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Have you ever felt drawn to a guy without realizing why?
Perhaps you’ve even had emotions for someone you’d fairly not be interested in. Why does this occur?
How are you going to fall in love regardless that your aware mind resists it?
Experiences like these trace on the hidden world driving our emotions of romantic attraction. That hidden world is all about emotional reactions. Emotional reactions we don’t consciously management.
The reality is, falling in love isn’t one thing we choose to do. It’s more like getting thirsty. You don’t choose to get thirsty. You simply discover it. And the stronger your thirst turns into, the more durable it gets to disregard.
What if I told you there’s a kind of relationship “thirst” all men expertise? A kind of thirst that’s impossible for him to quench on his own. Would you like to know what he’s so thirsty for?
To skip straight to the reply
It reveals how one can set off his thirst for something he needs and craves. Plus, I’ll present you ways to ensure you are the ONLY person he relies on to satisfy this highly effective longing.
Right here’s why the person in your life can’t inform you what he craves most from his relationship with you…
… He’s embarrassed to confess the truth. And that’s as a result of admitting to this need truly strikes him farther away from the objective.Here’s why…
Okay, picture a woman who feels pissed off that her man by no means does anything romantic. She lastly breaks down and explains her want to feel romanced and pursued by him.
However he acts like she’s being unreasonable, demanding she name one factor that’s lacking from the connection. So she provides him an example. “It might be nice to get flowers on occasion. Just simple things like that.”
The following day, he brings her flowers. However the magic of this gesture is lacking. Because it doesn’t really feel special to receive flowers whenever you had to ask for them.
It’s kind of like that with men, solely with a very totally different form of relationship need. You see, men have an insatiable thirst to your admiration.
However he can’t ask for it. He can’t say, “Julie, I actually like you, however right here’s what’s lacking in our relationship. You don’t admire me enough. You appear to have higher admiration for different males in your life, and that makes it hard for me to image a future with you.”
He can’t say that as a result of men consider you must earn admiration. Asking for it is like making an attempt to turn out to be common by saying you’re a cool person. It doesn’t work like that.
He’ll solely feel like your hero when you converse the non-verbal language of admiration. He has to learn it between the traces of what you really say and do.
Now, you is perhaps pondering, “That’s not so crazy. I can perceive why a person craves admiration.” However if you happen to’re considering that, there’s one thing vital I have to inform you.
It’s not just that males crave admiration. It’s that he can’t sustain that “in love” feeling with out it.
Nothing kills a person’s attraction quicker than a relationship the place he doesn’t feel needed. He desires to see himself as a provider. Someone who’s admired due to his capability to offer.
You see, if he doesn’t feel wanted, he seems like much less of a man; emasculated. And that turns off his romantic drive.
And the worst part? You possibly can’t simply give him admiration. It solely works if he believes he has earned your trust, admiration, and respect.
But right here’s the excellent news. It’s both enjoyable and simple to let him earn your admiration once you know how to set him up for fulfillment.
Just find methods to let him be your hero. Now, I ought to point out there is really an artwork to doing that in a approach that makes him loopy about you.
However I’ve seen girls wrap a man around her pinky utilizing this simple idea. As a relationship coach, I have seen what works and what doesn’t. However what it all comes all the way down to is that this…
You might want to trigger his hero intuition.
Accomplish that, and also you’ll be astonished by what happens subsequent. He’ll change into so loving, so attentive, so much more considering a committed, long-term relationship, that you will by no means need issues to go back to the best way they have been.
The hero instinct is a unconscious drive to gravitate towards people who make him really feel like a hero. However it’s amplified in his romantic relationships.
Some concepts actually are life-changing. And for romantic relationships, that is one of them. That’s why I’ve created an online video presentation so you may declare this secret as your personal.
Because triggering his hero intuition is one thing. Studying the best way to do it over and over requires a couple of suggestions and tips.
The fact is, girls don’t need somebody to rescue them. Particularly these days. Yet here’s the ironic reality…
Males do still need someone to rescue. Because it’s constructed into their DNA to seek out relationships that enable them to feel like a provider.
This one tiny distinction in female and male genetics creates a BIG difference in what attracts males to the alternative intercourse. He feels drawn to any lady who allows him to step into the role of a hero. As a result of his instincts naturally trigger him to thirst for that social role.
Here’s the actually cool thing about this. He won’t even know why he feels so drawn to you. Which is why you can use this methodology below the radar. It triggers attraction at a unconscious stage.
He’ll feel the undeniable tug on his feelings. But when his buddy asks him why he’s so crazy about you, he won’t be capable to put it into phrases.
There is a hidden world driving our emotions of attraction. Little question about it. But we now have the ability to see one highly effective part of that hidden world. And it’s something you’ll be able to actually control.
It’s not something only chemists can see, like blood levels of the bonding hormone, oxytocin. Relatively, it’s something you may see all around you when you learn to identify it.
It’s a sample of interaction between women and men. Something relationship specialists have always known to exist, but one thing they failed to acknowledge because the powerful trigger it is. A set off that drives his thirst for companionship.
How do you use this trigger to build ardour and romance?
Effectively, the simplest method to set off his hero intuition is to translate your wishes into a language that speaks to his natural drive to be a supplier. His desire to serve, love, and protect. The desire to be someone’s hero.
If that appears like fun to you, click here to learn more about this relationship enhancement tool. It’s something you possibly can learn once, but then use for the rest of your life.
You have already got needs and needs. Why not learn to translate these desires into requests that trigger his hero instinct?
Then relax into the heat and keenness he is solely capable of exhibiting once a girl has triggered his hero intuition. A girl who is aware of exactly the way to satisfy his thirst.
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Last week we began our expectations for 2021 by initially characterizing the new kind of patient directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In case you missed it, feel free to catch up here. In a nutshell: the rising rates of financial stress due to the pandemic are largely affecting the way patients utilize healthcare now.
This week, I’d like to continue looking at the modern-day, mid-pandemic patient. We’ll specifically explore how the wide variety of available health information has directly affected the patient-provider relationship.
A Concerning Shift
Anyone else having a hard time deciphering where the line between medicine and politics starts and stops these days? It should be pretty easy, but with the current political climate around the presidential election, plus the addition of a global pandemic, the recipe produces mass confusion and chaos. In her national address on COVID-19, AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD states, “We live in a time when misinformation, falsehoods and outright lies spread like viruses online, through social media and even -at times- in the media-at -large. We have witnessed a concerning shift over the last several decades where policy decisions seem to be driven by ideology and politics instead of facts and evidence.” (1)
While access to the Internet at the tip of our fingers can be a very helpful tool in this day and age, it can also be quite damaging. Regarding the abundance of available information, the World Health Organization writes, “An infodemic is an over abundance of information both online and offline. It includes deliberate attempts to disseminate wrong information to undermine the public health response and advance alternative agendas of groups or individuals. Mis- and disinformation can be harmful to people’s physical and mental health; increase stigmatization; threaten precious health gains; and lead to poor observance of public health measures, thus reducing their effectiveness and endangering countries’ ability to stop the pandemic.” (2)
There’s no shortage of catchy headlines out there and consequently, many people are being duped into thinking the social and news media they’re reading, hearing, and/or watching, is the most accurate news. What’s even more disturbing – people are intentionally creating mis- and/or disinformation with ulterior motives, often driven by political opinion.
Take a look at these numbers published by the Pan American Health Organization, “According to a study by the Center for Health Informatics at the University of Illinois, in the month of March  around 550 million tweets included the terms coronavirus, corona virus, covid19, covid-19, covid_19, or pandemic.” (3) Readers of those tweets then often receive that information as factual and continue to spread the disinformation. The article reminds its readers that there is no quality control on what’s published and that anyone can write or publish anything. In the section titled, “Why can the Infodemic make the pandemic worse?”, the first reason listed states, “Makes it hard for people, decision makers, and health workers to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it. Sources may be apps, scientific organizations, websites, blogs, ‘influencers,’ and more.” (3) The mass amount of contradictory information available makes it difficult for patients to trust their healthcare providers.
Rising Rate of Distrust
Author Pan Pylas with Associated Press weighs in on the topic of the Infodemic and writes, “In an annual assessment on the state of trust in institutions, the firm found that this ‘infodemic’ is breeding mistrust that could make longer the path out from the pandemic.” (4) The same can be applied to healthcare facilities. The modern-day patient is over-informed, confused, and skeptical (at best) of their healthcare providers.
In his article, “Trust in Health Care in the Time of COVID-19,” author David W. Baker, MD, MPH writes, “In a 1966 survey of adults in the US, 73% said they had great confidence in the leaders of the medical profession; but in a 2012 survey, only 34% said this.” (5) He goes on to explain this growing mistrust is only enhanced by the pandemic and the Infodemic, “The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has created new threats to trust…[T]he preexisting distrust in science was exacerbated by conflicting messages, questionable treatments reported in research publications, concerns about political interference in public health recommendations and decisions regarding the efficacy of therapeutics, and pseudoscience and conspiracy theories. In addition, Black and Latino communities faced inadequate testing, financial barriers to care, and disproportionately high rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths, further threatening their trust in physicians, the health care system, public health, and science.” (5)
Flatten the Infodemic Curve
World Health Organization published an article titled, “Let’s Flatten the Infodemic Curve,” and lists some very practical steps on how to help identity mis- and/or disinformation: (6)
Assess the source.
Even if a trusted friend or family member shared information with you, vet their source. Check for fake social media accounts, check a website’s “About Us” or “Contact Us” pages, and always verify authenticity for images and/or videos.
- Go beyond headlines.
Headlines are designed to attract clicks. Be sure to read the entire story.
- Identify the author.
A simple Google search can inform you if an author is real or fake, credible or deceptive.
- Check the date.
Ask yourself if the information is relevant and up-to-date.
- Examine the supporting evidence.
Verify if the information is supported with quotes, surveys, and other credible facts.
- Check your biases.
We all have biases. Ask yourself why you were drawn to this information and if it challenges your particular assumptions. Does it tell you what you want to hear?
- Turn to fact-checkers.
Find a reliable fact-checking source and use it if in doubt.
As healthcare providers, you play a major role in guiding your patients through these confusing times. I encourage you to implement the steps listed above when doing your own research and practice medicine with humility and honesty. Next week we’ll dive more into the significant role of the physician and the unique opportunity you have to maintain and/or establish trust between you and your patients.
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Jerry L. Stone

