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Kris and Luhan reunite once again on Chinese variety show!
This is sure to be a reunion that will get everyone excited: the reunion of formerEXOmembersKris(Wu Yi Fan) andLuhan!
A Chinese media outlet reported recently that Kris and Luhan appeared together for the filming of a new variety program.
It was just like the olden times, or so the pictures from the film set relate, which show the two stars holding hands--might I add very affectionately--and laughing at some joke.
The episode featuring Luhan and Kris will show the two engaging in a friendly battle, split into teams 'Hurry Up, Brother' and 'Challengers Union,' representing the shows they are currently a fixed member of.
Who's excited to see Luhan and Kris on the same show again?
You've already seenKrisandKendall Jenner on the coverof 'Vogue China' as well as an adorable behind-the-scenesdance video, but luckily for fans, there's more from the shoot.A new behind-the-scenes clip shows you more of what exactly went into creating the chic, black and ..... by withdonut
KrisandLuhan's lawsuits withSM, which everyone thought would go on for another 20 years,finally concluded after two years. The final agreement dictated that Kris and Luhan's exclusive contracts with SM Entertainment stay in force until 2022 as was originally written up.So..... by laplace
KrisandLuhan's contractual dispute with former agencySM Entertainmenthas at last drawn to a close. The court recommended for the two parties to reconcile, and the final agreement dictated that Kris and Luhan's exclusive contracts with SM Entertainment stay in force until ..... by hwarang
Recently,EXO'ssasaengfans have received a lot of criticism for their rude misconduct at a wedding for memberBaekhyun's brother. These fans went so far as to stand on top of tables to record videos and was overall very disrespectful to the couple, ruining their special da..... by jaicoree
Scandal after scandal seems to be tailingKris. Kris was recently enveloped in rumors of allegedly being caught in bed with a woman claiming to be his ex-girlfriend; now, the singer's past, particularly concerning his family, was dug up by the Chinese media, and the Korean..... by askkpop
Luhancan still get it.I mean, he's always gettin' it though. As the newly delegated representative of 'Cartier,' Luhan pulled out some sleek moves for a brief, abstract commercial. Needlessly to say, our 'deer' is looking extra handsome in fitted formal wear and slicked back h..... by kingjoe20930
Krisbecame the new face of 'Huawei's newest phoneHonor 8! The actor tries to emphasize the versatility yet one-of-a-kind image of the Honor 8, confidently voicing that the phone allows him not to "define trends" but rather, "define his own style." ..... by dongie
Chinese media outlets are claiming thatKris's newest movie 'Never Gone,' in which he stars as the male lead oppositeLiu Yifei, is being bombarded with negative reviews mostly due to Kris's awkward acting and not living up to the original novel. The media stated that movie..... by hwarang
EXO'sKrisandTaoandTASTYformed the 'EXOSTY' team in a preview forKBS 2TV's 'Dream Team'!The preview gives a sneak peek at the team's basketball skills as they get competitive with their charismatic looks in their eyes. Kris, Tao, and TASTY make the perfect basketball team with ..... by heej0130
SM Entertainment is continuing its legal fight againstKris,Luhan, andTao, who are all currently active in the Chinese entertainment industry.On June 28, the agency announced it had formally filed 14 lawsuits in Chinese court against companies that are supporting the three..... by kingjoe20930
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will not make a third run for president, CNN has confirmed, and will tell supporters on an 11 a.m. phone call he believes it's "best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity" to become the nominee.
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The minute an English toddler caught sight of the Sex Pistols on British television and registered a subconscious thought (“that rock’n’roll swindle fing looks easy i bet i can get away wif that when i get older”) somewhere between its noodle and nappy before reinserting its thumb and crawling off to do something more pressing, Britain was doomed to endure an endless series of young bands determined to top the wanton exploits and arrogant posturing of their predecessors. Self-appointed stars from the Manic Street Preachers to Primal Scream to Radiohead to Oasis have provided the United Kingdom (and parts beyond) with colorful Clockwork brats on parade, generating news stories, obnoxious interviews and, occasionally, some good — if rarely original — music.
At the start, Brighton’s These Animal Men — singer/guitarist Boag, guitarist Julian “Hooligan” Hewings, bassist Patrick Murray and drummer Steve Hussey — got by on sheer attitude. Although tuneful and harmony cushioned, the band’s early records spring from the same fountain of energetic rock/pop (spigots marked Mott the Hoople, David Bowie and the New York Dolls) that has nurtured bands from Generation X on down. Retrieved from a live BBC session, the speeding title track of the five-song Too Sussed? begins with the “Baba O’Riley” riff and then blasts along on pure adrenaline, spewing clever-sounding impending-adulthood rubbish for lyrics. The EP also contains the quartet’s first two singles: “Speed King,” an especially catchy automotive romantic tale that winks at methamphetamine users, and “You’re Not My Babylon,” an absurdly grandiose psychodrama about John Dillinger beating up his girlfriend. Despite some idiosyncrasies, the music is as programmed by history as the record’s crucifixion cartoon cover.
Come the full-length album, the quartet is revealed to be the second coming of the Only Ones — and not just because Boag replicates the guitar solo from “Another Girl, Another Planet” almost note for note on “You’re Always Right.” Putting some fight into the fey, provocative intelligence into the words and street-level life into the anthemic melodies, These Animal Men turn their Bowie Primary School education into vintage glam-pop with a moving Romantic aesthetic undercurrent. Taut songwriting, good singing, buzzing electricity and a dynamic grasp that works piano balladry (as in the Room at the Top realism of the title track and “My Human Remains”) into the band’s plans make (Come on, Join) The High Society a compelling bolt of content, not posture. The assessment of fame in “Empire Building” is remarkably level-headed, and the canny self-awareness of “We Are Living” alludes to far deeper insight than young bands usually can admit: “A supercharged skinny hellbent on his own destruction/I can’t change the world only my own generation.” The inclusion of “Too Sussed?” rolls back the carpet of progress for a few minutes, but otherwise The High Society is a fine place to rub ears. (The Taxi EP contains five songs from the album.)
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Termination of US protection for shipping vessels in the Red Sea
Today, Thursday, the US announced the termination of protection for shipping vessels associated with Israel during their passage through the Red Sea.
Exclusive – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
The Danish shipping company Maersk revealed that the US Navy officially informed them of their inability to secure all the ships in the Bab Al-Mandeb strait.
The company had announced the resumption of its operations in the Red Sea in November of last year, following a temporary halt due to the targeting of a ship by Yemen that was heading to Israeli ports, disregarding Yemeni warnings regarding the violation of the Israeli navigation ban.
The resumption of its vessel transit coincided with an American announcement of the formation of an alliance to protect ships, named “Guardian of Prosperity,” with the company relying on US protection.
In his statement, the CEO of the company, Vincent Clerc, did not clarify the motives behind the suspension of US protection for the vessels.
It remains unknown whether this step is part of US efforts to escalate in the Red Sea or an acknowledgment of failure. However, Clerc’s talk about the company’s declining profits during the past year indicates that the company may have been subjected to US extortion, especially since the notification came following the approval of a specific budget for US operations in the Red Sea, which does not include securing foreign shipping vessels and associated with Israel.

