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Tallest hotel in Daytona of all time runs out of money for construction
DAYTONA BEACH – The troubled Daytona Grande hotel project – whose construction times have been extended several times, changed contractors twice and built a valet lane west on Oakridge Boulevard one way single eastbound – ran into another problem.
Protogroup, the Russian family-owned Palm Coast company behind the project, used up its construction loan for the 28-story, 455-room hotel before construction was completed.
“Protogroup now finds itself forced to close the construction finance loan and secure permanent financing in order to avoid bankruptcy and to maintain the ownership and operation of the convention hotel property,” wrote Deputy City Manager Jim Morris last week in a note to City Manager Deric Feacher.
The history of Protogroup:Protogroup timeline: how this Daytona project went from buying land to (potential) bankruptcy
Catching up on past coverage:Gryffin Construction out as $ 192 million Protogroup project deadline looms in Daytona
Read more:How many are staying at Daytona Grande, the new Protogroup hotel?
Related story:The deadline for Daytona Protogroup hotels has been further extended; partly responsible pandemic
A measure that city commissioners are expected to vote on at their meeting tonight could remedy the situation and help the company regain its financial footing.
How Protogroup got into dire straits
An agreement with the city government forced Protogroup to restore the intersection in front of the new hotel on State Road A1A and Oakridge Boulevard after new water and sewer lines were installed under that crossing.
Those new, expanded water and sewage systems needed to service the 28-story hotel are now in place, but the intersection has a new trough in elevation and is covered with a mixture of makeshift asphalt slabs. and colorful paving stones. The rutted sidewalks around the intersection have yet to be redone.
“It’s a mess,” Morris said in an interview this week. “Aesthetically, this is unacceptable. This is not what we want in front of a luxury hotel. And we don’t want the intersection to fail in a few years.”
A proposed deal with the city could help Protogroup pay for delayed works at the intersection. City commissioners are expected to vote on the deal at their meeting tonight, a deal that would funnel part of the water and sewer cost reimbursement the city was going to give Protogroup for the costs of building the intersection. .
Protogroup agreed that part of the reimbursement for water and sewer costs be funneled into the intersection works to avoid losing the $ 100 million hotel. Company vice president Alexey Lysich signed the deal.
The Daytona Grande opened in June under a temporary occupancy certificate. Protogroup will only be able to guarantee its permanent loan for the construction of the hotel after having received a permanent occupancy certificate. But under the agreement signed by Protogroup, the city will not grant a permanent occupancy certificate until the intersection restoration is complete.
The business runs the risk of defaulting on the construction loan if it does not complete the project on time, obtain the permanent occupancy certificate, and obtain permanent financing. The permanent funder wants to know that a business license has been issued and that a permanent occupancy certificate that the building is safe is in place, Morris said.
The city’s agreement with Protogroup
The city had agreed to give Protogroup up to $ 1.1 million for the extension of new underground water and sewer lines from Halifax Avenue to the A1A, an upgrade that expanded the system. of public services in the city. The money was to be a reimbursement of Protogroup’s water and sewer impact charges to deal with the hotel project’s impact on the city’s utility systems.
City commissioners for the deal will be asked to vote tonight on calls to divert $ 283,829 of that $ 1.1 million towards intersection work.
Mayor Derrick Henry said he would likely vote yes on the deal.
“I don’t see this as a risk to the city,” Henry said.
The idea is for the Florida Department of Transportation to take over the restoration of the intersection, as happened when the westbound valet lane on Oakridge Boulevard next to the hotel parking lot had to be deleted.
The DOT has said it is ready to work with the city on the project, and the city has the money available to make the repairs, Morris said. He doesn’t know when labor might start.
“City staff, while being aware of the $ 100 million investment made by Protogroup, also recognize the need to restore the SR-AlA / Oakridge intersection to the proper aesthetics and levels of safety offered by a construction. , proper repair and operation of the intersection, ”Morris said in his memo.
The new lines are 15-20 feet underground, so it is important that the sandy soil on the beach above the pipes is properly compacted and topped with a solid concrete base in the area of the intersection that has been disturbed, Morris said.
In addition to repairing, resurfacing and repaving the beach side intersection with colored concrete, Protogroup is also obligated to complete the remodeling of the Oakridge Beach ramp and sidewalks.
But Lysich said the construction loan he got to build the hotel had run out and Protogroup had no other funds available to repair the intersection or complete the sidewalks and new landscaping around the beach ramp.
Thus, before the city releases the remaining money from the $ 1.1 million in water and sewer reimbursement, Protogroup will need to provide the city with a performance bond for the required sidewalk improvements, a Morris said. A performance bond is usually issued by a bank or other financial institution and guarantees the performance of a contract.
Lysich was reached by phone Tuesday morning, but after a News-Journal reporter explained why she was contacting him, the call abruptly ended. Lysich did not return an immediate follow-up phone call.
“We just want to do it right”
The hotel is part of a $ 192 million twin-tower hotel condominium project that has been in the works for almost a decade.
Excavation work on both towers began in March 2017, with a first completion date slated for summer 2019 for the 28-story south tower. The 32-story taller north tower, said to be the tallest building in Volusia County, was originally due for completion in 2020.
The city has accepted several extensions. The current deadline for the completion of the South Tower is March 18, 2022. The North Tower, which has only had foundation work so far, faces a construction deadline deadline. March 16, 2024.
The city will receive large annual property tax payments from the new hotel and is grateful for the oceanfront addition. The city is not trying to sanction Protogroup for intersection issues, Morris said.
“We just want to do it right,” he said.
Paul Zimmerman, a former contractor and longtime Daytona Beach resident, said the city could have avoided some of the problems with the twin tower project had it required a performance bond before issuing a building permit.
Zimmerman, who lives by the beach and oversaw construction, believes city commissioners should send the deal back for a vote tonight to the city manager to design something that gives the city more leverage over the rest of the project .
Zimmerman is now worried about the future of the North Tower.
“If they don’t have enough money for the sidewalks, how will they pay for the north tower?” ” He asked. “We got out of the gate badly and we are paying for it. The city was desperate to make a deal.”
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Due to the acceleration of digital transformation and the increase in hybrid work, organizations are seeing an increase in the quantity and sophistication of cyberattacks. While businesses of all sizes confront similar security concerns, the development of remote work and new digital business models has made cybersecurity a key concern for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMBs). SMBs are particularly at risk because of their limited resources and a lack of professional security capabilities. According to a recent study, more than 60% of small businesses suffered a cyberattack and were made unavailable.
Microsoft is always coming up with new ideas to help secure customers’ digital assets in a changing, dangerous environment and support SMB users as they migrate to the cloud. They are excited to present the Azure Firewall Basic preview today.
A new SKU of Azure Firewall called Azure Firewall Basic was created to meet the requirements of SMBs by offering cost-effective enterprise-grade protection for their cloud environment. A stateful firewall as a service that is cloud-native, highly available, and allows users to centrally manage and report all of their traffic flows offers important aspects at scale.
Enterprise-grade security that is cost-effective and built for SMBs
Azure Firewall Basic comes with built-in threat intelligence from Microsoft Threat Intelligence, Layer 3-Layer 7 filterings, and warnings on malicious traffic. You can gain more visibility into your environment, recognize threats more quickly, and respond to them thanks to close interaction with other Azure services like Azure Monitor, Azure Events Hub, Microsoft Sentinel, and Defender for Cloud.
The importance of Azure Firewall Basic
Comprehensive, cloud-native network firewall security
- filtering of network and application traffic.
- intelligence on threats to notify about malicious traffic
- High availability built-in.
- interaction with other Azure services that is seamless.
Simple setup and is easy to use.
- Just a few minutes to set up.
- deploy automatically (deploy as code).
- Automatic updates require zero maintenance.
- Azure Firewall Manager provides centralized management.
- designed to provide necessary, affordable firewall protection for your virtual network’s resources.
Choosing the appropriate Azure Firewall SKU for your needs
Three different SKUs are now supported by Azure Firewall to meet a variety of customer use cases and preferences.
- Azure Firewall Premium – is suggested to protect really sensitive applications (such as payment processing). Advanced threat security features including malware and TLS inspection are supported.
- Azure Firewall Standard – is recommended for customers wanting Layer 3-Layer 7 firewalls that require auto-scaling to manage peak traffic times of up to 30 Gbps. Threat intelligence, DNS proxy, custom DNS, and web categories are supported enterprise capabilities.
- Azure Firewall Basic – is advised for SMB users with throughput requirements under 250 Mbps.
Let’s analyze the features of the three Azure Firewall SKUs in more detail.
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Mahaepisodes are most often that not, a grand affair. While most regular episodes last for half-hour, Mahaepisodes go on an hour or longer. Theses episodes are packed with dance performances, drama and action making them almost a short movie in itself. We looked at the mahaepisodes from ZeeTV and AndTV shows to pick the best of each category.
In the matter of festivals, no show does it bigger and better that Kumkum Bhagya who had two big mahaepisodes. First came the five year celebration and then the episode which wins the award for most festive mahaepisode, Kumkum Bhagya’s Ganesh Chaturthi Special. This episode saw cameos from Bollywood stars Jeetendra and Ayushmann Khurrana. It also had power-packed performances by popular TV actors, including magical performances by the lead actors Sriti Jha and Shabir Ahluwalia.