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International YR Suicide Prevention Week
proclamations declaring suicide week in your area:
Contact the Mayor's/Governor's office and request that
September 8-14, 2013
be proclaimed as your city's/state's Yellow Ribbon Youth Awareness and
Suicide Prevention Week and arrange press coverage.
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Release 'bubbles, balloons, doves or butterflies'. Hold a candle lighting memorialContact local support groups to let them know about the YR Week. Invite them to events, especially the candle lighting and/or memorial events.
Contact local schools and universities, service groups and agencies to offer to help make cards and yellow ribbon available.
Offer to place large Yellow Ribbons on school doors, office doors church doors and youth center doors. Offer to make posters and flyers.
Write a letter to the editor of your newspaper and contact your local Radio/TV stations emphasizing the epidemic level of youth suicide in the U.S.Have an open house or other activity to promote your services and participation in the community. (If you are a service provider agency)
Help make cards available to public locations: schools, churches, hospitals, businesses, libraries, banks, clubs and service organizations.
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The Presidential Administration of Belarus expects the economy to double in size between 2011-2015, though President Alexander Lukashenko said the government should aim for a more modest target of 62-68% above the current size of the economy.
The deputy head of the Presidential Administration, Leonid Anfimov, told the government at the end of August: "We believe the country will thus have a 'new face'," and that the GDP growth forecast for next year is 9-10%, industrial output is to increase 9-9.5%, and capital investments are to expand 16-17%, reported Prime Tass.
After being hit hard by the global economic crisis, Belarus has been doing relatively well, largely thanks to heavy government spending. Over the first seven months of this year, the economy grew by 7% to BRR83.836 trillion ($27.8bn), with industrial output increasing 9.6% on the year.
At the same time the situation in the bank sector improved considerably, with local banks' loan portfolios up by a fifth over the first half of this year, investment portfolios up by a third and foreign capital in the banking sector reaching just under 30% of total sector assets.
But there are clouds on the horizon. Analysts warn that the main danger is growing inflationary pressures: producer prices have been growing twice as fast as consumer prices since December 2009 and economists expect the price rises will spill over into the shops sooner or later. Indeed, the state has already begun to increase the price on staples like milk and eggs, while household energy prices were also raised by 20% in August.
However, the plan isn't working. Investment is nowhere near the government targets, despite the growing commitment by the state to finally open up the economy to outsiders. Despite the substantial improvement of the real sector, capital investments were up by only 5% in January-July, well below the original target of 23-25% or about $2.7bn of foreign direct investment. "We should change our investment policy and go over from individual projects to wide-scale cooperation with foreign investors," Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said at the start of the year when the targets were set.
Furthermore, local banks that are largely controlled by the state funded what economic recovery has so far been achieved, but this isn't sustainable as a long-term solution. In 2009, banks propped up business by expanding their lending to the economy by 42.2% on year. But more telling was the share of short-term loans in the portfolio soared by almost half that year. Moreover, banks' share of invested capital in Belarus rose to just over a third, according to Belstat, which is triple the share of Russian bank loans in invested capital.
Belarus' current account deficit is falling, down 41.4% in the first quarter on year, but still stood at $1.127bn. The government issued a $500m Eurobond in August, but will have to borrow more - there are plans for a $1bn Eurobond - to plug the gap at a time when international credit markets are in poor shape and appetite for bonds is low. The result is the budget deficit has been growing relentlessly: by the end of the first seven months of this year, the budget deficit reached almost BRR2 trillion, or 2.4% of GDP.
The Belarusian government sees no other way to tackle the deficits but to sell strategic state property, the deputy head of the Presidential Administration, Leonid Anfimov has said, but the prospects of raising money this way are poor.
Bottom line is that Minsk is more dependent than most CIS countries on the recovery in its two export markets of the EU and Russia. However, neither of these markets look to be in any position to help out Minsk until next year at the earliest. In the meantime, the best Belarus can do is muddle through and hope the growing strains on the banking sector don't get worse.


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by Bill Leutz
Recently a friend, Diana Ganiard Potts, shared a few pictures and memories of Cement City with me. Many of us, that knew life at Clark’s Lake in the 1940s and 1950s, recall the fine grit that filtered down unto everything whenever south or southwest breezes directed the plume from the cement factory smoke stacks in the direction of the lake. I also remember when, in those pre-US 127 and US 23 days, Dad would sometimes take us through Cement City on the way to the junction of 223 for our drive back to Toledo. The large plant, with its tall stack belching smoke and cement fines, still resonates in my mind. This triggered a bit of curiosity in my amateur historian mind as to the origins of that town.
Photo courtesy of The Exponent
On January 3, 1838, a new post office named Woodstock Post Office, Almer Smith Postmaster, was established on the extreme northeast edge of Woodstock Township, Lenawee County. Like so many other areas in Southern Michigan, the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal created shorter routes for settlers into Michigan. A trip on the canal boat, followed by a sail across Lake Eire from Buffalo greatly reduced both the time and the cost of such a trip when compared to overland travel across Pennsylvania and Northern Ohio. As I have mentioned in previous articles, this was the impetus behind Clark’s Lake being settled in 1834.
The exact reason for originally settling in the Woodstock location has, perhaps, been lost in the annals of time. But certainly the proximity of Goose Creek, and its availability as a site for a mill, was worthy of consideration. A few miles downstream, the town of Jefferson City was already flourishing with a similar advantage. Settlement must have been sketchy at that time as, eleven years later in 1845, the post office was renamed Kelley’s Corner, after a local landowner and general store owner named Orson Kelley. The first postmaster for the new post office was James Turk. A depot for the Detroit, Hillsdale and Southwestern branch of the LS&MS railroad was established to service the young town. In 1868, the Cincinnati Northern Railroad (CN) arrived, with a junction with the LS&MS south of the young town and a depot of its own just north of town in nearby Jackson County.
Bill Leutz in front of depot on February 19, 2021. Photo: Rick Belcher
In 1890, a gentleman named William Cohen created an unincorporated town at this location. The town, situated along Cary and Cement roads, consisted of a general store, a blacksmith shop and a few houses. Cohen was one of a group of entrepreneurs from the nearby town of Jackson, Michigan that, recognizing the potential of the location for construction of a cement plant, organized the Peninsular Portland Cement Company. Nearby Goose and Silver lakes had been found to contain considerable marl, which was a valuable raw material for making cement. Accordingly, the new town was first named Cement. By March 5, 1901 the town received its final name change, becoming the Cement City we have all grown up knowing. Once built, cement factory was reputedly the first of its kind in the world to have its machinery and lights completely powered by electricity.
The CN station was upgraded to be capable of handling two double-deck stock cars to load the product from the factory. By 1928, the depot was handing 1,615 such cars. The town was finally incorporated in 1953. The factory continued in operation for more than 60 years, closing in 1961. At the time of its closing, 100 men were laid off – more than half of the town’s residents at that time. The plant itself sat derelict until its demolition in the 1990’s.
Today, Cement City, Michigan continues as a Home Rule town with a 2019 population of 438.