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Growing up in my tight-knit family, Harry Potter was one of the many things we bonded over. Sitting at the kids’ table eating dinner while the Philosophers Stone or the Chamber of Secrets runs in the background until my dad bursts in when he finishes his dinner to eat his food was a very mundane scene in ur house. Harry Potter was taken very seriously. Reanactmets of lines and scenes like Professor Lockhart’s first lesson and Cedric Diggory’s death that came straight from the series were common in my house. It’s not just me but millions of people’s childhood. Frankly, I’ve been stuck in a Harry Potter bubble my whole life and it wasn’t until recently, recently being Draco Tiktok, to fully delve into the issue Harry Potter has.
The series Harry Potter itself, for the 0.01% of people that don’t know, is a story of an orphaned boy named Harry Potter who lives underneath the staircase in a cupboard at his aunt and uncle’s house. When he’s 11 he learns that magic is not only real but that he is not just an ordinary wizard. He is the boy who lived. He gets admitted into Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and through 7 books and 8 movies we follow this story and world that JK Rowling created before our eyes. Harry Potter is gorgeous and personally makes me dream of Hogwarts every night. But, as the series came to an end, and the series as well as Rowling, began to be examined more, the blatant racism, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Semitic, and frankly problematic tones that run deep were exposed more outwardly.
Here is a list of each topic that will be covered:
- JK Rowlings Transphobia
- LGBTQ+ Stereotypes within Lycanthropy
- Goblins and Anti Semitism
- The naming of Characters, specifically her Asian characters
- Sexism/ Misogyny
- Ilvermorny and Indigenous Issues
- The Redemption Arc of a Bigot
JK Rowlings Transphobia
I think the most apparent and public “scandal” that JK Rowling has ever had, has to do with her slippery Twitter fingers when talking about the trans community. She has spoken multiple times on her support for TERF (trans-exclusionary racial feminism) using “#IStandwithMaya”, a supporter of transphobic policies in the UK. By using this hashtag, JK Rowling shows her support for someone who is currently receiving backlash for holding transphobic views, meaning that Rowling herself views that the backlash Maya is receiving is inherently wrong.
Because of this, Rowling experienced massive backlash on Twitter. From her devout fans to even stars from the film series, people began to show their outrage. This was one of the first public moments that fans began to uncover. It was covered by many news outlets and human rights organizations.
JK Rowling herself has always been seen as this inclusive writer who made a world that kids got to grow up in. Harry Potter was this story of people who didn’t fit the “muggle societal norm”, and was in turn shown in a positive light; so why is someone being transgender so bad? Why can wizards exist in peace and in their society but when someone is transgender does that narrative fly out the door?
LGBTQ+ Stereotypes within Lycanthropy
Now one of my absolute favourite characters in the whole series was Remus Lupin, James Potter’s best friend, werewolf, and the best Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Hogwarts has ever seen. Remus Lupin himself was a poor man, never able to find a job due to workplaces not being accepting of his condition, that being lycanthropy (what makes him a werewolf). The entire werewolf plot in the novels was so beautifully done. We discover Lupin’s backstory of being bitten by the only other werewolf character within the series as a child, this werewolf being Fenrir Greyback. Fenrir Greyback specifically sought after children to shift to lycanthropy and was the only her were world death eater. Now, why is this important?
After the series ended, Rowling discussed how her inspiration for Lupin’s “condition” was HIV/Aids. The reason why this is so problematic and frankly homophobic is that this shows Rowling’s internal views of people who are gay. They, in her mind, are either sweet human beings or child predators who turn into a monster once a month and justifies how they view their condition as being a disease and danger to society.
Rowling’s own definition of a werewolf is meant to be scary. By why is someone who suffers from HIV/ Aids meant to be seen as scary in a children’s book. Why are the only people who we see suffer from this are either kind of sweet men or actual child predators? He internalized homophobia is so routed into her writing it’s honestly sickening how much she can’t view these thoughts as being homophobic.
Goblins and Anti Semitism
Goblins. Two-faced, greedy, sneaky, and frankly scary creatures we see in the series. The first time they show up, we are in the first book and Harry is at Gringotts bank to retrieve his money, a place runs fully by goblins. Rowling herself writes these creatures as being money hungry and greedy, as well as visually have larger hooked noses. They are creatures everyone would prefer to be away from if that makes more sense.
With more scrutiny the series has faced, many have come to the conclusion that the Goblins themselves are supposed to be envisioned as Jews, many even claiming that looking at the floor within Gringotts Bank they can see the Star of David. At first, this statement was difficult for me to understand. JK rowing has always been one to actively speak against anti-Semitic and has even said her more evil characters within her works are based on Nazis.
The reason why this connection is made was because of the stereotypical Jew that is commonly perceived in media. The hooked noses, the beady eyes, and olive skin, the intelligence but greed for money are all stereotypes that many Jewish people had to face growing up and these stereotypes are extremely similar to antisemitic propaganda images that occurred in Nazi Germany. It was and still is viewed as “Jew coding”. many pointing out that although Rowling claims she is anti-Semitic, these portrayals of her creatures prove to not be true.
Naming of Characters
I must admit something now. JK Rowlings naming of character is so creative, up until she decides to name POC and anyone that has a cultural significance to their name. The most obvious we see in this is the naming of the only Asian character in the series, that being Cho Chang and the naming of South Asian characters like Parvati and Padma Patil.
Cho Chang, Harry Potter’s first crush was the only East Asian character Rowlings East Asian readers could “relate” to. Her name itself was extremely offensive. With characters like Severus Snape and Minerva McGonagall, why was JK Rowling so extremely lazy, as many readers have pointed out, with the naming of this character. Why is it that when it comes to having the only apparent East Asian character does she get given an extremely stereotypical name to confirm that she is in fact Asian?
The same thing can be said for the Patil twins. These names are extremely lazy. Rowling’s lack of creativity and care for her BIPOC characters is so odd when the naming of her very prominent characters is done with such precision, specifically her white characters. Not only this but the portrayal of the Patil twins made it extremely difficult for South Asian, specifically Indian characters to relate to. Many proclaiming this would have been such an amazing opportunity to showcase how a character’s culture would more realistically be apart of Hogwarts and the magical world.
Now the next time we experience an Asian character in the series is in the second installment of the Harry Potter prequel series, Fantastic Beasts; Crimes of Grindelwald. Now, this is going to be a bit complicated to go through if you haven’t seen Harry Potter but here is some background:
Wizard Hitler Voldermort split his soul into 7 parts and that last intentional split he made was put into a snake named Nagini. Nagini was always viewed as being Voldemort’s “pet snake” doing his bidding for him in killing anyone Voldemort wanted her to. In Crimes of Grindelwald we get a look into the Naginis back story and to oversimplify it, she is a woman who is cursed to turn into a snake. We see her in a cage like a circus trick and she is revealed to be an Asian woman. Now, why is this wrong you may ask? I will tell you right now.
The typical stereotype of Asian women is the idea of the “submissive woman”. She sits idly as the man does and says and exerts his power over her. And what is Nagini? A pet snake that does Voldemort bidding for him and sits idly while he commits mass murder. She is also seen to be the stereotypical “dragon lady” as she appeases a crowd of people and is essentially there for their entertainment and purposes. Stereotypically speaking, Rowling wrote this character as a submissive woman and even Rowling admitted that in her eyes, Nagini is specifically Korean.
Rowling’s explanation of having her Korean was entirely factually wrong, however. Rowling claims that the name Nagini comes from the word “Naga” more specifically the “Naga” myth, claiming this myth comes from Indonesia. Furthermore, she states that Indonesia is a country made of people from all over East Asia, including Korea. However, with a quick google search, we see once again, Rowling is wrong.
The Naga myth Rowling is referring to is actually an Indian, more specifically roots in Hinduism and Buddhism. So essentially there is no justification Rowling has for putting her only other East Asian character in her work as a submissive, stereotypical “dragon lady”, snake.
Sexism and Misogyny
Now in the series, we see lots of strong and empowered women for example; Hermione Granger, Nymphadora Tonks, Ginny Weasley, Lily Potter, Minerva McGonagall, Amelia Bones, Luna Lovegood and so many more. In our minds, we view this story as bringing women and their roles within society at the forefront. However, multiple women were put into negative lights for no apparent reason.
Growing up my least favourite female character other than Umbridge was Cho Chang, why? Because according to Rowling, crying after your boyfriend has just been killed in front of the whole school is wrong. I also very much disliked Lavender Brown, a typical schoolgirl who was in love with a boy who loved someone else, Fleur for being too pretty, and frankly, any girl was “girly”. This may sound childish, but if the character in the book acted like any person, male or female, in that situation they would immediately be perceived as annoying, girly, and not attractive to males.
Parvati and Padma Patil wanted to have a good time at the Yule ball and rather than view that as a normal thing, they were viewed as a nuisance. Fleur Delacour was a gorgeous girl wanting to marry Bill Weasley, yet the family (specifically Molly and Ginny Weasley) called her “Phlegm” behind her back and claimed that she was”using” Bill. Cho Chang cried 6 months after her boyfriend died when she was 16 and Harry couldn’t comprehend why. There are so many other cases of girls who fit the mage of being “emotional” or “girly” are immediately put off and why? JK Rowling claims she is a feminist but why does bringing other female characters in her books down help that image? Frankly, they don’t.
Ilvermorny and Indigenous Issues
In 2016 the Wizarding community was brought forward a new Wizarding school apart from the three that were already present in the series, this new school is called Ilvermorny. Ilverymorny is the American school of witchcraft and wizardry and has a completely different sorting system set in place.
As we see with the misuse of the Naga myth, Rowling continues on with her theme of misuse of myth with the Indigenous community. She cherry-picks what she wants to use and then twists them to fit her narrative and her storyline. Regarding the house names within Ilvermorny, there are four of them, Pukwudgie, Thunderbird, Wampus, and Horned Serpent; all of which are Indigenous mythological creatures.
What Rowling did was take Indigenous mythology, their culture, and in turn, made the majority of these characters of this new setting to be non-Indigenous; in fact, the only Indigenous character with a name is a wandmaker called Shikoba Wolfe. She then proceeds to strip the mythology of its meaning and provides it with a new meaning under her context to fit her narrative needs.
Rowling, a white woman, who took Indigenous culture, distorted and majorly changed it, failed to give Indigenous people any significance in her storyline and thus profits off of it.
The Redemption Arc of Bigot
I could talk every day and write 10 full blogs about how much my dislike for Severus Snape runs deep in my blood.
Severus Snape, potions master as Hogwarts, Deatheater spy, and in Rowling’s eyes, the reason why Harry Potter and the order won the war against Voldemort. Throughout the books and movies, you as the audience were meant to view Snape as being rude, shady, and frankly evil; when it is proven later on in the books that he isn’t and that he risked so much for his “love” for Lily Potter. However, the majority of people within the fandom view the latter as not true.
Snape himself was mistreated by James Potter, Harry’s father, growing up and was Lily Potter’s best friend up until he called her a “mudblood”, a wizard slur, while they were in school. He hated James Potter and reflected this hate onto Harry, a child, while he taught him. He berated and bullied not just him but Neville, and Hermione Granger and was some children’s biggest fears.
Snape himself was never a good person in my eyes, yes he ended up on the good side but he bullied children, he called the “love of his life” (frankly I think it was an obsession) a slur, he outed Remus Lupin as being a werewolf in front of the entire school as an adult male and was the only person who knew Harry’s mom well and never even tried to give Harry some information on his mom.
Now reading all of that, you would think this man couldn’t possibly receive any justification but in reality, Rowling figured out a way to do that. She completely romanticized his entire character. Stating that he was a hero, had Harry name his child after him, and forgave him for being a blood supremacist only because “he did what was right in the end”.
These books are here, They are a representation of her thoughts and feelings, and the fact that she views that being a blood supremacist and a severe bully is redeemable in any sense is wild to me, especially because James Potter bullied him as a child. How is this redeemable?
Now, are these all the issues that are present in the series? No. There is the issue of queer-bating as a way to sell books when claiming Dumbledore was gay but provided no evidence when given the chance. There’s her actual pen name “JK Rowling” and a second pen name under “Robert Galbraith” that she made because she believed that having her name under Jo wouldn’t sell books. But, I could honestly take your whole day discussing every issue there is.
She wrote this series and made this world that consumes my life to this day. In fact, I’m listening to the audiobooks as I write this. I live and breathe this world, I memorized full movie scripts. But, me and millions of other need to realize that the ideals that JK Rowling is perpetuating in this series is inherently wrong and simply put, dangerous. Part of loving something or someone is being able to hold them accountable for their actions.
I get it, it’s hard to let go of this series, it’s hard to have it tainted by a backstory that makes the essence of the work so dark, but there are ways to consume the story without supporting Rowling herself.
- If you’re going to buy books, buy them secondhand from Facebook market and other websites.
- Find a way to view the movies that don’t put money in her pockets.
- Support those that have been affected by her works; from the Asian community to the Indigenous, and to LGBTQ+.
I guess all I have to say now is:
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Deadline just broke the news that the entirety of CBS All Access' Star Trek operation will be coming to San Diego Comic-Con, with a massive, nearly two-hour block of programming coming to Hall H on July 20th.
There is going to be a whole lot of Star Trek on hand, too. First at bat will be Star Trek: Discovery, which will have Sonequa Martin-Green on hand with executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise, and Heather Kadin. Tig Notaro, who was my absolute favorite addition to the cast of Discovery's second season, will be the moderator for this first panel.
The first-ever look at Star Trek: Lower Decks will be up shortly after, with executive producer Mike McMahan bringing the goods with a potential of a couple of guests.
Alex Kurtzman will come back on stage after Lower Decks with Sir Patrick Stewart for the first-ever Star Trek: Picard panel. There's a lot of speculation about whether there will be a teaser or preview of Picard shown off at the panel (I would venture yes on that). Picard co-stars Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera and Harry Treadaway, plus new showrunner Michael Chabon, and executive producers Akiva Goldsman and Kadin will join this panel as well.
There will be plenty of Star Trek action going on outside the big Hall H program, too, with exclusive Trek trading pins, including one with the Picard coat of arms.
What might be the biggest draw, though, is a completely immersive Discovery experience, which may or may not include a transporter.
There will be a Jean-Luc Picard: The First Duty exhibit, which will have original props, costumes, and artifacts from the character's long history on Star Trek, which includes the remains of the Borg Queen.
We'll have an entire fleet of Bleeding Cool operatives on the ground at San Diego Comic-Con when it kicks off on Thursday, July 18th!


