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(Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump pledged to expand oil and gas drilling in remote areas of Alaska as a way to pay for Social Security benefits, a trade-off that is unlikely to pass muster with Congressional budget scorekeepers.
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Trump, in a televised interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity Tuesday night, said that he would reverse a decision by President Joe Biden to cancel oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He said that would negate proposals by his Republican rivals — including former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley — to raise the Social Security eligibility age in order to keep the benefits programs solvent.
“We have such incredible wealth under our feet. That that takes care of everything,” Trump said during the Fox town hall in Davenport, Iowa.
By linking fossil fuel production with Social Security benefits, Trump is highlighting two key issues of importance to Republican primary voters just weeks before they begin to start casting ballots for the party’s nominee. But the revenue from drilling is a small fraction of the total cost of Social Security payments.
The Congressional Budget Office has projected that expanding drilling leases would bring in about $1.8 billion over a decade. That’s in contrast with the $1.4 trillion in Social Security benefits is estimated pay out this year alone.
Social Security benefits are a major source of income for US taxpayers over the age of 65. The Social Security trust fund is projected to be insolvent by 2033 without further action, which would mean that payments to recipients would be reduced to about 75% of current levels.
The potential cuts in Social Security payments in the next decade has prompted discussions about changing the program. That’s a key fault line between Trump, who has pledged not to alter Social Security, and his Republican rivals who have suggested curbing some benefits.
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Haley has proposed increasing the retirement age for future generations. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said he would consider changes to Social Security only for younger adults.
“We have more wealth than anybody, but we don’t use it,” Trump said. “But guys like DeSantis and to a lesser extent, Nikki Haley, they want to play around with your Social Security. You don’t have to touch Social Security.”
The divisions over Social Security is one of many issues that could come up at the fourth Republican primary debate in Alabama on Wednesday, though Trump won’t be on the stage. He also skipped the previous three debates.
The former president has coasted through much of campaign so far, participating in fewer, but larger, events over the past few months. He leads the field nationally by 47.8 percentage points according to a RealClear Politics average of polls. DeSantis and Haley trail Trump with polling averages in the teens.
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The pre-taped event on Tuesday was the second town hall the former president has done with Hannity in Iowa, where the Republican nominating process will begin next month. The decision to avoid debates and opt for solo campaigns event is indicative of his campaign’s strategy that has sought deprive his rivals of the limelight.
As the other candidates take the stage once more on Wednesday, Trump will participate in an fundraiser at Hallandale Beach, Florida, Wednesday evening as the debate takes place.
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Many Autoimmune Disease Patients Struggle With Diagnosis, Costs, Inattentive Care
After years of debilitating bouts of fatigue, Beth VanOrden finally thought she had an answer to her problems in 2016 when she was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disorder.
For her and millions of other Americans, that’s the most common cause of hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland in the neck, doesn’t produce enough of the hormones needed for the body to regulate metabolism.
There’s no cure for Hashimoto’s or hypothyroidism. But VanOrden, who lives in Athens, Texas, started taking levothyroxine, a much-prescribed synthetic thyroid hormone used to treat common symptoms, like fatigue, weight gain, hair loss, and sensitivity to cold.
Most patients do well on levothyroxine and their symptoms resolve. Yet for others, like VanOrden, the drug is not as effective.
For her, that meant floating from doctor to doctor, test to test, and treatment to treatment, spending about $5,000 a year.
“I look and act like a pretty energetic person,” said VanOrden, 38, explaining that her symptoms are not visible. “But there is a hole in my gas tank,” she said. And “stress makes the hole bigger.”
Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks and damages healthy cells and tissues. Other common examples include rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, celiac disease, and inflammatory bowel disease. There are more than 80 such diseases, affecting up to an estimated 50 million Americans, disproportionately women. Overall, the cost of treating autoimmune diseases is estimated at more than $100 billion annually in the U.S.
Despite their frequency, finding help for many autoimmune diseases can prove frustrating and expensive. Getting diagnosed can be a major hurdle because the range of symptoms looks a lot like those of other medical conditions, and there are often no definitive identifying tests, said Sam Lim, clinical director of the Division of Rheumatology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. In addition, some patients feel they have to fight to be believed, even by a clinician. And after a diagnosis, many autoimmune patients rack up big bills as they explore treatment options.
“They’re often upset. Patients feel dismissed,” Elizabeth McAninch, an endocrinologist and thyroid expert at Stanford University, said of some patients who come to her for help.
Insufficient medical education and lack of investment in new research are two factors that hinder overall understanding of hypothyroidism, according to Antonio Bianco, a University of Chicago endocrinologist and leading expert on the condition.
Some patients become angry when their symptoms don’t respond to standard treatments, either levothyroxine or that drug in combination with another hormone, said Douglas Ross, an endocrinologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. “We will have to remain open to the possibility that we’re missing something here,” he said.
Jennifer Ryan, 42, said she has spent “thousands of dollars out-of-pocket” looking for answers. Doctors did not recommend thyroid hormone medication for the Huntsville, Alabama, resident — diagnosed with Hashimoto’s after years of fatigue and weight gain — because her levels appeared normal. She recently switched doctors and hopes for the best.
“You don’t walk around hurting all day long and have nothing wrong,” Ryan said.
And health insurers typically deny coverage of novel hypothyroidism treatments, said Brittany Henderson, an endocrinologist and founder of the Charleston Thyroid Center in South Carolina, which sees patients from all 50 states. “Insurance companies want you to use the generics even though many patients don’t do well with these treatments,” she said.
Meanwhile, the extent of Americans’ thyroid problems can be seen in drug sales. Levothyroxine is among the five most prescribed medications in the U.S. every year. Yet research points to some overprescribing of the drug for those with mild hypothyroidism.
A recent study, paid for by AbbVie — maker of Synthroid, a brand-name version of levothyroxine — said a medical and pharmacy claims database showed that the prevalence of hypothyroidism, including milder forms, rose from 9.5% of Americans in 2012 to 11.7% in 2019.
The number of people diagnosed will rise as the population ages, said McAninch. Endocrine disruptors — natural or synthetic chemicals that can affect hormones — could account for some of that increase, she said.
In their search for answers, patients sometimes connect on social media, where they ask questions and describe their thyroid hormone levels, drug regimens, and symptoms. Some online platforms offer information that’s dubious at best, but overall, social media outlets have increased patients’ understanding of hard-to-resolve symptoms, Bianco said.
They also offer one another encouragement.
VanOrden, who has been active on Reddit, has this advice for other patients: “Don’t give up. Continue to advocate for yourself. Somewhere out there is a doctor who will listen to you.” She has started an alternative treatment — desiccated thyroid medication, an option not approved by the FDA — plus a low dose of the addiction drug naltrexone, though the data is limited. She’s feeling better now.
Research of autoimmune thyroid disease gets little funding, so the underlying causes of immune dysfunction are not well studied, Henderson said. The medical establishment hasn’t fully recognized hard-to-treat hypothyroid patients, but increased acknowledgment of them and their symptoms would help fund research, Bianco said.
“I would like a very clear, solid acknowledgment that these patients exist,” he said. “These people are real.”
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Element Analytics, a leading developer of analytics data management and integration software for industrial companies, today announced Series A funding of $19.5M from leading industrial companies and venture firms specializing in industrial applications. The new investors – GE Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, ABB Technology Ventures, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Aster and Blue Bear Capital – join current investors Kleiner Perkins Green Growth Fund and private investors focused on energy transformation. These investors represent some of the biggest names in the venture capital and the industrial sectors and their funding, combined with previous seed equity investments, bring total equity funding in Element Analytics to $22M.
Element Analytics is a pioneer in software that processes, manages and integrates large volumes of data from a wide variety of sources including sensors and engineering and operational systems. The company’s Element Platform™ creates and maintains “Digital Twins”– dynamic digital representations of physical equipment and assets – to enable easy, comprehensive and accurate analysis. Such analysis can provide insights including when key equipment might fail or optimizing operations in industries such as oil and gas, chemicals, utilities, mining and manufacturing.
“The world’s leading suppliers of industrial equipment and control solutions recognize there is a ‘data readiness’ gap when trying to analyze critical operational data,” said Andy Bane, CEO of Element Analytics. “Our platform is designed to take unorganized and inconsistent ‘dark’ data from industrial operations and make it easy to trust, manage, and analyze. Today’s announcement shows the depths of this challenge and the promise of our solution. It's impressive to see the range of industry leaders investing in Element Analytics and working to bring this vision to life.”
In seeking investors, Element Analytics focused on leaders in the industrial sector and on venture capital firms specializing in investments that help industrial companies achieve digital transformation. Such transformations promise to enable companies in numerous industries to become more efficient, sustainable and profitable. “We sought out investors with deep knowledge of capital-intensive industries with whom we can build mutually beneficial relationships,” said Bane. “We aim to provide both a financial return and strategic return to these investors, helping their businesses as our solution becomes more broadly adopted.”
“LNS Research sees the ability to quickly create a scalable and extensible data model that spans the industrial value chain as the biggest problem to be solved in the whole IIoT space. This industrial data model then becomes the foundation for companies to ensure that data from equipment, sensors, and other sources is ready for advanced analytics,” said Matthew Littlefield, President and Principal Analyst, LNS Research. “With these new strategic investments, Element Analytics has the potential to be a category-creating company that addresses the data model challenge and helps speed the adoption of Industrial IoT solutions and analytics.”
“Element’s Analytics is a game changer because its data management technology transforms operations data to solve real world problems” said David Mount, who founded Element Analytics with Element’s VP of Product Sameer Kalwani. Mount is a partner at G2VP and Kleiner Perkins Green Growth Fund.
Element Analytics plans to use the funding to invest in software development, market development and operations.
About Element Analytics
Based in San Francisco, CA, Element Analytics is an industrial analytics software company that makes data work for people, proactively surfacing insight where it’s needed most. The Element Platform rapidly transforms data into actionable insight, helping industrial organizations make the best-informed decisions for greater efficiency, sustainability, and profit. For more information, visit www.elementanalytics.com.


