Sacramento, California experienced hot weather and even hotter demonstration flying at the California Capital Airshow on September 9 and 10. And thanks to the generous support of the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Alliance, SafeLaunch was there to pose the hot question, “Do you know how to prevent addiction?” to hundreds of families attending the two day event to ensure that they could answer, “Yes!”
“DJ”, the all-white Cessna plane, is the centerpiece of the SafeLaunch Healthy Futures program, “Flights Above Addiction“. Flying to airshows across California to inform young families about the extreme risk of drug exposure to developing brains while offering youth the unique opportunity to paint their dreams for a healthy future onto DJ, SafeLaunch gives parents tools they need to protect their families.
Due to the opiate epidemic sweeping our country, experts and laypeople are trying to understand how over 150 people are dying every day to the disease of addiction and what we can do to stop it. Sadly, Mr. and Mrs. Eckhardt, and millions of more parents like them, understand the problem too well. As SafeLaunch “Wing Parents”, they came out to see their son Connor’s name affixed to one of DJ’s wings, as part of the SafeLaunch Wind Beneath Our Wings program. Connor’s story is a poignant lesson to all: drug use can devastate or end anyone’s life.
SafeLaunch offers tools to protect children from early drug and alcohol exposure. Along with the knowledge that 9 out of 10 cases of addiction are rooted in adolescent brain exposure to intoxicants, parents must take specific steps to protect their families. One of those steps is securing all drugs and alcohol in the home. To help them get started, SafeLaunch gave away coupons for a locking medicine bottle by local company, Safer Lock Rx and provided a companion prevention guide produced in conjunction with our friends at Pathway to Prevention. The future is bright for informed and well-equipped families!
If you are a parent with children of any age, you can help the SafeLaunch mission fly further and faster by taking the Parent Pledge online.


MAY 12-15 2015: Lilongwe, Malawi – WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research including HRP, has launched two Digital Health products which aim to help improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. These are the mHealth Assessment and Planning Scale (MAPS) tool and the Practical guide for engaging with mobile network operators in mHealth for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. The MAPS tool is undergoing validation at the conference with an official launch of the final product planned in June.
The use of mobile technology for health – mHealth – has emerged as an important innovation with tremendous potential to strengthen health systems in low- and middle-income settings, through improved access to knowledge and information, by improving service delivery and reducing response time to crises.
12 September 2014: A new article, authored by WHO and Johns Hopkins on prioritizing mHealth strategies for universal health coverage was published today in Science. The article, drawing from seminal work in health systems analysis, presents a novel framework for visualizing and planning how mHealth innovations can be applied to help surmount common and persistent constraints along the pathways toward the achievement of universal health coverage. It responds to the need for a framework to help prioritize investments and opportunities for collaboration, in the context of a growing interest in use of telecommunications technologies to help scale up and integrate public health interventions of known efficacy.


Sense and Respond is Fujitsu's unique approach to service that eliminates wasted effort and cost. Instead of simply working to IT objectives, Fujitsu staff give priority to the customer's business objectives.
Instead of simply fixing IT problems, staff are empowered to find and fix the causes of those problems, so that they don't happen again. In practice, Sense and Respond makes users happier and more productive, at lower cost.
The Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) is the UK government department responsible for building Britain's future economic strengths by creating a regulatory environment that encourages enterprise, skilled people, innovation, and world-class science and research.
In 1998 BIS, formerly known as the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) and subsequently Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR), awarded Fujitsu a 10 year contract, subsequently extended to 2014, under which Fujitsu took ownership of the Department's existing IT assets and related services and responsibility for the majority of future IT investments.


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Day 218: The Mirror Beyond the Veil
Rough day, but doing better. Cried my eyes out again. I feel like I am turning the corner on the grief. I hope so.
I realized today I have been living with two realities: one in which I expect abuse, neglect, and abandonment and another in which I live to ensure these things don't happen to others. There is one reality for me and another reality I create around me. I needed this construct to survive. I believed I lived behind a thin veil, opaque enough to hide the truth of what happened to me, the truth of my worthlessness and shame. It's fair to say I did live behind a veil. But, I am learning true reality is on this side now, the side in which my mom and step-father are to blame, the side in which there is hope and light.
It scares me to come out from behind the veil, to be exposed to vulnerability. I have so much to learn and I fear I lack the fortitude to look directly into the mirror. What I need to learn can only be found there.
Today I think I tore down the veil. There is no longer a separation between the reality of my childhood and the reality of my future. Terrible things happened to me. I feel impotent anger toward my parents. I feel sad too. But, I should feel these things. It makes sense to feel these things.
I might not be fully awakened to the light and playful self inside me tomorrow, but she's in eye sight. She's not too far ahead of me and she's willing to wait for me to catch up.

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3 Chip Stocks to Note Now: Intel’s PC Exposure, AMD’s Revamped Rewards, and Nvidia Backtracks on GTA V
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC): JPMorgan believes Intel’s guidance for double-digit growth in the second half of the year is too aggressive given the company’s 85 percent exposure to the PC segment. The firm thinks continued PC demand weakness adds risk to the consensus estimates for both Intel and AMD (NYSE:AMD).
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD): AMD announced that it is refreshing its Never Settle bundle program called Never Settle Forever. In a change from previous models, “AMD is moving away from a fixed game model to a pick-your-game model that lets buyers redeem games off of a revolving list of several games,” AnandTech explains. Additionally, “AMD is moving redemption into 3 ‘Radeon Rewards’ tiers: Bronze, Silver, and Gold, with the tiers tied to video cards of increasing value.”
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA): The gaming sphere blew up Tuesday when Nvidia mistakenly announced that the popular Grand Theft Auto video game’s fifth installment would be hitting the PC market this fall. Nvidia is backtracking on the error, claiming it “does not have information on any possible PC version release of Grand Theft Auto or its availability,” it said. “We deeply regret the error.”
Investing Insights: Is Qualcomm Worth the Price Tag?