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Japan Express: Osaka to Tokyo
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Backroads of Japan
12 day in-depth cultural tour through Tokyo, Nagano, Matsumoto and 3 other destinations in Japan
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9 day train & rail tour through Tokyo, Kamakura, Hakone, Kyoto, Osaka in Japan
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18 day train & rail tour through Beijing, Xian, Suzhou and 8 other destinations in 2 different countries
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5 Step Plan to Eating Healthy Food All Week
David Roberts, wellness coach with Transitional Life System and owner of NOXcuse Fitness, knows that being disciplined with food is difficult, "Meal planning is crucial to staying on track with your health." The following recommendations from Roberts can help you stay ahead of mealtime woes:
Simplify weekday meals.
Figure out what nights will be the busiest and require quick meals. Consider crock pot dinners or cooking on Sunday to store for later use.
Make it a family affair.
Get the kids involved in choosing recipes and making a shopping list, and post the week’s menu for the family to see.
Grocery shop on the weekend.
Running low on staples can put a damper on healthy meal planning. Make sure you have all the ingredients you need for the week.
Prepare vegetables ahead of time.
Cut vegetables and store for use later in week for quick snacks or meal preparation.
Buy grab-and-go snacks.
Granola with nuts, Greek yogurt, protein shake or bar make for filling meals-on-the-go. Keep a small cooler handy to put in the car filled with fresh fruit, nuts and cheese.
Vanessa Infanzon is a freelance writer and when she is not chasing three boys or training for her second half marathon, she writes at especiallyben.com.
SEE ALSO: Charlotte Parent executive editor and publisher Eve White stopped by WCCB News Rising to chat with Terrance Bates about healthy food options and how to keep your family on track all week long.

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If 25 Democrats join the Republicans in voting for it, leadership will have to allow a vote.
By Steve Ulrich
Does the governor have the authority to go from opt-in to opt-out? Will it make voting less secure? Officials have not been forthcoming.
By Stu Bykofsky
Most democracies — including most American states — protect the right to vote by requiring identification.
By Sen. Tracy Pennycuick
Demanding ID-to-vote is not a form of suppression; rather, it enhances the most precious attribute of being an American.
By Christine Flowers
The data that Pennsylvania elected officials are grappling over is more public than many would think. The real story is that the issue is about politics, not privacy.
By Linda A. Kerns & Noel H. Johnson
The takeaway is clear. Or, at least, it should be: Concerns over certain aspects of our election system are bipartisan. So, too, can be the solutions.
By Rob Shearer
Pennsylvania legislators appear to be working on advancing another election reform bill, as Democrat leaders soften their stances on identification requirements.
By Christen Smith
Pa. Governor Tom Wolf has changed his stance on voter ID laws. Do other state Democrats view voter ID as “Jim Crow 2.0” still?
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And that's officially the end of the Boston Celtics as we once knew them.
Brooklyn gets: C Kevin Garnett SF Paul Pierce SG Jason Terry
Boston gets: SF Gerald Wallace PF Kris Humphries PF Reggie Evans SF Keith Bogans SF Tornike Shengalia Brooklyn's 2014 1st round pick Brooklyn's 2016 1st round pick Brooklyn's 2018 1st round pick
Brooklyn can now boast a starting five of Deron Williams, Jason Terry, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett. That's some top-notch stuff, but a really short window. They'd better hope they win something next year.
Andre Miller could be the key to making the Clippers a hell of a good team.... with him dishing out to Brand (stupid Bulls) and Odom.... could be very interesting to watch. Dont get me wrong... i like Miles... but this was a big trade.


