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Dracula is Coming to the Mountainside Theatre in Cherokee, NC9.21.2021
From October 1st to the 31st, the Mountainside Theater in Cherokee, NC, will host the world premiere of Dracula: The Failings of Men, written by debut playwright Benedetto Robinson. The production is an original work by Havoc Movement Company that will be joining the Cherokee Historical Association for the fall season.
Directed by Havoc’s co-founder Jake Guinn, a long-time veteran of outdoor drama, the show features a cast packed with live-stunt powerhouses as well as aerial effects that have been designed to bring the vampires to (supernatural) life.
Dracula is an action-horror reimagining of the classic Bram Stoker novel as an immersive show. The audience will literally walk alongside Ada Van Helsing as she battles against the darkness in this high-action adaptation.
Tickets are $30 or $20 for enrolled members. VIP Experiences are available for an extra $20.
There are only 199 seats available per show, and masks will be required for all attendees.
Dates: October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30th.
Meet The Cast
Benedetto Robinson is an actor, fight choreographer, and action performer based in Atlanta, Georgia, and a member of Havoc Movement Company. No stranger to outdoor theatre in NC, Benedetto has worked on stage at The Horn in the West and at The Lost Colony, and is elated to be headed back to NC to debut the role of Dracula in this new adaptation of Stoker's classic. Recent credits include DOT with Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre (Fidel), Narnia (Aslan) and Sleepy Hollow (The Headless Horseman) with the Serenbe Playhouse, and The Hobbit (Thorin Oakenshield) at Synchronicity Theatre.
Bailey Frankenberg is thrilled to be making her debut in Cherokee this October as Lucy in Dracula: The Failings of Men. Bailey is an NYC-based actor and movement artist with a love for vampires, Halloween, and all things spooky. She originates from Oklahoma, is Choctaw and a Cherokee Nation citizen, and spent the last couple years as a singer at Tokyo Disneyland. Bailey just wrapped the 84th season of The Lost Colony as Eleanor Dare and is dying to share the darkness with you at the Mountainside Theater this fall.
Jon Meyer is a Kentucky-raised actor and fight choreographer based out of New York City. When he isn’t teaching fighting for stage and screen, you can find him in a random field doing Tai Chi. Jon is very excited to play the role of Dr. Seward in Dracula: The Failings of Men this fall, mostly to battle vampires with his friends at Havoc Movement and sound smart on stage.
Vinnie Mascola is an Atlanta-based actor most frequently seen on stage at The Shakespeare Tavern. He enjoys gardening, cooking, and camping in his free time, and he wants to be friends with your dog. Vinnie is beyond excited to get to bring Renfield to life in this production, and to get to work with Jake and the amazing team he has assembled.
Tiza Garland stars as Ada Van Helsing, a conqueror of the dark and enemy to demons everywhere! Tiza is an Associate Professor of acting and movement at the University of Florida where she is the resident fight director and intimacy director. She is eager to return to an outdoor stage; she was on stage at The Lost Colony (Agona/Fight Captain). Recent credits include Cardboard Moon (Stella) in the New Works Play Festival at the Hippodrome Theatre; Up the Ladder, Down the Slide (Karen) for PlayFest at Orlando Shakes; and Two Musketeers (Milady/Queen/Actor 2) at the Hippodrome Theatre.
Michael Brewer is working with Havoc Movement Company for the first time. However, he has worked at Mountainside Theatre for the past two seasons of Unto These Hills and for Sleepy Hollow in 2019. He is pleased to be able to perform in the Great Smoky Mountains of Cherokee once again. Michael made his way from the University of Houston Professional Actor Training Program more than two years ago, and in addition to performing, also teaches acting, voice and articulation, and other theatre classes at Western Carolina University.
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October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30th
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Experimental Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Caused by Spontaneous Coal Combustion
- Wang, Haiyan, Chen, Chen
- Energy & Fuels 2015 v.29 no.8 pp. 5213-5221
- air, carbon dioxide, coal, combustion, emissions factor, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, methane, mining, oxygen, seepage, sulfur, temperature, China
- There are large areas of spontaneous coal combustion in northern and northwestern China. The quantification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from spontaneous coal combustion is an important step toward determining proper management practices to reduce such emissions in the future. The present study investigated the GHG emission characteristics of the spontaneous combustion of 10 typical coal types. Furthermore, this study examined the estimation method applied to the GHG emissions caused by spontaneous coal combustion. The experimental results showed that the rates of CH₄ and CO₂ emissions from spontaneous coal combustion resulting from mining activities were greater than the same rates of emissions resulting from mere surface air seepage (by factors of ∼1.8 and ∼1.6, respectively). The emission rate of CH₄ was significantly correlated with the volatile content of coal, while the emission rate of CO₂ was significantly correlated with the moisture, oxygen, and sulfur contents of coal. Three different characteristic phases were observed for the emission of CH₄, with critical temperatures of 200, 400, and 600 °C, respectively. Below 200 °C, CH₄ emissions were very slow; between 200 °C and 450 °C, the emissions increased slowly; and above 450 °C, the emissions increased rapidly. Similarly, the CO₂ emissions were very low at temperatures below 200 °C, slowly grew between 200 °C and 450 °C, and quickly grew after 450 °C. The experimental emission factors of CO₂ and CH₄ caused by spontaneous coal combustion were obtained at different stages of spontaneous combustion. We subsequently determined that the annual GHG emissions from the Wuda coal field fire area of China were ∼956 700 tons of CO₂ equivalents. The results of this research offer a technical basis for quantifying GHG emissions from spontaneous coal combustion.


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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Contact: Nazneen Ahmed
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today applauded the North Carolina House of Representatives for passing legislation to fight back against the next phase of the opioid epidemic before it takes off. The Novel Opioid Control Act (HB258) was sponsored by Reps. Hugh Blackwell, Dean Arp, Donny Lambeth, and Wayne Sasser and will update our state Controlled Substances Act to protect North Carolinians from nitazines – an evolving class of opioids that can be up to 40 times more powerful than fentanyl.
“We cannot keep playing whack-a-mole with every generation of deadly opioid,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “I appreciate the scientists at the State Crime Lab who identified the dangers nitazines pose, and I applaud Rep. Blackwell for his timely leadership to add it to the Controlled Substances Act. This legislation will give law enforcement the tools they need to stop the dealers and traffickers who would peddle this poison.”
Nitazines are infiltrating illicit drug markets and endangering our communities as the opioid epidemic continues. Experts are concerned that the overdose reversal drug naloxone may not be effective against nitazines or may have to be delivered in higher doses.
The Novel Opioid Control Act also addresses new opioid compounds from the cinnamylpiperazine class and utopioid class of drugs, enumerating nearly 40 new opioid compounds that are increasingly found in North Carolina drug supplies. It passed the North Carolina House of Representatives unanimously.
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- At the luxury end of the scale, high-end LA cannabis company Lord Jones has teamed up with Icelandic rock band Sigur Ros to launch a range of cannabis gums. The flavours, including wild-foraged blackberries, strawberries and blueberries, are inspired by the band's native country. The Wild Sigurberry gums are infused with THC and CBD (cannabidiol) and are available in five different dosages, with prices starting at $40 for a box of nine.
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Police have arrested about 742 000 people for violating national lockdown regulations, since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown in March last year and will continue to enforce all lockdown regulations.
With the recent tightening of the general lockdown and the greater tightening of the lockdown in four districts, the police have reminded the public that those who continue defying such regulations risk arrest and prosecution. In particular the police said they would act against those at any gathering, since all were temporarily banned, and would enforce the limit of 30 people at a funeral, the only permitted social or religious gathering.
Police are enforcing the 10pm to 5:30 am curfew order.
Of the arrests made so far, Harare had 225 750, Bulawayo 106 511, Manicaland 91 798, Masvingo 60 607, Mashonaland East 67 419, Mashonaland West 56 603, Mashonaland Central 51 765, Midlands 36 715, Matabeleland South 22 066 and Matabeleland North 15 30.
Most of arrested paid deposit fines but some have appeared in court on the more serious charges.