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(This article is from my other website, wwwJustSayNo.org.) Across the table, with coffee in hand, the police sargeant patiently answered all of my questions. As a Notre Dame grad, involved in thousands of drug arrests during an exceptional career that spanned three decades with the Columbus Division of Police, he was the perfect person to shed light on the growing problem of drug use among high school students. I wanted to learn as much as possible from him for my book, Seeing Past Friday Night.
The fundamental question
After a lengthy conversation, I asked a final question that he was uniquely qualified to answer. “You’ve witnessed it all,” I said. “You’ve seen the destruction, the incredible cost. You’re the one who explains to the parents why their child was arrested. The question is, why do some kids try drugs for the first time?”
“I don’t know,” he said. “They don’t know. They just say they weren’t thinking.”
“Okay, I get that,” I responded. “But, think about it … what is the real reason?”
This time he took longer and said, “It’s really hard to say. I can tell you what the parent’s reaction is, every single time.”
“Absolute shock. When I tell them that their 16 or 17 year old son or daughter was just arrested for selling drugs to support their own habit, they are absolutely shocked. They cannot believe it, which, of course, is understandable.”
(His words made me recall how many times parents say, “I gotta tell you, I would be absolutely shocked to find out that my kids were doing drugs.” The sargeant’s sobering words made me realize that just because parents would be absolutely shocked does not necessarily eliminate the possiblity that they will be one day.)
I pressed on with the question …
Apologizing for being stuck on this one question, I asked a third time. “Think about it. You’ve seen so many great kids from wonderful families go down a dangerous path during their high school years. In many cases, if they could only go back in time and make a better decision that first time they try drugs, their whole life might be so different.”
He pondered one more time, and after a long moment, shook his head and said, “Young or old, they all say the same thing. They just weren’t thinking.”
It finally struck me …
That is the answer
“That’s it,” I said. “We’re looking for the answer, and that is the answer. They aren’t doing a Ben Franklin List, where they list the pros on one side of the page and the cons on the other. They don’t decide … they react! Theres is no reason for their decision, because there is no reasoning involved.”
Like so many things we do, particularly in high school when our experience level is so disproportionate with the consequences of our actions, we just react. This is why the Just Say No program is so successful.
How would you answer?
The young schoolgirl raises her hand and asks you, “What should we do if someone offers us drugs?”
Cameras are rolling. Microphones are pointed at you. What are you going to say?
I probably would have answered, “Well, tell them that drugs are bad for you. Your grades will suffer. Your parents don’t want you to do it. It’s illegal. And tell them …”
Blah, blah, blah.
She doesn’t need a Ben Franklin sheet! She needs something simple. She needs to be armed with a simple, powerful mission statement. A mission statement that she is in charge of implementing!
Helping your teen take control of their life.
Not, no because of this.
Not, no because of that .
No because I said so!
She doesn’t have to explain herself to anybody. Just saying no, is enough.
If it is all about reaction … have your kids react wisely!
Despite a long list of stupid things I did in high school, when it came to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, I reacted wisely. Why?
Because my parents offered me an added incentive to say no to drug use, binge drinking, and smoking during my high school years. They agreed to:
- Give me use of a car throughout high school.
- Pay towards the gasoline.
- Pay towards the car insurance.
After that, it was always a beer or a car, a cigarette or a car, pot or a car. At 16, 17, and 18, car wins out every time. From that moment on, there was no decision. Decision made. From that point I reacted in a positive way.
Every Hero Needs a Guide
Visit my website, www.JustSayNo.org and you can download a free Promise Agreement that parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, coaches, and teachers can make with the young adult in their life to give them added incentives for dealing with the challenges of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco in a responsible way.
Empower the young person in your life with a powerful, simple mission statement to keep them healthy. Empower them to Just Say No. Because Every Story Needs a Hero, and Every Hero Needs a Guide.