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Building a Better Health App
Small Planet builds healthcare apps that combine empathy, functionality, and respect.
Small Planet works with hospitals, manufacturers, nonprofits, and major healthcare providers to create successful health apps that engage and inform users. What makes them successful? Respect for the user, a focus on security and privacy, and strong design principles that emphasize usability.
Take a look at what we’ve done, then let’s talk about what we can build or upgrade for you.
Streamlined Appointment Booking
Sometimes a health app’s simplest goals can be the hardest to achieve. Zipper®, an app from Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, needed a greater focus on its core purpose of appointment-setting.
Zipper’s reimagined design streamlines appointment booking and simplifies navigation. Users can see all available appointments at a glance, then arrange an appointment at one of the clinics within minutes.
Relevant content for each particular user is provided along the way. For instance, if the user has booked an appointment for birth control, they’ll see links to information about various birth control methods. Reminders and Add to Calendar are easy opt-ins, but completely at the user’s discretion to protect privacy.
Empathy, trust, and respect are required ingredients when you’re trying to turn a challenging task into an easy and relatively pleasant habit. Small Planet collaborated with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine’s Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders to create Encourage, an app allowing patients to plan daily meals and track their food intake, moods, urges, and behaviors.
Smartphones are ubiquitous, discreet, and provide accurate time stamps — the perfect tool for self-monitoring. Security and HIPAA compliance were high priorities all through design, development, and delivery of an iPhone app for patients, as well as an iPad app for providers.
Encourage enhanced the appeal (and reduced the perceived burden) of self-monitoring, helping patients and providers identify triggers, behavior patterns, recovery trends, and drivers of change.
The more information a user provides, the smarter an app becomes. That idea guided the development of Spot On, a birth control and period tracker powered by Planned Parenthood.
Spot On takes the aggregated data fed into the app by users to predict their cycles more accurately and understand the effects of their menstrual cycles. Through a fun, simple interface, users track their period, symptoms, moods, and activities, as well as a broad range of birth control methods.
We created something a little bit like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, in that the user is in charge of the path they take, but the “story” still has to make sense even when the reader randomly jumps around. The result provides users with a fuller picture of their reproductive health.
Connected Home Devices
Healthy living starts and ends every day with the air that you breathe. The Airmega Smart Air Purifier app gives owners total control of their home or office environment, making clean air a priority at all times.
Through the app, users can remotely activate the Airmega from any location, set the timer, see the status of filters, and receive both indoor and outdoor air quality updates. The WiFi-connected unit senses the indoor air quality while receiving real-time information on outdoor air quality and adjusts the filtration accordingly.
Personalization is now so central to UX design, it’s almost taken for granted. Almost. Some apps still offer the same “one size fits all” experience to everybody. If your health app isn’t changing every day based on user behavior, mapping out a customized journey for that person, something’s wrong.
The ActiveHealth® app, built for a major healthcare provider, includes weekly action plans based on the user’s specific health goals and motivations, plus updates when there is new information about your health. The path that’s created is unique and relevant, giving users a sense of individualized care and advice.

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DJI, the company the brings you some of best drones in the world and also make some of the best camera gimbals and has just released the Osmo Mobile 3 – a portable and foldable mobile phone stabiliser.
DJI has a solid legacy in creating gimbals which are used on the ground and in the air and have taken that technology and included it in the travel friendly Osmo Mobile 3.
It is a lightweight companion which can go with you anywhere to capture ultra-steady video footage through your smartphone.
Because it can fold down to quite a small size, the Osmo Mobile 3 can go with you anywhere.
It reimagines the whole Osmo concept with the new design along with locking mechanisms that make it easy to quickly unfold, mount a mobile phone and pack it away again.
The device has 15 hours of battery life so you’ll never miss a moment.
Osmo Mobile 3 is easy to use with just one hand and it locates all the buttons conveniently on the handle so you can control the gimbal’s movement and access the features with ease.
Quick Roll can easily rotate the orientation of the phone from portrait to landscape mode without the need to take the device from the mount.
Part of the redesigned form factor was to also open up access for easy charging and to keep the audio ports clear in case you want to connect an external mic or recharge the phone.
The trigger helps move the gimbal and lock the orientation and also makes it easy to rotate in case you need to take selfies or film yourself.
Also on board is ActiveTrack which can be activated by tapping the trigger once so the Osmo Mobile 3 can track a subject and keeping it in the centre of the frame.
There is also a dedicated Zoom slider so you can zoom in and out without having to touch the screen of the mobile device.
Other features include:
– Story Mode: Bring creative editing to your video with a host of preset music, video transitions, and filters. Choose one of 13 fun templates and Mimo will handle the camera movement for you. After shooting, Mimo automatically generates your very own professionally edited short video, ready to be shared.
– Gesture Control: Easily snap a selfie without pressing any buttons. Once Gesture Control is enabled, show a “peace sign” or put up your palm and Osmo Mobile 3 will begin a photo timer countdown.
– Sport Mode: Similar to the useful feature from the DJI Ronin series, Sport mode increases the response speed of the device to keep up when shooting fast-moving scenes.
– ActiveTrack 3.0: DJI’s image recognition and deep learning algorithms allow Osmo Mobile 3 to recognize and follow subjects of your choice, perfect for capturing family moments easily with a tap.
– TimeLapse & MotionLapse: If you’re looking to turn minutes into seconds, Timelapse is perfect for capturing unique content with the effect of the world moving faster around you, while Motionlapse adds the dynamic element of movement to your Timelapse by setting points for the camera to move to.
– HyperLapse: Take the appealing visuals from Timelapse and add movement by manually moving Osmo Mobile 3 with you. HyperLapse not only supports real-time Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) but also ActiveTrack 3.0.
– Panorama: Get a wider perspective with panorama mode. Users can choose between 3×3 and 180° panorama modes.
– Slow Motion: Slow down the world around you with 4X or 8X Slow Motion.
The DJI Osmo Mobile 3 is available in two packages – $159 for the standard version which includes the gimbal, a wrist strap and storage pouch or $189 for everything that comes with the standard version along with the Osmo grip tripod and Osmo carrying case.


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Did the bricks in Substance Designer. Andres explained the process very well, so even though the final graph was pretty complex I understood each part of it.
I decided to do the plaster as a separate object. Texture here is just a placeholder. Plus a Vue ecosystem of moss painted over the top. I’m very happy with progress so far.


