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The media includes different means of communication, such as television, radio, newspapers, video games; internet etc. People make use of media as a source of information, entertainment and leisure activity (Brown, 2005, p. 161). According to O’Donnell (2005), the two main roles of the media are to make profit in terms of money and promote particular ideology. The information that people see, hear or read has great influence on people’s identities, values and interests. It also affects the way people think and act regarding particular issues based on the “provided” evidence (Brown, 2005,p. 62). However, people have ability to evaluate and decide what they hear, see or read based on their social experiences, ethnic origin, social class and gender (Brown, 2005, p. 185). Now, the questions arise as, what is the relationship between media violence and the violence in the society? Whether media violence cause people to behave violently or it desensitizes people? Throughout this century, sociologists and researchers have examined these issues and have attempted to explain or disprove it using different theories and researches.
In the first place, the media plays great role in shaping values, attitudes and behaviour through norm setting agenda. It reinforces conformity to social norms and discourages non-conformist behaviour (Brown, 2005, p. 169). It also provides other information that the society feels important like weather and health. However, conflict approach declares that the media controls ideas and thoughts of the society through agenda setting and gate keeping (Brown, 2005, p. 169). In addition to that, the media used to enlarge the news of crime and violence to keep people occupied with these issues.
For example, attacks older people, stabbing, raping and gang fights get over reported (Brown, 2005,p. 182). Thompson’s theory of audience models stated that interaction between media and people is “mediated quasi-interaction” which means there is no face to face or direct connection. So, it leaves the viewers in a discussion of unanswered questions. This promotes ideology and influence of what media wants on people (Giddens, 2006, p. 604). The gratification model audience uses the media for what they want and ignore the rest.
Instead, hypodermic model audience what they hear, see or read without thinking about it (Giddens, 2006, p. 608&609). So, physically or emotionally “excited” viewers become easily stimulated by violence (Anderson & Wartell, 2003, p. 85). According to Brown (2005), “estimates suggest young viewers will see around 13000 murders on television”. Osofsky & Eisenberg (1995&2000) stated that exposure to violence undermine the development of emotion regulation skills. This leads to aggressive behaviour, attitudes and loss of problem solving strategies (cited in Funk et. al. , 2004, p. 24).
It also effects moral evaluation, as a result the viewer fails to perceive or respond to signs (Eron, 2001, cited in Funk et. al. , 2004, p. 26). Researchers and sociologists refer these effects as “desensitization”. Desensitization occurs due to repeated exposure to real life violence (Ceballo et al. , 2001, cited in Funk et. al. , 2004, p. 26). Likewise, fictional violence like movies and video games also contribute to the violence behaviour (Funk et. al. , 2004, p. 26). The media produces "a powerful desensitization intervention on a global level” (Science Daily, 2006). Furthermore, desensitization is divided into two categories.
When, the viewer show numbing or blunting of emotional reaction to violent events is called emotional desensitization. When people start reacting that violence is nothing extraordinary, it is kind of daily routine is called cognitive desensitization (Funk et al. , 2004, p. 26). A study was conducted to examine desensitization by Drabman & Thomas (1974). In this study, the children who viewed violent movie needed adult help to avoid the aggressive thinking towards the scenes. The amount of time that people spend on watching violent media leads to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Schechter, 2010). Aggression is largely based on the activation and application of aggression-related knowledge structures stored in memory” (Bushman & Anderson, 2002). Later, Molitor & Hirsch (1994) confirmed that “viewing violence increases tolerance of violence” (cited in Funk et al. , 2004, p. 26). It is believed that fictional violence desensitizes people to real life violence by letting the viewer engaging in violent actions (Funk et al, 2004, p. 27). A research by Funk (2004) revealed that exposure to video game violence was associated with low empathy and stronger pro violence attitudes.
The social cognitive theory suggests that due to repeated exposure to media violence the person undergoes psychological desensitization. This theory explains how people acquire and maintain certain behavioral patterns, while also providing the basis for intervention strategies (Bandura, 1997). According to Bushman & Anderson (2001), scientific evidence was sufficient to claim that media violence exposure was positively linked to significant violent behaviors and that even short-term exposure was sufficient to cause increases in aggressive behavior (cited in Bushman & Anderson, 2002).
The basis for future social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development is laid during early childhood. They can be manipulated and victimized by the media violence. “Concerns about child exposure to violent media have increased as television and video games have shown more violence” (Schechter, 2010). One of the main theories is the Bandura’s social learning theory. This theory mainly outlines that children learn violent acts after seeing them. One of the main problems faced by children, who heavily watch television, is decrease in consciousness of pain and sufferings of others.
Furthermore, they tend to be more apprehensive and alert of their surroundings. In addition to this, they resort to choose more aggressive and harmful choices towards others. Psychologists have uncovered that high exposure of violent video games can be linked to delinquency, fighting at school and during free play periods, and brutal criminal actions (Anderson & Bushman, 2007). The severity of violent acts from other types of media such as computer games and movies has also increased rapidly. The most recent type of media violence is the violent video games (Bushman & Anderson, (2002). Violent films and programs that probably have the most deleterious effects on children are not always the ones that adults and critics believe are the most violent” (APA, 2003). Researchers have developed several theories proving that society is affected by the influence of the media. A number of children were shown a video in which a person beats a Bobo doll. Then they were put into a room with a Bobo doll to check whether the child imitates the behavior. After it was implied, this theory proved that children imitated media violence. In addition to that, childhood ith aggression, later in life erupts criminal behaviours like spouse abuse and homicide (Anderson et al, Wartell, 2003, p. 81). Another research conducted by the psychologists, revealed that “children who watch violent movies, games and TV programs had been convicted of crimes at over three times the rate of other men” when they grow up (APA, 2003). Children get immune to the media violence they starts to imitate it (AACAP, 2011). Repeated exposure to violent media grows wide array of aggressive and violent behaviours and later it reforms as aggressive and criminal behaviour (Bushman & Anderson, 2002).
The General Aggression model by Bushman & Anderson (2002) has proven their theory on the relationship between violence in media cause people to behave violently. When an environmental situation appears ambiguous, an individual may rely on what they have seen, heard or read to interpret that situation as hostile, warranting aggressive action (Ferguson et al. , 2008). Moreover, Peterson & Pfost (1989) discovered that exposure to non-erotic violent music videos led adversarial sexual beliefs and negative effects on men.
Similarly, another research proved that sexually subordinate images of women leads to teen dating violence in real life situations (Johnson et al. Reed, 1995, cited in Anderson et al. , 2003, p. 89). The media also play a remarkable role in “contagion of violence”. It is believed that “well known person’s suicide increase the likelihood that other people will also take their own lives” (Phillips, 1979 & Simon 1979, cited in Anderson et al, p. 89). A specific reason for the reason of violence in the society has not been discovered.
One of the main causes of this is not being able to employ a standardized measure of aggression and media violence. Measuring violent criminal behavior in laboratory studies would clearly be unethical (Bushman & Anderson, 2001). Furthermore scholars tend to not report negative findings in their researches. Despite all the research, there has been very little reliable evidence that media violence causes aggressive behavior. Media violence studies cannot be completely relied upon as they fail to account for third variables.
Researchers acknowledge that other variables may play a role in aggression and that aggression is due to a confluence of variables (Bushman & Anderson, 2001). These variables include genetics, personality and exposure to family violence. They explain why some people show violent behavior. However, the catalyst model approach reveled that these factors interact with each other (Ferguson et al. , 2008, p. 314). All things considered, that there are several angles that show the violence in the media has a correlation with the society.
It also could associates with desensitization of the people. We cry at sad movies, laugh at outrageous comedies and pump our fist whenever something explodes. What we see in films and video games invokes a physical response. If it can influence to our physical response, there is a high chance that it could influence out mental and behaviour as well. References Brown, K. , (2005), An introduction to sociology, Third edition O’Donnel, G. , (2005), Mastering Sociology, Palgrave Master Series, Fourth edition Giddens, A. , (2006), Sociology, Fifth edition Funk, J. B. et al.
