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Jericho always ends up looking so damned young with his baby face, so I tried drawing him older and graying. Which meant I drew older Sly too, who ended up looking like Quay. x_x
Fun fact time!
My happy place is long after the Schism events, these two growing old together with a bunch of kids. Jer had to spend years slowly persuading Sly he’d be a good dad before adopting their first. Two years later, Sly catches an abandoned street rat kid trying to pickpocket him. Instead of punishing him, he takes him back home to Jericho and eventually becomes kid #2. 10 years and a bigger place later, there’s five permanent kids at home with a steady influx of young transients, runaways or abused strays routinely staying for periods of time because word’s gotten around that they’re a safe place for any kids needing someplace to go no questions asked. SID, Sly’s AI buddy has never been happier with all that chaos to manage.
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The design for a totally new class of heat engine, a micro heat engine, which takes advantage of thermophysical phenomena unique to small scales, is introduced. The proposed engine is an external combustion engine, in which thermal power is converted to mechanical power through the use of a novel thermodynamic cycle which approaches the ideal vapor Carnot cycle. Mechanical power is converted into electrical power through the use of a piezoelectric generator. The generator, which takes the form of a flexible membrane, can be readily manufactured using MEMS fabrication techniques but still delivers high conversion efficiency. This approach eliminates the requirement to manufacture complex micromachines such as rotary compressors and turbines, resulting in a very simple but highly efficient device.


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Hello friends! Legendary keyboard player, Red Young is my guest for episode 1075! You can see Red perform live in Austin tomorrow, Saturday 7/24 at C-Boy's here in Austin. Go to redyoung.com for more show dates, music, videos and more. We have an amazing conversation about growing up playing piano since he was 3 years old, growing up in Ft. Worth and how that's been a help his whole career, playing with Sonny & Cher, Joan Armatrading, Linda Ronstadt, Eric Burdon from The Animals and many more, playing piano vs. playing organ and much more. I had a great time getting to know Red. I'm sure you will too. Let's get down!
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In the wake of China’s May 12 earthquake, both amateur and professional poets have contributed to a surge of poetry written in response to the disaster, prompting the publication of a number of anthologies, China.org.cn recently ported. The Wenchuan earthquake, named for the location of its epicenter in the nation’s Sichuan Province, killed nearly seventy thousand people and displaced an estimated five million more.
The speedy publication of anthologies has been bolstered by poets’ presence on the Internet, with many pages of poems having received millions of visitors in recent weeks. Though poet Hai Xiao initially planned to simply create a section on his Web site, Xshdai.com, where writers could contribute poems relating to the earthquake, he decided to compile an anthology. Edited over six days, Love Knows No Borders: We Are Here With Wenchuan was released by New World Press on May 22, following the national three-day period of mourning. The press plans to turn over all proceeds from sales of the book to relief efforts.
On May 24, Qunzhong Press published Anthology of Poetry for Wenchuan, consisting of many poems that previously appeared online. Two thousand copies of the book, which includes the work of policemen, aid workers, and other volunteers alongside that of well-known poets Ye Yanbin, Zhang Xuemeng, Wang Xiaoni, and Yang Liuhong, were donated to Xinhua Bookstore, to be distributed to those affected by the disaster.
The collection We Are Here Together was published on June 12 and includes poems by over a hundred residents of Qinghai Province, which borders Sichuan and was hit by a quake on June 9.
"The country has just witnessed a historical renaissance in Chinese poetry," said novelist Yan Yanwen in a speech at Renmin University earlier this month. "Ordinary people are choosing to express themselves through poetry, and so the poem is once more the property of ordinary people.”

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India ready for Pakistan talks; UN alarmed by Kashmir violence
Thursday, 18 August 2016 - 7:45
India is ready to send its top diplomat to Pakistan for talks focused on fighting cross-border terrorism, after a spike in tension in the disputed northernmost region of Kashmir.
Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was willing to attend talks on the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart.
The sign of peace comes, after 40 days of violent protests in Indian-ruled Kashmir.
At least 64 people have died and thousands injured in clashes with security forces that have been denounced by Pakistan, which also claim the right to rule Jammu & Kashmir in a territorial dispute that dates back to partition in 1947.

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Meet Eve, a short, refrigerator-wide robot. While it doesn't have arms, or a head, its portly frame can haul heavy loads, dispense supplies and travel long distances.
Eve is one of 25 autonomous robots programmed to help the staff of San Francisco's newest hospital. When the University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center at Mission Bay opens on February 1, Eve and its comrades will be cruising the corridors to bring supplies to and from the pharmacy, kitchen, lab and stock rooms.
Although nearly 160 other hospitals employ robots like Eve, UCSF has the world's biggest fleet. That size fits the scale of the new Medical Center: an 800,000-square-foot, 289-bed facility spanning the equivalent of nearly three football fields. Just a couple of blocks from the San Francisco Bay, the spanking-new hospital comes equipped with all sorts of cutting-edge gear, like autonomous robots.
Eve is programmed with the Medical Center's floor plan and architecture, so it knows the best routes throughout the hospital. Built by Aethon, of Pittsburgh, these robots are designed to assist humans rather than replace them. UCSF personnel formerly tasked with delivery will be moved into other positions.
"Tissue samples, blood samples need to get from point A to point B very fast. You can't afford to wait for someone to show up," said Ken Goldberg, professor of robotics at University of California at Berkeley. "The robot that never gets distracted, never stops for coffee, could be great for these critical deliveries."
It's in the machine When most people think of autonomous robots, something like the Roomba vacuum cleaner comes to mind. The shoebox-size disk bumps into furniture and walls as it as it tries to find its way around a room. Eve is far more sophisticated than a Roomba.
It knows every hallway, bench and corner of UCSF's hospital complex, and has been programmed to communicate with six of the building's 20 elevators and hundreds of its doors. Eve also comes equipped with 30 infrared and sonar sensors, one laser and a camera, so that it can tell when someone or something is in front of it.
"Please stand aside," Eve politely says when it confronts such an obstacle.
While UCSF's robots cannot answer commands, they do know 70 phrases and speak in a variety of accents and voices, such as an Australian man or an English woman. They also speak Spanish. For fun, the hospital will dress up the machines in different "skins," such as San Francisco cable , pieces of fruit and possible Disney movie characters like Wall-E and -- yes -- Eve.
"We are humanizing the robots," said Pamela Hudson, UCSF executive director of clinical systems. "We actually had naming contests."
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All of UCSF's robots look a bit like miniature L-shaped flatbed trucks -- the flatbeds are then loaded with different types of carts. The kitchen's carts come with shelves to load food trays and the pharmacy's carts have locked drawers that can only be opened using a PIN code and biometrics, such as a nurse's fingerprint. The robots can handle up to 1,000 pounds.
When the robots aren't delivering supplies, they're parked in small charging bays. Most of the robots can work a full day on just four hours of charge. They communicate with each other and the building via the hospital's wireless network.
The robots carry out both scheduled and on-demand tasks. Scheduled tasks include delivering 1,000 meals to patients per day, along with picking up their dirty trays. On-demand tasks include medicine deliveries or running specimens to the lab. To order an on-demand task, hospital staff use a touch-screen computer system to give robots assignments.
Once instructed to deliver something, the robot will slowly back out of its charging bay, announcing that it's "departing now." As the robot approaches closed doors, they automatically swing open. The robot then cruises down the hallway -- quietly humming and beeping -- at the speed an average human walks. The hospital's goal is for each delivery to take 45 minutes or less.
"It's really thinking through 'what's the fastest way I can get to my end point,'" Hudson said.
High-tech hospital UCSF is integrating other high-tech components into its new hospital. Patient rooms will have a "media wall," a 60-inch flat-screen TV that lets people order room service, send emails, use Skype and watch movies. Doctors can also use the media walls to call up scans and x-rays to show patients.
UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay has three hospitals within one building: Benioff Children's Hospital, Betty Irene Moore Women's Hospital and Bakar Cancer Hospital. Getting from one side of the building to the other can be quite the haul.
Administrators wanted to relieve staff from carrying heavy loads across such long distances, which is why they decided to use robots like Eve. But the robots will also improve efficiency and reliability, said Josh Adler, chief medical officer of UCSF Medical Center.
"They're so much more reliable for delivering things where they need to be on time," Adler said. "That allows our staff to focus on things that people do so well -- caring, decision-making, supporting."


