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Jane Austen Holiday Cards
The Hampshire village of Steventon is best known as the birthplace of the novelist Jane Austen. Jane and her sister Cassandra braving the inclement weather on the way to the church service, watched over by Christmas angels. Eight 5" x 7" cards.
The Company They Kept, Volume Two
Twenty-seven memoirs of personal and intellectual relationships among writers and artists from the pages of The New York Review of Books, including pieces by Elizabeth Hardwick, Philip Roth, Isaiah Berlin, Bruce Chitin, and more.
Virginia Woolf’s Notebooks
The patterns on these hardcover notebooks are reproductions of two of the seven Virginia Woolf notebooks in which she drafted the 1931 novel 'The Waves,' considered among her best and most experimental works.
Edward Gorey Dancing Cats: 300-Piece Puzzle
Originally appearing in Edward Gorey’s book “Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses,” these felines—knitting, skating, balancing, and juggling—are classic examples of the artist’s quirky narratives that keep his devotees in gleeful anticipation of decorous mayhem.
Baby Lit Classics
This classics collection includes four of our favorites from the wildly popular Baby Lit series: Moby Dick, An Ocean Primer (nautical and weather words); The Odyssey, A Monster Primer (characters from the epic); Alice in Wonderland, A Colors Primer (colors); and Jungle Book, An Animals Primer (names of animals)
Walt Whitman Cuff Bracelet
“now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find,” from Walt Whitman’s "The Untold Want," is engraved on the outside of this lovely polished sterling silver cuff bracelet. Inside is the author's name with a picture of a sailing ship.
Shakespeare Sonnet 116 Möbius Bracelet
Several lines from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 (“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments…”), one of his best-known, are engraved on this sterling silver möbius bracelet.
Edward Gorey Sterling Cat Reading a Book Pin
This sterling silver pin is adapted from a drawing by Edward Gorey that is part of a series of renderings of fanciful cats engaged in unusual activities.
“Those who love each other” Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet
"Those who love each other shall become invincible." As befitting the personal nature of the sentiment, Walt Whitman’s line has been stamped inside this cuff, a private message to a beloved recipient.
Edward Gorey Holiday Card Assortment
‘Tis the season to be Gorey… This is Edward St. John Gorey at his festive best. Join him to sip the flaming punch, sample a cookie, dispose of the fruitcake, and decorate the fireplace. 20 assorted cards and envelopes.
Something for Christmas
In Palmer Brown's beloved story of a little mouse’s search for a very special gift for a very special person, nothing seems just right until the little mouse realizes that the best present of all is already at hand. Ages 3-8.
Baby Lit Shakespeare
Introduce Shakespeare to your favorite young one with these cheerful, colorful, and humorous board books, two favorites from the witty and whimsical Baby Lit series: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Fairies Primer and Romeo & Juliet: A Counting Primer.
Christina Rossetti Christmas Cards
love came down at christmas, love all lovely, love divine; love was born at christmas: star and angels gave the sign. -christina rossetti
David Levine Author Mug
Caricatures by world-renowned artist David Levine enriched and enlivened the pages of The New York Review of Books for almost five decades. Thirty-three of Levine’s most arresting and iconic caricatures of authors decorate this heirloom quality bone china mug, including the artist’s self-portrait.
Brontë Characters Mug
These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with humorous illustrations depicting characters from Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë’s literary classics. Also depicted are the four Brontë siblings (the authors and their brother, Bramwell), as well as Thornton (their birthplace) and Haworth (The Brontë Parsonage Museum).
Greek Gods and Goddesses Mug
These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with twelve Greek gods and goddesses, along with their Roman names and areas of dominion. The Olympians are drawn in witty detail and are each depicted with their symbolic signifiers, including an owl, cornucopia, trident, harp, quiver, and more.
Walt Whitman Gold Happiness Bracelet
"Happiness...not in another place but this place, not for another hour but this hour." Walt Whitman Whitman’s beautiful line from LEAVES OF GRASS has been hand-cast on a 14K gold vermeil bangle. Each design is sculpted out of clay, and the clay model is then cast in reclaimed metals using the ancient art of lost wax casting.
Whitman Square Inch Bracelet
"Some people are so much sunlight to the square inch.” Walt Whitman’s beautiful line has been hand-cast on a 14K gold vermeil bangle. Each design is sculpted out of clay, and the clay model is then cast in reclaimed metals using the ancient art of lost wax casting.
Baby Lit Little Poets
A set of four endearing board books introduce little ones to the beauty of the words and sound of the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare, Robert Frost, and Walt Whitman, and will be appreciated by parents as well as children.
Shakespeare Playing Cards
The deck features 54 Shakespearian characters, arranged in four suits: hearts = lovers; clubs = fools; diamonds = heroes and heroines; and spades = villains, with Romeo and Juliet the King and Queen of Hearts, Ariel the Joker, and more.
Walt Whitman Earrings
"Resist much. Obey little." The poet's rallying cry for individual and collective liberty, from the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass is stamped on these sterling silver domed disc earrings, for pierced ears. They are handmade in the U.S.A. by artist Amy Volchok.
Sentence Diagrams of Great Literary Openers
“I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.” —Gertrude Stein. Twenty-four postcards each feature an opening line from famous works of fiction, diagrammed according to the old-school Reed-Kellogg system.
Edward Gorey Sparkler Birthday Cards
Message on front of card: "I hope that you are pleased to see this card that comes to you from me." Inside greeting: "Happy Birthday!"
Shakespeare’s Britain: 1,000-Piece Puzzle
Decorated with symbols and icons of towns and abbeys, castles, battlefields, forests, and heaths, the image on the puzzle is a pictorial map of Britain as it was in 1583, with the geographical settings of Shakespeare’s history plays labeled.
Shakespeare Characters Mug
These heirloom quality bone china mugs are decorated with more than 40 of the central characters from 14 of Shakespeare’s major plays. Each time you pick one up, you’ll find more to look at in the wonderfully detailed illustrations: masks and cauldrons, snakes, fairies, phantoms, and much more.
Shakespeare Cocktail Napkins
"Good company, good wine, good welcome can make good people" and three other quotes; 24 napkins with 6 each of four quotes.
D'Aulaires' Book of Animals
Written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire, "D’Aulaires’ Book of Animals" introduces young children to the creatures of every continent. The celebrated husband-and-wife team prepared this exceptionally beautiful volume for their own son Ola, and it is as fresh and enchanting today as it was when it first sprung from their imaginations.
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths
The Caldecott medal-winning d’Aulaires once again captivate their young audience with this beautifully illustrated introduction to Norse legends, telling stories of Odin the All-father, Thor the Thunder-god and the theft of his hammer, Loki the mischievous god of the Jotun Race, and Ragnarokk, the destiny of the gods.
D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls
Trolls of all kinds—mountain trolls, forest trolls, trolls who live underwater and trolls who live under bridges, uncouth, unkempt, unbearable, unforgettable, and invariably unbelievably ugly trolls—fill the pages of "D’Aulaires’ Book of Trolls," the spectacularly illustrated and delightfully entertaining companion volume to the much-acclaimed "D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths."
Italianissimo (literally, very, very Italian) profiles fifty enticing Italian contributions to culture high and low, from the lofty realm of great ideas to the delicious realities of cuisine, fashion, cinema, and much more—an eclectic mix of the customs, culture, and concepts that embody the essence of Italy.
In 'Globetrotting,' Duncan Minshull, the UK’s “laureate of walking,” brings together the work of more than fifty walker-writers who have traveled the world’s seven continents by foot. From the 1500s to the present day comes a memorable band of explorers and adventurers, scientists and missionaries, pleasure-seekers and literary drifters recalling their experiences and asking themselves a compelling question—why travel this way in the first place?