Baumgardner, (2004), Violence exposure in real life, video games, television, movies and the internet: is there desensitization? , Academic Press,Toledo USA Anderson, C. A. et al. (2003), The influence of media violence on youth, American Physiological Society Schechter, D. S. et al. (2009), Is Maternal PTSD Associated with Greater Exposure of Very Young Children to Violent Media? , National Institute of Health American Physiological Association (APA), (2003), Childhood Exposure to Media Violence Predicts Young Adult Aggressive Behavior, According to a New 15-Year Study, Available from: file:///S:/media-violence. spx. htm American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, (2011),Children And TV Violence, Available from: file:///S:/children_and_tv_violence. htm Ferguson, C. J. et al (2008), VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND AGGRESSION: Causal Relationship or Byproduct of Family Violence and Intrinsic Violence Motivation? , Texas A&M International University Bushman, B. J & Anderson, C. A. (2001) Media Violence and the American Public: Scientific Facts Versus Media Misinformation Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control Huesmann L R. 2007) The impact of electronic media violence: Scientific theory and research. Bushman, B. J & Anderson, C. A. (2002)Violent Video Games and Hostile Expectations:A Test of the General Aggression Model, Iowa State University Science Daily (2006), Psychologists Produce First Study On Violence Desensitization From Video Games, Available From: http://www. sciencedaily. com/releases/2006/07/060727162108. htm Stickland, J. (Does violence in movies and video games desensitize us to the real thing? Available from: http://electronics. howstuffworks. com/violence-desensitize. htm

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Hulk to be a villain?
IRON MAN screenwriter Mark Fergus spoke to MTV about his belief that the Hulk should be the villain in the upcoming AVENGERS movie that is being built towards:
"I hope ‘The Avengers’ embraces that... You don’t want like 10 super-badass good guys fighting together. Where’s the fun in that? Let’s break it off a little. Friends or colleagues who become enemies is always an interesting thing because you know it’s based on love and friendship and that’s always the worst thing to have turn bad — is someone you actually care about and someone you actually believe in.”
Louis Leterrier added:
“I left the door open for whoever’s going to direct ‘The Avengers’ with our last shot. Edward [Norton] and I, we consciously decided to make the last shot of the movie when he opens his eyes and he smirks at the camera... Is he enjoying it? Is he malicious? That’s what’s great about Edward. You don’t know if he’s a good guy or bad guy. He’s always on this edge and we’ve been sort of surfing that edge, that very thin edge during the entire movie.”
This, in my opinion, is an excellent choice. But what do you guys think?
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Morning Briefing: September 6th, 2012
By Steve Deace
God Gets Booed at Democrat Convention
After being roundly criticized for a party platform that omitted God and Jerusalem as the rightful capital of Israel, some Democrat leaders decided to alter their “living, breathing platform” in the middle of the convention to include them. However, clearly not all Democrats agreed with the move. In this stunning video, watch and listen for yourself as God gets booed by delegates at the Democrat Convention. Give those delegates some credit for honestly shaking their first at God. Considering everything counter to the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God in the party platform, at least they’re being sincerely wicked rather than pretending God endorses their positions. As I’ve been saying for years now, at this point the Democrat Party merely exists primarily as a vehicle for promoting child killing and homosexuality. And since God opposes those things, it simply makes sense He’d get booed by those that don’t.
Maturity vs. Likability
Mitt Romney continues to struggle with some of the highest unfavorables of any presidential challenger in the history of modern polling, exposing what the mainstream media is describing as a “likability gap.” But friend of the program Dr. Timothy Daughtry wonders in this think piece whether President Obama can overcome his own “maturity gap” given his record of failures and excuses.
Where is the Bounce?
Some of the Romulans were predicting an 11-point bounce out of the Republican Convention. Dick Morris, who hasn’t been right about anything since he was working for Bill Clinton, predicted a 7-point bounce. Well, one week later it appears Romney actually got no bounce. Romney’s odds of winning the White House have actually declined on Intrade from 42.3% a week ago to 41.4% this morning. He did gain a point in the The Real Clear Politics polling average from a week ago, but far below what historically is seen from party conventions, which on average is about a 5-point bounce. My guess is Obama won’t get much of a bounce next week out of the Democrat Convention, either.
Because most Americans aren’t enthusiastic about having either of these guys in the White House for the next four years, and most of those that are already have their minds made up. They’re just aren’t enough undecideds to produce bounces or swings. All of the Romulan apologists who keep forecasting what needs to happen for a Romney landslide, like a big bounce out of the convention, never bother to then note when the latest benchmark isn’t cleared. Sure, Romney could win, but there won’t be a landslide here either way. This election isn’t like 1980. It’s more like 2004. This will be a grind and a race to the bottom. The only question is whether Romney can win that one more battleground state to put him over the top in the Electoral College that John Kerry couldn’t in that election.
By the way, in case you were wondering, the post-Labor Day RCP polling average was Obama +2 over McCain back in 2008. Obama is polling behind where he was four years ago at this time, and Romney is polling slightly behind where McCain was at this time. Following the GOP Convention in 2004, George W. Bush surged to +6 over John Kerry in the post-Labor Day RCP polling average.
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Jet2 defends crew for removing hen party
Jet2 has supported the decision by flight crew for removing a hen party from a flight from East Midlands to Mallorca for wearing t-shirts displaying the word “bitches” (asterisks not ours).
The hen party which consisted of 18 women aged between 18 and 60 were removed from their EMA to Mallorca flight back on May 30 because the flight crew had concerns about the women’s t-shirts… which all had the phrase “Bitches on Tour”.
However, unhappy bride Emma Green complained to the Sun newspaper, saying that it had ruined her weekend. She said that nobody had spoken to the group about any problems with their attire and that the first she knew was when they were eescorted off the plane. She said that even the police were “bewildered” by the decision of the flight crew.
One of the other women in the group explained to The Sun, “We are all professional women mainly in our late 30s and 40s. I work with mental health patients and I am not a trouble-maker. We did not deserve to be treated like we did and would have covered up on the plane if we were all asked to do so.”
However, a Jet2 spokesman gave a different version of events. The spokesman said, “At check-in for our East Midlands to Mallorca flight, a group of passengers were reminded of our Onboard Together policy and told that they would not be permitted to fly with us whilst wearing T-shirts which displayed offensive language. The group were asked to either wear different attire or cover up the offensive language, and were reminded of this on numerous occasions, including by the airport police whilst in the departures area. Once in the cabin, and in the presence of families and young children, several members of the group decided to ignore these repeated warnings, at which point our crew took the decision to remove them from the flight.”
The Jet2 spokesman sent on to apologise to the other customers for the delays and inconvenience.
Jet2 continued, “As a family friendly airline that carries millions of holidaymakers, including families with young children, we will not allow people on board if they are using or displaying offensive language, or if they fail to comply with the instructions of our crew.”
The bride, Emma, is due to marry SAdam Bateman in August 2017.
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Not every job requires the same lifestyle. It takes all kinds – and when you want a more adventurous, changing-scenery kind of profession with diverse tasks and responsibilities, you may not be the best candidate for a repetitive, office environment. The good news is, you’re perfect for a traveling, job-on-the-go. Here are 10 of the most lucrative, exciting travel jobs out there. The best part is they are totally attainable with the right skills, know-how and willingness to learn.
Cruise Ship Director
Although it’s a career choice that involves as much hard work as any other, you can enjoy the beautiful open sea and spending some down time from port to port in some of the world’s most spectacular places. As a cruise ship director, you’ll be expected to manage the daily operations of a major cruise line, the development of entertainment provided on the ship, and behind-the-scenes administrative tasks. If you’re a natural born leader and love to travel, this may be perfect for you. Pays $3,000-$5,000 a month.
If you love children and have an adventurous spirit, consider being an au pair. You’ll live with a family overseas as a full time caretaker/nanny and even get to go on vacations with them. The salary will vary country by country, but you could make as much as $5,000 a month to stash away or use at your leisure.
Whether you want to simply write about other countries and cultures from your home state or actually go there to write about them, travel writing is the perfect career choice! If you crave diversity, learning new skills from the locals and have a thirst to experience what the world offers and are skilled at writing, enter this field and you’ll feel exhilarated by what you do every single day.