Father, police at odds over reward in B.C. murder case
Published Saturday, May 5, 2012 12:39PM EDT
The father of a murdered British Columbia real estate agent is offering a "substantial" reward and "relocation" to anyone connected to the crime who comes forward with information.
Jeff Buziak's public poster and letter campaign has raised the ire of police in Saanich, B.C. who have asked the public to ignore it.
Lindsay Buziak, 24, was stabbed to death in February 2008 inside a home she was showing, police say.
Although he won't say how much money is being offered as a reward, a letter being delivered to the public states it's "well beyond any amounts offered to this point."
The letter also states there's another option for anyone who comes forward.
"That option is an out for you of relocation, identity change, and payment of serious monies that will make the rest of your life enjoyable and free of all repercussions from this nightmare."
Buziak said he's lost faith in police and along with a group of volunteers is working seven days a week attempting to solve the case within legal limits.
"We're using every opportunity we have to try and assist in the investigation for the murder of my daughter Lindsay," he told CTV Vancouver Island.
"We're missing a critical piece of information to close this case finally and so we'll go to any lengths to do that," Buziak said.
Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen said Buziak's offer a reward and relocation isn't condoned by investigators.
"This is something that is done outside the purview of the investigation and it has no legitimacy or authority behind it," he told CTV Vancouver Island.
"We would encourage people, again, if they receive this to ignore any offers that might have been made," he said.
Jantzen said relocation offers do exist, but they're put forward by police and not members of the public.
He said police are committed to solving the murder.
"We continue to investigate this and we have applied many resources to it. We are here to see it through to the end and we're hopeful for a successful outcome," he said.
Jeff Buziak isn't convinced.
"I question the energy, the resolve and the dedication they have to solving this case," he said.
"We're over four years now . . . we have no suspects, we have no arrests and we have no new information," Buziak said.
Buziak's supporters are also canvassing the neighbourhood where his daughter was killed and distributing the letters requesting information.
"I'm a father. Someone butchered my daughter. I think any father would hunt these people down," he said.
"That's what motivates me every day."
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He’s a musical legend in the making, and just happens to hail from Northfield!
Such a treat to welcome back to the studio Mark Joseph (aka Mark Grundhoefer), who recently released a fantastic new solo album, The Musician and The Muse. Mark and his band (along with other special guests) will also be celebrating the album (along with his buddy Ben’s birthday) this Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Northfield VFW. (I appreciated Mark mentioning how much we all miss the former Rueb, adding that the VFW is the next best option for this ‘old school’ hometown bash — it’s going to be a blast!)
Where do I start? According to Mark’s website, he’s “…modern-day proof of what genuine creative talent, exceedingly hard work, and decades of dedication to one’s craft can bring to the world.” I wholeheartedly agree. Mark is one of the most passionate and committed music-makers (and music-supporters) that I know. And that passion and persistence has paid off ten-fold in The Musician and The Muse. With an authentic bluesy vibe, tons of soul, killer guitar playing and vocals from Mark, and a palpable energy that prevails on every track. Get your hands on this album! It’s fantastic. Mark is the real deal, dammit, and most certainly has the talent to deserve world-wide acclaim.
We chatted about his passion for the blues (heck, he’s passionate about all kinds of music) and guitar playing and he shared a really sweet story about seeing BB King and other musical legends at age 12, hence changing his life’s course forever. We also talked about the making of the record and its inspiration, as well as what’s on the horizon for Mark (who not only recently opened for Marc Broussard in Minneapolis but will soon share a bill along with Nicholas David and Samantha Fish. WOW!). Did I mention this guy is a musical legend in the making?!?
Mark performed three songs from The Musician and The Muse:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out
Bound To Be Blessed
Listen to the entire segment here.