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The Trump Administration has denied requests from four U.S. embassies seeking to fly the rainbow pride flag during June.
The American embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia were denied the ability to fly the rainbow flag on the flag pole but were allowed to hang it on exterior and interior walls, according to an article in The Hill.
“Embassies are expected to obtain permission from Washington to fly the flag, according to the agency's policy. But U.S. diplomats said they were expressly told this year that requests must be specifically approved. No approvals have yet been granted,” reported The Hill.
Despite this move to limit the display of the rainbow flag, U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell, the most senior ranking openly gay member of the Trump Administration, applauded the work President Donald Trump is pursuing to further the rights of the LGBT community.
"The President's recognition of Pride Month and his tweet encouraging our decriminalization campaign gives me even more pride to once again march in the Berlin Pride parade, hang a huge banner on the side of the Embassy recognizing our pride, host multiple events at the Embassy and the residence,” Grenell said in a statement.
However, Trump has taken actions that contradict his efforts to reduce discrimination against the LGBT community by implementing targeted policies, such as the ban on transgender individuals from serving in the military. Trump claims that drug use is the rationale behind the ban.
“They have to ... and you’re not allowed to take drugs. You’re not allowed to take any drugs. You take an aspirin. And they have to after the operation. They have to. They have no choice. They have to,” Trump said.
Limiting the ability to fly the rainbow flag at U.S. embassies across the world is the latest action against the LGBT community from the Trump Administration and directly contradicts the administration’s efforts to decriminalize homosexuality.

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Antibiotic resistance big challenge
KOCHI: Antibiotic resistance, a global public health threat, is a big challenge in the country and especially in Kerala where the practice of buying over the counter antibiotics is high. According to experts, strict policy regulations and social intervention are needed to tackle the issue. Experts from the University of Michigan Medical School explained the threat of antimicrobial resistance during an international symposium on ‘Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship’ conducted at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi.
AIMS and the University of Michigan have signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration in the research on antimicrobial resistance. “The challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance and good antibiotic prescription practice are significant global topics that require such partnerships,” said Dr. Joseph Kolars, Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives at the University of Michigan Medical School.
Dr. Sanjeev Singh, medical superintendent, AIMS said that nearly 54 per cent patients were given antibiotics because they asked for it. “In a majority of cases, the patients continue to buy it over the counter from the pharmacist,” he said. Experts stressed the need to have strict government policies and effective awareness to promote rational usage of antibiotics.
“Antimicrobial resistance has many consequences. The patient remains sick for a longer period thus requiring prolonged treatment usually with expensive and at times toxic drugs which results in increased morbidity and mortality,” said Dr. Prem Nair, medical director, AIMS. Only a few hospitals in the state follow the practice of regularly reviewing the decision to prescribe high end antibiotics. Only 53 per cent hospitals at the national level follow a review system on antibiotic prescription.


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It’s Like This, Cat, by Emily Neville, was published in 1963 by HarperCollins.
Dave Mitchell is fourteen and growing up in the midst of the variety and excitement of New York City. In this quiet, reflective, and humorous story of a boy’s journey toward adulthood, Emily Neville captures the flavor of one kind of New York boyhood—the sights and sounds of Gramercy Park, Coney Island, the Fulton Fish Market, the Bronx Zoo, the stickball games played in city streets, the fascinating mixture of nationalities and eccentrics that give the huge metropolis so much of its flavor and excitement. But most of all the author tells a realistic tale of Dave’s affection for a stray tomcat, his comradeship with a troubled nineteen-year-old boy, his first shy friendship with a girl, and his growing understanding of his father as a human being and not just a parent.
It’s Like This, Cat captures the 1960s feel perfectly (as one might expect, given that it was written then…so, okay, maybe not the best way to describe it), along with the sights and sounds of “old” New York. It’s funny…I really don’t like NYC (not a city fan, especially huge cities), but reading about it in the past makes me feel incredibly nostalgic. Of course, I also love stories that take place in the 1940s-1960s, so maybe that also has to do with it.
The book is “slice of life,” though not as isolated as these sorts of book can sometimes get. The book is united with the thread of Cat and of Tom, the teenager Dave stumbles across with the troubled home life. Meeting Tom causes Dave to think about his own home life and, specifically, about his father. The book is a superb story about a father/son relationship—and there’s also lots in there about family, too, and how not all families are alike (even if a child might think so).
Perhaps the biggest flaw, for me, was that there wasn’t anything truly remarkable that stood out to me. I enjoyed the story and I enjoyed Dave’s growth as a character. However, there wasn’t anything in particular that made me stand up and say, “Yes, this is why this book should be read.” That doesn’t mean I think it shouldn’t be read; it simply means this isn’t the first book that would immediately jump to my mind if I wanted someone to read a book set in 1960s New York.
It’s Like This, Cat has some delightful moments, and overall I enjoyed the father/son relationship as well as all the family moments. However, the book was lacking in memorability and “stand-outness.” I’m not sure I would remember it in a month, to be honest.
Recommended Age Range: 10+
Genre: Children’s, Historical Fiction
“Take care,” [Mom] says. “No fights.”
“Don’t worry. We’ll stay out of fights,” says Tom quite seriously.
We go down the stairs, and Tom says, “Your mother is really nice.”
I’m sort of surprised—kids don’t usually say much about each other’s parents. “Yeah, Mom’s O.K. I guess she worries about me and Pop a lot.”
“It must be pretty nice to have your mother at home,” he says.
That kind of jolts me, too.