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Daggubati Purandeswari and O Naresh Kumar of Vizag Development Council (VDC) met Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Sadananda Gowda and requested him to establish National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in Vizag.
NIPER was sanctioned to Vizag by the late Ananth Kumar, who announced the same at the CII Partnership Summit in the city in 2016. However, due to the lack of coordination and the demise of Ananth Kumar, the matter has been put on hold, an official communique noted. It further added that the State Government had identified land in Sabbavaram for the same on the follow up of the then Visakhapatnam MP K Hari Babu.
Responding to the request, it is known that Sadananda Gowda said that he would certainly approve the same of the State Government sends a request letter with land sanction details. In this regard, VDC requested the State Government to send the request letter to the Minister and facilitate the establishment of NIPER, which would bolster the image of Vizag as a pharma hub.
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) is the first national level institute in pharmaceutical sciences with a proclaimed objective of becoming a centre of excellence for advanced studies and research in pharmaceutical sciences. The Central Government had declared NIPER as an ‘Institute of National Importance’. It is an autonomous body set up under the aegis of Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. The Institute is conceived to provide leadership in pharmaceutical sciences and related areas not only within the country but also to the countries in South East Asia, South Asia, and Africa. NIPER is a member of Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities.

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On February 16, 2021, Meridian announced “an update on its application for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration” for Meridian’s SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostic test on the Company’s Revogene® platform. In this announcement, Meridian advised investors that “[i]n its ongoing discussion with he FDA, late in the day on Friday, February 21, 2021, the Company received further correspondence requesting additional information on the SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostic test,” and that Meridian “has elected to place shipments of the SARS-CoV-2 test kits on hold while it continues to work with the FDA.” On this news, Meridian’s stock price fell $3.70 per share, or about 12.4%.
Then before the markets opened on February 23, 2021, Meridian announced that after “further discussions with the FDA, on February 22, 2021, Meridian Bioscience elected to withdraw its EUA application. Between now and the end of March 2021 and based upon guidance from the FDA, Meridian intends to conduct a new clinical validation study and a Limit-of-Detection bridging study, with the intention of re-submitting an EUA application . . . as soon as possible thereafter. Upon notification of the FDA of its intent to re-submit an EUA application, during its third fiscal quarter, Meridian expects to resume shipping of this test to customers.” However, during the trading day on February 23, 2021, Meridian issued another press release correcting its earlier announcement, now saying that after “subsequent communication with the FDA mid-morning on February 23, 2021, the FDA clarified that Meridian will not be able to distribute its SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnostic test on its Revogene® platform until the test receives EUA approval from the FDA.” On this news, the stock fell again and is down approximately 9% in intraday trading.


