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HONDURAS: AEC Narrow Fabrics renames and expands TESA plant
Elastics and trims supplier AEC Narrow Fabrics, formerly known as Asheboro Elastics, has renamed its TESA plant in Honduras to reflect its expansion over the past two years.
TESA - Telas Elasticas S de RL was acquired by AEC Narrow Fabrics in April 2012, and has since undergone improvements to its product line and development capabilities.
Now known as AEC - Honduras, the operation is focused on the manufacture of jacquard and intimate apparel elastics.
"We are very pleased about the positive changes that have been made at the former TESA plant with regard to capital investment, equipment refurbishing, quality enhancements and lead time/service level improvements," said Robert Lawson, president of AEC Narrow Fabrics.
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There is no brutality, no unethical behavior, no vile proclamation that this administration will be shamed by. There is no LBJ in the White House. This government is shameless now and forever.
If we shut up, anywhere, anytime, just whose voice will we be listening to?
These pundits and politicians who are so cynical about efforts to resist the racist, sexist, xenophobic, oligarchical, anti-science, anti-intellectual and repressive policies of this government are the Grima Wormtongues of the world, endlessly whispering into our ears their corrosive advice to surrender, or to wait, or to just walk away from confrontation.
Disruptive displays, disruptive acts, disruptive efforts are absolutely required in order to fight injustice. Why? Because disruptive public acts – and there are plenty to choose from – show that individuals and large groups of individuals are openly advocating protest. These are the things that inspire others to action.
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Yesterday’s “bombshell” news rumor that the Russian government has videotapes of Donald Trump paying prostitutes to give each other “golden showers” has me giggling almost uncontrollably. Is it news? It’s veracity is highly questionable, which means no. Is it much needed lightness in an otherwise dismal time in the United States? Hell to the yeah!…
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Now is the time.
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If the Electoral College were somehow provided real evidence of a Russian conspiracy to fix the election for Trump, the absolutely most dangerous thing they could do would be to give the presidency to Clinton.
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No one was laughing coming out of the theater. I remember very clearly telling the usher who was standing outside the door, “People are going to be angry coming out of this movie. Oh my god.”
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...Into the forbidden city of Rhuidean, where Rand al'Thor, now the Dragon Reborn, must conceal his present endeavor from all about him, even Egwene and Moiraine.
...Into the Amyrlin's study in the White Tower, where Amyrlin, Flaida do Avriny a 'Roihan, is weaving new plans.
...Into the luxurious hidden chamber where the Forsaken Rahvin is meeting with three of his fellows to ensure their ultimate victory over the Dragon.
...Into the Queen's court in Caemlyn, where Morgase is curiously in thrall to the handsome Lord Gaebril.
For once the Dragon walks the land, the fires of Heaven fall where they will, until all men's lives are ablaze. And in Shayol Ghul, the Dark One stirs.
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"Jordan deftly weaves details from previous books into this narrative." (Publishers Weekly)
"Fires of Heaven upholds the very high standards of this major fantasy epic, with battle scenes, comic interludes, and character development all reaching perhaps the highest point in a work that has lacked for none of these." (Booklist)
"Jordan's epic saga of a world threatened by evil incarnate builds steadily as separate strands of a complex plot begin to come together. Fans of this richly detailed and vividly imagined series will not be disappointed." (Library Journal)
I have read all the Wheel of Time novels before (more than once), but with the last book on its way, it was time to update myself on the story. This was made so much easier by plugging into audible. My family found it quite annoying as I spent so much time listening, but not to them.
I loved the double narration which divided the story into its male and female halves. And Robert Jordan's story, which I have been following since 1996, is an absolute winner. Love it!
This is one of the best fantasy epics ever written, a series right up there with the work of J. R. R. Tolkien but be warned it is not one to be taken up lightly, this series is Huge!
The books have been kept together so one audio book will get you one book and many hours of happy listening.
Sadly Robert Jordan died in 2007 after publishing book 11, but with the help of Jordan’s wife/editor Harriet McDougal, Brandon Sanderson has taken up the torch, using Jordan’s plentiful notes he is finishing off the series brilliantly, with book 14 being the final volume.
The series is voiced by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading throughout and their performances are exemplary, their narration brings the world to life in a way that simply reading it never had for me, they bring a unique voice and feeling to each of the characters that brings them to life and firmly embeds them in your heart.
The only negative I have to put in is that the audiobooks chapter division bears no relation to where the chapters start and end in the books making the chapter search and snooze modes on the app all but useless.
All in all a five star read. An absolute must for any fantasy epic fan.
Done it! Listened while working through the whole 14 books. Not bad - not brilliant either. Too much describing of what are people wearing, limited dictionary of dialogues and male-female relationships/interactions painfully similar, predictable -boring (Mr Freud would find it certainly interesting though :)
Maybe because English isn't my first language, maybe I'm spoiled by other writers or maybe Robert Jordan just isn't my type of author but haven't I been working at the time of listening I would considered it time wasted.
the narrators have certain affectations in their speech that can be very distracting (e.g. the male narrator's exaggerated exhalation at the end of every sentence). it would be enjoyable to hear the narrators share chapters, taking voice roles for their given sex. but this is my first audiobook, so maybe that's just how it's done. the story itself is very enjoyable.
Seemingly slow start but then things started happening, fundamental things that I'd forgotten from my first read some 20 years ago now. Yet there is so much more to come. I can't wait to start book six. I tell you once you start reading the wheel of time, thing else matters!
As for all the series, the underlying concept and development of the story remain strong. Unfortunately the characters remain week; they lack any real depth, are highly stereotypical, and their dialogue and 'thought dialogue' is wooden and seemingly of a level of a primary school child. Possibly worst of all is the incredibly stereotypical approach to the male and female roles: it is both shallow in its implementation and rammed down your throat all the time.
It's lucky the underlying story and the narration are so good as to make these annoying traits bearable, but t's also a shame as with better writing and character development these books could be epics rather than just good.
This book was nicely told by Kate (Reading) and Michael (Kramer). While the chapters with a male point of view was told by Michael, the female perspective was narrated by Kate. This is very enjoyable.
This book follows the narrative and style of the previous books in the wheel of time. If you like the previous books, you will love this one.
They tend to give the characters a unique "twist". By giving them accents or "real" reactions to what is happening in the book.
The book ends with an interview with Robert Jordan (the author of the book). Unfortunaly, this is exactly the same interview as with the previous books. It would be nice if every book would be concluded with another interview or "extra".
I had expected much more with all the rave reviews ,,,,but sadly I found the first five books totally uninspiring wish I had given up earlier but I had been hoping for an upturn .....loads of great reviews are not necessarily a guarantee ....this is not a bad review of the book as so many good reviews prove the book has appeal.... just not for me I am afraid ...
93, victor hugo.
narration was fine
all characterisation for me was fairly weak
I am a big fan of Robert Jordan, and began reading this book A few years ago. After several attempts, I couldn't seem to finish so I turned to the audio format and I am glad I did.
