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I think I’ve finally put my finger on exactly what it is about the Discworld that had such a profound effect on me.
It starts in Guards! Guards!
There’s this thread – not quite a theme, it isn’t as overt – running through that book, which goes something like this:
If you have faith in people, they will, on the whole, rise to meet it.
You see it in Carrot and Sybil, how they both just believe in Vimes, like it’s a complete given, obviously he can take care of the dragon. Neither of them know him, or even the city, very well, so it’s partly naivete, but the lesson still holds – it’s explicitly stated that the Watch guys don’t want to let Sybil down, and half of Vimes’s heroism in that book is him seeing Carrot getting in over his head and going to back him up. Carrot trusts Vimes at the start because he’s naive, but Vimes refuses to break that trust.
Carrot believes that Vimes will back him up, and so Vimes rises to the occasion. Sybil believes that the Watch will save the city, and so they rise. And, without that faith, they wouldn’t have even tried.
It left a huge but subtle impression on me, I never put my finger on exactly what it was before, but it’s that thread (which shows up in more than just that book) that taught me to believe in people.
I just. God, these books.


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"I'm sorry, it's cancer."
Those four little words are among the most devastating a pet owner can ever hear. Many of us love our pets like children, and we don't want to see them suffer or live in pain. Unfortunately, the rates of cancer in dogs are similar to those in humans, and it has been estimated that between 800-900 out of every 100,000 dogs will develop cancer in their lifetime. The rate of cancer in cats is slightly less than this, but cancer is still responsible for 32% of all causes of death in cats.
This article aims to outline the most common types of cancer in dogs and cats, some of the symptoms of each and, others to be on the lookout for. It also explores treatment options, causes of cancer in pets, and things that you, as a pet owner, can do to reduce your pet's risk of developing cancer.
Common Types of Cancer in Dogs & their Symptoms
There are over 100 types of cancer in dogs, and it can affect every and any organ in their body. Some of the most common types of cancer in dogs include:
Mast Cell Tumours
Mast Cell Tumours are a form of skin cancer that often appears as a lump but can also affect the internal organs. Although it doesn't usually cause death; it is more likely to develop in certain breeds such as golden retrievers, Labrador retrievers, Boston terriers, boxers, and pitbulls, which typically affect middle-aged and older dogs.
Just like humans, dogs can get melanoma as well. It typically presents as a brown or dark spot in or around a dog's mouth but can also be pink or multi-colored. It is most commonly seen in dogs over ten years of age, and miniature poodles, cocker spaniels, chows, and golden retrievers are the most likely breeds affected by melanoma.
Lymphoma is white blood cell cancer commonly found in lymph nodes and other organs containing lymph tissue, such as the spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, and bone marrow. Over 30 types of lymphoma can be found in dogs, all with different symptoms depending on the location of cancer; some will cause the lymph nodes to become swollen, and others will cause vomiting and diarrhea.
Osteosarcoma (bone cancer)
Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone tumor found in dogs and primarily affects the limbs but can also develop in the skull, spine, and ribs. Giant breeds of dogs such as Greyhounds, Great Dane, Mastiffs, Irish Wolfhounds, Dobermanns, and Rottweilers are particularly prone to developing osteosarcoma. As a result, they may develop tumors younger than other breeds. Swelling, lameness, a loss of appetite, and reduced levels of activity are all symptoms that a dog may exhibit if they have osteosarcoma. In addition, osteosarcomas can be very painful, so watch for signs your dog may be in pain, such as restlessness and other behavioral changes.
Hemangiosarcoma develops from the cells that create blood vessels and can affect the spleen, liver, heart, and skin. Sunlight can cause hemangiosarcoma on the belly skin, the inner thighs, and the eyelids of dogs with pale or pink skin and thin fur. Hemangiosarcoma typically affects middle-aged to older dogs, and German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, and Labrador Retrievers are more susceptible than other breeds. Symptoms vary according to the location of the hemangiosarcoma. They can include the formation of a bump or swelling under the skin, unexplained weight loss, decreased appetite, belly swelling, lethargy, a cough, and pale gums.
Common Types of Cancer in Cats & their Symptoms
Cats are also susceptible to various cancers, and while cats continue to live longer and longer lives, cancer rates in cats will continue to climb. Some of the most common types of cancer in cats include:
Lymphoma is white blood cell cancer commonly found in lymph nodes and other organs containing lymph tissue, such as the spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, and kidneys. Cats between the ages of 2 and 6 are commonly affected by lymphoma, but it can affect cats of any age. Before the Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) vaccine was developed, FeLV was the leading cause of lymphoma in cats. Again, the symptoms of lymphoma can be varied but often include abnormal swelling, weight loss, and difficulty eating or swallowing.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma (skin cancer)
Squamous cell carcinoma often appears on a cat's nose, the tips of its ears, and the lids. It is commonly caused by excessive sun exposure, and cats with white fur or very light skin are at a greater risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma. SCCs can be painful and often appear as a raised, reddened area or look like a cauliflower-like growth or deep sore.
Fibrosarcoma is a cancer of the soft, fibrous, and connective tissues. It can occur anywhere on a cat but commonly affects the skin and presents as skin mass with no signs of pain or discomfort.
Mammary (breast) cancer
Mammary cancer is the third most common type of feline cancer, which affects the mammary glands and is most commonly found in cats over ten years of age. A small lump just beneath or next to a nipple is often the first sign of mammary cancer which can spread to other areas of the body such as the lymph nodes, liver, or kidneys. Siamese cats have twice the risk of mammary cancer than other cat breeds.
Other symptoms, such as pain, fever, anemia, drinking too much water, producing excessive urine, and ravenous appetite, may also be cancer in cats, depending on the tumor type and its effects on the body.
Causes of Cancer in Pets
Several known carcinogens may contribute to the development of cancer in pets, including ultraviolet radiation from excessive exposure to the sun; second-hand cigarette smoke; a variety of herbicides, insecticides, and pesticides used in agriculture; and air pollution and smog in urban areas. Other common substances identified as carcinogens include nickel, uranium, benzidine, benzene, radon, vinyl chloride, cadmium, and asbestos.
The female reproductive hormones estrogen and progesterone found in unspayed cats also triples a cat's risk of developing cancer (particularly mammary cancer).
Just as in humans, the type of cancer, the location and staging of the tumor, and your pet's prognosis all play a role in determining the kind of treatment your pet will receive.
Surgery remains one of the most common treatments to remove a lump or limb to prevent the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body. Surgery is often combined with radiation therapy or chemotherapy to kill any remaining cells after removing the tumor. Dogs tolerate chemotherapy exceptionally well and don't lose their fur.
Other cancer treatments include immunotherapy, injecting your pet with an anti-cancer vaccine to strengthen their immune system, and stem cell transplants, common in pets with blood cancers (leukemia). Your vet may also suggest that your pet might be suitable to partake in a clinical trial of a new medication shown in earlier studies to help treat the type of cancer your pet has.
How Can I Reduce My Pets Chance of Developing Cancer?
While some risk factors, such as breed type and genetics, are unavoidable, there are several things you, as a pet owner, can do to reduce your pet's risk of developing cancer.
Female dogs and cats that have not been spayed before they first come on heat can be up to 200 times more likely to develop mammary cancer than those who are not spayed until they are 12 months or older. And neutering your male cat or dog eliminates their risk of developing testicular cancer.
Feeding your pet quality and nutritionally appropriate diet gives your pet's body the best chance at fighting off both cancer and other diseases.
Limiting the amount of time your dog spends in direct sunlight will also reduce its risk of developing skin cancers such as squamous cell carcinoma, and you should never smoke around your pets.
Regular vet visits that include a thorough physical examination are essential, especially for older dogs. The earlier a cancer is detected, the better the chance is that treatment will be able to eliminate the tumor successfully.
A cancer diagnosis isn't necessarily a death sentence anymore. Dogs share over 80% of their genome with humans meaning that human treatments for cancer are often successful for dogs. In addition, scientific advancements mean that more and more treatments successfully eliminate cancer. However, treatment for pets with a limited life expectancy may extend their life for several years and should be considered against your pet's quality of life. Your pet's veterinarian is the best person to discuss treatment options with. There are even specialist veterinary oncologists who exclusively treat pets with cancer that you may wish to seek to provide specialized care for your pet.