These paper presents an approach for integrating UML with an ADL. The integration would encompass the advantages of both languages. It would give formal semantics to UML constructs and thus would provide UML with a theoretical foundation for architecture modeling. Furthermore, the integration would provide benefits for both ADL and UML users: it will enable ADL users to utilize general-purpose UML tools, and will enable UML users to utilize ADL validation capabilities. The result would be a rigorous software development process that is currently lacking.


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The forthcoming Nato summit and visit of President Trump highlight the UK’s misguided security policy, warns Celia McKeon, while Rae Street voices solidarity with US citizens fighting the Trump administration. Mark Leopold draws parallels with a visit by Idi Amin, and Chris Osman argues that the best way to protest about Trump’s trip, is not to protest at all
The UK government’s approach to both this week’s Nato summit (Report, 7 July), and the visit of President Trump, is symptomatic of its counterproductive stance on national and international security.
Recent efforts by the Ministry of Defence to use the Nato summit to secure further budget increases are misguided. Instead of increasing our safety, heavy spending on aggressive military capabilities and power projection is exacerbating global tensions. By the same token, turning a blind eye to Trump’s abusive and degrading rhetoric and actions in the hope of shoring up a superpower alliance deepens global insecurity.


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Submitted to: Global Change Biology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/6/1999
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Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations have increased from 280 to 365 ppm since 1800, with the most rapid rise during the last 50 years. Global warming of 1.5 to 4.5 degrees Celsius (about 3 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit) is expected when and if CO2 increases to 700 ppm. Scientists at USDA, Agricultural Research Service in Gainesville, FL, studied the effect of doubled CO2 and higher temperatures on leaf tissue composition and nutritive value of forages, perennial peanut and bahiagrass, because little work has been done on these types of plants compared to annual crops. Elevated CO2 increased carbohydrates in perennial peanut leaves by almost 50 percent, but decreased leaf nitrogen (or protein) by 6 percent. There were no effects of CO2 on bahiagrass. The quality of the leaves of neither material was affected by temperature. Thus the total yield advantage of perennial peanut under high CO2 was partly offset by a decrease in nutritive value.
Technical Abstract: Atmospheric CO2 concentration and temperature are likely to increase in the future. Rhizoma peanut (Arachis glabrata Benth.), a C3 species, and bahiagrass (paspalum notatum Flugge), a C4 species, were grown in field soil in temperature-gradient greenhouses (TGGs) to evaluate the effects of CO2 and temperature on tissue composition and digestibility. Carbon dioxide levels were maintained at 365 (ambient) and 640 ppm. The TGGs were regulated to obtain air temperature sectors of 0.0, 1.5, 3.0, and 4.5 degrees Celsius above ambient. Elevated CO2 increased total non- structural carbohydrate (TNC) in rhizoma peanut leaves by 50 percent. Rhizoma peanut leaf N was 6 percent lower at elevated than ambient CO2. No effects of CO2 concentration and temperature were found on neutral detergent fiber (NDF) in rhizoma peanut leaves. Elevated CO2 increased NDF in bahiagrass leaves. Rhizoma peanut in vitro organic matter digestion (IVOMD) was higher at ambient (623 g kg-1) than at elevated CO2 (609 g kg-1) at the end of the season. However, no effects on the IVOMD were found during the season for rhizoma peanut or bahiagrass. In summary, elevated CO2 concentration had a greater negative effect on tissue composition of rhizoma peanut than of bahiagrass.


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Robert Sylvester Kelly also known as R-kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, producer and philanthropist who was persuaded by his music teacher, Lena McLin, at Kenwood Academy he truly was blessed with a gift for performing and He would be a big Star.
He redefined R&B and hip hop and at that earned nicknames such as "the King of B&B'', "the King of Pop-Soul" and the "Pied Piper of R&B.
Although Kelly was a singer he also was a good songwriter and had written, produced,and remixed songs, singles, and albums for many artists. In his songs where words worthy of note and relatable to life; words like '' Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I’ve been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.” with which he captured the heart of his fans.
In 1996, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for writing Michael Jackson's song "You are not alone '' and in total has won Grammy Awards for his hit songs. He is the most successful R&B male artist having a sell of over 75 million of his records worldwide in the 1990s-even recorded as one of the World best selling artist.
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30 Hours Stuck in a Jump Scare Laboratory. Five Nights at Freddy’s Exceeds Expectations and More.
There’s a fair bit to be said for Five Nights at Freddy’s. It’s an exercise in startles. This alone is a gamble: scares without atmosphere is like a skeleton. It’s not quite enough to make it work.
Somehow, though, Five Nights at Freddy’s puts it all together into a surprisingly effective package.
Five Nights at Freddy’s puts you in the shoes of a night watchman. You are given control of the security cameras to monitor the animatronic puppets. The game is essentially an exercise in resource management.
The player has a finite amount of power and each action (closing the door, using the camera) consumes power. Trade increased chance of success for peace of mind. This is a game that achieves quite a lot with this simple interaction.
It’s Quick to Pick Up
One of the greatest strengths of the game is that it’s easy to pick up and easy to get into. This ease of access is something I praised Daylight for when it was released. A lot of my friends were put off some of the longer, more narrative-driven games by how long they spent trying to cultivate dread. Simple gameplay, like that found in Five Nights at Freddy’s, reduces the barriers to entry. In fact, in just half an hour we went from turning onto the PC to sharing the experience and cheering.
Five Nights at Freddy’s level of depth is deceptive. On the surface it looks like a pretty light snack. Keep an eye on the animatronics, close the doors, open the doors, survive. As you immerse yourself in the environment, you start to learn a little more. Every night teaches you more and more about each animatronic.
How they behave, where they come from. Making sense of these patterns and adapting your technique. Its compact nature means that strategy and counterplay (although against a computer) are exaggerated. It’s really quite a wonderful experience to notice yourself adapting or watching others do the same.
The Scares are Successful
For a game whose entire claim to horror is startling people, I was a bit apprehensive about it. For sure these sorts of things have their place – especially as a pay-off, or punchline, for cultivating an atmosphere of dread.
Essentially Five Nights at Freddy’s could be you walking down a corridor and your only action is to look behind you. The fact that it achieves so much with this simple premise is a testament to its design.
In times you know something is going to jump out (e.g. running out of power), the animatronics lose their potency. But it’s the in-your-face style that comes out when you click on the wrong camera or you don’t realise Bonnie or Chica are in the office. Steeling yourself is always going to prepare you for the game’s tactic, but this is true of any horror game.
Ultimately, Five Nights at Freddy’s is something you can easily set your friends up with and it will scare the pants off them. As you start to get invested in the game, its true depth and strategy comes out and reaches a level of commitment we see in the longer adventures.
What are your thoughts on the Five Nights at Freddy’s series? Let us know in the comments below.