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- May 31, 2012
- Motorists to Begin Seeing First Electronic ExpressLanes Display Message Boards along Harbor Freeway as Project nears Completion for Fall 2012 Debut
Construction work on the Harbor Freeway Transitway portion of the ExpressLanes project is nearing completion with Metro poised to open the first segment of the program to the public later this year.
- Keywords: ExpressLanes toll I-110 "Harbor Freeway Transitway"
- May 29, 2012
- Metro Orange Line Extension to Open June 30 with Free Rides and Celebrations
The Metro Orange Line Extension -- a four-mile addition to the wildly popular Orange Line busway -- will open to the public on Saturday, June 30 with community celebrations and free rides on the extension from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Orange Line Extension is going to connect with Metrolink and Amtrak and in so doing, further expand the regional reach of the fast-growing Metro system. And more great news for Los Angeles: The project is coming in ahead of time and well within budget.
- Keywords: "Chatsworth Metrolink Station" "Orange Line" "Metro Orange Line Extension" Villaraigosa
- May 25, 2012
- Go Metro to Langer’s 65th Anniversary Celebration for a Free Pastrami Sandwich and the Chance to Win a $100 Langer’s Gift Certificate
Iconic Los Angeles landmark Langer's Deli, conveniently close to the Metro Rail Westlake/MacArthur Park Station, will give away free pastrami sandwiches on June 15 and 16 to celebrate its 65th anniversary. The family-owned eatery also is offering Metro riders an exclusive way to participate in the festivities.
- Keywords: Langers "Langer's Deli"
- May 25, 2012
- Metro to operate holiday schedule on Monday, May 28
All Metro Buses and Metro Rail trains will operate on a Sunday schedule on May 28, Memorial Day.
- Keywords: "memorial day"
- May 24, 2012
- Metro Board approves remaining phases of Westside Subway Extension Project, including Century City station location
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors today voted to approve the remaining portion of the $5.6 billion Westside Subway Extension Project, including the final approval of Metro staff recommendations for a Constellation/Avenue of the Stars subway station in Century City.
- Keywords: "westside subway extension" "Beverly Hills" "Century City" Westwood UCLA VA constellation "avenue of the stars"
- May 24, 2012
- Metro Adopts Fiscal Year 2013 Budget
Metro's Board of Directors today adopted a $4.5 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 at the board meeting held May 24 at Metro headquarters.
- Keywords: "Metro FY2013 budget" FY2013 "measure R" expo "orange line" sr-710 expresslanes
- May 23, 2012
- Metro to host SR-710 Study Open House May 30
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will hold an informational Open House from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30 on the SR-710 Alternative Analysis phase of the SR-710 Study.
- Keywords: "SR-710 Study" Pasadena
- May 23, 2012
- A sweet ride: 14th annual Diamond Awards showcase traffic-busting commuter programs
Los Angeles Metro, Ventura County Transportation Commission and Orange County Transportation Authority officials recognize significant achievements of rideshare programs that ease the workday commute and lighten roadway congestion. Los Angeles World Airports wins the top Corporate Blue Diamond Award for outstanding corporate rideshare leadership at awards ceremony.
- Keywords: "diamond awards" ventura "orange county"
- May 22, 2012
- Metro Gateway Cities Service Council Special Meeting in Bell Gardens on May 24 to Focus on Metro Service; New Construction Careers Policy
Metro's Gateway Cities Service Council, which holds monthly meetings and public hearings on Metro services provided in cities throughout Southeast Los Angeles County, will hold a special meeting on Thursday, May 24 in the City of Bell Gardens.
- Keywords: 'Bell Gardens" "Gateway Cities Service Council"
- May 22, 2012
- Go Metro to L.A. En Vivo Block Party this Memorial Day Weekend
L.A. LIVE is the place to be this Memorial Day Weekend. L.A. En Vivo Block Party takes over the area for a 3-day festival of Latin music and culture. Go Metro and receive a $5 discount on two select concerts.
- Keywords: "en vivo"nokia "LA En Vivo Block Party"
- May 17, 2012
- Metro Bus Service will experience detours in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, May 20 due to Amgen Bike Tour
With so many events happening this weekend at Staples Center and thousands of sports fans converging on downtown Los Angeles, traffic and parking are bound to be a challenge. Stay ahead of the game to avoid the congestion
- Keywords: amgen "staples center" dodgers kings clippers
- May 16, 2012
- LAPD and LASD strictly enforcing traffic laws along the new four-mile Metro Orange Line Extension, opening this summer
Motorists and pedestrians take note: During pre-revenue testing along the Metro Orange Line Extension the Los Angeles Police and County Sheriffs departments are strictly enforcing traffic laws and they will continue to do so after the four-mile busway opens this summer.
- Keywords: "Chatsworth Metrolink Station" "Orange Line" "Metro Orange Line Extension" lasd lapd
- May 16, 2012
- Spring Metro Motion TV Show Celebrates Things to Do Along Expo
In the newest edition of Metro Motion, now running on television and the web, Los Angeles celebrates the opening of the 8-mile Metro Expo light-rail line on opening weekend, as thousands hopped aboard for free rides, many attending community events along the way. Expo brings L.A. County's rail system to 79 miles ... all opened since 1990.
- Keywords: "metro motion" expo
- May 15, 2012
- Go Metro to the Santa Monica Festival and get a chance to win a free bike
What better way to cap off Bike Week L.A. than with a chance at winning a free bike? Go Metro to the 21st annual Santa Monica Festival, present your valid Metro Pass or Metro Rail ticket at the information booth and receive a free raffle ticket for a chance to win a free bicycle or other fabulous prizes.
- Keywords: "Santa Monica Festival" DIY sustainability
- May 14, 2012
- Ride Metro Expo Line to Visit the Legendary Queen of Egypt
Thousands of years ago Cleopatra "ruled the men who ruled the world" and now she's taken over the California Science Center near the Metro Expo Line Expo Park/USC Station.
- Keywords: cleopatra "California Science Center" "Cleopatra: The Exhibition"
- May 11, 2012
- 90-Day Closure of Two I-405 Freeway Ramps at Wilshire Boulevard Planned Beginning June 22, 2012
Los Angeles, Calif. - Plan Ahead, Adjust Travel Times, or Share the Ride. That's the new message public officials are advising motorists in the greater West Los Angeles region to help reduce severe congestion resulting from the first extended, 90-day closures of key Wilshire on- and off-ramps to the I-405 now scheduled to officially begin Friday, June 22, 2012.
- Keywords: I-405, "Sepulveda Pass" construction "405 freeway" 405 "wilshire ramps" wilshire 'freeway ramps"
- May 10, 2012
- Metro to host a SR-710 study series of six open houses during the month of May
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will host a series of six open houses for the SR-710 Study during the last two weeks of May. The SR-710 study is a process to conduct alternative analyses, conceptual and preliminary engineering, technical assessments, project report preparation and environmental studies to address the congestion within the study area of the western San Gabriel Valley and east/northeast Los Angeles.
- Keywords: SR710 710 "710 freeway" "measure r" pasadena caltrans "San Gabriel Valley"
- May 08, 2012
- Metro to Hold Budget Workshop, Public Hearing Wednesday, May 16, on Proposed FY13 Budget
Metro will conduct a budget workshop and public hearing on a proposed $4.5 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2013 on Wednesday, May 16, at 2:30 p.m. in the third floor Board room at Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza, Cesar Chavez & Vignes, next to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.
- Keywords: FY2013 FY13 budget "budget workshop" "measure R"
- May 08, 2012
- Go Metro to Kaiser Permanente Pasadena Marathon for a Free Gift
Attendees who take Metro to the Great Race Place Expo at Santa Anita Park on May 18 and 19 and the Kaiser Permanente Pasadena Marathon on May 20 may receive a free gift. Present a valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the Run With Us booth during Expo or at the Kaiser Permanente Pasadena Marathon information booth the day of the marathon to claim a gift while supplies last.
- Keywords: "Great Race Place Expo" "Pasadena Marathon" "Kaiser Permanente"
- May 07, 2012
- Metro Promotes Bicycle Activities and Festivities during Official "Bike Week LA" May 14-18
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is sponsoring "Bike Week LA" activities from May 14-18 to encourage Angelinos to ride bicycles to work, school and other destinations throughout LA County to reduce traffic and air pollution. Bring a bike or bike helmet on Metro buses and trains for a free ride on Bike to Work Day, Thursday May 17.
- Keywords: "bike week" "Bike Week LA" "Bike to Work Day"
- May 07, 2012
- Celebrate National Train Day at Los Angeles Union Station
Union Station will host a major celebration for the fifth annual National Train Day on Saturday, May 12, marking the 143rd anniversary of America's first transcontinental railroad. Celebrate train travel by riding the rails to attend the event. Take Metro's Red, Purple or Gold Lines, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner or Metrolink's San Bernardino Line or Orange County Line to Union Station.
- Keywords: National Train Day Los Angeles Union Station
- May 03, 2012
- L.A. Metro launches new version of smart phone app “Go Metro Los Angeles” for iPhone and Android devices
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has released a new mobile "Go Metro Los Angeles" smartphone app -available in the Apple App Store and Android Play - that will make it easier for the public to navigate L.A. County's extensive and growing Bus and Rail system utilizing their mobile devices.
- Keywords: smartphone app, Android, App Store, Android, iPhone, iPad


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What Happens in Your World When You’re Sleeping?
Unleash your imagination in this imaginary picture book for Big People of all ages
Here’s an imaginary photo-story book for all ages showing how the teeniest of people live, work, and play when you fall asleep.
That’s right. You really don’t know what’s going on when you turn out the lights and a…


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Bags by Kaylene
Meet the Maker - Kaylene
Abuse and dysfunction early in life lead Kaylene to tread the waters of anxiety, rejection, and, eventually, an addiction to alcohol! But, with the love and support of family and community, she's learning that you are never too old to learn a new thing or to make a difference in a life!Read Kaylene's Full Story
Every woman at Unshattered has a story. Just like these bags are handcrafted from upcycled materials and given new life, each woman is given a new chance to escape the cycle of addiction. When you carry this bag, you carry possibilities for every woman on our team and all the women still struggling who will one day find hope and also become Unshattered.