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Happened upon this Hotel/bar whilst looking to purchase a car. The receptionist, Emma, was very welcoming, friendly and helpful, going out of her way to help us. We were served by Tracy who was very professional, helpful and friendly. The gents toilets were immaculately clean and the inside of the bar was very tidy and clean. The service was swift and the coffee was excellent! It was a very enjoyable and faultless experience. The food menu looked very good and the prices most reasonable. Although we didn't have time to eat we will return for food and drinks very soon.
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March 23, 2018
Type Drives Culture 2018 (7 of 8): Emily Oberman “Woman (designer) on the Verge”
TDC Special Event: March 23, 2018
Emily Oberman “Woman (designer) on the Verge”
Emily Oberman of Pentagram gives an inspiring talk on how she is using type to support new organizations promoting women’s issues and social change. This talk is part of the second annual day-long Type Directors Club conference held at SVA Theatre in New York City on March 23, 2018.
Video recording of this conference sponsored by Google.
Conference sponsored by Morisawa, School of Visual Arts, Facebook Analog Research Laboratory, Adobe Typekit, Glyphs, A to A Studio Solutions, and Debbie Millman’s Design Matters.
This video is the seventh in a series of eight chronicling the day’s events.

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As models become larger and simulated processes become more complex, automated approaches for model development are essential. However, many aspects of the initial modeling process, such as achieving convergence or an initial calibration, benefit from a hands-on approach, particularly for large regional MODFLOW models. The deluge of data involved in manually improving convergence and calibration can mask important trends or insights. To this end, freely available toolboxes have been developed to assist modelers with manually improving calibration and convergence. Although PEST is a widely accepted for parameter estimation, modelers must still develop appropriate conceptualizations based on geologic insight. As such, manual calibration is necessary in the initial phases of model development. However, manual calibration to temporal datasets is difficult in large regional models with widely variable geology. The second toolbox reads the simulated head file as well as a target shapefile. The calibration results can then be queried by stress period, layer, and three user-defined fields. The toolbox also creates a residual error map based on the query. Large MODFLOW models will often be slowed by a few cells that have difficulty converging on a user-defined head change or residual criteria. The list file provides information on these bad actors, but can run into severe memory limitations in many text editors or word processors. This precludes the modeler from fully exploring the range of errors. The first toolbox reads the entirety of the list file and outputs the cells with the largest and the most frequent errors.
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|Title of host publication||Proceedings of the MODFLOW and More 2017 Conference|
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In a letter to retailers (that was then published by Bleeding Cool), Jennifer deGuzman revealed that Image will no longer be publishing second prints of later issues for titles like “Saga” (#7 of which just sold out), “Fatale” and more high-profile top-selling books. While it may sound a bit shocking at first, the reason behind this move makes perfect sense: orders on well-performing titles like “Saga” are decreasing despite critical acclaim and always selling out at a distributor level, so Image is no longer going to pour money into second printings in order to make sure the first printing gets the sales intended.
Granted, this is not a blanket action. It’s safe to assume that a #1 issue of a new title that sells out will get a reprint, but the move seems intended to prevent some retailers waiting on titles to hear if they’re good or not before ordering while all the while pouring money into variants and other gimmicks from other publishers. There’s certainly a demand for Image books as the company’s profile is higher than ever before, but when amazing titles like “Change” or “Legend of Luther Strode” are seeing drops in orders for the second issue (38% and 21% according to the letter, respectively), both of which are receiving great reviews (including from us, with “Change” our Pick of the Week this week) — well, as Darth Vader would say, “I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
As the letter reads,
I have some bad news: SAGA #7 is sold out. Sounds like good news, right? Well, it’s not. First, it means that retailers under-ordered it. And second: We will not be reprinting it. Should we have overprinted? We did. Should we have told you specifically “Order a lot of this one”? Well, did we really need to?
This is SAGA we’re talking about. Issue #7 was its return after a brief hiatus that had fans of the epic by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples as restless as cats in heat and following on the heels of the release of a trade paperback that is moving like wildfire (it’s is still on the New York Times Bestseller list). And its FOC came just two weeks after I quite single-mindedly harangued you about order numbers decreasing with each issue of even our most popular titles, using math. (Math, people!)
What’s even worse news is that orders for SAGA #8 decreased 4% from orders on #7. It will not be reprinted either. We have decided to cease second printings of single issues of titles that are known over-performers in hopes that it will help initial sales find their proper level. That’s marketing-speak for “You know this sells, so you’d better make sure you order enough!”
It’s basically summed up in the later quote, “Knowing you can count on reprintings has encouraged caution when none is called for, and that hurts you as much as it does us.”
And, as you may remember, Eric Stephenson said on his blog that sell outs aren’t as good as we may like to think they are. “Selling out — it’s great PR, but ultimately, it’s not exactly great business,” Stephenson wrote at the time, explaining that it was better to have the book in stores rather than create a roadblock between customers and the product. The lack of an issue will discourage some readers, perhaps even resulting in collectors who obsess over first prints not to check out a title entirely or trade wait it, which hurts sales. “If it’s not there, on that rack, it’s a missed opportunity. Even if more copies are on the way, or a new printing is planned, there’s no guarantee the opportunity to make that sale is going to come around again.”
So this is both good and bad news, really. The bad news is that if you miss the first printing of these titles, you’re out of luck. Nobody likes hunting on eBay for books with jacked up prices, although we’ve probably all done it at one point or another as we kick ourselves for not taking chances the first time around. But the good news is that hopefully this will help retailers decide on which of their Image books they’ll order in higher numbers — and, lets be honest, Image is publishing perhaps the most critically-acclaimed comics around right now. They might not have Batman, but they certainly have just about everything anyone else could conceivably want, hitting every kind of genre imaginable in one way or another.Continued below
In fact, I can remember when I was younger and Marvel announced that they would not be reprinting as many comics as they were, and while my younger mind had no real idea what this meant when told to me by my comic guy, one lesson became clear to me: ask in advance for what I wanted, create a pull and get to the shop early every week in case something new and cool came out. That last part didn’t stop me from mostly buying Spider-Man books primarily, but you get the point.
And, for what it’s worth: “Saga” #8 is a fantastic issue. The book literally gets better with every issue. If you didn’t pre-order or add “Saga” to your pull, you might want to change that. Definitely one of the best comics coming out right now.
So believe in the titles that sell and believe in your ability to sell them. There might not be a second chance.
For the full letter, head over to Bleeding Cool.


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Petrona McGibbon knew that completely uprooting her life and moving to the Caribbean island of Jamaica to open a bed and breakfast/bakery was going to be challenging. What she didn't expect was that her delectable creations would become the center of a murder investigation.
What should have been an open and shut case takes some unexpected twists. As a seasoned senior superintendent of police, Dean Anderson finds himself having to turn to the likes of Petrona's crazy cousin Maria, and her equally madcap friend Andrene for assistance. A mysterious break-in at the bakery heats up the investigation as the killer becomes even more daring in his bid to frame the bakery.
Will they be able to track down the real killer before the Sweet Tooth Fairy Bakery is forced to close down for good?