Unemployment numbers decrease across California as Sacramento underwent job growth at a rate not seen since before the recession.
Homeowners trying to sell their property in Sacramento may want to consider the condition of the market.
As the nation continues to recover from the recession, more indicators are showing positive momentum.
Finding the perfect neighborhood to live in can take time.
In California, new real estate figures are showing that rent-versus-buy calculations vary a great deal.
Residents who have recently purchased one of the homes for sale in Sacramento may want to consider adopting a pet.
Sacramento features a wide variety of industries within the greater metro area.
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A.L. Shields is a pseudonym for Stephen L. Carter, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, where he has taught for more than thirty years. He is also the author of seven acclaimed works of nonfiction and five bestselling novels, including The Emperor of Ocean Park, which spent eleven weeks on the New York Times best seller list.READ THE FULL BIO
Amy Clipston is the best-selling author of the Kauffman Amish Bakery series. Her novels have hit multiple best-seller lists including CBD, CBA, and ECPA. She and her family live in North Carolina.READ THE FULL BIO
Amy Matayo graduated from John Brown University with a degree in Journalism. Afterwards, she went to work at DaySpring Cards, where she worked for seven years. After the birth of her first child, she became a freelance writer for David C. Cook before pursuing novel writing full time. (more…)READ THE FULL BIO
Andrew Klavan is an award-winning writer, screenwriter, and media commentator. The author of internationally bestselling novels True Crime, filmed by Clint Eastwood, and Don’t Say a Word, filmed with Michael Douglas, Klavan is also a contributing editor to City Journal, the magazine of the Manhattan Institute. His essays and op-eds on politics, religion, movies, and literature have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, and elsewhere. He lives in Southern California.READ THE FULL BIO
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Beth Webb Hart, a South Carolina native, holds a B.A. in English Literature from Hollins College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Her first novel, Grace at Low Tide, was one of three finalists for the 2006 Christy Awards in the general/contemporary/fiction category. Her second novel, Adelaide Piper, was selected for Books-a-Million’s book club and for their national book of the month for December, 2006. Both titles were included in the “Top 10 Christian Novels of 2006” by Booklist, the American Library Association’s review journal. Hart’s third novel, The Wedding Machine, became an ECPA best-seller in July of 2008.
Beth Webb lectures on a variety of topics and has taught creative writing on the college and high school level where she received two national awards from Scholastic, Inc. She lives with her husband, composer Edward Hart, and their children in Charleston, South Carolina where she teaches English and Creative Writing at Ashley Hall.
Award-winning, bestselling author Beth Wiseman is best known for her Amish novels, but she has also written several successful contemporary novels, set primarily in her beloved Texas, including Need You Now and The House that Love Built. Both have received glowing reviews. Beth’s The Promise is inspired by a true story. Website: www.bethwiseman.com Twitter: @bethwiseman Facebook: Fans-of-Beth-WisemanREAD THE FULL BIO
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Betsy St. Amant lives in Louisiana with her young daughter and has a heart for sharing the amazing news of God’s grace through her novels. A freelance journalist, Betsy is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers. When she’s not reading, writing, or singing along to a Disney soundtrack with her daughter, Betsy enjoys inspirational speaking and teaching on the craft of writing. Visit her website at www.betsystamant.comFacebook: BetsySt.Amant Twitter: @betsystamantREAD THE FULL BIO
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Metronome hosts the NYFCC Awards at our Crimson venue!
Monday, January 7, 2013 marked the 78th year of the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and the fourth year in a row to host the awards ceremony at Metronome’s outstanding Manhattan venue Crimson!
This year, at the NYFCC Awards, Zero Dark Thirty was the big winner of the night, earning best picture, best director for Kathryn Bigelow, and best cinematography for Greg Fraser. Daniel Day-Lewis took home the award for Best Actor (“Lincoln”), Rachel Weisz for Best Actress (“The Deep Blue Sea”), Sally Field for Best Supporting Actress (“Lincoln”), and Mathew McConaughey for Best Supporting Actor (“Magic Mike” and “Bernie”). Metronome is honored to have been chosen as host for the event again this year. And as always, we were very excited to roll out the red carpet and raise our glasses to the achievements of some of our favorite actors and filmmakers at Crimson!
Below are some photos of the guests giving speeches and in front of our Metronome and Crimson logo wall. We would like to thank NYFCC and all the wonderful attendees for making Crimson their home for the evening! It was wonderful getting to see Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Chastain, Matthew McConaughey, Sally Field, Michael Moore, Chris Rock, Daniel Craig and everyone else that joined us.


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Winters can be quite long and dreary here in Ontario.
The approach of spring is a welcome change throughout the entire Niagara, ON region!
One of the best ways to celebrate, get some fresh air, and catch up with family and friends is to eat some delicious food.
And there’s no shortage of delicious restaurants with great dining experiences throughout our region.
Looking for some great food to chow down on this spring? Here are a few of our favorite Niagara, ON restaurants!
Prime Steakhouse in Niagara Falls
If you’re looking for a nice restaurant with excellent stakes and vegetarian options, then Prime Steakhouse in Niagara Falls, ON is an excellent option.
It’s located in the historic Crowne Plaza Hotel and boasts spectacular views from its floor-to-ceiling windows. Overlooking Niagara Falls, it offers a great romantic getaway to enjoy the Spring views from the dining room.
Prime Steakhouse is one of the highest rating restaurants in the region, well known for its seafood, wine, and steak as well as vegetarian options. Check out this 2019 OpenTable Diners’ Choice Award this season!
Treadwell in Niagara-on-the-Lake
For delicious local eats, Treadwell is a great option. Located on Queen Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Treadwell offers a range of seasonal and local fresh food and wine.
It’s one of the best places in town to try scallops and capers.
Tide and Vine Oyster House
Located in Niagara Falls, ON the Tide and Vine Oyster House is a delicious oyster restaurant. It’s a well-regarded local restaurant and the Niagara region’s only oyster house.
It has excellent venues for group events. While this restaurant is well-known for its array of seafood, it also has plenty of other options for those who prefer something else.
You can also grab a delicious beer or wine here. One of the most recommended meals is the chilled seafood tower that includes tuna tataki, lobster tail, shrimp, oysters, yellowfin, mussels, and marinated octopus.
M.T. Bellies Tap and Grill in Welland, ON
Another great spring dining option is M.T. Bellies Tap and Grill in Welland, ON. You can count on them for both “big food and big fun” and a variety of great fast eats. They have something for everyone, with a myriad of yummy apps, soups, salads, burgers, handhelds, other mains, desserts, and more.
Of course, you can’t forget the assortment of beer, wine, and cocktails as well!
Whether you’re headed out on a casual date night, family feast, or with a group of friends, you can count on M.T. Bellies for good food and a great time.
335 On The Ridge in Fort Erie, ON
335 On The Ridge is one of the best options around for fine dining. Located in the town of Ridgeway in Fort Erie, ON, it delivers high-quality cuisine and an unparalleled atmosphere. It’s an excellent location for a quieter night including dates and getaways.
You don’t have to sacrifice variety for quality with this fine dining establishment. They have a wide array of menu options including basics like bread service, antipasto boards, and burgers to more exquisite dishes like walnut and parmesan-crusted salmon, beef on weck pizza, and mussels and fries.
Mr. Mikes in St. Catharines, ON
Check out Mr. Mikes Steakhouse Casual in St. Catharine’s or Welland ON or for simple, casual dining this season. It’s a family-friendly restaurant that also offers an option for an urban lodge experience. You can enjoy a relaxed, casual environment with affordable eats. It’s one of the top locations for watching sporting events, comedy, and more.
They’ve got a huge variety of food and drink options to choose from that cover everything from kids’ food and dessert to pasta, burgers, steaks, salads, starters, and more. It’s easy for anyone to find something they like at Mr. Mike’s.
Restaurants are a Highlight of Niagara, ON
These are just a few of the incredible restaurants that our stunning region has to offer. You can enjoy cozy patios, clean indoor dining, and a variety of dishes from pizza and pasta to seafood and grilled goods. They are great places to try out this spring if you’re looking for a great meal!
As you can see, Niagara, ON restaurants are one of the top features of the Niagara, ON region. For home sellers in the area, this is great news! You can leverage our excellent dining as a major selling point for potential buyers. In addition to the gorgeous forests, expansive vineyards, and incredible lakes, it’s just one of the many benefits of living here.