Locals fighting to make Parramatta a better place to live
One of the best parts of my job is seeing the fantastic work that people are doing to make out community stronger, and to make Parramatta a better place to live.
Save Willow Grove
The grassroots campaign to save this valuable heritage site and build a world class museum elsewhere in Parramatta has won overwhelming community support. The CFMEU has also placed a Green Ban on Willow Grove.
The NSW Government has started removing trees and demolishing outbuildings but the fight to save Willow Grove continues. You can find out more about how you can support the campaign here.
Westmead Push for Palliative Care
Despite being one of the biggest hospital precincts in Australia, Westmead Hospital has not had a dedicated palliative care ward for many years.
The Westmead Push for Palliative Care is fighting to change this - follow them on Facebook to find out how you can help.
Housing Australia Future Fund
Labor believes the Federal Government needs to take urgent action to address the housing crisis. That why we've committed to establish a $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund to build more social and affordable housing.
Find out more about Labor's Housing Australia Future Fund here.
The Uluru Statement, Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week
The Uluru Statement from the Heart
Four years ago, First Nations communities delivered the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The statement asks for a First Nations Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Constitution and a Makarrata Commission to supervise a process of agreement making and truth telling. You can read the Statement in full here.
You can show your support for the Statement by signing up as a supporter. One of the most effective ways to support the Statement is to share it with your friends and family - you can find a supporter kit to help you share it here.
National Sorry Day
On National Sorry Day (May 26) we remember the grief, suffering and injustice experienced by the Stolen Generations - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities.
More information about National Sorry Day, the Stolen Generations and the Bringing the Home Report can be found on the Reconciliation Australia website.
You can find out more about the important work of the Healing Foundation - a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that partners with communities to address the ongoing trauma caused by actions like the forced removal of children from their families - on their website.
National Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to reflect on what they can do to help achieve reconciliation in Australia.
It begins on May 27 - the anniversary of the 1967 referendum - and ends on June 3 - the anniversary of the High Court's decision in the Mabo case.
You can find a list of actions you can take all year round on the Reconciliation Australia website.
Locally, Riverside Parramatta is hosting Yuin Byalla (Truth Talking) at 6:00pm on 3 June. Writer Bruce Pascoe, astronomer Karlie Noon and representatives of Australia’s first Indigenous youth-led climate network SEED will be discussing the themes of this year's Reconciliation Week (More the a word. Reconciliation takes action.) and NAIDOC Week (Heal Country!). You can find tickets here.
Volunteering in Parramatta
Stay up to date on grants
You can stay up to date on grants for local community organisations by subscribing for my monthly Grants Bulletin here.
Expressions of interest for the Powering Communities Program - which helps community organisations fund projects that can improve their energy efficiency practices and lower their energy bills - are now open. You can find more information about the grants and submit an EOI before 12pm June 7 here.
I’ll be hosting a grants forum on Monday 12 July to explain the ins and outs of the grant application process and how organisations can maximise their chances of success – you can register now to attend in person or on Zoom here.
Please get in touch if you're concerned about, or you've been directly affected by any of the issues I talked about today - or any other federal issues.


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CHRISTMAS is a time of giving, and what could be a better gift than one that gives both delight and inspiration? A book for a preschooler can be a window into a new world, or a chance to share precious time with a favourite caregiver. For an older child or teenager, it can be an opportunity to be alone, to be enthralled, or amused, or informed.
So forget those Black Friday or Cyber Monday purchases under your tree. Pick a book for your favourite young reader and your gift will not only last until next Christmas it may even be passed on to be enjoyed by others. Here are just a few suggestions for young readers of all ages. IF your youngest reader is a dinosaur fan, try Dino-Christmas by Michigan author Lisa Wheeler, and with illustrations by Barry Gott (Lerner Publishing, 32 pages, $26, hardcover).
Wheeler writes in rhyming verse as she depicts more than a dozen different kinds of dinosaurs getting ready for Christmas: “Diplo decks the halls with ease / hangs tinsel on the Christmas trees / Triceratops is feeling merry / lights up every topiary.” Wheeler has made a career out of Dino story books, including Dino-Dancing.
Ohio artist Gott has added plenty of brilliantly coloured pictures of the dinosaurs at play. ●●●
Right in line with feminist awareness, Mrs. Claus Takes the Reins, by Virginia writer Sue Fliess and with illustrations by March Chambers (Two Lions, 32 pages, $24, hardcover) is a picture book that will especially appeal to little girls.
When Santa comes down with a cold and threatens to cancel Christmas, Mrs. Claus steps in to deliver presents worldwide. Despite tornadoes and snowstorms, leaking fuel and a collision with a wayward duck, Mrs. Claus perseveres and gets the job done. Chambers’ pictures are big and bold.
We’ve all been told no two snowflakes are alike. But what if they used to be identical? What if their differences are due to a mistake somewhere in the clouds?
U.K. author Lou Treleaven poses this scenario in her picture book The Snowflake Mistake (Maverick, 32 pages, $24, hardcover). Written in rhyming verse, it tells how Princess Ellie, left in charge while the Snow Queen is off on another mission, speeds up the snowflake machine and causes it to break down. Her solution? Make the snowflakes by hand with assistance from helpful birds. Treleaven even gives directions for readers to make their own snowflakes.
Boston artist Maddie Frost has scanned various textures and papers to make her attractive pictures.
With a plot that seems like a combination of Cinderella and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Los Angeles authors (and partners) Scott Icenogle and Sean Hayes, both of Will and Grace television fame, have written Plum: How the Sugar Plum Fairy Got her Wings (Simon and Schuster, 48 pages, $24, hardcover).
Plum is raised in an orphanage where she is mocked and ignored, but owing to her sweet nature, she is adopted by the King of the Land of Sweets. Her presence rescues the land from a depression that has caused everything to sour ,and restores a multitude of sweets. As her reward Plum is granted her wings.
Despite its rather trite story, L.A. artist Robin Thompson’s charming illustrations make this an attractive book for young readers. ●