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US soldier to plead guilty over Afghanistan massacre
A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers is expected to plead guilty in return for escaping the death penalty, when he appears before a military tribunal on Wednesday.
Sergeant Robert Bales faces charges including 16 counts of murder, six of attempted murder and seven of assault over the massacre in southern Afghanistan in March last year.
The 39-year-old will appear at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state to enter his plea over the killings, which further strained already tense US-Afghan ties.
Seventeen of the 22 victims were women or children and almost all were shot in the head. Prosecutors called in November for him to face the death penalty, setting a provisional date for court-martial in September.
His lawyer John Browne announced last week that he had reached “an agreement with the military to take the death penalty off the table if [Bales] he will plead” guilty.
Asked if Bales was sorry, Browne said: “Absolutely. And I think that will become clear as the process goes forward. He’s very relieved that the death penalty is not on the table.”
“And then he’ll have a sentencing trial in September to determine whether he can get life with parole or whether he will get life without parole,” Browne said in video interview.
The plea bargain deal is likely to anger families of the victims who originally wanted him to face justice, and potentially a death penalty, in Afghanistan.
Bales allegedly left his base in the Panjwayi district of southern Kandahar province on the night of March 11, last year, to commit the killings, which included nine children. Bales allegedly set several of their bodies on fire.
At a pre-trial hearing in November, Bales’s family insisted he was innocent until proven guilty, calling him “courageous and honourable,” while his lawyer raised questions about the role of alcohol, drugs and stress in the tragedy.
But prosecutors lashed the “heinous and despicable” alleged massacre during an eight-day hearing, details of which were given at the military base south of Seattle.
Prosecutors at the so-called Article 32 pre-trial hearing alleged that Bales left the base twice to carry out the killings, returning in between and even telling a colleague what he had done.
The hearing included three evening sessions - daytime in Afghanistan - to hear testimony by video conference from Afghan victims and relatives of those who died.
In a statement read out by the soldier’s sister Stephanie Tandberg after last year’s hearing, the family said it had yet to learn the how, why and what of the incident.
“Much of the testimony was painful, even heartbreaking, but we are not convinced the government has shown us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about what happened that night,” it said.
“As a family, we all grieve deeply for the Afghani families who lost their loved ones on March 11, but we must all not rush to judgment.
“In America, due process means innocence is always presumed unless and until a trial proves otherwise. There has been no trial yet, and our family member is presumed by law, and by us, to be innocent.”

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Reopened Cape Breton mill resurrects forestry jobs
Port Hawkesbury Paper resumed making paper last month
One of the biggest forestry contractors in Cape Breton is hiring and says he needs more workers in the woods and on machines now that the mill in Point Tupper is operating again.
Paul Delaney, owner and operator of Delaney and Son Pulpwood Ltd. in Cheticamp, said many of his workers moved out west when the former NewPage Port Hawkesbury mill announced it was shutting down last year.
"I think it's more for financial reasons," he told CBC News.
"They fell behind in their finances in the last year or so. I think they're just heading out there to try to recoup some of that and then hopefully come back here in a few years."
Delaney said he has 15 employees now and is looking to fill at least five vacancies.
He doesn't believe he'll have any trouble filling the jobs — at least 15 calls in the last few days.
The former NewPage Port Hawkesbury mill was shut down in September 2011, throwing 600 employees out of work and affecting more than 400 forestry workers.
After almost a year of negotiations, Pacific West Commercial Corp. agreed to buy the mill for $33 million last month and the mill — under the new name Port Hawkesbury Paper — resumed making paper with 260 employees.
"The 13 months that the mill was closed, some employees went out west and there's probably only one or two that might be coming back," Delaney said.
"The others are going to stay out there and actually, more just left recently to go out west, even after the mill announced that it was going to reopen."
Under the deal struck with Pacific West Commercial Corp. last month, the Nova Scotia government is providing a $124.5-million aid package on top of the $36.8 million it has spent keeping the mill in a so-called hot idle state.
The deal also includes an amended discount power rate agreement with Nova Scotia Power Inc. The mill is the utility's largest customer.

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This utterly charming film set in World War II-era London contains a textbook example of screen chemistry. Rating: 3.5 stars out of 4.
Screen chemistry is an odd thing; often you only notice it when it isnt there. (See: far too many Hollywood romantic comedies.) But Their Finest, an utterly charming film set in World War II-era London, contains a textbook example. Gemma Arterton plays Catrin Cole, a young advertising copywriter hired by the British Ministry of Information to write womens dialogue for wartime propaganda feature films; Sam Claflin is Tom Buckley, a wry fellow screenwriter whos not sure that her presence is necessary. Catrins married, Toms not and so first they become co-workers (he grudgingly admits, eventually, that shes doing a good job), then friends. Watching them, you start noticing how he looks at her like shes a fascinating puzzle that hes trying to figure out, and how she blushes just a bit when hes around, and how effortlessly these two actors convey that they belong together.
Its one of many pleasures in Lone Scherfigs film, based on a 2009 novel by Lissa Evans and drenched in a sweet nostalgia that only very rarely tips into sentimentality. The plots mostly centered on the making of one movie, based on a true incident involving a pair of twin sisters who set out in their fathers shabby boat to help evacuate wounded soldiers at Dunkirk. Its a tale that, as the executives at the Ministry gleefully observe, has everything: Authenticity, optimism and a dog.
We watch the casting process (Bill Nighy, eyebrows perpetually raised, is a delight as a pompous veteran actor), the location shoot (note the 1940s version of CGI), and the way that the filmmakers and cast form an impromptu family. Along the way, were reminded of the new roles that women took on during that time, and how the shadow of war affected every day and every life, even as they soldiered on. And theres one scene, where Sam sits moodily smoking one evening, and Catrin appears behind him as if caught in a moonlit dream, and well, thats why we watch movies, isnt it?
Their Finest, with Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Helen McCrory, Jake Levy. Directed by Lone Scherfig, from a screenplay by Gaby Chiappe, based on the novel Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans. 117 minutes. Rated R for some language and a scene of sexuality. Several theaters.
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Officers took to rural roads around the county today to tackle the issues highlighted by residents living in those communities.
Problems included lorries flouting the weight limits and speeding motorists.
Officers from the Daventry Rural Safer Community Team (SCT) were out in Preston Capes and Long Buckby this morning before moving their attention to Overstone and Pitsford.
The operation was planned as a result of local concerns about the area being used as a ‘rat run’ by lorry drivers.
It is also part of the Rural Action campaign, which was launched in May last year by Northamptonshire Police and the county’s police and crime commissioner Adam Simmonds.
Since the launch of Rural Action, the force and the PCC’s office has spoken to hundreds of rural residents to understand their main concerns about policing in rural areas.
As a result of those talks, a new focus is being put on issues such as weight limits, speeding and bad parking across the county.
While officers were in Overstone this morning (Wednesday), two drivers were caught breaking the 30mph speed limit, notching up 34mph and 40mph respectively.
Both were pulled over and spoken to about their speed.
No lorries weighing more than the weight limit of 7.5 tonnes went through the village while the operation was being carried out, but officers were still pleased with their work in responding to people’s concerns.
John Hutchings from Daventry Rural SCT was pleased with the operation in Overstone today, as well as similar operations carried out in recent weeks.
He said: “People seem pleased to see us.
“They know that we can’t be everywhere, but they understand that what we are doing is we are showing a commitment to the issues that matter to them.”
He said they will be doing more operations like this, and added: “Expect to see more of us.
“We are not here to beat people, but to educate them and show and explain what we are doing.”
Assistant chief executive of the police and crime commission Kathryn Buckle was out with officers today, and said: “I live in a village so a lot of the concerns chime with the concerns that I have in my own village.”
She said she thought all villages in the county were equally subjected to the issues raised, and while the force can’t have officers on every street, they are listening to people’s concerns and trying to find ways to tackle the problems affecting rural communities.
Volunteers can play their part with this, including signing up to be a special parish constable, and there is a drive to recruit a parish special constable for every village in the county as part of a commitment to make sure rural areas get the attention they deserve.
For more information, go to www.northantspolicespecials.co.uk.