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This story was originally published in October 2016 and updated this week in light of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. For more information about how to help prevent gun violence, visit everytown.org.
It's terrifying to think about your child ending up in a situation like the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, or the recent fatal playground attack at Townville Elementary in South Carolina. But experts say not only should you think about it — you should plan for it.
Sadly, we're living in a new normal, where mass shootings are in the news regularly. Caitlin Durkovich, assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security, says she's seen an uptick in educational institutions wanting to prepare for "the eventuality" of a mass shooting. In her opinion, training for one is no less important than regular fire and tornado drills.
"As we've learned, nowhere is immune to this," says Durkovich. The good news, she says, is that there's already proof that drills can save lives. So, we asked Durkovich and other experts to share what they know with you. Get ready to take notes:
1. Teach your kids this mantra: run, hide, fight.
"The idea is to provide basic, easy-to-remember actions in the event that people find themselves in an active shooter incident," says Durkovich. "Run, which means evacuate. Hide means find shelter. And in the worst-case scenario, if you have to fight, fight to save your life." (Think of it as "stop, drop and roll" for a different kind of emergency.) But, she is quick to point out, the steps are not necessarily intended to be done in order. Instead, it depends on your environment. "You can't always find an escape route, so it may require that you find a hiding place that is out of the visibility of the shooter," she says.
2. Here's another one: If you see something, say something.
"As we go about our daily lives, the biggest mistake is not being aware enough of our surroundings to notice what might be out of the ordinary or not normal," says Durkovich."It's reporting suspicious activity if something does seem out of place rather than going into that facility." The same goes for reporting suspicious activity on social media. Also good to note: Tell your kids not to open locked emergency doors, no matter how nice the person asking to get in may seem.
3. Make sure your kid understands school protocol.
Tonya Edwards, a kindergarten teacher in Kentucky, says her school implemented active shooter training for teachers after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook and now practices "lockdown" drills several times throughout the school year. In the drill, teachers lead students into a small, enclosed space, lock the door and tell them to be completely quiet. "I've had some [kids] burst out crying when I first start talking about it," says Edwards. "So you stress that it's pretend and a drill. We make it a game by picking out the quietest one, to get them in that mode of being still and quiet. One sound and that might make [the shooter] want to come in." Know what your children's school practices, and discuss it at home.
4. But it's not all on the school — you can help too.
Meet with local law enforcement, school administrators and even the PTA, advises Durkovich. Ask questions about what parents should do in the event of a lockdown and who's going to keep them updated and how (the school Durkovich's children attend sends out text messages to parents that are similar to when an Amber Alert has been issued). "Those are the types of things that schools need to have in place," says Durkovich. "Plan for what you're going to do with the kids and how you're going to effectively manage your communication with parents and law enforcement."
5. If they can run, do it in a zig-zag.
All three of the experts we spoke with agree it's the number one way to increase your chances of surviving. "A moving target is far more difficult to shoot than a stationary one," says Clint Emerson, a retired Navy Seal of 20 years and New York Times best-selling author of 100 Deadly Skills. His recommended technique? Running to something that could shield you from oncoming gunfire — think concrete pillars or behind a sink counter in the science lab — before sprinting to the next thing that could provide cover, until you're out of the building. "If there is no cover, run in a zig-zag motion as fast as you can to the first right-hand turn and get yourself out of sight," says Emerson. "That makes it very difficult for the shooter to be accurate."
6. If they can hide, hide behind something concrete.
You may not always have a choice, but if you do, avoid hiding behind things made of plastic (think bathroom stalls) or other thin materials (cabinet doors, for example). "If I'm going to hide, I'm going to hide behind things that stop bullets like trees, structural pillars and big concrete planters," says Emerson. He adds that if you're outside and there are vehicles like a school bus, hide on the engine end, not on the trunk end. "Bullets can rip right through that trunk and still hit you, but the engine is going to stop it," he says.
7. If there's nothing solid, at least hide out of sight.
Concealment could be your next best option. "That's like hiding behind curtains, but the curtains aren't going to stop a bullet," says Emerson. If you're in a room and it's possible, "always barricade the door for extra safety," he adds. "In a classroom, you should put filing cabinets on the same wall as the door and say, 'Kids, let's just slide this over.' [Ideally] what's going to happen is the shooter is going to give it some effort for a couple of minutes and then he's going to say 'Forget it' and move on."
8. When hiding, stay on hands and knees.
Whether you're dropping down as an immediate reaction to hearing shots fired or crouching down to hide behind something, never put any vital organs against the floor. "Most bullets, when they ricochet, they follow the path of the floor," explains Emerson. "If a bullet comes flying, I'd rather have my hands, knee or wrist hit. If you put your lungs, heart or head right against the ground, you might get a ricochet bullet passing through your body."
9. The bathroom shouldn't be their first choice.
Another thing that may not be possible, but if it is, avoid boxed-in spaces like bathrooms, conference rooms and movie theaters. "Anytime there's a confined space, get out of there," says Emerson. "[Public] bathrooms are horrible; they don't usually have windows and there's nothing in there that's going to stop a bullet." Another tip: Stay out of doorways.
10. The adults should fight as a group.
If you can't run or hide, adults especially still have the option of fighting. It's risky but, as Emerson points out, "This is probably one of the worst scenarios that you could ever imagine, so you've really got nothing to lose." Consider this: "It's [probably] the bad guy's first time to come through those doors and take people's lives," says Emerson. "He's nervous, he's not an experienced shooter. The reality is, with some confidence and knowing what you're going to do ahead of time, you actually have more of an advantage, especially if you're within striking distance."
So, how do you take down an armed killer? If possible, Emerson encourages adults to fight as a group. "Point out a few people and say, 'Hey, when he comes through the door I'm going to go for the weapon, you go for the head and you go for the hips.' It takes one person to make a move, and that gives everyone else the courage to help," he says. "But the weapon is primary. If it comes through the door, grab it and drive it toward a wall. Then get control of the [shooter's] spine, the hips and the head, which will control the rest of the body."
11. If all else fails, look for a fire extinguisher.
When you're fighting for your life, sometimes you have to get creative. Weapons? They're all around you. "Fire extinguishers are everywhere," he says. "You can hit somebody over the head with it, spray their face or put chemicals in their eyes. A lot of commercial buildings have fire hoses in the fire stairwells. You can grab one and turn the pressure on full and knock a bad guy down or create distractions."
12. Bottom line: Keep calm.
If nothing else, says Emerson, just try your best to keep everyone around you calm to avoid drawing unnecessary attention from the shooter. "Calm is just as contagious as panic," he says. "If you panic, others will panic. You need calm, you need calculation and you need to work as a team. There's always something you can be doing to increase your security, safety and lifespan when you're in this type of situation."
Ashley is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and former longtime editor at Glamour and, before that, Page Six Magazine (#RIP). In addition to those publications, her work has appeared in/on Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Goodhousekeeping.com, Self, Refinery29, The Well, Boston.com, The New York Post, The New York Times, Mademan.com, and various other outlets.


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SEMINARY, MS (WDAM) - The Seminary Police Department took a trip to Baton Rouge to help out flood victims.
A group of 10 people spent the day handing out supplies to people in need. The group met up with Temple Baptist Church in Louisiana and traveled to several neighborhoods giving out flood donations. Chief Michael Kelly said he is glad the police department could help out.
"Us in Mississippi can do what Mississippians do," Kelly said. "We can serve, and we can love, and we can give and support our neighbors to the west."
The department will take another trip to Baton Rouge on Saturday and will be accepting more donations.

