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Three Catholic priests in China who refused to join the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association – the country's state-sanctioned Catholic church body – were arrested by eight police officers, a human rights group reported Saturday.
The priests – Liang Aijun, 35, Wang Zhong, 41, and Gao Jinbao, 34 – all came from China’s Hebei province and were arrested last Tuesday, announced the Cardinal Kung Foundation in a news release.
"They were hiding in Inner Mongolia in order to avoid the arrests, but they were finally hunted down by the Security Police," the Stramford, Conn.-based group reported.
"They have now all been transferred to an undisclosed location."
Earlier this month, another priest, Fr. Cui Tai, had also been arrested by police after refusing to register with the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. The 50-year-old priest is reportedly being detained in the Zhuolu County detention.
"[T]here are, as far as we know, still five bishops in jail; many other bishops are under house arrests and severe surveillance; and approximately 15 priests and some Catholic lay persons - an unknown number of them - are also in jail," said Joseph Kung, president of the Cardinal Kung Foundation, in a statement.
"[W]e urge the Chinese government to take steps immediately to stop all persecution throughout China and release all Roman Catholic bishops and clergy together with those faithful of other faith from prisons as a goodwill gesture to Pope Benedict and to restore the world confidence in its leadership," he added.
Communist China has been severely criticized for its human rights and religious freedom violations, especially as it prepares to host the Olympics.
The only Chinese Christian groups currently allowed to operate legally in the communist country are those registered with the China Christian Council and the Three-Self Patriotic Movement or the Catholic Patriotic Association. Although registered groups are able to own property and operate without being harassed by local government officials, their internal affairs are subject to interference by government officials or by state-approved church officials. Members of underground "house churches," meanwhile, are able to operate outside government regulations and restrictions but have risked imprisonment and worse.
Among the top concerns in China for Christians are the persecution of unregistered house churches and the forced return of North Korean refugees in China who face torture and even death upon their repatriation.
U.S. human rights activists have urged people not to travel to Beijing to attend the 2008 Olympics unless China grants the United Nation’s refugee agency, UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), access to North Koreans hiding in its territory.
Religious and civic activists have also said international media outlets should limit coverage to sporting events as part of the effort to deny China publicity.
"[W]e … need to awaken the world to the ongoing persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in China," Kung stated.,
"The freedom-loving and powerful countries of the world should take into greater consideration – consistently, and persistently, and not haphazardly – all human rights violations in China when forming and implementing their political and commercial decisions in relation to China," he added.
Next week, Christians worldwide will be joining a prayer countdown for Chinese believers ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in China.
As the much-anticipated Olympic Games – Aug. 8-24, 2008 – fast approaches, Christians are being called to "blanket China in prayer" by joining the new "One Minute/One Year/One Country" prayer campaign spearheaded by Open Doors, a ministry that serves persecuted churches.
Participants starting on Aug. 8, 2007 are encouraged to pray for at least one minute, every day at 8 p.m. (Beijing time). The one-year prayer campaign hopes to change the spiritual state of China such as improving religious freedom and freeing imprisoned Christian leaders.


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President Obama said yesterday that "AK-47s belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities." You could take this as damning evidence that he has a secret plan to confiscate our firearms. Or you could take it as a head fake to mollify gun control advocates on his way to doing nothing.
He knows there are no AK-47s on the streets -- only guns that resemble them but without their capabilities. It's like saying criminals shouldn't have ICBMs -- indisputable, irrelevant and requiring no action by the president.
Today, the Wall Street Journal reported on the conspicuous aversion of Democrats in Washington to take up the cause. Obama has offered no proposal or even indicated he will offer one. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "said Thursday the Senate wouldn't have a debate on gun control, much less a vote." House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took no position.
I'm sure this is because they see mostly political risk in such measures. There is no groundswell of popular support for gun control, and there is no compelling evidence that any changes would work, particularly against a determined killer with no criminal record or known record of mental illness.
It used to be that whenever there was a horrific incident involving guns, there would be a genuine flurry of interest in tightening the laws. If those changes had done much good, the same might be true today. Americans don't have much faith in the ability of government to solve problems, and nowhere is that more true than on gun violence.


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We are starting out last week of Bak to School, our chance to meet a new class of writer Louis Bertrand Shalako lives in Canada. He studied Radio, Television, and Journalism Arts at Lambton College. He enjoys cycling, swimming, and loves good books. He writes full time. His work appears in six languages. A writer since 1983, Louis knocked about at various jobs from the time he was 15 until he went back to school at the age of 25, which gives him a remarkable perspective into regular working folk’s lives. As for the college stint, which included a year of fine arts, virtually every course involved some form of human communication, whether it was writing for the news, advertising and marketing, local radio, or art history. According to Louis, he ‘just wanted someone to teach me how to write.’ Journalism skills serve him well considering the modern emphasis on social networking.
me a little bit about your latest book?
I’m just putting the final polish on ‘The Art of Murder,’ the second in
my Inspector Maintenon mystery series. I liked the noir feel of Georges
Simenon’s Maigret series, and one or two other French detective stories I have
read over the years. This series gives me the opportunity to exercise what I
call dense prose. Since the series is set in the ‘20s, it’s challenging enough
that I can’t just dash it off from the top of my head. I do the research and
learn about the era at the same time.
did you come up with the title?
During the research I stumbled across a source, a book entitled
‘Surrealism and the Art of Murder.’ Since the artistic influences, especially
painterly ones, are pretty strong in my work, it seemed I had my title. French
Impressionism and German Expressionism are greater influences than Surrealism,
but it is good title.
and why did you begin writing?
At some point in my mid twenties, I must have been fooling around with
writing, but once I realized that I had a really bad lower back, and that construction
and other unskilled professions would be essentially closed to me, I had to put
some thought into what I was going to do. Selling insurance or baking doughnuts
had no appeal. There was some youthful idealism involved. Most people end up
with jobs they can do well but never would have chosen out of romanticism. But
I had some notion that writers don’t work too hard, and I’ve always loved my
freedom. I was a young man who left school halfway through grade ten, and
working with a group of other people, most of whom were either fools or
perfectly content with their lot in life held no interest for someone like me.
you write in the same genre you like to read?
I read whatever was on the bookshelf in the family home when I was
growing up, and there were quite a few mysteries in there. Now I read a lot of
history, as well as non-fiction on the internet. My mystery series is
historical fiction, as for the sci-fi and horror, a knowledge of history, and
human nature is essential.
you have a specific writing style?
My writing style is first of all concise, and secondly, quite
psychological. I like to push people’s buttons, and more than anything, I like
to make them laugh. I want to make them feel something.
you have a writing schedule?
I have self-imposed deadlines but no schedule. I used to write until
noon and then quit, but lately it’s mostly in the evenings before eleven
o’clock. I’m getting older now and routine and those afternoon naps are
extremely helpful in coping with life’s daily challenges.
you plan your work or just go with it and start with the initial idea?
I need to know more or less where the story is going. I call it the ‘art
of the gag.’ I am never more uncomfortable writing than when I don’t really
know how it ends, and I’m just treading water.
there any downsides to being a writer?
If there is a downside, it’s that no one really understands what we
actually do, also, everyone thinks it’s easy to come up with a good book or
story. If we’re not bestsellers, we don’t get a lot of respect. We are
perceived as failures in life, which most of us are most certainly not. We are
pursuing a dream which means everything to us, and nothing to someone else.
do you come up with your characters?
That’s a very good question, but the story demands certain things to
work, and we simply invent characters that fit and do the job. Most characters
are a pastiche of people we know and people we have met through books and film.
the names of your characters important?
Yes and no. Some names carry connotations—like Butch for example. A cab
driver, or a tough cop, might be appropriate for Butch, but maybe not a doctor.
there was one thing you could have learnt about being a writer before you
started, what would it be?
Nothing. I knew everything about writing before I started. The
unlearning process is essential to development as a writer. But if I thought I
was going to be bad at it, why would I have ever started in the first place? We
need some optimism or idealism to carry us through the tougher days.
you could choose one writer to be your mentor, who would it be?
They are all mostly dead now.
do you perceive the world of self publishing?
I see it as a wonderful opportunity to blaze a trail, and to learn a lot
about the art of selling books. I owe nothing to mainstream publishing. What is
disaster for them is a chance for me to do what I was meant to do. And I’m
going to take it to the max, bearing in mind that I have the slenderest of
resources to work with.
Follow this link to find the author page for Louis B. Shalako
You can find Louis B Shalako on Barnes and Noble and here at iTunes

