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Malaria-spreading mosquito evolving into two species
This could be bad news for the world's malaria-fighting effort.
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health has found that the main malaria-spreading mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, is evolving into two distinct species with different traits. A new paper in the journal Science compared the genomes of two emerging species of the mosquito, referred to as M and S, which had appeared physically indistinguishable were, in fact, different when it came to their DNA.
Moreover, the two species behave differently and prefer different habitats. The scientists found that when there are no predators present the S mosquito outcompetes the M mosquito. But M fares better when there are predators around.
Researchers say that as the two evolve into more distinct species, this could lead to changes in disease transmission and could complicate control efforts.
The following video describes the life cycle of malaria:
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VIRTUAL CINEMA: RBG w Filmmaker Q&A
May 20 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm$5
It’s the first of a Best Of virtual cinema selections from our film distribution partner, Magnolia Pictures, and it kicks off today with RBG, the documentary film that takes an up close look at the exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. Film is Rated PG.
For this special RBG with directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen and moderated by Melena Ryzik from the New York Times on Wed. 5/20 at 6:00pm MDT, please click HERE.
When you buy a ticket for RBG or other future documentaries in this series, 10% of the ticket sales will go to a charity that was solely selected by Magnolia Pictures, and 50% of the remaining proceeds will go directly to the theater.
Upcoming documentary titles in the series:
- 5/22 – LIFE ITSELF (Q&A on 5/27 with Chaz Ebert in conversation with director Steve James
- 5/29 – BLACKFISH (Q&A on 6/3 with director Gabriela Cowperthwaite
- 6/5 – HAIL SATAN? (Q&A on 6/10 with director Penny Lane in conversation with Lucien Greaves, head of The Satanic Temple


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LAHARANDOTA - The Artists' Cottage, an old stone farmhouse previously owned by American painter Frank Russell, now fully renovated to include slate floors, old beams and stone walls. Set in over an acre of land and surrounded by fields with extensive views over the sea and the Mizen Head. Ideal for those looking for a relaxing holiday or weekend retreat, for walkers/cyclists or families, with its large garden, spring, pond and small outdoor pool (solar heated). Located 4 miles west of local village Kilcrohane, and a scenic half-hour drive from the busy market town of Bantry with its great restaurants and pubs. Stroll down the lane from the cottage directly on to The Sheep's Head Way, one of Ireland's 31 Waymarked Ways (marked trails). The peninsula's natural wild beauty makes its 55 mile trail stand out from others and offers an exciting challenge for all keen walkers. If, however, you're not a 'wild rover', there's always riding, sailing, kayaking, diving, golf...
NOW FEATURED IN ALASTAIR SAWDAY'S IRELAND GUIDE: Review: 'Now how many Irish cottages come with an outdoor pool? Next to the road but shielded by hedges, it even has sea views! You are at the tip of the strikingly beautiful Sheep’s Head peninsula, a paradise for walkers. Laharandota was the house of an artist for many years; it still shows. Everything inside is in the best possible taste and breathes a generous spirit: a wonderful kitchen with big Rayburn stove, art, objets and a fabulous hamper, a claw-foot bath, a glasswalled sun room, nooks, crannies and a rustic fireplace that roars in winter. Next-door’s studio, often rented to the same party, provides comforts on a reduced scale, but the light, the art, the sea views are the same. Hike a part of the Sheep’s Head Way: ‘the best walk in Ireland’ says Country Walking magazine. Head for the lighthouse, look out for choughs and peregrines. Shops and restaurants are a short drive away, lovely Bantry Town and sandy Barleycove beach are not much further. Inspirational'.
Guest Comments: 'It is a fabulous place to stay - we found ourselves spending lots of time just pottering around the cottage because it was so lovely. We will definitely come again and will recommend it to our friends.' Gerry & Liz, Gloucestershire
'Thank you so much for the weekend. I must say your cottage is spectacular - you have a real eye for interiors and the quality of the renovation and furnishings is stunning. We had 3 days of great weather, the kids were even swimming in the sea. They didn't want to leave and now want to live there!' Adam & Jane, Hertfordshire
'Thank you for a wonderful 3 days in your beautiful cottage. It was everything we had dreamed of and more. We absolutely fell in love with The Artists' Cottage and the surrounding area.' Jayne & Gordon, Rockingham, Australia
'We had a fabulous time. The setting was wonderful and the cottage was just gorgeous. Daniel loved his cute little bedroom. He was even brave enough to swim in the pool!' Pamela & Roger, Glasgow
'Thank you for providing such a welcoming, comfortable taste of rustic charm for we city-dwellers. We all loved everything about the cottage. Of course the swimming pool is the icing on the cake - luckily the weather was glorious so we chilled out and lazed by the pool or braved its invigorating freshness!' John & Susan, Edinburgh
'Just a note to say how much we enjoyed the cottage. It is in a beautiful and unspoilt location and the views across the bay are something to remember. The quality of the finish and furnishing in The Artists' Cottage are incredible, really beautiful. We had some really lovely times there and we will remember it with great affection.' Susan & Phil, Hampshire
The Cottage: Bantry, County Cork Vacation Rental by Owner Listing 97480ha
This beautiful detached cottage is nestled on the hillside, surrounded by a large, private garden with wonderful sea views. The garden features a stream, pond and small outdoor pool (solar heated), stone corral with barbeque and patio area equipped with garden furniture. Inside there are three bedrooms (a double, twin and a single), downstairs loo, family bathroom, en suite shower room, open-plan kitchen/ living room, study with sofa bed and sun room.
Laharandota has been thoughtfully restored from an existing farm complex, comprising a detached cottage, stone outbuilding with utilities, an old stone loft/ barn (The Studio) and a green house, all enjoying spectacular views over Dunmanus Bay and the West Cork countryside.
** NOW FEATURED IN ALASTAIR SAWDAY'S IRELAND GUIDE 2011 **
Laharandota was the house of an artist for many years; it still shows. Everything inside is in the best possible taste and breathes a generous spirit... inspirational.'
The Cottage has oil-fired central heating throughout, as well as a vintage stove in the master bedroom and an open fire in the lounge area.
A washing machine, dryer and freezer are located in the garage, shared between Cottage and Studio guests.
The outdoor pool is located in the garden area in front of the Studio, which also includes a stream and pond to the side of the Sun Room. Access to the pool is open to both Cottage and Studio guests from April to October, with partial heating provided by solar panels (subject to sunny weather!)....moreless
WINTER (Cottage only) Oct 31 - Dec 18, 2015 3 night min stay
CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR (Cottage) Dec 19 - Jan 1, 2016 7 night min stay
WINTER 2016 (Cottage) Jan 2 - Mar 18, 2016 3 night min stay
EASTER (Cottage only) Mar 19 - Apr 8, 2016 7 night min stay
SPRING (Cottage only) Apr 9 - May 20, 2016 3 night min stay
SUMMER (Cottage Only) May 21 - Jun 17, 2016 7 night min stay
SUMMER (Cottage & Studio) Jun 18 - Sep 2, 2016 7 night min stay
Changeover Day: Saturday
Additional information about rental rates
Refundable Damage Deposit£275
Rates are in Pound Sterling (GBP) and include Irish VAT, all bills, cleaning, bedding, towels and use of the following amenities: BBQ, 2 adult bikes, wireless Internet, travel cot with bedding, high chair, stair gate, as well as the solar-heated outdoor pool (shared between Cottage and Studio).
Weekly rates assumes a 7-night stay and weekends 3 nights, with additional nights charged as listed.
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A 50% initial deposit is required to confirm a booking. The balance is due 6 weeks before arrival, together with the Security/Damage deposit payment. The Security/Damage deposit if £275 or 300 Euros. Payment can be made by Euro/Sterling bank transfer, Sterling cheque or PayPal (4% fee applies). Please ask for Euro rates as these are set according to our own UK bank's rate, which varies.
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Laharandota is located on the southern side of the Sheep’s Head Peninsula, about 4 miles south west of the village of Kilcrohane and 15 miles from the bustling market town of Bantry, West Cork. The propoerty is ideally located for touring the West Cork area, for walking, cycling or sailing with it's many walking routes, scenic drives, coves and bays. West Cork attractions include Garinish Island and Glengariff, the Sheep's Head and Mizen Head, as well as the town of Bantry, with its many shops, great restaurants, bars and cinema.
The area is also well known for its raw natural beauty, attracting walkers, artists and anyone with a love for the outdoors to the area. Within a short drive from the property is the village of Kilcrohane, with its quay and coves for bathing, two pubs, shop and local church as well as the Sheep's Head Lighthouse and Way, which passes directly behind and in front of the cottage's gardens.
Other Activities: Cookery classes at nearby restaurant, 'The Good Things Cafe'
Golf: Bantry Bay Golf Club's 18 Hole championship course is located a short drive from the town and is open all year.