Robert Jordan's books are perfectly suited for audiobooks allowing you to indulge in his descriptive narrative, which can be a bit much to read. I was concerned that the narrators would grate on me, but was pleasantly surprised by the end to be enjoying their style.
Although not the most action packed of the series, the drama occurs right at the end, but continues the fantastic character development.
I would definitely recommend this book, especially if you enjoy listening while doing other things. It may be a bit much to only listen as is a fair length.
"The fires of Heaven"
Possibly the best so far if your following the series. The "Great Hunt" a close second. No matter how they review you cannot pick up this book in the middle. If you've finished 1 thru 4 you should read "New Spring" before you do this one. Much insight and a real good story. In this one people are gone you would never have expected to be gone. Rand is slowly becoming someone you'd never recoginize from the first book. I just wish audible would not offer 9 out of 10 books in a series and leave out #5 for so long. The average member is not looking that far ahead when he/she starts out.
I've been waiting for this book a long time.
"Great book for a long ride"
I've enjoyed listening to the series so far. Sometimes the names get confusing (like "domaunie" the land and the girl that can channel but is on a leash) but the readers are great. Yes readerS... 2 of them. A woman for the mostly women parts and a man for the mostly men parts of the book. Its quite cleaver and is very enjoyable after you get used to it.
Sometimes Robert gets a little repetitive with the whole "smoothing a skirt" or other traits of a character but then that?s his style.
The story line is great and somewhat original.
I'd recommend this book to those that like Fantasy Books.
"It's about time!"
Man...these books are great! Michael and Kate need to hurry up and read FASTER! :) I have to agree that the unabridged versions are SOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than the abridged versions...don't even waste your time with them.
I've really been enjoying this series, and was overjoyed to see that Audible got the unabridged version of the Fires of Heaven. I enjoyed this book immensely, and look forward to Audible getting the UNABRIDGED versions of the next 3 books (hint hint).
"This was a great installment"
Lots of intrigue and character development (though I could have predicted what happened in the last hour with three of the characters). A few really great cliffhangers for the next book. I miss Perrin and Fayile from the last book - on to book 6 to see if they show up!
"Men vs. Women"
I have liked all of Jordan's book including this 5th book. The only complaint I have is constant reference that Men think Women are stupid and Women think Men are stupid. I think it is safe to say the there are times when we all share the this viewpoint but he uses it ALL the time in this 5th book. I also had some trouble following all the various path the many characters take. On the whole I have enjoyed Jordan's books and I will buy all the rest if they show up. It so involved a story you can't stop at Book 5. He makes the characters so real you can't help but want to know what happens.
"The Fires From Heaven"
Just seemed to drag on and on and on. Almost fell asleep several time until part 5, then everything happened at once.
"Too Good to Put Down"
The Narration is great on this book and I don't think the narrators could have done a better job. The characters and the plot great from beginning to end. If you like Fiction and Fantasy you will love it.
There were so many memorable moments I laughed at or worried about or just got totally involved in. But the strongest moment for the main character of the book "Rand" was to me the last chapter where he finally showed he was the Leader he was meant to be and able to make the tough decisions. I think he really became a man at that moment to me.
Oh, they bring so much enjoyment and character to the book. I get to the point I look for hearing their voice. I listened to a short book waiting for my credit to purchase the next book and listening to a completely different style of narrator made me really appreciate Kate & Michael much more. They are perfect with the narration as well as the voices they come up with for different characters.
You bet! I did not but if I could have I would have!
I promised myself I would only listen to this series of books while I exercised and it was not long before I first caught myself working out more just to keep listening to the book, and then I finally threw that promise away because I enjoyed the book so much. I think you will see what I mean.
"Can't get enough of "The Wheel of Time""
I'm actually a late bloomer when it comes to Robert Jordan's world. I didn't hear about this series until a few years ago when I picked up Eye of the World. From that moment on, no other book could compare to this series of books. If you're like me, then you don't need me to tell you how critical this book is to the series. Hell, any of the books are critical because they contain more of that sweet sweet nectar we call Robert Jordan's words (or if you are listening to the audiobook - and you should - the sweet sweet nectar of Kate Reading and Mike Kramer's voices!)
In all seriousness though, this is a great book. A lot of people complain that not a lot happens which is true, but not in the way many people think. People are traveling and the wheel is being turned and events are being set in motion that will be unraveled over the course of the next couple books.
If you are a fan, this is a must read, if you aren't and thought the previous book wasn't very good then this one won't do much to change your mind. As for myself, on to the next Wheel of Time novel!
...I already had it downloaded and the audio book loaded up on my device for a seamless jump from one to another!
"Come on with the gender wars already!!"
Oh I'm sure that I will finish the series.
Experience and emotion.
Please don't take this review the wrong way because I do think that the story is great. I just have a few issues with it.
I am about halfway through this book so far and I have to tell you that I am getting pretty tired of the gender wars. Each gender thinks that the other is COMPLETELY stupid. It was funny in the first book or two, but I'm pretty fed up with it now. The book would be half as long if they just kept to the story and stopped babbling about how they don't understand each other...ever try talking!!?? Just a little miffed about it, sorry for the rant.
The other thing that is starting to get on my nerves is the characters’ inner monologues. I try and think about things in real time. There is no way that somebody can have an inner though that would be 1000 words long when the sentence they are actually saying is 6 words. I just picture in my head a person talking and then, mid-sentence, starring at you with a blank face while they are thinking in their head. Just another pet peeve of mine. Too much inner monologue, just get on with the story. Besides, we know what the characters are thinking because they have had the same inner monologue the whole story; it’s not until the end of each book that it changes so I could do without the author repeating it every few pages.
As I am listening to the book rather than reading it (there is no way I could sit there long enough to read this series) the names are bit hard to remember. There are A LOT of names in the story that sound very similar and it can be hard to keep track of whom the story is referring to. That and the fact that the story jumps from character to character.
The books could have been half as long and still great. I’m not a huge fan of unnecessary writing.
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The end of summer Rhode Island All Star Tournament is set to begin Monday, September 21st. 20 12U teams and 16 10U teams will be competing for the unofficial title of RI State Champions. The competition will take place throughout Rhode Island’s best youth baseball fields and feature a wide range of teams from all over the state. This should be an incredible week or so of youth baseball here in RI, one for the ages!
I reached out to tournament director Chris Charrette to get some updates on the tournament and here is what Chris wrote back to me: “4 pools are set . Shown below. Also the 10U schedule is attached. Woonsocket in pool E will play either Cumberland or Coventry which will be determined tomorrow from the Rumford tournament. Since there will be 2 teams from the Chariho tourney also in the semi finals of the Rumford tournament on the 21st this game will be counted as a pool game also to keep everyone on schedule and to avoid making up a game on Thursday. This game will be Rumford Vs. The winner of the Cumberland / Coventry game. That will set and finalize the schedule…“
Also noted, 12U and 10U games will be played at 5:30 pm, unless otherwise noted in the schedules above. As the brackets develop and the schedule of games is posted, I will get that information out to you as quickly as possible. Feel free to message me with any photos or game updates so I can share on social media. And good luck to the many, many Rhode Island baseball families, players, coaches, and communities who are participating in the 2020 Rhode Island All Star State Tournament.

