanks.
You are probably right about her not prescribing anymore . but I thought that is what you want. The withdrawal should last around 4 to 5 days. Than is just about the chemical imbalance. Try moving around, skip caffeine and sugars ( that will cause more anxiety) and take warm baths. I don’t know if your doctor will judge you once she sees you are trying to quit. Maybe she wil help you. In any case , I wish you success in quitting.
Thanks for the response. Yes it is what I want, it's just the addiction thinking for me and creates a back and forth battle. Thanks for the tips, I am relieved to know it only lasts around 5 days. I thought it would be a couple weeks.
I have one more question. Is there anything I could do to relieve the extreme fatigue and tiredness? I just want to know if anything will help since I shouldn't drink caffeine and still have to work and go on with daily life. Thanks!
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Medical College of Wisconsin Scientist and International Team Awarded $13 Million NIH Program Project Grant to Study Calcifications in Diseases of Aging
Milwaukee, July 17, 2023 – Francesca Marassi, PhD, professor and chair of biophysics at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), has been awarded a five-year, $13 million program project grant (PPG) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study misplaced calcification in the eyes and brains of patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
AMD affects nearly 20 million adults in the U.S. and is the leading cause of central vision loss and legal blindness. More than 6 million people in the U.S. suffer from AD, the top cause of dementia across the globe. Age is a prominent risk factor for these diseases. How AMD and AD progress over time is not well understood, and research is needed to drive the development of effective pharmaceutical treatments.
Both diseases are associated with the progressive accumulation of pebble-like deposits under the retina and in the brain. These deposits are known to contain cholesterol, fats (lipids), proteins, and a mineralized form of calcium phosphate called hydroxyapatite – the same material that forms healthy teeth and bone. Scientists do not yet know what causes these misplaced mineral deposits to form in the eye and the brain. Healthy biological processes for calcification are intended to grow and repair bones and teeth, not litter the retina or brain with harmful junk. Understanding how and why these wayward biomineral deposits form may provide clues to better understand AMD and AD, as well as the development of new ways to diagnose and treat these diseases.
With the eye and brain intimately connected as integral parts of the central nervous system, Dr. Marassi and her international PPG team of scientists will explore the characteristics of misplaced calcifications in both organs, as well as their roles in AMD and AD. A central goal is to examine and image calcifications at multiple levels, from the atom-by-atom structures to their aggregated morphologies, and their accumulation in cells and animals.
“I’m really excited about exploring these disease pathologies over the full range of scales from the atomic to the animal. This type of structural information is essential for moving forward into diagnostic and drug development,” Marassi said.
The PPG team includes Galia Debelouchina, PhD, University of California San Diego; Jose Luis Millan, PhD, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (La Jolla, California); Richard Thompson, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore); and Imre Lengyel, PhD, Queen’s University Belfast. Led by Dr. Marassi, they’ve designed four PPG projects to accomplish their scientific goals.
“Our collaborative program is truly synergistic, with each team member bringing unique expertise and technology to the partnership,” Marassi said. “While the principal goal is to do excellent basic science that contributes fundamental knowledge about misplaced calcification in disease, we believe there’s tremendous potential for these advances to provide a foundation for new diagnostic techniques and treatments in the future, as best expressed in the MCW motto knowledge changing life.”
The first project, led by Drs. Marassi and Debelouchina, will focus on the molecular structure and function of the misplaced calcified deposits and their components. Their research teams will use sophisticated biophysical techniques to reveal the makeup of these deposits and how they form by examining the interactions between the protein, cholesterol, fat, and mineral components of the pebble-like deposits.
Dr. Thompson will head the second project to develop and test new methods for tagging biominerals within the deposits with small molecules that cause the minerals to emit specific colors or wavelengths of light for the scientists to detect on images. These fluorescent and luminescent sensors will serve as research tools for the other projects and may eventually lead to new tools for diagnosing and monitoring AMD and AD.
The third project, spearheaded by Dr. Lengyel, aims to develop new cellular models of calcifications that mimic the deposits found in animals and humans. His team will study how levels of certain proteins, genetic predispositions, and other factors influence deposit formation.
Dr. Millan directs the fourth project to study how cells and tissues maintain their balance of phosphorus levels, which is essential to healthy bone development. In human adults, approximately 90 percent of the body’s total phosphorus is contained in bone as hydroxyapatite crystals, which also are part of the errant calcified deposits that form in AMD and AD. Dr. Millan’s team will study mice that produce an excessive amount of an enzyme to determine how its control of phosphorus levels contributes to the formation of calcified deposits in the eye.
The PPG grant is funded by the National Institute on Aging and titled, “Molecular mechanisms of calcification: roles and opportunities in diseases of aging.” In addition to the four projects, the grant will fund a protein and chemical biology core that will develop and provide biologic reagents for the PPG experiments, and an administrative core that will facilitate interactions among the PPG team laboratories.
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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn's Story Does Right What the Original FFXIV Did Wrong
While I wait to be ready to write my upcoming preview of the third phase of the beta of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, let’s talk about something that normally doesn’t find much room in previews and reviews due to all the talk about gameplay and other more technical aspects of a MMORPG: the story.
And storytelling is not a secondary element here: we’re talking about a Final Fantasy game, and I’d say it’s very safe to assume that most gamers don’t buy games from Square Enix’s historical franchise primarily for their gameplay, but for their deep and intricate plots and lovingly written and detailed characters, that spark involvement and immersion.
While in Beta 1 and 2 we got some very sparse glimpses on the overarching plots that are supposed to give Square Enix’s upcoming MMORPG its typical Final Fantasy flavor, Beta 3 finally allowed us to see more of what the game offers in terms of storytelling, by making a large part of the main storyline accessible and by unlocking its previously obscured cutscenes.
The original Final Fantasy XIV made a couple fatal mistakes with storytelling, at least before the new Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida reshuffled the team and steered that trainwreck around.
First of all, our character was not the real protagonist of the story: he was a mute and dull bystander that most of the times just watched the events unfold around him, and just happened to be around to kill stuff when necessary. Even our “path companion”, ended up having a more relevant role in the story, de facto diminishing our character to the role of follower/companion.
The apparent justification for this choice was that in a MMORPG the player character can’t be the “hero”, because there are too many of them, and this would lead to a world with no continuity in which everyone is the hero.
The disastrous result of this kind of implementation was that the story simply didn’t feel involving or epic. There was absolutely no emotional connection with our dull character, and players simply didn’t care about what happened, just clicking through the events in order to get to the next fight quicker and continue with their progression. Even the less relevant class quests were more fun and engaging than the main storyline, and for a Final Fantasy game this is a critical flaw.
The second large problem with the original game’s storytelling was that the team pushed excessively on abstract concepts. The main character had a power called “Echo”, that allowed him to mentally connect with his peers and view their past like they were part of it. While this could be considered a relatively clever (even if a tad lazy) plot device, it was implemented in an incredibly confusing way.
The effect that marked the passage to the Echo was very subtle and easily missable, meaning that in most cases most players simply didn’t have the slightest idea on whether they were seeing an event happening in the present or from the past. The whole thing was so confusing that many just assumed that everything was present tense and missed a large part of the meaning the story, that didn’t even make sense that way, creating a further detaching effect with their character. Let’s not even go into the fact that this strengthened further the sensation that our character was simply a helpless and half useless bystander.
With the advent of Yoshida-san things started to change: The player character was placed more and more at the center at the events instead of being relegated to the edge, and the writers reduced the “echo” moments radically, giving the story a clearer continuity and more emotional involvement.
Naoki Yoshida and his team fully realized that they didn’t really need to force a continuity in which no one was the “hero”, and that since the story events unfolded separately on everyone’s screen, they simply didn’t need to justify the coexistence of everyone’s own version of the story. Everyone can be the hero in his own personal version of the world.
After that, the “End of an Era” storyline started to create a deep connection between players, the story and the game itself. They were placed at the very focus of the events that were leading to the destruction of the world (and the closure of the game) , and to its rebirth. It was an unprecedented idea (applied to an unprecedented situation) that turned out epic, involving and at times even moving.
The part below this point contains extremely light spoilers. Nothing said here really mentions any relevant plot events that happen beyond the first story quest, so you should be able to read safely. That said, continue at your own risk.
Fast forward several months and now we can finally experience the “sequel” of that story. The starting point is simple but very clever. The adventurers that were sent to safety through space and time by Louisoix’s last act of self sacrifice during the last battle of the old game, appear in Cohertas five years later, and return to their home cities to discover that they’re considered missing and celebrated as heroes, named “Warriors of Light”.
It’s hard not to feel deeply moved when you see relevant NPCs remembering the deeds you were part of in the previous game, and every time they seem to be on the verge of actually remembering that you’re indeed one of those Warriors of Light (apparently Louisoix’s spell didn’t just remove them from the battlefield but also blurred the memories of them in the minds of the people of Eorzea), you find yourself sitting on the edge of your seat with a knot in your stomach.
Narration is also much smoother and less confusing because, while the Echo didn’t disappear, now its effect is made clearly visible, allowing players to easily distinguish whether they’re looking at the past or at the present.
While old players are rightfully celebrated, new players shouldn’t feel left out, as they’re seen as the new generation of heroes, and their deeds are saluted on par with those of the missing Warriors of Light, creating a strong feeling of purpose and a reason to fight.
And that’s the whole point: whether you’re a returning player that saw the last battle of the old Eorzea, or a new player braving Final Fantasy XIV‘s world for the first time, you are the hero. The events revolve around you, not around other people you care little about with your character reduced to a mere bystander that just happens to be there as he looks wide-eyed on all those glorious heroes doing the actual exciting stuff.
I won’t spoil the actual events, but your character’s effort don’t go unnoticed, and connection between player and character is built properly by giving the latter the role a true Final Fantasy protagonist. You’re not the Final Fantasy XIV equivalent of Barret, Zell or Wakka anymore, but you’re like Cloud, Squall or Yuna, and it feels a lot more fulfilling and engaging.
Ultimately the original Final Fantasy XIV had many flaws, but the real, crippling weak link was the all-important story, that simply makes or breaks a Final Fantasy game. While we still have to wait for this August to see if Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will pass the test of gameplay, we can pretty much say that it didn’t repeat its predecessor’s fatal mistake: the story is there, and it’s that Final Fantasy we know and love. No doubt about that.
Editor’s Note: If you didn’t play the first Final Fantasy XIV and plan on playing A Realm Reborn, you may want to check out the eight episodes of our The Story So Far column, that will get you up to speed with the story and help you enjoy the plot of the new game better, considering that it’s a direct sequel.