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HOW TO INVEST IN CRYPTOCURRENCY
Bitcoin and Ethereum are both blue-chip cryptocurrency investments, and are a perfect place for first-time investors to begin investing. They are respectively the first and second most respected cryptocurrency projects the world over.
Interestingly, their use cases are both very distinct. While Bitcoin has seen its usage change as adoption grew, Ethereum’s value continues to remain steadfast, even as the network itself continues to evolve.
Bitcoin was initially built as a peer-to-peer payment system. A way for people to transfer money to one another directly, without the need for any intermediaries. The last few years have seen the Bitcoin story evolve, as more and more people began to use it as a long-term, inflation-proof investment and store of value.
The Ethereum network improves upon the Bitcoin blockchain idea, adding new features that make it even more widely usable. Both offer digital money, but Ethereum was built with more than just payments in mind.
This is made possible by adding smart contracts to the network. These are pieces of code that allow for conditions to be programmed onto the blockchain, and automate the control of digital transactions.
Now that we’ve established their fundamentals, let’s look at the pros and cons:
Bitcoin is by far the most well-recognised cryptocurrency available, making it a relatively safer investment.
However, it is also far less flexible in terms of its use outside of value transfer.
On the other hand, Ethereum is likely to have more avenues for growth in the coming years, especially with ETH2 creating greater scalability.


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Reaction to Spoon’s “Hot Thoughts” Album
Written by Sean Martin on March 28, 2017
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To start off with the album artwork, I really like the colorful X-ray of a person they have the cover. In fact, it actually looks like there is, not only, someone’s side profile but another person looking directly at you. I like how the album is called “Hot Thoughts” and they covered the front and top area of the skull with red to show the “hot” thoughts. At first, my thought was this album was going to be heavier and with more bass because hot thoughts makes me think anger or aggression.
Although Spoon’s Hot Thoughts is an Indie Rock genre album, I get an undertone feeling of either pop or dance music. Some of the songs like “Shotgun” or “Can I Sit Next To You” sound like they should almost be placed in a club or a bar of some sorts. “Can I Sit Next To You” Specifically, has a synthesized instruments that send me back to the 2000s – 2010 with music from the Disney movie Tron. The first song of the album, “Hot Thoughts” really started the album off strong. Overall, this was a good first impression of this group and their sound for me. I have never heard of Spoon but im glad I know them now.