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It is common knowledge that dogs should not eat chocolate, but it is also wise to keep this sweet treat away from cats. The delicacy contains a substance called 'theobromine'. The substance is dangerous and toxic to cats, while we humans don't experience any problems at all. An advantage is that most cats are not interested in chocolate at all. So chocolate poisoning in cats is quite rare. If your cat does come into contact with chocolate, don't hesitate to call your vet.
Help, my cat ate chocolate!
If you think your cat has ingested chocolate, it is wise to contact your vet. The cat will not always show symptoms. You can only see the first symptoms when a cat has eaten a certain amount. How much chocolate is involved then depends on the weight of the cat. However, the type of chocolate can also play an important role. Dark and/or bitter chocolate is much more dangerous than light chocolate. This is because dark chocolate contains more of the dangerous substance.
When is chocolate lethal for cats?
A cat will only appear when it has ingested a certain amount of the substance theobromine. This is usually about 10 milligrams per kilo of body weight. The symptoms get worse when a cost has been ingested three times that amount. At 100 to 200 milligrams per kilo of body weight, it can be fatal. However, these figures are not fixed and can still vary from one cat to another. One cat can take a lot more, it is also about the sensitivity of the animal for such substances. In case of doubt, it is advisable to contact your vet.
Please note, cocoa powder and cocoa shells are more dangerous than the chocolate we buy in the shops. There is a lot of theobromine in these products. Cocoa shells are sometimes used in manure, for example in the bags available at the garden centre. A cat can therefore get symptoms of chocolate poisoning without having been in contact with the chocolate in the kitchen cupboard.
What are the symptoms of chocolate poisoning?
Chocolate can cause annoying and persistent symptoms in cats. These are the following symptoms:
- Higher body temperature
- Stiff muscles
- Restless behaviour
- More frequent urination
- Faster breathing
- Faster and lower heart rate
- Cardiac arrhythmias
The worst symptoms occur with an extremely high amount of theobromine:
- lower blood pressure
- Cardiac arrest
The symptoms usually appear after about two to four hours. In the initial phase, there will be diarrhoea and vomiting. Remarkably, the worst symptoms only appear after at least 12 hours, but it can also take a day and a half. Life-threatening symptoms are very rare, as an extremely high intake of chocolate would have to have occurred.
What is the treatment like?
The substance theobromine still has no antidote, so the cause cannot be tackled directly by the vet. It is only possible to treat the symptoms. Cats that have eaten large amounts of chocolate are normally treated prior to the symptoms. However, it is a treatment that is rarely used, as almost all cats have no interest in chocolate.
Dogs and chocolate poisoning
Chocolate poisoning is much more common among dogs. Poisoning causes problems in dogs and can be fatal. It is therefore wise to immediately call the family doctor or an emergency clinic nearby. The problem will have to be dealt with immediately.

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New York Times: Iran reiterated its right on Wednesday to produce uranium fuel for nuclear energy, seizing on a rift between nuclear-weapon nations that want to slow the spread of such technology and developing countries that see the technology as the entitlement of every signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. New York Times
By CRAIG S. SMITH
PARIS – Iran reiterated its right on Wednesday to produce uranium fuel for nuclear energy, seizing on a rift between nuclear-weapon nations that want to slow the spread of such technology and developing countries that see the technology as the entitlement of every signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
“This right is enshrined in the nonproliferation treaty and we will not give it up,” Iran’s president, Mohammad Khatami, told reporters after a cabinet meeting in Tehran, according to Agence France-Presse. He promised full cooperation with the nonproliferation program if that right is internationally recognized.
Iran has been battling a coalition of countries, led by the United States, that want to stop it from developing its nuclear capabilities, fearing that it intends to use the technology to produce weapons. But the United States has met stiff resistance from some of the 35 countries on the board of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency.
Those countries contend that the treaty has become a tool of nuclear states to impede nuclear development in nations they mistrust and has lost its original purpose. The original purpose was to encourage a system under which countries without nuclear weapons that signed the treaty were promised full support in developing other nuclear technologies in exchange for renouncing nuclear weapons.
The debate over Iran’s right to produce nuclear fuel, which could be diverted to make nuclear weapons, has widened the rift.
Many developing countries concede that Iran may be using loopholes in the treaty to develop nuclear weapons. But they argue that inequities in the nonproliferation program are undermining efforts to close those loopholes.
Iran has sought to exploit frustration among developing countries with the one-sided nature of compliance with the treaty.
“There is clearly a double standard,” Hossein Mousavian, an official at Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said last week in Vienna. He argued that Iran was being unfairly penalized while Israel, an I.A.E.A. member that is presumed to have nuclear weapons, had never signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty or accepted inspections.
Concerns about a double standard delayed an agency resolution on Iran last week. The agency’s board finally passed a resolution censuring Iran on Saturday. But several European and developing countries read statements making clear that the resolution, which called on Iran to suspend its nuclear fuel activities, was neither legally binding nor could be used as a precedent for similar actions against other members, according to a Western diplomat who attended the meeting.
Iran is evidently hoping that this division has given it room to maneuver before Nov. 25, when the agency will review Iran’s case and decide on further action. The United States is pushing for the agency to referring Iran to the United Nations Security Council for having enriched uranium without notifying the agency.
Iran voluntarily stopped enriching uranium last year as a gesture of good faith while the I.A.E.A. investigated its nuclear activities, which were largely hidden until 2002. But the country has insisted that the suspension is temporary.
On Tuesday, Iran said it had begun converting 40 tons of uranium oxide into uranium hexafluoride gas, the feedstock for enriched uranium. While it has not yet resumed enrichment of the gas by feeding it into supersonic centrifuges, President Khatami has said it intends to do so.


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Senior EU officials are alleged to have forensically rebutted British plans to avoid a hard border with Northern Ireland in a meeting that took place earlier this week. The EU has apparently told the UK that a hard border is completely unavoidable, which sends Whitehall back to the drawing board.
The British Prime Minister Theresa May set out her plan to leave the customs union in a speech at Mansion House last month and this compliments policy papers which completely reject the need for a hard border.
Maintaining the Good Friday Agreement is of vital importance to the United Kingdom and the European Union has played impractical and inflexible politics with stability of the UK.
This follows the British Government’s first defeat in the House of Lords over the EU Withdrawal Bill. The unelected peers voted earlier this week for an amendment that favours Britain staying in the Customs Union, despite the fact that this would not allow Britain the freedom in trade and regulations that formed a large factor in the Brexit vote.
What can be deduced from all of this is that the British Government is consistently facing hurdles and punishments for acting on behalf of the British people.
According to the the EU, Britain committed the biggest crime of all when 17.4 million Britons voted in June 2016 to leave the European Union. Although many people did not expect the vote to go the way it did, the reality is that the British Government received an instruction from the British people and has the responsibility to act upon that instruction.
The punishment for this vote is for unelected officials to place as many obstacles as possible that don’t allow it to go forward. These unelected officials are here to say to 17.4 million others, “we know better.”