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YANGON — Ma Hla Hla Phyu was shocked to learn of her big sister’s arrest on May 23 at a government checkpoint in the Taungup Mountains of Rakhine State on the road to Yangon.
Ma Hla Hla Phyu, 19, and her sister Ma Hla Phyu, 26, also known as Ma Raw Mie, are victims of the communal riots that pitted some of Rakhine State’s Buddhist and Muslim communities against one another in 2012. It its wake, authorities evicted at least 2,000 Muslims from several quarters of southern Rakhine’s Kyaukphyu town on the grounds of preventing further violence.
Ma Raw Mie had passed the government’s high school matriculation exam in Kyaukphyu the year before, but the riots put her hopes and dreams of a brighter future on pause as the family of five was shipped off to a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) on Kyaukphyu’s outskirts along with hundreds of others.
She started teaching at a school inside the Kyauktalone IDP camp that serves some 300 students. She also held a National Verification Card (NVC) for non-citizens, introduced by the previous government to replace the so-called white cards. So, having never been to Yangon, she decided to visit the country’s bustling commercial capital on May 23 without telling the rest of her family.
Taungup Township police officer Major Ko Ko Oo confirmed that Ma Raw Mie was arrested the same day and soon sentenced by the local court to a year in prison with hard labor for violating Article 6 (c) of the 1949 Immigration Act for possessing someone else’s National Registration Card (NRC), also known as a pink card. He declined to provide details and referred additional questions to the police station, where officers refused to comment.
The court proceedings took only two days and Ma Raw Mie was given no chance to find a lawyer. According to the police report, she tried to cross into Bago Region with the NRC of an Arakanese woman from Ramree Township, Ma Khin Moe Moe Win.
Ma Hla Hla Phyu told The Irrawaddy that authorities transferred her sister to Thandwe prison on Friday. She questioned the severity of the sentence. In 2016 a Chinese national was arrested in Mandalay for possessing a fake identity card and only fined 100,000 kyats ($73.80).
“I don’t know what’s going on there because we had no idea about her trip. We want to visit her and hear her explanation,” she said.
But the chances that the sisters will get to meet are low, considering how difficult it is for Muslims in Rakhine to travel, even with an NVC. Displaced Muslims in the state must secure a travel permit from the Immigration Department for any trip either in or outside of Rakhine. Securing a permit can take a week or more.
“We can’t go anywhere without Form (4), even in Rakhine,” said U Maung Ni, a resident of the Kyauktalone IDP camp.
Most Rohingya Muslims reject the NVC even though the government regularly promotes its supposed advantages.
Some 700,000 mostly Rohingya have fled Rakhine for neighboring Bangladesh since attacks on security posts there in late August by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) triggered a military crackdown mired by widespread reports of arson, rape and arbitrary killings by Myanmar’s security forces. The UN has accused the military of ethnic cleansing and called on the government to accept a “credible independent investigation.”
In April, following a trip to the refugee camps in Bangladesh, Social Welfare Minister U Win Myat Aye said NVC holders could fill out Form (4) and secure citizenship within five months, depending on approval from the relevant government departments. The NVC does not guarantee citizenship on its own.
Immigration rules stipulate that NVC holders must use Form (4) to apply for travel permits and to access health or education services. Those who secure the travel permits cannot stay outside of Rakhine State for more than 45 days and must inform authorities of when they leave and return 24 hours in advance.
The form was created during the rule of the State Peace and Development Council under military dictator U Than Shwe and deliberately targets Muslims travelling from Rakhine to Yangon. Even former lawmaker U Shwe Maung, who ran in the 2010 elections as a candidate for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party and now lives in asylum in the US, had to use the form to travel.
Ma Raw Mie had applied for a travel permit several times in 2017 and 2018 but was always refused.
U Phyu Chay, who heads the Kyauktalone IDP camp’s management committee, said at least 50 NVC holders applied for travel permits in 2017 and that not one has heard back from the Immigration Department.
“Whenever we asked immigration officers, they always said they were waiting for approval from above. Then it always disappears into the air. We don’t exactly understand the meaning of ‘from above,’” he said.
U Maung Ni said some of the rejected applicants had even included recommendation letters from doctors. He said immigration officials in Kyaukphyu had forwarded the applications for travel to Yangon to the state capital, Sittwe, from where they were sent on to Naypyitaw and Yangon.
Despite the social welfare minister’s claim that NVC holders who fill out Form (4) were eligible for citizenship within five months, more than 600 Muslims in the Kyauktalone IDP camp with NVCs since 2015 have yet to secure citizenship.
U Phyu Chay said he has had many private meetings about the displaced Muslims in Rakhine with Union ministers from both the previous and current government.
“They gave me words behind closed doors about the NVC. You know, even Union ministers are cheating us,” the camp manager said. “U Win Myat Aye also made verbal promises in several private meetings with us. But we were dreaming their words. Both the previous immigration minister, U Khin Ye, and U Win Myat Aye are the same; they never kept their word. It’s all lies.”
He said authorities had granted travel permits to some recent applicants but revoked them after learning that the population of the IDP camp had shrunk significantly because many residents who had already traveled to Yangon never returned. The camp was home to some 2,000 people in early 2013 but now houses only half that. Some Muslims say the government should go after those who have violated the terms of their travel permits rather than punish new applicants in their stead.
The NVCs, U Phyu Chay said, are “just for show. What a dirty game! I am totally disappointed in their behavior.”
Ma Raw Mie is not the only Muslim to be jailed for traveling without the requisite documentation. On Sunday, President U Win Myint pardoned 58 Rohingya refugees who had crossed into Myanmar illegally while returning from Bangladesh. Cases against four other arrested Rohingya were dropped.
According to a statement from the State Counselor’s office, the 58 had already served some prison time. It added that authorities would not prosecute any returnees unless they were suspected of having participated in the ARSA attacks in August, during which nearly a dozen security personnel were killed.
U Phyu Chay said that if the government can pardon people who enter the country illegally it ought to pardon Ma Raw Mie, and take into consideration her volunteer work at the government-recognized school in the Kyauktalone IDP camp. Some Buddhist activists have even joined a “Free Ma Hla Phyu” campaign on Facebook.
“I would like to ask our president to please pardon my sister,” said Ma Hla Hla Phyu.

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Koha Ditore lead story reports that the institutional and main party leaders in Kosovo strongly back the stance of Prime Minister Agim Çeku when he says ‘Kosovo will have its army in the future’ following reactions by Serbian officials against it.
Koha Ditore reported on Sunday that the statement of Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Çeku that Kosovo should have its own army has triggered lots of reactions among Serbs.
Kosovo’s army would jeopardize regional stability, said Serbian president Boris Tadic for the Serbian state TV, RTS.
Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic has said for B92 that it is an age-long wish of Kosovo Albanians to ensure a better negotiating position through an army which is a symbol of statehood. According to him, an army for Kosovo would create huge tensions in the region and would be a factor of destabilization.
Leon Kojen, coordinator of the Serbian Delegation has said that the ICG has also encouraged these statements. “The position of Belgrade is clear. We are for complete demilitarization of Kosovo,” he said adding that the international troops and also the police would meet the European standards.
These in turn led to backing statements in Kosovo by institutions and the parties.
“Of course that Kosovo should have a military force. Kosovo’s military force will have a stabilizing role in the region, of course not denying the presence of international military force, namely NATO,” the Assembly President Kolë Berisha is quoted as saying. Berisha clarified further that Kosovo military force should be in coordination with the international military force that will still be in Kosovo.
Kosovo army does not in any way pose a threat to peace and stability in the region…on the contrary it is a precondition for long term stability, said LDK spokesperson Lulzim Zeneli, according to the paper.
PDK spokeswoman Vlora Çitaku says that her party considers Kosovo should have its own army, and that this is not to be negotiated. “PDK is for a modern and integrated army that would first be part of partnership and later member of NATO,” she said.
ORA spokesperson Ylli Hoxha also emphasizes the need for Kosovo to have an army. “It is clear that Kosovo once it becomes a state will need its army and we as a political entity will work on it being efficient and also cooperative with Euro-Atlantic structures.” Hoxha further said that it will be an army of peace and not of war.
KPC spokesperson Enver Dugolli has said that the people of Kosovo will decide whether Kosovo needs an army or not.


