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Easton Dermatology Associates
Dermatologists located in Easton, MD & Salisbury, MD
Vitiligo is a disease that causes your skin to lose its color in patches. The extent and rate of color loss caused by the disease is unpredictable, and blotches of lighter skin can appear anywhere on your body. Although vitiligo isn’t contagious or life-threatening, it can be life-altering, affecting your outlook and self-esteem. The team of providers at Easton Dermatology Associates offer comprehensive vitiligo care, including many effective treatment options.
Vitiligo Q & A
What is vitiligo?
Vitiligo occurs when the cells that produce melanin, the pigment that determines the color of your skin, hair, and eyes, die or stop functioning properly. Although the condition is usually associated with the development of light patches of skin, it can affect any part of your body where melanin is present. People with vitiligo can develop patches of white hair, splotches on the inside of the mouth, or even a lightening of the iris.
Anyone can develop vitiligo, regardless of their skin color. Medical researchers don’t yet understand exactly what causes the cells that produce melanin to die or fail, but they do recognize that there are two main types of the disease:
Segmental vitiligo: This form of the condition usually begins at an early age, progresses for a year or two, and then stops, with lighter patches appearing only on one side or part of your body.
Non-segmental (or generalized) vitiligo: The most common form of the disease, non-segmental vitiligo appears on both sides of your body. There’s usually a rapid loss of skin color in the beginning which then stops. This start-and-stop cycle usually continues for life, allowing color loss to expand and grow more noticeable.
Does vitiligo pose any health risks?
Although vitiligo can begin at any age, it usually starts before the age of 20. It’s thought that vitiligo may be linked to family history, an immune system disorder, or a trigger event, such as a sunburn, stress, or exposure to industrial chemicals.
Most people with vitiligo don’t have additional symptoms, but some people find that it itches or feels painful. The main health risks associated with the condition are social anxiety or psychological distress, an increased risk of sunburn and skin cancer, and an increased risk of eye problems and hearing loss.
How is vitiligo treated?
Vitiligo has no cure, but treatment can help stop or slow the pigment loss or restore some color to your skin. Treatment usually begins with a thyroid test to determine whether your thyroid is healthy, because treating thyroid disease will typically control vitiligo. When your thyroid isn’t the problem, treatment options include cosmetics to help camouflage lost skin color, topical prescription medications that add color to your skin, and laser light treatments.
The team at Easton Dermatology Associates use excimer laser treatments to restore color to skin affected by vitiligo. This cutting-edge technology uses a handheld device to send concentrated, precision beams of ultraviolet light directly to the affected areas. Because these devices don’t target healthy skin, they can deliver a high-dose treatment of ultraviolet light for faster clearing and a longer remission. Excimer laser treatments work best on facial skin, and are less effective on hands and feet.
About 70% of patients who are treated with excimer lasers will see significant results after several weeks of treatments. Although laser treatment may restore color to the affected skin, it’s important to note that it won’t prevent continued loss of color or recurrence.
Major Insurance Providers Accepted
At Easton Dermatology Associates, we accept most major insurance plans. Here is a list of some of the plans we accept. Please contact our office if you do not see your insurance provider listed.

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EUR/USD Rate Talking Points
EUR/USD retraces the decline from earlier this month on the back of US Dollar weakness, but the opening range for November casts a bearish outlook for the exchange rate amid the failed attempt to clear the October high (1.1180).
EUR/USD Reaction to Trump-Powell Meeting Mired by Monthly Open Range
EUR/USD extends the rebound from the monthly low (1.0989) as US President Donald Trump meets with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to discuss “interest rates, negative interest, low inflation, easing, Dollar strength & its effect” on the economy.
It seems as though the Trump administration will put increased pressure on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to reverse the four rate hikes from 2018 amid signs of a slowing economy.
In fact, the Atlanta Fed GDPNow model now projects a 0.3% rate of growth for the fourth quarter versus 1.0% on November 8, and the central bank may keep the door open to further embark on its rate easing cycle as “weakness in global growth and trade developments have weighed on the economy and pose ongoing risks.”
However, recent remarks from Fed officials suggest the central bank will revert to a wait-and-see approach at its last meeting for 2019 as Chairman Powell and Co. “see the current stance of monetary policy as likely to remain appropriate as long as incoming information about the economy remains broadly consistent with our outlook of moderate economic growth.”
At the same time, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren, a 2019 voting member on the FOMC, warns about the “side effects” of low interest rates and argues that the central bank wouldn’t have “that much room before short term interest rates would hit zero” if an economic slowdown occurs.
The comments suggest that a growing number of Fed officials will tame bets for another rate cut in 2019, but the European Central Bank (ECB) may take a different approach as Chief Economist Philip Lane insists that monetary policy in the Euro area is “not particularly a super loose policy.”
In addition, Governing Council member Bostjan Vasle states that there’s “still room” to provide additional monetary support as the central bank struggles to achieve its one and only mandate for price stability.
It remains to be seen if the ECB will take further steps to insulate the monetary union as Christine Lagarde takes the helm, and the account of the October meeting may reveal a growing divide within the Governing Council as Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann contends that Euro area interest rates are close to the lower bound.
With that said, EUR/USD may face a more bearish fate over the remainder of the year as the FOMC moves away from its rate easing cycle while the ECB reestablishes its asset-purchase program.
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EUR/USD Rate Daily Chart
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- Keep in mind, the broader outlook for EUR/USD remains tilted to the downside as the exchange rate clears the May-low (1.1107) following the Federal Reserve rate cut in July, with Euro Dollar trading to a fresh yearly-low (1.0879) in October.
- The recent correction in EUR/USD appears to have run its course as the advance from the yearly-low (1.0879) fails to produce a test of the Fibonacci overlap around 1.1190 (38.2% retracement) to 1.1220 (78.6% retracement).
- At the same time, the monthly opening range fosters a bearish outlook for EUR/USD amid the lack of momentum to test the October-high (1.1180).
- However, the failed attempt to test the Fibonacci overlap around 1.0950 (100% expansion) to 1.0980 (78.6% retracement) has generated a fresh series of higher highs and lows in EUR/USD, with a break/close above the 1.1100 (78.6% expansion) handle bringing the 1.1140 (78.6% expansion) region back on the radar.
- Will keep a close eye on the Relative Strength Index (RSI) as it snaps the upward trend from September and appears to be carving a bearish formation.
- Waiting for a break/close below the overlap around 1.0950 (100% expansion) to 1.0980 (78.6% retracement) to favor a run at the 1.0830 (78.6% expansion) to 1.0860 (23.6% retracement) region.
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40mm high and 20mm wide. 7g silver weight. 8.4g gold weight. With 18 inch chain.
Handmade and hallmarked in Ireland.
This cross of St. Patrick and St. Columba is an authentic copy of the front and back faces of the original cross in Kells, County Meath.
Columba founded a monastic settlement in Iona, an island off the coast of Scotland in 561. It was plundered repeatedly by Vikings and in 806 the surviving monks moved to Kells. It was there that Ireland’s best collection of High Crosses was assembled. The Cross of Kells, like the other crosses, is weather worn but it is still possible to discern its great beauty and unusual features. The scenes depicted in the panels of the cross are from the Old and New Testaments.
Read more about the monastery at Kells and the Celtic high crosses to be found there.