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The American musical is evolving. And "Hamilton," which opened Aug. 6 at the Richard Rodgers Theater, is at the forefront of the movement. The hit Broadway musical has connections to Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama both on stage and behind the scenes.
The musical, written by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Thomas Kail, is an adaptation of Ron Chernow's 2004 biography of U.S. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. As one might imagine, the full cast of characters at the conception of the United States are present — however, they look a little different than they do on U.S. currency and sound a little different, too.
The show is nearly entirely cast with black and Latino actors and actresses, and its music veers far from typical music theater tropes, embracing hip-hop and pop music as narrative vehicles in the almost completely sung-through production.
"I didn't necessarily think when I saw the breakdown that that my character [Angelica Schuyler] was a fit for me," said Renée Elise Goldsberry (A 1993), who won Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Awards during the Off-Broadway run of the show. "It said she was a mix between Nicki Minaj and Desiree Armfeldt [a character from the Sondheim musical, "A Little Night Music"], but they sent me a demo of Lin singing my song, and I was excited and challenged by it."
Goldsberry, a College of Fine Arts grad, is just one of several CMU connections to "Hamilton." Fellow dramat Leslie Odom Jr. (A 2003) was nominated for Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk awards for his portrayal of Aaron Burr, the narrator of the show; Scott Wasserman (A 2010) is the music assistant and beatmaster; and Paul Tazewell, a former costume design faculty member at the School of Drama, designed the costumes.
"Most people that I've worked with from CMU don't just do one thing well. My experience from my audition for the school on, was that there was an expectation to be open to anything, any form of storytelling." — Renée Elise Goldsberry
"I believe that everybody has a reason why they get on the bus to New York," Odom said. "Everybody has something that they want to say. I am saying the thing that I wanted to say when I got on that bus. The dream is equally achieved with the role and the project. The show is connecting with people in such a powerful and visceral way and we're having a wonderful time. As an experience, this is the ideal."
Goldsberry and Odom say working with fellow alumni is exciting, regardless of whether or not they were at CMU at the same time.
"It's the best because we speak the same language," Odom said. "What we find is, among the schools, there's plenty that we have in common, but each has a different dialect. It's so nice to come across someone who has your same accent."
Goldsberry chalks up the success of Carnegie Mellon alumni in the entertainment industry to their faceted talents.
"I think CMU is wonderful at finding someone that's not only talented but special," she said. "Most people that I've worked with from CMU don't just do one thing well. My experience from my audition for the school on, was that there was an expectation to be open to anything, any form of storytelling."
Both performers agreed that their time at Carnegie Mellon was one of the most formative in their lives as artists, helping them to hone their craft as well as build a community.
"It's a really beautiful time to be a young person working — on yourself, your soul, your relationships — without a lot of the complexities that come after school," Goldsberry said. "I encourage them to enjoy one of the best seasons of their life and when they get out, we're all waiting for them and excited to have them here. There are a lot of new adventures to be had and fellow alum to cheer them on."
Renée Elise Goldsberry (A 1993), center
Leslie Odom Jr. (A 2003)