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Please don't ruin the system by penny-pinching a few dollars here and there. As far as I'm concerned, these guys should be paid, even if you are not happy with their work. As it happens, they earn next to nothing anyway (compared to Western wages), so why deprive them of the little bit of freedom they have by working for you?
These guys have dreams, families, hopes and are prepared to work hard for us to help us in our ventures. They need to be treated with respect and dignity and not like some piece of scum.
Hearing from the two people made me livid actually. One worked for a full month and never got paid by her employee. That is so low.
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Health trends have pushed up sales of green tea in the country’s urban areas. Green tea is available in jasmine, mint, lemon, ginger, honey and other varieties. Around a dozen branded green teas are sold in the country and there are more than 50 companies manufacturing the beverage. Tokla, Rakura, Yeti and A-one tea are some of the popular brands in the market.
“Green tea has become a trend among youngsters in urban areas with growing enthusiasm for fitness,” said Som Prasad Gauchan, president of the Himalayan Orthodox Tea Producers Association. According to him, green tea consumption is growing 10-15 percent annually.
Companies manufacturing green tea have been promoting it by publicizing its many health benefits such as its effectiveness against high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. Green tea is also publicized as being good for healthier skin and building a stronger immune system and assisting hair growth and weight loss.
Green tea accounts for 5 percent of the total tea sales. Until a few years ago, it was only exported to the international market,” said Gauchan who is also the owner of Everest Green Tea. Green tea is manufactured from tea leaves grown in hill regions like Ilam, Phidim, Panchthar, Dhankuta and Sindhupalchok.
Meanwhile, CTC manufacturers have been entering the green tea market. Tokla, which has been producing black tea for many years, recently started selling green tea in the domestic market. Tokla green tea costs Rs 100 for a packet of 25 tea bags.
Similarly, Himalayan Tea Industries started selling Rakura tea from last year. “We have been selling green tea without packaging, but now we are totally focused on branding and packaging of the products,” said Prajwol Kunwar, senior relationship officer of the company.
“Increasing health consciousness of the people has resulted in the consumption of premium segments that has pushed up overall sales.” He said that there was increasing demand from youngsters, fitness centres and corporate offices. Rakura green tea comes in packets of 10 and 25 tea bags and in three varieties—jasmine, lemon and honey. A 200 gm packet of Rakura green tea costs Rs 380.
Twistina Subba, owner of Tea Direct Nepal, said that Nepali people were gradually starting to consume green tea. The increasing popularity has encouraged her to open a tea shop at Jawalakhel where she sells green and orthodox teas only. Green tea is priced at Rs 75 for a 300 ml pot, which holds three cups.
Similarly, Antim Ranjit, branding and marketing manager of Big Mart, said, “More and more people have been asking for green tea, so we expanded our inventory by adding more than seven Nepali brands and four international brands.” However, due to lack of effective marketing and promotional schemes and a wide distribution system, the market has not been able to grow as expected, said traders. “Green tea has a huge potential in the domestic and international markets, so we have to focus on quality along with various promotional campaigns,” said Gauchan of the association.
Although CTC tea still dominates the tea market, green tea has been emerging as a major product in the domestic market too. The overall tea production is estimated to have swelled 2 percent in the last fiscal year.
According to the Annual Development Programme (Part I) published by the National Planning Commission, the total tea production in the last fiscal year stood at 196,000 tonnes which is expected to grow to 210,000 tonnes in this fiscal year.

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Gamma butyrolactone does exist chemically. It has medicinal purposes. It’s important to differentiate between gamma butyrolactone (GBL) and gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB).
Despite safety concerns and illegality, some use gamma butyrolactone to increase sports, sleep, and sexual performance and happiness. It also boosts growth hormone, cognitive capacities, nerve calm, and longevity. GBL is used for fat loss and these uses. Some use it for fun. The gbl kaufen comes up with the best of GBL tech.
Facilitating calm: A primer
Both gamma butyrolactone (GBL) and gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) are popular sex chemicals used in clubbing, sex parties, and chill outs. They have a tranquil and euphoric effect, much like being drunk, because they are depressant medications or ‘downers.’
Legal applications for both G kinds include industrial solvent and paint stripper. When restrictions were placed on the illegal sale of GHB in the United Kingdom, GBL, which is more widely available as an industrial cleanser, quickly took its place.
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Most people today use GBL, a clear liquid with a potent chemical aroma and flavor that has quickly become the most popular form of G. GHB is an odorless, colorless liquid with a salty taste. It can also be purchased as a powder to be mixed into a beverage. Neither is ever combined with alcoholic beverages, but rather soft drinks. Because GBL is metabolized into GHB in the body, the latter’s effects may be more potent or erratic than GBL’s. Given the wide range of G’s potency, it’s difficult to determine an appropriate starting dose.
Implementing the G Dosing
Since G’s potency varies greatly, determining an appropriate starting dose might be challenging. The recommended dosage of ‘Gina’ is between 0.5ml and 1.5ml, but remembers that a little goes a long way. Less than a milliliter separates the amount that produces intoxication from the dose that causes unconsciousness. It’s simple to overdose, and the symptoms show up suddenly. For accurate dosing, a syringe with the needle removed is commonly used. When someone takes a dose and notices no effects, they could decide to take more. Overdosing is less likely if you wait at least two hours between doses. If you take another injection of G within an hour, you risk overdosing because your body still hasn’t metabolized the first one.
Facts worth Knowing
Drowsy GHB/GBL patients are not ‘sleeping’ but unconscious and may not wake up. Maintain vigilance and get them moving until the effects wear off or help arrives. If G knocks someone out, put them in the recovery position to avoid choking on vomit.
Anyone who seems sick or unresponsive needs medical attention. Unconscious people may die abruptly. You’re in more danger if you don’t call for help and end up dead. If you won’t receive medical help, sit with the person in the recovery posture and check their pulse and respiration.
Several factors, including the user’s age, health, and other conditions, influence the optimal dose of gamma butyrolactone (GBL). There is not enough research available to recommend a safe dosage range for gamma butyrolactone (GBL) at this time. Remember that the correct dosage of a natural substance is sometimes crucial. Before using any new medication, check with your doctor, pharmacist, or other healthcare expert for advice.
Gamma butyrolactone improves sports, sleep, and sexual performance and satisfaction despite safety and legal issues. People take it for mental health (reduced worry and stress) and physical health (muscle relaxation and growth hormone production). GBL burns fat and builds muscle. Some use it recreationally.


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Kristen and Joel didn’t need a huge amount of fanfare around their wedding day, rather they focused on keeping things simple and celebrating their love.
Married in an intimate ceremony, they were joined later by their guests who were wowed by Kristen’s incredible lace gown. Their styling consisted of splashes of white, concrete, timber and pops of colour in the floral displays. Handy man Joel also got involved and created beautiful furniture that brought a personal touch to their decor.
There to capture all the love was Tribe photography favourites Hails & Shine Photography.


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I actually have a solid, loving relationship w/my boyfriend/common-law husband of eleven years. I am the off-the-wall ADHD person, who can’t be on time, keep a job, keep a house clean, or keep records-such as taxes. My ADHD is unmanaged at the moment, but I have had nine years, managed well w/Vyvanse, during the major part of our relationship, and only lost my meds because my psychiatrist AND my general practitioner retired two years ago. As my boyfriend would say, “It’s all been downhill since then”.
I’ve finally found a good psychiatrist who seems willing and ready to give me my meds again. Our first real appointment is New Year’s Eve, and the prospect of finally getting again what I’ve needed for two years, is very exciting.
Ok, honestly, I don’t know why my partner puts up with me.
I am messy, incredibly forgetful, always late, always too loud and dropping things, lose anything and everything, and our main interests in life are very different.
I think the biggest negative has been that ever since I stopped Vyvanse, I haven’t been able to keep a job. And, more and more, we NEED that income. But we have a very sincere and strong love: we have been through a LOT in the past eleven years.
I don’t understand how HE can believe I am so challenged by a neurological disorder that can wreak so much havoc, when I can hardly believe it myself!
I have high hopes for being able to search and find a job once the Vyvanse kicks in. I need that for my self-esteem, as well as our income. Even more, I need to be contributing to our relationship and to the world, in general.
My partner certainly has his issues that are serious, and unending also, and I readily put up with that. So, I guess that, with lots of love, makes it work out.
Things may or may not work out for you guys, but at least you have a “heads up” on what your problems may be. That’s more than a lot of couples have, as they go into partnerships with blinders on. I certainly would not rush into a committed relationship though. Your boyfriend can’t be “fixed” to be a neurotypical mate, but there is a lot of hope for him “improving” in his areas of concern.
And of course, there are all the good things about ADHD that you can read about in the ADDitude blogs. I’m not discounting that good stuff.
It’s simply that, in my life so far, the negatives have tended to outweigh the positives in ADHD. I guess I’m not evolved enough yet. What the heck, what’s another 60 years?