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Make the berry coffee cake: In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a large mixing bowl, beat together the sugar and butter until light in color and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the almond extract until incorporated.
Make the crumb topping: In a medium bowl, stir together granulated sugar, whole wheat pastry flour, cinnamon, and salt. Scatter the butter pieces over the top, then with a fork, pastry blender, or your fingers, work the butter into the dry ingredients until moist crumbs form. Stir in the sliced almonds until evenly distributed and set aside.
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A US colleague has drawn attention to a portfolio of stunning futurist transport graphics created in the post war 40s which includes one, at the top of this post, which probably sums up the yearnings for a Canberra Airport for Sydney, connected to a very fast train.
The graphics by Arthur Radebaugh (1906-1974) were commissioned by the Bohn Aluminium and Brass Corporation of Detroit, Michigan, which was an engineering, design and manufacturing company.
They envisaged an American future in which public transport was paramount, and which didn’t come to pass in the 66 years since they were drawn and airbrushed.
The art work generally featured aspects of a three tiered transport future, of large spacious triple decker rocket planes, high speed railroads, and large futuristic buses and monorails, although it did allow for private cars around the edges of the world it saw as arising in the latter decades of the 20th century.
Bohn Corporation switched its thematic advertising to a different and ferocious anti-Red focus in the early 50s, and then fades to black in history.
Arthur Radebaugh was more than an illustrator, and in the few references to him that survive, talks about his concepts for future household products, and transport projects that also included large bridges using plastics as well as aluminium. He drew a syndicated Sunday newspaper comic strip, Closer than We Think, between 1958-1962.

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LifeImage said last week that it raised $17.5 million in a recently closed funding round.
The round was led by Portland, Ore.-based Cambia Health Solutions, a non-profit medical technology company, and joined by existing investors Cardinal Partners, Galen Partners, Long River Ventures, Mass Ventures and Partners Innovation Fund, the company said.
"Cambia is committed to investing in companies that transform the health care system into 1 that is person-focused and economically sustainable. We are excited to partner with LifeImage as they work towards their goal of providing universal and seamless access to medical images for both clinicians and patients,” Cambia Health senior vice president Rob Coppedge said in a press release.
Funding will be used to expand customer resources, increase network capabilities and implement the next phases of its go-to-market strategy, Newton, Mass.-based LifeImage said. The company develops and runs a cloud-based medical image sharing platform.
“Image sharing has reached a critical inflection point. Our customers have validated its correlation to quality and cost of care, and it’s now considered part of the standard of care. We’re excited to work with Cambia to increase the mainstream focus and adoption of medical imaging interoperability. With the added capital and Cambia’s support, LifeImage will scale up and demonstrate how innovative health plans can take advantage of our network to bring value to their providers as they adopt a value-based approach to managing the health of their patient populations,” CEO and co-founder Hamid Tabatabaie said in prepared remarks.
More than 120 multi-site health systems use LifeImage’s platform, including recently added Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Atlanta’s Emory Healthcare, the company said.

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Penile prostheses are very effective, and most patients who have a prosthesis placed are satisfied with the prosthesis. However, placement of a prosthesis causes scarring of the tissue within the corpora cavernosa, and if the prosthesis requires removal, other forms of therapy, except for the vacuum device, are often not effective. Thus, most physicians reserve placement of a prosthesis for men who have tried and failed or have contraindications to other therapies.
Qaseem, A., Snow, V., Denberg, T. D., Casey, D. E., Forciea, M. A., Owens, D. K., & Shekelle, P. (2009). Hormonal testing and pharmacologic treatment of erectile dysfunction: A clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Annals of internal medicine, 151(9), 639-649. Retrieved from http://annals.org/aim/article/745155/hormonal-testing-pharmacologic-treatment-erectile-dysfunction-clinical-practice-guideline-from
Occasional successful sexual function and early morning erections do not preclude the possibility of endocrine dysfunction. Since abnormally low levels of testosterone frequently are the primary cause of impotence, it is recommended that determination of the blood level of testosterone be an integral part of the total evaluation of the impotent patient.
Having learned a great deal more about erectile dysfunction including its risk factors and causes, you should be equipped to assess your own erectile function. If you have experienced erectile issues or you have some of the risk factors mentioned above, it may be worth making a trip to your doctor’s office. If you choose to seek help, give your doctor as much information as you can about your symptoms including their frequency and severity as well as the onset. With your doctor’s help, you can determine the best course of treatment to restore sexual function.
Because there's no word better than "love," where do you go from "I love you"? I really, really love you? I love you so much? With a cherry on top? Ugh. Pretty soon, you're in Hallmark territory, quoting bad pop lyrics. Since "I love you" is as good as it gets, maybe you feel you've peaked. You might be wondering: Is this it? Do you just say the same thing, over and over, for the rest of your days? "I love you" can be scary when it seems to be a plateau and the end of something. But that's bullshit. Hopefully, "I love you" is just the beginning.
The link between chronic disease and ED is most striking for diabetes. Men who have diabetes are two to three times more likely to have erectile dysfunction than men who do not have diabetes. Among men with erectile dysfunction, those with diabetes may experience the problem as much as 10 to 15 years earlier than men without diabetes. Yet evidence shows that good blood sugar control can minimize this risk. Other conditions that may cause ED include cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), kidney disease, and multiple sclerosis. These illnesses can impair blood flow or nerve impulses throughout the body.

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36th People's Choice: 'Glee' and 'Vampire Diaries' Are Favorite New TV Shows
The cast of "Glee" and "The Vampire Diaries" have something to celebrate when this year's People's Choice Awards wraps up on Wednesday, January 6 night. The shows have just been named Favorite New TV Comedy and Drama respectively, the only categories in TV that have more than 5 contenders.
It was unfortunate that the cast of "Diaries" did not attend the event that the presenters had to accept the trophy. The "Glee" ensemble on the other way, live up to their show, boarding the stage and giving thanks to people by handing out DiGiornio pizzas. The frozen food brand is the main sponsor of the musical show.
The cast of "Glee" in attendance are Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, Lea Michele, and Jenna Ushkowitz among others. It was Colfer who opened the acceptance speech, saying "We have to thank all of you, our creators, our amazing writers, producers and our fantastic crew." Michelle added, "We have so much fun working on our show, so thank you all for watching."
2010 People's Choice Awards is held at Nokia Theaters and broadcast live by CBS. More winners in other TV categories will be unveiled, but not all will be read out live.
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AFCECO Newsletter: July 2016
Dear Sponsors and Friends,
July was an intensive month for all the children due to their studying for and taking their school exams. Midterm exams finished on Monday July 25th and most of children are on holidays now for about two weeks.
New Mehan orphanage faced significant difficulties recently when the water pit in the orphanage dried out. The pit was 20 meters and we had to dig it down making it 50 meters long to make available water for the orphanage. We brought water from other places in a tank for almost a month. Fortunately after digging down the pit we have now sufficient water available.
Thanks again to the generous donation of Terry Cardwell we celebrated the birthdays of her sponsored child, Huma and several other children with July birthdays. It was Huma’s first birthday ever and you cannot imagine how exciting it was for her being able to celebrate her day. We also celebrated Samia’s birthday on July 11 thanks to her generous sponsor Jill Sheldon. Jill started her first sponsorship in July 2007 exactly nine years ago and now sponsors two children. She has each year provided her sponsored children with special birthday gifts. It’s truly amazing that we have such generous and kindhearted people in the AFCECO family. You have all been a blessing to us!