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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens is considered one of the finest authors in history due to his mastery of character names, in-depth plots, and the way he teases out a mystery.
Despite his brilliance for coming up with believable characters and creating atmosphere, I do not think he was a very good writer. Dickens waffles, he babbles, he's pompous, pretentious, and long winded. In short, Charles Dickens over eggs the pudding.
The example I always refer to is Bleak House
, in which about the first five pages are dedicated to describing fog.
For that reason I enjoy television adaptations of his books, but not the novels themselves. The only exception to this is
. As a novella of less than a hundred and fifty pages, Dickens had to force himself to be more streamlined - saying that, he still suffers from pen incontinence during the opening, by going on a tangent about the simile 'dead as a doornail'.
Here, however, Dickens's waffling feels more comedic than in his tragic tales. Most of the humour comes from protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man with a heart of stone, and soul as black as cole.
Despite saying 'bah humbug' to every word of cheer that comes is way, I can't help but sympathise. As a loner with depression, I can only too well relate to the irritation of people shoving Christmas spirit in his face, when all he wants is to be left alone. Excessively happy people can get on anyone's nerves, and unfortunately for Scrooge, that's what the entire town seems to be made up of. At least as Christmas
Samaritans knock on is door for charity, family invite him round for lunch, and employees ask for a day off. All Scrooge wants to do is mourn the death of his one and only friend, his business partner, Jacob Marley.
Scrooge has been mourning for seven years, and could be compared to Queen Victoria, who after the death of her husband remained in eternal mourning.
On Christmas Eve, Scrooge receives a visit from Marley, who returns as a ghost to warn Scrooge against his brooding ways. Marley now pays for his sins in the afterlife, clamped, chained, and tortured. Scrooge still has a chance to avoid that fate if he reforms.
tells the story of Scrooge's visit from three more ghosts, who show him his past, present and future. Has the loss of so many loved ones cause Scrooge to put up a barrier, and close off any attempt at friendship? How has this attitude affected the lives of those around him? What will others thing of him when he's gone?
Dickens promotes good will to all - a bit rich for someone who did not practice what he preached - and it is one of his few books with a wholly happy ending. It is a great story to read at Christmas, but carries a sentiment that should last all year round.
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We are a year into the Trump Presidency and despite all of the Congressional and Deep State obstruction, President Trump is making major progress on fulfilling his campaign promises. At the top of that list is Trump's promise to put America First and start rolling back all of the promises that Obama made to the United Nations.
It isn't just the three billion that Obama promised the UN, either. The previous administration took serious steps to surrender American sovereignty to the United Nations.
Just look at the issue of immigration. Obama had surrendered American sovereignty and allowed the UN to decide who gets to come to America. He also promised to resettle the UN's refugees and immigrants, and even give them jobs. A little over a week and a half ago, President Trump shut that down and removed the US from the UN's Declaration for Refugees and Migrants.
Trump has pulled out of the UN's radical climate treaty, pulled funding from the corrupt UNESCO, and dramatically slashed the UN's budget.
Now, the United Nations is fighting back and threatening Trump to back down on his "America First" agenda. The UN's own Secretary General just warned that if Trump continues down this path, it would be "detrimental to US interests."
There is a battle taking place right now in Congress over the future of America's involvement in the United Nations. By involvement, I mean how much the US is going to pay.
Democrats and a handful of RINOs are secretly trying to defy President Trump and slip language into the next spending bill to reverse Trump's declaration and re-fund the UN Climate Treaty. RINO Senators Lindsey Graham, Lamar Alexander, and Susan Collins joined Democrats in the Senate Appropriations Committee a few weeks back to re-commit the United States to the UN's Climate agenda. Next Friday is the new deadline to pass the government's spending bill and you can be sure that these cowards will try to keep this surrender amendment in the final legislation.
Luckily, there are still strong Conservatives who are leading the charge to pull the plug on the United Nations. Senator Ted Cruz's amendment, for example, would defund the United Nations until the organization's anti-Israel policies are ended. Considering that the UN is trying to punish Israel for having its capital in Jerusalem, it doesn't look like they'll abandon their anti-semitism any time soon.
Frankly, it doesn't matter whether you are particularly interested in Israel. This is the legislative vehicle to pull the UN's funding entirely. When Ted Cruz and Louie Gohmert originally introduced their amendment, they received support from none other than Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate. In fact, while the entire liberal establishment criticized Trump last week for recognizing Israel's capital, Schumer secretly called the President and urged him to do it.
The reason I'm mentioning this is because this is a bipartisan issue. If it was put to a vote, it would pass.
President Trump has done pretty much all he can do within his power but he is still coming up against Liberal Democrats and Republicans who want to drag us back into the Obama years.
That is the fight. Will you allow these spineless career politicians to drag us backwards or will you fight to pull the plug on the United Nations for good?
Thanks to the continuing resolution that Congress just passed, the budget deadline was moved to next week. That means we still have time to force this amendment into the final bill.
The establishment is working around the clock to undo President Trump's progress. They want to recommit the United States to all of the unconstitutional treaties and agreements that Obama and previous Presidents signed.
The amendment to re-fund the UN Climate Program is already in the State Department's spending bill. If we do nothing, the United Nations gets its Obama money back.
We are launching a full campaign to force Congress to do two things:
1) Pull the plug on the Democrat/RINO plot to undermine Trump by recommitting to the United Nations;
2) Pass the Cruz amendment and pull the UN's funding once and for all.
This is the first chance in American history that we have had a real opportunity to pull the plug on the United Nations. Years from now, your descendants will ask what you did to restore American sovereignty and kill off these globalist institutions.
When my great-grandchildren ask, I want the answer to be "everything I possibly could."
We don't have time to wait on this. If we're going to strike, it has to be now!


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From appearing as a regular weekly guest on the Chelsea Lately show to filling clubs across the nation, Jo Koy has come a long way since first performing at a Las Vegas coffee house. His explosive energy, insightful jokes, and family inspired humor cross all comedic boundaries and led Daily Variety to name him one of "10 Comics to Watch".
Born in Tacoma, Washington, Jo credits his mother for his comedic talent. While growing up, his mother constantly encouraged him to take part in school talent shows and present impromptu performances for his family and friends. This encouragement led to the Las Vegas coffee house, then a move to Los Angeles, and finally a performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2005. He became one of a select few to ever receive a standing ovation on the show.
Since his Tonight Show performance, Jo joined Carlos Mencia's "Punisher Tour" in 2006. He has since appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, BET's Comic View, Jamie Foxx Presents: Laffapalooza, and appeared in various VH1 I Love the 70's, 80's and 90's episodes. His Comedy Central special "Don't Make Him Angry" aired in January, 2009 and is now available on DVD. He is a regularly featured comedian at the world famous Improv, tours colleges nationwide, and performs at comedy clubs both in the US and internationally.
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Researchers Blame Klamath Troubles on Racism
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon State University scientists offered a draft report Wednesday on the Klamath Basin water wars identifying a lack of leadership and an undercurrent of racism as obstacles to solutions, and calculating economic impacts at a fifth of local estimates.
The 301-page report was conceived last July after the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation shut off irrigation water to about 90 percent of the 200,000-acre Klamath Project irrigation system to conserve water for endangered suckers in Upper Klamath Lake and threatened salmon in the Klamath River.
"The big broad picture is we'd like to raise the quality of the discussion about policy through information," said Jim Gallagher, an OSU Extension Service leadership trainer serving as facilitator on the project. "We were very frustrated that there was no certainty about what this all meant to the community. There were people arguing there was no effect because the Klamath is not an agricultural community. There were other people arguing, `Yes, we are.'
A team of faculty from OSU, the University of California at Davis and the University of California at Berkeley produced the report. Seventeen sections cover history, community impacts, fish and wildlife, water resources and law, agricultural resources, economics, public policy issues and alternative strategies for allocating water.
The draft was to be presented to the local community at the offices of the Oregon State University Extension Service.
The writers of the report hoped to use comments from people at the presentation and e-mails from people reading it on the Internet (http://eesc.orst.edu/klamath/) to improve the report, then issue a final version in March.
In a section titled "Consequences for the Community," researchers interviewed 70 people one-on-one and in focus groups. Researchers identified a clear lack of "visionary leadership" to craft workable solutions, a high level of frustration based on uncertainty over future irrigation deliveries, as well as an undercurrent of racism in relations between farmers and the Klamath Tribes.
The Klamath Tribes hold the endangered Lost River sucker and shortnosed sucker as sacred gifts of food from their creator, and have pressed efforts to protect them. Maintaining higher water levels in Upper Klamath Lake, where the fish live, was a factor in the decision to shut off water to farms.
One unidentified farmer acknowledged to researchers that racism runs quietly beneath the surface in relations with Indians. The report noted that contributions dropped dramatically from non-Indian businesses to a tribal social service agency that helps mostly non-Indians overcome drug and alcohol problems. The reason was the water conflict. It also noted that Indians standing in line at social service agencies had become much quieter so as not to draw attention to themselves.
Looking at Klamath County in Oregon and Modoc and Siskiyou counties in California, the report identified agriculture as a $320 million industry accounting for 7.9 percent of the Upper Klamath Basin economy, ranking behind construction and wood products manufacturing and above health care, real estate, retail trade and government.
The report calculated overall drought impacts at $74.2 million, and losses directly from shutting off irrigation water to protect endangered fish at $44.5 million.
Local estimates of agricultural losses last summer from the irrigation cutbacks were put at $250 million, and Congress appropriated $100 million in emergency aid to Klamath Project farmers.
The report noted that if Klamath River flows had been allowed to drop below federal levels to protect salmon, as they were during the 1992 drought, there would have been no need to shut off irrigation to the project. Also, some farms within the irrigation project were able to irrigate from wells.
Agriculture accounts for 5,964 jobs, which amount to 10 percent of basinwide employment. That ranks behind retail trade and education, and ahead of health care and motels and restaurants.
Based on 1997 figures, the region has 2 million acres in agriculture, with 2,239 farms averaging 896 acres each. The top crop based on value is alfalfa, followed by cattle, potatoes, pasture and grains.
The Klamath Project accounts for 1,400 of the 1,744 irrigated farms in the basin, and 195,000 of the 542,000 irrigated acres. The project accounted for $109 million of the $239 million in 1997 agricultural sales.