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BNSF freight train on fire after derailment in North Dakota -official
A BNSF train derailed on Monday in eastern North Dakota and was on fire, said Cecily Fong, public information officer with the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services.
Some seven to eight cars derailed, Fong said. Fong was unable to confirm the train’s cargo.
A local North Dakota news website, NewsDakota.com, cited a local firefighter as saying the train was carrying oil.
The derailment occurred west of Casselton, North Dakota, between an ethanol plant and the Casselton Reservoir, Fong said.
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When I learned that Frank Hodge had died, I immediately thought of all the people whose lives he had touched. Frank had that indelible knack. We quickly became entangled in his fiendish web of book people. Writers, teachers, readers, librarians: Hodge-Podgers, all. Somehow we were all mixed up in this beautiful community together. And it was fun. Full of laughter. Impromptu read-alouds. Mischievous zingers. Kindness. Frank made us feel not only validated, but gloriously celebrated, as if our work really, really mattered. You don’t see that much these days. But for Frank, it was like air. It was breathing. He represented something that feels nearly lost today, the way we hear stories about editor Ursula Nordstrom and think, oh gosh, that must have been something.
I decided to reach out to different folks who knew Frank, to see if they would like to share a few words, a memory, a photo, something. The response was overwhelming but not surprising. Please forgive me if I failed to connect with you. Feel free to leave a comment.
When I was a young, aspiring author who didn’t believe in herself (that could still describe me, except for the “young” part), I came home to see my answering machine blinking. It was a long, effusive, incredibly affirming message from Frank Hodge — Frank Hodge! — telling me how much he loved my third book Weasel. I listened to it over and over again, and couldn’t bring myself to erase it. Eventually I had to replace that machine. But Frank’s words made all the difference in my brain and in my career. Those were heady days; Frank’s conferences were so full of joy and enthusiasm and positivity about ideas and books and the power of literature. I miss that, and I will miss him.
Frank changed my American life and brought me to the attention of thousands of readers who would never have otherwise known me. I’ve been feeling lost and miserable since he died. I’m all by myself, as it were, down here in Australia, with a massive lump in my throat and no one to hug, i.e. no one who knew Frank.
I adored Frank. He was one of the world’s extraordinary people: outrageous, brilliant, and incredibly generous, occasionally difficult, with a wicked sense of humour and a love of salacious gossip—and a distaste for vegetables of any colour, much to my endless horror. Our conversations went far into the night but I never had to take my make-up off afterwards because I’d already cried it off, with laughter.
Reader’s Digest used to run a regular feature called “My Most Unforgettable Character.” For me, that would be Frank Hodge, who was a great force for good and joy in the world of children’s books. As anyone who ever attended one can testify, Frank’s conferences were one-of-a-kind events. An image that I still carry with me –- something I saw on numerous occasions –- is that of coming into the book area after Frank had done one of his presentations and not being able to see the sales tables at all because the throng of teachers and librarians trying to get at them was four deep. That was how good he was at getting people excited about books.
His conferences were always themed, and there is one that will always remain my favorite. I had been hanging around with him in the store on Lark Street, chatting about one thing and another, when we got to talking about how much kids loved scary stories. Frank promptly decided that he should focus a conference around that, and thus was “BOO!” born. An entire conference devoted to scary stories. How delicious! Without informing him of what I had in mind, prior to my presentation I dressed up as my “half mad twin brother, Igor.” When he introduced me this shambling, long-bearded, fur-coated hunchback came down the center aisle. He reacted perfectly, and I was never sure whether I had actually fooled him or he was going along with the fun. When I got up beside him I pulled aside my fake beard and said, “It’s me, Bruce!” We were still laughing about it years later.
Frank showed me innumerable kindnesses when I was just getting started, as I know he did to countless other writers and illustrators. His conferences were one of a kind –- and so was he. We will not see his like again.
The field of children’s literature is filled with brilliant, generous people, none more so than Frank Hodge. He helped countless readers to find the perfect book, and countless authors (including me) to find their way in the world of publishing. He was warm, witty, and a raconteur of the highest order.
Frank had a big heart, although his love didn’t extend to technology. For years I was his tech support guy, and he always seemed to need an awful lot of support. It took me years to finally understand why; Frank preferred it when his computer was broken.
It was easy to drop by the store. I worked nearby, and told Frank to call whenever he had an issue, but he stubbornly refused to pick up the phone. Whenever something would go wrong—say, he forgot the icon to get back into his email inbox—he would sit down and write me a letter, then shut down his computer. Days would pass.
To make sure I couldn’t reply too quickly, Frank made the letters difficult to read. One letter was typed on the back of a paper napkin from Price Chopper. Another was typed in random chunks, scattered at odd angles across the page. His masterpiece was a long strip of paper tape with sentences that started and ended halfway through. It took the better part of an afternoon to figure that one out.
There was nothing quite like a Frank Hodge letter, just as there was nothing like a Frank Hodge bookstore, conference, or conversation. I’m blessed I could experience them all.
Frank was such a wonderful, unquenchable spirit. It’s hard to think of him without a smile coming to my face. All those decades that he ran Hodge-Podge
Books, his teaching, the festivals he put together. For so many years it seemed as if his energy was everywhere in the world of children’s literature.
One story that I remember about Frank is an incident he told me about when he had to have surgery some years back.
Shortly after his surgery a nurse came into his room and said “It’s time for you to get up.”
“No,” Frank replied, “it is most definitely NOT time for me to get up. If I try to get out of bed now I will fall flat on my face.”
But the nurse was insistent, not realizing she was reading the wrong chart.
“All right,” Frank said he told the nurse. “If you insist!”
At that point in the story, Frank started laughing.
“What happened next?” I asked him.
“Well, what do you think happened?” he replied. “I got out of bed and fell flat on my face.”
And then he laughed even harder!
Loren C. Green
I first met Frank when I was waiting tables at his favorite spot. When Frank learned I was studying to be an English teacher, he invited me to Hodge-Podge to enjoy some of the new books. I was so intimidated that it took me almost two years to gather the gumption to take him up on his offer. I was terrified that Frank might wonder what I thought of a book and I had no confidence in my ability to recognize or articulate my thoughts.
On that first visit, Frank offered me a pile of books and ordered us lunch. We sat in his backyard sanctuary and by the time I left six hours later, I had a second stack of books to read and a new job helping to ship books all over creation.
Almost thirty years later, my friendship with Frank remains one of the singular defining ingredients of my life. Visits with Frank always morphed into adventures and his endless trove of stories was, reliably, equal parts mirth and tutorial. Like the books and the authors Frank championed, he was a master at imparting insight and emoting compassion while disarming with humor. He never did overcome his fear that his own writing might not measure up, but I was blessed with countless chapters of his story and their lessons have helped shape me.
These last two years, I struggled to visit Frank as often as I should have but when I could muster the courage, Frank would do his best to ask after the goings on in my world and he never missed an opportunity to tease me mercilessly, somehow stealing a narrow path through the closing fog to reprise his role, for another moment, as the perennial rascal prince.
One quick story — Frank came to speak at my school (I was a school librarian in Schenectady and teaching at Woodlawn school at the time) and of course that required picking him up at the bookstore in Albany since he didn’t drive. We were talking in the car on the way to school and he was surprisingly unsure about how effective he would be working with the kids, especially at the middle school level. I assured him that they would love him.
He spent the day sharing books with classes and had the kids, grades K-8, enthralled as only he could do. A few weeks later, a mother stopped by the library to tell me that she had never been able to get her 7th grade son to read but after that day with Frank, he wanted her to get him several of the books Frank shared. She did and said he hadn’t stopped reading ever since — she even caught him reading with a flashlight under the covers when he should have been sleeping! She was almost in tears telling me this and Frank was so pleased when I shared that story with him.
Frank had the chutzpah to dig up my home phone number back in 1992 and call me after reading my second book, Letters from Rifka. I remember sitting on the stairs in my tiny old house listening to this complete stranger lavishly praise my writing while my children clamored in the background, longing for dinner. He flattered me for over an hour during that first phone call! When he was not complimenting my work we were discussing literature and writing and favorite books and authors. How could I help but fall in love with Frank. He championed not only my work, but the work of so many. He was funny and wry and sly and ironic and sensitive and bright and brave and a beloved friend to writers and artists everywhere. I will always be grateful to Frank and his early support of my work. But also his support of so many others struggling to find an audience for their unique and compelling voices. Frank made a difference in the world. He will be missed.
Daniel J. Mahoney
Frank was a wonderful guy. He heard of me when I published my first book. He said that he “wanted to meet a local boy who made it in the children’s book business.” He invited to his store, and to his famous “Let the Reading Begin” conference, where I met a lot of great people. I’m sad to hear of his passing.
Jerry & Eileen Spinelli
Eileen and I have long been happy and proud to count ourselves among the first of Frank’s anointed “Hodge-Podgers.” We have little pins to prove it. Personally, Frank was there at the birth of my first novel. I remember getting a call at work (somehow he’d tracked me down) and hearing him say nice things and wondering, Who is this guy? Next thing I knew we were having dinner in Albany and Lark St. had already begun to sound magical.
Linda Sue Park
Frank Hodge’s conference was the very first one I was ever invited to. It must have been 2001; I had two books published with a third coming out…. That ‘third book’ was A Single Shard, which won the Newbery Medal in 2002. Frank invited me back again that year, which is when the photo was taken.
So many memories…
One night, at the beginning of our friendship, Frank introduces himself and asks me to speak to his class. Frank, a legend; I a new writer, unsure of myself.
How does he know this? Somehow he does, somehow I speak in his class, not once, but whenever he asks me.
We sit in his backyard one lovely summer afternoon talking about books and writers, and rarely, but sometimes, we disagree. I close my eyes, thinking. Is he ever wrong? I learn so much from him. I bask in our friendship.
Our family opens a bookstore in Connecticut. On opening day, a bus pulls up in front of the door. Frank has come all the way from Albany bringing friends, bringing readers, to cheer us on.
Even now as I write, I think of him. I wonder if he’d think my idea is worthwhile, if the characters come to life.
How grateful I am for Frank, lover of books, of story, of friendship.
Of the 28 books I’ve written, two of them are dedicated to Frank Hodge. The first time we met, I was an aspiring writer. A friend suggested I introduce myself to a local kidlit luminary she described as a mix between Garrick Ollivander and Winnie the Pooh.
I printed my manuscript and headed to Hodge Podge Books, his tiny shop huddled beneath a brownstone on Lark Street.
Frank seemed delighted to meet me until he asked his first question: “What are your favorite children’s books?”
I knew this question carried weight. After all, this man literally ensconced himself with books. Unfortunately, the only characters that popped to mind were Garrick Ollivander and Winnie the Pooh.
“Right now, I’m reading Harry Potter.”
He flipped through my manuscript. “And you’d like me to read this?”
“If you have time.”
Frank tossed my pages into the trash. “Talk to me after you’ve read some good books and revised.”
Then, this curious, little man shuffled around his store gathering books from the shelves–books by Coville, Sachar, Anderson, DeFelice, Lubar, Gardiner, DiCamillo and Spinelli. “Talk to me after you’ve read these.”
The weeks that followed were the greatest writing lessons of my life, and the beginning of a great relationship with a brilliant mentor and friend.
It is always a treat to visit independent bookstores when I visit new cities. I was fortunate enough to visit Hodge-Podge Books when I visited Albany many years ago. I quickly understood that Hodge-Podge Books was a special place because of Frank Hodge. He not only knew books but he came to know people and make him part of his book community quickly. He was committed to everyone in the book world. His love of books brought people together and those of us who visited his bookstore that day felt lucky to be a small part of all that he created at Hodge-Podge Books.
If only I could find it. That single-spaced two sided letter from Frank; densely woven with appreciation and well-considered comments. Something I could wear like a warm winter scarf.
Let’s get the guilt out of the way. I didn’t call or drop a line. I thought there would always be next week. A quick visit to Frank’s store might only last 2 hours. And I made too few trips. But each one was a master class in the art of picture book making, plus some gossipy asides. Don’t ask me what the gossipy asides were; long forgotten now. The book-lined walls brought the space in closer with just enough room to open a large volume or two. You could explore or, better yet, let Frank find a work, just for you; then Frank-splain the beauty of it. He gathered, curated and matched books to readers. It was like a book/dating site.
He built bridges between writers and readers, and grew a community of devotees. I daresay we all made new friends because of Frank.
I’ll find it. It made me feel like I might be a real writer and exhorted, encouraged and expected me to carry on. Perhaps you too, earned his approbation. Even if you didn’t get a letter, in the spirit of Frank and his love of the world of children’s literature, carry on!
Making books can be a lonesome experience, locked away in a room somewhere, wrestling with projects for months on end, but Frank always knew how to let the sunshine in. A phone call or a letter from Frank was a moment when the pressure lifted off and the very reason why you were struggling with those projects immediately came into sharp focus. His love for what you created always broke through your own moments of despondency or doubt. Often, we talked for several hours on transatlantic calls, joking at each other’s expense. We both enjoyed a deprecating humour that led us to insult each other with as much good nature as humanly possible.
Despite his gift for reaching out to others through books, Frank was a very private man. Perhaps there was a price to pay for his selfless enthusiasm and running the bookshop below his home. I stayed with him many times on my visits to schools around Albany. His personal living quarters above the shop were modest and unpretentious. His bedroom back door led outside to a wooden stairway above the backyard. Frank kept a long piece of string tied to that door, it ran to a safety pin attached to his pillow. This was for Crisis, his beloved cat, to be able to go outside in the night. When sufficiently cold, Frank would wake up and pull the string to swing the door back to be almost shut, until Crisis wandered back in again. This went on all through the year whatever the weather. I can remember trying to sleep in his spare room in the loft wondering why it was so utterly freezing at night. One Winter, I ended up with bronchitis. I could hardly speak. Naturally, I wanted to cancel some school visits, but Frank would hear nothing of it!
Frank was a superb presenter of books. He knew how to bring out the best from a text he loved. His warm, inquisitive voice and exquisite timing instantly held audiences spellbound. He held the book in one hand whilst gesturing with the other, like some high priest. He was a master at this, yet completely self-effacing at the same time. He was also openly opinionated; as vocal about the books he didn’t like, as he was about the books he loved. He made every book he read aloud urgent and desirable, one that you simply had to add to your collection.
Yet another talent of Frank’s was his gift for the lost art of letter writing. I am very glad I still have the many letters he wrote to me. When I read them they make me laugh, principally because of the way we mercilessly took the mickey out of each other. Nothing was too serious, except our friendship. I will miss him.
A Few Frank Facts . . .
Frank’s famous store may have been only 240 square feet –- yet it’s impact was enormous. The business hummed along, built around Frank’s close connection with hundreds of teachers and librarians. He enjoyed a lively and jocular relationship with the UPS drivers that daily sprinted in and out the door, burdened with boxes of books. The first “Let the Reading Begin” conference began in 1985 and ran for 17 years. These were always insanely elaborate and over-the-top events. Frank believed authors and illustrators were royalty, and treated them lavishly. Expenses be hanged! After a pause for double-bypass surgery, Frank briefly revived a downsized version of the old conference, but it became too much, even for indefatigable Frank Hodge. The store logo was created by Mark Teague.