Staying at a hostel is the perfect way for travelers on a budget to have affordable accommodations. Located throughout the world in virtually every city and country, working at a hostel will give you the opportunity for extended stay in exotic lands as long as you want it! The pay isn’t great, but it will allow you to stay in a room free of charge and explore the world in a unique way.
There’s no other career choice that can give you more time and freedom on the open road then being a truck driver will. Whether you drive locally or cross-country, this career field gives your flexibility, great pay and job security you can count on. Bonuses or not, you can make an impressive income for you and your family.
A career as a journalist will allow you to research your stories both far and near. Love to travel and write about different countries, cultures and its people? Keep up with current events, politics and world news? Then being a journalist may be the perfect gig for you.
Travel the world and have an exciting career! As long as you have a friendly, accommodating personality, love to travel, aren’t afraid of tight spaces (airplanes seem to be getting smaller by the year) and a love of helping people, consider being a flight attendant. Being ok with working on the go is a must, and the pay is decent.
TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
If teaching is your thing but you want to travel too, teach overseas! It’s a perfect melting pot of the two, and can give you an exciting way to use your talents while being exposed to new ways of life! Many countries will provide affordable housing, a comfortable stipend and the opportunity to put some international experience under your belt. (A real resume booster for future employers, too!)
Another career choice that’s all about helping people find just what they’re looking for, a travel agent is friendly, helpful and love what they do! You’ll be responsible for booking reservations and making recommendations to some of the most beautiful, interesting places in the world. In exchange, you’ll make a great income and have to opportunity to see many of these places yourself.
So, you want to become a tour guide and see some of the most exotic parts of the world? Pick an area where tourism is rapidly growing constantly, know their language (if you pick a foreign country) and learn as much as you can about their history, people, etc. before going on your interview. An adventurous personality and great communication skills is a must!

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For as much attention as the presidential primaries have been getting, it’s easy to forget the importance of state elections here in South Carolina. State legislators enact laws that have a far more direct impact on the lives of South Carolinians.
Whereas the national presidential election will not be decided until November, our elections for state legislature are often decided at the primary level in June. That is because South Carolina legislative districts are drawn to be primarily Republican or Democrat in composition.
If a candidate for the legislature is running in a heavily Republican district, for instance, the most competition they are likely to face will be at the primary level. Once the race goes to the general election in November, the winner of the race is largely a foregone conclusion based on the relatively few numbers of Democrats in the district. The same goes for legislative districts that are drawn to be heavily Democrat. By concentrating the votes in this manner, our state legislature ensures a Republican majority each election cycle.
The race for state Senate District 42 promises to be one of the more interesting races on the primary calendar next month. In that race, former Sen. Robert Ford, who resigned from office amid scandal in 2013, will be running against his replacement, Sen. Marlon Kimpson. Because the district is drawn to be heavily Democratic — it encompasses much of Wagner Terrace, Hampton Park, the Eastside, West Ashley near Avondale, and North Charleston from the Neck up to Ashley Phosphate — the winner of the June 14 primary will almost certainly be the victor regardless of the Republican opponent in November. Sen. Kimpson has built an impressive record of accomplishments in the two-plus years since he has held office.
He was a co-sponsor of legislation to provide body cameras to police officers in the wake of the Walter Scott shooting. He has been a forceful advocate for gun background checks, even in the face of staunch Republican opposition. He has been a fierce critic of Sen. Lee Bright’s recently proposed transgender bathroom bill. And he was also an articulate spokesman for the district and state in the awake of the Emanuel Nine shootings last June.
For Robert Ford’s part, his most recent headlines have come from his failure to pay over $80,000 in ethical fines due to his misuse and mishandling of campaign funds while in office. Because Ford pled guilty to misdemeanors rather than felonies, however, he was not barred from seeking office again. He has told voters he wants to come back to office to “finish what he started.” Towards that end he has sent a steady stream of emails to District 42 residents, touting accomplishments from his tenure for which he claims responsibility. Although Ford’s fundraising in his reelection bid thus far has failed to gain a foothold, he has used other means to reach out to prospective voters and longtime supporters.
Since Ford left office, he has continued the practice of sending greeting cards to district residents on Mothers Day, Fathers Day, and other holidays. Regardless of the charges which forced him to resign, it is certain that this constant contact will be enough to endear Ford to some voters.
Kimpson has been honored as Legislator of the Year by the S.C. Social Workers Association and has donated his yearly salary from the state to select community charities and non-profits. Yet in a summer primary which typically garners less than 8 percent of eligible voters, nothing is assured, much less victory against a longtime former incumbent.
In a state where Alvin Green could somehow beat a respected former judge, state legislator, and county councilman, anything is possible. Those who care about this election and other local races should definitely make sure their voices are heard on June 14.
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Laurel woman charged with DUI in West OC crash
A Laurel woman has been charged with DUI and negligent driving following an incident at Harborside Bar and Grill.
At about 5:48 p.m. Dec. 20, troopers from the Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack were dispatched to the West Ocean City restaurant for a motor vehicle collision, according to a press release.
A preliminary investigations showed a 2014 Volkswagen operated by Jacqueline Hailey Keenan struck a 2006 Chevrolet Truck in the parking lot at 12841 Harbor Road, police say.
No injuries were reported, but said they troopers detected the odor of alcohol from Keenan. Police also observed “obvious signs of impairment.”
Keenan was administered standardized field sobriety tests and was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. At the barrack, she refused to consent to a breath test for alcohol, police say.
Keenan was released to a family member.


Developers Compete for Spiegel Building
Two developers have plans for an old warehouse in Moline, and Tuesday afternoon, they'll present them to city officials for the Spiegel Building, on River Drive.
Both proposals would convert it into commercial and residential space.
Ray Forsythe, Planning and Development Director for the city, says Moline bought the property three years ago, hoping it would become a key part of the downtown once the new I-74 Bridge is finished.
"Immediately north towards the river from the Spiegel Building and then moving west to the Enterprise Lofts building - all of that land we think will be the cornerstone of the new downtown neighborhood. We're looking at a signature park on the riverfront and then some residential mixed use.
Forsythe says one proposal comes from Heart of America, the Moline-based owner of restaurants and motels, and the second is by two brothers, Frank and Rocco Marrari.
After Tuesday's presentations, a committee will make a recommendation to the city's Project Management Team which will then make a recommendation to the city council.
A sale to one of the developers could be completed in July.


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A musical based on The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin is in development, it has been revealed.
The late David Nobbs (1935 - 2015) created world-weary, stressed middle-class office worker Reginald 'Reggie' Perrin in the 1970s. Facing a mid-life crisis, he fakes his own suicide before reinventing himself and returning to his family.
Originally appearing in a series of novels debuting with 1975's The Death of Reginald Perrin, its success saw Nobbs quickly contracted to adapt the stories into a BBC sitcom, which launched the following year with Leonard Rossiter (pictured) in the title role.
Nobbs penned two further novels, with each adapted into a respective subsequent series of the acclaimed sitcom. Following Rossiter's death in 1984, The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin was broadcast in 1996, reuniting Perrin's friends and family after the character's death.
In 2009, the story was further revived when Nobbs united with Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye to pen a new sitcom, Reggie Perrin, reimagining his iconic character in the 21st Century rat-race. Starring Martin Clunes, it ran for two series.
Little else is known about the musical at present. The news was revealed in a tweet posted by Batt, with subsequent replies suggesting the trio have developed the project themselves, without a producer or theatre company presently attached. Further details are likely to be revealed if and when the show is picked up for staging.
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New York City Renters Still Feel the Squeeze
New York City's rental housing was no more affordable in 2013 than in 2012, according to new American Community Survey data released this fall. The trends of rising rents and stagnating income have continued through 2013. The median monthly cost of rent and utilities grew by one percent from $1,216 in 2012 to $1,228 in 2013 in real terms, while the median annual household income of renters remained essentially the same at just below $41,000.