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Detroit families shouldn’t be punished for decisions out of their control. We want to reassure everyone – employees and management – that we are in this together.
Troy, MI (PRWEB) April 17, 2013
The company, which was responsible for the extremely popular Entertainment Book, has been in business since 1962. The bankruptcy claim lies not at the feet of the brand and its employees, but rather the result of issues with MH Equity Investors, the hedge fund that owned Entertainment Publications.
SaveEveryday.com, a similar Vancouver-based company which focuses on mobile couponing as a fundraising tool with almost-identical vendor coverage, feels for the loyal employees of this iconic brand. Rather than add to the already-struggling economy in Detroit, SaveEveryday.com is putting forth a proposal which keeps the current workers employed and creates an opportunity for management to retain part ownership – ensuring something like this never happens again.
“I have nothing but respect for the Entertainment Book brand and its hard-working employees,” says Shafin Diamond, CEO of SaveEveryday.com. “As our brands are so closely aligned, it only makes sense that we pool our resources to save jobs, and continue to bring consumers the money-saving coupons and fundraising opportunities we know they need.”
Additionally, if their bid is successful, SaveEveryday.com is proposing a structure similar to that of Publix Supermarkets -- every employee owns a certain percentage of equity. “Detroit families shouldn’t be punished for decisions out of their control. We want to reassure everyone – employees and management – that we are in this together,” says Diamond.
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Bulgaria is now one of Europe's top tourist resorts. Property in Bulgaria is being purchased by perceptive investors, eager to take advantage of the current prices. This great investment opportunity is said to be a result of considerable World Bank funding, allowing improvements to Bulgaria's infrastructure and tourism industry, and helping it transform from its former Communist days. Additionally, low cost airlines are now servicing Bulgaria, making it even more accessible. All the while, the country carries on making major improvements to oblige the flourishing economic growth. The World Bank expects economic growth in Bulgaria to carry on this year by around 6 per cent.
- Exceptional growth potential and property prices compared to most other European places.
- Regarded as one of the most rapidly progressing European countries.
- European Union member with stable government, dedicated to furthering economic reform.
- Considerable amounts of unvarying foreign direct investment.
- Property construction now puts emphasis on high quality design.
- Huge tourism growth, increase of 50 per cent between 2000 and 2004, with figures up by 20 per cent in 2006 compared to the previous year.
- The World Tourism Organization predicts Bulgaria will meet more than 20 million tourists by 2020.
Natural and Cultural Overview:
- Average air temperature on the Black Sea Coast in the summer is 27°c, and average water temperature is 22°c.
- Modern, vibrant city of Sofia, infused with history yet full of 21st century commercialism.
- More than 500 mineral springs, a quantity of with world-class spa facilities.
- 11 "Blue Flag" beaches all along about 350km of Black Sea coast.
- 37,500km hiking paths and mountain trails.
- Top ski resorts with most modern equipment.
- Historical attractions of Roman, Greek and Thracian descent, including nine UNESCO world heritage locations.
- Borders with Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro and Turkey
- Low concentration of population.
- Reasonably priced air services and quick direct flights from all over Europe.
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Jordan Maxham for the Blind Reaper Returns Graphic Series. The Reaper is back, now available at local shops and HERE.
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Upon entering Dew Tour Long Beach, we ran into Mountain Dew rider Jordan Maxham and seized the opportunity to get the rundown on his skate setup. Jordan’s skateboard is an extension of his eccentric style. He rocks an 8.5-inch Blind skateboard infused with impact plus, cheetah print Grizzly Griptape for flair, and to our surprise mix matched Royal trucks. Get the full scoop in Jordan’s Setups video above.
The Mountain Dew Skate Team heads to California skate mecca San Francisco to explore some of the most iconic skate spots in the Bay Area. Check out skaters Sean Malto, Curren Caples, Theotis Beasley, Nick Tucker, Jordan Maxham, Chris Colbourn, and Reemo Pearson – all having a damn good time ripping together. Video by Ryan Lovell.
Join Chris Roberts live on location at Dew Tour. Chris sat down with Curren Caples, Nick Tucker, Theotis Beasley, Sean Malto, Jordan Maxham, Jaime Owens and Chris Colbourn.
Kelvin Hoefler will be competing in the inaugural Boost Mobile Switch Jam going up against TJ Rogers and Jordan Maxham. Get the inside scoop of what Kelvin has to say about skating switch in his edit above.
Volcom joined forces with @macbalife to help its vision become reality: putting back the 4th block at MACBA’s legendary Big4 spot for an event celebrating skateboarding history, and giving the opportunity to the new generation to add some tricks to the already long ABD list.
For only a couple hours, the party gathered some of the travelling pros, Europe finest ams, the eclectic Macba local scene and a horde of skateboarding enthusiasts shaking the museum and university walls with their cheers.
Just to name a few, Justin Sommer, Carlos Neira, Jorge Simoes, Adrien Bulard, Jordan Maxham and Robert Neal put on a great show, but Frenchmen Aurelien Giraud was the crowds favorite landing hammer after hammer. He won most of the cash claiming top 2 best NBD’s, the MVP award, and shut down the session after time with a perfect bs 360 kickflip.
Milion thanks to Alex Braza’s @macbalife, Ungravity, Javier Menéndez, Snipes, Transworld Skatebaording, ETN, Roberto Aleman, Alain Goikoetxea, Rufus, all the Macba locals and everyone who came enjoy the party with us.
Dew Tour is proud to announce Jordan Maxham as one of ten skaters to compete in the inaugural Boost Mobile Switch Jam.
Mountain Dew pro skateboarder Theotis Beasley hosts a backyard BBQ and skate session at his own private skatepark. On the invite list is a crew of friends and of course the entire Dew skate team including Sean Malto, Curren Caples, Nick Tucker, Jordan Maxham, Chris Colbourn, and Reemo Pearson. Check out the insane lines as the crew hang out and enjoy an ice-cold Dew at Theo’s.
Tony Tave, Walker Ryan, Jordan Maxham and Justin Schulte hit the trails to skate a hidden spot.
Mountain Dew pro skateboarders Sean Malto and Curren Caples visit the Green Mountain State of Vermont for the first time ever to skate some of the most epic spots in the state with fellow team riders and Vermont locals Jordan Maxham and Chris Colbourn. Check out cameo appearances from other notable action sports athletes including professional snowboarder and DEW athlete Danny Davis, and skateboarding brothers – Marc, Andre and Tino Razo.
Ten Am Search winners from all parts of the globe flew into skateboarding’s mecca of destinations, Barcelona. During our stay in Barcelona, Mountain Dew riders Sean Malto, Chris (Cookie) Colbourn, and Jordan Maxham joined us for some paydays. Overall, the days spent in paradise were filled with amazing skating and high fives all around.

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When pedestrians walk down the sidewalk, the hope is that they can do so safely, without any incident. However, many times construction sites can put not only workers, but also passing pedestrians at risk of injury. This was the case this week in Hollywood, where a section of scaffolding collapsed on to the sidewalk injuring three people.
According to ABC 7 News, a large section of scaffolding on the outside of a six-story building under construction collapsed around 2:15 a.m. The building was located on the 6700 block of Selma Avenue in Hollywood. The falling objects struck victims below—one victim was hit in the head. Two of those injured were treated at the scene by emergency personnel, but one victim had to be transferred to the hospital due to more serious injuries.
The construction crew working on the building arrived later and began clean-up of the collapsed scaffolding. At this point, the exact cause of the collapse is unknown, however police say it was very windy at the time of the collapse. However, if the collapse occurred due to the negligence of the construction company, they may be liable for the injuries they caused in this Hollywood personal injury accident.


I own a 94 Camry with a V-6 engine and assume you have either that engine or the 4 cylinder. I know the v-6 has two O2 sensors, one located in the exhaust manifold and the other near the catalytic converter. The autozone repair guide has a decent description, though I think there are other repair guides which give more detail. http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/13/eb/c3/0900823d8013ebc3/repairInfoPages.htm
Toyota RAV4's have two (2) O2 sensors.
The 2002 2.4L has 4. 2 on the exhaust manifolds, one before the catalytic converter and one after.
That year has 2 oxygen sensors.
should have 3. 1 on the front manifold, 1 on the rear manifold, and 1 on the mid pipe "center exhaust pipe"
video on removing O2 sensor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttUHqVz-sL0 technical info on O2 sensors: http://www.babcox.com/editorial/us/us10226.htm
There are 2.
they are on your exhaust manifold, just before the silencer
check the O2 sensors
On exhaust pipes before and after cat. converters.
At least for a California 96 Camry, the O2 sensors are right up front as you open the hood. There is one just before the catalytic converter and one one the end of the catalytic converter. You can identify them as the only "plugs" that have wires running from them which are connected to the exhaust system.
I answered this earlier today. Look for it several weeks forward.
Toyota 1998 4cyl. have 2 oxygen sensors and MAF sensor. For more info and wiring diagram visit http://www.hhogear.com
All O2 sensors are threaded into the exhaust system at various points. Upstream O2 sensors are located before the catalytic converter(s) and downstream O2 sensors are located after the catalytic converter(s).
I have toyta camry 1998 so I woud like knol werhere is the o2 sensor bank senor 1?
One is in the exhaust manifold next to the engine, another one is after the catalytic converter (4 cylinder).
between the exhaust manifold and catalitic converter
There are four o2 sensors on a montero sport.
it has a total of four
how many oxygen cencors does the 1994 Chevy blazer have
The 2.5 has 2 O2 sensors (both on top of the engine) and the 3.5 has 4 O2 sensors (two on top, and two under the car).
There are 3 oxygen sensors on this vehicle. Some of the Highlanders with California emissions have 2 fron Air/Fuel Ratio sensors and one rear Oxygen sensor.