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You know those pudding cups that people put in lunch boxes? You can make those.
It’s so easy. Mix up a batch of pudding and pop it into containers.
A pack of individual pudding cups is $2, but I made these for $1.
This works for jello, too. You can even make cups with layers of different colors. Just refrigerate for 30 minutes or so between colors.

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Second to none: Longtime Bonner police chief announces retirement
City planning reception Wednesday
The Bonner Springs Police Department’s motto, Nulli Secundis, means “second to none.”
And in the last 16-plus years, under the leadership of Chief John Haley, it’s clear that the department has lived up to that motto.
“Our buildings may be old, but that doesn’t make us any less of a professional police department,” Haley says. “Our equipment is good, and it’s our officers and supervisors that make the difference, that actually make us so we are second to none.”
Haley recently announced his retirement, effective next week. The city has planned a retirement reception in Haley’s honor from 4:15 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Sunflower Room in the Bonner Springs Community Center, with a presentation at 5:30 p.m.
Haley spent his entire career with the department and said he has enjoyed providing protection to a small town with a strong sense of community. He said he thinks the relationship between the department and the community is good.
“You see so many national events now where you see the polarization between the police department and the community they serve,” he said. “I think in a smaller community like this … we have the chance to develop those relationships in the community. I’m in a small enough agency where I know everybody by their first name, and most of them, I know their wife’s name and their children’s names.”
Haley grew up in the suburbs of Detroit but moved to Kansas City in 1976.
“Because similar to today, there were no jobs in Michigan,” he notes.
In Kansas City, he began to work in security because he had an inkling that he might want to eventually work in law enforcement. He said he applied with several police departments in the metropolitan area, and Bonner Springs was the first to hire him.
Haley started with the department in 1979 as a reserve police officer, joining the department as a full-time patrol officer a year later. At the time, there were only nine officers who operated out of Bonner Springs City Hall.
In 1987, he was promoted to sergeant and then promoted to lieutenant in 1996, about the same time the city purchased the building at 120 N. Nettleton Ave. to house the department. Haley was selected as the chief of police in 1998.
Now with 25 full-time officers, Haley said, the growth has been gradual for the most part.
“For years and years, Bonner Springs was kind of viewed as a training grounds; people would come here, get some experience and go to a larger department,” he said. “There are several officers who have stuck it out, and I think now that dynamic has changed.”
Haley said some people now tend to leave because they want to be on a SWAT team or traffic unit, which the Bonner department doesn’t have, but the department largely has officers who see the benefits of policing a smaller town.
“People who come here to work get the chance to do all of the things that police officers do, helping with a search warrant or a lot of times they have a case that they’re allowed to follow through to fruition, where in a larger department you might take the initial report and then turn it over to detectives,” he said.
In 2010, the department moved its patrol and administration divisions to the former Atmos Energy building just next door to the north, remodeling the old building for the investigations division on a limited budget and with city employees and officers themselves doing some of the labor.
Haley said he was proud of the department for its work on the facilities, but noted brick and mortar are not the most important parts of the department.
“It’s not the buildings that make up the police department,” he said. “It’s not the buildings that you leave behind that are the legacy; it’s the relationships with the community and the interactions between the members of the department that are the legacy, the leaders within that you’re able to develop.”
John “Jack” Helin, city manager, announced last week that Sgt. Mark Zaretski would be Haley’s successor. Haley said when he submitted his retirement, he recommended Zaretski as the next chief.
“I was secure in the knowledge that in my absence, Mark would be able to take up the reins and put his own mark on the department,” Haley said. “I felt it would be in good hands when I left.”
Haley said he was happy to see Zaretski’s promotion because it exemplifies that the department supports upward mobility of its officers — that they can go through the ranks and eventually become chief, as Haley did.
“It creates that idea that all things are possible,” he said.
Haley said he decided it was time to retire so he could spend time with his family and do some things while he was in good health. But he is certain his service won’t end with his retirement.
“I’ve been serving the public for 35 years, and this probably won’t be the end of my service, it will just be in some other form,” he said. “I’m not sure what that will be, but I’m sure I will know it when I see it.”

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First webinar “Understanding Climate and Risk 101: An All Hazards Approach” takes place on Monday, April 10th, 2023 from 10:30 am-12:00 pm. Register now!
In celebration of its centennial year, the Greater New Orleans Foundation (Foundation) recently announced a new initiative, the Next 100 Years Challenge. The million-dollar Next 100 Years Challenge is a regional competition designed to inspire and attract plans for community-centered and cost-effective infrastructure improvements, including nature-based solutions, in thirteen parishes of Southeast Louisiana that will address the threat of storms and other disasters. The Foundation will award $100,000 each to up to ten collaborative teams that demonstrate strong potential to secure additional infrastructure dollars from the State of Louisiana, federal government, and other funders. Learn more about the Next 100 Years Challenge.
To support nonprofits, government agencies, and municipalities in developing innovative projects and strong applications for federal funding the Greater New Orleans Foundation is presenting a series of webinars.
These webinars have been developed in consultation with planners, climate experts, and public sector partners to provide a foundational understanding of the building blocks of successful applications for federal, state, and local funds. In these webinars, you will learn directly from leading, nationally recognized experts who have deep knowledge and understanding of the tools and frameworks necessary to develop the best solutions to our region’s resilience challenges.
In this webinar, participants will receive an overview of the principles and practices for understanding climate and other vulnerabilities and risks and developing the actions to address them using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Steps to Resilience framework. Information will be presented on the projected climate changes for the region using data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the National Climate Assessment. Our experts will discuss how the predicted changes relate to natural and man-made hazards and the general implications for these hazards to the Southeast Louisiana region. Participants will be introduced to tools and techniques to analyze vulnerabilities and risks and will have time during the webinar to ask questions about specific and natural manmade threats in their community and to try some of the tools.
About our Presenters
Dr. Anne Waple is Founder of Earth’s Next Chapter – a climate change consultancy and communications group. Anne’s current and recent projects involve conducting climate risk assessment with a large multinational corporation, education, and climate information development for the American Institute for Architects. Previously, Anne spent over 12 years in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where she led ‘state of the climate’ reports and managed NOAA’s climate assessment program, also directing the Technical Support Unit for the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment.
James (Jim) Fox is a Senior Resilience Associate at Fernleaf. Jim has over 40 years of experience in helping people understand and make decisions in a complex and changing world. Fernleaf delivers resilience decision support solutions, using data to empower communities and companies to make the right investments for resilience and adaptation. They directly support NOAA through the US Climate Resilience Toolkit and the Steps to Resilience Practitioners’ Guide. They also pioneered AccelAdapt, a vulnerability assessment tool that puts assessment capacity directly in the hands of municipal leaders.
Upcoming Webinars – Next 100 Years Challenge Webinar Series
Register for the upcoming webinars here!
2. Finding Leverage: Holistic Planning and Innovation
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
3 pm-4:30 pm
Scott Davis, Principal, SCG Urban Solutions
3. Successfully Competing for Public Funding and Private Financing
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
11:30 am-1:00 pm
Joyce Coffee, President and Founder, Climate Resilience Consulting
Jonathan Lee, Deputy Director of Resilience Services, Climate Resilience Consulting
4. Connecting Climate Risk and Public Health Impacts
Thursday, April 27th, 2023
9:30 am-11:00 am
Vijay Limaye, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council

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Graph Search: 3 things Facebook needs to get right
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg unveils Graph Search at the company’s Menlo Park headquarters in January.
As core to Facebook as News Feed and Timeline, Graph Search is now rolling out to hundreds of millions of users in the U.S., bringing with it the promise of uncharted exploration and the potential for substantial advertising dollars. First unveiled in January, Graph Search is a social-network search engine that ingests natural language queries on people, places, and things and spits out results previously hidden inside Facebook’s world. The engine,…
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 10, 2021
Mr. Burr (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that children in foster care who are placed in a qualified residential treatment program are eligible for Medicaid.
This Act may be cited as the
Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021.
Exemption of children in foster care who are placed in a qualified residential treatment program from the Medicaid IMD exclusion
Section 1905(a)(31)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(31)(B)) is amended by inserting
and services provided to any individual who is a child in foster care under the responsibility of a State who has been placed in a child care institution that is a qualified residential treatment program (as defined in section 472(k)(4)), without regard to whether payments are made on behalf of such child under section 472 after
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2021, and shall apply with respect to items and services furnished in calendar quarters beginning on or after that date.