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NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: The U.S. women win their fourth title at the World Cup, as the conversation now more than ever leads back to the team's fight for equal pay.
CYRIL VANIER, CNN ANCHOR: And the U.S. President warns Iran to be careful after Tehran announces it has crossed a line set by the nuclear deal.
ALLEN: Also this hour, Greece moves to the right. The countries conservative party regains power as voters oust the left-wing prime minster.
Hello everyone, thanks for joining us. We're live from CNN Center in Atlanta. I'm Natalie Allen.
VANIER: I'm Cyril Vanier, CNN NEWSROOM starts right now.
So, the U.S. Women's soccer team have made history once again. They are now World Cup champions for a fourth time.
ALLEN: Hard to believe. They beat the Netherlands two nil on Sunday to extend their record for most World Cup titles.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (Inaudible) to another U.S.
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ALLEN: Rose Lavelle there just dinging that ball into the net. Team captain, Megan Rapinoe won the Golden Ball Award, for turning (ph) to the tournaments best player. Our Amanda Davis has more on Team USA's victory from Lyon, France.
AMANDA DAVIS, CNN WORLD SPORTS CORRESPONENT: Don't let the quite calm here by the stadium fool you. Just a few hours ago this was the scene of celebrations worthy of a history making World Cup finals. As the near 60,000 capacity stadium had witnessed the USA become the second team in history defend their crown after defeating the Netherlands two nil.
The fans have now made their way back into the center of the city that dubs itself the home of women's football, as the USA's goal score captain Megan Rapinoe put it, sunglasses season is now underway. The party is getting started.
And you've got to say, it's a very well deserved party after what was an impressive performance. Even if they did have to dig deeper than maybe previous games, and more so than people had predicted against a Dutch side playing in just their second World Cup. But, at this point, they won't mind how they got there. What an achievement.
Particularly, off the back of the earlier exit at the Olympics just three years ago, when serious questions were being asked, and in this, the year being talked about as the best standard of the women's game in history.
The U.S. women have now won the World Cup four times in eight editions of this tournament. They are deservedly the team that the rest use as their benchmark. And it could have been written in the stars, Megan Rapinoe, who's written so many of the headlines off the pitch over the last few weeks, in terms of her comments over the equal pay battle, her verbal sparring with Donald Trump, though she would be the one to so calmly step up and score the penalty that broke the deadlock.
Rose Lavelle did follow-up with the second, but Rapinoe said afterwards, her side were just doing what they had to do, both on and off the pitch.
MEGAN RAPINOE, TEAM CO-CAPTAIN OOF U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM: We've done exactly what we set out to do. We've done exactly what we want to do. We say what we feel, all of us really. I know that my voice sometimes is louder, but in (inaudible) and in conversations and everybody is in this together. We are such a proud and strong and defiant group of women. I don't think we have really anything to say.
DAVIS: This tournament builds as the biggest and best Women's World Cup yet, has undoubtedly been a springboard for the women's game. For the last 20 years it's been the U.S. winning side of 1999, hailed as the role models for the next generation. Now, the team of 2019 have stepped up to raise the bar once again.
Amanda Davis, CNN, Lyon, France.
ALLEN: And the World Cup victory comes as the women's team is suing the U.S. Soccer Federation for gender discrimination. As we said, they are scrappy and they're fighters and they say they deserve to be paid as much as the men, who have yet to win a single World Cup.
VANIER: And Nike is one of the many groups backing the women's fight for equal pay. The company released a powerful ad just moments after Sunday's historic victory.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I believe that we will make our voices heard and TV shows will be talking about us every single day and not just once every four years. And that women will conquer more than just the soccer field, by breaking every single glass ceiling and have their faces carved on Mount Rushmore and that we'll keep fighting not just to make history, but to change it forever.
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ALLEN: Let's talk now with CNN Sports Analyst and "USA Today" columnist, Christine Brennan. Christine, what a Sunday, hmm?
CHRISTINE BRENNAN, CNN SPORTS ANALYST: Oh Natalie, this was a terrific finish for the United States.
To a really a dream month and also to the Netherlands for unbelievable performance in the first World Cup final and really just coming on the scene in the last few years as the European Champs.
So, another new nation caring about women's soccer, but the story really was about the U.S. and their dominance throughout the pressure from the United States and really around the world as the defending champs, as the ones to beat, the ones who were, obviously, had the target that anyone else wanted to beat the, but the United States was good as they would have hoped they would have hoped they would be and they were able to pull it off.
ALLEN: And as it -- if it weren't emotional enough, then we got the Nike ad. That Nike ad had me cheer and jump off my sofa and tear up at the same time. I saw it again, I teared up and cheered again. What is it about this team that inspired Nike to do that?
BRENNAN: Nike's always kind of pushing the envelop and going out -- giving us new things to talk about and kind of cutting edge ideas. And with this one in black and white, it's very dramatic and it talks about the hopes and dreams of all those players and for girls and women, and hopefully boys and men too, watching, to be inspired, for girls to dream big. And I really do think that you cannot separate, Natalie, this U.S. Women's National soccer team from the stories and the backdrop of our culture.
And the fact that you have over 100 women in the U.S. House of Representatives now and 25 women in the United States Senate and more women running for president and this conversation about equal pay and women's rights and all of these issues that are political, they're also cultural and they also were there present for all of us to see on that field, in terms of the U.S. women fighting for equal pay, for gender equity and other issues as well.
Megan Rapinoe speaking out on behalf of gay rights and saying she didn't want to go to the White House and her walking protest of Donald Trump, it's all there, it's all encapsulated in that team, I think those same issues that we are seeing across the country and in some parts of the world, and I think that's a very important conversation for all of us to be having.
ALLEN: Yes, absolutely. They are -- they are fighters on that soccer field and they are fighters off the field as well. And their closeness and the fact that they talk about that closeness is something really important. It's not that they're just so great and they're outspoken, but what do they call themselves, 23 best friends?
BRENNAN: Well exactly, and this is one very close knit team, you're absolutely right, as were other teams, of course, in the World Cup. Some fantastic teams from countries that have cared only about men's soccer for generations and now they care about women's soccer as well.
But for the United States, Natalie, this is very much about the success story of all success stories, Title IX, signed by Richard Nixon in June of 1972, changing the playing fields of America, opening up the flood gates for women and girls to play sports just like their bothers had for generations, and what we're seeing here are strong, comfortable, confident women.
They learn how to win at a young age, even more important, they learn how to loose at a young age. Team work, sportsmanship and all of these things that give them this unbelievable confidence to speak out, to say whatever they believe and a real sense about them that I think, again, the nation has fallen in love with, what we have created with Title IX and with these teams that continue to represent us on the field of play.
ALLEN: And as you mentioned, Megan Rapinoe, the team captain's been very outspoken and what she has said about not wanting to go to the White House if they won and now President Trump has had something to say about that after the game. Let's listen to what he said.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Will you invite the women's team to the White House? The soccer team?
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I haven't really thought about it. We will look at that (inaudible).
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ALLEN: So, there you have it. She said she wouldn't go, she felt maybe her team would stand with her in that. How does this shake out?
BRENNAN: Well, I think Donald Trump's the only person on the planet who hasn't thought about it, because it's been one of the most discussed topics surrounding this team on many of the controversies and conversations that people have had -- have include whether they would be invited to the White House and whether they would go.
Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan and Ali Krieger have all said they're not going. My sense is we will not see this team at the White House. There are, I believe, who feel the same way, and I think they will stay together as a team.
As we know, AOC and other representatives are talking about having the team come to the Capital, and wouldn't that be quite a scene, Natalie.
If you have got Nancy Pelosi and any other number of these women representatives and men in the House as well as the Senate hosting the U.S. national team with some grand celebration while just what, you know, a mile and a half away or so.
ALLEN: At the White House.
BRENNAN: The president is snubbed, be very interesting to see how he reacts. I have a feeling we'll be talking more about those options as the days progress.
ALLEN: Christine Brennan, thanks so much.
BRENNAN: Natalie, my pleasure. Thank you.
VANIER: And the U.S. and Iran are locked in another round of threats and ultimatums, this after the Islamic Republic announced Sunday it's enriching uranium past levels allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal.
Here was President Trump in New Jersey.
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, UNITED STATES: Iran better be careful, because you enrich for one reason, and I won't tell you what that reason is, but it's no good. They better be careful.
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ALLEN: The U.S. secretary of state also weighed in, Mike Pompeo tweeted this, Iran's latest expansion of its nuclear program will lead to further isolation and sanctions, nations should restore the long standing standard of no enrichment for Iran's nuclear program, Iran's regime armed with nuclear weapons would pose an even greater danger to the world.
VANIER: This latest stand off puts Europe in a bind, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh explains why from London.
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NICK PATON WALSH, SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CNN NEWS: Well this is the second announcement from Iran, that means they're violating some of the terms of the nuclear deal, and it's the most dangerous one of the two frankly.
A week ago they said they were going to exceed the limits they're allowed on low grade enriched uranium and this time they said they were going to increase the purity to which they do the enriching.
Now currently they do 3.67 percent and that's pretty useless and certainly very far away from the 90 percent needed for nuclear weapons, today though they left out a key piece of information, to what purity are they going to do enriching?
Now they suggested in the last sort of 48 hours or so that it would be round about five percent, and that's still very far away from kind of the danger level of 20 percent from which it's easier to get to 90 percent.
But still it is quite clear that they are increasing the purity of the uranium that they are enriching. Now that sort of void in information was filled by many of Iran's opponents, Israel came forth very quickly and said that this is obviously just them pursuing an atomic bomb.
What really it seems though Tehran are looking to do by violating the terms of the deal ever so slightly but in this case a little more dangerously is put pressure on the signatures on the deal who are from Europe.
Now we know that the United States many weeks and months ago has re- imposed the sanctions that were taken off as part of the nuclear deal. In Tehran's eyes, Washington has long been violating the deal they signed together.
Now Iran are violating little bits in hoping this will pressure the European signatures to find some kind of way to alleviate sanctions pressure against Iran. Iran ideally hopes that European companies will decide to take the risk of losing their business in the United States and then continue business in Iran.
That's unlikely to happen, frankly. So now we have this troubling moment where Iran is clearly trying to step out of certain parts of that particular deal, mostly symbolically in some areas quite threateningly.
And the question of course moving forward is what next? Now they've said they won't announce what their next violation is for about another two months or so. But there's plenty of space there for escalatory rhetoric. Remember in just the last fortnight, Donald Trump almost launched strikes against Iran for downing a U.S. drone.
It's a very tense time indeed and when you're playing around frankly with adherence to a nuclear deal, the Europeans have said very clearly they want Iran to get back within the terms, it just makes the situation even more dangerous indeed.
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, London.
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We turn now to Greece and the brand new prime minister who will be sworn into office in just a few hours. Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the center-right New Democracy Party swept to victory in Sunday's snap election.
VANIER: And he overtook sitting prime minister Alexis Tsipras, who's tenure in office has been rocky to say the least. Tsipras conceded defeat, while Mitsotakis vowed to ensure that Greece would be heard by Europe. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ALEXIS TSIPRIS, GREEK PRIME MINISTER: (Through Translator) We fought and achieved a lot, always with our head held high and today again with our head held high we accept the people's verdict.
KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, GREEK PRIME MINISTER ELECT: (Through Translator) I want a strong Greece with self confidence that will claim in Europe what it deserves, not be a beggar or a poor relative.
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ALLEN: For more on the outcome of this election, journalist Elinda Labropoulou is in Athens.
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ELINDA LABROPOULOU, JOURNALIST, CNN: It's the beginning of a new era in Greece, after a landslide victory today by New Democracy, a center- right party. What Greece has done through this election is it has turned its back to populism and the fire brand leftists that were governing the country until now for the last four, 4.5 years, under Syriza, a leftist coalition.
Mr. Mitsotakis, the new prime minister, is a man who claims to be a reformer. He's someone who says he will lead Greece out of the - of the crisis and the way he plans on doing that is through investment, through cutting taxes and through basically giving the report card of his good work to the Europeans and saying well can we have some fiscal space now?
It is a very different strategy to what we have been seeing in Greece for the last 4.5 years under Mr. Tsipras. Mr. Tsipras chose some more confrontational route for the Europeans, but that got him nowhere in the end.
What we saw was closed banks, talk of Brexit and a general panic in the Greek people who in hindsight have decided that maybe a milder policy is the way to achieve their goal.
And what we've also seen in today's election is generally a sense of maturity, and this maturity is very much reflected in the rejection for extremism, Golden Dawn, an extreme right party did not even make it to parliament this time.
We've seen of course that there is still nationalism around, but overall Greeks seem to have matured out of the financial crisis of the last years and have made choices based on who can deliver.
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We'll talk with her live from Greece about this in our next hour. Well next here, the U.S. president says the reports are not true, how he's planning to disprove stories about conditions in border detention centers in the U.S.
Welcome back. U.S. President Trump says he is not going to bother talking about the British ambassador to the U.S. who had some less than flattering things to say about him in a series of leaked memos back to London, the ambassador wrote President Donald Trump radiates insecurity and his administration is dysfunctional, clumsy and inept.
VANIER: Kim Darroch also wrote that to deal with President Trump effectively, points need to be simple, even blunt. President Trump spoke briefly about the ambassador on Sunday.
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TRUMP: The ambassador has not served the U.K. well, I can tell you that. We're not - we're not big fans of that man.
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President Trump also told reporters that he plans to open some migrant detention centers to the media to disprove accounts that describe unsanitary conditions.
ALLEN: He took issue specifically with a New York Times article about the detention center in Clint, Texas. We'll get more about that from Boris Sanchez.
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BORIS SANCHEZ, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, CNN NEWS: On Sunday, President Trump dismissed reporting in the New York Times that indicates that conditions at migrant detention facilities, including ones which house minors are simply horrific, the New York Times detailing that disease, hunger and simply unsanitary conditions are rampant in these facilities, the president calling that story a hoax suggesting that the New York Times is working hand in hand with Democrats to try to plant stories that will embarrass him.