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still life device
Several artist friends have asked me to post my still life set-up. Its kind of hard to explain and the pictures say it all. After shopping around for a platform that would swivel and raise up and down-we finally cannabilized a garage work light that we found at Loew's for $35. On it we attached a box made from 2 24x24 squares of 1/4" plywood supported at each corner by a 24" dowel. The whole device cost about $50 and took an afternoon to build. As you can see by the reflections on the piece of glass that I placed on the floor of the box, there is alot of ambient light even in my little shot gun studio (my studio is a former balcony that we had enclosed). The whole idea for the device is so i could get truer light on my still lifes and elimimate the double shadows caused by too many light sources--outside light, overhead light and light directed where i paint. My inspiration was a device I saw on Carol Marine's blog so she has full credit or blame!


Construction Begins on Newest Nebraska Innovation Campus Building
Construction on a new 80,000-square-foot, multi-tenant building at Nebraska Innovation Campus (www.innovate.unl.edu) is officially underway. Nebraska Innovation Campus Development Corporation (NICDC) and Tetrad Property Group broke ground on Aug. 30. Richard Meginnis and Sally DeLair of NAI FMA Realty are marketing the building for lease.
The three-story structure will feature a planned business incubator and will contain common spaces built to spur collaboration. Area around the building will include a community garden and space for outdoor activities.
Tetrad Property Group has engaged a premier design team for construction of the new building. The Clark Enersen Partners is the architect of record. Civil engineering work is being completed by Olsson Associates and Hausmann Construction is the general contractor on the project. Like the other buildings on campus, the new building will be to LEED Silver standards. It will also be connected to the Centralized Renewable Energy System, giving the building a low carbon footprint. The CRES leverages its proximity to the City of Lincoln’s Theresa Street Wastewater Treatment Plant to provide year-long heating and cooling to NIC without steam boilers and water chillers. Instead, the CRES sustainably warms and cools building by exchanging thermal energy from treated wastewater.
Continuing the momentum of the long-term build-out plan for the research campus, the newest facility – NIC’s fifth – is planned to open in late summer 2018. Overall, construction of the campus began in 2012, and within three years, 380,000 square feet of office, conference center, lab, pilot plant and greenhouse space was completed. This year the campus has added restaurant space and welcomed The Mill Coffee and Bistro. The Biotech Connector wet lab research space also has been completed and is being populated.
NIC is currently home to a diverse group of 30 partners, both private and public entities. At full build-out, NIC will be a 2.2-million square-foot campus. For more information about Nebraska Innovation Campus, visit www.innovate.unl.edu.


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Rockin' Rollin' Tumblin' & Slippin' CD
The Chicago Blues of Sunnyland Slim - gathering together the A-sides, B-sides and more from 1948 to 1954.
Although he never enjoyed huge selling records he was a jukebox favourite and recorded consistently for numerous Chicago based labels throughout his career.
This collection is just a snapshot of six short years and is the first time that this great artist has had a multi label overview of his career.

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Through a non-exclusive agreement, ARUP will offer Predictive’s CertNDxTM Bladder Cancer Assays in its comprehensive test menu to leading hospitals, healthcare providers, academic medical centers and military and government facilities around the country. ARUP’s clients will be able to order CertNDx testing, submit samples and receive all results through ARUP. Predictive Biosciences will run the diagnostic testing in its CAP and CLIA-certified laboratory.
“We are excited to begin our partnership with ARUP, a laboratory that shares our passion for innovation and technology. We believe this alliance will greatly expand the availability of our bladder cancer products to a wider network of leading medical facilities that can benefit from CertNDx testing,” said Pierre Cassigneul, chief executive officer at Predictive Biosciences.
The CertNDx Bladder Cancer Assay is a non-invasive, urine-based test to assess patients with hematuria and to monitor for bladder cancer recurrence post treatment. The test’s unique approach stratifies patients based on their likelihood of bladder cancer and is highly accurate across all stages and grades of bladder cancer. CertNDx testing is also available in a tissue-based prognostic test for molecular grading that can provide a quantitative molecular assessment of tumor grade including the likelihood of disease progression.


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Shopping centre purchased by Crown Estate
The Crown Estate has teamed up with Chinese group Gingko Tree Investment to buy the Fosse Park retail centre in Leicester, which was owned by companies associated with former UTV chairman John B McGuckian and his partner Ken Cheevers.
McGuckian and Cheevers had amassed a major portfolio of shopping centres and retail parks across the UK and Ireland over the last 20 years through their Foyleside and Abbey Centre firms.
The portfolio includes the vast Fosse Park complex, and the Marshes Centre in Dundalk.
The £360m purchase of the Fosse Shopping Park in 2006 was the largest retail property purchase in the UK in over a decade.
Ulster Bank provided loans to fund the portfolio. As part of its move to deleverage and tidy up its balance sheet, Ulster Bank has been selling off large chunks of its property-related loan book, with over £11bn worth of assets earmarked for sale by 2016.
Savills was appointed to handle the process to offload the Swallowtail portfolio, which includes eight shopping centres and retail parks, including Fosse.
Kildare Partners, the property buyout fund set up by Irish billionaire Ellis Short – owner of Sunderland Football Club – is buying the Foyleside centre in Londonderry and the Forestside centre in Belfast as backers of McGuckian and Cheevers.
Kildare has teamed up with Foyleside and Abbey Centre to asset manage the two shopping centres following the £130m deal. Kennedy Wilson is paying €55m (£44m) for the Dundalk Marshes centre.

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This weekly update tracks some of the largest cryptocurrencies by market share: bitcoin and ether. We’ve also included XRP, as it was one of the largest cryptocurrencies when this article began. According to Wikipedia, a cryptocurrency is “a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to secure its transactions, to control the creation of additional units, and to verify the transfer of assets.”
Bitcoin was the world’s first cryptocurrency and decentralized digital currency. The first bitcoin transaction occurred in early 2009, followed by many more worldwide. Ether is another cryptocurrency run on the Ethereum blockchain platform, and it has the second-largest market share, despite being the newest of the three, having launched in July 2015. XRP, which is owned by Ripple and launched in 2012, was one of the larger cryptocurrencies for some time until new coins joined the market. We’ve included it here for reference.
The third-largest market share of cryptocurrency, tether, is “backed by actual assets,” which includes one U.S. dollar, one euro, or loans to affiliate companies. The owners of Bitfinex control the token. It’s a controversial cryptocurrency due to its alleged manipulation of crypto pricing. It counts as a “stablecoin” because it targets a consistent $1.00 value. We do not chart it because its price rarely changes.
The Latest Crypto Data (Through May 30, 2023)
Bitcoin inched up this week, breaking $28,000 for the first time in three weeks. BTC is currently up ~63% year-to-date.
XRP saw upward movement for the second straight week, reaching $0.52 for the first time in six weeks. XRP is currently up ~41% year-to-date.
Ether (ETH) increased this past week, surpassing $19,000 for the first time in three weeks. ETH is currently up ~54% year-to-date.
An index exists in order to chart these three cryptocurrencies together, considering their significantly different pricing histories. Ether tops the chart. In other words, the price of ether has changed the most out of all three cryptocurrencies.
For more news, information, and analysis, visit the Crypto Channel.


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Labaran Maku, National Secretary of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has called on politicians to desist from politics of violence and give peace a chance in the country.
Maku, a former Minister of Information, made the call on Saturday in Lafia during his visit to communities in Lafia North to commission his billboards as an aspirant for Nasarawa State governorship election 2019.
According to him, politicians are largely responsible for the crisis in the country was facing due to their selfish ambitions.
He said that most of politicians who do not stand the chance of winning election often times cause crisis by using thugs and mercenaries to attack persons they perceive as opposing them.
Maku urged the electorate to be vigilant and to avoid “bad politicians” who promote violence instead of focusing on issues of development.
He said if elected as the next Governor of Nasarawa, he would ensure that farmers and grazers live peacefully.
Maku called on the federal government to deploy more military personnel to crisis areas to check attacks.
The former minister inaugurated ten billboards in different communities in Lafia. (NAN)
Comments expressed here do not reflect the opinions of Vanguard newspapers or any employee thereof.