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If you’re searching for the perfect suburb in the Dayton area, you might discover that it’s Troy. In 2009, Troy was voted "Ohio’s Best Hometown" by Ohio Magazine, and it’s easy to see why. With a bustling Main Street and vibrant community, this town is a great place to live. Apartments in Dayton, Ohio have their charm, but living outside the city also has a number of advantages. Staying out of the downtown area means less traffic, less congestion and a better chance of knowing your neighbors. Even the main area of Troy has ample parking and the green spaces add to the allure of the area. The downtown section of the city offers a good selection of services, restaurants and retail stores, and the atmosphere is conducive to spending a relaxing afternoon with friends or family browsing the stores and enjoying a cup of coffee. If you want to live in a community that has been recognized as one of the best, take a look at Troy.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that she will stand aside from leadership in the upcoming Congress, but House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was conspicuously absent from the event, informing reporters that he “had meetings” at the time.
The Washington Examiner reported that McCarthy and Pelosi have a chilly relationship that got even nastier following the Capitol attack on January 6, when McCarthy is running to be the next speaker of the House.
“I had meetings, but normally, the others would do it during votes — I wish she could have done that, I could have been there,” he told reporters shortly after the speech wrapped, adding that he didn’t watch any of it.
“Normally, when the speakers do that, like Paul Ryan and John Boehner did it during the vote, I would have liked that,” he added.
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“It’s not just her, it’s Steny too — I mean, think about it. They’ve both had quite a career of how many decades they’ve been here, working through — so, it’s a whole new generation for the Democrats,” McCarthy said.
Pelosi announced on Thursday that she would not run for re-election as speaker but that she still intended to serve in Congress. There were just a small number of Republicans there, mostly from the California delegation.
The only member of the GOP leadership present was House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
The career politician served in the House of Representatives under the administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden.
Pelosi goes for a low-blow
In what amounted to a partisan cheap hit at Trump, Pelosi specifically mentioned Bush, Obama, and Biden. Pelosi has previously described Trump as if he had been exterminated in a Stalinist purge.
The San Francisco progressive identified Trump as “the former, well, occasional occupant of the White House who preceded President Biden” in a September speech.
Pelosi previously said she would consider retiring after learning about an alleged assault on her husband, Paul Pelosi.
After the incident, in which a Canadian illegal immigrant allegedly carried out a home invasion at Pelosi’s San Francisco residence in an effort to confront the Democrat member, the Speaker praised her colleagues for their support.


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THE COLLECTION TEAM
Akinlabi E. A. Mackall, Curator
Stanford Nyarugwe, Curation Associate
Akinsheye Brunson, Curatorial Intern
Photos by MrGPhotos
We are proud to present Lifeforce VI: SPIRIT WITHIN STONE. This sixth edition of the ever-evolving Lifeforce Collection is composed of 35 exquisite, museum-quality stone sculptures from the Shona People of Zimbabwe.
ZIMBABWEAN CULTURAL AESTHETIC
Within some cultures, stone and rock are considered devoid of life. In English, the phrases: “stone faced,” “stone cold” and certainly, “stone dead” all reflect this mindset. By contrast, the people of Zimbabwe understand that stone contains energy and dynamism. In fact, Zimbabwean sculptors and carvers say that it is the “spirit” (or essence) within the stone that reveals to them the form that each piece of art must take… and when each piece is complete.
LIFEFORCE SCULPTURAL AESTHETIC
Every sculpture in the LIFEFORCE COLLECTION has been “living proof ” that stone can represent life. It is anything but inanimate. Over the years, our LIFEFORCE COLLECTION has had great diversity with respect to artistic expression and style, size, stone color and pricing. It is however, the “life force” apparent within each piece, which has provided a powerful, unifying theme.
The Curatorial Team hopes you will enjoy reviewing the magnificent cratfsmanship of the sculptures on display in our virtual gallery.
Contact us to inquire about making a purchase.
INSIDE Lifeforce VI
Twenty-six of the pieces are brand new. While all the stone is indigenous to Zimbabwe, there is great variety in stone type and color. About two-thirds of the pieces have been sculpted from hard serpentine stone-types (e.g., springstone, opalstone, fruit serpentine, butter jade, et al). Their colors include slightly marbled black; a mix of browns and greens; and several are cream-colored, with marbled (veiny) green overtones. About one-third of the LIFEFORCE VI pieces are sculpted from verdite, a rare, exceptionally hard, semi-precious stone. Verdite comes in (a) deep green with lighter green and gold highlights.
Perhaps, the most significant aspect of LIFEFORCE VI, is its emphasis on human-form subjects. There are twenty-seven such pieces. Due to popular demand, this includes 25 female and male bust pieces. Artistically, these works of art epitomize Zimbabwe’s strikingly authentic, sculptural realism style. In previous exhibits, without fail, numerous attendees would express “connections” to one or another of the bust pieces. Some would say they “recognize” a relative, friend or acquaintance among those sculptures. Many others were simply taken with the artistry they saw in a certain piece. While the eyes, the hair, the ears and lips of our pieces are all skillfully carved, it is each sculpture as a whole that becomes transformative, and so personally captivating.
Additionally, two other amazing, yet quite different impressionist pieces, honor the female form in their own ways. In one springstone (black marbled) piece, artist, Edgar Sahondo offers a heartwarming image of “mother and child”. Or is it actually, a pregnant “mother with child”?
In the other sculpture, crafted from speckled green serpentine, artist Washington Msonza presents two, 3-feet tall female figures, positioned back-to-back, in elegant “dance-motion”, emerging from an earthen pedestal base. We expect that viewers of the exhibit will find the theme of LIFEFORCE VI, “Familiar Faces & Forms …Wondrous Colors & Stones,” to be quite apt.
This exhibit is completed with eight beautiful examples, from three classic Shona art traditions: two pieces of idealized plant life (impressionism); one piece of ancestral or spiritual life (abstract/creation art); and five pieces of realistic wildlife (naturalism).


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A 95-year-old female with a history of dementia and atrial fibrillation (not on anticoagulation) presented to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance from her skilled nursing facility due to hypoxia. Point-of-care ultrasound was performed, and showed evidence of a large mobile thrombus in the right ventricle on apical four-chamber view.
A 69-year-old woman with a history of untreated hypertension presented with acute-onset monocular vision loss. Initial workup was delayed due to lack of immediate specialty consultation and dilated funduscopic exam.
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare but potentially fatal complication resulting from neuroleptic drug therapy. Presentation of NMS can vary, and diagnosis relies primarily upon medical history and symptomatology.
We present the first case of successful naloxone reversal of opioid toxidrome from recreationally used kratom. We advocate further research and regulation to ensure standardized dosing to protect patients.
This case report of an 18-year-old woman with suicidal ideation illustrates the practicality and utility of a brief, single-session, crisis intervention model that facilitated discharge from the ED. This report will help practitioners to apply this model in their own practice and identify patients who may require psychiatric hospitalization.
Here we report a case of a female who presented to the emergency department in acute respiratory distress two days after receiving a transfusion of packed red blood cells for post-operative anemia following a hysterectomy.
We present a woman with bilateral VP shunts who presented with right-sided abdominal distension, pain, and tenderness and who was found to have an abdominal pseudocyst on point-of-care ultrasound and computed tomography.
This is a report of a 78-year-old male with an incomplete immunization history who presented to an emergency department with jaw pain and who was ultimately diagnosed with tetanus. This report highlights the importance of prompt diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tetanus.
A 23-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukemia presented to the emergency department without any history of constitutional symptoms (fatigue, anorexia, or weight loss), dyspnea, bruising, or bleeding.
Tubal ectopic pregnancies are commonly diagnosed during the first trimester. Here we present a second-trimester tubal ectopic pregnancy that was previously misdiagnosed as an intrauterine pregnancy on a first-trimester ultrasound.
Intravenous (IV) drug abuse is a risk factor for several insidious and life-threatening infections seen in the emergency department (ED). This case describes our experience treating one such infection: mediastinitis. We also discuss the physical exam findings associated with this disease.
We present a case of an acute aortic dissection presenting as abrupt onset, atraumatic leg pain with absent distal extremity pulses. The prompt use of point-of-care ultrasound detected an intimal flap within the abdominal aorta allowing immediate surgical consultation and intervention.
Acute liver failure is defined as severe acute liver injury, concurrent with encephalopathy and loss of hepatic synthetic function, in a patient without known pre-existing liver disease. Evaluation of acute liver failure in the emergency department should focus on identification of treatable causes.
We present a 58-year-old male with RVF who successfully achieved ROSC after 38 minutes using DSD and had a good neurological outcome. DSD has shown promise in many case reports and case series as a means of increasing ROSC and survival rates in OHCA.
We report a case of upper extremity PCD developing abruptly in a 37-year-old female with an indwelling cardiac pacemaker who presented to the emergency department complaining of pain and paresthesias in her left arm, adjoining left chest wall, and inferior neck.
A young woman presented to the emergency department with lethargy, hemodynamic instability, and diffuse abdominal tenderness. On point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS), she was found to have intraperitoneal free fluid and a large pelvic mass, which were discovered intraoperatively to be hemoperitoneum due to ruptured vessels of a uterine leiomyoma.