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Diego Maradona was shocked by how his World Cup health scare on Tuesday was reported and insists: "I am very much alive."
The 57-year-old, who captained Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986, said he had been suffering from neck pain as he attended his country's game against Nigeria earlier this week.
But he denied reports he had been hospitalised and demonstrated his good health with an appearance on Telesur's De La Mano del 10 programme.
He said: "I was shocked that [reports suggested] there had been a stretcher, an ambulance. Nothing happened.
"We were all together, the Telesur team and my team, and we could not believe how social networks started to make a big lie, which made no sense, go viral like that.
"It makes me a bit angry, because my sister, yesterday she made me whistle on the phone to see if I was OK, and I went [whistles].
"'What else do you want me to do?' I asked her.
"My brother in Italy, my nephew in the United States worried, because of course the bad news travels much faster than the good news.
"I am very much alive, and very well taken care of."
Argentina beat Nigeria 2-1 to progress to the last 16 of the World Cup, where they will face France on Saturday.
The 1986 World Cup-winner looked increasingly frazzled as the game wore on, at one stage slumped forward in his seat just before half-time.
After Nigeria made it 1-1 from the penalty spot after the break – a scoreline that would have sent Argentina crashing out of the tournament – Maradona grew increasingly distraught.
By the 80th minute, he sat with his hands covering his face, unable to watch as the seconds ticked towards a footballing calamity for Argentina.
Yet when Marcos Rojo swept in a sumptuous volley with four minutes remaining, Maradona exploded with emotion, shouting an obscene insult before raising the middle finger of each hand in the direction of the pitch.
GALLERY: Maradona's roller-coaster of emotions during match against Nigeria
Maradona has had a series of health problems, including cocaine addiction.
In 2007, he reportedly came close to death after being admitted to a hospital in Buenos Aires to be treated for hepatitis and substance abuse.
Maradona was in May appointed as chairman of Belarusian club Dynamo Brest following a season in UAE club football management.
The Argentine left Fujairah on April 27 after failing to guide the UAE second-tier side to automatic promotion to the Arabian Gulf League. Fujairah eventually clinched a place in the top flight by overcoming Hatta in a play-off.
Maradona was linked initially with a return to the Fujairah hot-seat in a frenzied few days following his departure, but has now made the unlikely move to board level at Brest. The club, eighth in this season’s Belarusian Premier League, have given him a contract through to 2021.
Read more on World Cup 2018:
World Cup 2018: Day 15 updates - Germany out, England take on Belgium
Extra Time podcast: Messi finally comes through as World Cup knockout stages take shape

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The coronavirus pandemic has significantly changed the way of life in all countries around the world. Not only are people doing activities including going to work and buying groceries in a changed way but have also started viewing life as a whole from a different perspective. While some people have assessed the current situation in a positive manner, others have not been coping as well and are having suicidal thoughts during the pandemic.
For some people, the ongoing health crisis has made big differences in their work routine, diet, and other daily habits. However, apart from alterations in lifestyle, their mental health remains to not be stable and may improve due to the conditions of the pandemic.
This is because many reports have shown that a number of people have started socializing with their families and friends more often than before.
According to some such people, the crisis has made them realize how life can change dramatically and they may not be able to do many things they could have easily done before such as spending time with loved ones without the fear of contracting and spreading a possibly deadly infection.
However, such positive changes and effects are limited to a specific population of people who live in certain areas and are from upper socio-economic classes. For others, the coronavirus pandemic is no less than a nightmare which has caused extreme difficulties.
Many of the fundamental requirements for controlling the health crisis, including months-long lockdown, have affected people’s jobs, relationships, and other parts of life. As a result, economic uncertainty has increased along with emotional burnout.
During the three months lockdown period, there were several reports of families experiencing emotional burnout, fights, and other problems due to constantly staying in a compact space and not being able to go anywhere outside homes.
At the same time, people living alone or far away from families and friends also reported having more depressive episodes due to being socially isolated and cut off. This problem was especially common in older adults and other age groups which were taking more precautions due to being more vulnerable to the coronavirus infection.
New reports have now highlighted that all similar problems and incidents have added to the problem of an increase in suicidal thoughts during the pandemic.
For instance, the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), which was published in the second week of August showed an eleven percent increase in suicidal thoughts during the pandemic. In comparison, the previous report from 2018 showed merely four percent of the adults thought about suicide in the entire past year.
Secondly, the report by the U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention showed that nearly forty-one percent of the participants were experiencing emotional distress and mental health issues, many of which were even coping through excessive alcohol consumption.
Among the people who contemplated suicide, the majority were young adults between the ages of eighteen to two-four. Racial and ethnic minorities including black and Hispanic people were more likely to have suicidal thoughts.
Such reports hint towards an incoming mental health epidemic as the conditions of the current crisis are not expected to improve any time soon. At the moment, there is not only a need to make mental health facilities more accessible for all socio-economic groups but also of reminding people that suicide ideation can be treated with help.