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The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local)
WASHINGTON >> The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
The House has voted to urge Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and hold a Cabinet vote to remove President Donald Trump from office a symbolic action after Pence had already said he would not do so.
The House sent the message to Pence and Trump almost a week after an angry mob of the presidents supporters marched to the Capitol and violently invaded the building. The breach happened as Congress counted the electoral votes that confirmed Democrat Joe Bidens presidential win.
The legislation was sponsored by Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat and former Constitutional law professor who said the amendment was intended to be the final mechanism for removing a president who is failing to meet the most basic duties of his office and indeed actually harming the Republic with his conduct.
Raskin said the crisis is not over yet in Trumps final week in office.
In a letter late Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pence said the mechanism should not be used as a means of punishment or usurpation but should be reserved for cases of medical or mental incapacitation.
The House is expected to vote to impeach the president Wednesday.
Michigan Rep. Fred Upton has become the fourth Republican to back the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
The House is set to vote as early as Wednesday on impeaching Trump for a second time after he egged on a violent mob of supporters who marched to the Capitol and invaded it a week ago. Upton says he would have preferred that the House censure Trump, but it is time to say: enough is enough.
Upton cited Trumps comments Tuesday in which he expressed no regrets for the insurrection.
This sends exactly the wrong signal to those of us who support the very core of our democratic principles and took a solemn oath to the Constitution, Upton said.
Upton joins Republican Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, John Katko of New York and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois in supporting impeachment.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House must move to impeach President Donald Trump because the country is at an unprecedented moment in history.
Speaking Tuesday on the eve of a second vote to impeach him, Pelosi said Trump must be charged because of the seditious attack on the Capitol by his supporters one week ago.
I urge my Republican colleagues to open their eyes and to finally hold this president accountable, Pelosi told her colleagues on the House floor late Tuesday. The story of our country, and the future of our very democracy, are at stake.
The Democratic-led House is expected to vote to impeach Trump on Wednesday, with some Republican votes. If so, Trump will be the first American president to be impeached twice.
Two newly elected lawmakers who had missed the opening day of Congress because of COVID-19 have been sworn in as the House convened for the first time after the violent attack on the Capitol.
Republican Reps. David Valadao of California and Mara Elvira Salazar of Florida were sworn in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
They two been in quarantine for COVID-19 when the new Congress opened Jan. 3.
Both Republicans defeated Democrats in the November election. Valadao won back the central California seat he previously held. Salazar took over a Miami-area district.
Their first votes in Congress will be the legislation being considered Tuesday to call on Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove President Donald Trump from office after he encouraged a rally mob of supporters to head to the the Capitol.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named a Maryland Democrat grieving his sons recent death as leader of the nine House Democrats who would prosecute President Donald Trump during his expected Senate impeachment trial.
The team includes three women, four people of color and lawmakers from states stretching from Rhode Island to California.
Rep. Jamie Raskin will be lead manager. The 58-year-old has often been an energetic presence during floor debates and taught constitutional law for 25 years. His 25-year-old son died of suicide on New Years Eve.
Other managers will be Reps. Diana DeGette of Colorado, David Cicilline of Rhode Island; Joaquin Castro of Texas, Eric Swalwell of California, Ted Lieu of California, Joe Neguse of Colorado and Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania and Stacey Plaskett, the Democratic delegate from the Virgin Islands.
Trump is being charged with incitement of insurrection over the attack at the Capitol last week. Democrats plan to push an impeachment resolution through the House on Wednesday, with modest GOP support.
An Alabama man accused of participating in last weeks riot had been out on bond on drug charges.
Court records show that a judge on Monday revoked the bond for 23-year-old William Watson after prosecutors said he was identified in photographs and video of the riot.
Authorities noted that they were able to identify Watson by the distinctive tattoos on his hand and that Watson appeared to describe his participation in a social media post objecting to peoples speculation that he was an antifa member because of his appearance.
The social media post that prosecutors attributed to Watson said: They wanna call me antifa because I have a video game tattoo on my hand and I was pleading for peaceful discourse. Let em say what they will. The fake news wont win against thousands of patriots who recorded today.
Watsons lawyer didnt immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Republican lawmakers are objecting to new metal detectors outside the House chamber that were added as a security precaution following last weeks deadly attack on the Capitol.
Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, said Tuesday that the metal detectors were designed to impede lawmakers from voting and were not discussed with GOP leaders ahead of time.
Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois was angry about the metal detectors and said valuable resources were being diverted in order to install the devices.
Several lawmakers simply walked around the devices. Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert said, You cant stop me. Im on my way to a vote.
Freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who has announced her intention to carry a gun on Capitol grounds, set off a metal detector. It wasnt clear if she had a cellphone or other metal object in her purse.
She refused to allow a search of her bag and eventually was let into the House chamber.
A Republican congressman says he wont apologize for remarks last week despite a proposed censure resolution accusing him of helping incite the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol.
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks said Tuesday that his critics are misrepresenting his remarks, which he says were intended as a pep talk for the next election cycle.
Brooks told a crowd at a Donald Trump Save America rally that preceded the riot that he wanted them to take a message back home and along the way stop at the Capitol.
He said, Today is the day that American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass. He was wearing a hat that said Fire Pelosi.
Democratic Reps. Tom Malinowski of New Jersey and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida on Monday introduced the resolution for censure, saying his words helped spark chaos, destruction, injuries and death.
Brooks office said his remarks were meant to inspire the crowd to fight in the 2022 and 2024 elections. He denied encouraging violence.
An Idaho man whose photograph was included on a federal list of those considered persons of interest in the siege of the U.S. Capitol has been jailed in Boise.
The Ada County sheriffs office says 34-year-old Josiah Colt turned himself in on Tuesday afternoon and was being held on a U.S. Marshals hold.
Colt was among those who stormed the Capitol during a riot by loyalists of President Donald Trump as Congress prepared to certify the results of the election won by Democrat Joe Biden. Five people died.
After the insurgency, Colt posted a video to Facebook erroneously claiming he was the first person in the mob to sit in House Speaker Nancy Pelosis chair. Photos from the siege show him in the seat normally used by Vice President Mike Pence in the Senate chamber.
Colt later issued an apology for his conduct through Boise TV station KBOI, saying his actions brought shame to himself and his country.
Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger has become the third Republican member of Congress to call for President Donald Trumps impeachment.
Kinzinger said in a statement Tuesday that Trump is responsible for whipping up an angry mob that stormed the Capitol last week, leaving five dead. He says there is no doubt in my mind that Trump broke his oath of office and incited this insurrection.
The House is set to start impeachment proceedings against Trump on Wednesday.
The president faces a single impeachment charge, incitement to insurrection, for his actions surrounding the mob attack on the Capitol, the worst domestic assault on the building in the nations history.
Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican, and Republican Rep. John Katko of New York said earlier Tuesday that they would vote to impeach Trump.
The man photographed sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office chair during last weeks Capitol insurrection has made his initial federal court appearance in Arkansas.
Sixty-year-old Richard Barnett, of Gravette, Arkansas, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin Wiedemann in Fayetteville on Tuesday to hear the charges against him. Among them is a charge that he unlawfully entered a restricted area with a lethal weapon in this case, a stun gun.
Barnett also is charged with disorderly conduct and theft of public property. If convicted on all charges, including the new lethal weapon count, he could be sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison.
Barnetts attorney, Anthony Siano, conceded the validity of the warrant against him. Siano offered no further comment.
Barnett will remain in federal custody at the Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville until a virtual detention hearing Friday, when a judge will decide whether to grant him bond.
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney says she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump.
The Wyoming congresswoman, the No. 3 Republican in the House, said in a statement Tuesday that Trump summoned the mob that attacked the Capitol last week, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. She says, Everything that followed was his doing.
She also notes that Trump could have immediately intervened to stop his supporters, but he did not.
Cheney says, There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.
Cheney is a daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Trump himself has taken no responsibility for his role in inciting the attackers.
New York Rep. John Katko was the first Republican to say hed vote to impeach Trump.
Rep. John Katko is the first Republican to say hell vote to impeach President Donald Trump following the deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
The New York congressman said in a statement posted to Twitter late Tuesday: I will vote to impeach this president.
Katko, a former federal prosecutor, said he did not make the decision lightly.
He said, To allow the president of the United States to incite this attack without consequence is a direct threat to the future of our democracy. He says, I cannot sit by without taking action.
The House is set to start impeachment proceedings against Trump on Wednesday.
The president faces a single impeachment charge, incitement to insurrection, for his actions ahead of the mob attack on the Capitol, the worst domestic assault on the building in the nations history.
A Florida firefighter who was photographed inside the Capitol during a riot by loyalists of President Donald Trump has been charged with disorderly conduct.
A charge of disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds was filed Tuesday in the District of Columbia against Andrew Williams.
Williams has been a firefighter with the Sanford Fire Department since 2016. He was placed on administrative leave from the fire agency last week pending an internal investigation. Sanford is located about 25 miles outside Orlando.
Fire department spokesperson Bianca Gillett said Tuesday that the agency was made aware of the arrest and that an update on his status with the fire department was expected later.
Vincent Citro, an attorney for Williams, didnt respond to an email inquiry.
The heads of five House committees say they have grave concerns about ongoing and violent threats after a briefing from FBI officials about the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol last week.
The lawmakers, all Democrats, said Tuesday that it is clear that more must be done to preempt, penetrate, and prevent deadly and seditious assaults by domestic violent extremists in the days ahead. They did not share specific details from the briefing.
They say the FBI confirmed to them that they will prosecute every individual associated with this act, including anyone who entered restricted areas outside the Capitol and those who made it inside.
The statement came from House Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson, House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff, House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith and Massachusetts Rep. Stephen Lynch, a member of the Oversight panel.
The militarys top leaders have issued a memo to forces decrying last weeks Capitol Hill violence and reminding service members that freedom of speech does not give anyone the right to resort to violence.
Tuesdays memo was signed by all members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It also reminded military members that Joe Biden was duly elected and will be sworn in as the next president on Jan. 20.
The memo said, Any act to disrupt the Constitutional process is not only against our traditions, values and oath; it is against the law.
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Tasting notes: Molasses, almond, plum, peach, cedar, hibiscus flavours.
Roast date: 11 August, 2022
The Santuario Sul project, began almost five years ago, with collaboration with Camilo Merizalde, the pioneering Colombian behind the Santuario project, plus the Santuario fermentation expert, Ivan Solis, from Costa Rica.
The farm currently has 30 hectares of land in coffee production, and they aim to expand to 70 hectares very soon.
Their goal from the offset was for the farm to be different,“ Luiz Paolo said. “If we do the usual things, it’s just another farm in Brazil. The farm is bringing together Brazilian terroir with Central and South American styles.”
They began by planting different varietals, 25 in total, making it the biggest coffee garden in Brazil. Last year they harvested their first crop of Sudan Rume and this year saw the first harvest of SL28 come to market.
The next step from planting exotic varieties was to experiment with processing, specifically anaerobic fermentation. Rather than import expensive equipment from overseas, the team looked in their own backyard.
Carmo de Minas is dairy country — Luiz Paulo's grandmother is as famous for her cows as she is for coffee — so they bought a fermentation tank used for cheese making and got to work in experimenting. The closed steel tanks are easy to clean and feature double walls and temperature controls, which Ivan Solís adapted to the exact temperature range required for coffee processing.
The tank used on Santuario Sul can process 2000 liters of cherries - around ten bags of green coffee.
Coffee production in Brazil played a role in the country's history and is important for the Brazilian economy. Minimum wage has increased to about $500 per month and although this is a low salary on any scale, these wages mean that the work of selective hand-picking coffee cherries represents up to 2/3 of the total cost of coffee production, even when coffee is sold at a 100% premium over commodity coffee.
The Santuario Sul project highlights the potential and future of coffee in Brazil, often overlooked as a destination that lacked fruit driven complex tasting coffees.