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Use Minerva, the library's online catalog, to search for books owned by the library. To search Minerva, click on Finding Books and then "Access Minerva Now". Search by the topic you are interested in, such as privacy, global warming, human genome project, eating disorders, capital punishment, freedom of the press
Locating Journal ArticlesClick on Finding Articles. Scroll down and click on the Go to Online Resources and Journal Indexes Now link. To find articles in journals, choose an index or resource from the alphabetical list. Or, click on one of the subject areas to see only the indexes and resources appropriate for that subject. A few of the appropriate resources for social issue topics are listed below. You have to check our List of Journal Subscriptions to see if Sawyer Library owns the journal an article is in. The list may be accessed from the Finding Articles page. Printed copies are also available.
Academic Search Premier
An index to over 3,000 journals in the fields of social sciences, humanities, general science, education, multi-cultural studies, and others. It includes the full-text of many articles, and searches may be limited to peer reviewed articles.
An index of articles from over 1,700 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including current events, business, and more. It includes the full text of many articles.
A full text index of more than 500
A service which provides access to approximately 40 bibliographic and full text databases. Searches may be limited to articles found only in journals owned by the Husson library. It includes the following indexes that are most appropriate for social issues and current events:
An index to articles from over 12,000 journals from 1990 to the present. It covers the fields of popular culture, social sciences, business, humanities, technology, science, and medicine.
An index to facts and statistics on topics of current interest. Includes hyperlinks to full text Web documents.
An index to more than 50
Periodical Abstracts indexes more than 2,000 journals. It includes records for transcripts of significant segments of more than 80 news- and lifestyle-oriented television and radio programs.
Some of the journals and newspapers owned by Husson's Library that cover current events include:
New York Times
Opposing Viewpoints [H 39 O6]
Pamphlet length summations of current issues.
Reference Shelf [Throughout collection ]
Each title contains reprints of journal articles focusing on one theme. To find the titles, do a title search for 'reference shelf.'
The library maintains a collection of pamphlets on a variety of subjects. They are housed in filing cabinets, and may be checked out.
World Wide Web Sites
Fast Facts [ http://www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm]
Fedstats [ http://www.fedstats.gov/]
A subject guide to Web sites of more than 70 statistics-producing agencies of the
NewsCenter [ http://www.freepint.com/gary/newscenter.htm]
A list of links to various news sites on the Web.
NewsDirectory.com [ http://www.ecola.com/]
Provides links to English-language media online, including newspapers, magazines, TV stations, news tickers, trade associations, and airports around the world.
*You may find useful, authoritative web sites by using some of the databases mentioned under FirstSearch.


Duke’s Office of Durham and Community Affairs seeks to apply knowledge in service of society as highlighted in Duke’s strategic plan, “Making a Difference.” By broadening the university’s role as a partner and advocate for economic and community development throughout the city, the office works to improve quality of life and to build strong Duke-Durham connections. Explore our stories, photos and archives to learn more about our work and our partners.
Betsy Crites had 10 minutes to deliver her pitch for a $500 grant. On a recent Monday evening in April, Crites, co-coordinator of food security nonprofit End Hunger Durham, visited Read More
In a Durham elementary school classroom, Grace Mok tutors young students, helping them sound out words in books and asking them how the stories make them feel. At a Durham Read More
Angel Peterchev and his family celebrate Orthodox Easter traditions every year. They dye and paint hardboiled eggs, then participate in “egg-cracking contests,” where one person slams their egg into the Read More
Hundreds of volunteers descended upon the Durham Convention Center on March 24, 2018 to package 100,000 bags of rice, beans and soup mixes, which were then delivered to local food Read More


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Governor Jerry Brown has proclaimed that, “Not every human problem deserves a law.”
He’s definitely right. However, there are laws on the books right now that worsen human suffering, contribute to contagion, and burden the state’s healthcare budget. We’ll need his help fixing those.
Case in point: state drug paraphernalia laws make it a crime to possess a syringe for personal drug use, and also make it illegal for a pharmacist to sell, or a physician or public health worker to provide a sterile syringe without a prescription. Back in the 70s-before AIDS–these laws were intended to reduce heroin use. That didn’t work. However, government-created syringe scarcity did contribute to the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis among people who use drugs, who were infected by shared syringes, as well as their partners and children.
In the last 30 years, most states responded to that health crisis by amending their laws to establish syringe access programs in areas of high need. All but three states now allow pharmacists to sell syringes over-the-counter without a prescription. California is one of those three states.
Science is on the side of pragmatism. Over 200 studies concur: allowing adults to access sterile syringes reduces the rates of disease, without contributing to increased drug use or crime. On the contrary, syringe access programs are very effective at connecting people to drug treatment.
Still, California lags behind almost every other state. Rather than having statewide policies to prevent the suffering and high costs associated with preventable diseases, our statutes require a vote of local politicians to decide whether they will allow good disease prevention policy. This has given undue leverage to social conservatives and the tough-on-drugs lobby to block action in most parts of the state.
As a matter of public health, it is irrational to expect viruses to respect county lines-bad disease control policy in one county threatens the health of neighboring counties. Los Angeles, for instance has good disease control policy, but is surrounded by counties without the will or wisdom to allow syringe access.
As a matter of fiscal policy, it is irrational for the State to pay millions of dollars each year for healthcare for people infected with HIV and hepatitis, but lack the flexibility to authorize programs proven to prevent these diseases. Bad health policy in do-nothing jurisdictions hurts taxpayers everywhere.
Two bills on the Governor’s desk can help reduce human suffering and reckless spending by dialing down political interference with pharmacist and physician practice, and establishing a state-local collaboration to control HIV and hepatitis.
SB 41 by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) would allow pharmacists the discretion to sell 30 or fewer syringes to an adult without a prescription, or not, according to their ethics and training. This is a baseline, no-cost policy that would allow adults statewide to spend their own money to protect their health and that of their communities.
AB 604 by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) would allow local programs to apply to the state Department of Public Health to add syringe access services to prevent HIV and hepatitis transmission. The Department would consult with the local health officer, the local sheriff or police chief, and provide for 90 days of public comment, before authorizing such a program.
Yee and Skinner’s bills have overwhelming support from physicians, nurses, pharmacists, HIV and hepatitis C advocates, as well as the Board of Pharmacy and retail pharmacy chains.
Californians deserves equal protection from disease, no matter where they live. And California taxpayers deserve protection from the high cost of bad disease prevention policy.
If bad laws are the source of suffering, Governor Brown has the last word on whether they are fixed or they fester. We should all hope that he would not ratify the unsafe status quo. He should sign AB 604 and SB 41.
Laura Thomas is the deputy state director for the Drug Policy Alliance.