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I am feeling rather funky…in a blue funk these days. Looking forward to the holidays and my trip home (OK, I shouldn’t say that anymore, home is where I am with H, my trip is to my hometown, Sewickley, PA.) for the holidays. No worries about dogs. No worries about work. Now, I just have to worry about the $ we will be spending to go there and back and what we will spend while there.
H made an unexpected expense that has put a big chink into this trip – and I am not too pleased about it, but it is done, so I have to deal with it. I always worry about money, but that’s more because I am not bringing in the majority of it, H is…and I don’t work full-time.
Starting to think about doing some data-entry online work from home in my “spare” time. We will see how it goes. If it works out (minimum investment of $15 only!), I may try to get my friend Trish involved as this would be the perfect avenue to boost her computer experience and confidence and get her to make some $ from home on her own time, which would really help her out. We will see what happens.
I can’t really account for this blue funk, though. Life is good, other than financial worries getting me down, and dissatisfaction at work…but that’s typical. I’m looking forward to the holidays. So, why is there the funky blue albatross around my neck? Hmmm.

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Absegami's Becca Roesch capped off record-setting career with power packed senior seasonBy GIUSEPPE UNGARO
Becca Roesch is more than just a star softball player. She is even more than a third-team All-State selection. When it comes to Absegami softball, Roesch is the G.O.A.T.
The younger generation likes to throw the term around often, but the moniker, signifying the “Greatest of All Time,” is being used by longtime Braves coach Pat Esemplare, who has seen some great athletes wear the Absegami gold and brown.
If his opinion isn’t enough — and it should be — Roesch’s offensive numbers cement the recent graduate as the best player in school history, as she owns seven career records. The shortstop was also the unquestioned and unselfish leader of the Braves.
“I can’t tell you how much I’m going to miss her,” Esemplare said.
He added, “She was the captain. When she broke those records and we got her a ball, and our athletic secretary got the engravings on the ball with all her records, the very next morning she went right to her office to thank her for being a part of her career at Absegami. That is the type of person she is. The softball is great, but everything else is even better.”
The coaching staff wanted to do something special for Roesch for being the heart and soul of the program. Braves assistant coach Paul Steelman came up with the idea to retire Roesch’s No. 15 jersey for the next four years, meaning no player will wear it until the 2022 school year.
“I can’t even talk about that,” the 18-year-old Galloway resident said when asked about being considered the best player in school history. “That’s just crazy that anyone can even say that about me. I think about the legends of Absegami softball, and I think of Kelly Lupton (’12). Now I’m next to her? That blows my mind.”
Good first impression
Esemplare was aware of Roesch before she even entered the halls of Absegami, but didn’t get a chance to see her play the summer before her freshman year.
However, Roesch impressed the Braves coach a half a year before her first high school tryouts. Roesch, a confident yet humble freshman, approached Esemplare and started asking questions. She wanted to be ready for the spring even though the leaves hadn’t even started falling yet in fall.
She asked about drills, philosophy and expectations. She asked all the write questions, and more importantly, listened. The coach clearly was impressed with the freshman, but the feeling was reciprocated.
Roesch believes she turned in into the player she is because of the way Esemplare treated her that first season.
“He is absolutely amazing. Honestly, I couldn’t have had a better coach the last four years. I remember back to my freshman year, you wouldn’t expect someone to pretty much say, ‘hey I trust you.’ I was a second-hole and first-hole hitter my freshman year. He told me I didn’t have to bunt, just get on base,” Roesch said. “The amount of trust he placed in me as a freshman was outstanding. Luckily, I was able to deliver for the team. The past four years he has been one of the most supportive coaches I ever had. He is always coming to me, asking questions, asking what I think.”
She added, “I hear a lot of stories of varsity coaches not trusting their players. But the way he treated me, I wanted to go out there, every game and win it for him and the team, not just to do good for myself. It’s more like, ‘wow my coach is awesome and he deserves this more than we do.’ He works really hard to keep us all happy and keep us all together as a team while we are getting great.”
Roesch, like many young athletes, began her career as a soccer player. She didn’t expect to spend so much time on the pitch, but she played to spend time with her friends, and turned into a quality keeper.
“My foot skills are absolutely terrible, so for me to play soccer that was really the only position I could probably play,” Roesch said.
Absegami girls soccer coach Elizabeth Lee is glad she did stick with soccer. Roesch played a pivotal role, helping her team to a 10-win season in 2016.
“She is one of the hardest workers I ever coached. She’s a competitor. She loves to win and, even more so, hates to lose, which is really good for a competitor,” Lee aid. “We knew that soccer wasn’t her first love but you wouldn’t know it when she’s out on field. She was competing, making crazy saves most people can only dream of making. She would pull them out of her pocket. She would make saves with her little finger, and it would be enough to deflect it and keep us in the game. She had a lot of shots on her in her career. The last couple of seasons were much better and more competitive and a lot of it had to do with her and her effort.
“She is just a great athlete. I was the JV softball coach, so I got be around her a lot. She is just an incredible athlete and so easy to coach. She took things very hard, but it didn’t affect her in a negative way. It just made her work that much harder. She was more than a pleasure to coach. She is going to be tough to replace. In softball it’s not even a question. She is irreplaceable.”
When coaches talk about players being tough to replace it’s not just about the numbers. Roesch, by all accounts, is a leader, and not a reluctant one either. It was Roesch who brought the team together, leading the way in practice and also coming up with different team-bonding rituals.
The star player made her years at Absegami about the team and not the individual despite her gaudy numbers. She inspired, motivated and taught, all the while bashing Cape-Atlantic League pitching.
“All of us are all inspired by her, especially me. She made me want to work harder,” said rising sophomore pitcher Kaylin Flukey, who got to know Roesch well on car rides to travel softball. “To see all the things she achieved this year made me want to get better.”
She added, “She doesn’t rely on her natural skills; she is a mentally strong player, too. If she is dealing with stuff outside of softball, she lets that stuff go and focuses on the game every single day.”
Roesch credits getting her mental toughness from her family, especially her mother, Karen, who is on the Absegami Athletic Wall of Fame for her achievements as a field hockey goalie. The elder Roesch battled through breast cancer when Becca was in the eighth grade. Even at that young age she was able to recognize the strength her mother showed in the face of adversity.
“She is such a strong woman,” said Becca. “She showed her strength to power through that and that helped our family to get through that, too. She is one of those people that keeps going no matter what hits her.”
Becca also appreciates her father, Tom, and older brother, Drew, for their support throughout her career. And what a career it was, especially this past season.
Roesch smashed 10 home runs, a school record for homers in a season to give her the career home run record at 13. She also has the career record for hits (114) batting average (.407), runs (95), RBIs (81), doubles (26) and extra-base hits (49).
Her play throughout her career at Absegami got her noticed. She plans to continue her softball career at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pa. She fell in love with the campus immediately, as well as the approach of the coaching staff. Slippery Rock is getting an eager player with a willingness to work hard and do whatever it takes to ensure her team is victorious.
“The Rock” also is getting Absegami’s G.O.A.T.
Contact Giuseppe Ungaro: email@example.com; on Twitter @GDgisepu