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The Widows of Eastwick (Magill's Literary Annual 2009)
A sequel by its nature invites comparison with its predecessor, and John Updike’s The Widows of Eastwick is no exception. The novel picks up the stories of the three principal characters Updike first created in his 1984 best seller The Witches of Eastwick, a mixture of graphic realism and magical fantasy set during the early 1970’s in a socially conservative Rhode Island seaside community. In that novel Alexandra Spofford, Jane Smart, and Sukie Rougemont, all in their thirties, seem to possess the ability to perform black magic. When they come under the spell of the mysterious Darryl Van Horne, a stranger recently relocated to Eastwick, they begin engaging in a series of sexual orgies and rites of black magic that wreak havoc on people who cross their paths. This tale of powerful women, published when discussions of feminism and women’s roles in society were still center stage in the American consciousness, was widely popular at the time of its publicationalthough it was heavily criticized by many ardent feminists for treating serious women’s issues with a certain sense of patronizing smugness. Additionally, millions who never read the book became familiar with the story through the 1987 film adaptation starring a trio of screen celebritiesCher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeifferas the witches, and legendary film star Jack Nicholson as Van Horne.
(The entire section is 1933 words.)
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Bibliography (Magill's Literary Annual 2009)
Booklist 104, no. 22 (August 1, 2008): 8.
Commonweal 135, no. 22 (December 19, 2008): 20-21.
Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 16 (August 15, 2008): 15.
Library Journal 133, no. 14 (September 1, 2008): 123.
The New York Times Book Review, October 26, 2008, p. 1.
Publishers Weekly 255, no. 30 (July 28, 2008): 48.
The Spectator 308 (November 1, 2008): 46-47.
The Times Literary Supplement, October 31, 2008, p. 19.
The Washington Post Book World, October 26-November 1, 2008, p. 7.
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Published at Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 - 16:48:40 PM. Living Room. By Clotilda Keller.
Wall coloring is also important. Choose colors that will help accentuate the design. Avoid bold or dark colors for your walls if you want to maintain the open feel of the room. Traditional living room design calls for classic elegance, so keep the colors in tune to keep the ambiance in tact.
Hawaiian-inspired Design is not so difficult to achieve. Always remember the key elements: hand-made native ornaments and accessories, woven furniture, bamboo and of course the signature bold floral prints. If you love the Hawaiian sun, sea and flora, you can incorporate these aspects when planning for your living room design.
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Five Hambleton-based community groups have received cash handouts.
They have each been awarded a grant from the council's community grants pot.
* Huby Amateur Dramatics get £1,000 towards a £2,700 scheme to buy new lighting and sound equipment;
* Northdale Horticulture get £5,000 towards a £15,414 project to purchase the equipment to create a community composting scheme;
* Great Ayton gets £3,000 towards a £4,000 scheme to install two cycle lockers at the railway station along with seven new cycle stands at three different locations around the village;
* Whorlton Village Hall gets £1000 towards a £4,800 scheme to buy new tables, chairs, curtains and water heater; and
* Worsall Village Hall gets £745 towards the purchase of a £1000 heated catering trolley.
Applications for community grants during 2006 can now be made by contacting Lisa Wilson on 01609 767212.


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We bet on effective connections. TPA Poland is deepening its ties with Baker Tilly International.
TPA Poland takes cooperation with Baker Tilly International to another level. As of today, audit and business consulting services will be provided under the Baker Tilly TPA brand.
“The launch of audit and business consulting and services under the Baker Tilly TPA brand is the result of our decision a few years ago to join the global Baker Tilly International network. For formal reasons, this is a partial rebranding for the time being, as the majority of our services, i.e. tax consultancy, real estate consultancy and accounting outsourcing, will continue to be provided under the well-known TPA brand. Legal services for our clients will also continue to be provided under the Baker Tilly Woroszylska Legal brand, which has been using the global brand since the beginning,” commented Dr WojciechSztuba, Managing Partner, TPA Poland.

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New Music and a New Podcast. Episode 11 of Live from the InSync Asylum!
Welcome to Episode 11 of my podcast. Let me take you on a tour of 40 years of words and music, Live from the InSync Asylum. Featuring rare and unreleased music as well as live performances. This episode includes an unreleased track from Trip Note, recent releases, and a tribute to Skip Groff of Yesterday & Today Records. Also included are tracks from Wheelhouse, Living with Fiction, A Matter of Time and the stories behind them. Music not available anywhere else! Follow me on Spotify!
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I’m excited to announce that two new albums of music are in the works for 2015. ‘Living With Fiction’ is my first album of all new original songs since ‘And We Dream’ in 1993, so the 22 year drought will finally come to an end. It’s not like I haven’t been recording during that time. I did release ‘A Matter of Time’ in 2001, which included re-recordings of a number of my songs, plus one new song. There are a lot of recordings not released, most of which I’ve never finished, or was unhappy with. But a surge of recording over the past two years has resulted in a pile of stuff, most of it not finished according to my standards (which seems to be par for the course at this point).
Another thing that’s been happening these past two years has been my archiving a lot of my old work: From DAT tapes, Cassette tapes, and most recently 1/2 inch 8 Track tapes. Bringing the 8 track stuff into the current studio setup presented the opportunity to play with it – literally. The result of that is ‘Retread’, a new album of older songs that includes performances spanning 30 plus years on some tracks, while at the same time sounding fresh and current. So keep an eye out for the release of these two new albums, and please join my mailing list by clicking the link at the top of the page to get an taste of early mixes etc.


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|Reviews for Kingdom Hondas|
| LOVESALL94 chapter 8 . 3/7/2011
Awww I want more plZ write more
| ForgottenGrumpyWolf chapter 8 . 8/6/2008
OMG i can't wait for the next chapter, this is awsome just like your other stories.
| badwolf107 chapter 8 . 3/30/2008
that wz a sad chapter. :( i feel srry 4 tohru.
| badwolf107 chapter 7 . 1/7/2008
ver interesting story. i cant wait 2 read more
| Funky Dude chapter 6 . 10/4/2007
Great chappie, update soon.
Aloso i think that the violent Sohmas/Hondas (e.g. Kyo and Yuki) would give a 'I-will-kill-you-look' and the others would be a 'You-shall-die-in-hell-look'although there may be those who may give an 'he-is-so-gonna-get-killed if they find it hilarious.
hope this is helpful
| falling star90 chapter 5 . 8/13/2007
| Amorpheous chapter 5 . 7/2/2007
I am steadily getting more confused... Oh well! Good job! Wah! Yukiru!
| KurenaiYuuki chapter 4 . 4/23/2007
i loved this chapter please update again soon :)
| sailorroxy chapter 4 . 4/17/2007
I LIKE IT IS TOHRU AN ANIMAL SHE SHOULD BE THE HORSE! KILL KENJIJ!
| Funky Dude chapter 4 . 4/17/2007
i don't know about the whole ideas thing but i would like to see the sohma's involved abit more, although there's not much they could do, other than that i wouldn't mind reading the standard ass kicking stuff.
thanks for updating
hope this helps somewhat.
| Amorpheous chapter 3 . 3/3/2007
No! Another engagement to Tohru! Wah! What is the world coming to. Wah! I like yukiru!
| PurpleHime chapter 2 . 1/24/2007
omg! what happened to tohru? omg! please update! hmm... i wanna know more about tohru's past.. what has she been hiding?
| PurpleHime chapter 1 . 1/24/2007
aww... this is really sweet! kyo is so protective of her1! aww... now on to next chappie1!
| Funky Dude chapter 2 . 1/24/2007
OH I like this new Tohru she's so feisty!
I hope to read more. Update soon
| Amorpheous chapter 2 . 1/23/2007
Great Job! What is the relation of the story 'Pain of Tohru Honda' and this story. I think that Yuki should make a move on Tohru while her brother is watching. It could be at night and they could stand on the porch and kiss and whisper 'I love You' or something like that. Blaze won't say anything, but the next day he accompanies his sister to school and finds out about Yuki's nickname Prince Yuki and murmers something like 'Maybe it is acceptable' meaning that maybe it is OK for Yuki and Tohru to love and date each other.