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Cobalt complexes of Co(3Cn)2(MeOH)4, derived from 3,4,5-trialkyloxybenzoate ligand (noted as 3Cn) with n = 10, 12, 14 and 16, were synthesized and characterized. The crystal of Co(1C12)2(MeOH)4 were determined by means of x-ray single crystal analysis. It crystallizes in the monoclinic P21/c space group with a = 24.3271(19) Å, b = 14.0058(11) Å, c = 6.4612(4) Å, α = γ = 90o, β = 94.368(4)o, and Z = 2. The phase texture and mesogenic properties were detected by polarized optical microscopic and powder x-ray diffraction technique. It was found that these compounds display the cubic phases. Differential scanning calorimetric data indicated that these compounds were nearly room temperature liquid crystalline and with a very wide mesogenic phase range.
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Council has a diverse range of projects, programs and issues and it is important the community is informed of changes, advances and achievements in these areas.
Council regularly releases media releases ensuring the positive achievements of the Council and important information are communicated to the Hawkesbury Community. Council has weekly notices in the Hawkesbury Courier providing important information to the Community.
For more information on news and events, please contact Council’s Public Relations Coordinator on
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17 Mar 2014
Hawkesbury City Council is proud to announce that Windsor Mall will come alive with song and music on Sunday, 23 March 2014 when the Hawkesbury Multicultural Interagency will host a special stall at Windsor Mall Markets from 10am – 2pm to celebrate Harmony Day.
13 Mar 2014
One of the most innovative and creative performing groups is coming to the Hawkesbury to provide an energy-charged, free performance and a fitting finale to Youth Week 2014 on Friday, 11 April at 6pm.
07 Mar 2014
As the final step in Australia’s move to digital-only TV, some channels will be changing frequencies, affecting the Hawkesbury area on 18 March.
07 Mar 2014
Saturday, 15 to Sunday, 23 March is Seniors Week, one of the biggest celebrations for seniors in the southern hemisphere. The theme Live Life! celebrates active, healthy, independent seniors involved in their communities.
27 Feb 2014
As part of the Australian Movie series, and courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive, Hawkesbury Library Service will be screening the memorable comedy ‘Road to Nhill’ on Thursday, 6 March 2014 at 10am and again at 6pm.
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David Lammy has warned of a “damaging” and “dangerous” situation in English prisons after the government has continued with Covid restrictions that leave many prisoners stuck in their cells for 23 hours a day.
Reacting to the announcement of a number of new measures today aimed at reducing the spread of Covid in prisons, the Shadow Justice Secretary said that the rules were “inevitable” after Downing Street failed to curb the UK’s rising infections.
The restrictions include a ban on social visits for adult prisoners in England as well as a continuation of previous measures introduced in March, which saw many inmates confined to their cells for almost the whole day.
Commenting on the restrictions for prisons, the Labour justice spokesperson said: “The government’s failure to act fast enough or decisively enough to control this pandemic has made further restrictions in prisons inevitable.
“Locking prisoners in their cells for 23 hours per day for many months, without access to rehabilitation or family visits, is not only damaging for mental health, it is dangerous.”


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Despite the pandemic and millions of Americans being out of work, Mastercard SpendingPulse reported Saturday that 2020 holiday retail sales rose 3 percent, excluding automotive and gasoline.
That compares to Mastercard’s forecast at the onset of the season of a 2.4 percent gain, and the 2019 holiday gain of 4 percent.
“This shows that the consumer is very resilient and healthy,” Steve Sadove, Mastercard senior adviser and former chairman and chief executive officer of Saks Fifth Avenue, told WWD. “Three percent is very solid growth. Internet sales grew almost 50 percent (49 percent) compared to 2019 and now account for nearly 20 percent (19.7 percent) of retail commerce.”
During the 2019 holiday season, online sales rose about 13.4 percent, Mastercard said.
“Overall the consumer is holding up pretty well,” Sadove added. “Inventories were very much in line, and it was a good season from a margin perspective. Retailers ordered product in March and April in the depths of the pandemic. They didn’t order much, and came into the season clean. I see a lot of empty shelves right now. Margins are going to hold up.”
The costs of fulfilling and shipping orders will dig into profits, Sadove said, but many of the orders were picked up in store or curbside, making the e-commerce activity “relatively efficient.”
Sadove said big box retailers such as Target, Home Depot and Walmart fared the best, and were abetted by technology investment and use of stores as both warehouses and pickup points.
“Clearly, there are retail winners and losers, and categories that are winners and losers,” Sadove said. “American consumers turned the holiday season on its head, redefining ‘home for the holidays’ in a uniquely 2020 way. They shopped from home for the home, leading to record e-commerce growth. And consumers shopped earlier than ever before.”
Mastercard data indicated that furniture and home furnishings retailers saw 16.2 percent growth, with 31 percent online growth; home improvement was up 14.1 percent; department stores saw overall sales decline 10.2 percent, with their online sales up 3.3 percent.
Apparel experienced a decline of 19.1 percent, while electronics and appliances were up 6 percent overall.
Mastercard SpendingPulse measures retail spending trends across all payment types, including cash and checks. Mastercard now defines the holiday season as running from Oct. 11, when Amazon’s Prime Day was held this year and other major retailers launched their own holiday promotions to be competitive, through Dec. 24.
Due to the pandemic, people weren’t spending as much on commuting, traveling and restaurants, enabling them to shop more. Higher-end consumers, Sadove said, have been saving a lot, and benefitted by the stock markets performing well.
“But you have another economy, with millions out of work, and massive food lines,” Sadove said, which would have restrained retail results from potentially higher gains.
Mastercard SpendingPulse defines U.S. retail sales as those at retailers and food services of all sizes. Sales activity within the services sector (for example, travel services such as airlines and lodging) are not included.
In addition, though Black Friday was down 16.1 percent, Thanksgiving weekend through Cyber Monday remained a key time for shoppers, with Black Friday being the top spending day of the 2020 holiday season, Mastercard said.
While Mastercard reported a 3 percent holiday sales gain for retailers, some holiday forecasts issued earlier this year from industry analysts and the National Retail Federation have been as high as 5 to 6 percent.