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The Court of Appeal today ruled that Shamima Begum must be allowed to return to the UK in order to fully and effectively appeal against the deprivation of her citizenship.
The court unanimously allowed Shamima’s appeal, ruling that she must be readmitted to the UK in order to fully and effectively appeal against the deprivation of her citizenship. The Court found the Home Secretary’s “suggestion that Ms Begum’s appeal should be stayed indefinitely in circumstances where she is being detained by the SDF in the camp, does nothing to address the foreseeable risk if she is transferred to Iraq or Bangladesh, which is that in either of those countries she could be unlawfully killed or suffer mistreatment.”
It further noted that any risk Shamima might pose “could be addressed and managed if she returns to the United Kingdom”, noting that “If the Security Service and the Director of Public Prosecutions consider that the evidence and public interest tests for a prosecution for terrorist offences are met, she could be arrested and charged upon her arrival in the United Kingdom and remanded in custody pending trial. If that were not feasible, she could be made the subject of a TPIM. ”
Reprieve is advocating for all Britons currently held in camps in North East Syria (NES) to be repatriated to the UK.
A very small fraction of the detainees currently held in NES are British. Of these, the majority are children. Reprieve estimates that there are between 15 and 20 family units in total.
There have previously been suggestions that Britons could be sent to Iraq, where they would likely face the death penalty with no prospect of a fair trial. Human Rights Watch has reported that trials of suspected IS members “are summary and often do not put forward evidence of specific offences”, while “interrogators routinely use torture to extract confessions, and in most cases judges ignore torture allegations from defendants”. The UK Government itself has previously acknowledged the widespread use of torture and the death penalty across the Iraqi criminal justice system.
In December of last year, the British Government appeared to walk back its previous opposition to Britons being handed to the Assad-controlled Syrian regime, where there is no prospect that they could be effectively tried. Should UK detainees be handed over to the Assad Government, they will face torture, disappearance and death. A UK Government Human Rights and Democracy report acknowledged reports of “widespread and systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture and execution of detainees” in Syrian prisons, while a Human Rights Watch investigation in 2015 revealed at least 6,700 killings in Syrian detention.
The UK’s justice system is well equipped to deal with returning Britons who are credibly alleged to have committed crimes in Syria, and the current Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, has said that “in the vast majority of cases returning foreign fighters will be prosecuted”.
Maya Foa, Reprieve Director, said: “It was always unsafe and unjust to make Brits in Syria someone else’s problem, and today it has been ruled unlawful. The Government must urgently revisit its policy and repatriate the tiny number of remaining British families, to face British justice wherever there are charges to answer”.


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It is with great sadness that the College has been informed of the death of Dr Nicholas (Nick) Allen, who died on 21 March 2020. Nick was a...
Health and Safety Policy
The College's Health and Safety Policy (DPC.06.36) is available for download here:
24 March 2020Dr Nicholas Allen (1939-2020)19 March 2020Wolfson alumnus Chris Whitty takes the lead in UK's coronavirus response
Chris Whitty is England's chief medical officer and the UK department of health's top scientific adviser.9 March 2020Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
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Annual Lecture21 - 21May MayAnnual Berlin Lecture 2020Thursday 21 May - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
*THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY THE ORGANISER*
Further details including title and abstract to follow. Launched in 1990 to celebrate the 80th birthday of the College's Founding President, Sir Isaiah Berlin, the Berlin Lecture is in his own field of study, the history of ideas. Each Trinity Term, we welcome speakers of the stature of Professor Amartya Sen, Professor Roy Foster, Professor Timothy Garton Ash, Michael Ignatieff and Baroness Helena Kennedy.


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iFL TV released a lengthy interview with Frank Warren earlier today, and among the topics discuessed was Artur Beterbiev’s WBO mandatory title defense against Anthony Yarde. Though the bout was targeted for this coming October, Warren claimed he’d been “hearing” that the unified champion could be injured.
Jake Donovan later confirmed the news, with Warren adding that Yarde (22-2, 21 KO) could stay busy in November while Beterbiev (18-0, 18 KO) is on the mend. No word as to the specifics, though Beterbiev did undergo leg surgery after smashing Joe Smith Jr. earlier this summer.
This is sadly familiar territory for Beterbiev. When it’s not promotional issues or global pandemics keeping him out of the ring, it’s injury or illness. He hasn’t fought more than twice in a calendar year since 2014.
As Donovan points out, he’ll likely return to a mandatory backlog. Callum Smith vs. Mathieu Bauderlique this Saturday will determine his next WBC challenger, while Joshua Buatsi and Jean Pascal are scheduled for a purse bid in the coming days on the IBF side. If there’s a silver lining, though, it’s that the timing could work out better for a hypothetical undisputed fight with Dmitry Bivol; the latter is slated to meet “Zurdo” Ramirez next ahead of a May 2023 rematch with Canelo Alvarez, meaning Beterbiev would have had to take at least one other fight after Yarde to keep the sanctioning bodies happy.
Or maybe I’m just grasping for an upside after once again watching one of the most destructive fighters of this generation languish on the sidelines.


Damaria Gurley has not let the obstacles she’s faced define her.
The Brunswick High School senior has chosen instead to grow from life’s challenges. And since the age of 6, much of that personal growth has taken place at the local Boys & Girls Club.
Gurley’s years of hard work came to fruition Tuesday when she earned the Youth of the Year title for the state of Georgia. She is the first member of the Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Georgia to earn the honor, which is the highest accolade the Boys & Girls Club offers.
“Our organization has been around almost 60 years … and we’ve never had a Youth of the Year winner for the state,” said Dayton Austin, director of operations at the Elizabeth F. Correll Teen Center in Brunswick. “So Damaria is our first. It’s a huge deal. In the Boys & Girls Club world, this is it. She’s done something remarkable and accomplished something really, really cool.”
Gurley was still reeling a bit Wednesday and feeling starstruck after her win.
“Before this accomplishment, this accolade, I’d never really given myself the credit for all the work that I was putting in,” she said.
The state competition took place Sunday through Tuesday in Atlanta. The trip also included visits to the State Capitol, where she met Gov. Brian Kemp, as well as Mercedes-Benz Stadium and Atlanta City Hall.
The contest itself consisted of going through interviews and giving a speech she wrote.
“The speech was a combination of what the club meant to you, your personal brand and how to describe yourself,” Gurley said.
The Youth of the Year award recognizes students who work hard, invest in themselves and demonstrate leadership in their schools, clubs and communities.
Gurley first competed against her peers in the Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Georgia and won Youth of the Year locally.
She now moves on to the southeast regional competition, which will take place in June.
Gurley represents thousands of students in this community who’ve attended the local Boys & Girls Club, Austin said.
“We always we try to send the kid that we feel like is the best example of what we do,” he said.
Gurley stays busy outside of the club playing sports, attending church and working. After graduation, she plans to attend college and pursue a degree in criminology and to join the United States Navy.
She said she always thought her high school graduation would be her first great accomplishment.
Gurley grew up in what she described as a violent community. She lost many loved ones when she was young. She also contracted meningitis and was told by doctors that she’d never play sports, or possibly never walk, again.
“I’ve overcome so many people telling me that I wouldn’t be anything … ‘You’re going to go to jail, you’re going to be like your siblings, you’re not going to really amount to much,’” she said. “So I’ve been able to not only make them wrong but show myself it’s possible, because I always believed that it was.”
Her speech in the competition focused on the challenges she’s faced in her life.
“I was basically just speaking on how, when you’re young and you go through so much pain, you kind of get used to it … You’re so used to pain that you know it’s going to happen again,” she said. “That’s what you’re counting on. So I kind of grew up that way.”
Time spent at the Boys & Girls Club, though, gave Gurley the encouragement she needed to pursue her passions.
She joined the Terrell Thomas Center location at the age of 6, then moved to the Needwood Middle School location before becoming a member at the Correll Teen Center.
“It’s a place where you can be yourself, and while you’re being yourself, you have other people rooting for you,” she said. “The kids, the staff, everybody in here wants to see you do good. Everybody in here wants to see everybody achieve something.”
The Boys & Girls Club’s slogan is “Great futures start here,” Austin said, and Gurley is the epitome of that idea.
“You spend five minutes with Damaria, and you can totally see where this is the beginning of something really, really special for her and for her life,” he said.
Austin hopes the community will root for her win and for her bright future.
“Hopefully this community rallies behind her and takes pride in the fact that we have a representative from a really special community that’s being recognized at the state level,” he said.
Gurley has persisted through her struggles not only for herself, she said, but in memory of the loved ones she’s lost.
“I’ll say, they were my biggest motivation,” she said. “So this was like, I did it, but I also made them proud.”
That accomplishment — making them proud — was the first thought that ran through Gurley’s mind when the judge’s called out her name as the state Youth of the Year winner.
“I kind of felt that when they called my name,” she said. “… I didn’t cry, but I was about to. If they would have kept me up there a little longer, I probably would have cried.”
The Boys & Girl Club, she said, helped her find her voice.
“That’ s my biggest take out of this — a voice — and it helped mold my leadership skills and shape my passions,” she said.