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This DIY blanket storage chest will fit beautifully into any space and provides great additional storage for items such as blankets, pillows and toys. Nice toy chest for Travis to put all his toys in when he's not visiting.
COLORWAYS Opposites on the color wheel (Blue and Orange) not only attract but are stunning when paired together. Annie Sloan Chalk Paint makes this an incredibly easy technique for a vintage, distressed style.
DIY BARN WOOD :: She stained a piece of scrap board with Minwax white tint base wood stain in Slate and realized it was a bit too dark for her liking so she mixed the stain with water which made(Mix Wood Grey)

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Country singer John Williamson to perform in Ipswich in 2013
AUSTRALIAN country singer John Williamson will perform in Ipswich next year as part of his Big Red tour.
He will play at the Ipswich Civic Centre on May 29 for the release of his album, The Big Red.
He will also churn out his hits.
Williamson's career spans more than 40 years, but he is still going strong. His tributes to Australian legends and unsung heroes with ballads capture the nation's spirit in song.
From Old Man Emu back in 1970, to songs from The Big Red, Williamson has written more than 400 songs.
Tickets range in price from $49 for adults to $30 for school-aged children and can be purchased by phoning 3810 6100 or online at ipswichciviccentre.com.au.

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A detailed explanation will come later, so let it suffice here to say that beings on Iarga that possess this mentality are denied reincarnation. This selection is the cause of the continuing improvement in mentality, generation after generation, which enables a race to become unselfish. On Earth, this selection was blocked some twenty centuries ago by extraterrestrial intervention whereby we cannot improve our average mentality.
UfO…Contact from Planet Iarga: Stefan Denaerde, published by Ankh-Hermes, Deventer, Netherlands, 1969
|The above book was published in 1969, a long time before anybody made a link between near-death experiences (NDE) and control of the afterlife process by aliens. Even today nearly everybody would reject such an idea. But, what if the author is right?
Near death experiencers never question their afterlife experience. With a few exceptions, it is all wonderful and life changing. However, their stories contain plenty anomalies that are overlooked or given an interpretation afterwards to fit their own belief system. NDE researchers often do the same thing, or they loose themselves in statistical data. Both don’t have enough information or knowledge about other subjects that might tie in to the afterlife experience to consider that maybe there is something else going on.
This article will go into a critical analysis of the NDE’s in the first part, and then, in part 2, examine the connection to an alien factor by some of the NDE’ers own experiences and other issues related to this connection. In my opinion the so-called aliens (Greys and the like) are actually elemental or spirit beings who are known to interfere with the spiritual state of development of humans.
If you can’t accept such a connection, don’t read this article. This article is only meant for those few who can expand their awareness sufficiently to explore a possibility that might not be pleasant to consider.
All near-death experiences are different, but the essence of an NDE is the experience of love and how all life in the universe is connected. On the other hand, the experience is difficult to describe because it is so unfamiliar to the NDE’er. His description is not a complete one, because he does not really know what he is dealing with, and often we will find that NDE’ers try to interpret and identify what they went through, based on their own belief systems. Some NDE’s are short, or follow an almost standard process, while in others the soul has elaborate mystical experiences. Overall, an NDE has a profound effect on the person when he comes back to his body. He gains another perspective on reality giving his present life more meaning.
At the other side, NDE’ers never question what they have experienced. Is what they experienced and who they encountered in the afterlife really what they thought it was? Is it possible that they misinterpreted the experience? Is it even possible that they were misguided, misled or even manipulated by beings who pretend to be what the NDE’ers would expect to see? A lot of NDE’ers would not even consider that their favorite religious figures who gave them so much love might not be the real ones.
In my opinion, the worst thing with NDE research is to take everything at face value, and to avoid any critical examination. Some NDE researches interpret the NDE reports in a religious fashion, supporting their own religious beliefs. This distorts the real experiences. One needs to look at all details, especially those that don’t quite fit the religious interpretations, to figure out if the afterlife process might be different than what most people believe it is.
Part 1: The Afterlife Investigated
Some near-death experiencers finds themselves first in darkness. It is a total black darkness that stretches all around them into infinity. It is sometimes called the Void. It is total stillness and peace. Although it might be initially scary, it does bring relief after all the pain and trauma the physical body had to endure. Now one feels free and calm. Some people might think that the darkness or void is something bad or evil, but that is not so. It is sometimes explained as being the void that is full of potentials, before creation.
After the impact, I faded to black into what I call a void. It was dark, black, empty and wide open. It was the most peaceful and calm feeling I ever had. I knew with just one thought I could travel through the void… NDERF
I found myself in a black void completely at peace. I had no self-awareness, no memory of who I was but I somehow knew that I was separate from the void. I cannot describe the feeling of completely peace: no pain, no worries, no sense of self, it was fantastic…I didn’t feel very lucky and was really angry at being back. At the time, I really would have preferred to stay in the void. NDERF
When the soul starts to move, usually because it perceives a light in the distance, it goes through a tunnel at the end of which it enters into the White Light. It seems that the movement itself creates this tunnel or this vortex like tube that will connect the soul with the next higher level. The time spent in the void seems to be related to what the soul needs in order to contemplate its new state of being. When it is ready it will perceive a light in the distance.
Some people become afraid of the void. As there is nothing else in the void but oneself, it will depend on how you view yourself if you like the void or not. In a certain way you could call it a black mirror. The void itself is neutral.
The Void is actually the basis of everything, for all creation. The stillness and nothingness is only apparent, as it contains all potentialities. I think this is what the alchemists called Nigredo, the Blackness, and also the Prime Materia, the substance underlying all creation.
NDE’er Mellen-Thomas Benedict expressed it this way:
At this point of my near-death experience, I found myself in a profound stillness, beyond all silence. I could see or perceive FOREVER, beyond Infinity. I was in the Void…
I was in pre creation, before the Big Bang. I had crossed over the beginning of time / the First Word/the First vibration. I was in the Eye of Creation. I felt as if I was touching the Face of God. It was not a religious feeling. Simply I was at one with Absolute Life and Consciousness. When I say that I could see or perceive forever, I mean that I could experience all of creation generating itself. It was without beginning and without end…
I can tell you this now: the Void is less than nothing, yet more than everything that is! The Void is absolute zero; chaos forming all possibilities. It is Absolute Consciousness; much more than even Universal Intelligence. The Void is the vacuum or nothingness between all physical manifestations…
I began to see during my near-death experience that everything that is, is the Self, literally, your Self, my Self.
The Void itself is devoid of experience. It is pre life, before the first vibration.
Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife
When the soul is in the Void, and has reflected upon itself and its new situation, what to do next? There is only one thing to do, and that is to create. From the void anything can be created. Right there you can create anything you want: a house, a landscape, a city etc. Or you can go wherever you want: to other souls’ creations such as buildings, landscapes, towns, or what they consider heaven. You can even go to other parts of the galaxy, or other dimensions.
However, most people have a poor or no understanding of what the astral worlds are about and their newly found freedom, that they will only go the first light that present itself, and that is the White Light.
I have always found it strange. How can there be tunnel in the afterlife? Why does a soul have to go through a tunnel? However, a third of near-death experiencers do. The tunnel can be experienced as being in motion, and with texture or grooves. Colors also vary. Most people go over to the next level directly without going through a tunnel. Maybe this is because the soul is still ‘out of it’ after having experienced the traumatic process of death, and did not consciously experience the transition through a tunnel.
Most of the time the White Light appears at the end of the tunnel. At other times, a figure is waiting.
Although the term ‘tunnel’ is widely used, the soul can also go through a ‘door’, ‘passage’, ‘tube’, ‘shaft’, ‘hole’, ‘funnel’… these are all transition structures.
The soul can also go through a tunnel when it returns to the body. This is rarely reported, probably because the descent into the body is usually very rapid and the tunnel experience might not have been consciously noticed.
I must go back; I have not accomplished my mission. In that moment, I sensed I was going backward into a tunnel and I found myself back in my body. NDERF
So I returned through the same tunnel, seeing my life pass before my eyes from my childhood until my age at that moment. At the end, there was a window. When I looked, I saw my body on the table of the operating room and the doctors around me, operating. NDERF
In regression therapy, when the person is brought back to the life in the spiritual world before incarnation, a tunnel is also reported when the soul goes ‘down’ into its new physical body.
It seems that the tunnel experience has to do with the transition from one plane of consciousness to another, or from one dimension to the another. Something like a wormhole that connects dimensions.
We find the tunnel experience also with out-of-the-body-experiences. In his book Far Journeys II Robert Monroe reports on the tunnel experience as the result of fixation on a pinpoint of light when the latter appeared into their vision:
These phenomena were gradually perceived in a pattern, as somewhat of a band preceding a change into the out-of-body experience. There were also preliminary physiological responses—lowering of blood pressure and pulse, slight temperature drop (03°), loss of muscle tone. Subjectively, there were reports of a heaviness in the physical body, sometimes catalepsy, and a strong sense of heat followed by coolness. As the induction of the OOBE state was examined further, one key element did repeat consistently. Subjects began to locate within their nonphysical perception a pinpoint of light. When the subject learned to “move” in the direction of the light until it became larger and larger, and then move through it, the OOBE state was achieved. In slow motion, it “felt as if one were going through a tunnel to get to the light,” a classic description that has been brought forth by many who performed the OOBE inadvertently or in a near-death situation.” (page 19)
OOBE’er Oliver fox writes in his book Astral Projection about going through a tunnel when he wanted to visit a scene in the past:
I then willed to travel to a certain temple which I have been told once existed in Allahabad. I moved off at a great speed and came to rest in a modern brilliantly lighted room. Here a man and a woman were seated at a table, having a meal. They did not seem to see me. Again I repeated my desire : “Temple —Allahabad—India—in the Past”. And now it seemed to me there was a sort of hole or break formed in the continuity of the astral matter ; and through this, in the distance—as though viewed through a very long tunnel—I could see something indistinct which might have been an entrance to a temple, with a statue still further away showing through it. I then moved forward again, but to my disappointment came to rest almost immediately in another room, where three women were seated at a table which also bore the remains of a meal. A fourth woman—pretty, with fair hair and blue eyes—was standing up in the act of leaving the table. Apparently, none of them could see me. Sticking to my objective, I once more repeated “Temple Allahabad—India—in the Past”. The tunnel arrangement was coming into view again, then something must have occurred which broke my trance —though what, I do not know. Instantly I rushed back to my body and awoke. (page 98)
It seems that the tunnel can also appear when consulting the Akashic Records to see or relive past events.
On page 106, he writes about another experience in which he arrived at another scene in the past:
I then decided that I would try to reach a certain ruined temple in Tibet, of which my Master, Azelda, had spoken. With this end, I concentrated all my will in one big effort, expecting to rush off in some horizontal direction. The result was absolutely unexpected. The ground collapsed beneath my feet and I was falling, with seemingly tremendous velocity, down a dark, narrow tunnel or shaft.
Tunnels also appear with people take mind altering drugs. Here is a quote from and person who took DMT, posted on Erowid Experience Vaults:
The visuals began. My breathing became heavy, I was laying on the ground and could see the night sky above me. Large beings were circled around me, observing me as if I had fallen right out of the sky, they all bent over me, blocking my view of the sky, suddenly they began to circle around me, raised their arms and the next thing I knew, I was trapped in a colorful tunnel. I was overwhelmed by what was happening, the tunnel began projecting me through it and I had no idea where I was going or if this tunnel ever ended. 2- dimensional beings were dancing on the walls of the tunnel…I was thrown back into the tunnel, but this one was slightly different; It was as if the artist Alex Grey had painted the inside of this tunnel for me. I remembered the end of the last tunnel, this one too had an end! I Indubitably reached the end…
So, it is not unusual to go through a tunnel in a near-death experience.
We have been programmed to go the Light. It’s talked about in religions, spirituality, channelings, meditations.
When the soul has spent time in the Void, a light in the distance will eventually appear, and the soul will gravitate toward it, usually through a tunnel. Some people do not experience the Void or the Tunnel but go directly to the White Light, usually through a tunnel. Some people do not experience the Void or the Tunnel but go directly to the White Light.
It is quite common for NDE’ers to state that they felt drawn towards the Light, or that the Light pulled them in. Then the soul starts to feel its emanation of intense love, understanding, bliss. This feeling can be immense and powerful. The soul can also hear music at the same time.
I noticed my body separating from me, as I was drawn towards a strong white light at the other end of a tunnel which itself was completely dark. NDERF
At first, it was the Light, a brilliant, white light, without reflection and without glare. Then, the feeling… of quiet jubilation, of peace and incredible serenity enveloping me. It was not ecstasy or any feeling I could identify, except perhaps glory in the warmest most positive sense of the word. NDERF
It is strange, that the soul can go anywhere in the spiritual worlds/dimensions, yet it feels that it has to go to that White Light.
Arriving at the White Light, the soul can blend with it, be surrounded by it, or experiencing a sense of unity, sometimes a unity with all that is. The love feeling is so overwhelming that the soul wants to stay there.
Sometimes the soul finds itself inside an orb of light, or when reaching the light, one or more beings appear.
The White Light also has an intelligence to it, so much so, that it is sometimes considered a light being of some sort, or God himself..
NDE investigator Raymond Moody in Life after Life, makes an interesting remark about the White Light:
Despite the light’s unusual manifestation, however, not one person has expressed any doubt whatsoever that it was a being, a being of light. Not only that, it is a personal being. It has a very definite personality. The love and the warmth which emanate from this being to the dying person are utterly beyond words, and he feels completely surrounded by it and taken up; in it, completely at ease and accepted in the presence of this being. He senses an irresistible magnetic attraction to this light. He is ineluctably drawn to it. (page 58-59)
Why are the NDE’ers are not consistent in the identification of the White Light, or this being of light? The White Light (being) never identifies itself. The NDE’er usually tries to identify it with God, Jesus, or an angel. Some NDE’ers feel so blessed that it was God or Jesus, but what is the White Light really? It’s hard to believe that God or Jesus would show up to an ordinary person to first give it immense love and then tell it that it must go back to its ailing, painful physical body, back to Earth with all its problems. It doesn’t make sense.
Some NDE’ers leave the White Light presence undefined. They admit they don’t know what or who it is.
When inside the White Light, some souls hear a voice (often male) telling them to go back, or sometimes answering questions, or allowing the soul to experience certain characteristics of the spiritual world of cosmos.
The White Light is also associated with the appearance of religious beings, such as Jesus, Mary or angels, and deceased relatives. They also serve as reminders of going back to the physical body, or they will guide the soul to the Council for a Life Review.
A Life Review can also happen right away when inside the White Light.
So, what is the White Light really about?
Why do so many people go to or are drawn to the White Light. What or who is the White Light? So far it seems to be a phenomenon that bathes the soul in good feeling and then sends them back, or to the Council that also sends the souls back. From psychics and regression therapists/hypnotists we know that at final death the same process happens, only the soul takes a longer break before going back, spending some time in their self-created environments.
I have once seen a light being composed of divine light, and I can say that light has no color whatsoever, not even white. Anything with color belongs to the astral world, and is inferior. Beings of white light, or having shining white light robes, are common in the astral worlds, and in the afterlife process. They certainly are not God or Jesus. By the way, NDE’ers have given totally different descriptions of the Jesus they saw, reflections their own ideas how Jesus looks like rather than a historical Jesus.
Josh Schultz, a professional psychic, writes on his website that “white light resonates with what psychics call “unconscious energy,” i.e., energy that makes you go unconscious. So if you have lots of white in your upper chakras then what happens is all kinds of spirits can plug into you and toy with you.” If you envelop yourself with white light, it makes it easy for other spirits to enter your body or energy field. That is why channelers, for example, who use the white light, often get cancer or become alcoholics. White Light also acts as a spiritual block. “It is also hard to know how you feel or what is happening to your physical body for that same reason. It’s like being in a whiteout.”
Is this the reason that souls are pulled into the White Light? To spiritually numb them, so they are not able to figure out what is happening to them, or to become aware of their own spiritual potential, freedom and that they can choose for themselves what they want?
After all the White Light (intelligence) or the light beings associated with it, are telling the soul that it must go back, or must go to the Council.
I find it interesting that Schultz mentions that the White Light acts like a ‘whiteout’. As one NDE’er states:
I could feel myself moving forward, not really controlling the direction I moved, until I was suddenly in the presence of a being that was bathed in light that seemed to emanate peace and love. I remember I felt fearful when I first left my body, wondering what was happening, but in the presence of this being, peace and serenity washed over me and I felt a sincere sense of calm and patience. The entity spoke and said, “When you die, you come to this place.I could feel myself moving forward, not really controlling the direction I moved, until I was suddenly in the presence of a being that was bathed in light that seemed to emanate peace and love. I remember I felt fearful when I first left my body, wondering what was happening, but in the presence of this being, peace and serenity washed over me and I felt a sincere sense of calm and patience. The entity spoke and said, “When you die, you come to this place. The longer you stay in this place, the more you forget about your previous life. Once you have forgotten about your life you are sent back to the world to be born again. You can be born at any point and place in time, the past and the future. When you die you return here until you learn a lesson. Once you have learned that lesson you pass on to another place.” IANDS
I would question who is that being of light? Why does it not identify itself. Is it actually a real being? Why is it that your memory gets wiped in ‘that place’. The matter-of-fact statement that we are sent back to the world implies that we have no choice, and somebody else is making that decision for us. Isn’t that interference with our free will? Why would you give your free will away to a higher authority, an authority that doesn’t identify itself, and whom most NDE’ers actually don’t even know who or what it is.
Studies of NDE’s of Hindus in Thailand and India show that they usually do not encounter a White Light. In contrast Japanese NDE’s do have the same White Light experience as Westerners, but the Japanese do not ascribe a personality to the White Light, nor does it emit any love feelings. This seems to reflect the low importance of religion in their lives. Some Japanese NDE’ers can have a conversation or communication with the White Light. (A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Western NDEs)