The House of Lords cannot reasonably presume that remaining in the customs union is respecting the Brexit vote. Britain would still be under the arm of the European Union, unable to form its own standards, create its own trade deals and would still be bound to the powers that be in Brussels. In other words what would have been the point of the Brexit vote in the first place?
But the European Union has done nothing but punish Britain ever since the vote. The punishment for these citizens voting to leave, according to the EU, is to completely break-up the United Kingdom and rescind an agreement that ended hundreds of years of historical unrest.
The European Union should be ashamed of itself; it should be trying to make this process as smooth as possible and should be working to ensure an agreement like the Good Friday Agreement, which creates stability and peace, should be upheld.
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Every bit as a poem or a tragedy, a monument transmutes the fear of the passage of time, and anxiety about death, into splendour
— Henri Lefebvre, The Production of Space
What if a longstanding monument or a building can slice through history (time) and geography (space) to provide past and present insights on the construction of place?
Essentially this has been a question explicitly carried throughout one aspect of my ongoing research on spatial political economy and the urban question. Namely, my attention over the past decade or so has been grappling with how struggles over space within the urban built environment can be revealed by homing in on monuments, memorials, and statues to reveal something meaningful about struggles in and against state power.
Over this period of time, I have explored these issues both theoretically through the notion of the ‘material structure of ideology’ (in International Studies Quarterly, with Andreas Bieler) as well as empirically through a detailed examination of the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City (in Journal of Latin American Studies).
Most recently, my contribution to a special journal issue of Art & the Public Sphere brings together my latest statement on monuments in order to consider further the Monument to the Revolution as a socially produced, conflictual, and dynamically changing site in the struggle over public space and its memorialisation. The Mexican artist-architect Juan O’Gorman captures some of this architectural history in the economic and vernacular references to social reform and national character in the set image to this post, ‘Paisaje de la ciudad de México’ .
Since its opening in 1938, the Monument to the Revolution at the Plaza de la República has been a pivotal fulcrum of state power in abetting the changing geography of state space. Equally, the site has experienced contradictions and differences stemming from socially produced space across time, in the form of periods of state crisis and, most recently, state ‘rollback’ and ‘rollout’ under neoliberalisation.
Drawing from Raymond Williams, The Country and the City my article addresses both neoliberalising and differential structures of feeling as they bear on the space at the Monument to the Revolution. It does so by situating the Monument to the Revolution within the urban question and how neoliberalisation has unlocked local and aesthetic meanings that have become commodified, not least through the extraction of monopoly rents. Further, my article spotlights simultaneous contemporary contestations of state power and impulses of socio-spatial struggle over difference articulated in and around Plaza de la República at the monument. In so doing, the hope is that my article contributes an important pedagogical focus to the special journal issue by addressing both homogenising and differential structures of feeling inscribed in spaces of capitalism in the twenty-first century.
My earlier work sought to meaningfully expand on Frederic Jameson’s claim in Architecture Theory Since 1968 that ‘something is to be said for Lefebvre’s call for a politics of space and for the search for a properly Gramscian architecture after all’. My extended purpose in this most recent article is to revisit the ongoing processes of neoliberalisation impacting on the Monument to the Revolution and disclose how some of the most recent developments of urbanism are shaping social space at the site in Mexico City.
The way meanings and values are lived in actual places and how architecture can be an essential aspect of a structure of feeling in expressing social sentiments is therefore the backdrop to the argument. Equally, my article proceeds to deliver a pedagogical focus on memorialising monuments by, first, detailing some of the forces of state power impacting on the built environment, by drawing inspiration from Walter Benjamin. Monuments may have served as places of pilgrimage and the legitimation of state power but they can variously be perceived anew, through protest and confrontation, by proponents of reform and revolution so that such sites may also become a fulcrum for the rebuke of state power. Hence, citing Benjamin from ‘Paris, the Capital of the Nineteenth Century’, ‘. . . we begin to recognise the monuments of the bourgeoisie as ruins even before they have crumbled’.
The significance of considering the Monument to the Revolution not just as a space of state power but also as a fractured space of difference and ruinous tendency for the capitalist state therefore emerges. To address capitalist space and in order to produce a spatial political economy of place construction, I extend these insights with attention cast towards the urban question, the notion of abstract space, and monopoly rents under neoliberalisation. These aspects act as a pedagogic vector through which to assess the different structures of feeling linked to the ongoing neoliberalisation of the Monument to the Revolution and its contestation.
Spatial political economy—a term coined by Frank Stilwell—necessarily turns our attention to the everyday realm of structures of feeling as an extension and contestation of capitalist social relations of production within abstract space. Across the grid of urban space the street is regarded as a crucial place of movement and circulation, order and resistance and so too is the monument. The construction of monuments can be critically assessed as the seat of abstract space, laden with institutional power and the spatial logistics of the state. The pensador Juan Villoro in his compelling tour through the spaces of Mexico City in El vértigo horizontal, offers a window on the structure of feeling of the Monument to the Revolution and its long architectural tradition. Originally, it was part of ‘a luxurious transitional space’ where people would pass through but not remain. Hence the Monument to the Revolution was regarded as ‘la gasolinero más grande de México’: the biggest gas station in Mexico. But beyond this structure of feeling there have also been past and present struggles over differential space, or spaces of difference, at Plaza de la República. Such struggles over alternative spaces and structures of feeling are also about challenging the state and the violent abstractions of capitalism.
My conclusion is that past spaces of revolution will be at the hub of redemptive movements in the present to produce alternative structures of feeling, all as class struggles in the constitution of future space.
The set image reproduces Juan O’Gorman ‘Paisaje de la ciudad de México’

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HK singer lights up New York's Times Square billboard
Jace Chan, a Universal Music Hong Kong (UMHK) singer whose image has lit up the giant billboard at Times Square in New York since last week, has been chosen as cover artist for Spotify's EQUAL Hong Kong playlist for July.
Hong Kong-based Chan is featured on the global EQUAL playlist with another 34 female singers from around the world.
The EQUAL Global Music Program was launched by Spotify this year to celebrate International Women's Day and provide emerging women musicians with a global platform.
Rated by UMHK as a singer with the biggest breakthrough this year, Chan released her debut album "Processing" in May.
It achieved Gold status on the first day of its release and has since achieved Platinum status. Her hit single "I Wish" topped all three of the biggest music charts in Hong Kong.
"I feel incredibly proud to be selected by Spotify's EQUAL program and represent Asian faces, and speak out for women musicians' equality alongside 34 other female artists from around the world," said Chan, whose first live concert has been scheduled for August 20.


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Easy Borscht/Goulash-Inspired Leftover Roast & Red Cabbage Soup.
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- Make ready 3 cups of beef roast or steak that's been cut into 1/2" cubes.
- Prepare 1/2 of an onion, chopped.
- Prepare 2 of medium carrots, cut into 1/2" cubes.
- Make ready 2 of small celery stems, chopped into 1/2" pieces.
- Take 1/2 of a small head of red cabbage, cut into 1/2" pieces.
- Prepare 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed.
- Take 8 cups of liquid (any combo of unsalted stock & water).