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“Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.” — Arthur Schopenhauer
There have been many times when I felt that I always had to have and offer an opinion about everything right away. After a movie or a concert, such as, I often wanted to step right in with my comments and judgments. I would just “shoot from the hip”, without thinking or being attentive to my feelings, or the feelings of others.
This can be a way of warding off the experience, enclosing it within certain words. I’m quite certain that all of us have feared that we might be caught off guard and compelled to change or expand our own ideas. We feared being too vulnerable!
Images, sounds, poems, and plays can cause us to open ourselves to the unfamiliar and the new, and if we are quiet and attentive, we can come to fresh insights and understandings. And so it is too, with people. If we are patient and willing to listen, we will always be learning and growing through contact with others.
The beauty and joy of life dwell within differences. I am learning to be open and attentive to what has not been part of my existence up to now, so that it may come to color and enhance my life.
- 6 Quick Tips for Receiving Critiques Gracefully (sixrevisions.com)
- Hasty Judgment (gregghake.wordpress.com)
- Confronting Loved Ones (socyberty.com)
- Judging Personality Over the Holidays — 2010 Edition (psychologytoday.com)
“The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.” — Arthur Koestler
Many of us like me believed that we should strive for perfection, and often this means imitating someone whose life seems exemplary to us. We take enormously high standards from outside and we soon begin applying them to ourselves. I find that in my mind I obsessively check all the things people in my life may need or expect from me. Many of these thoughts and self-assessments reveal failure(s) on my part. I realize that I then begin to pre-plan the reaction. My pattern is I then start to beat myself up for my failures.
When we fall short, we berate ourselves. We become convinced that because we aren’t saints, we must have fallen from grace; imperfect, we come to despise ourselves. Surely, no one is as worthless as we are! We’ve failed again. Relapsed maybe, or acted out perhaps. Who could love us if they knew who we really were? When we take part in healthy relationships, we are not seen as we see ourselves – the shortfalls, the failures, missed opportunities, or any of the other negative ways we see us. Good and healthy people filter the way they see us and the filter is love.
So why then, do we insist on being judged by impossible standards? Why, oh why would we want to be like someone else? Why should we not search for what makes us original, precious, and worthy of care and love? Then we don’t have to go around with our eyes on the ground; we can look the world in the face because we know who we are. Who? Ourselves!

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Additive manufacturing, or fused filament fabrication, are industry terms for a major new consumer trend: 3D printing.
While the concept has been around for some time, the idea is a new one in practical terms, and still a strange one to many.
But start by thinking of 2D printing, in which a document is printed by applying ink to a flat piece of paper.
In 3D printing, the device uses not ink, but anything from coloured plastic to powdered metal to edible gelatine.
Toronto-based tech start-up Panda Robotics uses something called acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) in its printer; that’s like the material used to make Lego blocks.
So, somewhat like a traditional ink-and-paper printer, where a nozzle moves over the print surface, 3D printers lay down multiple layers of material, one on top pf the other, over and over, eventually building up a three-dimensional, solid object of pretty much any shape or size.
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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius — Maybe it’s just a temporary boost, but with SARS affecting manufacturing centers in China and Southeast Asia, many manufacturers are looking for alternate production sites and countries like Mauritius appear to be the short-term winners.
There have been more than 7,700 reported cases of SARS infections to date worldwide, with 623 deaths, as of Saturday, according to the World Health Organization. In China, 5,209 cases and 282 deaths have been logged, and in Hong Kong, there are 1710 cases and 243 deaths reported. With the daily infection rate hovering at just under 100 people a day, China’s huge textile and apparel industry is suffering some serious setbacks.
A bleak zero percentage growth rate is forecast for the industry in the second quarter. This is in sharp contrast to the exceptionally strong growth experienced during the first three months of this year. Textile exports for January and February alone this year totaled $9.6 billion, an increase of 23.3 percent from the same period last year, according to industry analysts.
So, other low-cost countries are poised to reap the benefits, albeit in the short term, as foreign orders shift production to unaffected areas. Besides Mauritius, others include India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey, Vietnam and Cambodia.
“It’s too early to say what impact SARS will have on the textile industry,” cautions Danielle Wong, director of the Mauritius Export Processing Zone Association. But she reports a definite increase in queries from potential new customers. “Companies that would normally source from China and the rest of Asia are coming here to check out the island’s manufacturing capabilities,” says Wong. “If they can’t go anywhere in Asia, they have to look for other possibilities.”
For the most part, the industry is adopting a wait-and-see attitude. Marie-Claire Woo, marketing director of Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile, says buyers have approached CMT with requests for samples and costings for styles that are normally sent to Chinese factories. “They are also demanding shorter production lead times, anywhere from two to six weeks,” she says.The majority of CMT’s production is destined for European markets, and Woo says commercial efforts are currently concentrating on summer 2004.There has been a rise of 10 to 15 per cent in orders on the T-shirt side, according to MEPZA president and managing director of southern textiles, Mookeshwarsing Gopal. “Buyers are placing their orders now for delivery in July and August,” he says, “which indicates that they are making early decisions. This may be in anticipation of potential production and delivery problems due to SARS, I can’t really be sure.”
All this talk about increased business is purely speculative — and optimistic — according to Ahmed Parkar, deputy chief executive of Star Knitwear Ltd.
“We have had an increase in business,” Parkar says, “but it is difficult at this point to say whether or not this is due to SARS.”
He added that the market is undergoing “some fundamental changes, which naturally impact the industry.” He noted that the phenomenal success of chains like Zara have made the traditional fashion- and volume-driven approach to buying and production with a six-month lead time outdated. “This is where Mauritius enjoys an advantage,” says Parkar. “Many factories are vertically integrated, and are capable of working on shorter lead times.”
There is no denying that SARS has had an impact on the global textile and clothing industry, which employs some 30 million people and has a combined annual volume $290 billion. China’s share of the market amounted to $61.77 billion in 2002, according to Chinese government statistics. That travel to infected areas has effectively been curtailed by the epidemic makes Parkar wonder whether, in this age of e-mail, Internet and satellite communication, traveling is all that important in the textile industry. “Is direct contact still as critical, when communication is made possible through the Internet and video-conferencing? Samples can be made up and sent off for approval via DHL.”
Woo insists that face-to-face contact is still necessary.“Some of the buyers have to see the product firsthand, and discuss changes in color or pattern or sizing right there before they can make a decision.”
Alain Rey, managing director of Novel Garments in Mauritius, agrees. Face-to-face contact is vital in finishing orders, and SARS has not helped the beleaguered manufacturing giant.“It’s very difficult to quantify the impact of SARS on our business,” Rey says. Novel, which counts among its customers American giants like Liz Claiborne and Tommy Hilfiger, has its marketing arm based in Hong Kong. And while none of the staff in Hong Kong has been infected, the WHO travel advisory has severely “restricted our marketing and merchandising activities.Buyers have said: ‘Don’t come see us, and we won’t come see you’, which makes business very much a struggle at the moment,” according to Rey.
Industry analysts say that at the end of the day, despite being able to work on shorter lead times, Mauritius is not as well-positioned as one might imagine to take orders that would otherwise have gone to China, particularly where U.S. customers are concerned. “Distance is an important factor,” explains one garment manufacturer, as is cost. “Labor is not all that cheap anymore in Mauritius, and cost is anywhere from 12 to 20 percent more than China. You would get cheaper labor in India, Bangladesh and Vietnam, for instance.” As for distance, shipments from Madagascar and Mauritius to the U.S. take at least 30 to 35 days, whereas shipments from the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia can get to the U.S. in 10 days. “And, when time is of the essence,” says Parkar, “shipments will have to be airfreighted, thus driving up costs even further.”
Bangladesh has already reported an increase of 20 percent in clothing export orders as buyers seek to steer production away from SARS-afflicted areas, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association. This is no small boost to the Bangladeshi economy: clothing accounted for 75 percent of its average export earnings of nearly $6 billion in the last fiscal year.
In displacing orders to other secure and uninfected centers of production, buyers are essentially offering only “very temporary relief,” Rey believes.
“In a very competitive situation, this is not very good,” he concludes. “Once SARS is under control and the situation has been corrected, those manufacturers in the Far East who have lost out in the interim will be very hungry for more business. This will make the price war far fiercer than it already is. I only hope we can get over this.”
@margotrobbie steps out onto the red carpet wearing @miumiu. The actress is nominated for “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role” in “I, Tonya” at the #SagAwards. (📷: Stewart Cook) #wwdfashion
For @massimogiorgetti of @msgm, the Nineties are his favorite decade. “They had a huge impact on my personal growth. What I like of the Nineties is that they are not so precise in terms of style as other decades…there was actually a bit of everything,” he said. As seen on MSGM’s Spring 2018 show: tie-dye and a bit of grunge, two styles that are synonymous with the decade #wwdfashion #wwddecades (📷: @kukukuba)
Breaking News: @hedislimane joins @celine as its new artistic, creative and image director. One of fashion’s preeminent image-makers and trendsetters, Slimane is to join the LVMH brand on Feb. 1 and unveil his first fashion proposition for men and women next September during Paris Fashion Week. It marks a major homecoming for Slimane, who cemented his reputation – and influenced men’s tailoring for more than a decade – as the designer of Dior Homme between 2000 and 2007. He went on to reinvent and ignite the house of Yves Saint Laurent, which he rechristened Saint Laurent, between 2012 and 2016 – all the while maintaining a close relationship with the Arnault family, which controls LVMH and Dior. Read the full exclusive story on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdnews #wwdfashion
“Personally I believe the Eighties have been the richest and more vivacious period for international fashion,” Giorgio Armani said when asked what his favorite decade of fashion is. It was a moment of disruption and experimentation and only thinking back to the first years of that decade is always an emotion for me, for what they have meant to me and my work.” The influence is clear in @giorgioarmani spring 2018 collection, pictured here, which was full of bright colors and unexpected prints. Read more about which decades designers loved most on WWD.com #wwdfashion #wwddecades (📷: @aitorrosasphoto)
For Lady Gaga’s only Italian show on her “Joanne World Tour,” the singer wore a range of @versace_official outfits. The standout piece: this custom-made bodysuit inspired by the brand’s spring 2018 collection. #wwdfashion (RG: @ladygaga)
@_camillaruth_ is expanding on the wellness-craze concept with @westbourne – a new NYC restaurant that’s both a healthy-minded café as well as a business that gives back to the community. Marcus works with the Robin Hood foundation to give back to The Door, a non-profit providing youth development services, and also hires employees through The Door. Read our full interview with Marcus on giving back through food on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: @lexieblacklock)