Instead the president says he believes that migrants at these facilities are happy because conditions there are better than in their home countries. Listen to more of what the president said.
TRUMP: And in all cases if you look, people that came from unbelievable poverty, they had no water, they had no anything where they came from, those are people that are very happy with what's going on because relatively speaking, they're in much better shape right now.
SANCHEZ: President Trump was also asked if he would visit one of these migrant detention facilities, he did not answer the question directly but instead suggested that he would have the press visit one of the facilities to document conditions for themselves and to try to disprove this reporting in the New York Times. Boris Sanchez, CNN, traveling with the president in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.
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CNN's Senior Political Analyst Ron Brownstein joins us not from Los Angeles. So Ron, it's interesting that over the past year, cameras have largely been kept out of detention centers and those detention centers have been kept out of view of the public.
But now that it is expedient to do so, Trump wants reporters to look inside the border facilities.
RON BROWNSTEIN, SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST, CNN NEWS: Well I mean, you know, once you basically said we're going to take you to X place and we're going to do it in a few days, you completely undermine the value of doing it in the first place, because obviously there's plenty of time to revise conditions, to clean things up and so forth that, you know, reporting in the New York Times today was devastating and devastatingly sourced as, you know, and consistent with what we have seen from the visits of congressional members to the border.
So, you know, I think - I think the - I think the president, you know, by saying he wants to bring the media in, the act itself kind of undermines its value.
VANIER: Do we know how this plays politically for the president? Because the family separation policy at the time and then the detention of children was one of those rare issues on which Mr. Trump had to backtrack.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes, that's a good point. I mean he does not like to backtrack, but the reaction to that was so overwhelming - I think this is - this is mixed in terms of it's political impact.
On the one hand, the president has sent mixed messages himself, you know, at times he says these conditions are great, people are happy, it's better than what they left. And other times he has kind of given away the subtext by saying or tweeting that if people don't want to live in these difficult conditions, they shouldn't leave their homes.
In other words that he views the conditions in the - in the camps as a kind of deterrent as was the justification for the family separation policy originally. Obviously that has not worked, the numbers have spiked in terms of asylum seekers, and I think that, you know, overall the American public - I've been writing - sorry, I've been writing about polls on immigration for almost 30 years now.
BROWNSTEIN: And two consistent notes is that Americans are pragmatic and compassionate, but they also believe in the rule of law.
So, on the one hand, I think there is support for control of the borders, people don't want open borders, but they also don't want people to be mistreated. VANIER: Yes. Yes, and we've seen that pretty consistently over the
VANIER: Yes. I want to take you back to the leaked diplomatic cables from the British Ambassador. It looks like Trump really isn't taking the bait on this one. It looks like he's pretty to content to sit this one out.
BROWNSTEIN: Well, I think his response has been what we see always when he is challenged, which is to impugn the motivation and the credibility of the messenger. I mean, that is just -- that is just almost a reflex for this president. Whenever anyone stands in his way, he immediately attacks them rather than their charge.
And look, any president, I think, might not deal with this kind of portrayal, but it is something that obviously strikes a nerve with a certain portions of Americans. We've talked about this before. I mean, in some ways that the defining characteristic of the public reaction to President Trump, is that he's underperforming in perceptions of the economy.
There are people who are very satisfied with the economy, who don't approve -- say they don't approve of his performance as president, far more, by the way, than we've seen under George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Far many more people say that they are satisfied with the economy, but are not satisfied with Trump's performance. And the reason they're not satisfied is everything you read in those memos.
I mean, that is -- I mean, that's why it strikes a cord, because it is a portrait that we so as Americans and (inaudible) are critical about Trump will entirely recognize.
VANIER: Does it look to you like this could be something that could do real damage to the U.S.-U.K. relationship or not? Because I'm getting the impression from both sides, if you listen to what the British Foreign Minister says and they Trump, muted answers, muted responses on both sides. It looks like they're just going to try and forget this one.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes, I think so. I mean, look, every -- there's probably every ambassador in the world has sent home a cable that contains at least some of these criticisms. And these governments, none the less, even the most critical governments believe they have to work with the United States of America. It's very hard to avoid dealing with the United States of America even the -- even Angela Merkle, who as you know, perhaps the most critical of Trump behind closed doors.
And so, I think every government in the world faces the same reality. They are uncertain about Trump, they view him as volatile. They view him as someone that they have to deal with in a way unlike any other president, and yet the reality is, they have to deal with him.
VANIER: Yes, and the ambassador explained to the Civil Service and to British diplomats in his memos, he said, we're probably not going to get much of the favorable -- we're not going not to get any favors from this administration. It's very much an America first administration, so maybe there wasn't much to loose in this for the Brits anyway. All right ...
BROWNSTEIN: Well look, Theresa May ...
VANIER: Sorry, go ahead.
BROWNSTEIN: ... Theresa May made the effort at the beginning to try and butter up Trump and have a special relationship, and that really backfired on her domestically. He's not very popular in many countries around the world. There isn't a lot of incentive to kind of lock arms with him for foreign leaders, but inversely, as I said, they have to deal with the United States of America.
VANIER: Yes, Ron Brownstein, thank you so much. Always a pleasure to speak to you. Thanks Ron.
BROWNSTEIN: Thank you. Thanks for having me.
ALLEN: Well, one country refusing to deal with the United States of America is Iran. Neither side backing down in the latest standoff. We look at why things have escalated so quickly next.
NATALIE ALLEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Thanks for being with us. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Natalie Allen.
[00:32:15] CYRIL VANIER, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: And I'm Cyril Vanier.
Let's look at your top stories this hour, starting with this. The U.S. Women's Soccer Team has won a record fourth World Cup title, beating the Netherlands two-nil in Lyons, France, on Sunday. This is the team's second consecutive World Cup title, and they will be honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City on Wednesday.
ALLEN: Greece has a new prime minister. Kyriakos Mitsotakis of the center right New Democracy Party will be sworn into office in the coming hours. He easily beat sitting Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. In his victory speech, Mitsotakis promised to make sure Greece's voice will be heard in Europe.
VANIER: U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran better be careful. The warning comes after Tehran announced Sunday it is enriching uranium past levels allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal. It says it will scale back more of its commitments after 60 days. That is if other signatories don't find a way to protect Iran from U.S. sanctions.
ALLEN: Well, this is far from the first standoff, of course, between Iran in the U.S., but tensions are at their highest level in years.
VANIER: CNN's Michael Holmes has this look at how we got here. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was one of Donald Trump's longtime campaign promises. In May of last year he delivers with full force.
The U.S. unilaterally withdrawals from an Obama-era deal meant to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions. European allies remain committed; at the time, so does Iran.
Come November, crippling American sanctions that had been lifted are reimposed.
STEVEN MNUCHIN, U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY: This is part of a maximum unprecedented economic pressure campaign the United States is waging against the world's largest state sponsor of terror.
HOLMES: Less than a year later, an unprecedented move: the U.S. names Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, an arm of its military, a foreign terrorist organization. Then, the campaign of so-called maximum pressure intensifies.
MIKE POMPEO, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: Any nation or entity interacting with Iran should do its diligence and err on the side of caution. The risks are simply not going to be worth the benefits.
HOLMES: The Trump administration targets Iran's lifeblood, threatening sanctions on any nation that continues buying their oil.
In May, the U.S. sends an aircraft carrier strike group, bombers, and Patriot missiles to the Middle East, citing escalatory indications by Iran. Fifteen hundred troops follow, with more to come. The next month, temperatures rise further.
POMPEO: These unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to international peace and security.
[00:35:03] HOLMES: The U.S. quickly blames Iran for two oil tankers attacked near the strait of Hormuz. Iran vehemently denies involvement, but the U.S. releases video they say shows an Iranian Navy boat recovering evidence of its participation.
A week later, Iran shoots down a U.S. Navy drone they say was intruding in its air space. But the U.S. claims it was in international airspace. It sparks a major escalation.
MAJ. GEN. HOSSEIN SALAMI, IRANIAN ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (through translator): We have no intention to fight with any countries. But we are completely ready for war.
HOLMES: The next day, the U.S. nearly retaliates, Trump tweeting a military strike was, quote, "cocked and loaded" before he called it off.
DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I didn't like the idea of them knowingly shooting down an unmanned drone, and then we kill 150 people. I didn't like that.
HOLMES: Then earlier this month, British Royal Marines in Gibraltar storm an Iranian supertanker believed to be carrying oil the Syria, a possible violation of European Union sanctions on Syria.
A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official says the ship was seized, quote, "at the behest of the U.S.," but Gibraltar denies that, saying it acted on its own.
More than a year since the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal, a cash-strapped Iran levies pressure of its own. The country's foreign minister says Iran is exceeding the pact's limit set on stockpiles of enriched uranium. Iran won't stop, officials say, until protected from American sanctions, unlikely to ease anytime soon.
Michael Holmes, CNN, Atlanta.
ALLEN: All right. We have this one for you next. King Tut has been dead for centuries. But this likeness is generating controversy in the modern-day world of antiquities. We'll explain right after this.
VANIER: So it's that time of year again. At least three people were gored in the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
ALLEN: Three others were injured Sunday in the first of eight bull runs. It's a traditional event that's part of the Sanfermines festival, drawing daredevils from all over the world.
Two of those gored are American, the third from Spain.
I'm not in it to win it on that one.
VANIER: What do you say?
ALLEN: No. You know that's got to hurt.
VANIER: You also know it's coming. You know? You know, it could happen.
Anyway, a statue of the most famous pharaoh in history is causing a dust-up. The auction house Christie's sold a bust of King Tut for nearly $6 million Thursday.
ALLEN: But Egypt says they're profiting from stolen artifacts. CNN's Nick Glass has the controversy.
[00:40:00] NICK GLASS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was created as a propaganda image to strike awe among the masses. The pharaoh as deity, beautifully and naturalistically carved some 3,000 years ago. Unmistakably to those who know these things, the face of the boy king
Tutankhamun: almond-eyed, high cheek-boned, full, sensual lips.
But was Christie's right to sell this statue at auction?
ZAHI HAWASS, FORMER EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF ANTIQUITIES: This is a black day for archeology. I think they should be embarrassed. I think they should be ashamed. I am angry. And you have to be angry. The whole world has to be angry, because there is no ethics here.
GLASS: Ethics or not, here was the statue for all to see under the bright lights of a London sale room. The Egyptian authorities wanted the auction postponed, saying it breached international agreements. They demanded proof that the statue left Egypt legally. They asked the auction house for documentation about the statute's provenance and say that they didn't get it.
Christie's refute this.
LAETITIA DELALOYE, HEAD OF ANTIQUITIES, CHRISTIE'S: So we have been in touch with the Egyptian authorities, of course, in Cairo and in the Egyptian embassy here, and we informed them about the sale even before the catalogue was published. And so we have a collaborative relationship with them, and we have given them all the information that we have on the piece.
Christie's has a role to play in providing a transparent and legitimate market. We would never offer a piece where there's any concern about the provenance.
HOLMES: Dr. Hawass believes that the statue was removed illegally from the Temple of Karnak near Luxor sometime after 1970. Again, Christie's dispute this. They say their research shows that the piece has been in a European collection since the 1960s.
The statues is carved from brown quartzite. Not only is it very beautiful and very rare, but the subject, of course, has been a celebrity for almost a century.
HAWASS: Tutankhamun is the king of the kings. Tutankhamun is unique. Tutankhamun is different.
HOLMES: Tutankhamun matters because he's famous. We've all heard of him because uniquely, his tomb was found in 1922 when all its golden treasures intact. These treasures will be the main attraction when the new Grand Egyptian Museum finally opens near Cairo next year.
Despite the auction, the Egyptians say, they will persist in their attempts to recover the statue.
Nick Glass, CNN, in London.
VANIER: And Christie's released a statement saying, "We recognize that historic objects can raise complex discussion about the past; yet, our role today is to work to continue to provide a transparent, legitimate marketplace upholding the highest standards for the transfer of objects."
ALLEN: And that is CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Natalie Allen.
VANIER: I'm Cyril Vanier. Up next, you have WORLD SPORTS [SIC]. After that, you have us again for another hour of world news. Stay with us.
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Ninety-nine Sunken pieces of antiquities were salvaged by the European marine archeological institute mission in association with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) in the areas of Eastern Port and Heracleum in Abu Qir.
Zahi Hawas, the SCA Secretary-General, said the salvaged pieces include four gold coins that date back to the Islamic era and 12 bronze coins from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.
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In addition to being very popular with the general public, lottery is an effective way for governments to raise money for a variety of purposes. Unlike taxes, which are usually perceived as an undesirable burden, lottery revenues are voluntary and therefore more easily accepted. Lottery revenues are also relatively steady, which makes them an attractive source of revenue for states facing fiscal problems.
However, despite the fact that most people who play the lottery have little chance of winning, many still believe in the meritocratic myth that they are bound to get rich someday if they continue to buy tickets. In the US alone, more than $80 billion is spent on lotteries each year, largely because of this false hope. In reality, it is better to spend that money on building an emergency fund or paying off credit card debt.
The history of the lottery can be traced back to ancient times. The Old Testament includes a number of instances of land distribution by lot, and the Roman emperors often used lotteries to give away slaves and property during Saturnalian feasts. In the 19th century, many state governments adopted the practice of holding regular lotteries to raise money for public works projects. Lotteries were a popular way to finance public infrastructure, including canals and roads, as well as private enterprises like colleges and churches.
In modern times, the popularity of the lottery has grown, especially in the United States, where it contributes to state coffers by far the most revenue of any tax. Many people play the lottery for fun, while others think that it is their only way out of poverty.
Moreover, the lottery is one of the few remaining activities where the initial odds are so high that the disutility of a monetary loss can be outweighed by the anticipated utility of non-monetary gains. This is why it is a very common psychological phenomenon.
While the lottery is a great way for states to raise money, it can be very dangerous when it comes to morality. It can lead to compulsive spending and a sense of entitlement, and it can make people feel that they deserve everything they have ever wanted, even though this is not true. In addition, the lottery is often regressive, with poorer people tending to play more scratch-off games. In fact, most of the money raised through scratch-off games goes to lottery commissions. This is particularly the case with daily numbers games, which account for between 60 and 65 percent of all lottery sales.