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What a great story, so inspiring, hidden talent which may never have seen the light of day were it not for serendipity visiting Ray Collins, a colour blind miner in an Australian town which I hadn’t heard of before today, Bulli.
Ray was forced to give up, to leave, his job because of injury and with his, I guess, insurance payout, he bought a camera. A colour blind miner with no experience of photography, he bought a camera and what happened? a brilliant photographer emerged from the shadows.
I often think about hidden, unearthed talent – how sad, more precisely, how tragic, when a person with talent goes through his/her whole life, birth to death, without ever discovering that talent. What a tragedy for them and how sad for the world.
Imagine if Mozart’s dad hadn’t plonked little Wolfie in front of the piano…a dreadful thought!
Imagine if Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra or Stan and Ollie had never discovered their talents!
Ray Collins’ story teaches us that within ourselves, there may be lurking something beautiful (if it hasn’t already emerged)…some of us are butterflies but others are still caterpillars. Ray would never have imagined, in those dark, hard days a mile underground, that he could create such beautiful works of art, photographs which would make people gasp in awe, photographs which would capture the power of the sea. I needed that story. It’s the kind of story which revs me up. I’ve got dreams but no justification for believing that I can achieve them.
I have to believe that I am a caterpillar, that I am not the finished article.
Serendipity plays a part in the discovery of talent and genius but the character and personality of the individual is just as important. If a parent sits a 6 year old child at a piano and sees that the child has ‘something’, that ‘something’ will end up as nothing if the kid doesn’t have the inner strength and character elements necessary to convert the talent into something beautiful. All the parent is witnessing in the 6 year old is the raw material, something which, only with all the other necessary ingredients, can be amazing.
There are all sorts of reasons why, I guess usually, hidden talent remains hidden and is never unearthed. Presumably, the biggest factor is family circumstances…it’s more likely that a child born into a wealthy family will discover a gift for playing tennis than will a child born into ‘poor’ circumstances. That is just an assumption…I have no empirical evidence to back that up, I may be wrong and it may be that lots of world class tennis players have come from ‘poor’ family backgrounds. I also assume that ‘poor’ family circumstances and a lack of money are the stuff of less fertile ground for emerging pianists than are the neighbourhoods of Hampstead and Beverly Hills.
There has recently been a debate over the advantages that privately educated children have over their state educated counterparts in ‘getting into acting’…interestingly, THE two big names in ‘the movies’ at the moment are Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne: Cumberbatch went to Harrow and Redmayne went to Eton, schools which, I’m sure, give a lot more time and resources to acting than does the average state school. We’ll never know if the aforementioned would still have ‘made it’ had they not had privileged starts.
It does, of course, work the other way…children born into privileged backgrounds in which money abounds, I guess they are less likely than underprivileged children to ‘make it’ as footballers or boxers.
Parenting, of course, is key. Children from privileged and underprivileged backgrounds without parental support (I don’t mean financial), they will have the odds stacked extra high against them. It’s not impossible without the support of parents but it’s a lot more difficult (Bruce Oldfield, the fashion designer, is an example of one person who beat the odds).
It’s not easy for parents. What if you have a child who keeps starting new things, piano, guitar, tennis, ballet but gives up after only a few weeks? go with it, keep indulging the child’s every whim, pay for lessons, buy rackets and the ballet shoes, and see them in a heap in the corner of the bedroom the following month? I think it comes down to knowing your child, knowing if he/she is going into activities halfhearted or if there is some evidence of drive, determination and commitment in the character of the child, desire to commit to activities, to enjoy creating, winning or finishing projects/exercises.
I also think that, as parents, we have to try to achieve the balance between ‘managing’/’steering’ our children in what we think is the right direction and giving them room to grow. If we can get that balance right and we bring them up on fertile ground, ground on which they are inspired by what they see around them, in and out of the family home, if they get the right life lessons, if there are stimuli around them to fire them up, I think we are giving our children a good start.
As parents, we have to invest ‘of ourselves’ in our children. Money isn’t enough, children need their parents’ time. What held me back was me, not my parents. They were, and still are, terrific parents and my aim is to try to emulate their example as best I can. My memory of my parents when I was growing up is of their always being there for me (and I can’t speak for my sister but I assume that she feels the same). Mum had a ladies’ clothing shop, she went to work every day but she was always home when I got home from school – she put us before the business (I know that that is not something that all parents can afford to do, that a lot of parents HAVE TO work long hours just to put food on the table). I always wanted to see mum sitting by the fire, watching tele, when I got home from school and I still remember her being there. It gave me such a strong feeling of security and comfort. Mum tells me that dad was away on business a lot but I have no memory of his being away – my memory is of mum and dad being there all the time. Another abiding memory is of mum sitting on the side of my bed when I was very young, a toddler, singing the famous Brahms lullaby, with her own lyrics, the majority of which I remember, whilst stroking my cheek.
That memory is still so vivid today, it affects me deeply and it reinforces the bonds of love between mum/dad and me.
Thanks, mum and dad, for everything. l love you!


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Speech-pathology undergrads Madaline Ross and Anna Pedersen co-hosted the 24th-annual Route 66 conference.
Dr. Jennifer Clark presents a vital new model for understanding health.
Congratulations to all the new nurses and nurse practitioners who received their white More
TU speech-language pathology master's student Natalie Mayberry developed a training program for Tulsa More
TU President Gerard Clancy focused on the medico-legal aspects of medical marijuana during More
Firefighters often are required to perform high-intensity work within fire-engulfed structures. This unique More
When Carlos Bautista-Enrique traveled from his home in Spain to Oklahoma to attend More
Graduate students in The University of Tulsa’s athletic training program participated in a More
Athletic Trainer Service Award recognizes National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) members for their More
School of Nursing recently recognized high-achieving students at its annual Recognition and Award More