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If your childhood was anything like mine, your parents most likely treated you to those shake and bake bottles of powdered pancake mixes. Then you became an adult and transformed into your own little guru on nutrition, educating yourself on the amount of sugar and unknown additives and preservatives that are actually in those bottles. Maybe every so often you still revert to these ultra-convenient packet pancakes?
Regardless of your guilty pleasures, I’m here to show you a super easy and nutritious pancake recipe that might just become your staple breakfast!
Did you know that your body reacts to white flour the same way that it reacts to sugar? Yup that includes that crazy sugar high before crashing back down! That’s why I’ve used oat flour for the base of these pancakes. Unlike white flour, oat flour doesn’t have all its nutrients stripped from it and is packed with protein.
The protein from the oat flour in this recipe alone contains almost 60g from the two cups included! Oat flour is a great source of manganese, selenium, iron and thiamine. There’s also plenty of other trace minerals and vitamins to boost your intake from this delicious recipe.
Eggs are a powerhouse for nutrients and I believe one of the best ways to start the day. From two eggs you meet 70% of your recommended daily intake (RDI) of choline. You may not be familiar with its name, but it’s an essential nutrient that’s needed for communication between cells, and supporting healthy brain function.
You could compare it to some B vitamins, as choline is also responsible for energy production. Other nutrients in eggs include selenium, biotin, vitamin B12 and iodine. Protein is around 12g for two eggs used in this recipe.
Rather than cow’s milk, I’ve selected almond milk as it’s an alternative source of calcium. Surprisingly, it also contains omega-3 fatty acids which you usually find in fish sources. Omega-3’s have been linked to improved brain performance and memory. Couple regular consumption of almond milk and eggs, and you’ll be feeling pretty sharp when tackling any academic tasks! Almond milk is also a great source of iron, potassium, vitamin B6 and vitamin E.
For the compote, the combination of oranges and lemon add a great flavor while also boosting your vitamin C levels, which is an essential vitamin for improving immunity.
Lemons remain one of the most talked about foods in the health world, due to their protective properties and functionality within the body. Oranges and lemons are each great sources of antioxidants, which help to prevent many modern-day diseases and keep all of your healthy cells untouched by toxins and foreign invaders.
If you like pancakes don’t forget to try my Buckwheat Banana Pancakes, they’re simply delicious!
I love seeing your take on my recipes, so if you make this pancake recipe don’t forget to tag me @theawesomegreen so I can see them and share with the community!
Oat Pancakes with Citrus Compote
- 2 cups oat flour choose a gluten-free labeled one
- 2 organic eggs beaten
- 1 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 tbsp raw cacao powder
- Pinch sea salt
- 2 tbsp coconut oil melted, plus extra for cooking
- For the citrus compote
- 1 lemon peeled and cut into slices (preserve the juices)
- 2 oranges peeled and cut into slices
- 2 cardamom pods
- 1 tsp freshly grated ginger
- 1 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup purified water
- To serve: pure maple syrup
- Prepare the citrus compote first – add the citrus juices, ginger, cardamom, maple syrup and water into a medium soup pot, bring to boil over medium heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and transfer the citrus slices into a jar together with their juices and set aside.
- In a large bowl combine the oat flour, cacao powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add the eggs, maple syrup and almond milk, and whisk to obtain a creamy batter.
- Heat 1 tsp coconut oil into a cast iron skillet over medium heat, and add 1/4 cup of the batter into the skillet.
- Cook for 2 minutes until bubbles appear on the surface, then flip over and bake for two more minutes.
- Remove from the skillet and continue the same with the rest of the batter.
- Serve the pancakes warm, with citrus compote.
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Don’t just build… do it right, says architects’ boss
By continuing to ignore professionals in the built environment, developers are walking a tight rope, warns Jacob Mwangi, CEO, Architectural Association of Kenya.
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Kenyan developers and potential homeowners have been urged to consider using registered professionals and contractors, get the necessary permits and use the right materials when putting up new buildings.
The immense pressure for the construction of more buildings to meet the housing, commercial and other social needs of the ever-growing population has regrettably led to the development of structures that have failed to meet the minimum standards to guarantee a decent quality of life for the occupants from health, safety, and comfort perspectives.
Jacob Mwangi, Chief Executive Officer, Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) says for many people, building a home is a once-in-a-lifetime project that should motivate you to bring out the best and deliver long term value to its owners.
“To do this, you need to use a registered professional and contractor, get the necessary permits and use the right materials,” Mwangi told Boma in an interview.
Last year, the Nairobi County Urban Planning and Housing Committee chairman Anthony Kiragu said that only 25 per cent of the city buildings had their plans approved by City Hall after adhering to city zoning policies.
This is a dangerous situation in a city that aspires to be a world-class metropolis, especially considering that 61 per cent of Nairobi’s inhabitants live in informal settlements.
Mwangi said despite the fact that there are laws that are quite clear that developers must engage properly qualified built environment professionals to provide advice on projects, obtain necessary construction permits, use the right materials and use registered contractors, the majority of property developers have chosen to ignore them.
“These requirements are put in place to promote the orderly development of our towns and cities.
However, there is this perception that the fees paid to consultants are an unnecessary cost to the developer who can obtain similar services from unqualified or illegal practitioners at a cheaper cost. Nothing can be further from the truth,” he said.
Further, this situation is exacerbated by the cumbersome procedures that developers need to go through to obtain construction permits for their projects.
The construction permitting sections at the county governments are oftentimes opaque, understaffed and havens of corrupt activities.
He warned that the imaginary savings made from sidestepping professional services are ultimately lost, either through the collapse of the building or delivery of a sub-optimal and unappealing buildings.
Factoring the quality and quantity of materials used, inevitable modifications and maintenance costs as well as the off-the-record costs associated with evading the law.
“This is evidenced by the loss of lives and injuries caused by the frequent incidences of the collapse of buildings, inaccessibility of buildings during disasters such as floods and fires,” he said.
“Worse, there is exposure to communicable diseases in densely populated areas, as we are currently experiencing with the Covid-19 pandemic.
In addition, we have seen the emergence of neighbourhoods that can hardly be described as attractive,” Mwangi said.
“Our cities and other areas are defined by the buildings that make them up. We construct buildings, whether for residential, commercial or other purposes that will outlive us and it is important that we put up structures that will inspire pride for us and the future generations,” he added.
To ensure that information about the procedures for obtaining construction permits is easily accessible to Kenyans, AAK has launched a website www.buildhub.aak.or.ke.
Visitors to the site can then understand the procedures, documents required, and fees chargeable as they prepare to commence their projects, with the guidance of a consultant.
“This initiative, together with efforts to deploy information and communication technology to automate the processes of obtaining construction permits and which the Association supports, will go a long way in improving the manner in which we deal with construction permits,” Mwangi said.