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This is the part 8 of fight in the wild series. The last part was a Honey Badger victory over King Cobra.
The 6th part was a battle of the mighty Elephant and Rhino. Part 5 was a wild, wild fight between Western Lowland Gorilla Vs Grizzly Bear. The first part involved a fighting Cheetah Vs African Lion whereas in the second part, we Spotted Hyena wrestled Grey Wolf. The third part was king of a stalemate between Hippopotamus and Bull Shark.
The fourth part was a troubled Eagle victory against the larger Vulture.
Today we have Black Panther taking on Cheetah.
Let’s first start with the features and attributes of Black Panther:
- A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of any Panthera, mainly of the leopard in Asia and Africa, and the jaguar in the Americas.
- Frequency of melanism appears to be 11% over the leopard’s range. Wikipedia’s Data on the distribution of leopard populations implies that melanism occurs in five subspecies in the wild: Javan leopard, African leopard, Indian leopard, Indochinese leopard, Sri Lankan leopard. Black leopards are common in the equatorial rainforest of the Malay Peninsula and the tropical rainforest on the slopes of some African mountains such as Mount Kenya. Melanistic leopards are common in Java, and are reported from densely forested areas in southwestern Myanmar, Nepal, China, Assam and some parts of southern India where they may be more in quantity than spotted leopards.
- Black Panther is very powerful and one of the strongest climbers of all known felines belong to the big cat family.
- Unlike leopards and jaguars Panthers don’t have any spot on their body or tail, instead, they have smooth shiny skin.
- They are quite fit and are the fierce runner, they are one of the fastest species on earth.
- They have sharpest nails in the animal kingdom and powerful paws that they use for hunting.
- They have green eyes that often shines in the dark.
Next is Cheetah:
- Cheetah is a humongous cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, capable of running at 80 to 128 km/h (50 to 80 mph), and as such has several adaptations for speed, including a light build, long thin legs and a long tail.
- Cheetahs typically reach 67–94 cm (26–37 in) at the shoulder, and the head-and-body length is between 1.1 and 1.5 m (3.6 and 4.9 ft). Adults typically weigh between 20 and 65 kg (44 and 143 lb). Its head is small, rounded, and has a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks. The coat is typically tawny to creamy white or pale buff and is mostly covered with evenly spaced, solid black spots. Four subspecies are recognised.
- The cheetah is a lightly built, spotted cat characterised by a small rounded head, a short snout, black tear-like facial streaks, a deep chest, long thin legs and a long tail. Its slender, canine form is highly adapted for speed, and contrasts sharply with the robust build of the big cats.
- The head is small and more rounded compared to other big cats. The ears are small, short and rounded; they are tawny at the base and on the edges and marked with black patches on the back. The eyes are set high and have round pupils. The whiskers, shorter and fewer than those of other felids, are fine and inconspicuous. The pronounced tear streaks (or malar stripes), unique to the cheetah, originate from the corners of the eyes and run down the nose to the mouth. The role of these streaks is not well understood – they may protect the eyes from the sun’s glare (a helpful feature as the cheetah hunts mainly during the day), or they could be used to define facial expressions.
Let the battle begin:
Cheetah and Black Panthers are technically same other than the body colour and stripes. However, the black panther has an added advantage here, other than the dark and mystical colour: it’s nails. In a one on one battle during the dark, Black Panther would be able to perform its first move and clinically hurt Cheetah to a point of no return. During the day time, the battle will be of similar intensity and one can say it is only up to fate that who will win. Both of them belongs to the same family so obviously will have the same power in their blood. Although both have some distinct characteristics that make them different from others. Both have astounding and enormous features on one side Cheetah is the fastest runner on the other side panther is blessed with the black colour that helps it to hide and attack. It will be a stalemate during the day time, but Black Panther will win in the night.

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A new book is accusing celebrity icon Marilyn Monroe of having sexual relationships with women, that even went as far as a relationship with a 16 year old girl who was in charge of her fan club.
The claims will shock Monroe fans, and have been made by author Tony Jerris in his new book, "Marilyn Monroe: My Little Secret." Jerris claims that Monroe had a lesbian encounter with teenager Jane Lawrence, after they got close talking about their shared troubled family pasts.
Jerris has exclusively told Radar Online: "Jane met Marilyn when she was 12 because her adopted father ran the legal department at RKO studio. They soon became close friends after realizing that they had been in the same orphanage at different times of their lives, even though Marilyn was 14 years older, and neither of them knew their birth fathers. They became close friends because there were so many similarities in their past."
The author continued: "Jane always struggled with her sexuality, she talked to Marilyn about this many times and she was very understanding. She told her, 'Whatever your sexual preference is, it means nothing - love is love.'"
Jerris claims to know Lawrence well, and says they are now close friends as well as business partners.
In Lawrence's alleged claims she has told Jerris that on the night of her lesbian encounter with Monroe, the "Some Like It Hot" actress had been taking prescription drug Nembutal as well as drinking champagne.
Lawrence is a self-confessed homosexual now, but she allegedly claims that Monroe was not in fact a lesbian, but rather chooses to describe her as a "free spirit" and a "very open person."
Monroe died on August 5, 1962 aged 36 in controversial circumstances, but has gone on to remain an iconic figure in Hollywood and the world.