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In fact the Harry Potter books were the iceberg. As each book appeared it drew new readers to the series and expanded sales of earlier books in a snowball effect. Thanks largely to the boy wizard, Bloomsbury’s turnover, which had gradually increased from £11m in 1995 to £14m in 1997, took off. In 1999 it stood at £21m. Two years later it was £61m. By the middle of this decade, with Bloomsbury’s revenues above £100m, rival publishers were griping that there was no point bidding against the firm for a children’s title. So far the books, which are published in America by Scholastic, have sold more than 400m copies worldwide. Not all were read by the young. Central to the books’ success was a repackaging, with a darker cover, for adults embarrassed about being seen reading a children’s book.
Mr Newton says he became “fearful and respectful” of the windfall. A sudden hit can destabilise any company, but the danger is acute in the swaggering media industry. Bloomsbury banked a lot of the money, and has taken advantage of the slump in asset prices to pick up specialist and scholarly publishers. It now owns Arden, most famous for its series of Shakespeare texts, the legal publisher, Tottel, and the cricketer’s bible, Wisden. Having learned to handle magic, Bloomsbury is thus returning to its Muggle (non-wizard) roots. The ideal, Mr Newton says, is to balance the risks—and large potential profits—of the trade fiction business with the dependability and high margins of specialist publishing.
Fans get up to much more. As the books and films took off, the hunger for Harry Potter news and content quickly became so much greater than Warner Bros or the increasingly press-shy Ms Rowling were able to supply that alternative sources began to spring up. The emerging internet fuelled their growth. The most obvious of them are fan websites like MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron, which mix official announcements with rumours. But the most intriguing is the strange world of fan fiction. Ms Rowling’s “worst nightmare” was that her hero would end up on fast-food containers Re-telling the Harry Potter story is a popular pastime. One website dedicated to it, Fiction Alley, added 14 book chapters in November 2009 alone, together with many shorter works. Would-be Rowlings push the Harry Potter story in new directions by focusing on different characters or writing about years not covered in the books. Many plunge into the characters’ romantic lives—perhaps the weakest point of “the canon”, as the original series of books is reverentially known. These amateur stories, which are often subjected to rigorous criticism from other fans, are for the most part competent. The students in them often talk the way teenagers actually talk. “I can’t just be an arse to him for no reason,” splutters Harry at one point in the third book in the “Lily’s Charm” series, by a writer called ObsidianEmbrace. That carries a convincing whiff of the playground.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Just Like Magic: The Harry Potter Economy
I've such a backlog that I am still on The Economist Christmas Special. Here is a selection from an article on the The Harry Potter economy (Economist):