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FDA clears Novus's hernia repair mesh
This article was originally published in Clinica
The TIGR Matrix surgical mesh developed by Novus Scientific has gained 510(k) clearance from the US FDA. The resorbable mesh can now be used to reinforce soft tissues, the Singapore company says. The matrix is knitted from two different resorbable fibres that degrade at different rates following implantation, and has a macroporous structure designed to allow tissue integration. The product will be used to treat inguinal hernia patients initially, and could be used in ventral and incisional hernia in future.
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The new probiotic Alflorex was developed over 15 years through clinical research and 75 leading scientific publications. Align, the strain that was only recently launched in the UK, is the number one probiotic recommended by gastroenterologists for treating IBS in the US.
Do Probiotics Really Work For Ibs?
The majority of probiotics are unlikely to improve symptoms, even if some strains have been shown to work for one or two. probiotics are safe, and IBS treatment is relatively inexpensive.
Does Alflorex Really Work?
Yes. There have been two clinical trials published in respected scientific journals that demonstrate that Alflorex culture 35624 can remain active right through the digestive tract and reach the bowel intact, without affecting its properties. In the US, doctors and gastroenterologists recommend bacterial cultures as the best way to treat diarrhea.
Which Align Product Is Best For Ibs?
Meta Align is a method of aligning your body. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is treated with Meta Align, a probiotic supplement that provides live bacteria to help relieve symptoms and improve health. In addition to providing ongoing relief of medically diagnosed IBS symptoms, Meta Align is taken daily for the treatment of abdominal discomfort, gas, and bloating.
What Is The Best Thing To Take For Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
The consumption of probiotics is beneficial. Foods such as yogurt and dietary supplements contain probiotics, which are “good” bacteria that live in your intestines. The recent studies suggest that certain probiotics may be beneficial for IBS symptoms, such as abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea. Reduce stress by reducing it.
Can Probiotics Cure Ibs?
It has been suggested that probiotics may be beneficial for treating IBS in recent studies. probiotics may help reduce IBS symptoms, it is not clear exactly how they do so, but gut bacteria alteration appears to play a role in how they work.
Is Alflorex The Same As Align?
Currently, it is sold under the brand name Alflorex and by our partner Proctor & Gamble as Align. Clinical management of gut disorders has been impacted by two double blind placebo-controlled trials*.
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Why Do Doctors Recommend Align Probiotics?
In Align, you are given a daily probiotic supplement that helps you maintain a healthy digestive system by fortifying your gut with good bacteria. Among doctors who recommended a probiotic brand in a ProVoice 2019 survey, the following is a sample.
Is It Ok To Take Align Every Day?
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"Homework assignments," the study says, "should be thought-provoking." The study does come with some significant limitations, so you must use caution in discussing its results.
The researchers used MTurk, a crowdsourcing service offered by to recruit parents.
Of the 372 parents who responded, the researchers got a pile of 187 useable assignments.
Now, a new analysis from the Center for American Progress suggests a more fruitful way of thinking about this problem.
Maybe, it suggests, what we should be doing is looking at what students are routinely being asked to do in take-home assignments, how well that homework supports their learning goals (or doesn't), and make changes from there.
By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms.Attempts to synthesize all this research have led to some hard-to-parse conclusions.One of the most cited studies concludes there's some connection for grades 6-12 between homework and test scores, but less so for elementary students, and less of an impact on actual grades.But the real eye-opening graphic is this one, which shows that by far the assignments were mostly low-level.This makes some logical sense when you think about it.Just as with teaching and testing, it is much easier to write homework assignments prioritizing basic arithmetic drills and fill-in-the-blank vocabulary words than ones that get students to "prove" or "generalize" some tenet.(I suspect prepackaged curricula, too, probably lean more toward rote stuff than cognitively demanding exercises.) Here's another epxlanation: Many teachers believe homework should be for practicing known content, not learning something new.Next, John Smithson, an emeritus researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, had teams grade them on a taxonomy looking at both the content and the "cognitive demand," or difficulty, of the work.The index fell on a 1 to 10 scale, with a score 4 to 6 range considered as "good" alignment. On average, math assignments fell within this range, while the ELA ones were slightly weaker, in the 3 to 5 range. " Homework is one those never-ending debates in K-12 circles that re-emerges every few years, bringing with it a new collection of headlines.Usually they bemoan how much homework students have, or highlight districts and even states that have sought to cap or eliminate homework.

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A Kirkham woman has spoken out after her violent and abusive boyfriend was given only 14 months in jail - despite leaving her black and blue after a vicious attack.
Jenna Hurley posted shocking pictures of her injuries on Facebook after Mark Whiteside was jailed at Preston Crown Court.
Mum-of-two Jenna said she had reluctantly spoken out because she wanted to try and help other victims who were too scared to escape abusive relationships.
Whiteside pleaded guilty to ABH at Preston Crown Court yesterday.
A spokesman for the CPS confirmed that Whiteside was jailed for 14 months and also given a five-year restraining order and a banning order stopping him from entering certain streets.
Jenna posted: "This is such a hard thing to do. To publicly air my "dirty laundry".
"But today I sat in a court room, waiting to hear how long the father of my one year old child would get for ABH.
"ABH, because no bones were broken (unbelievable) he used the excuse he had too much to drink, even though there were other times and he was sober.
"Due to our legal system and reductions he's apparently "entitled" to , on good behaviour he will be out in just six months and this for me just isn't good enough."
Jenna was left with two black eyes, a swollen face, a lump on her forehead and bruises across her body after the most recent attack.
She added: "This isn't a pity post, I already feel stronger than I have ever felt but I will not be silenced by this man another second of my life and I honestly couldn't forgive myself if he ever did this to someone else.
"He is the most manipulative , controlling, possessive person. And in just six months time he could be walking the streets looking for his next target.
"And please, If you are with someone who is controlling you, making you feel scared, trying to stop you having friends or working. I know it's hard but leave.
"Take the kids, leave the material stuff. So many times I wanted to go and tell someone what was going on.
"But I realise now there is so much help out there. Tell someone. Anyone. My two children could have ended up losing their mother."
On Jenna's Facebook post, messages of support for her flooded in.
One posted: "'You are amazing. Certainly not right his sentence that's disgusting and they wonder why people don't come forward when they are in abusive relationships."
The Crown Prosecution Service today clarified that the sentence was just 14 months plus a five-year restraining order. The CPS admitted he could be released after seven months.
The attack happened on May 4.

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This post is part of the Little Bits of Classics & Christina Wehner Agatha Christie Blogathon which celebrates the 126th anniversary of the birth of Agatha Christie. With 85 novels written and between 2 billion – 4 billion copies sold, Agatha Christie was one of the most successful and prolific writers of the twentieth century.
If you haven’t discovered Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile is a great book to start with.
Death on the Nile takes place in the setting Agatha Christie knew best – a world of high society which dined in the finest restaurants and vacationed abroad. The author had spent much time in the Middle East in the 1930s accompanying her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan, on digs, and had holidayed in Egypt, giving authenticity to the novel’s descriptions of grand hotels, luxury steamers, moonlit riverbanks and ruined temples.
The novel begins in England, where beautiful American heiress Linnet Ridgeway has purchased a country home. Linnet’s penniless friend Jacqui de Bellefort visits, asking if Linnet can give Jacqui’s fiance a job on her estate.
When Hercule Poirot enters the story, he is not acting as a detective, but enjoying a meal in London. He observes the devoted Jacqui and Simon at a nearby table, just before they visit Linnet.
To the surprise of the social set, it’s Linnet who weds Simon a few months later. The beginnings of the murder mystery are set in motion.
Arriving in Egypt for a cruise, Hercule Poirot finds himself at the same hotel as the honeymoon couple. Strangely Jacqui is also there. Heartbroken by Simon’s desertion, Jacqui has decided to follow Linnet and Simon, casting a shadow on their happiness.
What happens next? There’s a cruise down the Nile, a close shave in an ancient temple, moody sunsets, embezzling lawyers, an international agitator on the run, an eccentric authoress of saucy romances, high society jewel thieves and no less than three murders.
Hercule Poirot at last discovers the unlikely murderer. Death on the Nile is a whodunit, but it’s also a love story, a tragedy and a reflection on wealth, power and envy – Agatha Christie at her best, transcending her genre.
The 1977 movie of Death on the Nile is a treat. Lois Chiles and Simon MacCorkindale are a stunningly beautiful Linnet and Simon. Mia Farrow broods as Jacqui. Peter Ustinov is an impressive Hercule Poirot, and the supporting cast (of potential suspects) includes Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, David Niven, Jane Birken and Olivia Hussey. There are some subtle changes from the book, with the omission of some characters and the combining of motivations, but these won’t affect your enjoyment of the film or the book.
Some other fun facts about the film:
- The scenes were filmed on location in Egypt and at Pinewood Studios.
- The haunting music was written by Nino Rota, a composer who had worked with the directors Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Franco Zeffirelli, and wrote the score for Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather films.
- The tango scene in the luxury hotel was choreographed by Wayne Sleep.
- The costume supervisor was Rosemary Burrows, who later worked on A Passage to India, Master and Commander and Harry Potter.
- The costume maker was Germinal Rangel, who made the costumes in Sofia Coppola’s sumptuous Marie Antoinette.
- Look out for Lois Chiles’ silver evening dress and her glittering shawl. You will covet Mia Farrow’s divinely slinky gowns and very glamorous daywear. And Simon MacCorkindale’s dressing gown is incredibly stylish!
“Most of the great love stories are tragedies,” muses Hercule Poirot on the last page of the novel. It could be said all of Agatha Christie’s great works are much more than whodunits.

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The US trade deficit grew more than expected in June as imports jumped and the gap with China continued to widen, government data showed. The country’s trade deficit with the rest of the world climbed 8.7 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted US$44.5 billion. Analysts had only expected a 3.9pc increase. The figures mark the third straight month the deficit has grown, weighing on US growth and possibly fuelling the arguments of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for protectionist policies.