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Novell Named 2011 CRN Channel Champion in Network Security Software
Novell aggressively expanding in key growth markets across the Middle East as part of its channel strategy for the region
Novell was named an Overall Winner of the 2011 CRN Channel Champion awards in the category of Network Security Software and sub-categories of Technical Satisfaction and Support Satisfaction. Novell received the award at a ceremony in Orlando, Florida recently, at the XChange Solution Provider conference. The CRN Channel Champions are awarded in 25 technology categories and are based on surveys conducted with top solution providers. Novell was recognized for delivering exceptional security products to partners including, Novell® Access Manager(TM), Novell Sentinel(TM) and Sentinel Log Manager and Novell ZENworks® Endpoint Security Management.
The CRN Channel Champions study measures overall solution provider perceptions of vendor products and services. Solution providers were asked to evaluate the importance of partner technology, support and financial criteria in the channel. They were then asked to rate vendor performance in these areas, based on their perceived importance. CRN Channel Champion awards are based on these survey results. Awards are distributed in 25 technology fields and in four categories - technical satisfaction, support satisfaction, financial factors and overall champion.
"We are honored to be recognized by CRN as a leading channel vendor in the competitive Network Security category," said John Dragoon, senior vice president, chief marketing officer and channel chief at Novell. "We are especially proud of this award since the voting was done by solution providers. Novell provides partners with superior support and enables end users to cost-effectively manage and secure complex IT environments. Our customers benefit from our partners' outstanding IT and industry-leading skills and the excellence of Novell's security portfolio of solutions."
Kelley Damore, Vice President and Executive Editor at CRN, said, "The Channel Champions award recognizes the most innovative, reliable and channel-friendly vendors, as voted on by solution providers. These awards recognize vendors whose technical innovation and product quality has surpassed the competition, helping to drive increased revenue for their channel partners. This survey is an essential resource for the Channel community. We congratulate these leading technology vendors on this recognition."
Diyaa Zebian, Managing Director of Novell Middle East and Africa, said: "This is a very important milestone for Novell that will add momentum to our ongoing expansion program in the Middle East. The award underlines our strong commitment to provide superior services to our customers in the region and help create exciting opportunities for business growth. We will build on this recognition to further reach out to a much range of audiences and allow more customers to enjoy the strategic benefits of Novell's award-winning IT solutions, particularly in key high-growth markets such as Saudi Arabia."
Novell has revealed that it has been aggressively expanding in key growth markets across the Middle East as part of its channel strategy in the region. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), in particular, represents an important market where Novell has already put in place a comprehensive Business Development Model to attract public and private sector organisations to its next-generation enterprise solutions. The KSA accounts for more than 55 per cent of Novell's target market in the Middle East, offering optimum growth opportunities for the company.
The list of Channel Champions award winners and the related study will be published in the April 25, 2011 issue of CRN magazine and online at www.crn.com.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020
06/27/20 - New Live Album + Cartoon Update
i created a compilation live album consisting of performances from my last two "live from home" e-concerts.
this in total honesty is one of my favorite if not my favorite musical release to date. it's definitely not for everyone (maybe anyone), but i'm certainly proud of how it turned out.
update for cartoons: i'm working on a new artsy fartsy experimental cartoon but it's about pokemon so that should be fun. we'll see where we go from here :^)
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Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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Amazon.com Inc climbed 3.4% after Jefferies said he saw cost pressures easing for the e-commerce giant in the second half of the year.
Tesla Inc, meanwhile, shot up 7.5% after the EV maker reported longer wait times for some versions of the Model Y in China, suggesting recent price cuts could be stoking demand.
Other rate-sensitive growth stocks like Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc were up about 1% as Treasury yields fell.
The technology sector led major sector indices in the S&P 500. The S&P 500 growth index was up 3.6%, outpacing a 0.7% gain in its value peers.
The benchmark S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq closed the week higher on Friday, after a moderation in wage increases and a decline in US services activity in December supported expectations of a less aggressive stance from the Fed. , as well as a soft landing for the world’s largest economy.
“The number of jobs created is slowly declining and wages are starting to calm down. Both are important to get inflation under control, without necessarily driving the economy into a recession,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Finance.
The highly anticipated inflation report on Thursday from the US Department of Labor is expected to show some moderation in consumer prices on a year-over-year basis in December.
I am a 24-year-old writer and journalist who has been working in the news industry for the past two years. I write primarily about market news, so if you’re looking for insights into what’s going on in the stock market or economic indicators, you’ve come to the right place. I also dabble in writing articles on lifestyle trends and pop culture news.


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Do you like cooking or baking? Then our recipe database is ideal. Here you will find an overview with many recipes, what you can cook or bake with our cooking oils. Whether rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, walnut oil or other oils.
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For Eminem, there was not the slimmest bit of shade from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The “Lose Yourself” rapper, 49, was nominated for induction into music’s most exclusive club on Wednesday morning. In fact, the artist, born Marshall Mathers, is the only one of 17 nominees to get a nod in his first year of eligibility — which is 25 years after an artist’s debut recording.
If Eminem should add a rock hall membership to his 15 Grammys, five No. 1 singles and Oscar triumph when the inductees are announced in May, he will become only the second white hip-hop artist ever to make it into the RRHOF — after the Beastie Boys were enshrined in 2012.
And Eminem would be only the seventh hip-hop act ever to be inducted, with Jay-Z being the last rapper to learn the secret handshake last October — also in his first year of eligibility.
Eminem — who will be performing alongside Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and Snoop Dogg at the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 13 — is probably the only slam dunk to be inducted in a wide range of nominees this year. Other first-time nominees include Beck, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon and A Tribe Called Quest.
And if you’re scratching your head about Parton and Richie being nominated — because pretty much no one ever would consider them “rock” — well, that definition has gotten broader and looser with each passing year.
After Eminem, this also feels like it could be Duran Duran’s year. The synth-pop pioneers released a well-received album, “Future Past,” last fall, and it’s kind of a surprise that they haven’t even been nominated before this. Save a prayer for them — because they deserve it.
I’m also pulling for Pat Benatar, who is the very definition of a rock artist — and battled it out with the boys as one of the few female stars in a male-dominated genre. The Brooklyn-born belter, 69, has shockingly only been nominated once before despite being eligible since 2004. She gets my top vote this year.
It’s also a bit surprising that Simon has not been inducted — or even been nominated before. It certainly goes to show you that the rock hall has a long way to go in doing right by women when it’s so heavily populated by white men.
But even more than Simon, I’d love to see 81-year-old diva Dionne Warwick take her rightful place alongside cousin Whitney Houston in the rock hall. Say a little prayer for her, too.
I’m also pulling for Kate Bush, who, after two previous nominations, has sufficiently completed whatever “waiting period” there should be for an artist of her influence and innovation.
I think it’s probably a longer shot for Eurythmics, who will eventually get in when you factor in Annie Lennox’s solo career. But Duran Duran gets the ’80s vote this year — also over Devo.
And frankly I could care less about heavy-metal geezers Judas Priest getting in, although I have a soft spot — call it local loyalty — for the New York Dolls. But more than either of those groups — or other nominees such as Nigerian artist Fela Kuti and Detroit rock band MC5— I’m rooting for Rage Against the Machine to be inducted after being short-listed two previous times. These protest rockers shouldn’t have to fight for justice any more than they already have.