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When you’ve been a fan of an artist for years and they decide to go on a hiatus, it’s almost like you’re living in a purgatory state where you never know when a new song will be released, a new album will be announced, or (god forbid) a goodbye letter to their adoring fans stating that the hiatus will be permanent. When Boys Like Girls (AKA my third favorite band ever in the world) announced that they would be doing an anniversary tour for their self-titled debut, I was totally ready to buy a plane ticket to the East Coast to see them as they had not originally included a California date for the tour. I’ve been a fan the Boston-based quartet since I saw them open for The All-American Rejects back in their Move Along days and I pretty much wanted all of my high school boyfriends to look like Martin Johnson. The anniversary wasn’t a complete surprise with their current popularity in the pop-punk/emo community, but it was still very exciting to get an official announcement that us longtime fans would be able to belt out to the songs of Boys Like Girls once more.
The opening act was the Los Angeles based acapella mashup group The Old Fashioned. While they played a few original tracks, the majority of their set consisted of Top 40 mashups, which included an emo themed portion that featured parts of BLG’s hits. For a band that performed 95% covers, they really got the crowd singing, dancing and overall pumped up for the band that we were all waiting for.
I had already seen Boys Like Girls play 4 times before the anniversary show and had never been disappointed. Once they hit the stage with the album’s opening song “The Great Escape”, every member’s energy was sky high and was like they never took their hiatus. Boys Like Girls kept a steady pace in their energy levels throughout their set and they certainly weren’t going to let it fall during their ballads either. Ironically, “Hero/Heroine” and “Thunder” created the most crowd unity between the fans. It was almost as if we all knew that we needed to cherish every breath and note that was coming from the stage because we didn’t know when we would get another opportunity to re-live the moment with them again.
Getting to hear not only their hits, but also songs that they didn’t get to play live on their past tours (“Up Against The Wall”, “Holiday”, “Learning To Fall”) was very much needed for longtime fans of Boys Like Girls. Of course, they didn’t just leave us with only songs from their first album. Their encore performance featured tracks from Love Drunk and got the crowd even more stoked than they already were. They even brought in Drew Rayann of The Old Fashioned took over for Taylor Swift‘s part in “Two Is Better Than One” to give support to their opening act. They ended their anniversary show in the only acceptable way that they could, with encore of “The Great Escape” and the reminder to make your life the adventure that you deserve.
Seeing one of your favorite bands live is always a treat. It’s even more of a treat when you get to see one of your favorite bands when they haven’t performed in years. Seeing Boys Like Girls again really took the audience back in time to when life was much simpler for us. In a way, it was therapeutic getting to relive these songs as a twentysomething as they are definitely more relatable and more anthemic than hearing them as a teen. I was kind of hoping (ok, maybe a lot hoping) that they would play us a new song and announce that they would be working on a new album to be released next year, but in the world of music beggars can’t be choosers. I absolutely enjoyed my experience getting to see them play their entire debut and I’m crossing my fingers that this 5th time seeing them won’t be the last.


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December 16, 2021 to December 16, 2021
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The Gulf Coast Jazz Collective celebrates the holiday season with special guest artists saxophonist Valerie Gillespie and trombonist Herb Bruce and brings the Collective’s special swinging style to holiday classics. Gulf Coast Jazz Collective Founded in 2021, the Gulf Coast Jazz Collective brings the best of live Jazz performance to Southwest Florida. Under he artistic direction of drummer, educator, composer & arranger Paul Gavin, the Jazz Collective invites the best artists from the country to collaborate in concerts that span the entire genre of Jazz.
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Revered Polish Jew, Holocaust Survivor Joins Protests Over Top Appointment at Yad VashemBreaking News
tags: Holocaust, Jewish history, Israel, Palestine, Zionism, Yad Vashem, public history
One of Poland’s most prominent Jewish citizens and Holocaust survivors has added his voice to the growing controversy over the appointment of Effi Eitam, former politician and military commander, to the top position at Yad Vashem.
In a letter sent several days ago to President Reuven Rivlin, historian and journalist Marian Turski warned that Eitam’s appointment as chairman of the Yad Vashem directorate would “greatly undermine Yad Vashem’s authority around the world.”
“Faced with the global rise of nationalism and populism, a renewed wave of antisemitism and the return of Holocaust denial propaganda, the chairman of Yad Vashem needs to have impeccable moral authority,” he wrote in the letter, which was also addressed to Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, chairman of the Yad Vashem council, which oversees the Jerusalem-based museum and commemoration center. “When the moment comes to stand up against xenophobia, racism and antisemitism in the international arena, who the chairman of Yad Vashem is will be extremely important if we don’t want Yad Vashem to be limited only to the state of Israel but to remain a leading worldwide moral authority.”
Turski, 95, is a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald. In addition to heading the council of POLIN, the relatively new museum of the history of Polish Jewry based in Warsaw, he has served as chairman of the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland and is a member of the International Auschwitz Memorial Council. Turin (who was born Moshe Turbowicz) has lived in Warsaw since the end of World War II.
As reported in Haaretz, the Anti-Defamation League, in a rare move last week joined the campaign against Eitam’s appointment citing his “problematic moral record.” The ADL was particularly concerned about Eitam’s calls for the mass deportation of Palestinians from the West Bank and his description of Arab Israelis as a “fifth column.” It is almost unprecedented for the ADL , which monitors antisemitism worldwide, to intervene in appointments at other Jewish organizations and institutions.
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I had to put on my scouting hat far earlier than I had anticipated. I’m not used to the Broncos’ season being (effectively) over before Thanksgiving. Fortunately, Denver is beginning to secure themselves draft picks that, if spent properly, would go a long way toward retooling the offense and plugging the handful of holes in what has lately become a leaky defense.
Fans should note that the order of these picks are a projection — the draft’s official order won’t be known until after the season.
Without further ado, our first 2018 NFL mock draft for the Broncos:
ROUND 1, PICK 6: QB Sam Darnold, USC
The Broncos have a litany of issues on offense, with the tackle and quarterback positions competing to be atop the list of woes. With fellow quarterback Josh Rosen likely being drafted before the sixth selection (the Giants, Browns and Niners will all likely be in the top five), Darnold finds himself as the next best rookie signal caller and lands with a team that is a competent quarterback away from playoff contention.
Siemian has been relegated to what most have always said him to be — a competent backup — which means it’s make-or-break time for former first-round pick Paxton Lynch. If the front office isn’t confident that he can live up to his draft slot and beat out 2017’s Mr. Irrelevant, Chad Kelly, and a certified Tall Person in Brock Osweiler, look for Denver to make a move to put a new pair of hands under center.
ROUND 2, PICK 37: OT Jamarco Jones, Ohio State
I haven’t watched a lot of Jones’ tape, but I can say with certainty that he is HUGE. As in “he does not lose to power rushers — ever” levels of huge. He gets a bit handsy with speedier pass rushers, but it seems (to me, not an NFL scout) that he’s gotten better with handling quick edge defenders as the season has worn on. Jones could very well be the right tackle that Denver has lacked for the past few years.
ROUND 3, PICK 74: LB Darius Leonard, South Carolina State
This might be another one of Elway’s “Who?” picks, but one that could pan out in due time. Leonard has been an excellent defender for the Bulldogs, with 104 tackles and six sacks on the year. His coverage skills would translate well to the inside position as well, with a pair of interceptions at this point in the season.
The inside linebacker position isn’t one that Elway seems to value highly, but it’s become more and more apparent that the loss of Danny Trevathan has left a void in the middle of the field next to Brandon Marshall. The addition of the 6-3 Leonard could help to finally soften that blow.
ROUND 4, PICK 98: EDGE Marquis Haynes, Ole Miss
Haynes could stand to add a few pounds to his 6-3 frame, but that hasn’t stopped him from wreaking havoc for the Rebels in 2017. Through 10 games, Haynes has chalked up 7.5 sacks and 9.5 tackles for losses. With the Broncos likely being able to keep only one of Shaq Barrett or Shane Ray in the coming seasons, Elway would be prudent to add some more premium pass rushing talent to complement Von Miller.