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Today is Thursday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2022. There are 100 days left in the year. Autumn arrives at 12:20 p.m.
On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
1776 — During the Revolutionary War, Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British in New York.
1911 — Pitcher Cy Young, 44, gained his 511th and final career victory as he hurled a 1-0 shutout for the Boston Rustlers against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.
1975 — Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but missed.
1980 — The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
1985 — Rock and country music artists participated in “Farm Aid,” a concert staged in Champaign, Ill., to help the nation’s farmers.
1993 — Forty-seven people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train fell off a bridge and crashed into Big Bayou Canot near Mobile, Ala. (A tugboat pilot lost in fog had pushed a barge into the railroad bridge, knocking the tracks 38 inches out of line just minutes before the train arrived.)
1995 — An AWACS plane carrying US and Canadian military personnel crashed on takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage, Alaska, killing all 24 people aboard.
2014 — The United States and five Arab nations launched airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, sending waves of planes and Tomahawk cruise missiles against an array of targets.
2020 — US deaths from the Coronavirus topped 200,000, by far the highest confirmed death toll from the virus in the world at that point, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
Five years ago — As the scale of the damage from Hurricane Maria started to become clearer, Puerto Rican officials said they could not contact more than half of the communities in the US territory, where all power had been knocked out to the island’s 3.4 million people.
Dancer/choreographer/singer Toni Basil is 79. Actor Paul Le Mat is 77. Musician King Sunny Adé is 76. Capt. Mark Phillips is 74. Rock singer David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) is 71. Actor Shari Belafonte is 68. Singer Debby Boone is 66. Country singer June Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 66. Singer Nick Cave is 65. Rock singer Johnette Napolitano is 65. Actor Lynn Herring is 65. Classical crossover singer Andrea Bocelli is 64. Singer-musician Joan Jett is 64. Actor Scott Baio is 62. Actor Catherine Oxenberg is 61. Actor Bonnie Hunt is 61. Actor Rob Stone is 60. Actor Dan Bucatinsky (TV: “24: Legacy”) is 57. Musician Matt Sharp is 53. Rock musician Dave Hernandez is 52. Rapper Mystikal is 52. R&B singer Big Rube (Society of Soul) is 51. Actor James Hillier (TV: “The Crown”) is 49. Actor Mireille Enos is 47. Actor Daniella Alonso is 44. Actor Michael Graziadeis 43. Actor Ashley Eckstein is 41. Actor Katie Lowes is 40. Rock musician Will Farquarson (Bastille) is 39. Actor Tatiana Maslany is 37. Actor Ukweli Roach (TV: “Blindspot”) is 36. Actor Tom Felton is 35. Actor Teyonah Parris is 35. Actor Juliette Goglia is 27. Actor Dalya Knapp is 12.