- Prepare 3 Tablespoons of tomato paste.
- Make ready 2 Tablespoons of ketchup.
- Get 1 Tablespoon of Worcestershire.
- Prepare 2 teaspoons of salt to start.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper.
- Make ready 1 of bay leaf.
- Make ready 1 teaspoon of paprika.
- Make ready 2 cups of quartered button mushrooms.
Instructions to make Easy Borscht/Goulash-Inspired Leftover Roast & Red Cabbage Soup:
- Dump all ingredients except mushrooms into a large pot (at least 5 quarts), cover, turn the heat to medium high, and let soup come to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes..
- Reduce heat to medium low, add mushrooms, cover, and simmer for another 30 to 40 minutes, or until thickest pieces of cabbage are completely tender..
- Adjust seasoning if needed, and enjoy with crusty bread or rice, or just by itself! :).
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Even tigers love turkey! Mike VII enjoys a Thanksgiving Day treat
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Fleece Scarf With Whisper Felting
Those words give you a warm protected feeling, don't they? Workiing within your comfort zone is also the easiest way to make quilts. You have a pattern and the directions. You have the right fabrics and tools-and you have it almost made, right? For a total beginner with no established quilt-making comfort zone, this much may well be an adventure in itself. But once you get beyond the total beginner stage what you have learned soon becomes a comfort zone. Working in this comfort zone means that you not only know how to do it, but that you pretty much know what the final result will be.
The art quilter, however, is an adventurer and mastered tasks hold less appeal. She welcomes the challenge of uncertainty, of doing what she has never tried before, of not knowing exactly how things will turn out.
I encountered both of these scenarios recently in a weekend "Fiber University" sponsored by an alpaca owners and breeders association. Although I teach a felting for quilters class at Quilt University, I have never taken a felting class. Figuring I could learn something, I registered for two classes (needle felting and wet felting.)
Hand needle felting is very simple and easy to learn. You have one or more slender barbed needles which are poked up and down into a bed of wool or other fiber. The barbs carry strands of fiber downward to tangle with other fibers, making a felted mat. The thickness of this felted fabric depends on how thick your layer of fiber was to start with.
We were provided with a protective mat, a set of needles and an assortment of colored fibers, including of course, wonderfully soft alpaca. We chose a large plastic cookie cutter as a template. Fibers placed insode the cookie cutter were needled down into an underlying fabric to create a felted shape when the cookie cutter was removed. The basic decision making involved was choosing fiber colors. If you had a heart shape, then red fiber was an obvious choice. Beginning felters needed to learn how much fiber to use, how to hold the needle and avoid breaking it.
If this simple process challenges your comfort zones, then hurrah for you! However, I've done a good bit of experimenting with felting and the process of felting into cookie cutters is pretty well buried in my accumulation of comfort zones. So I chose to start from scratch, with no pattern, no clearn idea of what I would do.
The scarf above started by choosing small amounts of colored fibers in light value to contrast with the dark fleece. I felted thin wisps of these in a spray pattern from the lower left corner. An enticing bag of colorful wool curls suggested flowers, so small bits of these were felted in place. From there on it was a matter of listening to the fiber and design and adding whatever seemed to be needed.
This intuitive approach to design is not the easiest way. It challenges your comfort zone with every new decision. It is the essence of creativity, of discovery, of risk-taking. It is the hall mark of the creative art quilter.

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About your counselor
Marcella has more than 23 years of experience — licensed 19 years — in providing psychotherapy to adults, children and families. Six months before earning her master’s degree in counseling, she began working as a new therapist at the Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, where she worked in one of the pioneering Family Preservation programs. Early in her career, she moved often because her husband was a submariner in the U.S. Navy, and in the process she developed a broad perspective through a diverse range of experience. She has worked in clinics, child development centers, schools, transitional housing programs, a women’s center and private practice, as well as with employee assistance programs. For the last nine years, she has provided counseling and consultative services on military installations — all branches — throughout the United States, Europe and the Virgin Islands. She has settled in San Antonio, Texas, and continues to work with the military population and in private practice again.
Her approach to therapy is practical and collaborative. She has a genuine interest in her work and continues to be amazed at the resilience of the individuals she works with.
Therapy is a process with a beginning, middle and end. The beginning is where the story unravels, and as it does, the therapist and client work together exploring the history, patterns, thoughts and behaviors to determine how they are impacting the present. The middle part of therapy tends to be where most of the work and growth occur. At the end stage of therapy there should be some resolution of the goals that were established initially. Not every problem is solved in therapy because our challenges continue.
It never gets easier, you just get better. — Author Unknown
Marcella has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and a Master of Science degree in Counseling from Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. She believes education should be life-long and continues to obtain training in order to sharpen her existing skills and develop new ones, often earning specialized certifications. In her spare time, she enjoys historic home restoration, architectural salvage, cooking, off-the-beaten-path travel and Siberian huskies.
Below are the primary modalities and training she uses to help clients in therapy:
- Imago Couples Counseling (developed by John Gottman)
- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (known as REBT)
- Brief Solution Focused Counseling
- Cognitive Therapy (applied to parenting, marital therapy, individual therapy, and addictions issues)
- Communication Skills & Conflict Resolution
- Neurolinguistic Programing (known as NLP)
- Rapid Trauma Resolution Therapy (holds certification)
- Veterans Behavioral Health Counseling (holds certification)
- Stress Reduction, Mindfulness, and Healthy Lifestyle
- Addictions and the Family System
- Structural Family Therapy
- Practical Parenting (parent education)
- Love and Logic (parent education)
- Behavior Modification
- Counseling Difficult Adolescents (holds certification)
- Play therapy (for children 3 to 10 years old)
- Bibliotherapy and Drawing

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Maintain a Healthy Weight: Losing excess weight reduces strain on the heart and lowers blood pressure.
Follow a Balanced Diet: Eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and low-fat dairy. Limit sodium intake and increase potassium-rich foods.
Reduce Sodium Intake: Lowering sodium intake helps prevent water retention and reduces blood pressure.
Increase Physical Activity: Engage in regular aerobic exercise for at least 150 minutes per week to improve cardiovascular health and lower blood pressure.
Limit Alcohol Consumption: Excessive alcohol intake can raise blood pressure, so it's important to drink in moderation.
Quit Smoking: Smoking damages blood vessels and raises blood pressure, so quitting smoking is crucial for lowering blood pressure.
Manage Stress: Chronic stress contributes to high blood pressure. Incorporate stress management techniques like deep breathing, meditation, or engaging in relaxing activities.
Get Sufficient Sleep: Aim for 7-8 hours of quality sleep per night to promote overall health and regulate blood pressure.


When you wonder what could be. Big things happen. The world changes for the better. General Motors has a rich history of innovations that have moved humanity forward. From helping build the world’s first mechanical heart pump in the 1950s to being a leader in the charge in putting autonomous cars on the road in the future, we continue to push for better solutions for a better world.
We envision a future of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion, and we have committed ourselves to leading the way toward this future.