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Mouni Roy is busy ‘humming the heart jazz…’ at the Chicago Lake Michigan and the image she shared can making her fans miss a heartbeat for sure! We know that the Naagin 2 actor is having an awesome time holidaying in the US and we thank her for keeping us updated with all that she is doing. In these vacation pictures of Mouni, we saw her in an avatar completely unlike what we have seen in her on-screen drama Naagin. The recent picture shared, where she is flaunting her back in a blue bikini, is simply stunning.
From a long high-slit checkered skirt on a beach to her off-shoulder dress as she explored the streets of Boston, and now this blue bikini picture, well all these pictures do prove that Mouni is having a spectacular time.
After wrapping up the shoot of Naagin 2, actor Mouni Roy left for Chicago to enjoy some ‘me time’. The sizzling hot Naagin of television has been sharing her several pictures from the picturesque locales of Chicago and all these can make one plan a vacation for sure!
She recently shared a series of pictures and the captions of it reads, “I have made a decision to walk under my favourite ceiling (sky) breathe the best incense (fresh air) glow in the best high lights (sun) & be the belle of the ball (earth) 💋 ~ the writer in me (please bloom)”
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Post this vacation, Mouni will get busy with her upcoming projects Naagin 3 and Akshay Kumar’s film Gold. Oh, we just cannot wait to see how her Bollywood debut will be like.


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Front Beach is 2.9 miles from Villatrip Vung Tau C3, and Back Beach is 3.5 miles away. Tan Son Nhat International Airport is 41 miles from the property.


Yushchenko insists on “Russian trace” in his poisoning
Ukraine's president Viktor Yushchenko has said Russia is obstructing the investigation into his alleged poisoning in September 2004.
In an interview with the British newspaper The Times he said Russia has failed to provide samples of the toxic substance dioxin which reportedly damaged his health.
Yushchenko said only three laboratories in the world produced dioxin of that formula, and Russia is the one that hasn't provided samples, which he believes limits the possibilities of the investigation.
Yushchenko's mysterious illness, which scarred his face during the presidential run-up three years ago, remains unsolved and has provoked much speculation. Blood tests revealed extremely high levels of the toxic material dioxin in his body.
Yushchenko has claimed he was deliberately poisoned by high level Ukrainian officials.


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A driving force behind soulful and eclectic music scene in Russia, Lay-Far distinctively individual style has won him truly global fan base.
The owner of In-Beat-Ween Music is internationally recognized as a skilful DJ and selector, seamlessly bridging the gaps between the cutting-edge and classic house rhythms, rare disco and boogie, Afro-Latin grooves, bass-heavy cuts delivering a unique sonic mixture to satisfy one’s body, mind and spirit. With multiple successful releases under his belt on pretty much every quality label under the sun, including Local Talk, BBE, Atjazz Record Company, G.A.M.M., Rebirth, Tru Thoughts and Soundofspeed, Lay-far now preps his long-awaited 3rd album – “War is Over”, for release later in the year.
With that album, and a slew of other projects on tap through 2018, including its two already release singles (Never Good Enough For You | Be The Change), Lay-Far provides 10 sub-genre centric inspirations behind the work.
DIY-approach, experimentation, passion, in-your face attitude, socio-political context…. It’s all in there! One of the initial draft titles of my new album was inspired by Gang Of Four’s debut LP – “Entertainment”! I ended up changing it several times afterwards )))
Been exploring and getting kicks from dub music and it’s aesthetics over the last 3 or 4 years, which led me into working with this crew from England called The Riddim Research Lab. No wonder the forthcoming album is my most dub-influenced work to date – stripped-down arrangements, analogue mixdowns, “studio as an instrument” approach, extensive use of space, the importance of sound texture, focus on the rhythm section, low end pressure, abuse of analogue effects… – you name it. Funny enough there is a collab with Riddim Research boys on the album, as well as anti-Babylonian stances expressed in several tracks.
The work on the new album coincided with me reading Simon Reynolds’ “Energy Flash”. I got fascinated by his concept of “Hardcore continuum”, which resonated so well with my earliest music inspirations and aspirations. It made me reconsider several creative stances as well as the way I analyse my own music and things I appreciate in other people’s dance works. So eventually it influenced the final track-list of the album, making me exclude several tracks and include some instead. The album got definitely wilder after that!
Boards of Canada
A music phenomenon on its own and a huge influence for me from day one! Strangely familiar melancholic vibe, cryptic allusions, eerie references and subliminal messages, the way they approach the album as a multi-layered conceptual piece of art / riddle / post-modernist opus – that’s what always enchanted me in BOC’s works!
Bruk (Broken Beat)
Modern fusion, neatly combining the traits of almost every dance music genre out there – that’s why broken beat has always had a special place in my heart. And Domu has been one of my favourite pioneers of the scene!
Thanks to the influence of Alexander Boora and DJ Basil – over the last 2-3 years I’ve been getting more inspired by the Soviet cultural heritage – digging more and more obscure Jazz-funk records, produced in the USSR, and proudly presenting them through the dj sets to the listeners from around the globe! In my new album I ended up sampling at least 4 rarest compositions recorded in the USSR in mid 70-80s!
Punks, provocateurs, music renegades and oddballs who decided to change the music business. And they did! Not only by scoring several №1 hits and writing the highly-influential «The Manual» (which I read of course), but also by voluntarily burning 1 million pounds in cash and inspiring musicians like me! Strangely enough, after reading John Higgs’ book on the band I started experiencing KLF-related synchronicities on a regular basis, one of them being the following: A week after I came up with the final name of the album – «War Is Over» (which, by the way, has many connotations) – I came across a fresh article about the launch of KLF’s new book trilogy just to find the SAME VERY SLOGAN on the group’s new merch! What?!
I dunno, making broken tracks, using overdriven old-school drum-machines just feels right for me now! It’ all about the use of space and dynamics, making something very funky and powerful with minimum elements. I’ve been extensively exploring this direction on my new album.
I have always considered jazz-and funk-influenced dance music from the British Isles as one of my main inspirations – be it in the form of “Brit funk”, Acid-jazz, “UK Jazz-dance” or the new wave of jazz musicians, inspired by UK Garage, bruk, hip-hop and drum’n’bass. It’s in the DNA of my music taste, period.
Songs In Dance Music (no need to call it soulful house or vocal house)
I’m a sucker for a great song! With a vocal dance tune – it’s even better – the result is working on so many levels! Instrumental tracks are fine but it’s a song that stays on your mind. It’s what your soul needs! Working with great vocalists has always been essential for me throughout my career and you can find that on my forthcoming album as well with songs, featuring Pete Simpson and Stee Downes!
New single by Lay-Far – Be The Change EP (Feat. Pete Simpson) is out now worldwide. The full-length 3rd album “WAR IS OVER” to follow later this year.