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Business volunteers needed for programPublished 10:53pm Monday, February 25, 2013
The Community Action Coalition of Suffolk is seeking volunteers to help deliver a business ethics program at King’s Fork High School.
The Junior Achievement Business Ethics Program will potentially reach more than 400 students, teaching them workforce skills they might not learn in algebra or biology, CAC volunteer coordinator Tonya Bangley said.
“The Community Action Coalition is trying to help bring kids to an understanding … by helping them become more workforce-ready,” Bangley said.
Knowing how business works is an important basis for future success, she added. “It’s a totally different world coming from an education environment into a business environment.”
The program, which involves four timeslots each on March 6 and 26 and April 15 and 23, needs 30 to 40 volunteers.
“We are asking volunteers to commit to one timeslot for all four days,” Bangley said. “They will lead breakout groups … and do group sessions.”
Volunteers, who will receive training, must be aged at least 21, be able to stand for an hour or two at a time, have the time to prepare program materials before sessions, and have a professional business background or military leadership background.
“You don’t even have to be a business professional,” Bangley said. “People that are retired from business would be a perfect fit, because they have years of experience and they know how these things work.”
As well as session leaders, CAC also needs volunteers to help facilitate sessions.
One-hour volunteer training sessions will be held at a location to be announced on Friday, March 1.
Those wishing to volunteer can email Bangley at TBangley@msn.com or CACofSuffolkVA@aol.com. Include your name and phone number. Bangley can also be contacted at 353-4778.
“The program is pretty straightforward,” she said. “If it’s successful at King’s Fork High School, we’d like to do it at all the high schools.”


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Exposed: Britain's Dirty Secret; the Government Has Been Disguising the Quantity of Greenhouse Gases That We Create with Our Flights to and from the UK
Leake, Jonathan, New Statesman (1996)
Greenhouse gases generated by British aviation could be far higher than the government's published figures, according to new data obtained from the Department for Transport (DfT). The DfT's published figures--which are also the ones used by airlines, and by Gordon Brown when he announced a [pounds sterling]5 hike in air-passenger duty in his 6 December pre-Budget report--state that British aviation generates roughly 34 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
To environmentalists, that figure has long sounded suspiciously small--and now they know why. The department has admitted that it works it out simply by counting the aircraft that take off from Britain. Those that land here are excluded.
That might appear reasonable if half the passengers on those planes were foreigners--but they are not. In fact, according to the Office for National Statistics, 70 per cent of the passengers landing and taking off from the UK are Britons, most of them taking cheap tourist flights booked and paid for here. Which means that the DfT should be adding up the emissions from all the passenger aircraft flying in to or out of Britain and attributing 70 per cent of them to the UK. That would increase the amount of aviation emissions by 14 million tonnes, bringing the total to roughly 48 million.
This is on top of the 570 million tonnes of carbon dioxide that Britain already admits to creating by other means. At present, under international treaties, aviation is excluded from all national emissions figures--a policy that makes environmentalists angry.
"It's becoming increasingly clear that British aviation is having a far greater impact on climate than generally realised and that the figures we are being given lack transparency," says Tim Yeo, the Conservative MP who chairs the Commons environmental audit committee. "Aviation simply cannot be allowed to keep on expanding. We need much higher taxes, or some other way of stopping it growing."
Yet aviation is booming as never before. Last year alone, approximately 200 million passengers passed through Britain's airports. The forecast is for that figure to rise to roughly 470 million by 2030. Under the DfT's official system for calculating emissions--the one based purely on outgoing flights-C[O.sub.2] emissions would rise from 34 million to about 80 million tonnes in the same period. If, however, the proportion of domestic flyers stays the same, the real contribution would be approximately 112 million tonnes of C[O.sub.2] by 2030.
By contrast, Britain has pledged to cut its emissions by 60 per cent by 2050. In other words, by then, the whole country should be emitting no more than 229 million tonnes of C[O.sub.2].
The environmental audit committee has already warned that aviation could derail that policy. It pointed out in its most recent aviation report that the industry's growth is "unsustainable and unacceptable", and said: "Were such growth to occur it could totally destroy the government's commitment to a 60 per cent cut in carbon-dioxide emissions by 2050."
Brown's [pounds sterling]5 tax hike looks unlikely to halt that growth. Studies by the Civil Aviation Authority suggest that air passengers would have to be presented with an increase of at least [pounds sterling]30 before they would consider not travelling.
Most damaging activities
The revelations come as the industry faces increasing criticism for its determination to keep expanding regardless of the environmental impacts--and for producing whitewash reports to support that expansion.
Early in December, a study by Oxford Economic Forecasting claimed that UK airport congestion had cost the country [pounds sterling]1. …


After my years of using ATTiny chips for model train block detection, all working well until the next stage of reporting to the MAIN controller, it all fell in a heap. Needs too much tech to lift the signal over distance, too slow, lost messages etc.
Then came along the ESP###, and to this next generation, the Wemos ESP32 Lite, WIFI 4Meg of memory, 3.3V, comparable IO, Bluetooth and BLE (Bluetooth lite), and LIPO connection to boot and comes with your choice of programming with MicroPython LUA or Arduino.
Fantastic, runs its own code making on the spot decisions, communicate by cobbling with MQTT and Node-RED running on a Raspberry Pi (https://smalldevices.com.au/collections/cases/products/raspberry-pi-3b-starter-kit) , couldn't get better than this. Node-Red gives me browser based switches, alarms sounds, speed and other gauges, all works seemingly.
Bought a second unit to pressure test the MQTT, not a problem, simulated 60 messages a minute, ran for 8 hours straight without a hitch.
My interest is running trains but these things can do anything. I walk into my playroom, lights come on automatically, Wemos says hello, model railway lights come on. What a great experience.
Get one and start the fun.


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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong’s securities watchdog, will soon lay down a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchanges in the region.
With the introduction of a new regulatory framework, cryptocurrency exchanges operating in Hong Kong will have regulatory oversight. The new rules will use Hong Kong’s securities and futures guidelines as a template but will be modified for the unique properties of digital assets.
According to Ashley Alder, the Chief Executive Officer of the SFC, “Our new regulatory framework covers all of the key investor protection concerns, including the safe custody of assets, know-your-client requirements, anti-money laundering, and market manipulation. And it also zeros in on many of the new concepts we are getting used to, such as hot and cold wallets, forks, airdrops and the like. We will also set out the criteria for platforms to decide on the inclusion of a new virtual asset for trading.”
Once the regulatory framework comes into force, Hong Kong will be among the first regions to designate the criteria that cryptocurrencies must stick to in order to be considered securities. These new regulations will help crypto-asset exchanges understand and avoid potential securities when adding digital assets to their offerings.
The new framework was developed following consultation with the operators of several crypto-asset trading platforms, which led the SFC to conclude that a credible regulatory framework could allow it to regulate at least some digital asset exchange platforms.
It is a fact that some of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges are operating from Hong Kong, and most have largely escaped regulation since the majority of virtual assets fall outside the definition of securities or futures contracts – and are hence not subject to SFC oversight. However, Alder recognizes the need to deal with the special risks associated with virtual asset trading platforms – particularly ensuring the safe custody of user funds and preventing cybersecurity issues that could lead to theft.