This graphic updates data presented in the State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods. This report, issued annually by the NYU Furman Center, provides a compendium of data and analysis about New York City's housing, land use, demographics, and quality of life indicators for each borough and the city's 59 community districts.

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text: Cadherins (CDH) mediate diverse processes critical in inflammation, including cell adhesion, migration, and differentiation. Herein, we report that the uncharacterized cadherin 26 (CDH26) is highly expressed by epithelial cells in human allergic gastrointestinal tissue. In vitro, CDH26 promotes calcium-dependent cellular adhesion of cells lacking endogenous CDHs by a mechanism involving homotypic binding and interaction with catenin family members (alpha, beta, and p120), as assessed by biochemical assays. Additionally, CDH26 enhances cellular adhesion to recombinant integrin α4β7 in vitro; conversely, recombinant CDH26 binds αE and α4 integrins in biochemical and cellular functional assays, respectively. Interestingly, CDH26-Fc inhibits activation of human CD4+ T cells in vitro including secretion of IL-2. Taken together, we have identified a novel functional CDH regulated during allergic responses with unique immunomodulatory properties, as it binds α4 and αE integrins and regulates leukocyte adhesion and activation, and may thus represent a novel checkpoint for immune regulation and therapy via CDH26-Fc.

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Sports fans up and down the UK, and no doubt across the world, woke up on Friday morning to see the news that Andy Murray wished for this year to be his last in tennis. The former world number 1 sat lent over the press conference table in Melbourne Australia struggling to hold it in. He let out the news to the public that his pain was on the edge of being too much.
A once formidable and extraordinarily fit athlete was sat feeling weak, emotional and to the point of throwing in the towel. Personally, it was a staggering moment, to see a tennis icon being trumped by the very tool that made him so great…his body.
A sporting career for many in the majority of sports has its ending at a young age. There is so much training, weight lifting, sprint work, fitness and technical practice that you can do. Not to forget the huge mental and physical exhaustion, particularly in the field of tennis. Murray expressed how he wished to have one more Wimbledon before he put his racket to rest, but the three-time Grand Slam winning champion warned his fans how this Australian Open may very well be his last event.
With his unique personality, one can only admire Murray’s achievements. Before Murray’s accolades, tennis felt like a sport in the UK that was lost, with no great hero or champion. A ‘so close yet so far’, a scream and a shout at the TV as Tim Henman loses in a Wimbledon Semi-Final or a sigh of disappointment as Greg Rusedski misses out in the US Open Final. The nation thought that the day since Fred Perry’s Wimbledon win, a 76-year wait, was going to continue to feel like a lifetime ago, and the aspiration for young British tennis players to copy a previous British Grand Slam champion seemed almost mythical.
I remember being at a summer family friend’s party as the whole event came to a standstill as we gathered round the TV to glue ourselves to Murray’s first final at Wimbledon against the legend Roger Federer in 2012. The anguish as Murray was not able to give the British people what they so wanted, a Wimbledon champion, was draining as a looker on. However, to see the exhaustion and emotion as Murray was interviewed by Sue Barker at the end of the game was a winning moment in itself. The British public, although gutted to see Murray lose, saw a man who cared so much about being a champion, who cared so much about his work and who cared so much about wanting to do Britain proud. It was an iconic moment, one which furthered support for the Scotsman. The public could see how much this all meant for him and how much work he’d be willing to put in to make sure that he would be champion one day. The year 2012 would be the beginning of the Murray legacy.
A return to Wimbledon and the ace down the line against Federer brought the nation to its feet. Olympic Gold, an emphatic win in straight sets, a champion was born!
Roll on into September and Murray stands on the winner’s podium again after beating Novak Djokovic in a five-hour thriller in the US Open Final. Britain finally had a tennis champion, an aspiration for young tennis players to reach, tears of anguish were now replaced with tears of joy. Now Murray had Olympic Gold and a Grand Slam under his belt, was this the finale, was 2012 the year of British tennis?
I think for any tennis fan Wimbledon holds something very unique and extraordinary. For Britain, Wimbledon is ‘summer’, the combination of grass, strawberries, cream, summer dresses and Centre Court. Could 2013 be the dream that came true? A British champion finally crowned? With all the pressure, with all the hysteria, after the year before, Murray placed himself on Centre Court fighting it out to be crowned Wimbledon champion.
A straight sets victory over the much-favoured Djokovic brought hysteria to Britain. The 76-year wait was over and finally a Brit held the infamous Gentleman’s Singles title. Murray would go on later that year to be crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year as the nation was in pure Murray Mania. Could it get much better?
Probably one of Murray’s greatest achievements came only a couple of years later. A single-handed winning performance to help Britain win the Davis Cup, for the first time since 1936, and then a year later marching on to Wimbledon once again to beat Milos Roanic in straight sets and give Britain a second chance to celebrate the summer with a Wimbledon Champion. Personally, his achievements a few months later were probably the highlight of his career, showing resilience in some of the hashes conditions South America had to offer. Staying up until the early hours of the morning, I witnessed a heat exhausted Murray slog out over four hours of tennis to beat Juan Martin del Potro and gain a second Olympic Gold medal in Rio 2016. The Scot had pretty much completed the improbable and did it in his own unique fashion, through grit, relentless hard work and passion. Arise Sir Andy Murray the world’s number one tennis player!
An athlete sitting on top of the world, in his late twenties, a marriage to his childhood sweetheart Kim Sears and the birth of two children, you could say Murray was at his most complete. However, for Murray and tennis the successful and beautiful relationship was at the beginning of the end.
2017, albeit with a Queens Club victory, where Murray donated all his prize money to the victims’ families of the Grenfell Tower disaster, marked the first sign of the former world number one’s hip injury. Forcing him to withdraw from the US Open he would later go into 2018 undergoing hip surgery and pull out of the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon. A return to the US Open at the end of the year saw him struggle his way, through the pain, to get into the second round. The fittest athlete in the world of tennis was now on the cusp of being utterly broken.
Stepping into the New Year Murray regarded himself to be ‘fit’ to play tennis. The question of course was simply how fit? As the press conference began in Melbourne you could see in his eyes the pain and sheer suffering the tennis icon had put himself through. Andy Murray’s time with tennis was at the final chapter.
For any British tennis fan, the fear is that tennis will never quite be the same again once Murray retires. Kyle Edmund looks to be making good headway and young Cameron Norrie seems to be making a mark on the world series, but questions have to be asked as to whether a Grand Slam British champion is on the horizon?
What makes Murray even more impressive is the generation he’s managed to achieve all his victories and honours. Tennis has probably seen its greatest ever players, the magician Roger Federer, the never-say-die Rafael Nadal and the work horse Novak Djokovic all have come together in this last decade or so. The level of tennis has been something to marvel at and Murray hasn’t just pottered along with it, he’s been right in the mix, deservedly putting his name amongst those three as the greats of this generation and tennis as a whole. His three Grand Slam titles, countless world series wins and two Olympic Gold medals, when looking at his opposition, mean even more.
2019 will mark the farewell to Murray Mania. Britain will be waiting for a new champion, the wish that it doesn’t take another 76 years. All tennis fans will hope that Murray can grit his way through to Wimbledon this year and play one last time on Centre Court; however, sport doesn’t always work out so romantically. Current and former players have poured out their support for Murray, illustrating what highly popular character he was/is within the male and female game.
Wimbledon’s Twitter profile probably said the best words over the last couple of days, “To Andy, whatever happens next, you’ve done more than you know”. Murray has given everything to tennis and the British public have been spoiled with such a legacy that the former number one will eventually leave behind. Tennis fan or not, one can only marvel, be grateful and wish Sir Andy Murray all the very best to his next chapter in life.