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Covid-free Norfolk hospital lifts ban on visitors - but you must pre-book
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Patients at a Covid-free Norfolk hospital can have one visitor for one hour a day as restrictions are eased.
Gorleston’s James Paget University Hospital says its last positive case was admitted on July 10, and that there had been no cases on any of its wards since.
During the pandemic it discharged 240 people who had recovered, and saw 122 deaths due to Covid-19. As part of its response, it banned visitors and created separate zones for those with the virus.
But from today (Tuesday July 28) patients can see one visitor for one hour a day.
The hospital has also reverted to a single A&E department, having set up a separate respiratory A&E with its own entrance for coronavirus patients.
Under the new arrangements people will have to pre-book their visits at least 24 hours ahead.
No children will be allowed and because of social distancing it may mean that not every patient will be able to see someone.
The hospital said in a statement: “We recognise that the visiting restrictions put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic have been extremely difficult for patients, families and friends, but this was necessary to follow guidance from the Government and to minimise the spread of the infection.
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“Updated guidance means we are now re-introducing limited visiting for inpatient areas, but visits must be pre-booked.
“Patients in non-Covid wards can have one visitor a day, for a maximum of one hour.
“Unfortunately, children will not be able to visit.”
Slots will be available between 11am and 7.30pm each day and people will be asked to provide details under track and trace.
Visitors are asked to wear a face covering at all times.
On arrival they will have to take off their coat and wash their hands.
Overall the hospital stresses it would rather people stayed in touch remotely if possible.
To book a slot call 01493 453300, from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, and 9am to 1pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Requests can also be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.org
Other initiatives, including video calls and the Letters to Loved Ones service, will remain in place.
A spokesperson for the James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust confirmed the Gorleston hospital’s first cases on Tuesday, March 17.

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The Magpies travel to Leicester City for the third round of the prestigious competition on Saturday and the Dutch defender is hoping his side can achieve success.
Janmaat won the KNVB Cup (Dutch version) with Heerenveen in 2008/09 so knows how it feels to hold aloft an important national piece of silverware.
"It's a nice game for us. We want to take this chance to win something," said Janmaat.
"The FA Cup is a nice prize so we want to win it.
"It is similar. We have the cup in Holland too - here you have to do well in it and it's similar I think."
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5 Day Presence Immersion
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Today we are exploring:
- How we embody presence to awaken and sense the life force within us (the real us) (Video)
- Somatic Meditation to explore and build the sensation of awareness (Audio)
- Embodying presence steps PDF for when emotionally triggered
- Movement as a resource
This is deep stuff, but it’s super important to understand who we are underneath our conditioning, past, trauma, achievements, our physical body and mind we identify as. We are the presence we sense within.
So let's take a look at today's video.
Somatic Healing Meditation
Get comfy! Doing this meditation twice a day is ideal. My preference is in the morning and around 2pm in the afternoon. Do what feels right for you.
If choosing to sit on a cushion, with a straight spine aim to have your knees positioned lower than your hips. This stops pins and needles.
The solar plexus is located in the centre below the ribs.
Whilst old memories or old pain bodies arise, don't engage in, “why me?” Or “oh no” stories. Just observe in consciousness. Be the observer of the sensations, accept them. Feel the inner body by following the breath and allow the emotions to move on.
Don't get stuck in any mind stories about it. Cut off thoughts by putting your intention inside the body. Welcome the sensation not the story. Put your conscious attention (the light on) on the feelings/emotions/pain in your body and just observe; be the witness, breathe deeply and it will begin to change and move.
Every time strong emotions or feelings come up repeat by being the loving witness. Very quickly that painbody, uncomfortableness or old story, will begin to go back to sleep; or will purge and leave.
The more you accept it, feel it and observe it as the loving witness, the quicker you will begin to transmute those old wounds.
As we know, energy can get stuck in the body, especially when we are doing work with our unconscious/shadow. We can awaken old pain bodies or wounds that can feel strong and uncomfortable in our bodies. As well as observing these old wounds consciously, it’s great to get the energy moving and flowing up through the body and out. This unlocks the emotional or physical blocks and creates more harmony. The chi, prana or life force can then pump up through the spine.
Any physical activity can help. Some of my favourites are walking, shaking/dancing to loud music around the kitchen until I feel my tingling life force energy (aka presence) inside me; particularly to The Tokens - The lion sleeps tonight.
I like swimming in the ocean or walking on the sand with bare feet, going outside and earthing in yoga poses so that excess energy can be released through my hands and feet back into the earth. Downward dog is a great earthing pose.
You will know when your body needs movement because you will feel agitated and your body will ask for it.
Here is your ‘Easy guide to BEING Present’ PDF. You can download it below and use it as a reminder.
Take it easy love
See you soon
Love Lyndsay x

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Camping in North Brittany
An introduction to North Brittany
Diverse, beautiful, magical, rugged, spectacular, mysterious, quaint Brittany is truly a land of contrasts. Beautiful Brittany truly caters for all tastes and has a wonderfully laid-back pace of life making it a great holiday destination. A bit like all the best bits of our own Cornwall. Without the crowds. Making it a great location for a family camping holiday.
Brittany covers the picturesque Emerald coast with its rock pools, hidden coves, miles of beaches and wooded shorelines, and the majestic and rough beauty of the Atlantic coast.
Bustling market towns, traditional fishing ports, medieval villages, ancient stone circles and obelisks are dotted all over this most magical celtic area. Like the historic, beautiful City of Quimper, the capital of the Cornouaille county.
Think tempting markets, a stunning medieval Cathedral and charming little back streets. While you're in the area, potter around one of the quaint Faiencepotteries or join in the Festival de Cornouaille in July, Brittany's biggest celebration of Brêton culture.
With Al Fresco head for the most thrill a minute holiday parks in Brittany at Chateau Des Ormes, Dol -De - Bretagne with its enormous outdoor wave pool and its impressive pool complex. This exceptional, well established holiday parc is a great campsite to explore the best that North Brittany has to offer.
For the more active, there are some of Europe's top surfing and bodyboarding spots with the long white sandy beaches of the Bay d'Audierne stretching from the famous La Torche right up to the unmissable Pointe du Raz, (France's version of Lands End).
What to eat and drink in North Brittany
Although the regional identity is very strong, the Bretons certainly share the French obsession with food. The seafood is legendary with langoustines, oysters, crabs, lobsters, prawns and all manner of delicious fresh fish.
You'll also find creperies just about everywhere offering cheap, filling and tasty treats from savoury specials to indulgent sweet extravaganzas.
Crisp, dry Muscadet is the only wine produced in Brittany. Lively and acidic, it goes fantastically well with the regional seafood including Moules Marinières and oysters from Cancale. Brittany's scrummy cider also has an appellation d'origine controlée.
What to see and do in North Brittany
The magnificent Benedictine Abbey of Mont St Michel on its rocky islet. The 200 Menhir Stones near Carnac predate both the pyramids and Stonehenge. The buzzy walled city of St Malo is especially attractive. And if you need some educational excitement head for the Oceanopolis Aquarium in Brest.

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For all of you who have Diastasis Recti and you have come to the conclusion that it will not close through your efforts, or if you have a hernia in the diastasis and you know you will have to have surgery or live with it forever, I am writing a few articles for you. Please note that I am very honest. Some people do not want to know how it really is and would rather go in to the surgery without prior knowledge. Please know that I am not going to tiptoe around the situation.
The surgery was in June 2010. It is now almost December 2010, and I will say that the recovery is still underway, though I can do most activities that I enjoy, though everything is a process and nothing is easy. Here is how the surgery itself went for me:
Two weeks prior to surgery, I signed my life away and paid a "package" price to my plastic surgeon and the hospital. This took all day. They did blood work and I signed lots of paperwork about risks. My particular plastic surgeon works with a general surgeon on this surgery. The general surgeon removes the hernia and applies the mesh over the area to reduce risk of future herniations. On the day of the surgery, I arrived at 5 AM, and sat in an admitting room where they marked me up and took more blood. They started the IV and I fell asleep as they wheeled me down the hall.
Approximately five hours later, I woke up in the recovery room unable to take a full breath. I was terrified and shocked at first. The nurse was telling me to take a deep breath and I could not. I felt like I was hyperventalating. I could not move. I was taped to a corset-like hard shell that was holding me together. I was in terrible pain, even with lots of pain meds. I do not know how long I was in recovery. It took me a long time to relearn how to get air in to my lungs without expanding my torso, and this is how I would breathe for quite a while.
I stayed in the hospital for two nights. The first day and night, I mostly slept to escape the pain and frustration of breathing and moving. The second day, I had to get up and move more. Everything was difficult. My husband had to help me do everything, including moving my legs. I was on morphine for most of that time, until the headaches became excruciating. They moved me to another pain medicine then. The leaky drains were awkward and gross.
My husband drove me home, carefully, after the second night, and my adventure of recovering at home would begin.