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Prodigy’s MC Maxim has confirmed that the group are working on new material with a possible release next year.
“We have been in the studio for the past couple of weeks,” reported Maxim. “We have just been laying down a few rough tunes and laying down a few rough vocals.”
When pushed for details of how tracks were shaping up or a release date, he said, “Your guess is as good as mine – some time next year, probably. We have all been doing our own stuff for the past few months so it’s just good being back in the same room as everyone.”
The news will allay fans’ fears that, as the Prodigy themselves had claimed, the band’s most recent album, ‘The Fat Of The Land’ was to be their last.
The four members have all been working on various side projects. Liam Howlett has been touring as a DJ, releasing a mix LP earlier this year on XL Recordings. Keith Flint has been racing super bikes around the globe, while Leroy has been involved with the production of a football TV show which he will host. Maxim has been working on solo material. His single ‘My Web’ was released last Monday (August 9), also through XL Recordings. An CD is slated for spring 2000.


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Diners do not need to wait until Oktoberfest rolls around to enjoy authentic German cuisine because at this spot there is a daily celebration of food, drink and cultural ambience. This eatery serves made-from-scratch dishes including goulash soup, schweinebraten (Bavarian pork roast), sauerbraten, stroganoff and schnitzel made with a choice of veal, chicken or pork. Be sure to save room for the apple strudel.

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The summer of travel chaos is set to continue with staff in airports across Spain voting in favour of strike action. Workers, protesting against conditions and low pay, are planning 24-hour stoppages on 25 days between September and December.
Travellers with holidays booked are urged to check their flights before travelling. Industrial action is scheduled for five days in September, seven in October, two in November and 11 in December.
Spain’s three main workers’ unions – USO, CCOO and UGT – are in dispute with airport operator AENA. As a result, car park staff, baggage handlers, security, IT, retail and catering staff have all voted to walk out.
The planned strike dates in September dates are the 15th, 17th, 22nd, 24th, and 29th. Meanwhile, the December dates include five days from December 26-30, designed to cause maximum disruption over Christmas and New Year.
Passengers travelling are reminded to keep an eye on travel updates as flight cancellations could be a possibility if a resolution is not reached between unions and the airlines. If your flight is cancelled, follow our advice on what you should do and what your rights are.
It comes as strike action has caused travel chaos across the globe. Both easyJet and Ryanair have been forced to cancel flights as staff, including pilots, walked out.
Travellers have been warned to make sure that everything is in order ahead of their holidays. This includes checking visa requirements, Covid vaccination requirements and ensuring your passport has the right amount of validity.


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They said it couldn’t be done: There was no way to translate La Bella Lingua into Italian. Too many idioms and colloquial expressions. Too much slang. Untranslatable words in both languages.
However, the distinguished Italian publisher Treccani has done the seemingly impossible and produced an Italian translation: La Bella Lingua: La mia storia d’amore con l’italiano. Copies are available at amazon.it, IBS internet bookshop, and some independent bookstores in the United States, including my favorite Italian local and online bookstore, San Francisco’s Libreria Pino.
“When I arrived in Italy for the first time, in 1983, I could say only one sentence: I don’t speak Italian.” Thus begins, almost like a cliché, the love story of Dianne Hales with our country. Since then the American journalist has studied the language in every possible way, but above all she has lived in places, come to know people and explored art, music, literature, cinema, dialects and lifestyles. Offering new insights to curious travelers, La Bella Lingua presents a point of view that is not obvious and never banal, even to those who were born and raised in Italy.

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This charming owl clock with its tail feather pendulum has an ancient connection to the mythology of Colombia’s precolonial Muisca culture. Huitaca was the goddess of pleasure, drink, and dance. Her husband, Bochica, was the god of morality. This unlikely match ended when Bochica, frustrated with his wife’s antics, turned her into an owl and commanded her to hold up the sky. Artisans in Cota, Colombia, craft this bright accent piece from hand-painted metal. Let its whimsy remind you to enjoy life’s pleasures, in moderation.
Crafted in Colombia. One AAA battery, not included. Approximately 10 1/2"W x 10"H.
This darling owl wall clock is colorful and whimsical. I hung it in my kitchen but it can go in any room. The pendulum worked for a few days and then I bumped it - now it doesn't swing, but the clock keeps good time. I love it.
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Special counsel Robert Mueller and his team of investigators are now looking to determine how much President Trump knew about his campaign team’s contacts with Russian officials and representatives during the 2016 presidential campaign and during the presidential transition.
It has been confirmed yesterday by “two sources familiar with the investigation” that Mueller’s team has questioned the co-chairman of Trump’s campaign, Sam Clovis. Clovis has been asked what candidate and president Trump knew about the numerous instances of Russian contact with both the Trump campaign and the Trump administration.
“The ultimate question Mueller is after is whether candidate Trump and then President-elect Trump knew of the discussions going on with Russia, and who approved or even directed them,” one source said.
Clovis still serves in the Trump administration as senior White House adviser to the Agriculture Department and has already testified before the grand jury for Mueller’s probe. His testimony is linked to George Papadopoulos but it seems like he is connected to more indictments that are still to come. Mueller’s first indictments are said to be a “small” part of a much larger investigation.
When you patch this together, you see that Clovis certainly assisted the FBI in securing a guilty plea from Papadopoulos because Clovis knew about the Russian related conversations that Papadopoulos lied about, as he was involved with them. Now that we know Mueller’s team is asking Clovis specifically about president Trump, it can be reasonably predicted that the investigation has reason to believe that Trump knew about all these interactions with the Russians, even though he claims he has no connections.