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On December 6, 2014 frustrated with the failure of grand juries to indict the police officers that killed Michael Brown and Eric Garner Black Lives Matter protests took place across the United States. Many of these protests appeared almost spontaneous as thousands of people took to the streets (and sometimes took the streets) to show their opposition to racially targeted police violence and the system, which reproduces it.
Berkeley, long stereotyped as a sort of leftwing utopia, was no different than many other parts of the country in this respect. What did make Berkeley stand out was the police response to protests—police fired an estimated fifty cans of tear gas at demonstrators, nearly depleting their supplies. They also fired rubber bullet-type projectiles into the crowd and struck individuals with batons.
That a protest against police violence was met with violence itself led to calls for a investigation. Six months later the police issued their own report—titled “Response to Civil Unrest.” The title alone reveals a problematic outlook on the part of Berkeley police—as instead of focusing on the police’s handling of the largely peaceful protests, it exclusively mentions “civil unrest.” Its executive summary explains how the police have two responses to crowds “crowd management” and “crowd control.” From the very start of the announced demonstration the police approached the protest as a crowd control situation. This is spite of the fact that police logs show earlier on the protest was entirely peaceful. The police based their strategy on an expectation that the protests would develop into riots and vandalism, evidenced by the BPD’s Incident Action/Briefing Notes which directed the police to: “Get’um running! Stretch the crowd out so they are not a mass, but individuals.”
Police accountability activists were not pleased with the report. In an editorial, the Daily Californian wrote that the report, “cherry-picked facts, lacked accountability and failed to include many meaningful recommendations.” Members of the Berkeley Police Review Commission also expressed concern.
The Berkeley Police Review Commission (PRC) advises the public, the City Council, and the City manager regarding the operations and conduct of the Berkeley Police Department. When reviewing officer conduct, PRC meetings are not public since officer’s names cannot be released, and nothing the Commission does can override the police’s own disciplinary decisions. This is in stark contrast to the Berkeley Police Review Commission’s second function, advising the City Council. When advising the City Council meetings are public.
It is in their function as advisors to the City Council that the Berkeley Police Review Commission are analyzing the events of December 6, 2014. The Berkeley Police Review Commission has so far found the police tactics deployed to be “deeply troubling.” While per the Berkeley Police Review Commission some elements of the crowd were engaged in unlawful activity, police tactics, such as the excessive use of less than lethal weapons, “did little to de-escalate the crowd, and arguably antagonized members of the community who had been demonstrating peacefully.”
The Berkeley Police Review Commission also took umbrage with how the police approached the entire demonstration. While the city claims to consider demonstrations for social and political concern to be a positive thing, the police approached the crowd from the get go with crowd control techniques. Instead of focusing on the largely peaceful nature of the protests, the police came presuming the protest would mirror recent so-called “Fuck the Police” actions which the Berkeley police claimed in other cities had resulted in “mob violence, damage to businesses, looting, vandalism to vehicles, and attacks on officers.” Instead of taking this confrontational approach, the Berkeley Police Review Commission recommends that the Berkeley police approach protests as crowd management, not crowd control, situations and practice de-escalation tactics.
Finally, the Berkeley Police Commission has expressed concern with excessive use of less than lethal force—especially tear gas and batons.
One of the current members of the Berkeley Police Review Commission is George Lippman, a previous recipient of the BORDC/DDF Patriot Award.
In addition to serving on the Berkeley Police Review Commission, George is also chair of the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission. In 2011 the Peace and Justice Commission was considering an immigrants’ rights bill for the City Council when Lippman and other grassroots activists spoke with former BORDC Executive Director and current board member Shahid Buttar. Shahid introduced the Berkeley activists to the Local Civil Rights Restoration Act (LCRRA). The LCRRA is a comprehensive bill meant to rectify a host of civil liberties violations that touches on issues ranging from immigrants’ rights and racial profiling to police infiltration of First Amendment protected activity. By being a comprehensive bill the LCRRA aims to enable activists to achieve victories by bringing together a broad coalition.
Ultimately, activists in Berkeley did not seek the passage of a local ordinance, instead pursuing other remedies specific to Berkeley. Nonetheless the LCRRA made an impression on Lippman and other activists who adopted the broad coalition strategy for themselves. This is exactly what BORDC seeks to do—not to co-opt local struggles or impose orders from above, but to provide grassroots activists with the tools and support to win. While the LCCRA is a comprehensive bill, it’s malleable enough to be adapted to local conditions and serve the needs of local activists.
This year, Lippman joined the Berkeley Police Review Commission due to his long-standing activism within the community. In Berkeley, city council members appoint individuals to commissions, such as the Police Review Commission and Peace and Justice Commission. Lippman had been asked for several years to join the Police Review Commission. Finally after being told that he was “going to all the meetings anyway” and he might as well get a vote, he agreed and was appointed to the Commission.
Lippman views what he is doing currently as “activism within the government,” not an abdication of his former role as an activist. As Lippman sees it, it takes activism both on the “inside” and on the “outside” to achieve meaningful social change. A great example of this “inside/outside” approach is that recently Berkeley Copwatch obtained evidence of racial profiling, spurring the Berkeley Police Review Commission to take on the matter. Lippman does feel like his role on the Berkeley Police Review Commission is different than traditional government service in some senses—he feels a responsibility to empower the community as a whole and facilitate its participation in making policy.
Lippman feels dedicated to his role on the Berkeley Police Review Commission. He explained that the community fought hard to create this institution forty years ago. It is important to make use of it so their struggle was not in vain. A proactive Police Review Commission plays an important role in stepping up whenever the police go too far, whether in reviewing the police response to Black Lives Matter protests or stopping runaway racial profiling.


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Incredibly, 'Marvel's Avengers' Spider-Man DLC Won't Feature Any Story Missions
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The Spider-Man DLC for Marvel’s Avengers has already had it’s fair share of scrutiny, even before its release. The extra content for Crystal Dynamic’s action game is only set to come to the PlayStation edition of the game, which has upset a significant portion of the (dwindling) playerbase. And now, with its imminent release, those who will have the opportunity to play it may be disappointed to find that the DLC doesn’t even have any story with it.
IGN got a preview of the hero and the content that will accompany Spidey’s release. Despite the release of Kate Bishop, Black Panther, and Hawkeye DLC all getting stories, Spider-Man will not be afforded that luxury. Instead of the usual story element, there will be exposition told in some cutscenes and audio logs you can listen to. How… boring.
Here is our interview with Christopher Judge for Marvel’s Avengers War For Wakanda DLC...
An interview with gameplay director Philippe Therien explains this choice, saying: “We want to spend our efforts on content that everyone can enjoy, so we chose to spend a lot of our energy on the Klaw raid that's coming up at the same time. Really that's a simple decision for us. Spider-Man can play all the content, but then we release a piece of content that's good on all platforms. Really that was a decision that's been that way since the beginning.”
So it seems that the team wanted to make sure that there was fun content coming up for everyone rather than just PlayStation players. And though that's very cool, and inclusive - it probably feels like the release of one of Marvel’s biggest names is a little lackluster. What a shame.
If you're interested in playing Spider-Man, as we’ve said, you’ll need the PlayStation edition of the game. The Spider-Man “Great Power” Hero Event DLC is set to release on November 30.