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US Embassy Film Screening: The March
The March (1964, 32 min, G)
Staff of the Embassy of the United States in Canberra explore American issues and culture on film.
The March takes the viewer behind the planning and mounting of the Civil Rights March on Washington in August 1963. The documentary footage shows the idealistic passion of both black and white organisers and marchers, and the difficulties in planning such a large-scale event. The film culminates with scenes at the Lincoln Memorial and Martin Luther King Junior's 'I Have a Dream' speech.
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Gator, Catfish and Deep Fried Dill Pickles
A lot of clay got slung today at my workshop at Castroville Pottery here in the heart of Texas. After work Tim and Gloria my gracious hosts took me for dinner- where else would you eat gator, catfish and deep fried dill pickles? It's a 104F in the shade here so we took a ride around town in Tim's 1936 Chevy fire truck. This is "the" most beautiful historic town I have ever visited with these wonderful homes with stone walls 2 to 4 feet thick. People are cooling off floating down the lazy river.


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India is a land of diverse cultures and religions, where millions of people follow different faiths and practices. However, not all of these practices are genuine and authentic. There are some people who claim to be godmen or spiritual leaders, but in reality, they are frauds and con artists. They exploit the ignorance and superstition of their followers and amass wealth and power for themselves. They also influence the political and social affairs of the country and create conflicts and divisions among the people.
In this article, we will review and guide you on how to download the Global Baba movie 720p, a Bollywood film that exposes the hypocrisy and corruption of these fake godmen. We will also discuss some other films that have dealt with this topic and the reactions and controversies they have generated. We will also explore the reasons and implications of this phenomenon and how it affects the society and the nation. f05059e8f0

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It’s raining today in NYC and with the exception of a brief break on Wednesday; it’s been raining off and on all week. I’m usually more than happy to put my complaining hat on but the rain bothers me far less than it once did. A couple of incidents are responsible for this. First, in 1998 my husband and I were married on what may have been the rainiest day of the year (possibly the decade). It was the year of El Niño. We lost electricity while we were getting ready. In order for me to leave the inn where we were staying for the car, I had to be covered in a giant trash bag, body bag style, and be carried out the door. The funny thing is, the rain didn’t bother me and we have some fantastic wedding pictures, umbrellas and all. Then, in 2002 I was gearing up for the NYC marathon. Myles was a few months old and so training runs were carefully scheduled and practically carved in stone. When it came time for our 20 miler, the weather gods were not cooperative. I woke up and looked out the window at the pouring rain. I checked to see if the run was cancelled. It wasn’t and we did it; I’ll never forget it. I ran 20 soggy miles with my now dear friend Meg. We still talk about it.
Unlike many of you, I have grown to like the rain. I don’t love my frizzy hair or the lack of taxis but I don’t complain. This morning, after dropping my boys at school, I headed to Central Park. It was peaceful and quiet. I didn’t bring my iPod in the rain but had a great 8 mile run, retracing part of the route Meg and I ran 8 years ago. I arrived home soaked and a little chilled andstarted up the tea kettle and water for oatmeal. My oatmeal of choice is usually The Silver Palate “Thick and Rough Oatmeal.” I put some sliced, fresh ginger in the oatmeal water, added the oats and after about 8 minutes a couple crushed walnuts. When the oatmeal was done I looked in my pantry and spotted an unopened jar of lemon curd. I added a tiny spoonful of the lemon curd to the oats.
By this time the tea was boiling away. I realized I had a box of Tea forte’ tea I had purchased as a hostess gift yet absentmindedly forgot to take to the hostess (sorry Erica). Today, I decided to make the mostess of the teas and used one of the White Ginger Pear silk infusers. If you haven’t had this tea, you really have to. White tea is good for your immune system but the taste is the real draw. These are some of the most delicious, intensely flavored teas I’ve ever had.
They (whoever “they” are) say rain or your wedding day, or is it rain in general, is good luck. This strikes me as something crafted in order to make rain-haters or sad brides perk up. I say these oats and tea forte felt pretty lucky and I hope it rains again tomorrow.
Are you a rain-hater? Do you have any go to rainy day foods? What do you put in your oatmeal? And what’s your favorite tea.


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Darlene Foster first visited Reading Recommendations in Oct. 2014. She’s back now to tell us of the most recent addition to her Amanda series.
Amanda on the Danube: The Sounds of Music
by Darlene Foster
Genre: Middle Grade fiction and travel, geography, culture
Amanda is on an elegant riverboat with her bestie, Leah, cruising down the beautiful Danube, passing medieval castles, luscious green valleys and charming villages. She is entrusted with a valuable violin by a young, homeless musician during a stop in Nuremberg, Germany. Not long after, a mischievous young boy attempts to take the instrument from her.
Amanda and Leah see some amazing sights as they explore Melk Abbey, the musical city of Vienna and the historical city of Budapest. Along the way, they meet a mysterious monk, a Santa Claus look-alike, a kind violinist and the same nasty boy. While exploring the scary catacombs of St. Stephens Cathedral or wandering the cobblestone streets of Regensburg, can she keep the precious violin safe for the poor prodigy? Follow Amanda down the Danube as she enjoys the enchanting sounds of music everywhere she goes, but wonders who she can trust.
Amanda on the Danube is the 5th book in Darlene Foster’s series for Middle Grades.
You may be interested in reading a blog post Darlene wrote about promoting her book, Schools, Libraries and Bookshops – A Few of My Favourite Places.
Darlene was also a guest on Krysten Lindsay Hager‘s blog writing this post, How Writing This Book Kept Me Sane.
For more information and where to purchase all five books in the series, please visit Darlene’s blog.
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Thanks so much for featuring my latest book!!
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A new release by Darlene Foster. Learn more at Reading Recommendations.
Thanks for reblogging, Tricia!
Nice cover too, Darlene!
So pleased you like the cover. My publisher does a great job of the covers!
Sounds like a great series, Darlene! Here’s wishing you many sales! 🙂
Thank you so much Lisa!
I just finished Laurence O Bryan’s book The Nuremberg Puzzle. Your book sounds interesting.
I need to check that book out. Thanks for your comment.