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In case of a cancelled flight, you have several rights under the EU Regulation 261/2004.
No matter why your flight is cancelled (adverse weather conditions, technical issues, strikes…) the airline must offer you to choose between a ticket refund or a re-routing flight.
TICKET REFUND (Article 8 Regulation 261/2004)
Regulation 261/2004 provides that airlines must refund your ticket no later than 7 days after the scheduled flight by bank transfer. You are entitled to a refund of both your outward and return flights if the return flight is cancelled and to a refund of your return flight if you have already flown your outward flight.
REROUTING (Article 8 Regulation 261/2004)
Several situations exist:
If your travel has not yet started: you are entitled to a rerouting flight, under comparable transport conditions, to your final destination at a later date of your choosing, subject to seat availability.
If your travel has started and your connecting flight is cancelled: you are entitled to a return flight to the first point of departure, at the earliest opportunity (example: you were supposed to go to Italy from Lyon and your connecting flight is cancelled: you can obtain to go back to Lyon if you no longer want to go to Italy).
The right to compensation between 250 and 600 euros
Regulation 261/2004 also provides that passengers are entitled to compensation in case of a cancelled flight, except if the cancellation was notified more than 14 days before departure.
If the cancellation was notified less than 14 days before departure, you may be entitled to compensation (in addition to a rebooking flight or a ticket refund).
The amount of compensation depends on your flight distance:
The compensation offered may be reduced by 50% when passengers are offered a rerouting to their final destination on an alternative flight pursuant to Article 8 and the arrival time of which does not exceed the scheduled arrival time of the flight originally booked:
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words hurt. even in a joking unmeaningful way. even when you don’t think the person is listening but they can. and it burrows into their brain and infects their day like a parasite, thoroughly changing the perception of a good day. even when it’s relayed as a message to them by someone thought to be a friend or a family member. words **** and they harm and they affect and they hurt.
tears stream down the face of the crying girl. i know nothing of her troubles. she can’t seem to formulate or figure it out, and it is wreaking **** on her mind. then again.. neither can I. i am stuck in my own feeling. unable to escape. i know i must push past and work, so as to please the anger of a unapproving world. but none of that matters right now. nothing. except for the tears that stream down the face of the crying girl.
the lack of sleep covers my perception. i can feel by bones creak and my muscles sigh as I take each step. it’s as if the worlds air were replaced with syrup, and I have to walk through it. people pass by in a blur as i focus on the path i take to my next class. i know i have somewhere to be, something to do. later. but right now? right now I have to move my body through a tired, sleep day.
all is calm in the world as i sit on the cracked pavement green lights flash and change wind of cold rushes around my ears cold plastic soda bottles rest on the ground. but all is calm in the world of constant business.
Pressure builds up We can feel it as it engulfs the atmosphere Warnings as we walk up and lights click People watching, criticizing, weary They know nothing what they talk about, but it still hurts All the effort gone to waste on something you experienced and worked on It’s a first time for everyone, but a last time for some.

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Hi everyone in the Unleashed community!
Our apologies for the silence over the past few months. Rest assured, we are alive and well having been working hard on our training systems and programs.
We have some big news coming up, but wanted to reignite our updates with the fantastic news that Unleashed VR won Startup of the Year and the annual HR Innovation and Tech Fest Conference (http://techfestconf.com/hr/aus/) on Tuesday 28th November.
The 600+ audience voted for Unleashed VR as having the best pitch and the most relevance to their organisation’s needs. Attendees at the event included an international collection of professionals and service providers specialising in HR.
I presented to the audience about the unique benefits of VR for training and the company’s work developing an immersive training methodology in conjunction with a range of subject-matter experts.
The startup competition preceded the keynote presentation by Josh Bersin, HR thought leader and founder of Bersin by Deloitte. Mr Bersin gave special mention during his presentation to Unleashed VR for our ground-breaking work and gave his backing to VR as a game-changing technology for workplace behavioural and soft skills training.
We’ll be sending out far more regular updates going forward and look forward to revealing some big news about Unleashed’s direction soon.


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Cougs ready for their closeup
> Washington State put itself back in the mix with a win at Colorado last week jumping to 4th in the standings in PPG. While its only 2 games, the Cougs have yet to give up a goal in Pac-12 play posting a pair of shutouts in a pair of OT endeavors.
> WSU heads to LA for a pair of big matchups beginning with a tilt against #5 and top of the standings UCLA. The Cougs fell a season ago at LA, 2-1, snapping a two-game win streak against the Bruins. UCLA fell from the ranks of the unbeaten last week with a 2-1 loss to ASU.
> WSU is looking for just its third win at LA but second in three seasons having been sent on the road to face UCLA three-straight years.
> Senior Makamae Gomera-Stevens, the 27th pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft, has been the catalyst in the middle of the Cougs offense. The Hawaiian native has scored a goal in each of the last two games (back-to-back goals for the first time in her career).
> The offense has been clicking having scored 13 goals with six difference scorers including a pair of first time scorers.
> Senior Elyse Bennett leads the team in scoring with 5 goals, tied for second in the Pac-12 despite only having played seven games on the year.
> Senior Marissa Zucchetto is tied for the No. 1 in the Pac-12 with just 4 goals against and has produced four shutouts including two in two Pac-12 games.
> The Cougs enter week at #21 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll. WSU is the fourth highest ranked team in the Pac-12 (six ranked overall)
> WSU's freshmen have made an immediate impact notching three goals (Gray, Detrizio (2)) and five assists (Detrizio (2), Whieldon (2), McGill) in five games.
> The senior class continues to cement its legacy as the most decorated class in program history having won 44 games (record is 50 wins) and advancing to at least the second round in each of their three seasons, a program first.
> Senior Sydney Pulver nearing top-10 games played at WSU as she has played in 71 games with the top-10 starting at 76, a mark she will hit by the end of the regular season.
COUGS VS UCLA
The Cougs head to LA to take on #5 UCLA Friday night at Wallis Annenberg Stadium with a chance to position themselves in the title hunt with a win over the Bruins. The two teams have played tight, one-goal, contests in each of the last four years with the two teams splitting four evenly despite three of the four being played at LA. The game Friday will mark the third-straight season the Cougs have been sent to UCLA to take on the Bruins, who won last season 2-1 after back-to-back 1-0 wins by WSU in the all-time series.
The Bruins enter the weekend with the Pac-12's most potent offense at 2.1 gpg while the Cougs check in just behind in 3rd at 1.86 gpg. UCLA suffered its first loss of the season last week, falling to ASU.
THE FLYIN HAWAIIAN
Rounding back into the form that made her the 27th pick in the NWSL draft, senior Makamae Gomera-Stevens has been the catalyst in the middle of a potent Coug attack. The native Hawaiian has notched three goals on the year, second behind team-leader Elyse Bennett, while scoring a pair of game-winners. For the first time in her career, Gomera-Stevens has scored in back-to-back games notching unassisted goals at Washington and at Colorado, the later of which was a golden goal.
She ranks tied for 4th all-time in WSU's record books with 8 career game-winners, including two golden goals. She is also on the verge of the top-10 for games played having played 70 contests with the list starting at 76.
Last season, Gomera-Stevens broke out with five goals, four of which were game-winners. She became just the second player from Hawaii to earn a senior call-up to the USWNT camp following Natasha Kai. She would be selected as the #27 overall pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft by the Houston Dash.
SHUTOUTS A PLENTY
While the offense has been clicking the Cougs defense has quietly put together a solid start to the year having allowed just four goals in seven games including four clean sheets (two of which have come in Pac-12 play).
Senior Marissa Zucchetto saw her shutout streak end at 383:02 minutes against Washington, the longest streak since 2014 (427 min.). She has 23.5 career shutouts (19.5 in three seasons at Texas Tech).
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"Once again a great course, I did this course last year but came back with my son in law to learn some more about the art of making charcoal. Once again Peter was a mine of information and put across in a relaxed way in great surroundings. I can highly recommend this course."
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Do you often experience rapid shifts in mood, from feelings of intense joy to deep sadness or anger? If so, you may be experiencing mood swings. While mood swings are a common part of life, persistent and extreme changes in mood can significantly impact your overall well-being and quality of life. Fortunately, there are various methods available to help manage mood swings, and one such method that is gaining popularity is the use of CBD.
The Science Behind Mood Swings and CBD
Mood swings can occur due to various factors, such as hormonal changes, stress, or certain medical conditions. These fluctuations in mood are often caused by imbalances in the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain, such as serotonin and dopamine. CBD, short for cannabidiol, is a compound found in the cannabis plant that has been shown to interact with the body’s endocannabinoid system, playing a role in regulating mood, sleep, and overall well-being.
Research suggests that CBD may help manage mood swings by:
1. Regulating Neurotransmitter Levels: CBD interacts with the receptors in the brain responsible for regulating the levels of neurotransmitters. By modulating these levels, CBD may help stabilize moods and decrease the intensity of mood swings.
2. Reducing Anxiety and Stress: Anxiety and stress are common triggers for mood swings. CBD has been found to have anxiolytic properties, meaning it can help reduce anxiety and stress levels, promoting a calmer and more stable emotional state.
3. Promoting Neuroplasticity: CBD has been shown to promote neuroplasticity, which is the brain’s ability to adapt and rewire itself. By enhancing neuroplasticity, CBD may support the creation of new neural pathways that can help regulate emotions and improve mood stability.
How to Incorporate CBD into Your Routine
If you’re interested in exploring the benefits of CBD for managing mood swings, here are some tips on how to incorporate it into your daily routine:
1. Choose a High-Quality CBD Product: Look for CBD products that are third-party lab tested to ensure purity and potency. Opt for products derived from organically grown hemp to avoid potential exposure to harmful pesticides or chemicals.
2. Determine the Right Dosage: CBD affects everyone differently, so finding the right dosage is important. Start with a low dose and gradually increase until you find the dosage that works best for you. It’s always advisable to consult with a healthcare professional before starting any new supplement.
3. Experiment with Different Delivery Methods: CBD is available in various forms such as oils, capsules, edibles, and topicals. Experiment with different delivery methods to find the one that suits your preferences and lifestyle.
FAQs about CBD and Mood Swings
Here are some frequently asked questions about CBD and managing mood swings:
1. Is CBD psychoactive?
No, CBD is non-psychoactive, meaning it does not produce the “high” associated with cannabis. THC, another compound found in cannabis, is responsible for the psychoactive effects.
2. Can CBD make mood swings worse?
In general, CBD is well-tolerated and unlikely to worsen mood swings. However, it’s important to note that individual responses may vary. If you experience any adverse effects, it’s recommended to discontinue use and consult a healthcare professional.
3. Can I take CBD with other medications?
It’s crucial to consult with your doctor or healthcare provider before taking CBD if you’re currently taking any medications. CBD may interact with certain medications, and a healthcare professional can provide guidance on potential drug interactions.
4. How long does it take for CBD to work for mood swings?
The effects of CBD can vary from person to person. Some individuals may experience immediate relief, while others may require continuous use over time to notice significant improvements. Patience and consistency are key when incorporating CBD into your routine.
In conclusion, CBD shows promise in managing mood swings by regulating neurotransmitter levels, reducing anxiety and stress, and promoting neuroplasticity. By incorporating high-quality CBD products into your daily routine, you may find relief from mood swings and enjoy a more stable emotional state. Remember, consult with a healthcare professional to find the best CBD dosage and delivery method for your individual needs.