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With an undeniable passion for music and an insatiable love for music production, Ghanaian-born producer David, aka, KwekuDee is gradually making a name for himself across the nation.
His story has not been an overnight success, but rather a tale of unfaltering passion and courageous determination to make one’s dream come true. Enchanted by the art of making beats, KwekuDee had his eyes set on becoming a professional music producer since his teens. What began as a hobby 8 years ago has now turned into a career that he could have only dreamed of. His success which can be only attributed to his keen ear for music, unique beat-making ability, and precise mixing and mastering – has seen him very quickly become a household name among music producers in Ghana.
Growing up in Tema, heavily influenced by hip life, he has had a fierce curiosity for anything and everything that has to do with sound engineering. he has spent the past 8 years soaking up a multitude of genres and styles ranging from Afrobeats, Amapiano, hip hop, highlife, drill, and so on, which has undoubtedly shaped him into the unique producer/sound engineer he is today.
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a former public defender’s lawsuit challenging the federal judiciary’s handling of her sexual harassment and discrimination claims about a supervisor’s unwelcome attention at work.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
4th Circuit Rules Constitution's Fifth Amendment Equal Protection Clause Protects Against Sexual Harassment
The ruling comes as leaders of the federal judiciary have overhauled the court’s process for reporting misconduct, and as Congress is considering legislation to extend protections to the judiciary’s more than 30,000 employees who lack the same legal rights as other government and private-sector workers.
In a 118-page decision, the appeals court said Tuesdaythat judiciary employees in management roles can be held liable for “their deliberate indifference to sexual harassment committed by a federal judiciary employee or supervisor against another federal judiciary employee,” according to the opinion, written by Judge Mary Beck Briscoe of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
The panel said the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection clause “secures a federal judiciary employee’s right to be free from sexual harassment in the workplace. It thus both guards against sexual harassment perpetrated by other federal judiciary employees and protects federal judiciary employees from deliberate indifference on the part of federal judicial employees charged with preventing sexual harassment and investigating complaints of sexual harassment.
The decision is: Strickland v. United States (4th Circ. Apr. 26, 2022) (procedural due process and equal protection claims)
C. Strickland’s equal protection claim
We next turn to the second claim for relief asserted in Strickland’s complaint, which alleges that defendants “violated the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, which confers a right to be free from sex discrimination in federal employment.” ***
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides, in pertinent part, that “[n]o person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of 77 law.” U.S. Const. Amend. V. “In numerous decisions,” the Supreme “Court has held that the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment forbids the Federal Government to deny equal protection of the laws.” Davis, 442 U.S. at 234 (internal quotation marks omitted). “To withstand scrutiny under the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, classifications by gender must serve important governmental objectives and must be substantially related to achievement of those objectives.” Id. at 234₋35 (internal quotation marks omitted). “The equal protection component of the Due Process Clause thus confers . . . a federal right to be free from gender discrimination which cannot meet these requirements.” Id. at 235.
In analyzing Strickland’s Fifth Amendment equal protection claim, the district court began by concluding that Strickland was “attempt[ing] to graft precedent interpreting Title VII onto the Fifth Amendment.” JA, Vol. IV at 1520. The district court in turn concluded that the Fourth Circuit would not recognize such a claim. Id. at 1521. In support, the district court stated that “the Fourth Circuit has not held that courts must apply Title VII standards to free-standing Fifth Amendment claims” and, “[t]o the contrary,” has “rejected a similar attempt to graft Title VII standards onto a free-standing Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim.” Id. at 1522 (emphasis in original) (citing Wilcox v. Lyons, 970 F.3d 452, 460 (4th Cir. 2020)). The district court concluded that “Strickland’s complaint is devoid of any allegation that women are treated differently than men under the EDR Plan,” and that “Strickland does not allege that the actions taken against her were on the basis of her sex.” Id. at 1523. “Instead,” the district court concluded, Strickland “theorizes that the [defendants] discriminated against her on the basis of sex when they mishandled 78 her sexual harassment complaints, ultimately leading to retaliation and constructive discharge.” Id.
We conclude that the district court misconstrued both the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Wilcox and, more importantly, Strickland’s equal protection claim. In Wilcox, the Fourth Circuit “conclude[d] that a pure retaliation claim is not cognizable under the Equal Protection Clause” of the Fourteenth Amendment. In doing so, the Fourth Circuit noted that neither it nor the Supreme Court “has recognized an equal protection right to be free from retaliation.” 970 F.3d at 458. Instead, the court noted that it “has consistently considered retaliation claims brought under Section 1983 to be more properly characterized as claims asserting a violation of the First Amendment.” Id.
The court explained that “[r]etaliation for reporting alleged sex discrimination imposes negative consequences on an employee because of the employee’s report, not because of the employee’s sex.” Id. at 460. “The very premise of a retaliation claim,” the court noted, “is that the employer has subjected an employee to adverse consequences in response to her complaint of discrimination.” Id. Thus, the court noted, “[t]he necessary causal link is between the employee’s complaint and the adverse action, not between her sex and the adverse action.” Id. The court emphasized that “continued sexual harassment and adverse treatment of a female employee unlike the treatment accorded male employees remains actionable as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause even when the sex discrimination and harassment continue after, and partially in response to, the female employee’s report of prior discrimination and harassment.” Id. at 461 (emphasis added). But, the court noted, “[t]he employee’s claim in such a case is not a claim of pure 79 retaliation, but instead implicates the basic equal protection right to be free from sex discrimination that is not substantially related to important governmental objectives.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted; emphasis added). Although the court’s holdings were limited to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, we have no doubt, given the Supreme Court’s equivalent treatment of equal protection claims under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, that they should be extended to retaliation claims brought under the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. See Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld, 420 U.S. 636, 638 n.2 (1975) (noting that the Supreme Court’s “approach to Fifth Amendment equal protection claims has always been precisely the same as to equal protection claims under the Fourteenth Amendment.”).
***Thus, Strickland has not alleged a pure retaliation claim, but rather has alleged a violation of her right under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment to be free from sex discrimination.
We also agree with Strickland that, under Fourth Circuit law, her complaint adequately alleged that defendants were deliberately indifferent to her complaints of sexual harassment. The Fourth Circuit has held in the context of a § 1983 action that a school official can be liable under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment for his or her deliberate indifference to student-on-student sexual harassment. Feminist Majority Found. v. Hurley, 911 F.3d 674, 701–02 (4th Cir. 2018).***
Because the Supreme Court’s “approach to Fifth Amendment equal protection claims has always been precisely the same as to equal protection claims under the Fourteenth Amendment,” Weinberger, 420 U.S. at 638 n.2, we conclude that the principles outlined by the Fourth Circuit in Feminist Majority Foundation apply equally to the circumstances alleged by Strickland in this case. More specifically, federal judiciary employees who occupy supervisory roles and/or who are charged with enforcing an EDR plan can, under Feminist Majority Foundation, be held liable under the Fifth Amendment 82 for their deliberate indifference to sexual harassment committed by a federal judiciary employee or supervisor against another federal judiciary employee. This conclusion is based on the principle that the Fifth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause secures a federal judiciary employee’s right to be free from sexual harassment in the workplace. It thus both guards against sexual harassment perpetrated by other federal judiciary employees and protects federal judiciary employees from deliberate indifference on the part of federal judicial employees charged with preventing sexual harassment and investigating complaints of sexual harassment.
The elements of such a claim, we conclude, are essentially identical to those outlined by the Fourth Circuit in Feminist Majority Foundation: (1) the plaintiff was subjected to sexual harassment by another employee or supervisor; (2) the plaintiff alerted supervisory officials and/or officials responsible for overseeing the court’s EDR plan about the sexual harassment; (3) the supervisory officials and/or officials responsible for overseeing the court’s EDR plan responded to the allegations with deliberate indifference; and (4) the deliberate indifference was motivated by a discriminatory intent.***
Thus, in sum, we conclude that Strickland’s complaint adequately alleged that defendants violated her equal protection rights under the Fifth Amendment and that the district court erred in concluding otherwise.


"We Are One (Olé Ola)."
Taylor won a bunch, Miley brought a cat, and R. Kelly played JFK.
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It's like "Colors of the Wind," but by Beyoncé.
Creationism, shmeationism, let's talk issues here.
It's the result of a poorly-designed promotional campaign.
Because Robert Downey Jr. doesn't rap.
So the kids really dig this guy, huh?
Pitbull, do you ever sleep? Seriously, have you ever taken a nap?
Pitbull's really doing this, isn't he?
Pitbull does his own thang with Kanye and Jay-Z's original, also directs the video.
That's what her reps told a D.J. this week.
It almost sounds like he's covering Cher.
Four minutes of heat with Marc Anthony and Pitbull.


Richard North, who runs the excellent EU Referendum Blog with Helen Szamuely, doesn't like me very much. I'm learning to cope with that, but it doesn't stop me being nice about his blog. It's consistently informative and illuminating but Richard is annoyed that I didn't give it top billing in my Top Blogs list. In hindsight it probably should have been higher, but he seems to delight in detecting a conspiracy where there is none.
Today Richard has posted an interesting Blog entry HERE on how he thinks the mainstream media are cosying up 'established bloggers' and are shutting out the likes of er... Richard North. It's actually quite a thought provoking piece, although to describe Tim Montgomerie's ConservativeHome as "semi-approved" or me as a "safe pair of hands" is stretching anyone's credulity.


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Captains Dinner Adventure – Set sail and join us at the Dockside Tavern for the ultimate sea shanty feast! As part of the Captains Dinner Adventure, you’ll also receive a souvenir photo, Trick’n’Treasure Trail for the scallywags, a welcome drink on arrival and unlimited drinks whilst dining, including beer and wine. So, what’re you waiting for me mateys? Get in quick to secure your spot by pre-purchasing your adventure! Please note, this experience can’t be purchased on the evening.
Deep Sea Treasure Trove – Ready to discover some Deep Sea Treasure? Dive your hands in the sunken treasure chest filled with deep sea slime and locate one of the precious gems. Match the gem to a port and take home the special treasure inside! Find this spooktivity in the heart of Sea World Spooky Nights, present your ticket and you can begin your search for hidden treasure.
Face Painting – Complete your spooky outfit by having your face painted by one of our talented artists! Visit the Face Painting station in the Sea Siren Plaza to add an extra edge to your costume, whether you want an eye patch or some scales, the choice is yours!
Trick’n’Treasure Trail – Ahoy there matey! Who’s ready to collect some treasures? By purchasing the Trick’n’Treasure Trail experience, you’ll be taken on a self guided adventure through Sea World Spooky Nights collecting Trick’n’Treasures along the way. Follow the treasure map and discover what each station has to offer; walk the plank at Shark Bay, try Cannon Ball Attack at Midway Games and sink the sea monsters by stomping on their shadows!