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Poster Archives: 12/2011
Just added the new poster for the Russian film Elena.
Friday, December 23rd, 2011 11:58pm
Lobos de Arga
From Spain comes the new poster for Lobos de Arga.
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 12:37pm
Just added a number of posters for the Indian film Grandmaster.
Saturday, December 17th, 2011 11:35pm
4 Days in May
Thanks to kinopoisk for the Russian poster for 4 Days in May.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 6:37pm
Kurtuluş Son Durak, Sione's 2, Tucker & Dale vs Evil
From Turkey we have the final poster for Kurtuluş Son Durak. Next, thanks to NZVideos for the poster for Sione's 2: Unfinished Business. Finally, we have the Hungarian poster for Tucker & Dale vs Evil.
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 11:58pm
Thanks to kinopoisk and Upcoming-Movies for the new poster for Putin's Kiss.
Friday, December 9th, 2011 11:16pm
Fragmentos de Mindelo, No Liar No Cry, Night Mare
From Portugal comes the poster for Fragmentos de Mindelo. Also, thanks to kinopoisk for some recent posters for Chinese releases including No Liar, No Cry and Night Mare.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 12:16am
Promoción fantasma, When a City Falls
From Spain comes the poster for Promoción fantasma. Also, thanks to NZVideos for the poster for the documentary When a City Falls.
Thursday, December 1st, 2011 12:07pm
Kurtuluş Son Durak
From Turkey we have two new teaser posters for Kurtuluş Son Durak.
Friday, November 25th, 2011 7:54pm


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Postdoctoral Research Associate – Natesan Lab
An NIH-funded postdoctoral research associate position is available immediately in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Washington State University, Health Sciences Campus in Spokane, WA, with Dr. Senthil Natesan.
The computational research will investigate the molecular recognition processes at the membrane interface: membrane-drug interactions and membrane-protein-drug interactions of GPCRs, ion channels, and integrins. The successful candidate will have extensive working experience in atomistic, coarse-grained MD simulations and enhanced sampling techniques (metadynamics), and in applying ligand-based and structure-based modeling techniques (molecular docking, pharmacophore-based virtual screening, and structure-activity relationships) demonstrated in publications.
The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work in close collaboration with experimental structural biologists, pharmacologists, immunologists, drug metabolism and transport experts, and cancer biologists. More information on our current research interests can be found here: https://labs.wsu.edu/modeling-and-simulation-lab/
- A recent Ph.D. in computational chemistry/cheminformatics, computer-aided drug design, theoretical biophysics or biochemistry, or a closely related field.
- Strong theoretical background in biophysics, statistical mechanics, medicinal chemistry, computation, and biomolecular modeling (protein-ligand, and membrane-drug interactions).
- Extensive working experience with at least one of the major biomolecular modeling packages (MOE, Schrodinger, Discovery Studio), expertise in using one or more of the MD simulation packages (NAMD, GROMACS, AMBER, and CHARMM).
- Working experience in Linux OS high-performance computing environment, strong programming skills (C, C++, and/or Python); Experience in R and/or MATLAB is a plus.
- Peer-reviewed research publications in protein-ligand modeling and simulations.
- Strong motivation with a passion for science and the ability and desire to work both independently and in a team environment. Good oral and written communication skills are essential.
- Experience in modeling GPCRs, GABAAR, and integrin αvβ3 simulations is a plus.
For additional information and to apply, please follow this link
If you are interested in joining our lab as a graduate student (PhD), please email Dr. Natesan (senthil.natesan [at] wsu.edu) with your resume and research statement.

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Fabricated stories being created against Modi, Shah: Naqvi
Kolkata: Those not aware of the struggles of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah have tried to create "fabricated" stories that the cadre-based party has become an individual-centric organisation, Union minister Muktar Abbas Naqvi said.
Denying claims that a sense of fear prevails in the BJP, he said stories of no other senior leader apart from Modi and Shah are allowed to speak their mind are "fabricated".
Modi has been the biggest victim of "political intolerance" and a "few incidents by fringe elements" cannot be branded as intolerance against minorities, the senior BJP leader and Union minister for minority affairs told PTI in an interview.
"Narendra Modi and Shah are both ground-level workers. They started their political journey as village and local level (mandal) workers. Those who don't know Amit Shah and Modiji (and their struggles) make such comments. They create such false and fabricated stories," Naqvi said when asked whether a cadre-based party like the BJP has turned into a party of Modi and Shah.
When asked if a sense of fear prevails in the BJP as no other leader apart from Modi and Shah are allowed to speak their mind, Naqvi said these are "fabricated stories" created by those who don't know the prime minister and the party chief.
Exuding confidence that the BJP will win more seats than 2014, Naqvi said Modi due to his good governance in the last five years has become "a very credible brand of development, good governance and stability."
"The last (general) election took place in the name of Narendra Modi, this time election is taking place on the basis of the work done by Narendra Modi. For the sake of betterment of the country, we need Narendra Modi's government," he said.
Refuting claims that minorities are living under fear, threat and intimidation, the Union minister said that "a wrong perception was deliberately created".
"We followed the agenda of development for all without discrimination. In the last five years, not a single major communal riot has taken place in the country. In the last five years, no major terrorist attack took place in our country, except for a few incidents in Kashmir where security forces have taken stern action," Naqvi said.
He claimed that earlier, during Congress's rule, every 15 days there used to be a terrorist attack in India and apart from innocents being killed in these attacks, a large number of Muslim youths used to get arrested and branded as terrorists in the aftermath of these incidents.
"Such incidents have never taken place in the last five years (of the Modi government)," the BJP leader said.
On incidents of lynching, Naqvi said though there has been development without discrimination, "some fringe and criminal elements have tried to disrupt the agenda of development."
"Under Modiji's rule we have not allowed such destructive agendas to get prominence, and those involved in such criminal activity, we had taken action against them," he said.
Commenting on allegations that the BJP is creating an atmosphere of intolerance, Naqvi said that "agreement and disagreements" are part of the democratic process, but, added that, Modi has been the biggest victim of political intolerance.
"Modi is the biggest sufferer of political intolerance. In the last five years, the returning of awards campaign and many such campaigns are only examples of political intolerance.
"Even things which were not even said by Modi or done by the BJP are termed as their statements. Neither he nor the BJP has ever said that if someone doesn't agree with our views then he or she is anti-national," he said.
No government has ever faced so much of negativity that Modi and the present government had to face, Naqvi said, adding that despite negative campaigns, the Modi government has performed, reformed and transformed the nation.
"In every democratic system agreement and disagreements are both sides of the same coin. This perception of intolerance against us is completely wrong," he said.
Last month veteran BJP leader L K Advani in a blog had said his party has never regarded those who disagreed with it politically as "anti-national" or "enemies" but only as adversaries.
His comments came at a time when the BJP under Prime Minister Modi and Shah have made the issue of national security a key plank for the general elections and have often accused its political rivals of speaking the language of India's enemies like Pakistan.
Listing out achievements of the BJP government, Naqvi said the present dispensation has followed the policy of "development for all" and has been able to control inflation, price rise, corruption.
It has brought back the economy on track, he said. Commenting on the violence during the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, he said the state administration is not supporting the Election Commission in conducting free and fair polls.
"Goons supported by the TMC are influencing elections in Bengal. Despite daylight killings of opposition workers, not a single culprit is being arrested. The TMC is desperate as it has sensed defeat," he said. In a first in the country, campaigning for nine Lok Sabha seats in Bengal going to polls in the last phase came to an end at 10 pm Thursday, 20 hours before the scheduled time, in the wake of violence between BJP and TMC workers in Kolkata during Shah's roadshow on May 14.
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by Mark Hartley
I like the map below. Family members would say, “That's like telling me you like to watch football games on TV.” They know I'm a sucker for studying maps. I will spread a map out on a table and study it very intently for ... well, I won't say hours, but definitely for many minutes.
The map below was originally created for the September 2006 issue, and it depicted the first 40 recipients of the annual Sunstar/RDH Award of Distinction. Now, of course, there are 56 recipients on the map (actually 55; Beth McKinney of Washington, D.C., had to miss the cover photo shoot in 2005 due to illness).
Another deadline for the award is coming up — March 31st (see ad on page 75 for information on submitting an application). I have to go now. I want to study this map some more. See how quite a few states have never had a recipients. Are there any good hygienists there?