General Motors has been pushing the limits of transportation and technology for over 100 years. Today, we are in the midst of a transportation revolution. And we have the ambition, the talent and the technology to realize the safer, better and more sustainable world we want.
As an open, inclusive company, we’re also creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued for who they are. One team, where all ideas are considered and heard, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential, with a culture based in respect, integrity, accountability and equality.
Our team brings wide-ranging perspectives and experiences to solving the complex transportation challenges of today and tomorrow.
People working together as a lean, global enterprise to make people’s lives better through automotive and mobility leadership. Great vehicles are great for drivers everywhere, and that’s the foundation of our business’s strength. To meet demand, Ford is in the midst of its most ambitious manufacturing expansion in 50 years. We’re increasing capacity in the United States and adding plants around the world. Our work doesn’t stop with our products and our bottom line. An integral part of the Ford team’s DNA is ‘people serving people.’ That’s why our global brand promise is called Go Further – we go further so you can.
At Goodyear, innovation isn't just what we do - it's who we are.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company started in 1898 with just 13 workers producing bicycle and carriage tires. From that first bicycle tire, Goodyear quickly grew to become the world's largest tire company, a title it earned in 1916 when it adopted the slogan "More people ride on Goodyear tires than on any other kind."
Today, Goodyear has facilities across the world and annual sales of more than $15 billion. In addition to Goodyear-brand tires, we produce other well-respected international brand names, including Dunlop, Kelly, Fulda, Sava and Debica, and our non-tire business provides rubber products and polymers for a variety of markets.
For more than 37 years, AutoZone has been committed to providing the best parts, prices and customer service in the automotive aftermarket industry. We have a rich culture and history of going the Extra Mile for our customers and our community.
Today, AutoZone is the leading retailer and a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the U.S. We're always looking for talented people to add to our team.
J.D. Power’s independent industry benchmark studies, innovative data & analytics products, and customized advisory services provide insights and help companies improve quality, engagement, and business performance. Despite shifting dynamics, the global auto industry continues to be driven by one core consideration—the Voice of the Customer. For nearly 50 years, J.D. Power has provided the direct intelligence that fuels accelerated performance.
Tesla's mission is to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. We hire the world's best and brightest people to help make this future a reality. At Tesla, we're solving the world's most important problems with talented individuals who share our passion to change the world. Our culture is fast-paced, energetic and innovative. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with office locations around the world, we work to build an inclusive environment in which everyone, regardless of gender, race, religion, age, or background, can do their best work.


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Second edition of this bloody shooting game where you have to destroy as many zombies as you can. Collect new weapons and health bonus to survive as long as possible. Get money to buy upgrades. Use Arrow keys and Space bar.
2014-11-22 - Bloody
Chef Harry is very brave and this Halloween night he's going out to destroy the monsters and zombies at the street. Help him to shoot and hit the creatures, collect money and weapons. Use arrow keys: move. Z: hit. X: shoot.
2014-11-14 - Bloody
You are a heavy man who has mallets, guns and knives, and your goal is to destroy everyone and everything. Use your weapons or launch all you find to do it. INSTRUCTIONS: Mouse: Move. Space bar: Pick objects. Q: Change weapons. Click on cart: Buy upgrades.
2014-11-08 - Bloody
A bloody game full of action and shooting where your goal is to get rid of the zombie army that is trying to kill you. Run as fast as you can and save your life. Use arrow keys to move and space bar to shoot.
Mass Mayhem Zombie Apocalypse
2014-11-06 - Bloody
Third edition of this multiplayer bloody game where your main goal will be survive and kill the zombies before they devour you. Use W,A,S,D, your mouse and Spacebar.
Sas Zombie Assault 3
2014-11-06 - Bloody
Our favorite pcsicopat went out from the nuthouse willing to get into the society. Are you gonna be a good boy or they will be blood rivers once again? Use the mouse to move, grab objects and throw them.
2014-10-18 - Bloody
Get into the skin of the bloody Metal Slug command. Eliminate all the enemy soldiers and destroy the military facilities on your way. Move with the arrow keys. Press A to shoot, S to jump and D to throw grenades.
Metal Slug Brutal 3
2014-10-17 - Bloody
The Ultimatum, the last one of our favorite bloody games: The adventures of Sift Heads World. An intense, full of action and adrenaline episode. As you're chased y the police, you're fighting with the most dangerous enemies ever. Use the keyboard and mouse to play.
Sift Heads World Ultimatum
2014-10-17 - Bloody
A bloody car race where you have to drive fearlessly and hit any zombie getting in your way. Get all the fuel bonus, money and tool boxes. Use arrow keys to drive. Mind the fuel and speed controls!
2014-10-10 - Bloody
You'll spend a great time killing the enemies of Mario Bros on this bloody action game. Pick up your weapons and don't let them bite you! Use arrow keys and Space Bar.
2014-10-09 - Bloody
A bloody game where you have to guide an effing worm underground to eat its victims. Eat all the people and animals you see to win. Use WASD or arrow keys.
Effing Worms 2
2014-10-03 - Bloody
New version of Zombotron! the best action and bloody game where your will have to kill all zombies of every level. Move with W,A,S,D, use E to interact, shot with your mouse and change weapon with 1,2,3.
Zombotron 2 Time Machine
2014-09-26 - Action
Zombies, shots and blood waiting you in this shooting and bloody game. Defend your base and remove all zombies. Shot with your mouse and change your weapon with 1,2,3,4,5,6.
Curse Village 4
2014-09-25 - Bloody
Train your aim and remove all enemies of every level of this shooting game. Use your mouse.
CF Bloody Battle
2014-09-23 - Shooting
Become a piranha and feed from the swimmers blood, you gotta get a minimum of blood to move up a level. Use your mouse.
2014-09-19 - Bloody
Part 4 of this fantastic and bloody war game where you will have to remove all enemies soldiers with your shots. Use your mouse.
Storm Ops 4
2014-09-15 - Shooting
A bloody game where you have to get rid of the zombies that want to attack you. Shoot them on the head to get more points and unblock the next levels. Use your mouse.
Flaming Zombooka 3 Carnival
2014-09-11 - Bloody
A bloody strategy game where you have to place your defense towers in the most lethal positions to kill the enemy. Use your mouse.
The Last Shelter
2014-09-08 - Strategy
Your are a brave warrior and your main mission is to rescue the princess against the beasts of the castle. Move rapidly and shoot them. Pick up the coins and heatlh bonus. Use your mouse and W,A,S,D.
2014-08-11 - Action
A bloody game where you have to be a zombie and destroy everyone you see on the way. Use the electric to accomplish your mission. Use the left-right arrow keys to move and space bar.
Zombie Warrior Man 2
2014-08-05 - Bloody
New version of this blood game where you have to kill all men of every level with a certain number of shoots. Use your mouse like gun.
Ricochet Kills 4
2014-08-01 - Bloody
Restling game, choose your character and practice a little bit and get ready to fight with all kind of combos and kicks
2014-07-29 - Fight
Happy Wheels is a bloody game where you have to drive a wheelchair or a bike till you find the exit. If you don't, you'll die smashed. Use arrow keys to drive and move.