The band leave us with their farewell EP, Hooves Of Doubt.
Bad news for Dry The River fans: after six years of blood , sweat and tears, the indie-folk outfit have called it quits. Delivering a full on alternantive-folk sound, the London-based band became festival favourites among fans. Finding critical and commercial success with their two studio albums, 2012’s Shallow Bed and 2014’s Alarms In The Heart, the band have decided to split in order to pursue separate projects. It’s not all bad though. As a final parting gift, the group have released the Hooves Of Doubt EP. The band announced the split and EP release via a statement on their official Facebook page.
“Sons & Daughters of the River, we’ve had an incredible seven years, but we’ve decided it’s time to move on to new endeavours. This message is a thank you, really – your figurative and literal support has single-handedly kept us going, through rough economic times, label and lineup changes. Although the music industry is changing the underlying transaction is always the same – when you buy records, tickets and t-shirts you keep the bands you love afloat, and we’re grateful beyond words that you’ve carried us through more than 500 shows in 50 countries. Today we release a parting gift in the form of an EP ‘Hooves of Doubt’, a collection of songs recorded at the same time as Alarms in the Heart. You can listen / buy / stream that below. Thanks to Huw Stephens for playing the title track on his show last night… Love to everyone who’s been part of our extended family for this unpredictable and unimaginable journey. Look after yourselves, and hopefully we’ll bump into some of you in our new lives. All the best, DtR x.”
The band also encouraged fans to check out guitarist Matt Taylor’s new project, Waylor. We at Fortitude of course wish all the best for Matt, Scott, Peter and Jon.
Listen to Dry The River’s Hooves Of Doubt EP, as well as their biblical single ‘Gethsemane,’ below.


AUSTIN – Following a gift of $800,000, Huston-Tillotson University will become the only institution of higher learning in Central Texas, the fourth HBCU in the country, and the 196th college/university in the world to earn the coveted title of an All-Steinway School.
Huston-Tillotson University officials will unveil the Steinway pianos during their Charter Day Convocation on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, at 10 a.m. in the King-Seabrook Chapel on the campus at 900 Chicon Street. In addition, Steinway artist Marcus Roberts and the Marcus Roberts Trio will headline a special concert that will also feature the Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Gloria Quinlan, on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, at 5 p.m.
The anonymous gift was recently contributed to the University to help complete its year-long fundraising campaign to purchase fifteen Steinway Pianos.
“Our music department, led by superior faculty, is known for producing musicians of distinction for careers in a variety of professional fields including performance and music education. These best in class instruments are the perfect complement to the talented and gifted musicians on our campus,” Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, President and CEO of Huston-Tillotson University, said. “Becoming an All-Steinway School demonstrates our full commitment to excellence by providing the finest to our students and faculty. I am very excited about the addition of Steinway Pianos to our music department, as this is another step to being the IDEAL University.”
The reputation of the Steinway Pianos is known around the world, with 98 percent of all pianists performing with orchestras worldwide that choose the Steinway piano exclusively. For more than 160 years, Steinway & Sons has been dedicated to making the finest pianos in the world, setting the uncompromising standard for sound, touch, beauty, and investment value.
“Huston-Tillotson University has made a firm commitment to providing new opportunities for students and we are tremendously proud to welcome them into our family of All-Steinway Schools,” said Ron Losby, CEO of Steinway Musical Instruments. “I can assure that the same pride, passion and purpose so very evident on the campus in Austin echoes through the halls of the Steinway factory in Astoria, where 300 craftsmen and women are dedicated to making the world’s best pianos. We offer hearty congratulations on attaining this remarkable milestone and look forward to celebrating our shared vision of excellence.”
The music program got its start when Samuel Huston College and Tillotson College originated in the early 1900s. The two departments eventually combined when Huston-Tillotson College was formed by the merger of Samuel Huston College and Tillotson College in 1952. The addition of 15 Steinway Pianos is an unprecedented complement to Austin’s oldest institution of higher learning and only HBCU. This places the University’s already flagship program in a category with other esteemed music programs around the country such as The Juilliard School, Yale University School of Music and Oberlin College Conservatory.
The legacy of HT’s great concert choir directors and accompanists lives through the establishment of the Marcet Hines King Endowed Chair Professorship. The choir’s accomplishments are also memorialized through the Adams/Williams/Jones Endowed Scholarship, established by Nancy Crayton Jones in memory of choir directors Bert Adams, Nathaniel Williams, and her late husband Vernal Jones.
Music is a force of good and wellbeing in the culture of the Huston-Tillotson University community. Through concerts and other performances, the benefits of the program have expanded around the globe. The University’s music program brings together students, faculty, alumni, and others to enjoy, experience, reflect, participate, and learn. It is a critical component of the institution’s mission to nurture a legacy of leadership and excellence in education.
“This is really unbelievable for our students, our guests, and our community,” Dr. Stephen Burnaman, chair of the University’s Department of Humanities and Fine Arts, said. “The conversation to bring these incredible pianos here to Huston-Tillotson University started more than 20 years ago. . . this is thrilling.”
“We will be making history,” Dr. Gloria Quinlan, professor of music, said. “This will change everything.”
Charter Day is the celebration of the establishments of Tillotson College (1875) and Samuel Huston College (1876). The two colleges officially merged in 1952 with the Board of Trustees signing a Charter of Incorporation by the State of Texas establishing Huston-Tillotson College (now known as Huston-Tillotson University). The keynote speaker is alumnus Rev. Jimmy D. Hunter, Pastor, Toliver Chapel Baptist Church, Waco, Texas.
Roberts’ master class is open to the public and will begin at 3 p.m. in the King-Seabrook Chapel on Saturday, Oct. 28 with the concert beginning at 5 p.m.
Charter Day is free and open to the public. Concert admission is $20. Visit htu.edu for more information or htallsteinwayconcert.eventbrite.com to purchase concert tickets. Parking available on Chalmers Avenue.