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Authorities: 500 gallons of chlorine spilled at water treatment facility
Hazmat crews are cleaning up Tuesday after hundreds of gallons of liquid chlorine spilled into a water holding facility at Maffitt Reservoir.
Des Moines Fire Department hazmat crews and Northern Warren Fire were dispatched around 3 p.m. to the L.D. McMullen Water Treatment Facility in Cumming.
Brian O’Keefe, a spokesperson for the Des Moines Fire Department, said 500 gallons of chlorine were released.
O’Keefe said no injuries were reported from the spill. He said there is no threat to the public and no disruption of service is expected.

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Many of us have been eating chocolate since childhood, but few can recognize it in nature. In this episode, we start at the farm with the pod-shaped fruit and its bitter seeds. Those seeds start off bitter, but ultimately become sweet, gooey chocolate. In this show, we’ll explore what gives chocolate its flavor and how one of the top craft chocolate makers in the U.S. transformed that love of flavor into a career.
Emily Stone, CEO of specialty cacao supplier Uncommon Cacao, on the factors that create and enhance flavors in chocolate.
Todd Masonis, founder of San Francisco’s Dandelion Chocolate, on selling his tech company for over $150 million and using the money to open a chocolate factory.
Vicente Norero, farm manager and supplier at Camino Verde, based in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on what he wishes chocolate lovers understood about farming cacao.
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Coba Reborn, the exciting new slot game that takes players on a journey through ancient civilizations, is redefining the world of online gambling. With stunning visuals and immersive gameplay, the Coba Reborn slot offers thrilling adventures and the chance to win big. Dive into a world of mystery and excitement today!
Coba Reborn Slot Game Overview
Coba Reborn is a slot game that transports players back in time to the ancient world, specifically the lost civilization of the Mayans. The game is set in the heart of the jungle, with lush greenery and ancient ruins serving as the backdrop. The attention to detail in the graphics is truly impressive, with every symbol and animation meticulously designed to create an immersive experience.
The slot game features a traditional 5×3 reel setup and offers players 243 ways to win. This means that winning combinations can be formed by matching symbols on adjacent reels, regardless of their position. With such a high number of winning possibilities, players can expect frequent payouts and an exhilarating gameplay experience.
How To Play Coba Reborn
Playing Coba Reborn is straightforward and user-friendly, making it accessible to both experienced players and newcomers to online gambling. To get started, players need to set their desired bet amount using the intuitive controls at the bottom of the screen. Once the bet is placed, all that’s left to do is spin the reels and wait for the excitement to unfold.
The game features a variety of symbols, each representing a different aspect of the Mayan civilization. From ornate masks to ancient artifacts, the symbols add to the overall theme and atmosphere of the game. Additionally, there are special symbols that can unlock bonus features and increase the chances of big wins.
One of the standout features of Coba Reborn is the Free Spins feature. By landing three or more scatter symbols on the reels, players will be rewarded with a number of free spins. During the free spins round, a multiplier is applied to all wins, increasing the potential for massive payouts. This feature adds an extra layer of excitement to the gameplay and keeps players on the edge of their seats.
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One such symbol is the Mystery Symbol, represented by an ancient Mayan artifact. When this symbol appears on the reels, it will transform into any other symbol, excluding the scatter and wild symbols, to create winning combinations. This can lead to some unexpected and highly rewarding surprises during gameplay.
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The wild symbol, represented by the Coba Reborn logo, is another symbol to look out for. It can substitute for any other symbol, except the scatter symbol, to create winning combinations. This can greatly increase the chances of landing a big win and adds an element of anticipation to every spin.
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Coba Reborn is an exceptional slot game that combines stunning visuals, engaging gameplay, and exciting features to create an unforgettable gaming experience. The attention to detail in the graphics is evident, with every symbol and animation adding to the overall immersion in the ancient Mayan world.
The gameplay is fast-paced and action-packed, with frequent payouts and the potential for big wins. The Free Spins feature and Cascading Reels add an extra layer of excitement and keep the gameplay fresh and dynamic.
Overall, Coba Reborn is a must-play for any fan of slot games or ancient civilizations. Immerse yourself in the world of the Mayans and embark on a thrilling journey filled with adventure and the chance to win big. Step into the jungle and uncover the secrets of Coba Reborn today!

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For weeks, dozens of wildfires have plagued Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Virginia.
(AP Photo/John Bazemore). A firefighter battles a wildfire Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, in Clayton, Ga. Additionally, gusty winds from the southwest will start Thursday and could push the fire to the north and northeast toward Weed Patch Mountain and the Gray Rock community.
Wildfires continue to burn and grow over 45,000 acres of western North Carolina, causing more than 1,000 residents to evacuate their homes.
Fire officials said the largest active wildfire in the South has now burned more than 19,000 acres in the north Georgia mountains - an area larger than New York's Manhattan. "Wake County is actively doing its part to help our colleagues get these fires under control".
Eight members of the Durham Fire Department left Durham early Thursday to assist with the Party Rock Fire burning near Lake Lure.
"The goal is to keep this line intact", Stokesberry said, pointing to a narrow, winding dirt road between a burning mountainside and a pasture that, so far, has been untouched by the fire.
He also thanked volunteers, like Missy Freeman, who are feeding firefighters. "It shows a good brotherhood helping out neighbors".
Tuscaloosa and Birmingham have both tied or broken records for days without measurable rain; neither has had more than sprinkles since late September.
Emergency agencies urge the public to call 911 only if they see thick, black smoke (indicative of an active fire) or flames in a particular area.
Authorities have arrested two men in separate arson cases as Tennessee fends off wildfires that have burned more than 16,000 acres in the eastern end of the state. "Visibility has been bad - today it's much better". Crews are focusing on structure protection and triage, the release said.
"It's really like nothing we've done before", Stepp said Tuesday. We are cooking. We are putting out food.
"They have been sent to Rutherfordton, in Rutherford County, near Chimney Rock, to provide structural protection to homes threatened by the fire", Assistant Chief Penuel said.
A local construction business owner allowed Stepp and several others to set up cots inside the business to sleep during the day.
Firefighters have been working 12-hour shifts and then many of them have been sleeping in tents.
The problem worsens when the sun slips toward the western horizon, she explained, because elevations in the Shining Rock Wilderness to the west top 6,000 feet. Of the 1,238 wildfires in the state so far this year, officials suspect arson in nearly half of them.
The fire in Rough Ridge, which led to a total fire ban in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, was increasing by 200 acres Wednesday, down from the normal increase of a few thousand acres a day, Heisey said.
The disabled veteran said his children are staying in Hendersonville and that they'd come get him if he needs it.
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The response now has 64 engines, six helicopters, one fixed wing aircraft, 16 dozers and four water tenders at its disposal, according to a fire update released Tuesday afternoon, November 15. Some fires may have been extinguished or changed size since the map was last updated.
Strong response from firefighting crews across the country has played an enormous role in holding the fires to their current parameters. The departments are: Apex, Bay Leaf, Cary, Durham Highway, Eastern Wake, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Stony Hill Rural, Wake Forest, Wendell, Western Wake and Zebulon.