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BASRA, Iraq, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Occidental Petroleum Corp , the fourth-largest U.S. oil producer, will sell its stake in the 4-billion-barrel Zubair oilfield to Iraq's state-run South Oil Company (SOC), Iraqi oil officials said on Wednesday.
"Occidental asked the ministry for permission to sell its stake in Zubair field and the ministry is in the process of approving the request. South Oil Company will acquire Occidental's stake," ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said.
Occidental sought permission in mid-October, two SOC officials said.
Reuters could not immediately reach officials at Occidental for comment. Senior Occidental executive Vicki Hollub said last month the company was interested in selling non-core assets in the Middle East.
Occidental holds 29.69 percent of the field in southern Iraq. Italy's Eni operates the field and holds 41.56 percent, while South Korea's KOGAS has 23.75 percent and Iraq's state-run Missan Oil Company owns 5 percent.
Eni, U.S. Occidental Petroleum Corp and KOGAS signed a 20-year deal with Iraq in 2010 to develop Zubair. The oilfield is pumping around 352,000 barrels per day, the SOC officials said.
(Additional reporting by Ahmed Rasheed in Baghdad; Writing by Stephen Kalin; Editing by Jason Neely and Susan Thomas)
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I love making whole grain beer mustard to keep in the fridge as well as for gifting to people whether it’s the holidays or as a nice hostess gift. It’s incredibly easy to make and only requires a handful of ingredients. It can be used right away, but gets better after allowing the finished condiment sit for about a week. This recipe can also be easily tweaked depending on your flavor preferences. We made ours with beer because we like the flavor, but also provided a non-alcoholic alternative for you guys.
How to make Homemade Whole Grain Mustard
- Combine yellow and brown mustard seeds.
- Stir vinegar and beer (or water) into the mustard seeds.
- Cover the mixture and set in a cool, dry place for 12 hours or until all the liquid has been absorbed.
- Stir in brown sugar, honey and sea salt.
- Pour the mustard seed mixture into a food processor. Pulse 6 times, then run for about one minute.
- Pour mixture into a sterilized glass container and refrigerate.
Tips and Tricks
- The most important thing about homemade mustard is to allow it to sit for a day two before using it. This will allow for the bitter flavor to dissipate from the mustard.
- If you want a spicier mustard you can add some chiles or horseradish to the mixture before grinding it. If you want a more mild flavor, you can add more sugar and honey to cut through the heat of the seeds.
- Sometimes the mustard seeds will plump up and absorb the liquid faster and you won’t have to wait the full 12 hours. So it’s best to keep an eye on the mustard seeds. If they have absorbed everything sooner you can move onto the next step.
- Sometimes the mustard seeds won’t absorb the liquid within the 12 hours. Although unusual it may mean you got a bad batch of mustard seeds. Don’t worry! You can drain the excess liquid, and leave about 1/4 cup and move onto the next direction. You can also blend it for a bit longer in the food processor and it will help it come together better.
- If you are choosing to use beer with this recipe, we find that a beer with a nice flavor such as a Belgian Style Wheat Beer like Hogaarden or Hefeweizen or a pale ale that’s slightly lighter in flavor like Sierra Nevada works well for this recipe. Beers like bud light don’t have enough flavor, and IPAs tend to overwhelm the mustard. This isn’t to say you can’t use those options, but it’s just not our preference.
Things to use with Whole Grain Mustard?
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The organization of iridophores into two superposed layers constitutes an evolutionary novelty for chameleons, which allows some species to combine efficient camouflage with spectacular display, while potentially providing passive thermal protection.
We study the panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a lizard from Madagascar, capable of dynamic colour change.
Our Raman spectroscopy analyses indicate the presence of two types of dark chromatophores containing respectively melanin and an unidentified dark-blue pigment (Supplementary Fig. Although panther chameleons of both sexes and all ages can strongly modulate the brightness of the skin through dispersion of these pigments (for example, in response to stress), adult males are additionally characterized both by exceptionally large intraspecific colour variation (with various combinations of white, red, green and blue skin) among geographic locales within Madagascar and their ability to rapidly change colour (hue).
Many chameleons, and panther chameleons in particular, have the remarkable ability to exhibit complex and rapid colour changes during social interactions such as male contests or courtship.
Ever since their description by Aristotle, chameleons have populated myths and legends because of a number of features such as a long projectile tongue, independently movable eyes, zygodactylous feet, a very slow pace and the striking capacity of some species to rapidly shift from one vivid colour to another, but these so-called physiological colour changes are generally mediated by modifications of skin brightness (that is, diffuse and/or specular reflectivity) through dispersion/aggregation of pigment-containing organelles, especially melanosomes, within dermal chromatophores.