Updated: Feb 8, 2019
Among the challenges presented by the Trump regime is the sheer scope of mendacity, venality, bad policy, bad faith, bamboozlement, willful ignorance, and pure meanness in every sense of that word on display day in and day out. Each day brings fresh outrage. Where is one to begin?
The activities of resistance groups with which I am associated have in recent months focused on the midterm elections, atrocities committed at the border by order of the president and the attorney general, the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court, and renewed urgency to protect the Mueller investigation in the wake of the forced resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his temporary replacement by a man whose qualifications are dubious at best.
Our efforts have seen mixed results. They were rewarded in the midterms even though some fine candidates went down to defeat. I trust we have not seen the last of Beto O'Rourke, Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum, Jamie McLeod-Skinner, and Carolyn Long, among others. Having mentioned O'Rourke, I am compelled to comment on recent buzz about him as a potential presidential candidate in 2020. He is impressive, we need him in public life, and maybe a presidential run will be in order down the road. But Beto O'Rourke has no business running for president in 2020 on the strength of losing a Senate race to Ted Cruz, no matter well he fought the good fight.
Republican Mia Love officially went down in Utah today. Coupled with the Republican debacle in Orange County, the Utah result gives the Democrats at least 234 seats in the next Congress, with I believe three races yet to be decided. Geoffrey Skelley and Julia Wolfe at FiveThirtyEight argue that the Democrats overperformed in the Senate despite losing seats (No, Democrats Didn't Win The Senate. But They Did Better Than It Seems. November ). We can hope this bodes well for 2020 although the vagaries of the electoral college and state demographics may yet be to Trump's advantage.
The Kavanaugh episode was a disaster all around. There was reason enough to oppose Kavanaugh's elevation to the Supreme Court before Christine Blasey Ford came forward. I had a feeling from the start that this would not turn out well no matter how it turned out. In the end Kavanaugh was confirmed and Trump's base was roused. Maybe this was one factor among others that swayed some voters, maybe among the fabled suburban women, to vote for Democratic candidates this time around. How significant it was is a matter of conjecture. For the record I found Ford credible, Kavanaugh near abominable, and still have misgivings about the affair. Democrats on the whole did not acquit themselves well. That Republicans on the whole were worse is scant consolation.
Amid all this came the sobering report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (press release, October 8, 2018). Yes, it has gotten attention, especially with the horrible fires in California, but not enough attention. The takeaway is that we have limited time to take drastic action if we hope to stave off consequences on a scale that is scarcely imaginable.
The president continues to deny that human activity is a factor in climate change. Instead he spews inane blatteration about wanting to have a great climate and raking as a strategy for forest management while promoting fossil fuel dependency that is at the heart of the problem.
We should be treating climate change as if the nation's fate hangs in the balance, because it does. Yet we are still not doing things to address climate change that we should have been doing twenty-five years ago when they would have been easier and cheaper and offered greater promise of success. I am all for pouring resources into the development of wind, solar, and other energy alternatives to fossil fuels, all manner of other energy-efficient technology, and public transportation. But that alone may not be enough.
We cannot count on the gods of technology to bail us out. I fear though that even the good guys in the environmental movement and in political office are too ready to allow us to harbor the illusion that everything will be hunky-dory if we just transition to wind, solar, &c. Nobody wants to suggest to us Americans that we just might, god forbid, have to change our lifestyles in substantive, meaningful ways, with differences that really make a difference. We might even have to do things whose impact on the economy and on our personal lives is not what we want it to be. Every trip we take in an automobile is part of the problem. My flight to Tulsa to spend Christmas with my brother and the family is part of the problem.
Not much else will matter over the long term, and not all that long, unless we act decisively...and, maybe, get lucky.
A Little Further Reading
Global Climate Change Facts, NASA [I'm surprised this information remains available online]
Bill McKibben, A Very Grim Forecast, The New York Review of Books, November 22, 2018