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Proceeds help fund local medical student scholarships and community health programming.
About The Academy of Medicine Education Foundation
The Academy of Medicine Education Foundation (AMEF) is the charitable component of the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio. The mission of AMEF is to enhance healthcare through education of the medical profession and the community at large. AMEF enhances the philosophy of the AMCNO in its focus on health-oriented education for physicians, their staff and patients.
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Into the 60s with Bobby Bland and some of the finest material and arrangements in soul music from the best voice in town. Ace.
Collecting the best of the tracks Bobby "Blue" Bland recorded for the Duke label between 1959 and '69, this anthology can be viewed as a sequel to Bland's '50s collection THE 3B BLUES BOY. THE VOICE finds Bland at the absolute peak of his powers, emoting with devastating directness and impact on such gems as the sorrowful, bitter "I Pity the Fool" and the deceptively complex "I'll Take Care of You," both of which rank among the greatest blues tunes of all time.
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Bayan Audio are a UK manufacturer who, rather refreshingly, are targeting a higher price point by delivering a quality speaker rather than a cheap plastic unit.
The Soundbook X3 certainly feels like a well built unit and is aptly named being hardback book sized with it’s own nylon smart cover which, when opened, not only turns the speaker on but also acts as the speaker stand.
The cover also has the NFC tag built in for quick pairing, alternatively you can pair via the bluetooth menu or you can connect non-bluetooth devices via the aux in socket. There is also an aux out socket should you wish to connect headphones or a second speaker, and a USB out allowing you to charge your device while listening to music.
The Soundbook X3 has four 1.5″ drivers sat behind the front grill as well as a passive bass radiator for a combined 20W of sound. It’s made from high grade aluminium and feels really solid, you won’t be worried about this getting knocked about in your bag while travelling.
There are some LEDs also hidden behind the grill which tell you what mode this is on, so bluetooth, aux or FM for the radio. They will also display ‘CALL’ if you receive an incoming mobile call while connected to the Soundbook X3.
The radio is an FM radio rather than DAB and that means lower sound quality compared to streaming music/radio from a mobile. You can set a single station (frequency is listed on the cool LEDs) via the control buttons on the top of the unit and the speaker remembers which station you were last listening to.
Sound quality is good, but not amazing. The Soundbook X3 does a good job at delivering room filling music which doesn’t distort at higher volumes and has a decent bass for something so slim, but for the money you’re getting top notch styling and design rather than sound quality.
The Soundbook is expensive, but it’s also really well built and offers up good music playback on the go.
Beats Pill+ Portable Wireless Speaker - Stereo Bluetooth, 12 Hours Of Listening Time, Microphone For Phone Calls - Black
- Defined, pure sound quality Bluetooth speaker in a portable, compact design. Length of cable is 0.68 feet
- Pair and play with Bluetooth device with a 12-hour rechargeable battery
- Compatible with iOS and Android devices
- Download the Beats Pill+ app to unlock features that put you and your friends at the center of your music like never before. Bring a second speaker into the mix for even fuller sound or sound in stereo.
- Grab a friend and control the music from two Bluetooth sources.
Anker [Upgraded] SoundCore 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker with 12W Stereo Sound, Bluetooth 5, BassUp, IPX7 Waterproof, 24-Hour Playtime, Wireless Stereo Pairing, Speaker for Home, Outdoors, Travel
- Tom's Guide calls it "The Best Bluetooth Speaker Value".
- Unbelievable Sound: 12W of pure audio power with enhanced bass thunders from dual neodymium drivers. An advanced Digital Signal Processor ensures pounding bass and zero distortion at any volume.
- Outdoor-Proof: IPX7 protection safeguards against rain, dust, snow, and spills. Get incredible sound at home, in the yard, or anywhere else imaginable.
- Intense Bass: Exclusive BassUp™ technology and a patented spiral bass port boost low-end frequencies to make the beats hit even harder.
- Wireless Stereo Pairing: Pair two SoundCore 2 (updated version only) together via a single device for big stereo sound.
Logitech Z200 PC Speakers, Stereo Sound, 10 Watts Peak Power, 2 x 3.5mm Inputs, Headphone Jack, Adjustable Bass, Volume Controls, UK Plug, PC/TV/Smartphone/Tablet - Midnight Black
£19.99 in stock
5 used from £18.59
- Rich Acoustics : These multimedia speakers deliver rich, clear stereo sound with its 10 Watts peak power or 5 Watts RMS power from two 2.5-Inch drivers per speaker - enough power to produce room-filling audio for your music, movies or videos
- Easy Access : For fingertip control of your hifi listening experience, this stereo speaker set up has volume level and power controls built on the front panel for easy access
- Customisable Bass : Each wired stereo mini-speaker comes with a driver tuned for deep bass sounds, with an integrated tone control wheel on the side - allowing you to adjust sounds to suit your listening experience
- Dual Connectivity : This portable PC speaker set up provides two 3.5 mm audio inputs, including auxiliary line, that works with most smartphones, tablets and laptops - meaning you can listen to 2 devices at the same time without disconnecting
- Optional Privacy : If you need to listen to sound without everyone listening in, these multimedia speakers come built with a headphone cable jack - for instant privacy should you need it


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1) decide on Themes you want to discuss
Justice RomanceTragic Consequences
2) brainstorm some specific examples you could use, including the references you will need.
Theme Ideas Example from NovelReferences
A) Romance1) Romeo & Juliet
-Romeo & Juliet have a problem from the start
-parents are in a feud
Merchant of Venice
-Bassanio & Portia also have a problem
-she lives far away and he does not have money to woo her 1.1.___?
2) R& J
-R & J’s relationship becomes worse when he kills Tybalt and
banished from Verona
-B & P’s relationship gets better when he wins the lottery and 3.1?
can marry Portia
3) R& J
-tragedy occurs in this relationship when J’s potion makes it
seem that she is dead, so Romeo kills himself
-B & P get married, and she helps him free his friend3.____?
One of the themes Shakespeare explores in his plays is the way Romance works. In Romeo and Juliet, the young couple meet at a party at her house, and fall almost instantly in love, but they have a problem, right from the start. Their parents are feuding, and they cannot be together because of the hate between the families. Similarly, in Merchant of Venice, Bassanio falls in love with the rich and beautiful Portia, and they also start with a problem. She lives far away in Belmont, and he is too poor to see and woo her. In Romeo and Juliet, things get even worse when Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. Now they are still in love, but he is banished from Verona. But Bassanio’s romantic life improves when Antonio helps him to borrow money, and he is able to win the casket lottery and marry Portia. The “star crossed lovers” romance ends in tragedy when Juliet is found “bleeding, warm and newly dead” (Shakespeare 5.3.175) after she kills...

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A totally nice fellow named Christoffer Schou from Norway alerted me that his band, Remington Super 60, had compiled all their Christmas songs and that it was giving them away for free to anyone who wanted them. (I know, right? All their Christmas songs? How many could one band possibly have?)
At any rate, I gave them a listen and they’re really good in a classic pop composer way (Bacharach, Carpenter, et al).
So as a special treat from Remington Super 60 please enjoy these songs you’ve never heard but will likely really enjoy.
Remington Super 60-Merry Christmas EP
MP3: Remington Super 60-Here Comes Christmas
MP3: Remington Super 60-Motorcars And Aeroplanes
MP3: Remington Super 60-Wintertime
MP3: Remington Super 60-Christmas Song For Melanie
Get them all in a convenient .RAR file HERE.
Artwork available HERE.
(Note: all these links go straight to www.remingtonsuper60.com so you could save yourself some time and just go there. All tracks available, also, via the bands MySpace page.)


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My name is Rob and I am looking for some advice on tropical Fish as I feel the pet shop advice, shall we say is not the best.
We have had a 54 litre tank setup now for a while must be 11 months or so.
It seems to be pretty healthy, however we cannot seem to stop fish dying every so often. What we have in our tank at the minute is:
Our tank is well planted with 5 live plants and also we have plenty of hiding places such as a cave and pot.
We seem to have a major problem with keeping Siamese fighting fish. In total we have had 4 now and the first three died within one day and the most recent (Today) within 3 days.
Other fish that we have that died our:
These were all very lively and showed no signs of sickness, they just seemed to die!
However our Dalmation molly who is our most liveliest fish is very quiet not eating today.
We do a 25% water change once every week and add water conditioner so we are looking for some advice as to what we are doing wrong.
We have had the water tested a while back and it was fine but just to be sure we are going to get it tested tomorrow.
We appreciate any advice anyone can give.
Robert & Emma