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Research points to five years of growth ahead
CONVENIENCE stores are to share in continued food-to-go growth which will give the sector a £3.6bn share of the £23.5bn market in 2022, according to research from education and training group IGD.
The research splits the market into five sectors: food-to-go specialists (e.g Greggs), quick-serve restaurants, coffee shops, supermarkets and a ‘convenience, forecourts and other retailers’ category.
It gives that final category a value of £2.7bn in 2017 and predicts growth of £0.9bn over the next five years.
18 to 25-year-olds are twice as likely to buy food to go in convenience stores compared to older counterparts.
Senior insight manager Gavin Rothwell said: “Across all our five market segments we’re seeing some highly innovative product and menu development. Much of this inspired by shopper trends towards health and wellness and global flavours and tastes.
“Convenience and forecourt retailers are now becoming increasingly active in this area.
“Younger shoppers are particularly likely to drive growth in these stores, with 18 to 25-year-olds twice as likely to buy food to go in convenience stores compared to their older counterparts.”
Rothwell added that many operators are tailoring ranges to different times of day.
Food service supplier Brakes agrees that different snacks perform better at different times of the day and has identified mid-morning and afternoon as the main snacking sales opportunities.
Junior category manager Charlotte Howkins said: “Of the main meal occasion – breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacking – snacking has 20.5% share of meals and this is forecast to grow 7.7% by 2018.”
Quoting research that predicts food to go to grow by 6% over the next five years, Country Choice said ‘grab and go’ is a proven footfall driver.
Marketing executive Hannah Morter said: “We’re seeing good growth in pastries.
“The main trend within savoury is the growing demand for spicier varieties.”
Costcutter has also identified a demand for spicier products and has added a Mexican Chicken variety to its sandwich range.
Brand manager for independent at Costcutter, Jenny Leetch, said: “As a key signifier for the group, food to go continues to grow, particularly around sandwich solutions.
“The UK’s sandwich market is now worth £7.85bn, with over 3.5bn sandwiches bought a year.”

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Court allows Bekir to postpone RM30m mutaah to ex-wife (updated)
The Kuala Lumpur Syariah High Court has granted a stay application to Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, who was ordered to pay his former wife Shahnaz A Majid RM30 million as mutaah, pending the decision of the Syariah Court of Appeal.
Judge Muhamad Abdul Karim Wahab said the court found it reasonable to grant the stay application, based on the applicant’s concerns that that the sum is too high and therefore he must first apply for loans to pay the amount.
“The applicant is also worried that the defendant will spend the amount before the result of the appeal, which would then put him at the losing end.
“That reason is reasonable and should be considered as it is hard to secure the money back if it is already spent,” Justice Abdul Karim said.
“After reviewing the application, supporting affidavits and written arguments, the court therefore grants the stay application pending the appeal decision by the Syariah Court of Appeal,” he said.
Meanwhile, the judge reprimanded Shahnaz for stating that she planned to donate one-third of her mutaah to orphanages and single mothers’ organisations, which was widely reported in the media.
“I want to reprimand quarters who do not think long about making certain statements. For example, the respondent who said that the mutaah will be donated. Such statements seem to insult my decision, as though the court had no other choice in making a decision.
“This will open space to perceptions by the public and will bring elements of trial by the media. This should not have occurred and this could turn the case prejudicial and will lead to sub judice,” he said.
Although he admitted the media’s role in enlightening the society, Abdul Karim said Shahnaz’s lawyers should have been more “wise and realistic” in giving their advise to their client to ensure that her statements were not prejudicial to the judiciary.
He also admonished Shahnaz’s lawyers who had referred to other civil cases in the case.
“As experienced lawyers, you should be wise and take into account the court’s sensitivities.
“It’s not that we want to prevent you from referring to civil cases, but because this case is heard at the syariah court, syariah cases should have been prioritised,” he said.
Bekir’s side was also not spared from getting an earful from the judge.
Justice Abdul Karim refuted claims that the mutaah to be paid was as though 300 times more than the usual amount decided upon.
“I want to stress here, the court is not in a type of cocoon, we have to get out from the cocoon.
“If RM1 million is high (and the decision) was RM30 million, it is only 30 times more and not 300 times more. The court does not like for such cases to be considered as something that ‘a judge must follow’,” he stressed.
Shahnaz and Bekir were married in 1992 and the 53-year-olds were officially divorced on May 11, 2011.
Judge Abdul Karim had, on March 10, decided there was a valid claim made by Shahnaz and ordered her former husband to pay her RM30 million as mutaah.


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Why Glenn Youngkin won: “How school closures made me question my progressive politics; I’ve never felt more alienated from the liberal Democratic circles I usually call home.” — at Politico.
What Jim Crow?: “Dating back to 1996, black voter turnout has increased in five out of six presidential elections,” Senator Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, writes in The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Ironically, the biggest gaps in turnout between black and white voters are in primarily Democratic-controlled states with supposedly liberal election laws, like Massachusetts, Oregon and Colorado.”
The Left is never satisified: “I think I’ve hit on Pres. Joe Biden’s fundamental problem: he was never a mayor. When you’ve been a mayor of a liberal city you learn one thing right out of the gate: the left is never, ever satisfied. The left lives to be disgruntled. They cannot govern because being outside shouting at the powers that be is in their DNA. They would much rather “speak truth to power” than to have it themselves.” — Dave Cieslewicz
The Gallup poll records “a dramatic shift over the course of 2021, from a 9-percentage-point Democratic advantage in the first quarter to a rare 5-point Republican edge in the fourth quarter.” It’s the largest swing since Gallup started asking the question in 1991.
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The incredible shrinking
New poll numbers from Gallup puts Biden’s approval at just 40% with 56% disapproving — the lowest yet.
“President Biden’s Georgia speech is a break point. He thought he was merely appealing to his base. He might have united the rest of the country against him. … The over-the-top language of the speech made him seem more emotional, less competent. … They have no idea how they sound to the non-left, so they have no idea when they are damaging themselves.
“But this week in Georgia Mr. Biden damaged himself. And strengthened, and may even have taken a step in unifying, the non-Democrats who are among their countrymen, and who are in fact the majority of them.” — Peggy Noonan.
“I think millions of Americans have become very demoralized — they’re asking, what do the Democrats stand for? Clearly, the current strategy is failing and we need a major course correction.” — Sen. Bernie Sanders.
“It seems like the Democrats can’t get out of their own way.” — U.S. Rep Tim Ryan, D-Ohio.
Others say that as President, Mr. Biden has fallen out of step with many voters by focusing on issues like climate change and voting rights. — New York Times.
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Category Archives: George Floyd riots
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Collects Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy #13-16. The Guardians of the Galaxy star in cosmic adventures torn from their hit animated series and brought to new life on the comic-book page! The Guardians of the Galaxy join an Asgardian war! Now that they possess the powerful Cosmic Seed, the Guardians are on the hunt […]
THE SUFFERING As Shizu begins to venture outside more and more, her days are filled with new experiences. When she shows an interest in going to school, Tetsu and the spirits dwelling within Shizu think up a foolproof plan to get her there. But when the two teens arrive on campus, they bump into Tetsu’s […]
In The Dark is a monstrous collection of all-new original terror tales from the darkest and most brilliant minds in comics and prose. Featuring an introduction by American Vampire, The Wake, and Severed writer Scott Snyder, and a frightful feature on the history of horror comics, through their rotten rise and dreadful decline by comic […]
The galaxy is bigger than ever in this giant-sized treasury edition – and this bunch is just the team to guard it! In the wake of two Annihilation events that rocked the Marvel Universe, Peter Quill, the Star-Lord, unites a ragtag group of misfits and loners to stand as its protectors. Among them, the deadly […]
A HEART’S DESIRE… As Amu and Ikuto get to the heart of the Easter Corporation, the Embryo’s true owner is found, and the egg from Ikuto’s violin resurfaces!? Later, as graduation approaches, relationships complicate.? Who will prove the victor in this game of hearts?
Missing scientists! Plucky girl reporters! Betty and Cliff on the rocks! The mysterious Church of Cosmicism! And who is the sinister Otto Rune? Pulp thrills the way you like them as the Rocketeer comes up against a brand-new adversary in… “The Hollywood Horror!”
Read along with Marvel! Discover how an ordinary man named Scott Lang becomes the smallest hero with the biggest heart in this level 2 reader featuring word for word narration.