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You will learn the craft of dance through studio courses and performance; the science of dance through study of kinesiology; and the art of dance through studies of history, religion, culture, and composition.
If you are interested in dance, you will have many options for learning, choreographing, and performing.
Like all students pursuing a bachelor's degree, dance minors will meet the liberal arts core requirement through study in many disciplines. (About half of the required courses for the dance minor can also satisfy the liberal arts core.) As a result of their introduction to a variety of fields, students will select a major. Current dance minor students have chosen a wide variety of majors such as physical education, art, music, foreign language, history, or religion.
Just a few career options that open up from minoring in dance:
- Dance instructor
- Dance therapist
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Splosh Have Faith Be Patient Verse Plaque
These watercolour washed, collaged style Have Faith verses have been designed to bring faith, inspiration and positivity into people’s lives with meaningful quotes that are uplifting and inspiring.
Inspired by Proverbs 16.23 verse reads: 'Kind Words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the body'.
Ceramic matte finish verse measures 15 x 12cm and is packaged in full-coloured gift box – ready for gifting.
Can stand alone or be hung on the wall


Justice Department Observes National Crime Victims’ Rights Week with Events throughout the Country, Including Arizona
PHOENIX – In observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 7-13, 2019, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona hosted its annual Service Award Ceremony today to recognize individuals who have performed exceptional service on behalf of crime victims. This year’s theme for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week is “Honoring Our Past. Creating Hope for the Future.”
The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, within the Office of Justice Programs, leads communities across the country in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in 1981 to bring greater sensitivity to the needs and rights of victims of crime. Since then, every year in April, the Department of Justice and United States Attorney’s Offices observe National Crime Victims’ Rights Week nationwide by organizing events to highlight the rights of victims in our legal system and to honor those who advocate on their behalf.
The U.S. Department of Justice will host the Office for Victims of Crime’s annual National Crime Victims’ Service Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 2019, to honor outstanding individuals and programs that serve victims of crime.
“Victims of crime deserve justice. This Department works every day to help them recover and to find, prosecute, and convict those who have done them harm,” said Attorney General William P. Barr. “During this National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, we pause to remember the millions of Americans who have been victims of crime and we thank public servants who have served them in especially heroic ways. This week the men and women of the Department recommit ourselves once again to ensuring that crime victims continue to have a voice in our legal system, to securing justice for them, and to preventing other Americans from suffering what they have endured."
“Our office is deeply committed to ensuring that all crime victims are accorded their rights under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, they are protected from further harm, and they receive the support and assistance necessary for recovery,” stated First Assistant United States Attorney Elizabeth A. Strange. “We honor all of our law enforcement partners who work with us every day to protect our communities and, today, we specifically recognize outstanding individuals who went above and beyond the call of duty to serve victims of crime or to advocate on their behalf.”
The Office of Justice Programs provides innovative leadership to federal, state, local, and tribal justice systems, by disseminating state-of-the art knowledge and practices across America, and providing grants for the implementation of these crime-fighting strategies. Because most of the responsibility for crime control and prevention falls to law enforcement officers in states, cities, and neighborhoods, the federal government can be effective in these areas only to the extent that it can enter into partnerships with these officers. More information about the Office of Justice Programs and its components can be found at www.ojp.gov. More information about Crime Victims’ Rights Week can be found at https://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ncvrw/. You may also contact the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona Victim Witness Program at 602-514-7500.
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Corporate and portfolio investors have more opportunities in Japan and investing in Japan-oriented companies than in most other parts of Asia, while the attractions in China are narrowing, says Clint Laurent, founder of Global Demographics in Hong Kong.
His firm’s data suggest the only age group in China that is growing are people aged 40 to 64. Laurent calls this cohort ‘working age empty nesters’, because their one child (possibly two) has left home, leaving them with a bit of money and leisure time. Younger age groups are going to see their numbers flatline or shrink.
Many of these empty nesters are enjoying rising incomes, as the labour force shrinks. Families with annual income of Rmb140,000 ($23,000) or more now constitute 8% of urban households. The number of these affluent empty nesters will triple over the coming decade, eventually accounting for 21% of households – or rising from 2 million people today to around 50 million.
“That’s the growth market in China,” Laurent says, noting that these consumers will spend money on travel, on ‘wellness’ (nutrition, gyms and lifestyle) and media, and companies and brands catering to these people will outperform those selling to teenagers (a group in absolute decline) or the mass elderly (rising numbers but too poor to sustain a market).
Laurent compares China to Japan and believes investment into the latter will outperform. He argues the Japanese economy may be growing slowly but that it offers sustainable opportunities.The labour force is not likely to shrink: people might be old but 21% of men over the age of 74 are working. So as people age they work longer. Moreover, these people don’t need to pay anymore to support their elders, and many earn annual salaries of $100,000 or more.
Although the growth of top-earning Chinese urban “empty nesters” looks compelling, the growth of high-earning Japanese is far greater; a similar argument holds for wealthy South Korea.
“The story of Western economic revival is more lucrative than emerging markets, and market entry for companies and investors into developed economies is far easier,” Laurent says.
He recommends investors and corporate strategists look at countries that service wealthier neighbours, offering relatively low labour costs and growth, such as Hungary for Western Europe or Mexico for the US and Canada. China, Thailand and Indonesia have served a similar role for Japan and Korea.
Among these, Laurent is the most bullish on Indonesia, not just because of its large, youthful population. He gives Indonesia plaudits for better education – a system he says is better than China’s – and sees lots of signs of rising affluence, from the introduction of credit cards to better-quality fashion imports.
“Indonesia is also turning into a potential alternative to China for manufacturing,” Laurent says. “If investment goes there, consumer incomes will go up.”
He is worried that Thailand’s workforce has peaked, so it can only continue to grow by boosting productivity – a tough challenge. Other markets in the region seem to be losing ground. Vietnam? “Not hot,” he says.
But he is the most sceptical about India. In addition to the usual observations – corruption, fickle regulation, terrible infrastructure – Laurent says the country is failing to educate its young. “That pushes wages down, not up, which means India won’t escape the poverty trap,” he says