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Ex-F1 racer Daniil Kvyat continued Pirelli’s 2022 tyre testing programme in France on Wednesday.
The Alpine reserve driver completed 91 laps in wet conditions at Magny Cours as part of a test to trial the Intermediate and Wet tyres.
The circuit hosted Formula 1’s French Grand Prix from 1991 through 2008 but has only since been used sparingly by the championship for tests.
Pirelli has carried out a series of tests throughout this year as it prepares for the introduction of the 18-inch tyres in 2022.
Kvyat, who started 110 grands prix for Toro Rosso, Red Bull and AlphaTauri, joined Alpine for 2021 as back-up to Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon.
“We finalised the development of the tyres and after Budapest we made an analysis on the result,” said Pirelli chief Mario Isola.
“We are quite happy with the next product, feedback from drivers was positive let’s see what happens with the new cars because, as you know, we develop the 2022 tyres with the mule cars that the teams supplied for testing.
“We are expecting higher loads with the new cars, so obviously this has an impact on the tyres.
“We are preparing the post-season test in Abu Dhabi where all the teams have the opportunity to test the final version of the product for next year and get important information and this is where we are at the moment.”
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The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday against a recreational organization in Crystal Lake that serves children and adults with disabilities, alleging it has refused to administer a specific epilepsy medication to two participants.
The lawsuit was filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act against the Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association, also known as NISRA.
Brian Shahinian, executive director of NISRA, said Monday that he had not seen a copy of the complaint and could not comment.
The suit names a 17-year old McHenry County girl and an 8-year-old girl from Crystal Lake who have been prescribed the same medicine, Diastat AcuDial, which is administered rectally, to offset potentially life-threatening injuries from prolonged seizure emergencies, the lawsuit alleges. According to the complaint, NISRA had agreed to administer the medicine in 2007 and 2008 but now follows a medical plan "as closely as possible" and calls 911 instead of dispensing the medicine.
While she skipped NISRA programming in 2009 and 2010 because of the policy, the 17-year-old enrolled in the 2011 summer camp because she had not suffered any major seizures in five years, and her family felt she needed a social and fun experience, the lawsuit alleges. The younger child named in the suit also enrolled in the 2011 camp in spite of the restriction because she had been seizure-free for four years.
Neither of them suffered any incidents. But since then, the 17-year-old has suffered grand mal seizures, leaving her parents worried about her safety at the camp, the lawsuit alleges.
NISRA includes 13 park districts and city recreational departments and provides year-round programming. Staff members routinely dispense medications with auto-injector shots or feeding tubes, and provide personal care, including changing diapers, the complaint alleges.


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Watch for leaves with holes to know which stems to prune.
Jun 20, Having a healthy banana tree means knowing when and how to prune the leaves. Check your banana tree frequently for signs of dehydration and frost or insect damage, which can happen any time of year.
When you see brown, dry, wilted leaves, use a pair of garden shears to cut 94%(76). Jan 13, Gorgeous Guatemalan banana tree by Dennis Jarvis You can see the baby banana tree below the fruiting stalk that will take over once the banana fruit is harvested Licensed by CC As banana growers, we want just one stalk on each plant (the mother stalk) growing to maturity and producing bananas, and just one offshoot standing in the wings to Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.
Can You Cut a Banana Tree Plant Back? Banana tree plants (Musa spp.) are fast growing tropical plants, which are grown in warm humid areas throughout the world in U.S.
Department of Agriculture Missing: friday. Jul 29, How to Cut Banana Tree Stalks. Humans have been growing banana trees for hundreds of years, and their stately stalks can add a hint of the tropics to your home's landscape.
Alas, a banana tree Missing: friday. Mar 04, Do feel free to cut down any banana tree that produced a bunch of bananas last summer since they will not produce any more bananas. Dan Gill is a horticulturist with the LSU stumpdelimbing.barg: friday.
And even when watered, if they have become too dehydrated, the leaves don't bounce back again.
Nov 22, Depending on the banana species, you can grow a banana tree in USDA zones 4 through Many of the hardier species are more decorative than fruiting -- Missing: friday. How to Trim a Banana Tree After Freezing. Banana plants (Musa spp.) are tropical herbs that do not do well in cold climates. They can be grown in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness Missing: friday. Nov 27, While on the tree, the ripening process can't really go any faster than nature intends it to.
Messing with their growth can cause the bananas to ripen too quickly, which wouldn't be stumpdelimbing.barg: friday.

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It was a dramatic day of breakdowns and takedowns as accusations flew in the Supreme Court.
Liam is an Age journalist
Welcome to what is shaping into one of the strangest trials in Victoria's history.
We're at war. With the ants. And so far, they are winning.
Engineers warn that balconies built between 1960 and 1990 are potentially unsafe after a woman fell three storeys when part of a South Yarra balcony collapsed.
Vicki Howard bears the scars of life in a street overrun by heroin addicts.
The son of an 85-year-old man, who was killed on a St Kilda pedestrian crossing this week when hit by a cyclist, is calling for compulsory registration of bicycles and licensing for cyclists.
Dan Casey barely recognises his own legs. His right leg is new and old. It has been totally rebuilt, using vein and muscle and tendon harvested from his left.
The complex corporate structure behind a plane that crashed at Essendon airport has left authorities scrambling to establish who was responsible for the doomed flight.
About 40 people had to be evacuated as a fire ripped through an apartment block in St Kilda.
The aviation company potentially facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over the Essendon DFO disaster was told three hours after the crash that the plane had been registered in its name.

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Pregnancy is the time to rejoice and celebrate for everyone. But ask a pregnant woman and she will tell you that pregnancy is not all fun and frolic. As the time to give birth nears, the body grows bigger and heavier and even smallest of tasks like sleeping feels like a battle. And not to forget the kicks of the growing baby to the ribs can be very painful. But by the end of the third trimester, most women are longing for the pregnancy to finish and are ready to hold their little bundle of joy in their hands. We’ve all heard tales of women using squatting to help with the birth process. Squatting is known to be very beneficial during pregnancy but can squatting really help to induce labor? Read on to know more.
Can Squats Help During Labor?
Yes! Squatting is known to open the pelvic area and strengthen the muscles around it. As the pelvic area opens, it gives your baby more space to move and descend towards the lower part of the uterus, which in turn will result in the cervix dilating, thereby inducing labor.
5 Benefits Of Doing Squats To Induce Labor
- It is known to open the pelvic muscles by 10 percent
- It is known to create more room for the baby to move down into the birth canal
- It is known to reduce the labor time by 11 minutes, which might not mean much to you now, but when you are in labor, each minute feels like a decade!
- It helps strengthen the leg muscles, which makes it easier to push the baby out
- It can also reduce the chances of constipation, which again helps in the overall pregnancy and delivery
How To Squat To Induce Labor?
It is most important to understand what squatting is and how to do it before mindlessly trying to perform it. A wrong form can lead to injury and accidents, both of which we want to avoid, especially in the last stage of pregnancy. Here are some tips to squat right:
- Stand straight. Keep your feet shoulder length apart
- Lower your body, as if you are sitting on an imaginary chair behind
- Make sure the knees are not in front of the feet when you lower the body
- Lift your body up again. Repeat
- Keep the feet firmly on the floor throughout
- Try to breathe in as you lower your body and breathe out when you come up
- Try to get the support of a wall or an exercise ball, if you find it difficult to do it
- Ensure there is someone overseeing you so that they can help if you need it
- Do not exert yourself. Idea is to do it as much and as many number of times you are comfortable with
There are few other exercises which, like squats, helps to induce labor naturally.
Other Exercises That Help Induce Labor Naturally
- Walking: Believe it or not, walking helps a lot during pregnancy! Not only it is a convenient form of low impact exercise most women can do easily, it also induces uterine contractions. Further, walking can also move the baby to the lower part of the uterus, thereby dilating the cervix and inducing labor
- Kegel Exercises: Kegel exercises work on the pelvic floor muscles, which are the most important muscles in terms of delivery. If you do Kegels for 10 minutes twice or thrice a day, the muscles become stronger, thereby making child birth easier
- Lunges: Lunges also work great, on the same principle as squats. It makes your hip region and upper leg stronger. This gives the baby inside more room to move to the lower part of the uterus, thus inducing labor
- Climbing stairs: While you might have avoided taking stairs for most of your pregnancy, it might actually help you in labor in the last leg. Climbing stairs (slowly and carefully, we do not want accidents that involve falling or slipping) can open up your pelvis, start cervix dilation, descend the baby to the birth canal and induce labor naturally
- Butterflies: This is a simple stretching exercise that you will be familiar with if you work out regularly. It stretches your back, pelvis and thighs, increasing blood flow to these regions, making them more flexible and consequently easing the labor
- Pelvic Tilt: This is one of the most popular and simple exercise for inducing labor naturally. You can do it twice daily and prepare your pelvic muscles for an easy labor and delivery
- Leaning: Leaning (towards a wall or an exercise ball) is another great stretch for your back and pelvic muscles, which will help in labor
The most important thing to remember while you perform any of the above exercises (or squatting) is that you do not want to exert yourself. You have to be very careful, avoid quick or jerky movements, make sure there are no accidents and always ensure that there is someone next to you to support and help, if you need it. We do not want to induce labor at the risk of causing physical injury. So, ensure you understand the proper form of doing these exercises, especially if some of them are new to you.
Hope you have a safe delivery experience! All the best!