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December 19, 2023
We recently released the new "Shelltop" print and while preparing for launch we were talking to Lotty about the inspiration behind this print and this is what she told us:
"Mustique has a wealth of shells, most notably the huge Conch shell with its stunning pink lip, however, it is often the little shells that can go unnoticed in the sand unless you look carefully, that catch my attention.
I found an unusual shell which I think belongs to the Volute Shell family and when sketching it and developing a repeat print from it, I found the result quite intense.
It worked well as a crazy slightly head spinning print which I am hoping to bring in to a future collection, but for this collection I decided to 'pluck' off the very top section of the shell and use this simpler image to create a slightly calmer end result.
I like the graphic triangle and diamond shapes it creates in the repeat print and when zoomed in and printed at a larger than life scale, I find it gives a lovely clean look that works especially well with a single print colour and white background for linen shirts and swimming trunks."
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There has been so much news, way too much news, in the dying days of the Trump presidency that I’m afraid you might have missed an important one — Donald Trump’s killing spree. This is not like the bogus right-wing accusation — raise your hand if you remember the infamous Jerry Falwell-distributed film — that […]
A genre-defying memoir calls on history, science and gripping narrative in a meditation on grief
Sarah Adleman was born and raised between the bayous of Houston, the swamps of Louisiana, and the desert of El Paso. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bangladesh, studied yoga in India, and taught English in China. Sarah earned her MFA from the University of Texas at El Paso and works as a Yoga […]
Colorado law mandates which drugs be used for lethal injection. So what happens when they are no longer made?
Since the state’s last execution more than 20 years ago, Colorado juries have mulled capital punishment, and advocates on both sides have debated the merits of its deterrent effect, its morality, its cost and any number of factors related to its application. But amid nationwide controversy surrounding availability of drugs used for lethal injection, one […]
In 1997, Colorado’s first execution in 30 years marked a watershed moment. But did it change the conversation about capital punishment?
In the course of Colorado’s long conversation about capital punishment, the execution of Gary Lee Davis in 1997 would seem to be a significant mile marker on the road to resolving a question that has long divided the state’s residents. It had been 30 years since the state executed Luis Monge in the gas chamber, […]

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Roland Hopwood, general dental practitioner
Roland Hopwood is a retired general
dental practitioner who practised from 1978-2001 in the Essex area. In
this interview he describes his training, setting up in practice, staff,
patients and treatments available.
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This mask is so beautiful!! It's really amazing. This man's got skills! The centerpiece of my collection!! Looking forward to my next one!
The eyes and mouth are not white. They are actually openings like a mask would have. The workmanship is beautiful.
Multi-Color Wood Boruca Toucan Devil Mask, "Twisted Beauty"
Bead and Brass Repousse African Wall Mask with Animal Motifs, "Promise of Prosperity"
Multi-Color Wood Decorative Boruca Devil Mask with Animals, "Costa Rican Fauna"

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Through the use of remotely sensed data, scientists were able to understand the mysterious deaths of caribou in Canada and reindeer in the Bering Sea islands.
A survey team on a remote island in Arctic Canada came across a grisly sight in the summer of 2016. Caribou carcasses, dozens of them, lay strewn across the tundra of Prince Charles Island, just north of the Arctic Circle in Nunavut. Based on the condition of the carcasses and the decomposition of internal organs, death was estimated to have occurred at least several weeks prior to the team’s arrival, perhaps in late winter. While some animals died lying down, others appeared to have simply collapsed.
A half-century earlier and more than 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) west, a similar scene confronted biologists on a remote speck of land in the Bering Sea. Forty-two reindeer were found foraging among the skeletal remains of a reindeer herd on St. Matthew Island that only three years earlier had numbered 6,000 animals.
Using a combination of remotely sensed data from satellites and sensors on the ground, scientists found the unmistakable fingerprints of the same killer in 2016 and 1966. Both Arctic islands are shown on this page as observed in 2015 and 2016 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8.
While caribou and reindeer are the same species (Rangifer tarandus), they are not the same animal. Caribou, which live in North America, are migratory and travel in large herds between breeding grounds. Reindeer inhabit Europe and Asia and have adapted to domestication. They can be used for pulling sleighs and can be milked like cows and goats. (Reindeer cheese is reported to be mild and creamy.)
One key attribute caribou and reindeer share is that they are herbivores that feed on lichens and plants. In late fall and early spring, they use their sharp hooves to break through the icy crust on northern lands to reach this food source. While the animals are adapted to efficiently managing their energy reserves over the long Arctic winter, timing is everything. And at both Prince Charles Island and St. Matthew Island, time ran out for the herds.
Meteorological data from Prince Charles Island in the winter of 2015–2016 indicate that major storms occurred in April 2016, a time when caribou energy reserves are generally at their lowest. Wind and snow from these storms created an unusually dense snowpack, which was detected through brightness temperature data acquired by the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMI/S) aboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) series of satellites. Scientists determined from the data that the caribou, already weakened at the end of a long winter, starved to death when they were unable to break through the dense snow and ice layer to reach the food they needed.
Unusually harsh winter weather also was the culprit on St. Matthew Island. Scientists reanalyzing meteorological data found that the winter of 1963–1964 was one of the harshest ever recorded in the Bering Sea islands. The reindeer endured storms with hurricane-force gusts, wind chills as low as -71.5° Fahrenheit (-57.5° Celsius), and a record amount of snow. As at Prince Charles Island, the hard crust on the snowpack made it difficult, if not impossible, for the huge reindeer herd to access vital nutrients. For the 6,000 reindeer, there simply was not enough food available when it was most needed. By 1966, only 42 survivors remained.
Through the use of remotely sensed data, scientists were able to close the cold case of the mysterious deaths of caribou in Canada and reindeer in the Bering Sea islands occurring a half-century apart. The data told the tale.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Josh Blumenfeld, NASA ESDS Program.


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The winners of the 54th Seiun Awards were announced on Saturday during the 61st Japan Science Fiction Convention (Nihon SF Taikai). Uoto’s manga “Chi: On the Movements of the Earth” won the Best Comic award. Other nominated manga included Satoru Noda’s “Golden Kamuy,” Riichirou Inagaki and Boichi’s “Dr. Stone,” Taizan 5’s “Takopi’s Original Sin,” Satoshi Mizukami’s “Planet With,” and Gaku Miyao’s “Nidome no Jinsei: Animator.”
“Chi: On the Movements of the Earth” was serialized in Big Comic Spirits from September 2020 to April 2022. It won the Grand Prize in the 26th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and was nominated for the 68th Shogakukan Manga Awards. The manga ranked 22nd in Da Vinci’s “Book of the Year” manga list in 2022. Seven Seas will release the first omnibus volume in November, and an anime adaptation by Madhouse is also in the works.
The film “Shin Ultraman” from Studio Khara won the Best Media award. Other nominees in this category included various anime series and films such as “Lycoris Recoil,” “Taroman: Okamoto Tarō Shiki Tokusatsu Katsugeki,” “Break of Dawn,” “The Orbital Children,” “Summer Time Rendering,” “Suzume,” “Daikaijū no Atoshimatsu,” “Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigi na Fushigi na Tanpen Drama,” and “DAICON FILM-ban Kaetekita Ultraman (Remaster-ban).” “Shin Ultraman” debuted in Japan in May 2022, ranking first in its opening weekend.
The Best Artist award went to Kenji Tsuruta and Studio Nue co-founder Naoyuki Katō. Other award winners included Satoshi Hase’s “Protocol of Humanity” for Best Japanese Long Story, Koichi Harukure’s “The Sagacious Stags” for Best Japanese Short Story, Yasuko Kaji’s translation of Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” for Best Translated Long Story, and translations by Idumi Ichida, Nozomi Ohmori, Masako Furuichi for Best Translated Short Story.
The nominees were chosen from works released between January 1 and December 31, 2022, and winners were determined through online voting by registered attendees of the convention. The Seiun Awards celebrate various forms of speculative fiction and related materials, similar to the Hugo Awards in the United States. Notable previous winners include “Kemono Friends,” “Shin Godzilla,” “Knights of Sidonia,” “The World of Narue,” and “Fullmetal Alchemist.”
Source: Japan Science Fiction Convention, Comic Natalie


Several Britches competitors out to defend title
World titles are on the line today when the National Little Britches Finals Rodeo holds its championship round at 10 a.m. to cap its weeklong competition at the Colorado State Fairgrounds.
An all-around cowboy and cowgirl as well as 25 individual champions will be determined among the senior, junior and Little Wranglers age divisions.
Shade Etbauer of Goodwell, Okla., is the reigning all-around cowboy in the senior boys division. He also is the NLBFR defending saddle bronc champion and is in the running for the tie-down roping honors.
Six other 2012 world champs are back this year, including four in the senior girls division.
• Kenzie Huffman of Strasburg, in barrel racing.
• Amber Lecor of Brighton, in senior girls pole bending, who topped the first go-round.
• Whitney Belew of La Junta, in senior girls breakaway roping.
• Makenzie McBeth of Douglass, Kan., in senior girls goat-tying.
• Clyde Denison of Iowa, Utah, in junior boys breakaway roping.
• Cashen Turner of Plains, Kan., in junior girls pole bending.
World championships are determined from the contestants’ five best season performances and the first, second and championship rounds this week.
- Good friends of football
- Pack runners come of age
- CERVI: Pack QB race comes down to wire
- ‘We wanted to be the best’
- Colorado State University-Pueblo defense falls flat on first day in pads
- String of 4s carries Masias to Centennial Invite prep boys golf crown
- Jurney: Cash in on prep football Pick Six
- Pueblo West Cyclones reload in prep boys soccer title chase
- Boys Soccer Team Capsules
- Central volleyball team looking to snap S-CL losing skid