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Re: Carbon Fiber Wrapped Barrels
He runs the wrapping in lots, it depends when you get your barrel into the shop. He might be running military barrels and or contract jobs. He then will run civilan orders in one group. So i cant really say for sure his lead time. My 416 barrel i had done took about 4 weeks as he was just finishing up a contract and the civilian orders was about to start. I have had it take up to 4 months but that was when he was doing it all by himself, now he has hired several workers and he said that it has speeded up the lead times. Best is to try and contact him and see what is currently going on in his shop. The best way is to have the blank made to his specs and send that to him so he dont have to do any ordering as that all takes extra time on his end. I had Benchmark make my last barrel for the wrapping, it turned out great and light. It is 1.450 breech tapered to 1.200 muzzle 32" The barrel was 6.5# I used a Titainum muzzle cap as Stainless is a standard item. I wanted to keep as much weight down as possible. The real weight reduction is the steel liner, it needs to be as light as possible. There is only about 8 ounces of Carbon wrapped onto the barrel, so that will give you an idea on what the barrel will turn out to be. Once he gets the barrel blank, he still has to do some contouring of the breech end and thread the muzzle for the cap. After the barrel is wrapped (looks like a bunch of thread and goop) it is cured in an oven for an extended time, then it goes to the CNC grinding machine to put on the taper. I had Lawton make me two blanks for the 338cal, Barney sent them to me unlapped and wanted them back after the process was done, both of these are super shooters(5# barrels), dont know if it made a difference or not when the lapping was done. I have had Rock, Lawton and BenchMark, all have been super shooters. I had one Rock that turned out on the heavy side, the liner must of been a bit larger (7.5#). When i was in his shop i picked up a 50BMG barrel and it couldnt of been much more than 8#, was going on some mil spec test rifle.
I havent talked with Mike in a few months so im not sure what his current times are.
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At first we should mention that the Capoeira we know today is actually very different from those fights which took place almost five centuries ago. It all started during the age of European colonization when many countries wanted to add more and more lands to their own country possessions. In this race for gathering new lands Portugal was the nation that colonized the country that today we call Brazil.
The Portuguese soon realized that they would need a workforce for their new colony which they searched mainly in West and Central Africa. Using deceit and dishonesty they captured many black people who were then transported in ships to an unknown future, to a new land. On their arrival, the black people were separated from their families and then sold into captivity. They were frequently mistreated and the desire for freedom and independence became a priority for these slaves. The seed of what we call Capoeira was born from within this hostile environment of captivity.
These Black African slaves, who inspired by their ancestral forms of fighting, developed a fighting style that could help them finding their way to freedom. During the 18th century, taking advantage of the conflict between Portugal and Holland, the first efforts of rebellion amongst the slaves took place. Some of these rebel slaves took refuge in forests where they gathered and established Quilombos which were formidable fortresses in far and hard to reach places.
The origin of the word Capoeira comes from the Tupi-Guarani language, and it means low thicket (or bush), it is a place where the slaves tried to escape to when they were chased by hunters. Some of the black slaves came out from these bushes and defended themselves in a very curious way, using both their feet and hands. When the hunters returned to their homes full of bruises, all they were capable of saying was Weve been attacked in the Capoeira.
The political importance of this form of fighting was so great that the government tried to eradicate it. During the 19th century the government banned not only this form of African cultural expression but all kinds of manifestations that were related or considered as cohesive forces amongst the black community. At the end of the 19th century with the abolition of slavery, a social problem that still remains today in Brazil, evolved. The black population was only physically released, but their social integration was not improved, and a huge outcast population emerged.
Amongst this displaced population were the Capoeiristas people who practiced Capoeira, they were without doubt the most dangerous branch because they used their fighting skills to steal and to kill. For this reason Capoeira was persecuted and finally made illegal for more than forty years converting it into a symbol of violence and crime at the same time.
At the end of the 19th century with the abolition of slavery, a social problem that still remains today in Brazil, evolved. The black population was only physically released, but their social integration was not improved, and a huge outcast population emerged.
It was not until the second quarter of the 20th century that the so lost dignity of Capoeira was restored. The nearly mythical Master Pastinha and Master Bimba were the two key figures who helped in the development of the Capoeira into what it is today.
Master Pastinha (Vicente Ferreira Pastinha) was known for his “Capoeira Angola” style. The main characteristics of this refined type of Capoeira are its softer rhythm and its movements played with maliciousness and great body skills.
Master Bimba (Manuel dos Reis Machado): created the Capoeira Regional and also placed the Capoeira back on its feet adding movements which proceeded from other martial arts. In addition he was the first master to give lessons in a gymnasium. He was the master who performed the Capoeira for the former Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas in 1953, where the president said Capoeira is the only truly national sport obtaining therefore the acceptance of it in the countrys society.
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Brazil is a country that has huge repercussions throughout the entire world and its culture crosses frontiers arriving in the most remote parts of the Globe. Brazil was already famous for its football, samba, bossa nova, the Carnival but nowadays Capoeira is a very active exporter of Brazilian culture as well.Capoeira shows us through its songs that the Brazilian Portuguese language even when simply spoken has a lot of rhythm in it, at the same time these songs tell us stories and anecdotes about Brazil which bring us closer to discover this land of great culture and adventure.
Capoeira is constantly in touch with the Brazilian people whether in events, presentations or any cultural activity related to our country. Its a remarkable symbol of the afro-Brazilian culture, a symbol of the ethnic amalgam that characterizes Brazil, a symbol of fight against prejudice and oppression that definitely changed its image to become a pride to Brazilian people, and its now officially considered intangible cultural heritage of Brazil.
This artistic form of fighting is spreading with great speed all over Europe. In London there are already thousands of people practicing it and in a few years time without doubt, there will be even more as this art extends throughout Europe and throughout the World.


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The West Riding County FA have issued an apology to Liversedge and Pontefract Collieries after mix-up saw last Saturday’s cup tie postponed.
The sides were due to meet in the County Cup first round but with both teams and spectators at the ground, there were no match officials and the tie was postponed.
A WR County FA statement explained: “Having thoroughly reviewed the incident, the West Riding County FA would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused to both clubs and their supporters.
“The issue occurred due to confusion over the date of the fixture, with County Cup matches traditionally taking place midweek. However, due to gaps in both clubs’ league fixture schedules, and with the incentive of a bigger crowd, the two clubs agreed to play the fixture on Saturday.
“Sadly, a break down in communication meant that when the original match officials withdrew from the fixture, a new team were not appointed.”
Andrew Wadsworth, acting CEO of West Riding County FA, added: “We accept that a great deal of responsibility for this incident rests with us and apologise to all involved.
“This is our premier cup competition, with a prestige final at Bradford City’s Coral Windows Stadium. We take the competition seriously and are disappointed with the events that resulted in this situation. We will learn from it and procedures will be put in place to ensure that such an incident doesn’t recur.”
Liversedge return to Northern Counties East League Premier Division action tomorrow when Bridlington Town visit on Non League Day, in association with prostate cancer charity Men United.
With no Football League matches tomorrow, Sedge are hoping for a larger crowd than normal to cheer on Jon Rimmington’s men, kick off 3pm.


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Who loves eating dessert for breakfast? *raises both hands.* Believe it or not, there’s a pretty easy way to enjoy indulgent snacks at the beginning of the day. Take granola, it’s relatively healthy, is sweet and decadent, and makes the perfect breakfast option. We found a bunch of granola recipes that are excellent for breakfast, dessert and snacktime!
We’ve tried a bunch of different old fashioned oats, but we keep coming back to these oats as our go-to granola base!