2014-07-22 - Bloody
Bloody game where you must destroy the enemies you find before they kill you. Use your mouse.
2014-06-04 - Bloody
A new animation of Bunny Kill, where you can see new and original combat. It has five bloody but funny chapters.
Bunny Kill 5
2014-05-27 - Bloody
A bloody and fun game with the Hanger. Get to the finish line on the way. Move him with the left-right arrow keys to gain momentum. Careful with breaking his arms and legs. Press space bar to let go of the robe and get a new one.
2014-05-25 - Bloody
Second edition of this great game where you have to kill all zombies you see. Use your mouse to move, hit or shoot. Press 1,2,3 to special attacks.
Bloodbath Avenue 2
2014-04-19 - Action
A bloody puzzle game, where you're a reaper that's surrounded by critters, and you gotta get rid of them to stay alive. Use your mouse, and a tutorial will show you how to play.
Bloody Fun Day
2014-04-10 - Bloody
A bloody golf game, you have to take turns to play on a camp invaded by zombies and get rid of them before you get the ball into the hole. Use your mouse to play.
2014-04-10 - Bloody
Enjoy this great Hobo fight, now bloodier and sicker than ever! Use arrow keys to move and combine A,S,D to hit like a boss!
Hobo 6 Hell
2014-03-20 - Fight


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Although everyone is vulnerable to stress and susceptible to Post Trauma Stress, some people are more prone to it than others. Why? Mostly because of their genes. That’s not their fault, and it isn’t anything they can change. Why do some people experience more severe stress reactions than others? While some people do not seem to be affected by prolonged stress after a trauma and return to feeling normal shortly after the stressors abate, depending on the situation and your particular inherited nervous system and brain, you may be more susceptible to stress.
Interestingly, researchers have found that people who have been genetically gifted with the strongest memories are also more vulnerable to PTSD. A recent study by a neuroscientist at the University of Basel, Switzerland, discovered some people have a genetic signature that gives them the ability to form stronger memories. After studying 347 refugees of the Rwandan genocide,researchers found a clear indication that stronger memories were linked to a heightened risk of PTSD, often doubling the risk.
Recent research also indicates that women are more prone than men to develop PTSD, possibly twice as often. Why? At this point we don’t know, although functional MRI studies by Daniel Amen have shown that female brains function differently from men’s brains in certain respects. Also, a woman’s social and cultural environment differs from a man’s. So it would not be surprising that men and women might react differently to stress as well.
The strength and severity of PTSD is also linked to genetic causes. If you have any genetically transmitted mental disorder, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or inherited depression, it can reduce your ability to deal with stress. Although gene variations for stress vulnerability are primarily inherited at conception, researchers are now finding that environmental factors, especially when experienced early in life, can create changes in the body that permanently alter your susceptibility to stress. Thus childhood trauma and/or abuse may have a lasting effect not only on the mind, but also on the DNA.
A study conducted at McGill University in Quebec revealed DNA modifications that made people who were physically and /or sexually abused as children more sensitive to severe stress as they grew up. In certain people, the number of cortical hormone(stress hormone) receptors had actually been reduced. Although the research subjects were studied for abuse only, it is likely that any child growing up under prolonged, severe stress, such as in an alcoholic or violent family or neighborhood, or with a parent suffering from an emotional disorder, may experience similar changes in how he or she reacts to stress as an adult.
Biochemistry also plays a part. Researchers have found that the fetal stress response of a child in the womb is a biochemical reflection of the mother’s stress condition. As a result, children subjected to stress in the womb bear a biochemical tendency to react more strongly to stress in the future. Learning is another important factor in stress susceptibility. As I have mentioned, certain beliefs and values you were taught in the past may affect your perceptions of what happens to you in the present.
If you perceive you are more susceptible to stress than the people around you, remember, you are not at fault. And you are not alone. There are many, many people who may have these same vulnerabilities. Don’t give up. Be cautious with medication, but don’t rule it out. These are physical disorders that often can be successfully treated with a balancing chemical, the way insulin balances diabetes.
From my readings and experience of working with people who have PTSD, I’ve learned that the longer, more severe, or more continuous the stress, or the more frequently it occurs (such as in war), the more likely it will become unmanageable. The person never feels safe, and the mind and body can take only so much stress before they malfunction. Once the person believes he or she is in control over his or her life, the stress fades.
Prolonged stress can lead to the dysregulation of the sympathetic nervous system, which governs bodily functions not under our conscious control (like breathing). If a person is experiencing a constant state of arousal, the nervous system can get stuck in the “on” state. I compare it to a stuck doorbell or a stuck horn on your car. The doorbell and the horn have very useful purposes, but they become irritating and disruptive if they won’t stop. Just so, the “freeze, fight, or flight” response is essential to alert us to and help us escape from danger, but it becomes dysfunctional if it won’t stop after the threat is gone. When this system does not recalibrate to a normal level after the threat stops, PTS or PTSD can occur and the person begins to experience symptoms such as restlessness, nightmares, hyper-vigilance, muscle pain, and headaches.
Research has found that military personnel are predisposed to developing PTSD as a result of their training. Military training is generally geared to shutting down or cutting off thoughts and emotions in a time of crisis. If you are a veteran, you have been taught to react instantaneously when you perceive danger, instead of thinking and then acting. You have been trained to follow a command. You must flip into survival mode and shoot in order to save yourself and others. While this automatic reaction is necessary in combat, it makes life a lot more difficult after you come home. It is not easy to erase your training and relearn to take a moment of thought before you respond to a situation. In the next section I will tell you about a veteran who is now serving a twenty-five year prison term because of this problem.
Other studies indicate that a lack of understanding from others plays a role in the increased likelihood of developing PTS or PTSD. This lack may take the form of people accusing you of feigning your symptoms or failing to understand what you are going through. Perhaps they believe in the old school of “hard knocks” and say or imply that your war trauma is not severe, or is simply a case of bad nerves. They may advise you to “just buck up and get over it.” The more people in your life who downplay or disrespect your experiences, the greater your stress and the more severe your PTS reaction.
In a particularly sad example, some Vietnam veterans came home to members of the public who despised and shamed them for their actions in the service of their country. Certainly this disheartening public reaction may have greatly increased the likelihood of PTSD in some Vietnam veterans. But you may experience a lack of support just as easily from members of your own family or community, no matter which war you fought.
So, yes, there are people who are more vulnerable to stress than others. You can’t control your genetics or your past, but you can learn ways of coping with situations that will lessen their impact considerably and help you return to normal functioning. When you use the strategies I have described in my latest book, How to Cope with Stress after Trauma, you will be able to change your stress level at any time you wish. Eventually you will feel back in control of your mind, emotions, and body, and your symptoms of stress will decrease.


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A 33″ gold necklace in 18kt gold-plated etched cable chain with the exclusive ExVoto Vintage toggle closure at front. The gold chain of this necklace has hand-wrapped, white and champagne, freshwater pearls with etched cone-shaped bead cap and a vintage crystal bead.