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I live in Tampa and thought I'd put in a plug for a newish bookstore here -- Mojo, which is on Fowler Avenue, next to University Square Mall. They have a good selection of used books and a few new ones, and they're filling a bit of the void left by the closing of Just Books, which was a university-area institution. They've bought nearly every book I've brought in (including a library book my mom had bought and wanted to unload), and the place is big. Good film and music books, and a growing selection of CDs and albums. They seem pickier about the CDs they buy, though.
Hi Editrixie - I live near Tampa - I will have to check it out. I am just glad that they didn't close the Waldenbooks in my local mall. Darn Borders! (But I love their coupons). =)
Hey, mrstreme, if you happen to be closer to St. Pete, I recommend Wilson's Book World. They've bought very few of my books, but I still like 'em anyway. ;-) The store's Web page is at http://www.abebooks.com/home/GNOSTIC/home.htm.
if you are in volusia county, this "low-paying, freaky population" must read a lot! here are some top notch bookstores in the area:
1. The Muse, downtown DeLand. Well-kept selection with many 20th century literary firsts.
2. The Family Bookstore. about a half-acre of mostly used books (hardback, paperback, and everything in between). Located on the Boulevard, north of downtown and Stetson across from IHOP.
3. Half-Off Books, Orange City, Enterprise Road. This is a very new store (six months) and has an eclectic inventory.
4. Patti's Paperbacks. Located in the Industrial Park of Orange City, this 95 percent paperback store has many of those old firsts from every genre, including sci-fi, mystery, and romance.
5. Mandala Books, Daytona Beach. Heading toward the beach, go past US 1 on International Speedway Blvd., then look to the right. Probably the best selection in the county, from Hemingway firsts to rare books for low prices.Victor Newman provides an extremely pleasant place to browse.
Abraxus. On Beach Street, Daytona Beach. Used and rare.
And then there are the plethora of thrift stores in this area, with scores of shelves of books of all kinds. One to visit for sure in DeLand is Our Father's Closet on State Road 40 East of town. I have found sooo many rare books thrown into these thrift crypts, as I call them.
Last, but certainly not least, are the continual and dated library sales by the score every day of the year. I've picked up first editions of modern writers for $1.00 or less so many times I couldn't tell you, and these librarians often use volunteer assistants to choose the books and people the sale. Ergo a first edition of Kerouwac's ON THE ROAD for 50 cents.
The best place in Jacksonville has to be Chamblin's Book Mine @ 4551 Roosevelt Blvd. Jacksonville, Florida 32210. www.chamblinbookmine.com
You can really find some rare gems in here. The place is huge. It's really easy to get lost in. Wich;if your like me, is a good thing.
Pensacola, AKA P'Cola for the locals, about an hour or so drive for me,I live in the country....trees and dirt everywhere...... there is Hawseys Book Annex, on Navy Blvd. closed on Mondays (AKA Black Mondays). Also, downtown on Gregory St. there is a funky store called Subterranean Books. These two are the best. If you are looking for a rare find, try Farley's on 12th Ave.
Chamblin's is easy to get lost in unless you're like me and know where to find all your favorite books.
If you're in the Bradenton/Sarasota area, check out "The Red Barn" on the weekends. There are a lot a book booths set up and you would be amazed at what you can find for 1 or 2 dollars! Also, check out Goodwill off of the Bee Ridge Exit (205) off of I75, has a book store that is awesome! The books are in nearly perfect conditions and extremely cheap! And they are pretty new! I'm talking 2010!
I'm In West Palm Beach.
I know of 2 bookstores that specialize in African-American books.
One is Mahogany Books & Cafe. It's in a "Neighborhood Walmart" shopping plaza on the North East corner of Okeechobee Blvd & Jog Road. They are open after 5pm most weekdays, and Saturday. 561-310-7080.
Then there is Pyramid Books on Gateway Blvd. Just before Federal HW 1 in Boynton Beach http://pyramidbooks.com/
Hi, I am in Wellington and have never heard about that bookstore. But will definitely try that out! Thanks.
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Depending on who you ask, sales in the retail sector may be either brisk or failing to gain traction. Like most things in the stock market, when it comes to the retail sector, it’s all about perspective.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, December retail sector sales advanced 0.2% month-over-month, beating analyst forecasts that expected a one-percent increase. Auto sales fell 1.8%, pulling total retail sales numbers down. Not surprisingly, the weak December auto sales numbers are considered more of a reflection of the bad weather than a weak economy. (Source: “U.S. Census Bureau News: Advanced Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services December 2013,” United States Census Bureau web site, January 14, 2014.) Excluding auto sales, December retail sector sales climbed 0.7% after a 0.2% increase in November.
Are these retail sector sales numbers the latest indication that the economy is getting stronger as we begin 2014?
Well, that depends on how you look at it. Month-over-month, the retail sector sales data looks encouraging. But if you step back a bit and look at the last few months—or even year-over-year numbers—the retail sector and, by extension, the U.S. economy don’t look so bright.
Overall sales of furniture, sporting goods, building materials, garden equipment, electronics, and appliances fell month-over-month. Electronics and appliance stores, two key gift-buying outlets during the holiday season, tripped in November and December. Year-over-year, electronics sales were up a paltry 0.7%.
Department store revenues were essentially flat in November compared to October and were down slightly in December. Overall 2013 department store sales were down 4.7% from 2012.
So now I ask you, will the good times continue to roll in 2014?
It appears the so-called economic “rebound” means that even dollar stores are getting too expensive for many Americans. While Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE/FDO) has seen its share price soar by more than 365% since the markets crashed in 2008, it’s been seeing red after reporting disappointing first-quarter earnings. (Source: “Family Dollar Reports First Quarter 2014 Financial Results,” Family Dollar Stores, Inc. web site, January 9, 2014.)
Commenting on the weak results, the company’s CEO, Howard Levin, said, “…our core lower-income customers have faced high unemployment levels, higher payroll taxes, and more recently reductions in government-assistance programs. All of these factors have resulted in incremental financial pressure and reduction in overall spending in the market.” (Source: Veloz, R., “Low end retail stores struggle,” KFOX14 web site, last accessed January 15, 2014.)
In an effort to increase sales, this retail sector stock launched more promotions than it had originally planned—but to no avail; comparable store sales fell by about three percent. The difficult operating environment means the company has had to lower its earnings expectations for the second quarter and full year of fiscal 2014. These kinds of metrics do not bode well for an economy that gets about 70% of its economic growth from consumer spending.
Family Dollar Stores isn’t the only retail sector discount variety store facing tough times. Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE/BIG), Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ/DLTR), PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ/PSMT), and Tuesday Morning Corporation (NASDAQ/TUES) have all recently seen their share prices take a hit.
Going forward, stagnant wages and high unemployment could also mean that big-box retail sector stocks, including Target Corporation (NYSE/TGT), Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ/SHLD), and Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE/M), could be in for a rough ride in 2014.
If retail stocks tumble, investors could consider shorting an exchange-traded fund (ETF) like SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEArca/XRT) or Market Vectors Retail ETF (NYSEArca/RTH). At the other end of the spectrum, there are a number of solid luxury brand stocks that have been performing consistently, including Michael Kors Holdings Limited (NYSE/KORS) and Tiffany & Co. (NYSE/TIF), that investors may also consider.
This article Are Retail Sales Indicators Really as Positive as They Seem? was originally published at Daily gains Letter