A few ways we like using these granola recipes:
- granola + almond milk/milk
- granola + greek yogurt + fresh toast
- toast + ricotta cheese + granola + honey
- smoothie bowl + granola + nuts
- baked apple + granola + honey
- add it to your muffins for a fun textural element
- mix it into your morning granola
Chocolate Lovers Protein Granola via Dashing Dish
Homemade Granola with Flaxseed and Chia via Ai Made it for You
Clustery & Oil-Free Banana Bread Granola via Simply Quinoa
Maple Pumpkin Pecan Granola (Gluten-Free & Vegan) via One Lovely Life
Salted Caramel Granola via Crowded Kitchen
Paleo Granola via The Real Food RDS
Toasted Coconut Berry Grain-Free Paleo Granola via Cotter Crunch
Maple Pecan Granola via Vanilla and Bean
Cashew Coconut Granola (V, GF) via Sweet Like Cocoa
Apple Cinnamon Homemade Granola via Spaceships and Laser Beams
Maple Almond Cranberry Granola via Sally’s Baking Addiction
Vegan & Gluten-free Chocolate Hazelnut Granola via UK Health Blog – Nadia’s Healthy Kitchen
Vanilla Granola via One Sweet Appetite
Perfect Peanut Butter Granola via Flavor the Moments
Simple Granola via LMLD
Basic Honey Nut Granola via Mom Endeavors
Peanut Butter Granola via Savory Nothings
Healthy Granola Recipe via Cookie and Kate
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The Wicocomico, Wiccocomoco, Wighcocomoco, or Wicomico /waɪkɛ'kɑːməkɛ/ were an Algonquian-speaking tribe who lived in Northumberland County, Virginia, at the head and slightly north of the Little Wicomico River. They were a fringe group in Powhatan's Confederacy. In the mid-seventeenth century, the colonial court of Virginia ordered them to merge with a smaller tribe; the group was known as Wicocomico when assigned a reservation of 4,400 acres (18 km2) near Dividing Creek, south of the Great Wicomico River.
After losing the last of their reservation land in the early 1700s, the tribe disappeared from the historical record and was considered extinct. Since the late twentieth century, descendants have organized, documented history and genealogy, and are seeking recognition.
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The Northumberland County Court began interfering in the governance of the local tribes by the mid-1600s. Sometime between 1652 and 1655, the Court directed the Wicocomico and Chicacoan (or Sekakawons) tribes to merge and relocate slightly south of the Great Wicomico River. They were given 50 acres per fighting man, for a total of 4,400 acres (18 km2) near Dividing Creek. The Lower Cuttatawomen probably merged with them between 1656 and 1659. The merged tribes' adopted the name of "Wicocomico" as that group were the most numerous. The Court appointed Machywap (formerly King of the Chicacoan) as the weroance of the combined tribes, as he was considered a friend of the English and easy to manage. By 1659, the Wicocomico had deposed Machywap, possibly by force, and replaced him with Pekwem as their weroance.
There were constant problems with the colonists' encroachment on their lands. From 1660 to 1673, the Wicocomico frequently challenged colonists in court over land disputes. Although most disputes were settled in favor of the Wicocomico, by 1719 they retained only 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) of their original 4,400-acre (18 km2) reservation. In 1705, Robert Beverley, Jr. wrote "In Northumberland, Wiccocomoco, has but three men living, which yet keep up their Kingdom, and retain their Fashion; they live by themselves, separate from all other Indians, and from the English." After June 1719 and the death of William Taptico, the last Wicocomico weroance, the English took the lands. The remnants of the Wicocomico dispersed, and the tribe has been considered extinct. In 1730, the Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730 declared that one of the public tobacco warehouses should be "At Wiccocomico, at Robert Jones's; and at Coan, at the warehouses in Northumberland, under one inspection."
Since the late 20th century, according to their website, descendants of Chief Taptico have worked to document their genealogy and history, as well as to re-organize as a tribe known as the Wicocomico Indian Nation. They have not received state or federal recognition, although they are preparing required documentation for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups. Today, thousands of individuals identify with various Algonquian peoples. Historically, the peoples were prominent along the Atlantic Coast and into the interior along the Saint Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes. This grouping consists of the peoples who speak Algonquian languages.
Before Europeans came into contact, most Algonquian settlements lived by hunting and fishing, although quite a few supplemented their diet by cultivating corn, beans and squash (the "Three Sisters"). The Ojibwe cultivated wild rice.The Algonquians of New England (who spoke Eastern Algonquian) practiced a seasonal economy. The basic social unit was the village: a few hundred people related by a clan kinship structure. Villages were temporary and mobile. The people moved to locations of greatest natural food supply, often breaking into smaller units or gathering as the circumstances required. This custom resulted in a certain degree of cross-tribal mobility, especially in troubled times.
In warm weather, they constructed portable wigwams, a type of hut usually with buckskin doors. In the winter, they erected the more substantial longhouses, in which more than one clan could reside. They cached food supplies in more permanent, semi-subterranean structures.
In the spring, when the fish were spawning, they left the winter camps to build villages at coastal locations and waterfalls. In March, they caught smelt in nets and weirs, moving about in birch bark canoes. In April, they netted alewife, sturgeon and salmon. In May, they caught cod with hook and line in the ocean; and trout, smelt, striped bass and flounder in the estuaries and streams. Putting out to sea, the men hunted whales, porpoises, walruses and seals.dubious The women and children gathered scallops, mussels, clams and crabs, all the basis of menus in New England today.
From April through October, natives hunted migratory birds and their eggs: Canada geese, brant, mourning doves and others. In July and August they gathered strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and nuts. In September, they split into small groups and moved up the streams to the forest. There, the men hunted beaver, caribou, moose and white-tailed deer.
In December, when the snows began, the people created larger winter camps in sheltered locations, where they built or reconstructed longhouses. February and March were lean times. The tribes in southern New England and other northern latitudes had to rely on cached food. Northerners developed a practice of going hungry for several days at a time. Historians hypothesize that this practice kept the population down, according to Liebig's law of the minimum. Northerners were food gatherers only.The southern Algonquians of New England relied predominantly on slash and burn agriculture. They cleared fields by burning for one or two years of cultivation, after which the village moved to another location. This is the reason the English found the region relatively cleared and ready for planting. By using various kinds of native corn (maize), beans and squash, southern New England natives were able to improve their diet to such a degree that their population increased and they reached a density of 287 people per 100 square miles as opposed to 41 in the north.Even with mobile crop rotation, southern villages were necessarily less mobile than northern ones. The natives continued their seasonal occupation but tended to move into fixed villages near their lands. They adjusted to the change partially by developing a gender-oriented division of labor. The women cultivated crops, and the men fished and hunted.
Scholars estimate that, by the year 1600, the indigenous population of New England had reached 70,000–100,000.Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas
Classification of indigenous peoples of the Americas is based upon cultural regions, geography, and linguistics. Anthropologists have named various cultural regions, with fluid boundaries, that are generally agreed upon with some variation. These cultural regions are broadly based upon the locations of indigenous peoples of the Americas from early European and African contact beginning in the late 15th century. When indigenous peoples have been forcibly removed by nation-states, they retain their original geographic classification. Some groups span multiple cultural regions.Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands
Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands include Native American tribes and First Nation bands residing in or originating from a cultural area encompassing the northeastern and Midwest United States and southeastern Canada. It is part of a broader grouping known as the Eastern Woodlands. The Northeastern Woodlands is divided into three major areas: the Coastal, Saint Lawrence Lowlands, and Great Lakes-Riverine zones.The Coastal area includes the Atlantic Provinces in Canada, the Atlantic seaboard of the United States, south until North Carolina. The Saint Lawrence Lowlands area includes parts of Southern Ontario, upstate New York, much of the Saint Lawrence River area, and Susquehanna Valley. The Great Lakes-Riverine area includes the remaining inland areas of the northeast, home to Central Algonquian and Siouan speakers.The Great Lakes region are sometimes considered a distinct cultural region, due to the large concentration of tribes in the area. The Northeastern Woodlands region is bound by the Subarctic to the north, the Great Plains to the west, and the Southeastern Woodlands to the south.List of unrecognized tribes in the United States
Unrecognized tribes in the United States are organizations of people who claim to be historically, culturally or genetically related to historic Native American Indian tribes but who are not officially recognized as indigenous nations by the United States federal government, which has a direct relationship with sovereign nations, or by individual states under their separate legislative processes, or by recognized indigenous nations.
The following groups claim to be Native American Indians/Aboriginal First Nations by ethnicity, but have no federal recognition through the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA), United States Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor (SOL), nor are recognized by any state government in the United States nor any recognized indigenous nations.Native American tribes in Virginia
The Native American tribes in Virginia are the indigenous tribes who currently live or have historically lived in what is now the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America.