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There were a set of drums in the 90’s. I enjoyed my lessons, as my teacher was young and cool.
I’m now a DJ but I’ve been interested in writing and performing music for many years. I also now manage The Independence Party. My aim is, via fundraising and DJing, to invite people to engage with the concept of ‘interdependence’.
There were a set of drums in the 90’s. I enjoyed my lessons, as my teacher was young and cool. The famous Dave Tolan.
As coincidence has it, I have recently been in touch again with Dave, via email. Apparently in the last 25 years he has established a music studio in Manchester, drummed for Jonny Marr and started to lecture at Salford University! When I new him he lived in Sale with a basement studio, which is where I ‘worked’ on work experience at 16.
I used to help him at his gigs. I remember one at Jabez Clegg in Hulme and at Rockworld on Oxford Road. I also remember having a slight brush with my famous heroes – The Charlatans shared our rehearsal space once and Dave’s girlfriend was Denise Johnson of Primal Scream.
My kit was a quite impressive vintage Sonor Lite kit (7 piece cherry red beauty) although the garage soon became a post pub party room, rather than a serious studio space. I did get a band together and sometimes practice in there and although we were collectively charismatic and talented, things didn’t work out for us. Big up Nick Wilson, John Thornton, Gary and Brian McClure.
In ‘97 I started University in Bristol and although the kit came with me (and filled my attic bedroom) it was the beginning of the end for my career as a drummer.
In ‘98 after dismally failing the first year after putting in minimal hours (again sorry mum and dad) I landed back in Manchester plotting my next move. Cue Performance Technology at City College Manchester. This time I was keen and graduated having worked in studios and around live sound desks.


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Floods threaten rural Haiti after Emily breaks apart
L'ESTERE, Haiti -- Rivers rose to dangerous levels in Haiti's rural center Thursday even as Tropical Storm Emily broke apart and became a wet low pressure system after dumping rains over Haiti and the southwestern corner of the Dominican Republic.
At least 50 homes were in danger of being flooded in the rice-farming village of L'Estere in Haiti's Artibonite Valley, where a government worker tried to persuade people to leave their small cinderblock and wooden homes. Nearby, a dozen homes were already inundated with chocolate-brown water.
The government worker asking people to leave, Max Obed Desir, said most refused because they wanted to protect their belongings in the remote region, where heavy rain already had been falling for weeks and the arrival of Emily worsened the situation.
"The hardest part of my job is telling people and telling people and telling people they have to leave, and they don't leave," Desir said as he took photos of the endangered houses and tallied the numbers in a log book.
Civil protection authorities could not estimate the danger posed by flooding in the countryside Thursday night, but Desir said other villages faced the same threat. The Artibonite is particularly prone to flooding because the surrounding mountains have been almost completely deforested by people clearing trees for agriculture and to make charcoal.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said all hurricane watches and warnings had been canceled but heavy rains were continuing to fall over the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Emily dropped more than 5 inches around the southwestern Dominican city of Barahona, prompting the government to order the evacuation of more than 5,000 people.
With about 600,000 Haitians still living in flimsy tents and shanties because of the January 2010 earthquake, strong winds whipped through palm trees in Haiti's capital while heavier rains fell farther north, damaging homes and a cholera treatment center, said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, the country's civil defense director.
No deaths had been reported.
In the capital, which has most of those left homeless by the earthquake, government officials evacuated a few families from a camp for quake victims to a school, said Jean-Joseph Edgard, an administrator in Haiti's Civil Protection Department. There were also voluntary evacuations in the Delmas section of Port-au-Prince.
More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes in the far western town of Jeremie but were expected to return to their homes Thursday night, Jean-Baptiste said.
About a hundred people were staying in temporary shelters in the southern beach town of Jacmel and 25 inmates from a jail in the coastal town of Mirogoane were taken to a nearby police station, said Emmanuelle Schneider, a spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs.
Schneider said the U.N. mission also sent heavy equipment to the Central Plateau to help repair a road cut by flooding. A team of sanitation specialists also traveled to the area to help stem the flow of the flood cholera treatment center.
In L'Estere, Associated Press journalists accompanied Desir as he knocked on doors to record the damage and warn people to leave their homes.
Most refused, but Elene Dorceli joined several dozen people who opted to relocate, moving to a cluster of camping tents a few blocks away.
The 50-year-old mother of five had returned to her home made out of sticks and dirt Wednesday night after a family funeral took her away for five days. Despite the government's calls and text messages alerting Haitians to the threat of Emily, Dorceli hadn't heard of the approaching storm or threat of flooding until she came back.
"I was in shock," Dorceli said as she stood in a soup of mud at the entrance to her home, a crude dwelling the size of a one-car garage. The river outside her door was rushing by and she didn't want to take any chances.
She tugged at Desir's white polo shirt. She wanted to go.
"You can't put pressure on the locals," Desir said. "You just have to talk to them. Either they listen or they don't."
Twenty minutes later, heavy rain began to fall.

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Wednesday, 10 August 2016
New Video - 'Wasteland' - Cerian ft. Robert Taira Wilson
London based singer-songwriter, Cerian, and I have collaborated on each others upcoming CDs. We filmed four songs together earlier in the year with the lads from 'Live in The Attic youtube sessions'. This is the first of the four to be published. The next video will be released on Thursday, this week. Until then I hope you enjoy 'Wasteland'.
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A year ago, Wanderlust released Cortina and embarked on their sonic journey. "We have learned to travel with just the mind, through harmonized sounds and music. This is why we have decided to share this music with you, to welcome you and encourage you to never stop traveling."
To celebrate this occasion, Wanderlust has released a special bundle pack that includes all the releases they have dropped alongside their first year of activity.
Klaus has also signed all the remaining Cortina records!
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Aditya Roy Kapur gained a lot of fame after the success of the musical romantic drama Aashiqui 2 (2013) while the first appeared in London Dreams (2009), then played supporting roles in dramatic films like Action Replay (2010) and Guuraarish (2017) but underrated due to big stars in the films.
The lead role in Mohit Suri directed musical romantic drama Aashiqui 2 (2013) and supporting role in Ayan Mukerji’s romantic drama Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) made him a well-known face of the young generation, now he is the leading man of several upcoming big projects.
16 November 1985 born actor Aditya Roy Kapur has worked in 10-12 movies. Flop Ok Jaanu was an official remake of Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film OK Kanmani (2015) proved that he is a fine actor but unfortunately picks weird projects, after which Kalank (2019) and Malang (2020) received a mixed response.
Aditya Roy Kapur Upcoming Movies 2023 & 2024
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|Metro In Dino||50 Cr.+||29 March 2024||Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, Neena Gupta||Anurag Basu||T Series, Anurag Basu Productions|
|Action Replay Sequel||N/A||N/A||Aditya Roy Kapur||Vipul Shah||Vipul Shah|
|Malang 2||N/A||N/A||Aditya Roy Kapur||Mohit Suri||Bhushan Kumar|
Aditya Roy Kapur and Anil Kapoor seen together for Hollywood mini-series The Night Manager Hindi remake, 2nd part streaming from June 30, 2023 on Disney+ Hotstar, received rave reviews.
1- Metro In Dino
An ensemble star cast including veteran actors Neena Gupta, and Pankaj Tripathi to young leads Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Ali Fazal, and others, in Barfi fame director Anurag Basu’s film called Metro In Dino.
2- Action Replayy 2
It’s a longtime rumor that Aditya Roy Kapur will appear in Action Repaly (2010) sequel, nothing is yet been announced related to this film.
3- Malang 2
This is also not confirmed but some reports suggest that Malang 2 is under process, the sequel to Mohit Suri’s romance thriller Malang (2020).
Here is a complete list of Aditya Roy Kapur’s Upcoming Movies for 2023 & 2024. If you are looking for your favorite actor’s movie list, click the links below. You may ask anything related to the article, please feel free to comment below.