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Trump has in recent weeks shown openness to entertaining President Emmanuel Macron’s plan, according to four sources with knowledge of Trump’s conversations with the French leader.
Two of those sources said that State Department officials, including Secretary Mike Pompeo, are also open to weighing the French proposal, in which the Paris government would effectively ease the economic sanctions regime that the Trump administration has reimposed on Tehran for more than a year following Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal in 2018.
The plan put forward by France would compensate Iran for oil sales disrupted by American sanctions. A large portion of Iran’s economy relies on cash from oil sales.
Most of that money is frozen in bank accounts across the globe. The $15 billion credit line would be guaranteed by Iranian oil. In exchange for the cash, Iran would have to come back into compliance with the nuclear accord it signed with the world’s major powers in 2015.
Since May, Iran has rowed back on its nuclear commitments three times in compliance with articles 26 and 36 of the nuclear agreement.
The US president has hinted at an openness to considering Macron’s pitch for placating the Iranian government – a move intended to help bring the Iranians to the negotiating table and to rescue the nuclear agreement that Trump and his former national security adviser John Bolton worked so hard to torpedo.
At the G7 meeting in Biarritz, France last month, Trump told reporters that Iran might need a “short-term letter of credit or loan” that could “get them over a very rough patch.”
Zarif’s meeting in Biarritz
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif made a surprise appearance at that meeting. To Robert Malley, who worked on Iran policy during the Obama administration, that visit indicated that “Trump must have signaled openness to Macron’s idea, otherwise Zarif would not have flown to Biarritz at the last minute.”
“Clearly, Trump responded to Macron in a way that gave the French president a reason to invite Zarif, and Zarif a reason to come,” he said.
The French proposal would require the Trump administration to issue waivers on Iranian sanctions. That would be a major departure from the Trump administration’s so-called “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran.
Meanwhile, President Trump is also considering meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September.
Trump has repeatedly indicated he is ready to meet with Rouhani.
The US president said on Friday that he believes that Iran's officials want to talk, adding to expectations that he is trying to arrange a summit with his Iranian counterpart at the upcoming UN assembly, according to AFP.
"I can tell you that Iran wants to meet," he told reporters at the White House.
However, the Iranians have so far not given a positive response.
“Warmongering don't work”
On Wednesday, Rouhani blasted the Trump administration, which has poured pressure on Iran, saying "the Americans must understand that bellicosity and warmongering don't work in their favor. Both... must be abandoned."
"Iran's policy of resistance will not change as long as our enemy continues to put pressure on Iran," President Rouhani said in televised remarks.
In a telephone call with his French counterpart Macron on Wednesday, Rouhani rejected as “meaningless” the notion that the Islamic Republic may hold talks with the US administration while the economic sanctions are in place.
The idea of a Trump-Rouhani meeting was floated last month by French president, who has been spearheading European efforts to de-escalate tensions.
Rouhani said in response that Iran was ready to comply with the nuclear deal only if the Americans did so too.
Arch-foes Tehran and Washington have been at loggerheads since May last year when Trump withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal and began reimposing sanctions against Iran.
Iran responded by scaling back its commitments to the accord, which gave it the promise of sanctions relief in return for limits on its nuclear program.
However, some analysts see hope for more compromise following this week's exit of Trump's hardline national security adviser John Bolton, who in the past has called for the use of military force and regime change.
Bolton's departure came just days after Iran announced it had fired up centrifuges to boost its enriched uranium stockpiles in another step back from the deal.
Daily Beast, AFP and IRNA contributed to this story.


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The collection “Rhythms Cycle:1” begins with the idea that a cycle exists from rhythms and movements, and these are necessary to form a new life. Portraying a rawer perspective by exploring concepts of birth, death and rebirth. Through the designer’s archive of family photos, as well as the use of forgotten ideas revisited by a new vivid perspective and with sense of humor.
Within the rhythm of a new cycle, born on the top of the pillars of different cycles, textiles connect with memories and ideas. Either as a canvas for photographic memories, as a representation of decadence or the beginning of a new life. With the use of upcycling, leftovers, and fabric scraps that are now reimagined for new clothing and textile techniques.


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This book is about Money Matters and Health Matters. If you want to get out of debt and save more money, this book is a must read. If you have difficulty saving money, this book offers some great ways to cut back on your spending and in such a way that you can still enjoy some of the pleasures in life. And this book addresses health issues associated with smoking cigarettes. Many times we have heard how bad smoking is but do you really know what cigarette smoking does to your body? I feel that knowledge is power and if more people were aware of the negative effects of smoking on their body, they would stop smoking or even better, never want to begin smoking cigarettes at all. I hope you find this book enlightening and gives you the desire to take control of your life!smoking habit, in a later chapter I will be discussing the medical costs associated with smoking and the possibility of a shortened life span. 2. If you carry balances on credit cards, pay the balances off as soon as possible. If you can only payanbsp;...
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The authors completed a net impact evaluation of the “Within Reach” component of the Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit program (Moving Men and Women to Economic Independence). This program provided employment-related support services to disadvantaged adults as coordinated by WorkFirst. The net impact evaluation estimated the contribution of the program to the employment outcomes of the participants. It constructed comparison groups of individuals who were similar to the program participants, but who did not participate in the program. The net impact analysis focused on three employment-related outcomes: finding a job, retaining a job (workforce attachment), and earnings.
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Eberts, Randall W. and Jason M. Preuss. 2010. "Net Impact Evaluation of Moving Men and Women to Economic Independence in Michigan, Within Reach Program: Year 1 and Year 2 Cohorts." Prepared for the Detroit Career Center.


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Background: Traumatic brain injuries continue to be a significant cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Most traumatic brain injuries are classified as mild, with a low but not negligible risk of intracranial hemorrhage. To help physicians decide which patients might benefit from a computerized tomography (CT) of the head to rule out intracranial hemorrhage, several clinical decision rules have been developed and proven effective in reducing the amount of negative CTs, but they have not been compared against one another in the same cohort as to which one demonstrates the best performance.
Methods: This study involved a retrospective review of the medical records of patients seeking care between January 1 and December 31, 2017 at Helsingborg Hospital, Sweden after head trauma. The Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR), the New Orleans Criteria (NOC), the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study II (NEXUS II), the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline and the Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee (SNC) guideline were analyzed. A theoretical model for each guideline was constructed and applied to the cohort to yield a theoretical CT-rate for each guideline. Performance parameters were calculated and compared.
Results: One thousand three hundred fifty-three patients were included; 825 (61%) CTs were performed, and 70 (5.2%) cases of intracranial hemorrhage were found. The CCHR and the NOC were applicable to a minority of the patients, while the NEXUS II, the NICE, and the SNC guidelines were applicable to the entire cohort. A theoretical application of the NICE and the SNC guidelines would have reduced the number of CT scans by 17 and 9% (P = < 0.0001), respectively, without missing patients with intracranial hemorrhages requiring neurosurgical intervention.
Conclusion: A broad application of either NICE or the SNC guidelines could potentially reduce the number of CT scans in patients suffering from mTBI in a Scandinavian setting, while the other guidelines seemed to increase the CT frequency. The sensitivity for intracranial hemorrhage was lower than in previous studies for all guidelines, but no fatality or need for neurosurgical intervention was missed by any guideline when they were applicable.