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A full scale game system with 2 different well designed H systems included!
A Country Conquest Style Strategic Fantasy Simulation Game with heaps of content!
Aim to unify the continent with a selection of over 60 different commanders.
Among those commanders, 13 of them are female!
- Tags:Corruption, Combat, Fantasy, Group Sex, Rape, Pregnancy
- Original title:魔剣士リーネ２
- Release date:8 Apr, 2020
Size : 1.20GB

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Digital Door Lock
Privacy Password Input & Safe Design: enable to unlock the door even when you adding any numbers before/after the correct password. and the smart keyboard is designed with traceless keys, thus prevent the password known by others.
User Management Capacity: the electronic lock is capable of storing up 10 access codes, 1 manager password + 1 passage password + 8 user passwords.
Low Power Consumption: the inner battery compartment and the backup battery pack are both powered by 4pcs 1.5V AAA batteries (NOT included), and with less than 20μA static current, they can last more than one year, and it will make a continuous beep sounds to remind you when in low voltage.
Backlight 12-key Keypad: low brightness backlit keyboard makes it easy and convenient to use at night.
Reliable Quality: fine casting, modern appearance, waterproof seals protecting electronic components.
Simple & Easy Installation: adopts with standard single spring bolt and equipped with installation accessories and instructions, quick to install the digital door lock. Fit for Various Doors with thickness between 35mm-60mm.
Voice Prompt: with voice prompt function, the design is more humanized.
Reset Function: press and hold the reset button for five seconds and the master code with return to the manufacturer default code "0123".
Wide Application: great for home, office, hotel, apartment, restaurant, dormitory, etc.
Color: Black / Silver (Optional)
Material: Zinc alloy
Power Supply: 4 * AAA 1.5V battery (NOT Included)
Static Current: ≤20μA
Static Withstand Voltage: ≥15KV
Door Thickness: 35-65mm
Lock Bar Distance: 60-70mm
Lock Bar Thickness: 20mm
Item Weight: 1050g / 2.31lb
Item Size: 185 * 110 * 80mm / 7.28 * 4.33 * 3.15in
Package Size: 22.2 * 14 * 9.5cm / 8.74 * 5.51 * 3.74in
Package Weight: 1221g / 2.69lb
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1 * Battery Compartment
1 * Pack of Installation Accessories
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Blackstone-NEY Ultrasonics, a New York based manufacturer of precision ultrasonic parts washers, is proud to announce its newly redesigned Lean Aquarius tank to tank precision ultrasonic cleaning system.
Midbrook Medical, the Jackson, Michigan, based manufacturer of custom fabricated medical equipment and medical decontamination systems is developing new methods of instrument cleaning to aid in the reprocessing of cannulated instruments.
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British scientists say they have created a sensor capable of measuring localized ultrasonic cavitations in research that will help hospitals remain hygienic. Cavitations occur when bubbles implode in a liquid when a high frequency sound wave is applied.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed the first sensor capable of measuring localized ultrasonic cavitation â€“ the implosion of bubbles in a liquid when a high frequency sound wave is applied.
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IADC presents paper – Integrating dredging in sustainable development
Based on the Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure (DfSI) book, IADC has published a paper on ‘Integrating dredging in sustainable development‘.
The paper outlines the philosophy and concepts of sustainability and its application to water infrastructure projects focusing on practical issues for dredging.
Dredging is connected to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as those related to navigation, coastal protection, and flood risk management.
The dredging industry recognizes the need to incorporate these goals into the infrastructure development process and communicate how projects align with the SDGs.
IADC introduced this paper to present the concept of sustainability in relation to dredging projects. It describes the approaches and practices that are key to using dredging and dredge material to create more sustainable solutions and infrastructure – a modern way of thinking about dredging.
IADC’s Ayya Shahhat will present the Integrating dredging in sustainable development paper at the PIANC Meddays conference, held in Sète this week.