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1 edition of Studies in rural development found in the catalog.
Studies in rural development
1981 by University of Manchester, Department of Administrative Studies in [Manchester] .
Written in English
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Leaving the land
She cant play my bagpipes.
Phase transformations in materials
Education for life
Note on the relations of institutions of the character of the St Bride Foundation Printing School to the local educationauthorities.
Proceedings of the First Meeting of GIS Technology Users Forum, 10th May, 2003
Proof of heaven
At the plate with-- Sammy Sosa
United Nations action in the field of human rights.
Military flying activities in Labrador and Quebec
comparison of certain interpersonal values of off-campus and residence hall students.
hidden secrets of creation revealed
The Journal of Rural Studies publishes cutting-edge research that advances understanding and analysis of contemporary rural societies, economies, cultures and lifestyles; the definition and representation of rurality; the formulation, implementation and contestation of rural policy; and human interactions with the rural environment.
The journal. of development, rural development, urbanization, gender, globalization, health and education, the political economy of violence and insecurity, environment and development, governance and development. This third edition of The Companion to Development Studies is an essential read for students of development studies at all levels - from.
Published online: 6 Jan Double Dividends and Mixed Blessings: Structural Transformation, Income Inequality and Employment Dynamics. Published online: 6 Jan See all volumes and issues. Vol Vol.
College of Rural and Community Development. Email: [email protected] Phone: Toll-free: Fax: Physical address: 4th floor Brooks Building Tanana Loop. Mailing address: P.O. Box Fairbanks, AK. Small Town and Rural Economic Development: A Case Studies Approach [Loveridge, Scott, Schaeffer, Peter V.] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
Small Town and Rural Economic Development: A Case Studies ApproachCited by: Women in Politics: Gender, Power and Development by Mariz Tadros.
As gender moves from the fringes of development studies towards the centre, the volume of books on the subject has grown : Carla Kweifio-Okai. Additional Physical Format: Online version: Studies in rural development.
Allahabad: Chugh, (OCoLC) Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors. Studies on rural development. Paris: Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, (OCoLC) Online version: Studies on rural development.
Paris: Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, (OCoLC) Material Type. The message of Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development is clear: livelihoods approaches are an essential lens on questions of rural development, but these need to be situated in a better understanding of political economy.
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Just a Wee Dram Canvas - SECOND
Please note, this listing is for a SECOND canvas which contains a small painting imperfection. It is still completely stitchable and has been discounted accordingly.
The Scottish Highland are calling! Featuring a classic tartan plaid and a Scotch dram glass, our Just a Wee Dram canvas is stitch painted on 13 mesh mono canvas. Each canvas comes with a Bohin tapestry needle and bound edges.
Design area: ~ 5" x 7"
Please note, threads are not included. Due to the hand painted nature of each canvas, colors may appear slightly different in person.

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Copycat Kenny Rogers Roasted Chicken
This copycat Kenny Rogers Roasted Chicken recipe will take you back to the 90s and the tender, flavorful, juicy chicken the chain restaurant was famous for. The chicken is dry brined, marinated, and dry rubbed before being roasted and basted to golden perfection.
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Kentucky Bourbon Pound Cake
This simple, yet delicious, and boozy pound cake makes a great dessert for potlucks, family get-togethers, bridal and wedding showers, or to munch upon while watching the Kentucky Derby.
Enmoladas (chicken mole enchiladas)
A great weeknight meal idea, especially for Cinco De Mayo, these simple enmoladas take easy shortcuts to get a tasty, authentic-tasting Mexican meal on the table in less than an hour.
How To Make Classic Mole Poblano Sauce
Classic Mole Poblano is a complex, rich sauce used in dishes for holidays and other celebrations. Four types of chiles, Mexican chocolate, nuts, seeds, and fruit blend together to create a thick sauce that is reddish-brown in color, smoky, earthy, and slightly sweet.
Mexican Esquites with spicy lime aioli
Spicy, creamy, and full of flavor, Mexican Esquites is sure to be a part of your Cinco De Mayo celebration every year! Frozen corn is charred in the oven with red onion and jalapeno before being mixed in a spicy, tangy dressing and garnished with a refreshing lime and cayenne aioli.
Dublin Coddle is a traditional Irish stew of bacon, sausage, and potatoes that’s pure comfort food baked low and slow in the oven. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this irresistible dish. Even your pickiest leprechaun will love it.
Catalan Spinach is a fabulously different and delicious side dish that’s healthy, easy to make, and pairs well with grilled meats. In other words, it’s a perfect side dish for a weeknight meal.
Thai Coconut Curry Salmon Fillets
These Thai Coconut Curry Salmon fillets are a perfect dinner during Lent. The warm spices in the coconut curry sauce are so comforting and full of flavor – just what you need while the weather is still a bit chilly outside.
Old Fashioned Beignets
Old Fashioned Beignets are a great way to celebrate Fat Tuesday and wrap up Mardi Gras. These beignets are made without yeast and ready in about 40 minutes.
Kid Friendly King Cake
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Cajun Boudin Balls With Remoulade Sauce
Cajun Boudin Balls are a spicy appetizer of pork and rice, then baked to golden, crunchy perfection on the outside with an intensely flavorful, moist interior. Served beside a cool and creamy remoulade sauce, these balls will be a Mardi Gras favorite!
Cherry Chili Lime Margaritas
This Spicy Cherry Chili Lime Margarita is the perfect Valentine’s Day cocktail. It’s as sweet and spicy as a great relationship! A jalapeno simple syrup adds just the right amount of spicy sweetness that’s echoed again by the salty, sweet, and spicy rim on the glass. It’s gonna be a challenge to have just one.
Valentine’s Surf And Turf
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Philadelphia Soft Pretzels
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Philly-Style Italian Hoagie
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Strawberry Shortcake Waffles
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KC Doritos Crusted Empanadas
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Why You Should Consider Sunday Brunch For Your Next Foodie Adventure
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Sweet And Sour Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad
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French Chicken Vinaigrette
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Lemon Shortbread Cookies
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We have such a wealth of DC content in films, animation, television and so on. And thanks to all these wonderful adaptations, a lot of our favorite characters are making the leap from the page onto a screen. While that’s exciting, are there any characters who mean so much to you that you’re cautious of any adaptations of either them or their stories?
For me it’s James Robinson’s Starman. Jack is one of my favorite characters in any medium and while there are times I wish we could see his story play out, I’m always wary of any announcements that we’ll see Starman as a movie or as a TV series. I think it would be best suited for an original show on this app, but when you think about the possible changes that would have to be made to adapt the story or things that might be cut due to length, I start to think “Maybe it’s better left alone”
Do you have any sacred cows you’d like to see adapted but then change your mind?
I change my mind back and forth between wanting to see a live-action Klarion the Witch Boy and thinking that it’s better if he’s left alone. I just really want it to be done well and not fall into the “ruined by adaptation” pit that characters are sometimes thrown into. I tend to think DC does a good job with characters so I trust them. It’s just a fear I have. But you know, different versions of characters will always exist and you’re never going to lose the one you love the most just because a new one comes along.
@iJest Interesting choice! Klarion is one of those characters I’m honestly surprised they HAVEN’T adapted into live action yet. I know he was in The New Batman Adventures and in Young Justice, but I wonder how they’d play him in live action. I can see your hesitancy.
Cassandra Cain. Yes, I know she’s going to be in “Bird of Prey With Harley Quinn For Some Reason”, and the past couple DC films have been actually entertaining. Even so, I have this sinking feeling they’ll err to the side of Tynion’s awful reinvention of her instead of her good origin. Only because, I’d wager the “Orphan” junk is what’s currently canon, which is utterly infuriating for a number of reasons.
@Mr_Morbach, that’s right! She’s supposed to be in the movie. It’s strange how she’s been around for quite a while but it’s taken so long to get her into a show or movie. Correct me if I’m wrong but was she in the most recent season of Young Justice? How did you feel about her portrayal?
On a related note to Mr_Morbach’s answer, Birds of Prey just in general. They’re going to butcher my favorite series and serve it up to Harley Quinn on the big screen.
You never know, it could be good. There’s not much to go on right now.
Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series.
No, I don’t care if they do it as a TV series. No, I don’t care if it ends up on HBO, Starz, or even here. I don’t even care if Miyazaki came out of retirement to do an anime about it, or even if they somehow got Timm and Dini to do an animated series. You cannot do that series justice via any medium or creative team other than comics.
@superby1, yeah orphan is in the new YJ. she cuts clay face in half. it was pretty cool. Eps.8
@superby1 I vlogged the season thus far on my channel (Ep. 8 Triptych: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uw5HSrYP3o), but to focus on YJ’s Cass, I can say my feelings are tenuously positive, but in fairness, there’s not a lot to go on. I think it’s cool they gave her swords, I like the original suit they gave her as opposed to copying her current one in the comics, but that’s about as much as we get. She’s called Orphan, which makes me cringe–however–if they explain her origins in the second half of season 2, and they’re more in line with her good history and not what Tynion set up, that’d be great. If they explain she got the name because she had no known family or something, and it was wasn’t the name used by a serial killer father that hated her guts, that’d be even better. It wouldn’t be my ideal way of integrating Cass into an animated series, but it’d be far and away better than what most people at DC/WB would be or have been capable of. The same could be said for Spoiler; we don’t get too much of her backstory. I’m not thrilled about her costume, because it’s taken more directly from her current one, which while aesthetically fine, I don’t like the mask. Too much like her Dad’s, and that reminds me that Batman Eternal saw her let Gotham burn for the sake of her Daddy Issues.
I trust Greg Weisman as a creative. The worst of his work I’ve seen would be Star Wars Rebels Season 1 and some peculiarities in the short-lived Gargoyles comic from Slave Labor Graphics, all of which are infinitely better than the worst DC has churned out in the last 8 years. Maybe that’s because those involved characters that I’m less attached to than, or have as high standards for, as Cassandra, or maybe Weisman knows what he’s doing better than certain people at DC.
Flash backs of Bruce Wayne child hood of the relationship he dad with his mom
Mister Miracle. Also, there is an All-Star Superman animated movie that I’ll likely never watch.
I remember the All-Star Superman animated movie being quite good. To be fair I didn’t have the emotional connection to the comic as other people did (I came to it very late) but it did make me want to re-read the comic when I first saw the movie and they compliment each other very well.
I’m very on edge about it. (CW, DCU, HBO, whoever doesn’t matter)
It is one of, if not the most important 12 issue “maxi series” ever done. Because such a crisis event had never been done before. I’m hoping for good to fair, but, as it looms ever closer, so does my anxiety.
TT: The Judas Contract was well done but still fell short of that arc as a book.