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Security is tightening at the Howard County Courthouse. Board of Commissioners President Paul Raver says the board approved more stringent security measures on Monday. He says X-ray machines and metal detectors will be installed at the courthouse entrance. Two full-time security officers are also currently being trained. The vote completes a plan for total security begun after a bombing inside the courthouse 20 years ago. Explosives were detonated inside the building in April 1987 by a man on trial for drug charges. The blast killed the bomber and injured 15 others. Raver says it’s taken two decades to get to this point because of funding issues and public pressure for a hassle-free courthouse. Raver says that concern was partially eliminated by moving administrative offices out of the courthouse.
The new security procedures also require all county employees to wear photo identification badges. Raver says frequent visitor cards will be available for 50 dollars for people making daily trips to the courthouse. Both visitor and county ID cardholders will be able to skip the entry checkpoint. Raver says the X-ray machines and metal detectors should be in place by the end of the month.

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16-time World Champion John Cena is now a part-timer, having a busy schedule in Hollywood. Therefore it comes as no surprise he is set to star in yet another movie, this time being ‘Ricky Stanicky.’
The Leader of Cenation never fails to give it his best no matter what role he is given and his Hollywood accomplishments in the past few years speak for themselves. This includes his roles in films such as ‘The Suicide Squad’ and ‘Peacemaker’ and even the ‘Fast & Furious’ movies.
The first trailer for ‘Ricky Stanicky’ has finally dropped as well. Scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime on March 7, 2024, the film features a cast including John Cena, Zac Efron, William H. Macy, Anja Savcic, Andrew Santino, Lex Scott Davis, Jane Badler, and Jermaine Fowler.
On top of that, ‘Ricky Stanicky’ is directed by Peter Farrelly and written by Jeffrey Bushell, Brian Jarvis, and Jim Freeman. The trailer shows John Cena being natural in his comedic role to boot.
”When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, they still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior.”
John Cena is presently on a Hollywood press tour for his upcoming film ‘Argylle’. Scheduled to premiere in theaters on February 2, the movie also features Henry Cavill and Samuel L. Jackson.
John Cena hasn’t been seen on WWE television since the Crown Jewel Premium Live Event on November 4th, 2023. It remains to be seen when Cena will be able to make his return to the squared circle.
What do you think of this John Cena story? Are you looking forward to this movie? Let us know in the comments section below!


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ORLANDO, Fla. — Details are emerging on a new HHS task force faced with a monumental task: creating a regulatory structure to oversee utilization of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
An executive order signed by President Joe Biden in October directed the HHS to create a comprehensive plan for assessing AI before it goes to market, and monitoring performance and quality once the technology is actually in use. The executive order gave the task force 12 months to deliver after it starts work.
That clock is ticking. And it’s a tall order: Though individual agencies have promulgated rules around AI in the past, regulators are faced with putting guardrails around ever more advanced models, including some that automatically learn and evolve in real time without human feedback.
The task force is thinking about how to create appropriate safety programs and strategies to manage those technologies, according to Greg Singleton, chief artificial intelligence officer at the HHS.
“The real-time learning environments — we’re going to have to come up with and develop some sort of assurance, monitoring, risk-management practices around — just to kind of put a buffer around those, so we’re comfortable with them. And a lot of good work is going into that,” Singleton said during a Wednesday panel on AI policy at the HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida.
Task force makeup
The HHS’ task force is composed of senior members of the administration — mostly the heads of the agencies making up HHS: the CMS, the Food and Drug Administration, the Office of the National Coordinator, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Singleton and another HHS source.
Beneath those leaders, the task force has specific working groups around core issues in AI: drugs and devices, research and discovery, critical infrastructure, biosecurity, public health, healthcare and human services, internal operations, and ethics and responsibility, the HHS AI head said.
Those working groups raise questions and bring suggestions to senior leadership on the task force, which meet monthly and provide guidance on how to proceed.
The task force also plans to engage with the private sector to get their perspective on where it should focus, Singleton said. In the absence of a comprehensive federal strategy, AI developers and their technology and hospital partners have been standing up governance groups to self-police their utilization of AI.
“I’m expecting we’ll have a series of listening sessions and engagement opportunities, perhaps some request for comment, a number of communications coming out,” Singleton said. “There will be more details to come.”
U.S. lags in regulations
Despite numerous bills that have bubbled up in Congress, the U.S. has taken a largely hands-off approach to AI oversight so far, even as the technology becomes increasingly pervasive in the public sphere and a number of industries, including healthcare.
Tech giants like Google and Microsoft are notching partnerships with major hospital systems to use their reams of patient data to train and deploy AI models. Use cases for the technology run the gamut from streamlining nurse handoffs between shifts to improving contouring for radiotherapy planning to nudging at-risk patients when they’re overdue for a checkup.
The U.S.’ inaction stands in sharp contrast to the European Union, which on Wednesday approved the AI Act — one of the first laws in the world to erect comprehensive strictures around AI. The AI Act divides the technology into levels of risk ranging from “unacceptable” to “low hazard,” which determine how much scrutiny an AI application will face.
There are concerns the law — which also includes steep fines for noncompliance — will stifle AI progress in the bloc.
Regulators and legislators in Washington have said they don’t want to inadvertently tamp down innovation in the private sector as the U.S. — the home of most of the heaviest hitters in AI development, like Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta — continues to jockey with China for AI supremacy.
Building on agency authorities
Still, federal agencies have taken some steps they could build on to oversee AI in the healthcare space, Singleton said.
The CMS is exploring how the authorities already granted to it by Congress around the administration of patient benefits and reimbursements could be extrapolated to regulate AI, Singleton said. There’s some precedent: The agency finalized a rule last spring prohibiting Medicare Advantage plans from using AI to make bulk determinations on coverage decisions.
Similarly, the HHS Office for Civil Rights is looking at how Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination in the administration of care, could apply to AI governance, according to the HHS AI lead.
In addition, the ONC, which oversees U.S. health IT, finalized a rule late last year requiring government-certified electronic health records using algorithms for clinical decision support to disclose how the AI is maintained and updated. The FDA also has an approval process in place for medical devices using AI. Regulators have cleared almost 700 to date.
Approving AI-based medical devices is entirely different than approving models that constantly evolve, such as generative AI, Singleton said. Still, the technology isn’t entirely new for regulators.
“Those are just examples of how we’re approaching it, looking at what we have in our stable and where that aligns with our values,” Singleton said. “Is it the end result answer? Does it give the answer for what AI should be in 10 years? No.”

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