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June 11, 2018 ANCHORAGE – The data validation report released by the Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office and the Department of Environmental Conservation–Division of Environmental Health describes some of the challenges associated with accurately testing marijuana for potency. The report also offers recommendations for possible revisions to Alaska Administrative Code regulations to improve the oversight and quality assurance activities of licensed marijuana testing facilities.
“The comparative study conducted by the Environmental Health Laboratory provides additional information for the board-convened testing working group to consider,” said Erika McConnell, director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office. “We are encouraged by the work that has already been done by the industry and public health officials as part of the working group. I am confident this report will help the working group accomplish their mission to offer some solid recommendations to the Marijuana Control Board that will give consumers confidence in the system; protect public safety, health, and welfare; and allow the industry to move forward in a way that is also good for licensed establishments.”
The data validation compared the results of several sample tests of cannabis and cannabis products from two licensed marijuana testing facilities. The samples were analyzed using different extraction protocols for potency but similar analytical techniques. The report provides insight into how the two facilities could be testing the same product but come up with different results.
The testing working group, convened by the Marijuana Control Board in late 2017, is developing recommendations for improving testing accuracy and clarity of the marijuana testing regulations. The first round of recommendations will be reviewed by the Marijuana Control Board during its meeting June 13-15, 2018 in Anchorage. Should the board decide to move forward with any of the recommendations, the public will have the opportunity to submit comments on the proposed regulations changes during a 30-day public comment period. Draft marijuana regulations currently under review or open for public comment can be viewed on the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office website.
Alaska voted to legalize commercial marijuana in November of 2014. The initial set of regulations went into effect on February 21, 2016. To date, the Marijuana Control Board has approved licenses for 62 operating retail stores, 133 operating cultivators, 11 operating product or concentrate manufacturers, and two operating marijuana testing facilities.
The mission of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office is to enforce alcohol and marijuana commerce laws and provide clear, consistent standards for licensure to protect the public from harm. For additional information about the agency, visit commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco. For additional information about the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and its other agencies, please visit commerce.alaska.gov.