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Summer Punch Organic
A refreshing fruit infusion with a delightful sweet flavour. Blended with exotic summer fruits…strawberries, apples, bananas and hibiscus, and all organic too.
Brew: 2 teaspoons per cup for at least 10mins in 100° water, allow to cool & pour over fresh fruit & ice
Ingredients: Apple, sultanas, banana, hibiscus, carrot, liquorice root, strawberry.


Cape Cod lawmakers plan shark meeting with state, federal officials
In the aftermath of the Sept. 15 fatal shark attack on a bodyboarder in Wellfleet, local legislators promised towns that state money and expertise would be available to help better protect and educate the public, as well as enhance the rescue and treatment of future victims.
To that end, state Rep. Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown, and Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, are working out the details of a regional meeting of state officials with town administrators and other municipal officials and staff, representatives from the Cape Cod National Seashore and U.S. Rep. William Keating’s office. The meeting will take place sometime in late December or early January, Peake said.
“The Baker administration, and especially (Lt. Gov. Karyn) Polito, is fully engaged,” Peake said.
A 2015 report by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism showed that $1 billion was spent by visitors in Barnstable County, generating $260.1 million in payroll and 9,000 jobs. That resulted in $40.3 million in state taxes from visitor spending, the third highest by county in the state, and $61.4 million in local taxes.
Although the details are still being worked out, the meeting may be held on the Cape, possibly before Christmas and it may be open to the public, but that hasn’t yet been determined.


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Game dev graduate, looking for work in the Hamilton/GTA/Niagara area. My dA is the place for my hobbyist artwork, nothing professional.
Favourite Visual Artist
All Deviants I've faved or watched here on dA
Avatar, Transformers 3, The Avengers (def. top one)
Favourite TV Shows
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Multiple brony artists, Christian artists, and way too many others to list.
All Halo & Mass Effect novels, Dragons in Our Midst/Oracle of Fire series, Ringworld
Greg Bear, Karen Traviss, Bryan Davis, Larry Niven
The Halo saga, Mass Effect saga, The Elder Scrolls
Favourite Gaming Platform
PC, followed by Xbox One
Tools of the Trade
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)/Photoshop, Autodesk 3DS Max (still learning, no requests!)
Furry Art, Digital Art and Animation, technology in general, PONIES

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Updated August 13, 2013
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If for any reason you don't like rice in your soup, feel free to replace it with pasta.


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Persona Non Grata — System of Logic
(Trottel tr064cd, 2000, CD)
by Henry Schneider, Published 2016-08-18
Persona Non Grata is an innovative Hungarian band that appears to have merged punk and progressive rock, very similar to how the Voodoo Glow Skulls have combined punk, school band instruments, and rock standards. System of Logic contains four relatively short, energetic songs. The first song, "Minimal," has a pounding bass line that pays homage to Primus. The second song, "A Guy Go through the Zebra," has rapid drumming, staccato trumpets, and melodic chanting. The third song, "Green Grass," is a slower tempo funky song with “a rich man’s wife,” “green, green grass of home,” and other rock song samples swirling through the mix of trumpet, drums, guitar, bass, and Hammond organ. The last song, "Reminimal," is a remix of the opening track with a bit more emphasis on the drums and a lesser Primus feel. This band is definitely worthy of a much wider recognition outside Hungary. By all means seek this band out!
Related artist(s): Persona Non Grata
Audion Is Back in Business – Our esteemed colleague Alan Freeman has restarted Audion Magazine after a seven year hiatus. The new incarnation is available online on their Bandcamp site. Audion's history goes back to 1984, and included 58 issues up to 2013. Issue #59 is available now, and #60 is in the works. » Read more
Romantic Warriors IV – Krautrock (Part 2) Is in the Works – Zeitgeist Media, the people who have brought us the great series of documentary films chronicling the history of progressive rock, are working on the second installment of their examination of German music. Krautrock 2 will focus on artists from Münich such as Guru Guru, Amon Düül II, Xhol Caravan, Kraan, Witthüser & Westrupp, and Popol Vuh. » Read more
Simeon Coxe RIP – Simeon Coxe, best known for his experimental electronics in the band Silver Apples, has died at the age of 82. The band's 1968 debut album set the stage for both German electronic music and experimental punk music a decade later. Coxe died on September 8 from pulmonary fibrosis. » Read more