The necklace features the Sparrow pendant, the Felder cross and a genuine suede tassel. The gold charms are cast by US artisans exclusively for ExVoto from the original antique pieces discovered by our designer, Elizabeth Adams. The Sparrow pendant is approximately one inch square. The Felder Cross measures approximately 1 1/4″ wide and 1 1/2″ tall.
This necklace is available with either the suede tassel in chocolate or natural. Please specify your tassel preference in the notes section at checkout.
Heavily plated in 18kt gold.
The ExVoto Vintage collection is made in the USA.
Handmade vintage jewelry crafted with great care in our Montgomery, Alabama studio.
Each ExVoto piece comes with our velvet drawstring dust bag for travel.


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The Inertial Upper Stage: Space Workhorse Boosts Chandra X-ray Observatory
The Inertial Upper Stage is a two-stage, solid rocket used to place spacecraft into a high-Earth orbit or boost them away from the Earth on interplanetary missions. The Inertial Upper Stage is launched from Earth aboard either the NASA Space Shuttle or with a one-use launch vehicle, such as the Air Force's Titan rocket. Once in space, the Inertial Upper Stage is deployed from the Shuttle or Titan and ignites to propel its attached spacecraft to the proper point in space.
In July 1999, the Inertial Upper Stage helped propel the newest of NASA's Great Observatories - the Chandra X-ray Observatory - from low Earth orbit into an elliptical orbit reaching one-third of the way to the Moon. The upper stage and the attached Chandra X-ray Observatory was deployed from the Space Shuttle Columbia on its sixth orbit after launch. The Inertial Upper Stage then fired its first stage solid rocket motor for about two minutes, then coasted through space for about two minutes more. The first stage will separated, and the second stage fired for another minute-and-a-half.
About one hour later, the Chandra observatory's solar panels were deployed. Then, having done its job, the remains of the Inertial Upper Stage separated from the Chandra observatory and used small thruster motors to maneuver away from Chandra. This cleared the way for Chandra's own propulsion system to boost it the rest of the way to its working orbit.
Since its first use by NASA in 1983, the Inertial Upper Stage has supported a variety of important missions. The Inertial Upper Stage has boosted all of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellites from low-Earth orbit to geosynchronous orbit. The Inertial Upper Stage also has helped send the Galileo spacecraft on a journey to explore Jupiter, the Magellan spacecraft to study and map Venus, and the Ulysses spacecraft toward a polar orbit of the Sun. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the NASA Inertial Upper Stage Program.
The Inertial Upper Stage, originally called the Interim Upper Stage, was designed as a temporary reusable space tug. The word "Inertial" - signifying the guidance technology - replaced "Interim" when it was determined that the Interim Upper Stage would be needed through the 1990s.
The Inertial Upper Stage was developed and built by the Boeing Aerospace Co., at Seattle, Wash., under contract to the Air Force Materiel Command's Space and Missile Systems Center. The Space and Missile Systems Center is the executive agent for all Department of Defense activities pertaining to the Space Shuttle system and, for all NASA missions prior to Chandra, provided the Inertial Upper Stage for Space Shuttle use. The Inertial Upper Stage for the Chandra mission was procured and provided by the Marshall Space Flight Center. Marshall worked cooperatively with the United States Air Force 3rd Space Launch Squadron for prelaunch integration and launch support for the Chandra mission and with the United States Air Force 5th Space Operations Squadron for orbital operations support for the Chandra mission.
Prior to Chandra, NASA's most recent use of the Inertial Upper Stage was on the STS-70 mission of the Space Shuttle in July 1995. The Inertial Upper Stage successfully transported Tracking Data Relay Satellite "G" to geosynchronous orbit, 22,300 miles from Earth.
The Inertial Upper Stage is a two stage, inertially guided, three axis stabilized, solid rocket vehicle. It is approximately 17 feet long and 9.25 feet in diameter, with an overall weight of approximately 32,500 pounds. The Inertial Upper Stage first stage is comprised of a solid rocket motor and an interstage. The first stage solid rocket motor normally contains a maximum 21,580 pounds of propellant and generates an average of 44,000 pounds of thrust. The large first stage motor when first flown, with the capability to burn as long as 150 seconds, was the longest burning solid rocket motor ever developed for space application. For the Chandra mission, the first stage solid rocket motor propellant weight was only 19,621 pounds due to weight constraints for the Shuttle, but by adjusting the exhaust nozzle on the motor the average thrust was increased to 46,198 pounds and the burn time will be 125 seconds.
The second stage consists of an equipment support section and a solid rocket motor. The second stage solid rocket motor has a normal maximum load of 6,000 pounds of propellant generating an average thrust of about 18,200 pounds. The Chandra mission carried an additional 16 pounds of propellant at a reduced average thrust of 16,350 pounds.
The equipment support section houses the avionics systems of the Inertial Upper Stage. These systems provide guidance, navigation, control, telemetry, command and data management, reaction control and electrical power. All vital components of the avionics system, along with thrust vector actuators, reaction control thrusters, motor igniter and pyrotechnic stage separation equipment have backup systems to provide reliability. Once deployed from the Shuttle, the Inertial Upper Stage's computers sent commands to the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Until spacecraft separation, these commands assisted Chandra in controlling power, safety systems, recorders, propulsion and heaters.
The Inertial Upper Stage uses airborne support equipment installed in the Shuttle to operate and deploy into space. The Airborne Support Equipment consists of the mechanical, avionics and structural equipment located in the orbiter. The structural and mechanical equipment attaches the Inertial Upper Stage and the payload to the orbiter payload bay and provides the mechanisms to elevate the Inertial Upper Stage and the payload and deploy it from the Shuttle. The Airborne Support Equipment avionics provides command and information transfer between the Upper Stage and the Shuttle during payload checkout.


BRIDGEWATER - The Somerset Patriots defeated the Long Island Ducks 4-1 at Commerce Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening.
The Patriots took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Left fielder Gera Alvarez doubled and scored on an RBI double by designated hitter Brandon Larson.
The Patriots added two runs in the bottom of the third inning. Second baseman David Housel singled, Alvarez walked, and Larson followed with an RBI single. First baseman Josh Pressley then drove in Alvarez with an RBI single.
The Ducks got on the board with a run in the top of the fourth inning. Second baseman Brent Abernathy tripled and scored on an RBI single by designated hitter Carl Everett.
Somerset extended the lead with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Right fielder Vito Chiaravalloti doubled and was pinch run for by Sean Smith. Third baseman Matt Hagen drove in Smith with an RBI single for a 4-1 lead.
Patriots starter Brian Reith (1-0) picked up the win, allowing an earned run on six hits and two strikeouts in 6.1 innings pitched. Ducks starter Jim Magrane (0-2) suffered the loss, allowing four earned runs on eight hits in six innings pitched. Brett Prinz earned his fifth save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning pitched.
The 2008 Somerset Patriots season presented by Ford will continue at home on Thursday evening with a 7:05 p.m. game against the York Revolution. The game includes Dancing With The Patriots Night. Great seats are still available by calling (908) 252-0700, by stopping by the Patriots Ticket Office located at the ballpark, or online at www.somersetpatriots.com.