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Justice Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs obliterates a half century of precedent overruling Roe and also introduced us to a new awesome timeline where the Supreme Court launches its own little Spanish Inquisition just because someone prevented the Court from sitting on its most egregious assaults on the Constitution until it’s ready to walk out the door for summer break.
But the draft opinion does more than eliminate Roe, it declares that any liberty interest that couldn’t be enjoyed by white, heterosexual men in the 18th century is inherently suspect. Alito likes to use his opinions to set the table. He used a random case as a springboard to tell lawyers to bring him a case gutting unions and then he did — flushing four decades of precedent along the way. The draft flagging marriage equality and contraceptives — couched in approving language that reads a lot more like, “awful nice same-sex marriage you got here, shame if something happened to it” — provides Alito’s wish list of the next decade. I don’t think Alito is the leaker, but if the final opinion comes out and those explicit references are removed, it wouldn’t take much to convince me he just wanted to make sure his blueprint got out there first.
But this plan of attack — even if the draft opinion undergoes some moderation — also telegraphs the battles attorneys will need to wage for their clients going forward. A joint statement signed by over 100 law school organizations focuses on this and offers a rallying call for the profession.
As we prepare to enter the legal community, it is our collective responsibility to confront and challenge the injustices of the system we are inheriting. As future lawyers, it is our obligation to fight for justice while protecting and restoring the credibility of our legal institutions. Whether
we do so through direct advocacy, litigation, public interest work or pro bono, we must not rest until our bodies and fundamental rights remain solely ours.
We call on law students, legal scholars, legal organizations, and lawyers across the country to leverage the tools we have been given to advocate for a more just society. We call on the Supreme Court to respect precedent and protect our rights.
No Federalist Society signatories? That’s so weird since we’re always told they’re so non-partisan!
Check out the full letter here.
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.


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Purpose: The purpose of this article is to review complications of COVID19 specific to the cardiovascular system.
Method: Research was done by using the search terms COVID19, SARS-CoV-2, and cardiovascular complications on PubMed.
Results: Outcomes are worse for COVID19 patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease. The cardiovascular sequelae of COVID19 are significant and should be considered in this patient population in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Conclusion: There are multiple acute and life-threatening cardiovascular complications of COVID19, particularly for those with pre-existing cardiovascular disease. There may be long-term sequelae of the viral infection as well. Provider awareness of these complications is paramount to prevention and rapid treatment of frequently encountered cardiovascular involvement among patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. There are additional considerations and implications on cardiovascular outcomes not directly related to the virus. Continued research and follow-up are essential to the improvement of diagnostic and management modalities, as well as developing a better understanding of short- and long-term outcomes.
Truitte M. Cardiovascular Complications in COVID19 Patients. Lynchburg Journal of Medical Science. 2021; 3(3).
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Top Rated Hostels in Newquay, England
9 out of 9 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend Base Surf Lodge
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Really friendly, good facilities - communal areas/bathrooms ect, amazing location.
great for what it is highly recommend for hen and stag do's fantastic location and great views
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37 out of 40 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend MOR Lodge
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Spacious common area with TV, bar, free WiFi, pool table and table soccer. Great sea view! Friendly staff. Big private room with bathroom for a fair price.
I liked the friendly staff, the games room was very good, also the location, you can see the whole city from the front of the lodge.
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I love everything about Kandi Lodge, very close to town and beach, friendly and helpfull landlord, really nice atmosphere and great room with bathroom for couple.
It was very clean and smelt very nice. It was easy to find and we booked 2 hours before on a spur of the moment change in plans. the staff were friendly staff with safe storage of our surf boards. It had everything that we needed for our stay.
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the proximity to the beach, town and pretty much anywhere you need to get to by foot in Newquay town. It has brilliant services and facilities. the rooms are exactly what we needed: comfy bed*private bathroom*plenty of space. The staff are warm, friendly and welcoming. Just such a brilliant little hotel :)
realy central position very clean very professional staff very explanatory and excerlent value for money couldnt beleave what we got for 20gbp per night loads of ammemeties on offer at good value for money 10 out of 10 thanks will use again
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91 out of 101 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend St. Christopher`s Inn - Newquay
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Room was nice and clean with comfy beds. The hostel is in an awesome location - woke up to a lovely view of the beach! There was also a pretty great breakfast selection for a hostel.
Amazing location and great vibe for a party. Probably not the best for a quiet weekend away but was perfect for a boozy one with friends.
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Very friendly and a great location with great views of the golf course will be back again soon many thanks Sue x
The 5 man dorm was excellent. We stayed as a group of five so the room was perfect and had stunning views of the sun set at night and fistral beach during the day... and it was also right next to the golf course so we could watch that on hungover mornings.
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3 out of 4 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend The Escape Surf School
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This is a great hostel; really clean and modern, with friendly staff in a brilliant location.
It was lively, fun and friendly. It was clean, it had everything we needed. The Escape Surf instructors were splendid.
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123 out of 164 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend Newquay International Backpackers
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Boardriders is located right on the beach about 10 minutes east of El Yunque National Rainforest, just steps from the surf break in La Pared, Luquillo. Boardriders serves up an awesome happy hour, with daily food and drink specials, and of course good vibes! Live entertainment on the weekends features sounds of Roots, Reggae, Jazz, Rumba and more! 3-5 minute walk
W Sushi Bar
At W Sushi Bar of Puerto Rico, we enliven passion by offering a unique seasonal menu in an engaging atmosphere. Inspired by Asian and Latin-American fusion, W Sushi Bar combines stimulating flavors and ingredients to create an unforgettable dining experience. Around 5-7 minute drive
Luquillo Kiosks are packed full of shops and restaurants giving you the true flavor of Luquillo culture and cuisine. This is definitely a must-visit when staying with us at the Sunrise Inn. You will not regret this local shopping and dining experience! (6 miles from the hotel)
Degree 18, located right at the bottom of El Yunque, is a delicious and nutritious local smoothie bar! We recommend the “Funky Monkey” after a good, long hike or whenever you’re n the mood for a cool refreshing treat!
C-Note Jazz Club
Overlooking the ocean, C-NOTE is an intimate jazz club that offers world-class live music. Boasting three stories, the colorful club has become an iconic piece of Luquillo. Each floor at C-NOTE is dedicated to specific purpose and provides a little something for everyone.