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Jamie and Kelly Kornegay turned me on to this recipe: spoonfuls of grated squash in cornmeal batter that blossom like sunflowers as they sizzle to a crisp brown. When it is not possible to eat all the squash that comes out of the backyard garden quickly enough, the Kornegays have admitted to leaving anonymous gifts on neighbors’ doorsteps under the cover of darkness. They, too, have been on the receiving end of this generous gesture. Kelly tried the recipe she got from a neighbor one particularly prolific summer, when she had exhausted her many other uses for crooknecked squash.
These are terrific with a grating of pecorino cheese over the top while warm. They’re also good served as an alternative to hush puppies at a fish fry.–Martha Hall Foose
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The author notes that this batter sort of blossoms like a sunflower when it’s dropped into hot oil. We have no doubt this happens for the lovely Ms. Martha Hall Foose, although let’s just say we’re still honing our technique. For now, saying that the golden-brown clumps we pulled from the hot oil resemble sunflowers is sort of like looking at a cloud and saying it resembles Johnny Depp. Which is to say, it just requires a smidgen of imagination. This is of little consequence, however, given how pleasing these lovely little hushpuppy-like treats are to the palate. (And if, by chance, any of your fritters resemble Johnny Depp, we expect you to take a picture and send it our way!)
Summer Squash Fritters
- 2 cups self-rising cornmeal, (or substitute a scant 2 cups regular cornmeal, 2 tablespoons baking powder, and a generous pinch salt)
- 1/2 cup self-rising flour, (or substitute 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking powder, and a generous pinch salt)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup grated onion
- 1 cup grated yellow summer squash
- 1 cup buttermilk, (either low-fat or full-fat)
- 1 large egg
- Vegetable oil, for frying, (1 to 2 cups)
- In a large bowl, whisk the cornmeal, flour, salt, and sugar to get out any lumps. In a separate bowl, combine the onion, squash, buttermilk, and egg. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry and stir well to combine. Let sit for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat about 4 inches of oil in a deep pot or deep-fryer to 375°F (190°C). Set a wire rack over newspaper or paper towels.
- To fry the little blobs of batter, dip two spoons in the hot oil, then scoop up a spoonful of batter with one spoon and slide it into the hot oil using the other spoon. Do not stir the batter! Repeat to make more fritters, dipping the spoons again into the hot oil if the batter begins to stick. Don’t crowd the pan. Fry the squash fritters, turning as needed, until crisp and deep golden brown, about 2 minutes. Drain on the rack set over newspaper. Serve hot.
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This recipe makes hushpuppies. Very good hushpuppies —they’re light and moist. But I was expecting something a little different, more like a squash fritter. There was a lot more cornmeal batter in here than squash, so what you end up with is really just a hushpuppy with some squash in it. With a name like “sunflower squash,” I had been expecting a squash fritter bound together with a bit of hushpuppy batter, but these were all hushpuppy. I even used a bit more squash than called for. I looked up the recipe in the cookbook, and the photo showed something that looked “squashier,” which makes me think there may have been a mistake in the amount of squash called for. I think when I try these again, I’ll make half the batter. The hushpuppies were excellent, even if they weren’t what I was hoping for.
YUM! These little squash fritters were fabulous. With the abundance of summer squash out there right now, I was excited to try this unique recipe. I think even zucchini would work well here, too. I ended up shredding two small yellow squash which was probably more like 1 1/2 cups, not one, like the recipe reads. I would be tempted to try this recipe again with about two cups of shredded squash, and maybe reduce the cornmeal amount to 1 1/2 cups, just to give the dish some more of the squash and less batter. The seasonings were right on; I bet a couple of dashes of hot sauce in the batter would enhance the flavor as well. I really enjoyed making these, and am super excited to have leftovers!
This is so good, crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. I grated the onion and really did not use as much as they called for, as grated onions get to be rather strong. I wanted the flavor of the squash to be the star of the recipe. Most fritter and hush puppy recipes tend to be dry and dense. This was so light it just melted in your mouth. I thought it needed a bit more salt. Probably some Tony’s in this neck of the woods. HUH????? I made half the recipe: there are generally three of us here, and the amount still went a long way. It would serve eight easily. The cooking times were right on, minus about one minute. Once you get to that temperature, the cooking goes rather fast. I sprinkled the fritters with some parmesan cheese, once I took them out. The spider works great. WHAT? Not only that, but I have this cookbook, so I could see the finished recipe. I mixed up the dry ingredients for the whole recipe, divided it, and saved half for another time. Time saved for another dinner. I will make this again, and also use the base recipe for ingredients like corn, carrots, etc.
With a little practice and a few helpful hints, this is a pretty easy recipe. I could not find (actually, I never even heard of) self-rising cornmeal, so I adjusted the recipe a little, and it was fine. They are a little different than I thought they would be — definitely more like hush puppies, and I expected more like a fritter. They did turn out delicious — I sprinkled a little parmesan on them and made homemade ranch dressing for dipping — tasty, tasty treat!
Helpful hints: I used 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder, since I couldn’t find self-rising cornmeal — worked great.
One half of a cup of grated onion is about 1/2 medium onion.
Using more grated squash won’t hurt — in fact it makes them “bloom” a little more. I used two cups, and they were better than the batch made with one cup.
In step three, use teaspoons for the spoons called for — and make the fritters small. They get too dark if you make them too big, and won’t be done inside.
Totally Optional: Add one teaspoon black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne, and increase salt to one teaspoon — really kicked up the flavor in the second batch. I know frying is kind of a pain, but these were good enough to make it worth it.
These little babies are delicious and versatile. The next day, I used the leftovers for brunch. Warm, runny poached eggs were amazing with these crisp beauties. I guess that’s what we do in New York with leftover southern hushpuppies. Love! To reheat, wrap loosely in aluminum foil. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes. Next time I will add a little more grated onion. That happens to be my favorite flavor in a fritter like this.


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Outbreaks of listeria, a bacteria that grows well in cooler temperatures, have caused a frozen-food company to recall close to 360 frozen-food products sold under 42 different brand names — and that’s just the latest recall of popular foods people keep in the fridge. Brands of sunflower seeds, salad dressings and trail mix are also recalled due to a separate listeria contamination. The bacteria was also behind the 2015 Blue Bell outbreak, which required the company to shut down production and recall all of its ice cream.
But there are ways to keep yourself protected from listeria, even beyond making sure you are not eating recalled food.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends washing fruits and vegetables — including produce that you peel, like an orange — very well by running them under water before using them. For harder fruits and vegetables, like melons, zucchini and cucumbers, the CDC recommends scrubbing them with a brush. Be sure to dry off your fruits and vegetables and keep them away from uncooked meats.
Other preventative measures include keeping a clean kitchen, washing counter tops after cooking and cleaning out the fridge regularly. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or lower and the freezer at 0°F or lower.
Another way to avoid contamination is to eat foods that are precooked or ready-to-eat as soon as possible. Deli meat shouldn’t sit longer than five days in the fridge, opened packages of hot dogs shouldn’t stay for longer than one week, and leftovers should be eaten within four days, the CDC advises. Follow these guidelines, and you’ll reduce your risk of getting sick from listeria.
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Erie's Kayla McBride is one of 27 players invited to the USA Basketball women's national team training camp, which begins Sept. 8 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
McBride, a graduate of Villa Maria Academy and the University of Notre Dame, completed her rookie season in the WNBA with the San Antonio Stars on Saturday.
An All-America guard at Notre Dame, McBride led the Stars in scoring with an average of 13 points per game. She also averaged 22.5 points in two playoff losses against the defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx.
U.S. national team head coach Geno Auriemma and his staff will trim the roster to 12 players before the FIBA World Championship, which will take place Sept. 27-Oct. 5 in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey.
Among the players invited to the training camp are stars such as WNBA MVP Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne, and McBride's former Notre Dame teammate, Skylar Diggins.
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Hopefully everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, with time spent with family and friends.
Now that the school holidays are in full swing, you may be looking for things to do to keep the little ones busy.
Always a popular and an enjoyable day out, is taking a ride along the picturesque foreshore and enjoying the many parks and open spaces along the way.
The stretch is laid out expertly for families and friends to utilise, with barbecues, tables, games, swimming and beautiful grassed areas to gather and share moments together.
The Esperance Foreshore is a stunning and wonderful resource right at our doorstep, and best of all is free for all to enjoy.
This year the Esperance Foreshore Festival & Fireworks on Tuesday, December 31 is being held at the Tanker Jetty Headland.
It's a free, fun, festival for the whole family that includes food vendors, market stalls, games, entertainment, live bands, the Esperance Talent Quest and culminating in a spectacular fireworks display at 9.00pm.
Post Office Square will continue to be alive on Friday at lunch times as the Shire of Esperance's Town Tunes offers live local performers and giant games for the public to enjoy.
Bring your friends and share your lunch whilst enjoying the atmosphere of street performances.
Moving Movies is hosting The Little Mermaid on Saturday, January 4 from 6.30 to 9.00pm at the Esperance Soundshell on Dempster St.
Tickets for Adults are $10, for children $5 (for those under two it's free).
Bring your picnic rug, beanbags, blankets and family and friends and enjoy a movie under the stars.
Snacks and drinks are available for purchase.
Check out the website for upcoming movies at http://www.movingmovies.com.au/
Museum Village Markets are again being held Sunday, January 5 from 8.30am to 12.30pm, at Museum Village. They include a large selection of locally made arts and crafts, jams, honey, preserves, market stalls, yummy local cuisine and beautifully crafted coffee.
A must for locals and tourists alike is a visit to the Esperance Museum, which is open daily from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. It displays our people, our places and our history.
Esperance Museum offers a glimpse into the history of Esperance and how the region has grown over the years. It's very insightful and great for all ages.
Admission for adults is $8.50, for children it's $3.50 and a $20 family pass is also available.
Visit www.esperance.wa.gov.au/esperance-museum for more information.
The Cannery Arts Centre is hosting the exhibition Salvage: Art from the Shed.
It started on December 3 and finishes February 7, 2020.
This is an exhibition of works made from scrap metal, recycled or re-purposed materials and displays works that are inspired by or embody our connections with working on the land.