Arguments for Condition 3 carry (full magazine, nothing in the chamber):
1. Safer for children (more difficult for them to rack the slide and chamber a round).
2. Helps prevent negligent discharges by adding another task before firing
3. Helps prevent negligent discharges by reducing administrative handling during loading/unloading (you don’t have to chase the ejected round when unloading)
4. Lowers your chances of being shot by your own gun if a bad guy takes control of your weapon in a fight.
Arguments against Condition 3 carry . . .
1. Requires two hands and you may not have both hands available.
2. Shorts you a round.
3. Slightly faster presentation time.
4. Keeps one honest to the fact that “All Guns are Always Loaded.”
5. Murphy’s law. One more thing to go wrong at a critical moment.
Both are viable carry methods, aren’t they?


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Darshak Randeria (RCPC) bowled a No ball on 11/19/2011 in a game against Legends. Phalgun Sarikonda (Mavericks) bowled one against Seamers and the date was 9/29/2012. What’s special about these two no balls you might ask. Those are the only instances when these two bowlers have bowled a no ball in their entire Cricbay career!!! For anyone who has bowled over 100 overs, these two have bowled the least number of no balls. To ensure, we give credit to bowlers who might have bowled a lot more overs, I normalize it by sorting based on Overs per each wide bowled . For examples, Ashwin Kolhe will bowl about 27 overs between each no balls or if Pavan Konduru bowls a no ball, his captain can be assured that the next one will come in about 6 week’s time.. which is quite incredible J
These are the few who have not bowled a single no ball (for anyone who bowled at least 50 overs.
There is no bowler who has bowled 50+ overs and not bowled a wide as expected. There are a few who have bowled no wides, but they haven’t bowled enough J Here’s the list of bowlers with the most discipline when it comes to not giving extras.
Now, my favorite list.. the list of bowlers (who have bolwed at least 100 overs) who give away least number of extras (No balls + Wides). I am NOT surprised at all with the number 1 there.. I have noticed this over the years every time I look at bowling stats.
It takes a LOT of skills and discipline and focus to churn out numbers so consistently. This is really brilliant stuff and I hope to see you guys continue this for seasons to come.
I also looked at some of the best Cricbay bowlers who have bowled over 400 overs and take boat loads of wickets. They are obviously not too shabby. Badal bowles a no ball every 5 overs and some of the others average over 4 overs which is incredible for someone who has bowled thousands of deliveries.
Note: All data from the website as of November 22nd 2012. Please feel free to point out corrections if you find any.
-by Sheshu Shenoy on 22 November 2012

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- 1 1/2 pounds butternut squash
- 1/2 cup olive oil, divided
- 2 teaspoons dried savory
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 1/4 pounds frozen sweet corn, thawed
- 3 cups canned kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1/4 head red cabbage, shredded
- 1 cup shredded fresh basil
Preheat oven to 400° F.
Peel and cube butternut squash. Toss with 1 teaspoon oil, savory, salt and pepper. Place in a single layer on sheet pan and roast in oven until soft and nicely browned, about 20 minutes. Cool completely.
Mix together white wine vinegar, garlic and remaining oil until dressing is blended.
Toss corn, beans, cabbage and basil with dressing and cooled squash.
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Did you know July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month(MMHAM)? This year marks the 15th Anniversary of MMHAM. It was created in 2008 by the U.S. House of Representatives to honor the late Bebe Moore Campbell, a Black mental health activist.
The goal of establishing MMHAM is to create a space and time for communities of color to engage in mental health conversations and address the systemic barriers blocking the path to mental health services.
When it comes to suicide, minority communities have the highest rate. In February 2023, the CDC released a report highlighting the increase in suicide rates from 2018 to 2021 among people of color. Over the same time frame, the white population was the only group that saw a decrease. While there is a lot of work being done to prevent suicide, these statistics show us that there needs to be more targeted prevention and intervention efforts for communities of color.
This increase in suicide rates for people of color impacts the construction community, too. Last year, the University of Oregon’s Labor and Research Center (OLRC) released a report highlighting that 31% of all new apprentices in 2020 were BIPOC, an 11% increase since 2011. While enrollment has increased, BIPOC apprentices were less likely to graduate their apprenticeship program than their white peers. In order to reverse this trend and support a diverse workforce, the industry needs to provide mental health and substance abuse prevention training that reflects and resonates with the changing audience.
At the CSPP, we are working with organizations serving people of color entering the construction workforce to understand mental health risks, identify warning signs, and access resources. We are excited about our collaboration with Constructing Hope, a pre-apprenticeship program in Portland. Constructing Hope provides people of color with the training and skills necessary for a successful career in the trades. You can learn more about their impact here. In the coming months, we will be presenting to their cohorts and hope to have them on our podcast!
Find MMHAM Resources
Want resources to support and promote minority mental health this month? Check out our Portland and National Resource Lists. In there, we have a section with identity and culturally specific services.
You can also download the Mental Health America BIPOC Mental Health Month Toolkit for more resources on how individuals and companies can support BIPOC mental health all year.
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Efficient refolding of a hydrophobic protein with multiple S-S bonds by on-resin immobilized metal affinity chromatography.
Summary of "Efficient refolding of a hydrophobic protein with multiple S-S bonds by on-resin immobilized metal affinity chromatography."
The efficient refolding of recombinant proteins produced in the form of inclusion bodies (IBs) in Escherichia coli still is a complicated experimental problem especially for large hydrophobic highly disulfide-bonded proteins. The aim of this work was to develop highly efficient and simple refolding procedure for such a protein. The recombinant C-terminal fragment of human alpha-fetoprotein (rAFP-Cterm), which has molecular weight of 26kDa and possesses 6 S-S bonds, was expressed in the form of IBs in E. coli. The C-terminal 7× His tag was introduced to facilitate protein purification and refolding. The refolding procedure of the immobilized protein by immobilized metal chelating chromatography (IMAC) was developed. Such hydrophobic highly disulfide-bonded proteins tend to irreversibly bind to traditionally used agarose-based matrices upon attempted refolding of the immobilized protein. Indeed, the yield of rAFP-Cterm upon its refolding by IMAC on agarose-based matrix was negligible with bulk of the protein irreversibly stacked to the resin. The key has occurred to be using IMAC based on silica matrix. This increased on-resin refolding yield of the target protein from almost 0 to 60% with purity 98%. Compared to dilution refolding of the same protein, the productivity of the developed procedure was two orders higher. There was no need for further purification or concentration of the renatured protein. The usage of silica-based matrix for the refolding of immobilized proteins by IMAC can improve and facilitate the experimental work for difficult-to-refold proteins.
Moscow Research Institute of Medical Ecology, Simpheropolski blvd.8, Moscow, 117638, Russia.
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Journal of chromatography. A
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21676401
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2011.05.075
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
The exposure of protein to chemicals, or heat, which disrupt the non-covalent bonds and/or disulfide bonds responsible for maintaining the three-dimensional shape and activity of the native protein, while leaving the peptide bonds intact.
Conformational transitions of a protein from unfolded states to a more folded state.
Proline-rich Protein Domains
Protein domains that are enriched in PROLINE. The cyclical nature of proline causes the peptide bonds it forms to have a limited degree of conformational mobility. Therefore the presence of multiple prolines in close proximity to each other can convey a distinct conformational arrangement to a peptide chain.
A strongly basic anion exchange resin whose main constituent is polystyrene trimethylbenzylammonium Cl(-) anion.
Pulmonary Surfactant-associated Protein C
A pulmonary surfactant associated protein that plays a role in alveolar stability by lowering the surface tension at the air-liquid interface. It is a membrane-bound protein that constitutes 1-2% of the pulmonary surfactant mass. Pulmonary surfactant-associated protein C is one of the most hydrophobic peptides yet isolated and contains an alpha-helical domain with a central poly-valine segment that binds to phospholipid bilayers.
Refolding enables bioprocesses predicated on proteins expressed as inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli. Optimization of size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) refolding is a significant challenge becaus...
An important property of ionic liquids consisting of cations and anions is that the chemical structures can be easily tuned. To expand the repertoire of effective ionic liquid-based refolding additive...
We have previously found that addition of charged particles in a refolding solution can greatly increase the refolding yield of like-charged proteins. Herein, porous anion exchangers of different char...
Laccases (benzenediol oxygen oxidoreductases, EC 126.96.36.199) are important multicopper enzymes that are used in many biotechnological processes. A recombinant form of laccase from Bacillus sp. HR03 was...
Gemini surfactants are a new class of surfactants that consist of two hydrophilic head groups and two hydrophobic tails separated by a spacer group. As the properties of geminis are different to their...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether hydrophobic intraocular lenses manufactured by aurolab are safe and effective in the surgical treatment of cataract.
The purpose of the study was to compare the postoperative PCO results of the single-piece hydrophobic Acrylic IOLs versus the newer generation single-piece hydrophilic Acrylic IOLs in pati...
DCVax-001 is a recombinant protein vaccine designed to prevent and potentially treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The vaccine is composed of a fusion protein containing a...
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of radioactive microsphere infusion as a treatment for liver metastases from colon or rectal cancer. The investigators hypothes...
The long-term objective is to further establish the role of Tysabri in preventing neurological degeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS) and to establish powerful and efficient new markers f...