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Practicum trainees may be placed in one of a variety of settings throughout Cambridge Health Alliance. Placements include inpatient settings for adolescents or children, and outpatient specialty clinics that focus on behavioral medicine, victims of violence, couples and family treatment, or the cultural/linguistic clinics. Descriptions of settings are listed below, though some program components may be subject to change.
Accepting applications for the following training sites for the 2017-2018 training year. (Application portal opens 12/1/16):
Adolescent Assessment Unit (AAU)
The Psychology Practicum offered by CHA’s Adolescent Assessment Unit provides experience in assessment of and psychotherapeutic intervention with acutely distressed teenagers, ages 13 to 19, in an inpatient setting. Diagnoses of patients on the unit include psychoses, affective disorders, anxiety disorders, and trauma-spectrum illnesses. The training experience occurs in the context of multidisciplinary care involving psychiatry, psychology, social work, nursing, occupational therapy and other forms of intervention. Clinical interventions include individual treatment, family therapy and parent guidance, CBT/DBT group therapy, and psychological testing. Trainees also develop skills in the negotiation of complex social systems (e.g., schools, social service agencies) that interface in the lives of adolescents. Supervision, team meetings and case conferences enhance understanding of the diagnosis, assessment, and stabilization process with these acutely distressed patients. For more information on this practicum, click here.
Child Assessment Unit (CAU)
The Psychology Practicum offered by CHA’s Child Assessment Unit provides experience in assessment of and psychotherapeutic intervention with acutely distressed children, ages three to twelve, in an inpatient setting. Diagnoses of patients on the unit include Post-Traumatic Stress, attachment, affective, anxiety, autism spectrum and psychotic disorders. The training experience occurs in the context of multidisciplinary care involving psychiatry, psychology, social work, nursing, occupational therapy and other forms of intervention. Clinical interventions include individual treatment, play therapy assessment, family therapy and parent guidance, group therapy, and psychological testing. Trainees also develop skills in the negotiation of complex social systems (e.g., schools, social service agencies) that interface in the lives of children. Supervision, team meetings and case conferences enhance understanding of the diagnosis, assessment, and stabilization process with these acutely distressed patients. For more information on this practicum, click here.
Latino Mental Health Clinic
The Latino Mental Health Clinic provides a full range of outpatient services to Spanish-speaking persons, including evaluations, psychological testing, and individual, group, couples, and family therapy. The community is comprised of persons who emigrated from Central and South American Countries, and from the Caribbean. Staff and trainees working in the Latino Mental Health Clinic are fluent in Spanish. At the CHA Windsor Street Health Center, the Latino Mental Health trainee gains experience in conducting initial evaluations and individual psychotherapy, utilizing a culturally relevant, integrative (psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral) approach in treating adults who suffer from a broad range of psychiatric disorders including depressive and anxiety disorders (often including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other trauma-related conditions), as well as psychotic and personality disorders. Trainees work as part of a multidisciplinary team where cross-cultural issues are regularly examined. Group therapy offerings are in development and the trainee may possibly have the opportunity to co-lead a group. The trainee attends team meetings, seminars/tutorials, and individual supervision. Applicants must be fluent in Spanish. For more information on this practicum, click here.
Neuropsychological and Psychological Assessment Service (NAPA)
NAPA offers a neuropsychology practicum comprised of intensive training in neuropsychological and psychological assessment. Fourteen-to-twenty hours per week (depending on the trainee’s interest and availability) are devoted to testing, supervision, and seminars. The NAPA Service provides neuropsychological assessments to a range of adult patients typically presenting with psychiatric conditions (e.g., mood, anxiety, personality, complex trauma, psychotic, and substance abuse disorders), as well as possible primary medical (e.g., vascular, metabolic, sleep, headache, and movement disorders) and neurological conditions (e.g., head trauma, dementia, and seizure disorders). Patients with neurodevelopmental disorders such as learning disabilities, attention-deficit disorder, and Asperger's disorders are also evaluated. All trainees receive training in both neuropsychological and psychological testing, the balance of which may be guided by the trainee’s interests and goals. For more information on this practicum, click here.
Please note that applications are not being accepted to the following sites for the 2017 - 2018 training year:
Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Program
At Central Street Health Center in Somerville, the Geri Practicum Trainee gains experience providing individual, family/systems, and possibly group treatment utilizing an integrative approach (e.g., short-term/problem-focused psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and supportive strategies) in treating older adults (ages 60 years and over) who suffer from a range of anxiety and mood disorders, as well as cognitive dysfunction (mild to moderate dementia, executive disorders, etc.), psychotic-spectrum, substance abuse, and personality disorders, as well as co-morbidities of physical health problems. As a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team representing psychiatry, psychology, clinical nursing, and social work, the trainee conducts psychological evaluations, treatment planning, and psychotherapy services in outpatient clinic as well as assisted living settings in Somerville. The trainee attends team meetings, weekly seminars, monthly geriatric inpatient case conferences, and individual supervision. Opportunities exist to shadow neuropsychological assessments of geriatric patients.
Trainees provide consultation and liaison with medical services as
well as assessment, individual, and group treatments in the Malden
Family Medicine Center. Trainees gain experience providing short-term,
symptom focused treatment utilizing cognitive, behavioral, and
physiological techniques in treating adults who suffer from a range of
anxiety and mood disorders, as well as pain, sleep, and psychological
co-morbidities of physical health problems. Instruction is provided in
the clinical applications of behavioral medicine, fundamentals of
cognitive-behavioral therapy, and self-care, with the option of specific
training in hypnosis or biofeedback.
Victims of Violence Program
In this setting, trainees gain experience in the assessment and provision of short- term, longer-term, individual and group psychotherapy to an adult population that has experienced significant trauma. Patients in this setting may present with histories of recent or remote trauma, and may have suffered single incident trauma or may have been multiply traumatized throughout their lives. The treatment program is guided by Dr. Judith Herman's stage model of trauma recovery. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral perspectives are integrated within appropriate phases of treatment.
Couples and Family Program
In this setting, trainees gain experience in the assessment and treatment of couples and families. Family systems, contextual, and narrative approaches are used to understand and intervene with families that present to the Program. Opportunities are available for live supervision using a one-way mirror. In addition, there are opportunities to consult on family issues to a primary-care center, thereby combining Health Psychology concerns with family treatment.
Cultural/Linguistic Specialty Clinics
In accord with its mission to provide comprehensive and culturally sensitive care, Cambridge Health Alliance has four specialized outpatient clinics that provide service to patients from particular cultural and linguistic communities. In general, staff and trainees working in these clinics must be fluent in the appropriate language.
Portuguese Mental Health Clinic
Part of Cambridge Health Alliance's Adult Psychiatry Ambulatory Service, the Portuguese Mental Health Clinic provides a full range of outpatient services to monolingual Portuguese-speaking persons, including evaluation, psychological testing, and individual, child/adolescent, and family therapy. The community is comprised of persons who emigrated from Portuguese-speaking countries around the world, with the majority of persons coming from Brazil and the Azores. Trainees work as part of a multidisciplinary team, and carry a varied caseload. The consideration of cross-cultural issues is an ongoing part of the weekly supervision and team meetings.
Asian Mental Health Clinic
The Asian Clinic offers multilingual outpatient psychological and psychiatric services to Asian individuals and families in the greater Boston area. The Asian Clinic draws on a philosophy that appreciates a wide range of Asian backgrounds, experiences and conflicts. Treatment attempts to address the individual's emotional and spiritual well being in a safe and culturally sensitive environment. Special attention is devoted to trauma survivors. Primary services include outpatient short- and long-term individual, family and group psychotherapy, psychodiagnostic testing and evaluation, psychopharmacology, crisis intervention, case management and community outreach. The clinic also provides consultation to other branches of Cambridge Health Alliance, and serves as a liaison to community-based social agencies that serve the Asian community. Proficiency in an Asian language is preferred.
Haitian Mental Health Clinic
The Haitian Mental Health Clinic provides culturally and linguistically competent care to Haitian residents of the greater Boston area, and to French-speaking immigrants from the Caribbean and Africa. Treatment attempts to reduce the severity of psychosocial dysfunction in a variety of adult and child patients, and to provide these patients with additional coping mechanisms to better handle stressors triggered by the experience of migration. Primary services include child and adult individual psychotherapy, family psychotherapy, psychodiagnostic evaluations, psychopharmacology and crisis intervention. The Clinic also acts as a liaison with community and social agencies that interface with Haitian patients. French or Haitian Creole proficiency is preferred.


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Bando Named Chairman of Board for Mass. Restaurant Association
Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services Patricia Bando has been selected as chairman of the board for the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, a not-for-profit trade association committed to advancing the Bay State’s food and beverage industry.
As chair of the MRA — whose 1,750 members represent 5,500 eating and drinking establishments, including college-affiliated dining services — Bando will seek to expan the organization’s membership while continuing its mission of providing resources, government advocacy, networking and educational opportunities and cost-saving programs.
Bando, who won the MRA’s Food Service Operator of the Year Award in 2011, said promoting awareness of the MRA among younger food service professionals will be a key task.
“Succession is an important goal in our workplace and it also needs to be considered in the future of this association. We are as much a people business as we are a food business. It is timely and relevant to magnify the communication of our industry’s important role in the state and national economy as employers.”


So, right now I am getting ready for college, and I have my laptop. It came with a Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family device ( DAC Type: Internal
). My question is is there any way to add a video card to this laptop of mine (Sony VAIO, model PCG-5J2L)? Am I stuck with what I have? I had read somewhere that you can disable the onboard card and use a installed one, but does the laptop even have room for a better video card? Thanks.


Under a new Biden administration proposal, the Internal Revenue Service is three times more likely to audit a citizen making less than $25,000 rather than someone in the top 1 percent of wealth.
The new proposal, which would require financial institutions to annually report customers’ account deposits and withdrawals at $600 or more, gives the IRS more leverage over those making less than $25,000, because they are more likely to have irregular income. Over the next decade, the reporting on more than 140 million bank accounts would raise an estimated $700 billion in tax revenue — which would cover social spending in the Reconciliation Bill.
IRS is 3X more likely to audit someone making less than 25,000 than someone in the top 1%
The 600 dollar proposal would only give them even more ammunition to go after working class Americans https://t.co/hLYVWA1U9k
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) October 14, 2021
Discussion of raising the threshold to $10,000 has not eased any tension. More than 40 banks urged lawmakers to vote against such a proposal in a letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. The banks warned against the mandatory collection of most Americans’ financial information “without proper explanation of how the IRS will store, protect, and use this enormous trove of personal financial information” could result a “tremendous liability”
“With all due respect, the plural of anecdote is not data,” Pelosi said. “Yes, there are concerns that some people have. But if people are breaking the law and not paying their taxes, one way to track them is through the banking measure.”
Currently, financial regulations already have banks and all financial institutions report interest, dividends, and investment income to the IRS. If suspicion is raised and leads to an audit, the IRS can acquire all personal bank information in that process.
Additionally, in a letter sent to President Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Allen, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and 20 additional attorneys general voiced concern over the proposal, saying it is illegal overreach by the federal government and could cause unintended consequences.
Democrats look to pass the bill before the end of October, but if negotiations continue the bill could be overrun by the concern of the expiration of government funding on Dec. 3 with a debt default following.