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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that the detrioration of the situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine is due to the arrival of new Russian special forces units in the Donbass.
He made this statement at a press conference while answering a question about the reasons for the increased level of violence in the Donbas.
“The first reason is that according to [Ukrainian] intelligence, new units of spetsnaz [Russian special forces] have entered the territory. We know the names of the brigades, their number, and their permanent locations. We have forwarded this information to our partners. Russia is using the eastern Ukraine as a testing ground for their new weaponry, their new communication facilities and also their means of suppressing our artillery reconnaissance,” he said.
At the same time Poroshenko assured that Ukraine has sufficient power to stop any potential Russian offensive.
The President also denied reports that the Ukrainian military has been ordered not to return fire on the front line.
“It is up to the commander to decide whether to return fire. The commander does not need any approvals to make a decision whether to return fire. Moreover, if the lives of the Ukrainian personnel are in danger, it is the duty of the commander to return fire. The commander is not allowed to respond only if there is no visible target,” Poroshenko said.


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13 tracks of classic Fleetwood Mac
Vinyl reissue of the 1988 compilation album from Warner Bros. Records
8 times platinum collection includes "Go Your Own Way," "Don't Stop" "Gypsy," more!
These are the greatest hits of the version of Big Mac that produced Hits with a capital H! While pre-Stevie Nicks-Lindsey Buckingham versions of the group charted in the U.K. five times between 1968 and 1973, the post-blues-rock edition of the band reached unprecedented commercial heights beginning with "Rhiannon," a No. 5 smash in the spring of 1976. It's on this 13-track solid-gold set, along with the rest of the hits up through 1988's "Everywhere."


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One bedroom unit in centre of LjubuskiLocated in the very heart of Ljubuski, in the centre of city life, cafes, mingling and shopping. The building is new, equipped
with lift. You are only a few minutes away from all city amenities. Medjugorje is 15 min away and you get to Mostar in 35 min. There is plenty of free street parking around the building.


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I flew in rather late into Austin last week and went to meet some of the other ladies at a cocktail lounge called Ah Sing Den. It was right around the corner from where I was staying and the perfect place to unwind and catch up with drinks.Read More
I decided to stay a few extra days in Austin after the SWE conference. A few of our significant others, including my husband flew in for the weekend to join us.
Overall, Austin seems to have a big food truck culture where the food is tasty and prices reasonable. We tried a place called Gourdough's, which we found highly rated on Yelp. True to its name, they make "Big. Fat. Donuts." and as we learned, not a donut to eat by yourself. When we received our order through the food truck window, I had the hardest time trying to keep a straight face, thinking - "Oh my god. We're done for."
We tried the The Puddin', which is a cream-filled donut topped with cream cheese icing and bananas. The other one we tried, Blue Balls, was highly recommended by one of my husband's cousins. It's literally donut balls with blueberry filling and blue icing. Both were very tasty, but definitely too big for two of us!
We met up with the other couples for dinner the first night. We tried some Spanish cuisine at a place called El Chipirón where they serve dishes tapas-style. We shared some vegetarian and non-vegetarian cheese plates as well as some squid and octopus (or pulpo).
For those interested in larger plates, they also had Lomo de Vaca with 44 Farms strip steak that looked pretty amazing too. We finished off dinner with Chocolate con Churros (yes, with sugar!) which made a perfect end to the dinner.
There are several hipster coffee shops in Austin. We swung by the Brew & Brew for hot tea outside and another morning for a quick cup of coffee. It was conveniently located close to where we stayed. Along with coffee, they also serve beer (and tea if you check the menu). There is outdoor seating bar-style along the railing with a view of downtown Austin, just a few blocks away. If you're looking for a place to work or unwind, they have plenty of space inside and outside.
While the Brew & Brew did serve some tasty looking pastries, we had to go try Granny's Tacos a few streets down. If you haven't heard of it, it's on the top 15 list of tacos to try in Austin.
With all the hype, we also tried Torchy's Tacos which did not disappoint. They have an eclectic menu with meat options as well as equally attractive vegetarian options. Even at 2/3pm, the place was packed and the parking lot beyond capacity. Definitely some of the best tacos I've had. Here's our taco spread below:
The street corn they had was incredible. We loved it so much, I think we'll try to recreate it at home!
Before heading back directly to the hotel, we often snuck around the corner to Gemelli for some gelato. My husband loves gelato. I loved that they had an Earl Grey flavor. It's honestly one of the best I've had.
Here's my husband on the roof of our hotel, rather content with his ice cream <3.
We didn't get to try everything, but we loved the food in Austin. We'll have to wait and try the rest next time!


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The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.
Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Bighorns seeks to put God's love into action, by building communities and hope. We have partnered with Thrivent and Krista Huntley for a Faith Build! Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent Faith Builds bring local churches together to raise roofs, walls, funds and prayers to build a house in partnership with the Chavez Family.
Join us via Facebook live pray for our government, the Sheridan community, Habitat for Humanity, and the Chavez family.


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Claire E. Bemis, LCSW, CADC I, RYT
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor I, Registered Yoga Teacher
Claire earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in social work from the University of Connecticut; the state in which she was born and raised.
Upon graduation, Claire traveled to the Pacific Northwest however, and has been a proud resident of Portland for many years.
Claire has quite a diverse background in the field of mental health, having worked in residential treatment programs, child and adolescent psychiatric hospitals, youth substance abuse programs, and in-home & community intensive family therapy programs. Claire is also a bilingual therapist, who has had the opportunity to study Spanish through immersion programs in Spain, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Claire's greatest passion is utilizing individual, group, and family therapy to work with youth and their families.
In her personal time, Claire enjoys traveling, music, hiking, biking, rock climbing, crafting, and spending time with her husband, family, and friends.