All of the Commonwealth of Virginia used to be Virginia Indian territory. Indigenous peoples have occupied the region for at least 12,000 years. Their population has been estimated to have been about 50,000 at the time of European colonization. At contact, Virginian tribes spoke languages belonging to three major language families: roughly, Algonquian along the coast, Iroquoian in the southern Tidewater region, and Siouan above the Fall Line. About 30 Algonquian tribes were allied in the powerful Powhatan paramount chiefdom along the coast, which was estimated to include 15,000 people at the time of English colonization.As of January 29, 2018, Virginia has seven federally recognized tribes, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Nansemond and Monacan. The latter six gained recognition through passage of federal legislation. The Commonwealth of Virginia has recognized these seven and another four tribes, most since the late 20th century. Only two of the tribes, the Pamunkey and Mattaponi, have retained reservation lands assigned by colonial treaties with the English colonists made in the 17th century. The state established an official recognition process by legislation.
Federal legislation to provide recognition to six of Virginia's non-reservation tribes was developed and pushed over a period of 19 years. Hearings established that the tribes would have been able to meet the federal criteria for continuity and retention of identity as tribes, but they were disadvantaged by lacking reservations and, mostly, by state governmental actions that altered records of Indian identification and continuity. In addition, some records were destroyed during the American Civil War and earlier conflicts. From the 1920s, state officials arbitrarily changed vital records of birth and marriage while implementing the Racial Integrity Act of 1924; they removed identification as Indian and reclassified people as either white or non-white (i.e. colored), according to the state's "one-drop rule" (most members of Virginia tribes are multiracial, including European and/or African ancestry), without regard for how people identified. This resulted in Indian individuals and families to lose documentation of their ethnic identities. In 2015 the Pamunkey were officially recognized as an Indian tribe by the federal government.Following nearly two decades of work, federal legislation to recognize the six tribes was passed on January 29, 2018.Northumberland County, Virginia
Northumberland County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,330. Its county seat is Heathsville. The county is located on the Northern Neck and is part of the Northern Neck George Washington Birthplace AVA winemaking appellation.Thomas Greene (governor)
Thomas Greene of Bobbing, Kent, 2nd Proprietary Governor of Maryland (1610, Bobbing, Kent, England – shortly before 20 January 1652 St. Mary's County, Maryland) was an early settler of the Maryland colony and second Provincial Governor of the colony from 1647 to 1648.Wicomico
The name Wicomico may refer to the following:
The Wicocomico or Wicomico people, an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe, part of whom lived in the Tidewater region of Virginia
Wicomico River (disambiguation), several rivers tributary to the Chesapeake Bay watershed
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1. Virus cases continued to increase substantially, particularly in the U.S. which saw additional record-setting daily case counts of COVID-19 this week. Some experts now estimate that up to 1 in 150 Americans may now be infected with the coronavirus.
2. The seasonally adjusted number of Americans filing initial claims for state unemployment continued to decline for the week ending July 4, falling by 99,000 claims from the previous week’s revised level to reach 1,314,000 claims. The previous week’s claims level was revised lower by 14,000 claims. The four-week moving average of claims continued to fall this week as well, dropping by 63,000 from the previous week’s revised average to reach a new level of 1,437,250. The previous week’s moving average was revised lower by 3,500 claims. Volatility in the unemployment data can be expected to remain for the near term as virus cases continue to surge across the U.S.
3. U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in June. Economists had predicted that the Producer Price Index (PPI) would climb by as much as 0.4% in June based on an expected surge in demand from consumers that had taken to online shopping during their shelter-in-place orders. The expected demand for goods apparently did not materialize in June and producer prices instead slid by 0.2%.
4. The World Health Organization warned again this week that the virus is “getting worse” in most of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of global cases has now surpassed 12.2 million. Australia, Hong Kong, and many U.S. States have all returned to some form of lockdowns as cases surge in those areas. The WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in opening remarks to member states this week that “The pandemic is still accelerating” and cautioned that “The virus can be brought under control, but in most of the world, the virus is not under control; it’s getting worse.”
5. Italian and French industrial data substantially surprised economists to the upside this week, in contrast to the U.S.’ poor showing, Italian industrial production jumped by over 40% in May as the country began easing its lockdown restrictions. The number easily beats analysts’ forecasts for a production recovery in Italy of just over 20%. France also saw a surprising surge in industrial output, climbing by 19.6% in May, handily beating economists’ expectations for recovery there of just over 15%. France’s weaker numbers are likely due to that country waiting until May 11 before it began easing its own virus-related lockdown restrictions.
6. Contrary to Italian and French news, Germany reported weaker than expected numbers this week. Industrial production rose by just 7.8% in May, well under the 10% that analysts had been projecting and not nearly enough to offset April’s 17.5% contraction as virus mitigation orders went into effect. On Tuesday, the European Commission cut its economic forecast for the entirety of the European Union, saying they expect the region to contract by 8.3% overall in 2020, followed by a rebound of 5.8% in 2021. Previous forecasts issued in May had called for a shallower 7.4% contraction for total GDP across the EU, followed by a rebound of 6.1% in 2021.
7. White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that those U.S. states that are experiencing a rapid surge in coronavirus cases should seriously consider closing their economies again. Fauci said “What we are seeing is exponential growth. It went from an average of about 20,000 to 40,000 and 50,000. That’s doubling. If you continue doubling, two times 50 is 100. Any state that is having a serious problem, that state should seriously look at shutting down.” Fauci did acknowledge however that “It’s not for me to say because each state is different.” Fauci further elaborated on his shutdown comments later in the week, saying “Rather than think in terms of reverting back down to a complete shutdown, I would think we need to get the states pausing in their opening process, looking at what did not work well and try to mitigate that. I don’t think we need to go back to an extreme of shutting down.”
8. U.S. Federal Reserve officials have continued to publicly state that monetary policy will remain “accommodative” for the foreseeable future due to the economic damage wrought by the continued spread of the coronavirus. Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said this Tuesday that in Ohio, “Over the past week or so, there’s been some leveling off [of the economy], and I think it’s probably due to the increase in cases, not only in Ohio but across the country.” She continued, saying “I think it’s going to be a long road back to where we were in February. That’s why the Fed has been saying we’re here with our tools and we anticipate having very accommodative monetary policy for quite some time in the future, because it’s just going to take a long time to work through this.”
Mester also called on Congress to take additional action, saying “If we don’t get further fiscal support, things won’t come back as well as they could. This is a period where we need to be supporting both individuals and businesses who, but for the virus and pandemic, would have been healthy, to get them through this period so we can then have a more grounded recovery and try to get back to where we were in February.”
9. Crude oil continued to see some support this week after the International Energy Agency boosted its 2020 demand forecast based on further economic recovery. The pressure was still on oil however, as surging virus cases, particularly in the U.S., raised the specter of the need for another wave of economic shutdowns. Brent crude was little changed from the week before, on track to settle just under $43 per barrel while West Texas Intermediate was on track to fall by about 1% for the week, hovering just over $40 per barrel.
10. The euro once again traded in a fairly narrow band against the U.S. dollar for the week. It began the week shooting to the upside, drifting sideways through Monday night, then giving back about half of the ground it had gained. On Wednesday around mid-day, the euro moved near vertically higher, touching its highs for the week in early morning trading on Thursday. The euro spent much of Thursday and Friday morning sliding lower again before conducting another sudden reversal. The euro did not regain its highs for the week but will still manage to close out higher against the U.S. dollar. The Japanese yen drifted sideways against the U.S. dollar as trading opened for the week but dipped lower in the early hours of Monday morning. The yen quickly regained ground but took a couple of dips back into negative territory as it moved into Wednesday. Early on Wednesday, the yen began an upward move that took it to its highs for the week by late evening on Thursday. The yen saw a shallow reversal into Friday’s trading but still looks set to close out the week to the upside against the U.S. dollar.
COVID-19 continues to be the primary driver for volatility in all markets. Many countries have begun to put their economic reopening initiatives on hold or even reverse them entirely.
Hong Kong has shut down schools again in response to a surge in cases and many of the U.S. states in the so-called “Sun Belt”, such as Florida, Texas, California, and Arizona, have tightened restrictions in some cities again.
Despite the massive spike in virus cases, stocks continue to surge on every headline of possible progress in creating a viable treatment or a preventative vaccine to combat the further spread of the virus.