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The Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms PA 54 Applies to Lane Changes
In a recently published opinion, the Michigan Court of Appeals held that MCL 423.215b (Public Act 54 of 2011) does not unconstitutionally deprive public employees of any vested right and held that the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC) correctly applied the law in the case of Bedford Public Schools v Bedford Education Association MEA/NEA.
Before Public Act 54 became effective on June 8, 2011, when a collective bargaining agreement expired and the parties had not yet reached a new agreement, school districts were typically required under previous MERC decisions to pay their teachers step increases and lane changes in accordance with the terms of the expired contract while negotiations were ongoing and an impasse had not been reached. However, PA 54 changed this former general rule, stating in relevant part as follows: "After the expiration date of a collective bargaining agreement and until a successor collective bargaining agreement is in place, a public employer shall pay and provide wages and benefits at levels and amounts that are no greater than those in effect on the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement. The prohibition in this subsection includes increases that would result from wage step increases."
In this case, the Union argued that this statutory provision did not prohibit the District from granting lane changes (increasing an employee's salary on the basis of additional education achievement, such as obtaining a Master's degree) during the time period when the parties were operating under an expired contract and negotiating a successor agreement. The administrative law judge who initially heard the case agreed with the Union. MERC overruled his decision, however, and found that, contrary to the Union's assertion, the District did not violate its duty to bargain by refusing to grant lane changes after the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement.
The Court upheld the law's statutory prohibition upon a public employer providing any increase in compensation after the expiration of a contract, stating, "the plain language of MCL 423.215b unambiguously prohibits" such increases. To reach this conclusion, the Court consulted dictionary definitions of the words "level" and "amount." It stated that the way those terms are used in PA 54 requires that a school district "may pay its teachers no more than the quantity of wages and benefits of the wage scale" applicable on the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement. Consequently, other wage increases, such as cost of living adjustments, are also prohibited during the time when PA 54 applies.
The Court of Appeals' opinion affirming MERC's ruling is a win for school districts and will hopefully settle the matter, unless the Union appeals to the Michigan Supreme Court.
The full text of the opinion may be found here.
Please contact your Clark Hill Education Law attorney if you have any questions.
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A Quincy man is dead after a single car crash last week.
According to a press release, Florida Highway Patrol responded to a traffic crash involving a single vehicle with a single occupant on Old Federal Road in Gadsden County on Friday, November 17 around 11 p.m.
The sedan was traveling south on Old Federal Road in Gadsden County. The report says the vehicle failed to negotiate a curve to the left, leaving the roadway to the right onto the west grass shoulder.
The car overturned, ejecting the driver. The vehicle came to rest on the west grass shoulder of Old Federal Road facing west, while the driver landed just south of the vehicle. The 28-year-old man was pronounced deceased on scene.
Florida Highway Patrol was assisted by Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office and Gadsden County Fire and Rescue.


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"A Brief History"
Although a relatively new addition to the Geographic field, with most of its main innovations in the last 40 years, G.I.S. (Geographic Information Systems) had several precursors. A history of this field has been attempted and usually takes several volumes to fulfill this goal. This paper will not attempt a full history, but will hit upon some of the Ideas and high points of this fledgling technology through the history of Canada's own CGIS, believed widely as the worlds first GIS. Most of these new uses for G.I.S. took place within the last forty years and its history is still being written today. In order to understand the history and ideas leading to G.I.S. it is also helpful to understand what G.I.S. is. What exactly is G.I.S.? That is a question that will give one various answers depending on who you ask, or what field they are in. G.I.S. is an interdisciplinary science with uses in; Geography, Cartography, Remote Sensing, Geology, Surveying, Statistics, Computer Science, Biology and Civil Engineering to name a few. The easiest way to explain G.I.S. according to (Delaney pg2) is to examine each letter of the acronym. G (geographic) refers to the real, spatial world, and a quality or quantity that is spatially distributed (Delaney pg2). This requires that the data be used in a recognized coordinate system. Such systems used could be a Latitude/Longitude system, an x, y coordinate or even an easting and northing pair. Figure A shows an example of a geographical coordinate system.
I (information) "identifies that we have some data (measurements) within the context of a system of meaning" (Delaney pg 3). Some of the information must come from map coordinates. "Other information may be related to attributes (derived from a name or label), or topology" (Delaney p3). An example for information can be seen in Figure B.
S (system) refers to the linkage of separate entities (Delaney). Such entities could be the computer hardware, the software, the data and the user. "When these entities are combined, or linked, they form a system of interactions and interdependencies" (Delaney pg3). An example of a system is found in Figure C.
G.I.S. is different from mapping and computer aided cartography because of its analytical capacity. It is also different from CAD programs because it performs spatial operations. G.I.S. is also different from a database management system due to its cartographic interface. Due to the fact that GIS is computer based, and has all the advantages of a computer tool, GIS can be an accurate, efficient, effective as well as cost effective tool.
Any great idea or multiples of ideals usually do not spring up overnight. There are usually precursors or a conglomerate of ideas that lead up to the present. G.I.S. is no different. GIS has evolved out of a long tradition of map making. A good place to start would be with base maps. The idea of portraying different layers of data on a series of base maps, and relating things geographically, has been around much longer than computers. Maps drawn by the French Cartographer Louis-Alexander Berthier of the Battle of Yorktown (American Revolution) contained hinged overlays to show troop movements (Foresman pg 3). In the mid-19th Century an "Atlas to Accompany the Second report of the Irish Railway Commissioners showed population, traffic flow, geology and topography superimposed on the same base map" (American Cartographer). In 1819 Pierre Charles Dupin of France used the first choropleth map, and possibly the first modern statistical map, "used shadings from black to white to show the intensity of illiteracy in France" (Geomatica). Another fine example of an early use of geographical analysis would be that of, Dr. John Snow who used a map showing the locations of death by cholera in central London in September, 1854 to track the source of the outbreak to a contaminated well...
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article In January, researchers at Cornell University announced that they’d built a ‘mobile farm’ powered by AI to harvest the equivalent of 1,000 apples an hour in one day.
It was the first farm to harvest that amount of apples using artificial intelligence, and now the team has released a video demonstrating how it does it.
The video shows a small farm in the US that has just begun to harvest apples on a computer-controlled drone.
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The Cornell researchers are looking to commercialize this farm later this year, and the team hopes to be able to scale the system up to about 100 farms.
A few days before the Cornell farm was set up, the researchers had the farm hooked up to a mobile app that lets the farm know when it needs to make changes to the food it’s growing.
The farmers can then adjust the amount of water and nutrients it needs, and if the crops start to rot, it can quickly harvest the apples for its own consumption.
The computer-generated farm is currently just a prototype, but it’s one that the Cornell researchers hope will be scaled up to become a full-scale farm in a few years.
Cornell researchers have been working on this farm since 2016, when they were just finishing a pilot in a rural town in Michigan.
The team has been working with the city of Bemidji, Minnesota, since 2016 and has been using the farm to monitor how its produce is being grown.
The researchers also used a mobile application called the Farm Simulator to work out the crops that need to be grown, and to create custom plants and crops to meet specific requirements.
The Farm Simulator was a prototype from 2015, but now the Cornell team is using it to work on a full farm.
The Cornell researchers have also developed a tool that allows them to manage the farm remotely.
In addition to making changes to its equipment, the Cornell farmers can also add or remove plants, add nutrients, and change the type of soil they use.
The tool also helps the farm maintain a healthy ecosystem, so that it can provide healthy food for its customers, and protect the environment.
While the Cornell Farm Simulator can be used for farming, the farm is also designed to harvest and store food.
Cornell’s team has developed a special algorithm that enables it to harvest food quickly, and store it in a freezer to be ready for later consumption.
Cornell researchers want to scale up the Farm Simulation to harvest all of the food that needs to be stored, which could potentially lead to a system that can store hundreds of thousands of pounds of food.
This farm can be controlled remotely and is powered by a laptop.
In the video, the drone can see and hear the farm’s crops and watch them grow, but when the computer goes to harvest, it also has the ability to control the drones and the farm from the outside, and use the Farm simulator to adjust the drones parameters.
The robots can also be used to cut down trees and build buildings for the farm.
This technology has been used to produce large-scale farms in the past, and Cornell researchers believe they’re going to be the first to produce food for a consumer market using the technology.
The Farm Simulator is a prototype that is currently a prototype.
The next step is to scale it up to commercial scale, and ultimately build a full system that could grow hundreds of farms.
This will be an exciting new frontier for food production, and as the technology matures, it could be the way we feed the world for many years to come.