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Austin, Texas — GroundFloor Development and Prescott Group have announced plans for Saint Elmo, a $120 million mixed-use project set to open in Austin in the first quarter of 2018.
Designed by Andersson-Wise Architects, Saint Elmo will include 225,000 square feet of office space and a 40,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor marketplace. In November of last year, the Austin city council approved the rezoning request for the project. Construction is slated to begin in mid-2016.
Brandon Bolin of GroundFloor Development and Matthew Spillers of Spill-Lab Productions are partners in the Saint Elmo Public Market Co., which will oversee the management and tenant curatorial process for the market. KBGE’s Chad Kimbell is the civil engineer of the project, David Hocker of Hocker Design is the landscape designer, Juice Consulting’s Heather Wagner Reed will oversee public relations and marketing, and Helms Workshop is the strategic brand design studio.


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The Gulf War was like teenage sex.We got in too soon and we got out too
soon. Tom (Thomas) Harkin Quoted in the Independent on Sunday, 29 Sep.
Death will come when thou art dead, Soon, too soon Sleep will come
when thou art fled; Of neither would I
ask the boon I ask of thee,
belove' d Night Swift be thine
approaching flight, Come soon, soon! Percy Bysshe Shelley 'To Night'.
have come to the borders of sleep, The unfathomable
deep Forest, where all
must lose Their way, however
straight Or winding, soon or
late; They cannot choose.
(Philip) Edward Thomas 'Lights Out'.


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Natural Homemade Pregnancy Test with Vinegar
Sometimes it happens that you are uncertain about your pregnancy. For somebody pregnancy can be a peaceful movement and might be someone is not ready to conceive. Whatever the situation is you want to confirm the pregnancy as soon as possible. Sometimes it becomes hard to go to the drugstore and buy a kit and does the pregnancy test. Now you do not have to worry about going out and find a pregnancy test kit; you just go to your kitchen take vinegar and confirm your pregnancy. So far I think you are surprised to know that vinegar can be used as a pregnancy indicator. When there were no pregnancy kit available women used to confirm the pregnancy with the help of vinegar. Today in this article I am going to tell you everything about how to test pregnancy naturally at home with vinegar.
Method to do the Pregnancy test with Vinegar
It is very straightforward and effortless process. In a clean and sterile container take 1 cup white vinegar and add ½ cup first urine of morning. Then mix them well and leave for 5 minutes. If the colour of this solution changes, it means you are expecting a baby and if the solution does not alter the colour means you are not pregnant. It is better if you do vinegar pregnancy test in the transparent container so that you can easily see the change in the colour of the solution.
Things to remember while doing Pregnancy Test with Vinegar
- Take only white vinegar because it is transparent in color so that you will be easily able to see the change in the color of the mixture. If you take any other kind of vinegar, you will not be able to recognise the change in the tone.
- The container you are using for pregnancy test must be clean and sterile otherwise bacteria present in the container can affect the result.
- If you are on some medication, you might not get the accurate results.
- When you add the urine in vinegar, it can make foam or froths. Frothing or foaming does not indicate pregnancy. Only color change is the sign of gestation.
How Vinegar Pregnancy Test works
Vinegar test works like a pregnancy test kit. When you are pregnant, your body starts to produce HCG hormones. The level of HCG hormones is highest in the morning urine. So it is always better to use the first urine of morning. These HCG hormones react to vinegar, and the solution changes the color.
Vinegar is easily available and gives more accurate results than other homemade pregnancy tests. For some women, vinegar test works as accurate as a pregnancy test kit, but for some women, it does not give the exact results. If you are in a hurry to confirm your pregnancy and do not want to go out to take a pregnancy test kit, you can try this method to confirm your pregnancy. Do not wait just try this method and make your opinion about the vinegar pregnancy test.

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“We are living in a Wi-Fi surrounding environment every day, and the new system is as safe as those Wi-Fi devices,” he said. “The reader is about 5 milliwatts, even less than 1 percent of the radiation from our smartphones.” The system needs about 8 seconds to scan a heart the first time, and thereafter the monitor can continuously recognize that heart. The system, which was three years in the making, uses the geometry of the heart, its shape and size, and how it moves to make an identification. “No two people with identical hearts have ever been found,” Xu said. And people’s hearts do not change shape, unless they suffer from serious heart disease, he said. The new system has several advantages over current biometric tools, like fingerprints and retinal scans, Xu said. First, it is a passive, non-contact device, so users are not bothered with authenticating themselves whenever they log-in. And second, it monitors users constantly. This means the computer will not operate if a different person is in front of it. Therefore, people do not have to remember to log-off when away from their computers. Xu and collaborators will present the paper — “Cardiac Scan: A Non-contact and Continuous Heart-based User Authentication System” — at MobiCom, which is billed as the flagship conference in mobile computing. Organized by the Association for Computing Machinery, the conferernce will be held from Oct. 16-20 in Snowbird, Utah.


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Where has the time gone?!
That's the question pop culture fans may be asking themselves as award season comes to an end in a matter of weeks with the 2018 Oscars.
The biggest—and most glamorous—night in Hollywood recognizes the best in movies from the past year. And with Jimmy Kimmel serving as host, excitement is growing for the star-studded award show.
As moviegoers make predictions for who will win big, we realize some people may have a few burning questions about the upcoming show.
From attendees, potential winners and those infamous envelopes, we address a few in our handy guide below.


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PANTHER'S BRISCOE GIVES POSITIVE REVIEWS OF ROAD TEST ON IMS ROAD COURSE
Former Indy 500 Polesitter and National Guard Panther Team Take Different Route at Indy
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (September 5, 2013) – Panther Racing and driver Ryan Briscoe wrapped up a test session Wednesday afternoon at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after spending the day running on multiple configurations of the track’s road course. Briscoe and Panther joined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and driver Graham Rahal for the test organized by IMS and IndyCar officials. The two drivers also ran different Firestone tire compounds during the test in order to gauge how the cars reacted to the different racing surfaces as they transitioned from the oval track to the infield.
“It’s really strange coming the wrong way on the front stretch. It’s a pretty good track actually; it’s got a lot of high-speed corners,” Briscoe explained. “It’s just great to be back in the Panther car; I didn’t I’d be back in an IndyCar again for quite a while, so it’s a good little bonus mid-week fun for me.”
Briscoe and Rahal ran multiple different configurations of the IMS infield road course throughout the day, reporting back to IMS and IndyCar officials their thoughts on the course. The two drivers were also able to run some different Firestone tire compounds during the test in order to gauge how the cars reacted to the different racing surfaces as the cars transitioned from the oval to the infield.
“It’s pretty smooth, really,” Briscoe continued. “Certainly the oval portion of the track has more grip, but the only thing we’re doing there is flat out in the oval section and then heavy breaking for the corner. And having lots of grip under breaking could be good for giving guys confidence in late breaking moves.”
While other series have utilized the infield road course at IMS, IndyCar has never held a race or official test session on its road course previously. That could change and as the track looks to invest nearly $100 million into their facility, and officials at IMS and IndyCar aren’t ruling out using the infield road course for IndyCar Series testing or a possible 2014 race.
“I think it’s a good road course. The layout of the course itself is really nice and it’s a fun tack to drive; it’s fast and it’s pretty physical as well,” said Briscoe. “Anytime we have here at Indy would be great.”