The U.S.’ relationship with China has continued down a path of deterioration. President Trump said on Friday that the relationship has been “severely damaged” by the outbreak of the virus. While traveling on Air Force One to Florida, Trump told a group of reporters that he was not even considering “phase two” of the trade deal that was struck prior to the emergence of the virus. Trump said earlier in May that he might even consider scrapping “phase one” of the deal but such talk was short-lived and has not yet resurfaced.
Tensions continue to grow between China and the U.S. over Hong Kong as well. The national security law that Beijing recently passed to tighten its grip over Hong Kong has led the U.S. Congress to propose several actions against China, including revocation of Hong Kong’s continued special economic relationship with the United States. The U.S. has also now leveled sanctions against some Chinese Communist Party officials with regards to alleged human rights abuses in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang. China said it will “definitely fight back” against the U.S.’ interference in its internal affairs. Foreign ministry secretary spokesperson Zhao Lijian said such acts by the U.S. “threaten [China’s] sovereignty, security and development interests.” The U.S. is not the only country to experience heightened tensions with China.
Tensions between Australia and China also have continued to ratchet up since the outbreak of the virus. The pandemic has dealt with widespread economic damage to countries all over the world, with very few exceptions. The length of the outbreak has crushed the travel, leisure, and service industries and there is a growing fear that the pandemic could change consumer behavior for a generation.
Barclays director of credit strategy, Ryan Preclaw, said “The state of the outbreak clearly still has the ability to influence economic outcomes. Economic damage appears to be spreading widely, regardless of where cases are concentrated.”
In the U.S., where the outbreak appears to be resurging, consumers are fast canceling their summer travel plans and many are now expressing fear of leaving their homes to shop or enjoy entertainment.
As economic outlooks continue to diminish, savvy investors continue taking steps to ensure that their portfolios remain diversified against further geopolitical and economic uncertainty. Many analysts continue to recommend owning precious metals as part of a well-diversified portfolio, even as prices continue to rise.
Remember that precious metals should always be viewed as a long-term investment and that the key to profitability through the ownership of physical precious metals is to actually acquire and own the physical products and to hold them for the long term. Always remember that you should never overextend your ability to maintain ownership of your precious metals over the long term.
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Canadian dancer, model, actor, singer and producer, Nora Fatehi, known for her work in the film industry. She has worked so hard to build herself that now reflects back. Moreover, She always burns up social media by giving major body goals and also with her famous impeccable dance moves.
Nora had become an overnight sensation by a superhit track in ‘Dilbar’ in September 2018. The track was from John Abraham and Manoj Bajpayee starrer ‘Satyamev Jayate.’
Nora fatehi enjoys a massive fan following on social media. Many times this queen has given us glimpses of her exquisite funny and humorous trait of hers, Her fun-filled videos and charming pictures literally makes everyone mesmerized.
Nora Fatehi was primarily an item dancer in Telugu films and also in Bollywood films like ‘Kick 2’, Beginning (Baahubali) and Temper. She even starred in two Malayalam films called Kayamkulam Kochunni and Double Barrel.
In February 2019, she was a huge star and successful to be asked to sign a record label with T-series as their exclusive artist who is all set to feature her in their upcoming videos, music, films, web series and web movies. Afterwards, she was seen in the dance film named Street Dancer 3D in 2020. That movie was all about dance and dancing competitions.
Nora is now trending on twitter, she was asked in an interview that what keeps her so engaged to social media she replied “I’ve been particular about my social media since day one – even before entering the industry. I’m an extremely creative person. My social media pages, including my YouTube channel, are my gateways to project my creativity and talent to the audience. It’s my platform to make people laugh through my comedy, to show off new dance skills, while also educating people about world events and spreading awareness. I’m driven to entertain and showcase my talents. I’ve always believed I don’t need to wait for someone to give me a platform to showcase that. I should create a platform for myself. That’s why I work so diligently on social media. It’s a borderless world, where one reaches out to just about anyone in the globe. I’m blessed to have such a multicultural and diverse following.”


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Heather Audel-Neal remembers a specific moment from last March pretty well. She was sitting in a doctor’s office with her husband, awaiting the results from a fresh round of exams: blood tests, an MRI, a spinal tap.
She was tired, like most days. Her head wobbled, a tremor she had learned to accept. Her mind wasn’t as clear as it had been more than four years before, when she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but she was sure of one thing — this new Spokane doctor wasn’t going to tell her anything she hadn’t heard before.
After all, she’d been to three different neurologists and they had all agreed. She had MS. She had scoured the Internet for clues to her life-altering condition, looking for ways to cope with it, to pretend nothing was wrong with her.
But Dr. Michael Olek, a neurologist who had joined Rockwood Clinic just a few months before, surprised her. He said something she wasn’t quite prepared for.
“Dr. Olek came back after all these tests and said, ‘You don’t have multiple sclerosis,’” Audel-Neal says. “I said, ‘Would you have ever called this MS?’ He said no. I said, ‘Well, was my case just really tricky?’ He said no. I said, ‘What do I do now?’ He said, ‘Go off all these meds.’”
Four years after the fact, Audel-Neal was told she had a brain stem stroke. It was a result of Hughes Syndrome, or antiphospholipid syndrome, a disorder that causes increased clotting of the blood.
“My husband’s in tears and angry, and I’m just sitting there trying to make it all fit,” she says.
Turns out, it’s not as hard to fit as she thinks. Olek, a renowned neurologist who specializes in MS, says Spokane’s reputation for having the world’s second-highest incidence of the condition is nothing but a myth.
“I don’t believe we have a high incidence here. I mean, no higher than anywhere else in the country,” Olek says. “I don’t think we have an epidemic here. The numbers show a high incidence. But maybe the numbers aren’t correct.”
According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, self-reported client data from the Greater Spokane area suggests the Inland Northwest is behind only the Shetland Islands (off the coast of Scotland) for MS rates.
An estimated 400,000 people have multiple sclerosis in the United States, and the condition most commonly strikes white women between the ages of 20 and 40. The condition causes the immune system to attack the central nervous system and leads to lesions on the brain. Symptoms, which can come and go without explanation, include blurry vision, slurred speech, tremors and extreme fatigue. Paralysis and blindness can occur. The staggering diversity of neurological symptoms can lead to difficulty in diagnosing the condition.
“Twenty years ago, they didn’t have any way to diagnose it. It was the opinion of a doctor,” says Kerry Wiltzius, program director for the local chapter of NMSS. “They could guesstimate. It’s a puzzle with a lot pieces. They’re trying to get all the pieces together.”
Wiltzius says there are many factors that could lead to an MS diagnosis, including genetic risk. But perhaps the most important factor is where a person lives. The further from the equator, the higher chance someone has of being diagnosed with the condition. Decreased exposure to sunlight, which leads to a decrease in Vitamin D production, has been linked to MS.
“Not only are they finding it, but they’re finding it more,” Wiltzius adds.
In Spokane, perhaps too much more. In his year at Rockwood, Olek says he’s seen about 500 MS patients. Of those, he estimates he’s re-diagnosed 20 to 30 percent as not having the condition.
“They come to me usually for a second opinion. I’ll do things that haven’t been done,” he says, noting that he reviews a patient’s history and performs a physical, an MRI, a spinal tap and a sensory reaction exam called the “evoked potential.”
“I don’t want to give false hope,” he says. “But with almost any serious disease, it’s good to get a second opinion.”
For Audel-Neal, it was a fourth opinion. Switching gears from MS patient to stroke victim was a bit jarring, but she says she feels like herself again. She quit taking Copaxone, a popular MS drug that she used to inject into different parts of her body.
“Four or five weeks after not having the shots, I wasn’t tremoring as much. A couple of more weeks, I went, ‘I feel good.’ I hadn’t felt good in four and a half years,” she says.
She’s gained some weight back. Her 17-year-old daughter says she didn’t realize how bad her mother was until she got so good. Audel-Neal wants to go back to work, back to her career as an art instructor. She still gets a little head tremor every now and then, but it’s nothing compared to how she was even a year ago. And now, instead of the daily needles, all she needs is a baby aspirin every morning.


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