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It's no secret that chiropractors play an important role in the healthcare industry. After all, these professionals are responsible for diagnosing and treating a wide variety of conditions that affect the musculoskeletal system. However, there are still many people who don't fully understand what chiropractors do or how they can help. As a result, there are a number of misconceptions about chiropractic care.
Here are four of the most common misconceptions about chiropractor care in Panama City Beach
Chiropractic care is not only for pregnant women or for those trying to conceive. In fact, chiropractors can provide care for people of all ages. This includes prenatal and postnatal care for pregnant women, as well as care for children, adults, and the elderly. Chiropractic care is beneficial for people of all ages because it helps to optimize the function of the body's nervous system. This, in turn, helps the body to heal and function at its best.
While there is pre-conception chiropractic care which is often recommended for women, it is not just for them. Men can also benefit from this type of care. In fact, pre-conception chiropractic care can help to increase the chances of conception by aligning the spine and pelvis. This alignment allows the nerves and muscles to function at their optimal levels, which can promote a healthy pregnancy.
If you are considering chiropractic care, be sure to consult with a qualified practitioner. They will be able to assess your individual needs and develop a treatment plan that is right for you.
While the spine is an important part of the body, it is not the only thing that chiropractors focus on. Chiropractors are actually concerned with optimizing the function of the entire body. This includes the muscles, joints, and connective tissues. By optimizing function throughout the entire body, chiropractors help to improve overall health and well-being.
One of the most common misconceptions about chiropractic care is that it is all about cracking bones. While this may be true for some types of chiropractic care, it is not always the case. In fact, chiropractors can treat a wide variety of conditions that affect the musculoskeletal system. This includes conditions such as headaches, TMJ, carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder pain, and more. Chiropractors use a variety of techniques to treat these conditions, which may include adjustments, trigger point therapy, massage, and stretching.
Chiropractors take a whole-body approach to health and wellness. This means that they look at the body as a whole, rather than just one part. This holistic approach allows them to treat the root cause of problems, rather than just masking the symptoms.
If you're suffering from any type of pain or condition in Panama City Beach that affects the musculoskeletal system, be sure to consult with a qualified chiropractor like the ones at Bay Clinic of Chiropractic.
Many people believe that chiropractic care is painful. However, this is not always the case. In fact, most people report feeling relief after just one treatment. While some people may experience some discomfort during or after an adjustment, this is typically due to the body's natural healing process. If you do experience any discomfort during a chiropractic session, it is usually due to tightness in your muscles or joints. This discomfort should go away shortly after the session is over.
It's important to keep in mind that chiropractic care is a gentle and non-invasive form of therapy. Chiropractors use their hands to apply pressure and make adjustments to the spine. This pressure is applied gradually and carefully to avoid any damage to the spine or surrounding tissues.
If you're worried about pain, be sure to discuss your concerns with your chiropractor in Panama City Beach. They will be able to explain the risks and benefits of treatment so that you can make an informed decision about whether or not it is right for you.
Another common myth about chiropractic care is that it is expensive. However, this is not always the case. In fact, chiropractic care is oftentimes more affordable than other forms of treatment.
One of the reasons why chiropractic care is so affordable is because it is a preventative form of care. This means that it can help to avoid costly health problems in the future.
If you're worried about the cost of treatment, be sure to discuss your concerns with your chiropractor. They will be able to work with you to create a treatment plan that fits within your budget. Chiropractors offer a variety of services, which can be customized. In addition, many insurance plans cover chiropractic care. If you are concerned about the cost of care, be sure to talk to your chiropractor about your options.
When considering the cost of care, it is important to remember that investing in your health is an important decision that can save you money in the long run.
Chiropractic care is one of the most common and effective forms of alternative medicine. Many people think chiropractors only help pregnant women, but that’s not the case at all. Chiropractors can help with a variety of issues beyond just back pain, including headaches, neck pain, joint pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and more. And contrary to popular belief, chiropractic care is not expensive or painful. In fact, many people find it to be quite relaxing. So if you’re looking for an affordable and non-invasive way to improve your health, consider visiting a chiropractor.
If you are interested in learning more about chiropractor care in Panama City Beach, FL, contact Bay Clinic of Chiropractic today. Their experienced and knowledgeable staff will be happy to answer any questions you may have. They offer a variety of services, including adjustments, manipulations, massages, and more. Call them today to schedule an appointment.

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Promote the Peace is the alternative that will allow kids to share their thoughts, ideas, and talents on a positive platform. Please help us by contributing to this effort. The production of the CD/DVD is expensive and your support will help make this happen.
Message from our founder Mr. James Akil Jennings….
It’s no secret that media has had an increasingly negative impact on the way our children measure their personal image and beauty standards. Music, movies, and television programs often depict characters using drugs and alcohol and engaging in violent behaviors. At a developmental stage when teens seek greater freedom and independence, the glorification of drugs, alcohol, risky sexual and violent behaviors in the media make it challenging for teens to make responsible behavioral choices.
The Promote the Peace program offers a youth focused program that will offer young people an outlet to Promote and Discover positive Music, Poetry, Essays, Dance Videos, and Short Films. Since 2008, Promote the Peace Program has received community support from Council Member Bonnie Panell, Senator Darryll Steinberg, Council-member Roger Dickinson, The Sacramento Boys & Girls Club, The Sacramento Job Corps, Sacramento Juneteenth, MLK365, and many other great business and community organizations.
Promote the Peace will reward positive contributions with online, on air, and on stage features, competitions, scholarships, and cash prizes. Promote the Peace will use Radio, TV, Promote the Peace Stages, Teen Summits, Our Online Community, Talent Competitions, Music CD/DVD’s, High School Tours, and Merchandising to feature our participants. Participants can also take advantage of hands on experience in the multitude of skillsets that are related to the world of multimedia broadcasting, production, and promotion. Through our partners and sponsors, Promote the Peace will also introduce Sacramento youth to a variety of career development, mentoring and internship opportunities.
Promote the Peace has partnered with The Sacramento Boys and Girls Club and produced an annual Teen Summit at their downtown teen center. In 2008, we launched Promote the Peace Radio Online featuring popular local and national artist with an emphasis on moral content. Since 2013, Promote the Peace has been given a day long stage at the annual Juneteenth Festival where we featured only positive performers.
Promote the Peace now has our own online community where young people can communicate without being exposed by the inappropriate content we see on other social media platforms. In 2014, Promote the Peace received a tentative agreement with a local television station to air our teen talk, news, and entertainment Teens program, called “Our World 247”.
Our long term goal is to expand Promote the Peace in several markets nationally and produce National Competitions, Events, and Music CD Compilations. We hope to show our nation’s young people that you can get recognition and reward for creating audio and visual art that is positive and inspiring.
Please contribute what you can to support our kids…
Other ways you can help …
Promote the peace is looking for people in the community to assist us in creating a positive platform for our kids to share their thoughts, ideas, and concerns. Here are other ways you can help promote the peace:
– Building Space In The Sacramento Area
– Promotional Vehicle
– Computers For Recording & Production
– Audio Equipment
– Your Time And Expertise! :O)
Contact: email@example.com if you have any of these resources to contribute for the promote the peace project.
Thank you in advance for supporting peace and positivity!


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This grey and black skirt is part of a collection that marks a transitional period for Chloé – it's Natacha Ramsay-Levi's last as creative director before her successor Gabriela Hearst takes the helm. It's made in France to a wrap silhouette with a mid-rise waist and contrast panelling, then finished with lace accents and neat pleats. Style it with a T-shirt and block heels for a modern, feminine slant.
Founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion, the original Chloé girl, the label is regarded as one of the essential postwar brands, alongside Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior. With icons like Karl Lagerfeld as former head designers, Chloé continues to draw upon its rich heritage of beautifully designed pieces, widely featured in publications such as Grazia and Harper’s Bazaar.