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Objective: To evaluate two commercially available ELISA-based kits against RT-PCR for the diagnosis of dengue virus infection in a Tertiary Care center in Karachi. Methods: During the 2006 Dengue outbreak, sera were collected from patients clinically classified as dengue fever and graded according to WHO grading. Out of these, 83 samples were selected randomly and analyzed using two different commercial kits (PanBio versus Calbiotech) and were compared with RT-PCR. Clinical charts of the inpatients were also reviewed. Statistical significance was considered at P ≤ 0.05. Results: Clinically, a total of 29 (69%) in-patients were diagnosed with dengue haemorrhagic fever, the remaining 13 (30.9%) were diagnosed as dengue fever. Diagnostic PCR was positive in 73 (87.9%) of the total 83 patients. PanBio capture ELISA had a sensitivity of 83.5%. Calbiotech on the other hand, had a sensitivity of 50.7%. The association of PanBio assay with PCR was found to be statistically significant (p<0.001). Conclusion: Although RT-PCR is considered as gold standard for diagnosis of dengue virus infection, serological methods play important role in diagnosis as they are cost effective and easily available, especially in dengue endemic countries. Sensitivity and specificity of commercial kits can be variable; therefore evaluation of commercial ELISA kits is important in local setting.
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PM to lead Steering Committee on national key transport projects
The Steering Committee is tasked with pushing for the implementation of six transport projects of national priority.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed off decision No.884 to set up a National Steering Committee on major transport projects headed by himself.
| Hanoi-Haiphong expressway. Photo: Pham Hung|
In addition, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh and Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The are appointed deputy heads of the Steering Committee, whose members are senior officials from other ministries and ministerial-level agencies, such as the Ministry of Construction, the Government Office, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
According to the decision, the Steering Committee would help the Government to accelerate the construction of key projects of national priority, including the Ho Chi Minh road; the expressways of the Eastern North-South, Ben Luc – Long Thanh, Khanh Hoa – Buon Ma Thuot, Bien Hoa – Vung Tau, Chau Doc – Cantho – Soc Trang; Ring road No.4 – Hanoi; Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring road No.3; and the North-South express train.
A key task of the Steering Committee is to propose measures to resolve bottlenecks during the implementation of transport projects, ensuring they would progress as scheduled by respective resolutions of the National Assembly and Government.
The Steering Committee would report to the Prime Minister on the progress of key transport projects every six months, or at the request of the Prime Minister.
As of the end of June, Vietnam’s disbursement of public projects stood at a modest rate of 27.86% of the year’s plan, or VND151.05 trillion ($6.45 billion).
For this year, the Government targets to allocate VND542.1 trillion ($23.2 billion) for public investment, for which the completion of public projects is seen as a key measure to boost socio-economic recovery.
|At the end of June, Hanoi disbursed only 21.2% of the annual allocation. The city, however, is taking measures to realize this year's target amount of around VND51 trillion (US$2.2 billion).|
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Virginia Commonwealth law is clear on what constitutes first degree murder. “It is first degree murder to kill another by poison, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, or by any willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or in the commission of, or attempt to commit, arson, rape, forcible sodomy, inanimate or animate object sexual penetration, robbery, burglary, or abduction.”
Now here’s what we know about James Alex Fields, Jr. the white nationalist fanatic who is being charged with second degree murder for plowing into a group of counter-demonstrators at the white nationalist march in Charlottesville, Virginia. Fields allegedly killed one and maimed a dozen or more others. Witnesses say that the counter protesters were clearly identified as such. They carried anti-racist signs and chanted “unite the right” and other anti-racist slogans. The car Fields Jr. allegedly drove did not try to avoid the protesters, nor did he appear to be confused or panicked by the counter protesters. In fact, other witnesses were clear that Fields Jr. allegedly took deliberate aim at the counter-protesters.
Charlottesville police officials also confirmed that Fields Jr. allegedly deliberately plowed into the marchers. A reporter who spoke to even more witnesses to the crash said that Fields Jr. allegedly turned his vehicle into a deadly weapon and intentionally rammed into the counter-protesters. Though another reporter tweeted initially that law officers she talked to said Fields Jr.’s act was not malicious, she later retweeted that those officers were not at the scene and had not seen the video.
Then there’s Fields Jr’s history. It’s a history as a racially and anti-Semitic venom-spouting member of the racist loon group, Vanguard America. This further bolsters the contention that there is the motive and intent necessary to prove that an act committed against a hate-targeted individual or individuals is willful and intentional.
Under Virginia law, then, Fields Jr’s murderous act rises to the bar required for prosecutors to bring a first-degree murder charge. There’s 1. intent (his own history and witness testimony) 2. the victims were knowingly chosen 3. The act was willful and deliberate.
This blows away the legal argument that Fields Jr must be slapped only with a second-degree charge. That’s simply not true under Virginia law. The other argument is that prosecutors like to win and will do anything not to bring a charge if there’s even the remotest possibility they can’t make it stick. That’s a valid point.
But prosecutors also in more cases than not routinely overcharge, sometimes piling offense on top of offense on a defendant, as a bargaining chip to get a guilty plea to a lesser charge. It rarely works in reverse, however, where they undercharge in a potential capital case.
It’s hard to imagine that if the situation had been reversed and the march and rally was staged by Black Lives Matter and one of their march organizers had plowed into a packed crowd of white counter-demonstrators, that a Virginia prosecutor would have asked for anything less than a first degree murder charge with the possibility of the death penalty. Case law is filled with cases, especially in the South, where prosecutors have quickly filed first degree murder charges against black males accused of crimes against whites on far less evidence and witness testimony than in the Fields Jr. case.
So, one will have to look for reasons beyond simply the letter of Virginia law to find the reason Fields Jr. is not hit with a first-degree murder charge. Whatever those reasons, prosecutors can and should junk them and prosecute Fields Jr. for first degree murder.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is an associate editor of New America Media. His forthcoming book, The Trump Challenge to Black America (Middle Passage Press) will be released in August. He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on Radio One. He is the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles and the Pacifica Network.


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A new paper from the Commonwealth Fund and Yale School of Public Health has projected that roughly 90,000 lives would be saved if 80 percent of Americans eligible for the Omicron-specific bivalent Covid boosters get inoculated by the end of the year, Axios reported.
The United States, however, is on track for a far lower vaccination rate—only about half of Americans have gotten their first boosters and only about two-thirds have completed the primary two-dose regimen needed to be eligible for the newly rolled-out booster.
“If vaccination continued at its current pace through the end of March 2023, a potential winter surge in COVID-19 infections could result in a peak of around 16,000 hospitalizations and 1,200 deaths per day by March 2023,” the researchers wrote.
The paper also noted that getting 80 percent of eligible Americans boosted could potentially save more than $56 billion in direct medical costs, including $13.5 billion in Medicare spending and $4.5 billion in Medicaid spending.
“As population immunity wanes and new variants capable of evading protection from earlier vaccines and natural infection continue to emerge, surges in hospitalizations and deaths during the upcoming fall and winter are increasingly likely,” the Commonwealth Fund said in a statement.
“The recent FDA approval of bivalent boosters offers an opportunity to curb transmission; a vaccination campaign that moves aggressively could avert a surge of hospitalizations and deaths, and save money in the process,” it continued.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said that Americans should not be surprised if a new Covid variant emerges this winter.
“We should anticipate that we very well may get another variant that would emerge that would elude the immune response that we've gotten from infection and/or from vaccination,” the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said during a seminar hosted by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
Although the country is moving “in the right direction … we are entering into the winter months, where no matter what the respiratory disease is, there's always a risk of an uptick,” he added.
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