Upgrading your tyres: Dunlop Sport Maxx ST on a Toyota 86
Want to make a difference to your car? Upgrade the tyres.
TYRES MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE to every aspect of a car’s performance – grip, sharpness of handling, comfort, fuel efficiency, quietness and safety. That’s true whether the vehicle is a humble shopping cart, an offroad tourer or a trackday weapon. Yet many manufacturers cut corners on their standard tyres, so very often you can find better tyres when it’s time to upgrade. And specifically, that time should be either when the tyre is about five years old – because aged tyres are dangerous tyres – or when the tread level is below 2mm, and yes that’s above the legal limit of 1.5mm.
One problem tyre manufacturers have is that many of the desired attributes of a tyre are in direct conflict with each other. As a general rule, more grip equals shorter life, and sharp handling doesn’t work for comfort or quietness. To some extent, an expensive tyre compared to a cheap tyre will be better all round, but there quickly comes a limit where regardless of the cost you need to choose what attributes are most important to you. You can be sure that your car manufacturer has chosen a fairly general-purpose tyre which tries to be all things to all people, and particularly the people working in their finance department.
The standard tyres on a Toyota 86 are a case in point. They’re fairly cheap, and they do what appears to be a decent job until you try something better. As an example, I ditched the Michelin Primacy HPs that are standard on the GTS model and upgraded to a set of Dunlop Sport Maxx STs, still in the same 215/45/17 size. The tyres cost more but there was a corresponding improvement in performance. There’s no question the Dunlops grip better, particularly in the wet, and also on track. In fact, in our recent track test my old 2012 86 with its slightly worn Dunlops beat a 2017 model with new brand-new Primacys, despite the 2017 model having better electronic calibration, a touch more power and lower gearing. I’ve also found the steering is a touch sharper, and there’s no loss of comfort or any increase in noise. It’s always hard to compare tyres if you swap new as you’re coming off a worn tyre of one type to a new tyre of another, but I’ve run enough types of tyre on the 86 now to be sure of my results.
In the interests of testing, I did take the Dunlops to the track and found them to offer more grip than the stock tyres, but they’re clearly not designed for track work and showed signs of wear. That’s fine, Dunlop have tyres like the Direzza ZII* Spec as used in the Toyota 86 Race Series for serious track work. I think in general I’d recommend either taking stock tyres to the track which would be cheap enough you don’t mind killing them, or using more specialised track/street tyres like the Direzzas or in my case, Yokohama AD08Rs, or if you wanted to stick with Michelin the Pilot Sport Cup 2 seems to be a decent track-oriented tyre.
I wouldn’t buy an expensive tyre that isn’t designed for the track and then track it as you’d destroy the tyre in short order whereas my AD08Rs look pretty much new even after my best efforts at Winton, Phillip Island and Sandown. Secondhand wheels for cars like the 86 are easily available, and I usually pay around $300 for four rims and four new or near-new stock tyres so trashing them on the track isn’t a problem.
So the tyre upgrade is better…or is it? For safety there’s no such thing as too much grip, but for driving pleasure there certainly is. Pretty much every driver would agree driving a slow car fast is more fun than driving a fast car slow, which is why I’d rather drive an MX-5 or 86 on public roads than a GT-R or RC F. As for the new tyres on the 86 – well, I’d say it’s an improvement. There’s more grip but not so much the car becomes a slot car, and there’s the slightly sharper handling too. Overall, it’s an upgrade that’s worth it. And always remember to get your car wheel-aligned any time new tyres are fitted to maximise your investment in new rubber, then check your tyre pressures regularly to make sure they’re set to the manufacturer’s recommendation.
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271 acres in McCulloch County, Texas
- County: McCulloch
- Address: 4564 County Road 300
- Zip: 76852
- Type: Hunting Land, Ranches, Residential Property
- City: Lohn
- Price: $2,500,000
- Acres: 271
- State/Zip: Texas 76852
- Beds: 7
- Status: Available
- Baths: 5
Mike Barbour | Broker
P.O. Box 654
Brady, Texas, 76825contact member Send to a Friend
Mike Barbour | Broker
- Office: 325-792-2262
- Home: 325-792-0089
- Cell: 325-456-4990
- P.O. Box 654
- Brady, Texas, 76825
Summary. This is a ranch that is absolutely great for entertainment ! It has 2 houses and an apartment (7 bedrooms total), a 60 x 30 party barn, a ranch swimming pool, outdoor kitchen, hunting opportunities, and more !
Location. The ranch is located 17 miles north of Brady, The Heart of Texas. Brady hosts the annual World Championship Goat Cookoff in September, and the Country Music Festival annually in March.
Ft. Worth is about a 3 hour drive, Midland is 3 hours to the west and Austin is about 2.5 hours to the southeast.
Terrain. The surrounding terrain is gently rolling. The houses have some elevation, and there are beautiful views of the Brady Mountains to the south. Some wind turbines are in view about 8 miles or more distant.
Improvements. Improvements include :
1. 2,106 sq. ft. brick 3/2 built in 2000, with 1,000 sq. ft. of covered porches
2. 1,100 sq. ft. frame 3/2 guest house
3. 60 x 30 party barn with bath, 20 ft. bar, etc.
4. Ranch swimming pool with filtration system
5. Very strong and deep Hickory Sand water well and 5,000 gal. storage tank
6. 9 bay machinery shed
7. 30 x 40 shop on concrete
8. Good fencing throughout, plus a number of other assets.
Water. There are 2 water wells and a stock pond on the place. The main well is a 2,800 foot deep Hickory well, a very valuable well. The other well is not in use presently.
Wildlife. There are good populations of native wildlife, plus Axis deer and quail.
Comments. This ranch is tidy and well kept. There is very little prickly pear and little or no cedar. Oak trees are scattered and some oak and other brush attracts game. A Willman lovegrass field yields hay income or feed for your livestock. This is certainly a choice property to own.
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Glen Hansard’s new video for “My Little Ruin” is premiering now at The Daily Beast.
Watch the video here: http://thebea.st/1P9VSaC
The footage was captured the week of release at an impromptu house show organized by Hansard through a series of tweets. Set in a crumbling Georgian town house on Dublin’s northside, the setting was made all the more intimate given there was no amplification—just the glow of instruments and voices. “My Little Ruin” is taken from Hansard’s latest album Didn’t He Ramble, out now via Anti- Records.
Didn’t He Ramble continues to receive critical acclaim:
“The central ingredient remains Hansard’s worn but wonderfully flexible voice, which sounds as kind and expressive as ever, with warmth to match the songs he sings.”—NPR Music
“Didn’t He Ramble evokes a feeling similar to one of Van Morrison’s Celtic-soul fever dreams, burnishing the prevailing sense of romantic fatalism with some low-key bravado on the standout track ‘Winning Streak’ (a kissing cousin to Bob Dylan’s early-Seventies’ chestnut ‘Forever Young’).”—Rolling Stone
“If his instrumentation feels calmer than earlier, perhaps more spontaneous work, it’s because he’s now concentrating on turning up the volume of his words. Lyrics are pointed as Hansard’s often require more than an acoustic guitar.”—Paste
“Didn’t He Ramble offers up prayers to friends and family—and not with mere platitudes, but surges of white-hot honesty delivered in Hansard’s spoonful of sugar timbre.”—Consequence of Sound
In addition, Hansard is set to perform on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on November 6.
Hansard will support the new album on tour throughout North American this fall including stops at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Chicago Theatre in Chicago, the new Kings Theatre in Brooklyn and the Beacon Theater in New York City. See details below. Didn’t He Ramble was produced by Thomas Bartlett (The National, Sufjan Stevens), a frequent collaborator of Hansard’s, and Grammy winner and former Frames band-mate David Odlum (Paloma Faith, Tinariwen). The album, which was recorded in New York, Dublin, Chicago and France, is Hansard’s most intimate and elegant record since his work in Once and features guest appearances by John Sheahan (Dubliners), Sam Beam (Iron and Wine) and Sam Amidon.
Glen Hansard is the celebrated principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for the influential Irish group The Frames. Whether busking the streets of Dublin, where he got his start, or headlining a gig, Hansard has garnered a reputation as an unparalleled frontman. Hansard is also one half of the acclaimed duo The Swell Season. In 2007, he and Czech songstress Markéta Irglová took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly” off the Once soundtrack. In 2013, the Broadway adaptation, Once, The Musical, won eight Tony Awards including the top musical prize itself. His debut solo album Rhythm & Repose was released in 2012.
GLEN HANSARD LIVE
November 9 Los Angeles, CA Walt Disney Concert Hall*
November 10 San Francisco, CA The Masonic*
November 12 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre*
November 13 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom*
November 14 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre*
November 16 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre*
November 17 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater*
November 19 Madison, WI Orpheum Theatre*
November 20 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre*
November 21 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre*
November 23 St. Louis, MO The Pageant*
November 24 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre*
November 25 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre*
November 27 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center†
November 28 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall†
November 30 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre†
December 1 New York, NY Beacon Theatre‡
*supported by Aoife O’Donovan
†supported by Richard Thompson
‡supported by August Wells

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COLUMBUS, Ga. — The Columbus Cottonmouths are liquidating equipment and paraphernalia ahead of the upcoming SPHL 2017-2018 season. It’s a season in which the Cottonmouths won’t take part. The team could not find a new owner by the league’s specified deadline.
The Cottonmouths first started looking for new ownership back in March. They then learned earlier this month that they wouldn’t get to play in the upcoming season.
Now, the Cottonmouths are selling off all of their equipment. The pro shop in the Columbus Ice Rink was packed with dozens of die-hard fans Saturday. They’re hoping not only to support the Cottonmouths by what they wear, but also in what they buy.
Head coach Jerome Bechard tells News 3 the community’s support has helped them during a tough transition.
“People here are so passionate about the Columbus Cottonmouths and what we’ve done for the last 21 years,” Bechard says. “It is heartwarming that we’ve touched a lot of people, so keep your fingers crossed that we’ll be back in the near future.”
It will take some skill and fortune for the Cottonmouths to get back on the ice. But Coach Bechard says it can be done.
All of the proceeds from the sale will go toward any unpaid or outstanding bills the team may have. Coach Bechard says merchandise will continue to sell throughout the week, until everything is sold.