The second round of the DVO Winter Series was good too the KHS Pro MTB team.
Nik Nestoroff and Steven Walton, once again road great which landed them back on the podium.
Kailey Skelton showed that she is a force to be reckoned with as she again delivered another epic run to put her on the top step of the podium again.
The team is looking to cap off this year’s series with podium finishes as they will be back March 13th for the final race of the series.
As part of the Elevate-Webiplex pro cycling team’s training camp, they headed out to Brea, CA. for the whole team’s first race of the year at the Roger Millikan Memorial Crit.
They road a hard race and came out with two on the podium. The next stop for the team will be the 2020 edition of the Tour of Twain.
Nik Nestoroff and Steven Walton showed their stuff out in Fontana, CA at the Southridge winter series and came out with a podium!
Congratulations boys on a good race weekend!
Alfredo Rodriguez finished 3rd at the first CBR in Carson, CA as the team camp begins to assemble for training camp this week!


The Beatles to reissue remastered catalog
Fresh off a headline-grabbing reunion, The Beatles are set to become the remasters of their own domain, with Apple Corps and EMI Music today announcing plans to release a digitally retooled version of the Fab Four’s catalog.
The worldwide release is set for Sept. 9, not so coincidentally the same day The Beatles: Rock Band video game is slated to come out.
Those who were fans back in the British boys’ heyday will be happy to hear that each album will come ready-made for nostalgia. The CDs will feature the replicated original U.K. album art, expanded booklets with original and new liner notes and rare band photos. For early adopters, CDs will also be embedded for a limited time with a documentary about the album’s production. (more…)


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Mill City Market Place is located at the address 829 Sw 1st St in Mill City, Oregon 97360. They can be contacted via phone at (503) 897-2006 for pricing, hours and directions.
Mill City Market Place has an annual sales volume of 501K - 999,999. .For more information contact Alan Jirod, Owner
For maps and directions to Mill City Market Place view the map to the right. For reviews of Mill City...
Hated it!!! Worst customer service. They treat long time residents horrible, if you are not a vistor to our town they treat you horrible!!
Mill City Market Place is located at 829 SW 1st St, Mill City, OR. This business specializes in Grocery Stores.


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Long Live the Shah
The Court of Shahanshah Khosrow II, 602
Aptly called the final Golden Age of the Sasanian Empire, the beginning of Khosrow II’s reign saw a flourishing of Persian music and art, the expansion of the empire to its height, and a prosperous civil society grounded in multiculturalism.
Yet as his reign progressed, the Sasanians faced stark sectarian divisions, economic downturn, and invasion from the West and South. This empire—formerly the most powerful of its time—would eventually fell to a group with an inferior military, less organized bureaucracy, and smaller economy.
The collapse of the Sasanians—the final non-Islamic empire to rule over Persia and the surrounding area—completely and eternally altered Middle Eastern politics, culture, and history. It is the most consequential event in Persian history since the reign of Cyrus the Great and would remain so until the Islamic Revolution of 1979. This committee will explore the years precipitating this imperial collapse.
As delegates, you will have to deal with the internal struggles of the empire—religious fighting, the collapse of infrastructure, and economic recession—along with external threats—the Roman thirst for expansion, conflicting alliances in the Balkans, and the Arab conquerors of the Southwest.
These issues, coupled with traditional palace intrigue and internal power struggles, will give you infinite possibilities. By Saturday night, the Sasanian Empire could enter into a period of unmatched prosperity, a force admired by external actors and loved by its subjects. Or, it could fall victim to myriad possibilities of collapse, with Khosrow’s Golden Age coming to a screeching halt.
Ashton Hashemipour is a third year at the University of Chicago majoring in Political Science and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations.
He has been described as “aggressively Persian,” making his hype for this committee very real. Last year, he chaired the Shah’s side of the Iranian Revolution JCC and the previous year served as an AC for the Presidential Campaign of Mir-Hussein Mousavi.
When not ruling over the Sasanian Empire, he enjoys beating Shravan in 2K and FIFA, fearlessly challenging other students to pickup basketball, and learning languages. In addition to ChoMUN, he is the World editor for for the Gate (the political review on campus) and works with the University’s Institute of Politics.
If you have any questions about the committee or want to talk about Persia, email him at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Matt Maxson is a third year at the University of Chicago majoring in History and Political Science.
Last year was his first in ChoMUN, and he returns this year after serving as an AC on the Shah’s side of JCC: From Tehran with Love: The Iranian Revolution, 1977.
Outside of ChoMUN, he loves sports, especially baseball, politics, playing 2k and FIFA, and arguing with Ashton and Shravan about politics. Elsewhere on campus, he is a project leader at the Paul Douglas Institute, a student-run public policy research organization.
If you have any questions about the committee, feel free to email him at email@example.com.
Shravan Ravishankar is a third year at UChicago majoring in Political Science and Economics.
He hails from Louisville, Kentucky, and is returning to ChoMUN after serving as an Assistant Chair for The Roaring Tigers: Tamil Students League of 1971 and Crisis Director for JCC: From Tehran with Love: The Iranian Revolution, 1977.
Outside of ChoMUN, Shravan loves playing Ultimate, FIFA, and 2K and he closely follows the NBA. He is usually happy to talk about politics of any sort, and he is always happy to talk about how the Warriors have ruined basketball. He is excited to be working with Ashton and Matt to bring to life this committee from Ancient Persia.
Feel free to reach out to Shravan at firstname.lastname@example.org if you have any questions.


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It's a hard time to be an appropriator on Capitol Hill.
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the number-two Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, is under investigation by the Justice Department for his ties to an Alaska-based oil services company, according to media reports. And he's not alone: Three other congressional appropriators are facing federal investigations, too.
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House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) says another inquiry is complicating a favorite pastime for committee members: earmarking money for special projects that benefit constituents and, all too often, their donors.
Obey complained the committee has not been able to vet thousands of member requests, in part because the panel was busy turning over information to federal prosecutors related to former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.). Cunningham, a former appropriator, is now serving a 100-month federal prison term for bribery and tax evasion, among other charges.
All of this has some on Capitol Hill asking if there is something endemic to the culture of the appropriations committees, in both the House and the Senate. Is the scent of money too tempting, too corrupting? Is appropriation's long history of backroom deal-making no longer acceptable in this more transparent era?
Appropriators don't think so, of course, and they say that they don't believe there are any "cultural" problems specific to the committees. They note that Cunningham, whose criminal actions were directly related to his work on the Appropriations and Intelligence panels, got caught, was convicted and was sent to jail.
To them, it's proof that the system works, although several lawmakers noted that the way the Appropriations committees operate needs to be more open to public examination.
"Anyone who wants to manipulate the system, for a moment in time, can probably get away with it," acknowledged Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "But eventually they will be caught, and more transparency will ensure it doesn't happen again."
Stevens, a veteran appropriator and the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, is under federal investigation over his ties to Veco Corp., an Alaska-based oil services company, according to recent media reports.
An article Sunday in the Anchorage Daily News said a federal grand jury is looking into the events surrounding the remodeling of Stevens' home in Girdwood, Alaska, 40 miles south of Anchorage.
Some of the construction at the home was tied to Veco, and contractors who were hired or supervised by Veco officials.
Several former Veco executives have already pleaded guilty in an expanding federal corruption probe of the firm, and three current and former GOP state legislators in Alaska have been indicted.
Stevens has hired a criminal defense attorney and was asked by the Department of Justice to preserve documents related to the case. His son, Ben Stevens, a former state legislator, has come under investigation, as well.
Stevens became the fourth appropriator, House and Senate, Republican and Democrat, to be scrutinized by federal prosecutors.