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Young Patient Advocate Award
Sammy Basso, born in Schio (Italy) in 1995, patient advocate dedicated to raising awareness about Hutchinson-Gilford progeria. Sammy plans to become a researcher and contribute actively to the study of progeria, for which he has already been instrumental in raising awareness.
European Rare Disease Leadership Award
Bruno Sepodes, Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon. The EURORDIS European Rare Disease Leadership Award recognises Bruno’s long-standing collaboration with the European Medicines Agency and indeed EURORDIS as well as his outstanding leadership and commitment to the importance of including patient advocates as equal stakeholders in all discussions and decisions.
Policy Maker Award
Elena Gentile, Italian politician. As a respected political figure, she has used her position as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014 to help give a voice to Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patient groups by supporting the first European IPF Patient Charter in EU Parliament and by mobilising MEPs around a written declaration on IPF.
Professor Michele De Luca and Doctor Tobias Hirsch, as well as their respective teams at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine “Stefano Ferrari” (CMR) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) and the Severe Burn Injury Centre of the University Hospital of the Ruhr University, in Bochum (Germany) for their collaboration in developing a life-changing gene therapy. This therapy, which enables the human epidermis to regenerate through the use of transgenic stem cells, recently saved the life of a young boy named Hassan, affected by the rare disease junctional epidermolysis bullosa (EB).
EURORDIS Volunteer Awards
Helene and Mikk Cederroth, two passionate and dedicated patient advocates who have contributed remarkably to the undiagnosed rare disease cause. Together they are the founders of the Wilhelm Foundation, which helps approximately 3 in 10,000 children who suffer from often fatal undiagnosed brain diseases.
Chris Sotirelis, a patient with beta thalassaemia major. He has been a tireless patient advocate for EURORDIS and the rare disease community at national and international level for many years. He was involved in the first ever thalassaemia clinical outcomes patient registry until 2001.
EURORDIS Patient Organisation Award
Pulmonary Hypertension Association Europe, dedicated to improving the lives of patients living with pulmonary hypertension (PH) in Europe by working with its members to enhance awareness of PH, promoting optimal standards of care for people living with the disease, ensuring the availability of all approved treatments and encouraging research for new medicines and therapies.
Company Award for Innovation
Novartis, for its longstanding track record in developing medicines for rare diseases. Through effective collaborations with the scientific, medical and patient communities, Novartis has a promising pipeline to address many rare diseases, including rare cancers.
Company Award for Patient Engagement
The EURORDIS Company Award for Patient Engagement recognises the achievements of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, Bayer, UCB and MSD, in particular recognising their leadership as a group in championing the development of patient engagement activities within the Innovative Medicines Initiative, particularly through the PARADIGM project.
Visual & Audio Media Award
Christopher Ulmer, founder of Special Books by Special Kids, a video project that seeks to normalise the diversity of the human condition. By connecting societies around the world, he has helped build a global dialogue around rare diseases and has built a media movement that supports acceptance regardless of diagnosis.
Written Media Award
Serge Braun, for his book, ‘”On peut changer le monde, en vendant des crêpes et des ballons”. Dr. Braun worked for over a decade on neuromuscular diseases, working in university research, then in the private sector, where he conducted a gene therapy program dedicated to Duchenne muscular
dystrophy, which led to the first worldwide clinical trial of gene transfer for a myopathy.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Alastair Kent, an expert in his field who has changed the face of genetic research in his long and dedicated career, providing patient support for children, adults and families living with different forms of genetic disorders.
Previous recipients of the EURORDIS Black Pearl Awards (2012-2017)


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The Foundation makes grants to national organizations in the areas of civic engagement, social justice and voter education. The Foundation's core grantmaking priority is integrated voter mobilization with a particular focus on communities of color.
See below for current Civic Engagement grantees.
The AAPI Civic Engagement Fund is a national, non partisan initiative that fosters a culture of civic participation within Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. Color of Change designs campaigns to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back and champion solutions that move us all forward.
Emgage educates and mobilizes the Muslim-American community to become a force for positive change and to build the next generation of civic leaders. copy to Aysha Ahmed, Development Manager
The Fair Elections Legal Network (FELN) is a national, nonpartisan voting rights and legal support organization whose mission is to remove barriers to registration and voting for traditionally underrepresented constituencies. (copy of letter to Mary Anne Walker)
Georgia Alliance for Progress is a coalition of donors focused on the strategic and financial health of Georgia's progressive movement.
Imagine North Carolina First initiates, cultivates, and funds strategic efforts to promote economic opportunity, quality of life, government accountability, and civic participation among underserved communities in North Carolina.
The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States. (cc Micah Blaise on grant agreement)
New Virginia Majority Education Fund is the catalytic force for the progressive transformation of Virginia through mass organizing, leadership development, and strategic communications.
Piper Fund was established in 1997 as a funder collaborative to support the growing movement of campaign finance reform efforts at the state level.
ProGeorgia is a member of the State Voices Network, a new model of cooperation and sharing amongst grassroots groups.
Rock the Vote is a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to building the political power of young people.
State Leadership Project
The State Leadership Project is dedicated to helping build and support sustainable, equitable donor alliances in all 50 states. (copy Courtney Patterson on grant agreement)
Student PIRGs are independent statewide student organizations that work on issues such as environmental protection, consumer protection, and hunger and homelessness. NNCF supports student voter mobilization efforts on college campuses.
The Students Learn Students Vote Coalition promotes civic learning and engagement on campuses across the country by providing a series of key steps and information on best practices that institutions can use to create a more voter friendly campus.
Virginia Organizing is a non-partisan statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives.
Voices for Progress Education Fund galvanizes the advocacy of business leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists and other prominent individuals who unite to protect the climate, strengthen democracy, and ensure economic and social justice for all.
Voto Latino is a pioneering civic media organization that seeks to transform America by recognizing Latinos’ innate leadership. Through innovative digital campaigns, pop culture, and grassroots voices, it provides culturally relevant programs that engage, educate and empower Latinos to be agents of change.

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Bestselling author, world economist and financial calamity prognosticator, James Rickards, has some very interesting things to say in a preview of a YouTube show and podcast hosted by free thinking, and definitely politically incorrect comedians, Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster.
As a “predictive analyst,” Rickards believes the fact that Trump won the presidency in 2016 when no one even considered him a serious option is repeating itself in the lead-up to the 2020 election. Trump’s enemies “haven’t learned a thing,” he says. Host Konstantin rightfully interjects they are not only unwilling to do something different, they have actually “doubled down on the cultural stuff that got them in trouble in 2016.”
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Overnight on Friday, someone hacked into the traffic signs reading vulgar comments towards President Trump and those who elected him.
The sign was hacked on Lemmon Avenue close to North Central Expressway in Dallas. Drivers slowed down to see if what they were reading wasn’t something going on in their heads.
This wasn’t the first time it has been hacked and mention comments towards President Trump. The last time they hacked it was back in May 2016 where the then-candidate Trump was a “shape shifting lizard”.
TxDOT says hacking these signs is a third degree felony.
Marco A. Salinas
Source via NBCDFW