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MultiChoice Nigeria Signals Dangers Of Ending Exclusive Rights - Reports
MultiChoice Nigeria has warned that a lot of damage could result from the government’s decision to end exclusive rights to the broadcast of major sporting events in the country, according to Gadget.
MultiChoice said that investment in sports rights had had a massive impact on the sports economy as it provides revenues for the national sporting bodies, which sustain countless jobs throughout the value chain.
MultiChoice’s Group Executive for Corporate Affairs, Joe Heshu, told Gadget that the sports economy had enabled the discovery of fresh talent on and off the field, developed infrastructure, and uplifted communities.
Heshu added that the African sports economy is also primarily funded through the sale of broadcasting rights.
Last month, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, instructed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to action a regulation mandating exclusive licensees and broadcasters to share their rights with other broadcasters.
The intention was to put an end to broadcasting monopoly in order to boost reach and also maximise utilisation by all of Nigeria’s broadcasters of quality content, to grow their platforms and investment in acquiring more content.
Gadget said the clear target of this regulation is MultiChoice, which has a monopoly on the broadcasting of English Premier League football matches.
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Hyundai has developed a sports car for several years. The very first concept called RM (Racing Midship) based on the Veloster hatchback and was shown in 2014.
Later, the manufacturer experimented with several integrations, and last year introduced the sports car RM19. This car was equipped with a 390 hp turbo-four and six-speed sequential gearbox.
From time to time, test cars based on the Veloster came across the lenses of the cameras. However, the vehicle has not yet been received in mass production.
The American magazine Car and Driver has published information according to which the mid-engined Hyundai will still go into mass production. Even a new product after two or three years can arrive.


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By Cierra Bloom, ATC, LAT, MS, CES
In today’s society, it is typical to go to the doctor after a problem has already developed. Based on the issue, the doctor usually prescribes a medicine to treat the symptom and we are sent on our way. But what if we could prevent these problems in the first place? Taking care of our bodies with functional and integrative approaches will allow us to look, feel, and live better; and prevent and protect our bodies from a lot of issues from ever occurring.
We need more health professionals who are willing to look at the body as a whole, functional unit, and support a holistic view on health. For example, in the case of muscles, all soft tissue is connected through layers of fascia called myofascial slings. A problem in the knee or shoulder can very well lead to pain in the back. Go even deeper with this concept, and it is easy to see how physically, psychologically, socially, and spiritually connected we are. Social, spiritual, or mental stress can manifest as symptoms such as chronic pain or insomnia and vice versa. It’s easy to look at someone with back pain, not knowing the cause of it, and inject them with a steroid. In the case of anxiety and depression, most physicians are quick to prescribe an anti-anxiety or antidepressant medication. This is a western or “reductionist” approach to health. However, in Eastern medicine, the patient would more than likely be prescribed meditation, acupuncture, or methods for enhancing their diet or exercise routine to combat these physical and mental symptoms.
Historically, Eastern medicine is typically very holistic in nature. Even in the west, the Native Americans believe that healing comes from being in harmony with the Earth. Although these concepts have been lost in modern medicine, I think it is time to go back to these natural ways of viewing our health. Between heart disease due to lack of exercise and fast food diets, lung conditions from smoke and pollution, and cancer from many different causes - These can often be prevented by making lifestyle changes. The way humans have evolved, we have lost touch with ourselves and with nature and the important connection the two have with each other, by being caught up in the bustle of life as we know it.
How can we implement these historical philosophies into our modern day wellness? Between the pandemic, rioting, and pollution, our Earth and country are being destroyed through unrest, unwellness, and uncertainty. Our bodies are becoming weakened from the resulting stress of the virus, the quarantine, and from civil turmoil. From essential oils and flower essences, to herbal medicine and raw organic diets, there are many ways to become more harmonized with the Earth’s energy. Then there are things like mindfulness training, breathwork, and exploring nature that connects us to ourselves.
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DURANT, Okla. â€“ Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak, center, visits with officials from Southeastern Oklahoma State University Monday night during a holiday open house at the Magnolia House. Doak, of Tulsa, was sworn in as the 12th Insurance Commissioner of Oklahoma on Jan. 10, 2011. Community members attended the open house as well, prior to the beginning of the University’s 90th annual Candlelighting event, held in Montgomery Auditorium.


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Proposed Cuts in U.S. Food and Health Aid Would Hurt Families
FRIDAY, March 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Families who lose benefits under proposed changes to the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would face increased challenges to their health and well-being, according to a new study.
The federal aid program provides health, nutrition and financial benefits to 40 million people.
But the U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed new rules that would reduce eligibility. It's estimated that one in 10 families now enrolled in SNAP may lose benefits.
"These proposed changes to SNAP raise concerns for adverse effects on health, nutrition, and ability to pay for health care," said lead author Dr. Alon Peltz. He's an instructor in the department of population medicine at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in East Boston.
"We wanted to investigate the potential ramifications of these changes to help inform policymakers of the vulnerabilities of the people who are dependent on SNAP benefits and may be at risk for disenrollment if the proposed rules are implemented," he explained in an institute news release.
His team used national survey data to compare the vulnerabilities of those at risk of losing SNAP benefits and those unaffected by the proposed changes.
Those at risk of losing benefits could face higher rates chronic illness, fair-to-poor health and difficulty affording health care, the study found.
Food insecurity -- a measure of food availability and individuals' ability to access it -- would remain high in both groups, according to the study published March 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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2013 Maryland Code
§ 12-702 - Emergency power and lighting systems for buildings
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) “Commission” means the State Fire Prevention Commission.
(3) “NFPA 70” means the most recent edition of the National Electrical Code adopted by the Commission.
(4) “NFPA 101” means the most recent edition of the National Life Safety Code adopted by the Commission.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, this section applies in Baltimore City.
(2) In Baltimore City, the Baltimore City Fire Department shall enforce this section.
(3) In Baltimore City, appeals concerning this section shall be made to the Baltimore City fire board.
(c) (1) This subsection applies to:
(i) a public building or structure owned by the State or a subdivision of the State; and
(ii) a hotel, apartment building, lodging house, hospital, nursing home, dormitory, or educational building with:
1. a potential evening occupancy of more than 25 individuals; and
2. at least 4 stories, excluding attics and basements.
(2) Each building or structure subject to this subsection shall be equipped with adequate emergency power and lighting in accordance with NFPA 101.
(d) The emergency electrical power supply system required by this section may be powered by generators, battery packs, or other similar devices at the discretion of the owner of the building or structure.
(e) (1) The Commission shall administer this section.
(2) The Commission shall adopt regulations to enforce this section, including regulations that require:
(i) emergency electrical systems in accordance with NFPA 101, to provide sufficient light in halls, corridors, and stairways during outages or blockages of regular services to facilitate the movement of individuals in the event of an emergency;
(ii) sufficient exit signs that are adequately lighted to guide individuals on the premises;
(iii) sufficient emergency electrical power to operate elevators, electrical facilities in hospital operating rooms, hospital X-ray equipment, and other emergency equipment that are necessary to the proper operation of medical services in hospitals and nursing homes;
(iv) adequate emergency electric lighting in accordance with NFPA 101 in each building for commercial, mercantile, industrial, storage, office, or similar purposes if the building is at least 4 stories, excluding attics and basements, and evening occupancy is more than 25 individuals; and
(v) installation and operation of emergency power and lighting in accordance with NFPA 101 and NFPA 70.
(3) (i) For purposes of paragraph (2)(iii) of this subsection, the Commission shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to evaluate the requirements to be adopted for the operation of hospitals and nursing homes.
(ii) In making this evaluation, the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall consider the size and nature of the particular hospital or nursing home operation.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the State Fire Marshal shall enforce this section and the regulations adopted by the Commission so that individuals on the premises are reasonably protected in the event of an emergency.
(g) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to the penalties of § 6-601 of this article.
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