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Group C sees Holland back in the big time after missing the last two major competitions.
Macedonia are making their debut in any kind of major tournament.
Austria are equally seeking their first ever win at a European Championships.
Ukraine are not much better, with just the one victory at the Euros they hosted in 2012.
The Dutch have home advantage with all other games based in Romania.
The golden generation Austrians assumed they had just never ended up happening.
Still waiting for the likes of David Alaba and Arnautovic to deliver on the big stage for their nation, both now in their prime.
It’s not ideal that one of your best players plays in China while Alaba sums up the lack of balance in the squad.
Real Madrid have just signed him based on his performances as a centre back yet for his country he plays on the left of a midfield.
Surely, they will never have a better chance of a first ever Euros win than facing Macedonia in a neutral venue.
Equally it wouldn’t be a shock if they don’t show up.
It’s like their fans have given up hope after being let down over the years.
Ranked outsiders to lift the trophy at 500-1. To put that in perspective, Scotland is 250-1. Yet I don’t think Macedonia are going to be the whipping boys some assume.
In their 27 years since independence they have quietly improved at Football and worked their way up the rankings, occasionally getting a shock result over the years.
As recently as March they won in Germany so I have seen bigger shocks than them beating Austria or Ukraine who might not like the pressure of playing against an underdog.
North Macedonia benefited from the silly rule of making the playoffs based on your Nation League results. I think they might equally benefit from the nonsense of being one of the best third place teams.
They will at least get a shock result at some point.
Would be even more romantic if Pandev scores the winner. At 37, he got his first cap in 2001! (I was in year 10)
While some nations have benefitted from having an extra year to prepare for the Euros, Holland’s chances of being an outside threat to win it were a lot better 12 months ago. You sense their fans and media know that as well.
Ronald Koeman had brought back some hope but then he couldn’t resist the Barcelona job, while VVD was injured the majority of the season.
Frank De Boer has struggled as manager; Blind hasn’t played for a couple of months, while some of their youngsters haven’t had vintage seasons.
The target for the Dutch is to use this tournament as a chance for a young group to learn.
They should finish top 2 based on home advantage, but it wouldn’t take a lot for home fans to turn. At that point I don’t know if there would be enough leaders to respond?
Managed by their greatest ever player, Shevchenko has made the Ukraine entertaining to watch, which I probably have never felt before.
They topped a qualifying group including Portugal, taking 4 points off them.
A year ago they beat Spain in the Nations League and in March drew in France.
So this is a team improving all the time
If they had home advantage, I was really confident, but you simply don’t know how they will handle the expectation.
Most readers will be aware of Zinchenko who plays further forward then he does at the Etihad, as well as Andriy Yarmolenko at West Ham. Keep an eye on Malinovskyi on free kicks.
Maybe they lack an out and out goal scorer but are a young team who if they start well might build some momentum?
I wouldn’t be shocked if they got a result against Holland.
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How to Replace O-Rings in a Faucet
O-Rings in faucets are usually the source of your leak. This article will show you how to replace them.
Things You Will Need
- proper size o-ring
- crescent wrench
How To Replace O-Rings In A Faucet
Make sure your faucet is all the way off. You can either shut the water supply to the faucet or simply turn the faucet to the "off" position if the leak is not that bad.
Locate the head of your faucet, which is the part that unscrews. Take your crescent wrench, attach to the head, and slowly but firmly loosen the head. Remember the "righty tighty/lefty loosy" rule or you will find yourself with a broken faucet head. Once the head is loosened, unscrew it by hand to prevent any thread damage.
Remove the O-ring. If it isn't laying in the head of the faucet, it is attached to the faucet itself right where the head and faucet meet. Replace the old O-ring with your new one. Ensure the O-ring is laying flat and in place.
Hand screw the head back onto the faucet. Ensure the O-ring is not in the way of the threads or you will be repeating this process again. Once the head is all the way screwed on, use the crescent wrench to firmly tighten the head. Again, be careful not to twist too hard!
Turn your water supply back on for ten seconds and back off. Wipe the head and watch for 60 seconds to see if there are any more leaks. If there are no leaks, congratulations! You have successfully replaced your O-ring.
Paul Bright has been writing online since 2006, specializing in topics related to military employment and mental health. He works for a mental health non-profit in Northern California. Bright holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology from the University of North Carolina-Pembroke and a Master of Arts in psychology-marriage and family therapy from Brandman University.


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I've been buried in the planning stages of my new WIP this week, and...um...I love it. Not the WIP (although I do love that), but the planning. I call myself a pantser, but I'm sort of a hybrid pantser-plotter. I have to have several things in place before I can start a draft (or get very far into it): basic character sketches, a basic plot outline, and a basic setting.
And I'm here to tell you, it can actually be fun! Even you die-hard pantsers out there would have fun with some of these tools:
Polyvore - Create a character's fashion. Honestly, I thought this was silly when I first heard about it. Then I tried it. Do you have any idea how much fashion can tell you about a person? You can design sets that include outfits, jewelry, shoes, accessories...it's awesome. Check out my protag Vaea's fashion sense. It's a little telling, no?
MyWebFace - My crit buddy Chersti put me onto this one. I always have a basic idea of what my characters look like, but it's hard finding pictures on Google that match (I even signed up for one of those matchmaking sites so I could browse pictures of people!). On this site, you can design your own character how you want them. It's not exact, and it is a cartoon, but it's pretty fun. Here's Vaea. [PLEASE NOTE: Since writing this, I've learned MyWebFace is infamous for attaching spyware/malware to the required download. I had to remove it and the associated bad content from my own computer, so I regret to say I no longer recommend this!]
And, on the character note, I use the personality color code and the Meyers-Briggs personality types to help me get some of my first basic ideas for who my characters are. They give a very good basis to start a more detailed character sketch.
Freemind - This is the plotting tool for pantsers (and plotters, too!). It's a mind map software that author Simon Haynes uses to plot his books. If you check out his post, you can even see the base mind map he uses over and over. I use this base for every story, because you can be as detailed or as sparse as you want. I've even included such incredible outline points like "more bad stuff happens." I am, after all, somewhat of a pantser. But even so, it helps to get a linear look at my storyline.
I haven't found anything cool for designing a setting out there, so if any of you know of any sweet map creation software or something, feel free to share in the comments! I'm a big fan of Google images to get some ideas for my settings.
And...the new WIP does actually have a title now! For the moment, it's being designated Black and Blue (BaB), and it's a YA sci fi. Woot! I love starting a new book.
So, my friends, any planning tools or tips to share? What's your progress on your own WIPs?