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The 2022 Jaguar F-Pace is an SUV that manages to succeed in offering both traits and it boasts some lovely sheet metal to match. Some SUVs are utilitarian, while others are enjoyable to drive. In a sea of compact SUVs from Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz, the F-Pace sticks out as being inspired by the exquisite F-Type sports car.
Starting with the 246 horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder P250 and ending with the supple and potent 395 horsepower turbo-and-supercharged inline-six P400 model, three different powertrains are available. The interior of the F-Pace boasts all the accouterments of a contemporary luxury vehicle, including high-quality materials, innovative entertainment technology, and a slew of driver-assistance technologies.
What Has Changed For 2022?
The F-Pace underwent a more extensive update for the 2021 model year, but for 2022 it is substantially unchanged and offers the same engines, features, and styling as the previous model.
2022 Jaguar F-Pace: Engine And Performance
All-wheel drive and eight-speed automatic transmission are standard on every 2022 F-Pace. A conventional 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine with 246 horsepower is available. A 3.0-liter inline-six engine that is both turbocharged and supercharged and produces 335 or 395 horsepower is also an option for the F-Pace.
In comparison to the turbo-fours in the BMW X3 or Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class, the conventional four-cylinder is less refined. Good reactions and brisk acceleration were noticeable during our initial test drive of the inline-six, but the transmission was reluctant to downshift for passing power in all bars of the Sport driving mode. A 5.5-second zero-to-60-mph time was reported when we tested the 395-hp F-Pace P400, which was slightly slower than the type we tested before but still felt fairly potent.
For a sportier feel, Jaguar deliberately tunes the F-suspension Pace on the firm side. Although the largest possible wheel sizes (Jaguar provides up to 22-inch-diameter wheels) can cause the suspension to bounce more when traveling over bumps, the ride is never unpleasant. Every F-Pace model's steering system is fast and provides the driver with assurance-inspiring feedback from the front tires on their hands. When driven swiftly, the F-Paces' snappy reactions are quite outstanding and add to the thrill of operating this Jaguar SUV.
2022 Jaguar F-Pace: Interior And Comfort
The inside of the F-Pace adheres to Jaguar's minimalist interior design philosophy throughout the lineup and has minimal detailing, easy-to-reach secondary controls, and a large amount of glass for better vision. Both the front and back seats are elevated, and the driver enjoys a comfortable seat that is directly in front of the steering wheel and pedals.
The F-front Pace's seats have some of the most capacity in this class for legroom and headroom, but the back seats are only average. Both front-seat occupants can comfortably access the central touchscreen display and the large climate control controls.
The F-cargo-hauling Pace's capacities are significantly more than its beautiful appearance would suggest, aside from the relative lack of cubby space for front-seat passengers. The 40/20/40 split-folding rear seats are lowered to a virtually flat position using release levers on each rear seatback and in the trunk. There was enough room for up to 22 carry-on bags.
2022 Jaguar F-Pace: Connectivity
Pivi is the name of the newest touchscreen-based infotainment system from Jaguar. It condenses essential features into straightforward, well-organized menus and has a sleek appearance. Although we haven't yet tried the new Pivi or PiviPro system in the F-Pace, we did get a chance to test it out in the brand-new Land Rover Defender and found it to be buggy and prone to breakdowns.
Fortunately, Pivi can be upgraded over the air, unlike Jaguar's previous infotainment system, making it simple to update the F-Pace while developers sort out the kinks. Every F-Pace has a standard 11.4-inch curved glass touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility as well as a 14-speaker Meridian audio system; other features like built-in navigation and a mobile hotspot are also available.
2022 Jaguar F-Pace: Pricing
The base model of the F-Pace costs $52,400, and the F-Pace S starts at $56,000. The base price of the R-Dynamic S is $64,800, and the top-trim SVR starts at $89,500.
Which One To Purchase?
The turbocharged four-cylinder P250 S, in our opinion, provides the best value and performance ratio. Unique 19-inch wheels, a power-operated rear liftgate, attractive leather upholstery stitched in a diamond pattern, and the more desirable PiviPro infotainment system with navigation, a Wi-Fi hotspot, and traffic-sign recognition are all included when going from the base P250 to the P250 S.


Innovation – it’s what makes life so interesting. We’re not talking about a new Apple product here, but some of the funniest and surprising products that can make a person wonder: How did the inventor even think about coming up with this idea?
For many of these products, there has to be a good back story to be told. Yet for now, here is a list of products that look like something out of a Mad magazine or an article from The Onion, rather than real life inventions.
The Sweet Smell of Success
Shreddies look like any other pair of underwear and comes in a variety of colors. Yet, the company touts their “Shreddies flatulence filtering underwear features a ‘Zorflex’ activated carbon back panel that absorbs all flatulence odors.” They even have an incontinent line for the entire family.
Poo-pourri has the most hilarious commercial. A prime and proper woman (dressed impeccably) while sitting on a throne, talks about how one spritz of Poo-pourri can stop odors from occurring in any bathroom. The video ad can make even the grumpiest person giggle. The company touts their product has a better rating than the iPhone 5, with over 4 million bottles sold.
A Positive Spin on a Prank
Every day a child waits for treatment that may be denied because a pharmaceutical or insurance company may feel their life is not worth saving. Image: My baby girl hooked up to machine, courtesy of FlickrCC,48395185@ N03/12444307375.
Josh Harding is a 7-year-old boy who is in critical condition and his life teeters in the balance because of a pharmaceutical company’s refusal to give him the drug he needs. Another patient needed a very expensive antibiotic because she acquired necrotizing fasciitis in the hospital after a C-section and when doctors wanted to give her a life-saving medication, they had to ask for insurance approval and were denied.
While reading one of my favorite blogs: Renae Rude – The Paranormalist, I ran across a heartwarming story about the simple, yet often overlooked wonder of Christmas and the Elf on the Shelf by Ray Yanek.
My story is not as sweet, but I wish it was. My 8-year-old daughter Megan has enjoyed the Elf on the Shelf since 2012 and waited impatiently for when it would return this Christmas.
The elf arrived the week after Thanksgiving and although Megan had read the story and rule book the previous year, she reread it again – taking in every word much more seriously.
She knew that touching the elf would make her lose her magic and was so focused on trying to see when and where the elf went to, she wouldn’t go to sleep. She told me it creeped her out that a toy could come alive while she was sleeping. Continue reading
There are very few things that stop me in my tracks. A serious illness that prevents me from thinking or typing coherently, or…death of a loved one.
It is the later mentioned circumstance that has me at a stand still. These are the first words I’ve been able to type. My 26-year-old daughter died unexpectedly and has turned my world upside down.
The world is a little darker with the beautiful light that was dimmed. My daughter – Tiffany Scheel.
I want to apologize to my followers for the lack of offerings – especially during these holidays that I am usually all about. I also want to apologize to the people I follow and engage with. I miss our collaboration of creativity.
So for those who enjoyed or looked forward to my posts, please have patience. Somewhere within my broken heart is the writer who wants to continue to share and communicate.
I’m hoping that with each day, I will feel more capable of returning to our exchange and commentary. But for now, this is all I can offer.
Democrats and Republicans need to be accountable for their fighting and inability to do their jobs. Image courtesy of Sheltonmedia.blogspot.com
This is not going to be another finger-pointing post about the Democrats or Republicans and which one is at fault. Nor will this be a criticism of the President. Let’s talk about the reality of employees who don’t get the job done.
When most of us go to work, we’re expected to do a certain job. When we don’t do that job to the expectations of the employer, we get some kind of consequence. This could be in the form of being reprimanded to being fired.
Our House and Senate employees need to take notice and be accountable for their actions. Why should they be allowed to sit on their hands and get paid for it? Would an employer stand for squabbling between employees that prevented the work from being completed?
There needs to be a law written(although there never will be)that anyone in the House or Senate that will not cooperate (within reason) with each other will either be fined or fired.
People wonder how our economy has gotten to the point it is. By allowing employees to run amok without being accountable for their work and paying them for the rest of their lives for being a previously bad employee, we’ve essentially gotten ourselves in the red.
Congressional members should not get any special treatment. They need to do the job or face the consequences – like every other person working in the United States of America.
For now, regular citizens can only retaliate by not re-electing the inefficient members who were suppose to be representing The People. Remember their names and make a difference at the voting booths.
The 1973 story of The Sneetches parallels life today. Images courtesy of Wikipedia and Check Out My Ink.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to watch the Dr. Seuss movie The Sneetches, you may want to take this opportunity now in order to understand the following commentary. A spoiler will follow.
Although it was written in 1961 and made into a 1973 movie, The Sneetches sing a cord of truth that resonates loud and clear in the 21st century.
More people than ever are participating in body modification. This could be tattoos, piercings, or even wearing high heels. Anything that changes our appearance is body modification. We do it for various reasons. Continue reading