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REGION — For a long time, most of North County was a reliable bastion of support for the Republican Party at all levels of government.
The rosters of council members and mayors, state assembly members, county supervisors and representatives in Congress would read off like the Republican Party of San Diego County’s endorsement list.
But a look across the region following the 2018 midterm elections shows that a change has definitely taken hold of the region, including areas that are still considered reliable Republican strongholds.
From the potential change in the majority on the Carlsbad City Council, a sweep of the Encinitas City Council, and a too-close-to-call showing in the Escondido Mayor’s race, to the Democrat takeover of the 49th Congressional District and the 76th State Assembly District, Democrats continue to make substantial gains throughout North County.
Experts and candidates agreed that the so-called “Blue Wave” — the term being used to describe the Democrat midterm surge that led the party’s regaining control of the House of Representatives and other key races — crashed ashore throughout the region, particularly in coastal North County.
UC San Diego political science professor Thad Kousser said the surge was historic along the coast.
“Clearly, this is a watershed election in which the entire coastal part of Southern California has gone blue on the congressional side,” Kousser said. “Orange County will not have a single Republican member of Congress and in San Diego, Democrats have added the 49th District after Scott Peters’ historic election six years ago.
“This is a generational moment in California politics that completes this transformation for this state that has a clear east-west divide,” Kousser said. “My take on this since the day after the election and the subsequent counts is that this really was a big wave, this was not a split decision.”
Democrats make big gains
Changes in demographics, combined with a deeply unpopular president, have made the Republican ticket less reliable throughout the region than in years past.
In 2016, North County voters favored Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by 16 percent. This unpopularity played itself out in the region’s marquee race, the 49th Congressional District, where Mike Levin defeated Diane Harkey for control of a seat held by Republican Darrell Issa for 20 years.
It also showed up during the 2018 primary election in the 76th State Assembly District, which had been reliably Republican since its creation after the 2010 Census. This year, however, a Republican did not advance to the runoff, where Encinitas City Councilwoman Tasha Boerner Horvath defeated Oceanside activist and former journalist Elizabeth Warren to claim the seat, padding Democrats’ comfortable majority in the State Assembly.
In Encinitas, a nonpartisan community, but one where Democrats had made inroads over the past three election cycles, there were concerns that thousands of dollars from developer-funded political-action committees could split the council, and in the event of a Boerner Horvath victory, could put the fate of the council majority in the balance.
Instead, it appears that Democrats in Encinitas could control all five council seats, as Catherine Blakespear coasted to a victory in the mayor’s race, and the candidates she supported — District 4 incumbent Joe Mosca and District 3 challenger Jody Hubbard — appear headed for victory in their respective races.
This would give them a super-majority on the council as they appoint a replacement for Boerner Horvath’s final two years.
In Carlsbad, Matt Hall scored a victory for Republicans by defeating Cori Schumacher in a very contentious race for the city’s mayor.
But Schumacher’s allies Barbara Hamilton and Priya Bhat-Patel, after trailing on election night, have assumed the lead in their respective council district races over Tracy Carmichael and Corrine Busta, respectively. With Schumacher still having two years remaining in her council term, Carlsbad’s City Council will have a 3-2 Democratic majority for at least the next two years.
“This was your grandfather’s San Diego,” Kousser said of Carlsbad’s previous Republican unanimity and Encinitas’ moderate Republican lean. “But when Encinitas will wind up with a stronger Democratic majority than the city of San Diego, that is a huge transition.”
Kousser said that Carlsbad and Encinitas’ move toward the center-left is directly correlated to the region’s unpopularity with President Donald Trump, especially in those cities’ suburbs, which are the areas where Trump’s unpopularity resonates.
“Those eastern suburbs, those are the types of areas where Donald Trump has brought the biggest losses, those affluent white suburbs that are socially moderate and pro-immigration,” Kousser said. “These are parts of California where Trump is losing for the Republican Party.”
A similar phenomenon occurred in San Marcos, where Rebecca Jones — the city’s vice mayor who was endorsed by the Republican Party and all of the region’s Republican mayors — defeated outgoing Councilman Chris Orlando in the city’s mayoral election.
But the candidates Orlando supported in the city’s two council district races — longtime school board member Randy Walton and attorney Maria Nunez — are headed to victories.
While still in the minority, San Marcos now has a 3-2 ideological split on its board, the closest in the city’s history.
And in Escondido, a usually reliably “red” city, incumbent Councilman Ed Gallo was soundly defeated by Consuelo Martinez and Mayor Sam Abed is in the fight of his political life, now trailing challenger Paul “Mac” McNamara, the president of the Palomar College Governing Board, by 237 votes.
John Dadian, a San Diego-based political consultant, said that this result was the shock of the local election for him.
“Well, (Abed) was a longtime incumbent and considered a (party) insider, and sometimes you tend to look too much inside, and everyone thought he had been doing well,” Dadian said. “And with the power of incumbency, you really didn’t see the challenger as a real threat. Everyone will certainly be holding their breath to the final outcome.”
Dadian and Kousser agreed that Escondido’s demographic shift from a white to a split electorate with Latinos is playing a role in the outcome.
Kousser likened it to the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, where a rise in the city’s Chinese population initially gave rise to an all-white council, but then gave way to an Asian majority.
“That area has been conservative and elected Sam Abed largely because of those demographic changes, out of concerns about whether Escondido had changed too quickly,” Kousser said. “But this election might be that tipping point where first you see the politics of reaction, but gradually you see the politics of acceptance and immigration. You see an issue like immigration spurring a Trump-like candidate like Abed, but at some point the demographic transformation is going to make it impossible to lead from the right forever.”
Republicans make a stand
Republicans were able to control some of the key races in the region.
In Vista, San Marcos and Carlsbad, Judy Ritter, Jones and Hall all won their mayoral races.
In Oceanside’s District 2 council race, Republican-backed Chris Rodriguez took advantage of three Democrat-backed candidates splitting votes to win the seat.
Two of the three Democratic and teachers’ union backed candidates in the San Dieguito Union High School District race were defeated as well, as incumbent Maureen “Mo” Muir narrowly defeated challenger Amy Flicker, and Melissa Mossy appears headed to a win over Rhea Stewart.
Desmond soundly won election to the District 5 supervisor seat that was left vacant by longtime Supervisor Bill Horn, who termed out of office.
And Republican State Assemblywoman Marie Waldron easily won re-election, while Republican State Sen. Pat Bates repelled a strong challenge by Marggie Castellano to win re-election in the 36th Senate District.
Dadian said that he didn’t believe that the 76th Assembly Race was a product of the “blue wave” as much as it was too many Republicans splitting the vote in California’s so-called “jungle primary” system.
“All of the candidates, with the exception of (Vista Councilwoman Amanda) Rigby, were from the same general geographical area,” Dadian said. “I don’t see it as much as a blue wave as a ‘blue trickle.’”
He also said that he believed that some of the gains had less to do with political ideology and more to do with the advent of district elections in several North County cities.
“When you’re campaigning in basically one-fourth of your city, it is a lot easier to get your message across,” Dadian said.
Kousser, however, said he sees that even in some of the victories — such as Bates and in the 50th Congressional District, where incumbent Duncan Hunter appears likely to hold his seat despite being under federal indictment and a strong showing by Democratic candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar — Democrats showed the strength of the wave.
“Campa-Najjar only trailing by 11,000 votes is closer than anyone would have ever predicted in bright red East County,” Kousser said. “And in any other election, taking on a sitting Minority Senate leader like Pat Bates would have seemed impossible. She doesn’t have any scandals, this is not a Duncan Hunter situation, but the fact that they got close in this district is another sign of how blue the surge was.”
Encinitas and the environment rapidly being cemented over. Blakespear hasn’t seen a cement truck that she doesn’t love. The pour more cement team of Blakespear, Mosca, and Hubbard will surpass LA in their folly to cement over open spaces.
This is happening all over North County. The developers own most of the politicians. We the citizens need to put a stop to it by holding our elected officials accountable (be they Democrat or Republican). The only real solution is to get the money out of the system. Term limits, spending limits, NO outside money via PACs and Independent Expenditures. Those changes will improve things dramatically. Now if we can just get them done.
There were multiple campaign mailers with Hall and Busta coming to my door but this article doesn’t acknowledge the allyship between Hall and Busta. Aaron, why is that? I don’t see any endorsement by Cori for Priya.
Why do you identify Priya as an ally of Cori’s (which she really isn’t since she ran her own campaign) but fail to identify Carmichael and Busta as allies of Hall’s (which they most certainly are based on even a cursory inspection of their campaigns and their campaign donors)?
Good point. Hamilton clearly tied herself to Cori, but Priya ran her own campaign. Both were smart strategies, as Cori is much stronger in District 1 than in other districts.
Hey Don, I actually believed Busta and Carmichael’s ties to Hall would be inferred, but I should’ve been more explicit. Thanks for the catch.
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A Beginners Guide to Composting that will easily get anyone started creating rich garden soil Today. Here’s what you need to know.
As a gardener, you probably already know just how important composting is. A person that is able to properly compost should be able to see much more success in their garden. Without having that cycle of decay and rebirth, if you think about it, life on this planet wouldn’t be the same. Mind you, composting is more than just a way to develop your own fertilizer, free of charge. It is a great way to close the nutrient cycle, reduce waste and prevent air population that is said to cause climate change.
Here’s something we find interesting – by composting, you can remove between 20 to 50 percent of the waste stream from your household, which means that is less waste that is sitting there, filling up the landfills. While, at the same time, you will be using it to replenish your trees, lawn, and houseplants. Also, if you have to pay for trash pick-up, composting can help you save money along those lines as well. So really, by composting, you have a “win-win” situation.
Sure, you could always send that organic matter to the landfill where it can decompose, but what happens here is it ends up decomposing anaerobically …this means it decomposes without oxygen. This is a process that creates methane, which is a greenhouse gas that is much more potent than carbon dioxide. In the United States, landfills have been listed as the third largest source behind methane emissions.
What Can You Do about it?
What you can do is start composing your food and organic waste at home, instead of tossing it in the landfill. By doing this, we would be decreasing the amount of methane that is released. Point blank, food is something that should not be sent to the landfill.
For gardening, compost just so happens to be one of the most powerful ingredients. Regardless of what you do with it, whether you choose to use it as mulch around those beautiful trees and shrubs or till it into those garden beds to produce lots of healthy vegetables and flowers, it is an essential ingredient.
Once the compost is in the soil, it buffers pH, increases fertility, breaks down toxins, prevents diseases and of course, improves the structure of the soil.
Even if you don’t have a garden, composting would still be a good idea. By returning the organic waste back to the soil, we can help rebalance the nutrient cycle in Mother Nature.
If you’re not exactly familiar with composting, we understand that you may feel like it is hard to get started. However, it is much easier than you think. Today, we are here to help you figure out what you should be composting and what you should avoid.
The Basics of Composting
Before we give you a list of what you should be composting, we’re going to run you through the basics of composting in order to give you an idea of what to expect.
Believe it or not, composting is simple. Basically, anything that once lived at one point in time or anything that was created from a living thing is able to be composted. The item needs to contain all natural components and as long as it does, it will decay and eventually return its nutrients back into the soil.
A compost pile can be easy to start. It could involve tossing in stuff like dead leaves, veggie scraps and grass clippings in a corner of your back yard. However, on the same note, there are compost bins that you can buy in order to keep everything neat …or you could make your own compost bin.
There are different types of compost bins that you can get to fit every situation. You have tumblers, pallet bins, and towers. The tumblers are our personal favorites – all you have to do is put your compost materials in the tumbler and give a couple spins to the compost every few of days. Go here to see a guide on how to pick the best compost bin for your home. We reviewed several of the top rated compost bins that are available. Check out the best compost bins here.
A Handy Helper When Composting-The Compost Pail
A compost pail is a HUGE help in the kitchen. It keeps all your food scraps neatly tucked away until you’re ready to transfer them to your compost pile or bin. Many compost pails have charcoal filters in the lids that are effective in preventing foul odors from escaping into your kitchen. The pails can be kept on or under a counter making them a very convenient way to collect scraps. You’re able to collect scraps for up to a week without making constant trips to your compost pile. If you’re like me, you’re much more likely to continue composting if it’s convenient as possible. Here are some of the best compost pails on the market to keep those scraps out of sight and out of mind.
Greens and Browns-Keep a Good Ratio
Nature will take it’s course no matter how you compost. Just throw all that organic waste in and watch the magic happen. To make that process go by faster though, you’ll need to know about “greens” and “browns”. The “Greens” are rich in nitrogen and include things such as veggie peels, grass clippings, and manure. “Browns” are rich in carbon and include dried leaves, cardboard, and straw. Everything that you’ll compost will fit into one of those two categories. An easy way to think about it is anything that has a lot of water content is a “Green”, while anything dry and lacking moisture is a “Brown”.
Keeping a good ratio of the Greens and Browns does two things. First by keeping a balance between the two, compost will cook much faster and you’ll have finished compost sooner. Secondly keeping a good ratio will prevent anaerobic composting which can be a bit smelly. Its not an exact science but a good ratio to shoot for is 25:1 or 25 parts Browns to 1 part Greens.
Basically if you’re compost looks soupy or smells bad, just add some Brown material. If you the compost is dry and dusty, throw in some Greens. Don’t over think it! Just throw everything in and it will all work itself out. Its really hard to mess up compost, and believe me I’ve tried but I still come out with rich garden soil.
Many gardeners call compost “black gold” for a reason. Honestly,us gardeners can never seem to get enough compost for all of the above reasons.
A Bullet List of Things You Can Compost
Here’s a list of things that you can start composting today …
Your Kitchen Is A Great Place For Compost Ingredients-Compost These…
- Coffee grinds
- Fruit and vegetable scraps
- Egg shells
- Tea bags (as long as they’re made of natural materials like cotton or hemp)
- Coffee filters
- Loose leaf tea
- Paper bags (shredded up)
- User paper towels
- Coconut milk
- Unwaxed cardboard pizza boxes
- Nut shells
- Pizza crusts
- Peanut shells
- Energy bars
- Wine corks
- Avocado pits
- Old herbs and spices
- Old jelly
- Paper muffin cups
- Melted ice cream
- Moldy cheese
From the Office
- Envelops (shredded)
- Old business cards (shredded)
- Sticky notes (shredded)
Compost These From Your Laundry Room
- Old cotton clothing
- Dryer lint
- Old cotton towels
- Old cotton sheets
(rip the clothing, towels and sheets into pieces)
Compost These From around Your House
- Dust bunnies
- Junk mail (Not the glossy ones though)
- Burlap sacks
- Flowers from floral arrangements
- Used matches
- Natural potpourri
- Contents from your dustpan
- Old rope
- Ashes from the fireplace
- Dead leaves
- Grass clippings
Party and Holiday Items
- Latex balloons
- Crepe paper
- Wrapping paper rolls
- Jack O’ Lanterns
- Hay bales
- Christmas trees
- Evergreen garlands
- Bedding from your gerbil, hamster, rabbit, etc.
- Fur from your dog brush
- Horse, goat, or cow manure
- Newspaper from the bottom of a bird cage
- Fish pellets
- Alfalfa hay/pellets
What to Avoid Putting in Your Compost Pile
Here’s a list of what you need to avoid putting in your compost pile:
- Onions and Citrus Peels – Yes, fruit and vegetable scraps are great for putting in a compost piles, but you should avoid onions and citrus peels. The acidity in onions and citrus peels can kill worms and the other microorganisms. This could slow down the decomposition.
- Glossy paper
- Sticky labels on the fruits and vegetables
- Sawdust that comes from treated wood
- Synthetic fertilizer
- Meat scraps
Can you imagine the difference you would be making if you composted everything that you could possibly compost? You would definitely be doing your part on making a difference on earth, and your garden will “thank you.”

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