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Thirty one years (almost) from now the predictions are dire, almost as or even more dire than the predictions of thirty one years ago. Those were not even close, ridiculous even when you see how far from reality the actual results turned out. Who really knows enough to understand what is in the future? One thing is certain, it is not these guys. Look up the “Roman warming” or the “medieval warming”. The actual history of climate change does not give these predictions much support.
It is ok. The majority of the population will blame all this on Atheists and pray to their god to help them.
Some regions were left out but https://nyti.ms/1v90Wjw
If El Morro knowing how high that place is will be underwater, it means that most of PR will be gone with the exception of the mountain range.. and it wont be by 2050, this data is not correct but the coasts in the other hand between erosion you can tell its not the same from like when I was growing up.
Love your other stuff but you really need to look into why climate change is happening on all the planets in our solar system.
Why is Texas always left out? Houston is the 4th largest city in the US. Come on Brut Nature, you can do better than that.


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I used to be afraid of marriage. Mention the word and my hands would get clammy, my throat would get tight, my chest would begin to ache and butterflies would begin to swarm in my stomach. I couldn’t stomach the idea of making a commitment to anyone, even to a man I loved with all my heart.


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What are women’s supplements?
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Last Call for DCC Lankhmar
Hello, DCC RPG fans!
A couple quick updates for you.
Hey, where's my pencil?
Don't worry, we haven't forgotten. Your pencils, dice bags, and "D" "C" "C" dice are still on the radar. We are waiting for one last component to get produced, then we anticipate sending these items (plus the bonus items) out during the summer.
Extra Copies of Gold Foil Kickstarter Edition
While all of the "special" editions of the DCC RPG 4th printing have sold out, we still have some of the gilded "blue-cover" edition, in the Kickstarter box with all the bonus stretch goals. If you wish you had a second copy, well, now's your chance. We are offering these as add-on items in our DCC Lankhmar Kickstarter. But act fast, since you've got less than a day left to pledge.
As a side note, did you realize how much stuff you got for $40 in the DCC RPG 4th printing Kickstarter? That box of DCC RPG core book, modules, and all the swag and other items has an MSRP of $140. And you paid only $40! Sheesh, what were we thinking? The add-on version for the DCC Lankhmar campaign is being offered at a reduced price of $110, which is still a good deal compared to the full retail, and wow, it just reinforces how many extras were stuffed in.
Which reminds us, you can also get a lot of DCC goodness at a good value with the last 24 hours of the DCC Lankhmar campaign!
Last Call for DCC Lankhmar Kickstarter
Our DCC Lankhmar Kickstarter ends Tuesday. If you want to get in on another awesome old-school product, this is your chance. As many of you know, the Lankhmar works by Fritz Leiber were some of the original inspirations for D&D, as well as one of the key inspirations for DCC RPG.
We've put together an awesome boxed set to bring Lankhmar to life. If you pledge now, you get all the stretch goals - which as of right now includes six DCC Lankhmar adventure modules, an oversized map, a Locations supplement, an NPCs supplement, and some free terrain files from Fat Dragon. Plus if you upgrade to the print pack and pledge for the printed modules, you get exclusive covers with foil logos which won't be in regular distribution channels.
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Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/3/2002
Publication Date: 1/1/2004
Citation: Harris, K.B., Pond, W.G., Mersmann, H.J., Smith, E.O., Cross, H.R., Savell, J.W. 2004. Evaluation of fat sources on cholesterol and lipoproteins using pigs selected for high or low serum cholesterol. Meat Science. 66(1):55-61. Interpretive Summary: High concentrations of blood plasma cholesterol are associated with an increased tendency toward development of atherogenic heart and other circulatory problems. High concentrations of dietary cholesterol can lead to increased plasma cholesterol. In addition to dietary cholesterol, the type of dietary fat can influence the plasma cholesterol levels. Pigs were genetically selected for high and low plasma cholesterol, for several generations. To study the effects of the type of dietary fat on plasma cholesterol and on the cholesterol concentration in the edible parts of the pig, the muscle and fat, young genetically selected pigs were fed three different diets, each containing a different fat. As previously observed, the plasma cholesterol was greater in the genetically high compared to the low cholesterol pigs. The dietary fats influenced the plasma choelsterol in both groups of pigs; pigs fed diets containing corn oil (an unsaturated fat) had lower plasma cholesterol than pigs fed diets containing tallow or coconut oil (both saturated fats). The data suggest saturated fats tended to increase plasma cholesterol regardless of the genetic tendency for high or low plasma cholesterol in these pigs. Although the plasma cholesterol was influenced by the genetic background and the diet, there was no effect of either genetic background or diet on the cholesterol concentration of muscle or fat, the edible portions of the pig. Muscle and fat cholestrol concentrations are difficult to change by dietary means, probably because cholesterol is a necessary structural component of both muscle and fat tissues.
Technical Abstract: At approximately eight weeks of age, four-way cross (Chester White x Landrace x Large White x Yorkshire) pigs (n = 24) were selected based on genetically high (H) or low (L) serum cholesterol levels - 12 from each genetic group - to determine the relationship between genetics, fat source, and sex class on plasma cholesterol, growth, carcass characteristics, and cholesterol and lipid content of muscle and adipose tissues. Boars and gilts, six each from the two genetic groups, were assigned randomly to one of three dietary treatments for 46 d. A standard grower diet was modified to include beef tallow (T), corn oil (CR) or coconut oil (CC), and the pigs were given ad libitum access to feed. Cholesterol was added to each diet to ensure the diets contained the same amount of cholesterol. Except for the plasma lipids, there were no differences between boars and gilts at the initial evaluation or at the end of the treatment; therefore, sex means were pooled for statistical analyses. Body weight was unaffected by diet on days 18, 29 or 46. Blood samples were taken on d 1, 29, and 46 via the anterior vena cava. Plasma total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) concentrations were greater in the H than L groups (overall TC in H and L pigs = 150 and 124 mg/dL, respectively, and LDL in H and L pigs = 105 and 76 mg/dL, respectively). Pigs fed diets containing saturated fats had greater TC and LDL than pigs fed unsaturated fats (TC = 165, 149, and 126 mg/dL for T, CC, and CR diets, respectively, and LDL = 108, 88, and 77 mg/dL for T, CC, and CR diets, respectively). There were significant time x gene x sex interactions for both TC and LDL yielding subtle differences in the response of the sexes from the two genetic groups over time. Pigs were slaughtered on d 46, and carcass data were collected. There were no differences in fat at the first rib, 10th rib, last rib, or last lumbar vertebra, but differences (P < 0.05) were found between genetic groups for M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL) muscle area (H = 21.0 ± 0.8 cm2, L = 18.1 ± 1.0 cm2) and USDA muscle score (H = 2.1 ± 0.1, L = 1.7 ± 0.1). There were no genetic or diet effects for cholesterol content of pre-rigor or post-rigor LTL muscle. Neither genetics nor dietary treatment affected the cholesterol content of the adipose tissue. There were no differences in fat percentage between genetic groups for muscle or adipose tissue. There were differences (P < 0.05) in total lipid content among the dietary treatments for the pre-rigor (T = 6.0 ± 0.6 %, CC = 4.3 ± 0.3 %, CN = 3.9 ± 0.5 %) and post-rigor (T = 6.4 ± 0.9 %, CC = 4.1 ± 0.3 %, CN = 5.0 ± 0.4 %) LTL. Cholesterol accretion in muscle and adipose tissues of growing pigs was not influenced by source of fat in the diet or by their genetic propensity for high or low plasma cholesterol.


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