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ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ROUNDUP DEGRADING BACTERIA FROM THE AGRICULTURAL AREA OF THAILANDPANNAPA POWTHONG, BAJAREE JANTRAPANUKORN AND PATTRA SUNTORNTHITICHAROEN
Glyphosate is a base formulation ingredient in Roundup which is used as herbicide in the control of grasses and weed plants. Since its property is non-selective herbicide and extensive consumes by human, therefore bioremediation is a useful method to decontaminate glyphosate contaminated soils. In this experiment, the potential for biodegradation of glyphosate through enrichment and isolation of glyphosate biodegraders from soil and water in agricultural area was done. Microorganisms grew in minimal media with glyphosate as the only carbon source. Five from 19 bacteria isolated were selected by increasing concentrations of glyphosate in Roundup. The glyphosate degradation was quantified by the HPLC places degrading bacteria namely WPTR1.1.2-34%, WPTR5.41.1, 2, 3-35%, WPTR28.35.1-47.5%, WPTR 28.41.7, 8- 49.3%, and WPTR28.41.9-52.17% respectively in 7 days. Further, the optimal of temperature, pH, and salinity of the isolate has also been investigated and revealed that an optimum temperature at 37 45oC and was able to growth at a wide range of NaCl and pH. These promising glyphosate degrading isolates were tentatively identified biochemical and MALDI-TOF MS characterization as Klebsiella pneumoniae. It was indicated that K. pneumonia which isolated in this study could be useful in glyphosate biodegradation in agricultural area.
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When he accepted the nomination for AAP president-elect last October, Mobeen H. Rathore, M.D., FAAP, could not have predicted the chaotic and unprecedented months ahead.
As chair of the infection prevention and control committee for five hospitals in northeast Florida, Dr. Rathore has found the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic to be a constant concern that will continue to demand his attention for the foreseeable future. He has been at the front lines fighting many diseases, but he has never seen a virus as commanding as this one.
“I was involved in planning for the SARS, Ebola and H1N1 epidemics, and I've never seen anything like this. Our roads and restaurants are empty here; it is surreal,” Dr. Rathore said.
Fortunately for northeast Florida, a challenge has never deterred Dr. Rathore, the chief of infectious diseases at the University of Florida (UF) and Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville. As president of the AAP Florida Chapter, he led the fight for common sense gun laws and increased payments for pediatric services over the past decades. He also started his state’s first National Committee for Quality Assurance-recognized center for HIV/AIDS: the University of Florida Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education and Service (UF CARES).
“I cannot express how fortunate we are to have Dr. Rathore during this COVID-19 crisis. He has been available to our team every day, 24/7, for us to provide the latest information and approaches to keep our caregivers safe and to provide the latest treatment updates,” said Michael D. Aubin, FACHE, president of Wolfson Children's Hospital. “He has been a highly visible and trusted representative presenting on every media outlet we wish him to communicate, so we can get the facts to all individuals in our community.”
Path to pediatrics
Born in Pakistan, Dr. Rathore began attending a private boarding school in the Himalayan foothills when he was in the fifth grade. His mother believed he should become a doctor and, if he was going to realize that dream, Dr. Rathore knew he would become a pediatrician because of his experience as a patient.
At age 14, he became seriously ill and lapsed into a coma for three days. His nephrologist, a military doctor, showed great empathy to his parents and unknowingly put his patient on a rewarding career path.
“He was so kind and gentle to my parents, it made me subliminally decide that's what I want to do,” Dr. Rathore said. “I wanted to be able to talk to parents and families that way. He was such a great role model. That's the thing about modeling and mentoring, you really inspire others.”
After earning his medical degree from King Edward Medical College in Pakistan, he came to the United States in 1985 for his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron. He then completed fellowships in infectious diseases at St. Louis University and Washington University.
After completing his fellowship, he joined University of Florida (UF), where one of his mentors, Gerold L. Schiebler, M.D., FAAP, urged him to get involved with the AAP state chapter. He took the advice and, through the chapter, advocated for children with chronic health care needs and their families, which led to a role as medical director for northeast Florida for the state’s program for children with chronic health conditions, and the later founding of UF CARES.
In 2006, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services presented Dr. Rathore with the Rebecca Denison Award for distinguished service to the HIV community. The state of Florida, Duval County and Northeast Florida Pediatric Society also have honored his work in this area.
“I always say that I didn't choose HIV as my career focus, HIV chose me. The feeling of helping so many families and kids was so gratifying,” said Dr. Rathore, who also is associate chair of pediatrics and was founding chief of the sections of hospital pediatrics and general and academic pediatrics at the university. “This is why mentoring is so important. Dr. Schiebler saw something in me that I didn't necessarily see in myself.”
Dr. Rathore became involved with the Academy during residency, when he attended an AAP meeting in San Francisco. He was struck by the camaraderie and the determination to do what’s right for children.
After he moved to Florida, he served as chapter president from 2012-’14 and continues to serve on committees. He also is District X vice chair, representing Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Puerto Rico. He is a former member of the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases and founding member of the Section on International Medical Graduates.
“I do believe that he can truly bring the AAP to a different level. I say this because he truly understands how to bring people together,” said Thomas T. Chiu, M.D., M.B.A., FAAP, former chair of pediatrics at the UF College of Medicine ‒ Jacksonville. “So many residents have come to me and specifically requested if he can be their mentor because they've heard so many wonderful things about him. That is something that doesn't usually happen.”
If chosen to be president-elect, Dr. Rathore intends to advocate for firearm safety, access to care, food security and poverty alleviation by forming coalitions and working at state and federal levels. He also plans to focus on pediatrician burnout, health care access, and diversity, equity and inclusion in pediatrics.
“I believe I am the first southeast Asian pediatrician to be nominated for AAP president-elect, and that honor means something to me,” he said. “I didn't have many role models who looked like me or talked like me, and I hope to be that for other young physicians.”
When they’re not working, Dr. Rathore and his wife, Sumra, also a physician, enjoy traveling and spending time with their sons: Faheem, who is a consultant and is set to begin a new job with the U.S. State Department, and Azeem, a third-year medical student. The family has visited New Zealand together and trekked to the base camp at Mount Everest in 2014.
Dr. Rathore has traveled to more than 50 countries. He also likes to read narrative medical histories, even if he doesn’t have as much free time between his job and his candidacy.
“It is incredible how many more people I'm getting to know,” he said. “I'm really learning a lot more about the people of the AAP — the chapters, the districts, the pediatricians and the great work they're doing. The journey is terrific.”
The AAP election will take place from May 26-June 9 at aap.org/vote. Visit Dr. Rathore’s website at https://mobeenrathore.com/.

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The Chinese mainland recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, two from south China's Guangdong Province and 14 from overseas, data from the National Health Commission (NHC) showed on Saturday.
No new deaths related to COVID-19 were recorded on Friday, the NHC said.
Fourteen new asymptomatic cases were recorded on the same day, while 403 asymptomatic patients remain under medical observation.
This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland to 91,061, with the death toll unchanged at 4,636.
The total number of confirmed cases in the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and the Taiwan region are as follows:
Hong Kong: 11,836 (11,570 recoveries, 210 deaths)
Macao: 51 (49 recoveries)
Taiwan: 7,315 (1,133 recoveries, 78 deaths)
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- Introduction to Linux
- Getting Started with Linux
- Linux File System
- Users, Groups, and Permissions
- Linux Processes and Services
- Package Management in Linux
- Text Editors in Linux
- Shell Scripting Basics
- Linux Networking Fundamentals
- File and Data Backup
- System Administration Tasks
- Security in Linux
- Advanced Linux Shell Scripting
- Advanced Linux Networking
- Linux Server Administration
- Linux Virtualization and Containers
- Linux Cloud Services and Hosting
- Linux in DevOps: Empowering Modern Development Practices
- Mastering Linux Troubleshooting: Solving Common Challenges
- Mastering Linux: Advanced Tips and Tricks for Ultimate Productivity
Welcome to the fifth installment of our Linux Fundamentals series. In this article, we will explore the intricate world of Linux processes and services. Understanding these concepts is essential for managing and maintaining a Linux system efficiently.
Linux is celebrated for its robust multitasking capabilities, which enable multiple processes to run concurrently. Processes are at the core of the Linux operating system, allowing it to manage tasks, execute applications, and provide various services. Additionally, services and daemons are background processes that operate independently, serving critical system functions.
What is a Process?
A process is an instance of a running program. Each process is assigned a unique Process ID (PID) that helps identify and manage it. Processes can exist in various states, including running, sleeping, or terminated.
To list running processes, you can use the `ps` command:
This command provides detailed information about all processes running on the system, including their PID, resource usage, and other relevant details.
Linux processes are organized into a hierarchical structure, known as the process tree. The initial process, called the “init” process or “systemd” in modern systems, serves as the ancestor of all other processes. Child processes are created by parent processes, forming a tree-like structure.
Interacting with Processes
You can interact with processes using various commands and utilities. Here are some essential ones:
– `ps`: Display information about processes.
– `top`: Real-time system monitoring tool.
– `kill`: Terminate processes.
– `nice` and `renice`: Adjust process priority.
– `pgrep` and `pkill`: Find and signal processes by name.
– `htop`: Interactive process viewer.
For example, to terminate a process with PID 1234, use:
Linux assigns priorities to processes to manage CPU utilization effectively. The `nice` and `renice` commands allow you to adjust the priority of a process. Lower values indicate higher priority.
nice -n 10 myprocess #Start a process with lower priority renice -n -5 1234 #Change the priority of an existing process
Services and Daemons
Services vs. Daemons
Services and daemons are background processes that provide specific functions or services to the system or network. The primary distinction lies in their initiation and termination. Services are typically initiated by users or administrators, while daemons run continuously in the background and are often started at system boot.
Common daemons include `sshd` for secure shell access and `httpd` for web server functionality.
Managing Services with Systemd
Systemd is a comprehensive system and service manager for Linux, replacing the traditional init system. It is responsible for starting and managing system services, including daemons.
To check the status of a service using systemd, use:
systemctl status servicename
For example, to check the status of the Apache web server, use:
systemctl status apache2
Systemd provides various commands to control services:
– `systemctl start servicename`: Start a service.
– `systemctl stop servicename`: Stop a service.
– `systemctl restart servicename`: Restart a service.
– `systemctl enable servicename`: Enable a service to start at boot.
– `systemctl disable servicename`: Disable a service from starting at boot.
– `systemctl reload servicename`: Reload a service’s configuration.
For instance, to start the SSH service, use:
systemctl start ssh
In this article, we explored the intricate world of Linux processes and services. Understanding how processes work, managing them effectively, and controlling services and daemons are essential skills for Linux administrators and users.
Linux offers a rich set of tools and utilities for process management and service control, empowering you to keep your system running smoothly and efficiently. In the next article of our Linux Fundamentals series, we’ll delve into system maintenance and troubleshooting techniques. Stay tuned for more valuable insights into the world of Linux!