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RB Todd Gurley
It is about time.
Gurley has been consistently good this season showcasing his ability as a playmaker, but this was the first game this season where he made his statement as a rusher. Gurley ended the day with a career high 208 rushing yards on 28 carries celebrating in the endzone twice.
Gurley has showcased time and time again how important he is to the Rams whether that has been rushing, passing, or even picking up defenders as a blocker. It has been impressive seeing the most impressive player continuously perform. Perhaps Gurley will cross the bar to win MVP above Offensive Player of the Year at the end of the season which he won last year.
The medical staff
I don’t know what type of Harry Potter potions that the medical staff have given the star players so far this season, but it has been working. WR Cooper Kupp, LT Andrew Whitworth and DL Michael Brockers left the game and returned. Kupp suffered an MCL sprain and will be week-to-week which is definitely the best case scenario based on how things looked at the time.
WR Robert Woods
A very valuable trait in players is consistency. Woods has definitely been a constant, reliable weapon for QB Jared Goff. Woods finished the game with seven receptions and 109 receiving yards and continued to make crucial plays when the passing game didn’t seem to completely click like it has in previous weeks,
Thus far, Woods has more than 500 yards this season and three touchdowns and seems to be well on his way to 1,000 receiving yards this season.
This was a surprise.
The Rams defense has been a sore spot this season and the run defense has been as leaky as a cracked dam. How did the team fare? They allowed just 13 combined rushes and 40 yards on the ground for Royce Freeman and Phillip Lindsay which is nothing based on the fact that the Broncos have a solid rushing attack.
CB Sam Shields / CB Troy Hill
It was another tough outing for the Rams’ highly touted secondary. Although CB Marcus Peters and S Lamarcus Joyner were bright spots on the defense, Hill and Shields did not play as well both allowing big plays. They will again be targeted heavily until they can show improvements especially playing the deep pass.
The offensive line was impressive in regards to the running game, but when it came to providing a wall for Goff they didn’t help as much as Goff was sacked five times. Although it could have been an aberration, it has to be concerning as well. The hope is that this does not become a trend, because the Rams passing game has been spectacular this season.


Ford has announced today an update to its electrification plan with a new goal of 40% of its sales being all-electric by 2030.
While we like the acceleration, we think the automaker, like many others, is going to have to revise the goal soon.
Today at the Capital Markets Day, Ford held a presentation called ‘Delivering Ford+,’ during which they highlighted a new strategy centered around electric vehicles, a new dedicated commercial business, and connected services.
CEO Jim Farley commented during the presentation:
“I’m excited about what Ford+ means for our customers, who will get new and better experiences by pairing our iconic, world-class vehicles with connected technology that constantly gets better over time. We will deliver lower costs, stronger loyalty and greater returns across all our customers. This is our biggest opportunity for growth and value creation since Henry Ford started to scale the Model T, and we’re grabbing it with both hands.”
At Electrek, the focus on electrification was what caught our interest.
Ford announced a new goal of 40% of global sales being electric by 2030 and more investment in batteries:
- Accelerating investments and increasing planned total spending on electrification, including battery development, to more than $30 billion by 2025 – while deriving efficiencies from Ford’s flexible EV architecture and modular technologies.
- Anticipating 40% of Ford’s global vehicle volume to be fully electric by 2030, including from:
- Mustang Mach-E, which is bringing new customers to Ford – 70% of buyers, to date
- The F-150 Lightning, an all-electric version of the world’s most popular pickup truck, which has amassed 70,000 customer reservations since it was unveiled one week ago, and
- E-Transit commercial vans, which will be on the road later this year.
- Investing in battery technology and equipping Ford to design, engineer and manufacture its own batteries, with key developments including:
- Creating Ford Ion Park, a global center of battery excellence comprising more than 150 experts in battery chemistries, testing, manufacturing and value-chain management who will boost battery range and lower costs to customers and Ford
- Vertically integrating battery technology with an extensive range of EV batteries – IonBoost lithium ion; IonBoost Pro lithium iron phosphate for commercial vehicles; and long-range, low-cost solid-state batteries based on Ford’s own engineering and know-how from Solid Power, in which the company holds an equity stake, and
- Forming a joint venture, BlueOvalSK, with SK Innovation to manufacture battery cells and arrays at two plants in the U.S. for future Ford and Lincoln vehicles.
I appreciate the new commitment to electrification from Ford, but I am underwhelmed by the target of 40% all-electric by the end of the decade.
Understandably, Ford makes a lot of vehicles, and it’s probably impossible for them to foresee switching entirely to battery-electric within the next 10 years without slowing its growth or even reducing its current capacity.
However, I don’t think it’s going to be up to them.
I think we are on the verge of a massive shift in consumer perception toward electric vehicles.
In order for Ford to even achieve 40%, it would have to deliver some impressive electric vehicles, and with battery costs falling and charging time improving, those electric vehicles will be far better than any gas-powered vehicles they can produce.
This will happen for virtually all automakers serious about electrification.
This shift in the vehicle market will create a shift in consumer demand for electric vehicles as gas-powered cars will be broadly regarded as old technology, much like what the smartphone did to the flip-phone over a relatively short period of time.
The resale value of gas-powered cars will plummet, and everyone will want their next car to be electric.
Personally, I expect this shift to happen between 2024-2026.
Obviously, the auto industry won’t be ready for these shifts with automakers like Ford targeting 40% of sales to be electric by 2030.
That’s understandable, but the automakers that are able to secure the most battery cell supply and that have converted the most production capacity to electric vehicles by then are going to be the ones who fair better in the market transition.
While it’s not clear to them yet, I’d expect Ford to update that goal in the next few years and accelerate those investments in battery supply and electric vehicle production capacity.
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ASPARAGUS SUZUKE : Pickled Asparagus Red,White
Enjoy the tender white asparagus pickled in spices and light sweet vinegar.
They are cut in 5 - 7 cm length and ready to use. Since they are naturally flavored, you can arrange them in many ways. An excellent garnish for your grilled dishes. Wrap them and the texture of the white asparagus will be an accent to the recipe.
Use for non-Japanese cuisines also. Add herbs to the white asparagus for salads and appetizers. They are easy to use in various ways. Available in Red and White color. Use both for meals on special occasions and Osechi (New Year’s cuisine).
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‘Happy Birthday Jesus’ Utica Sign Lives To See Another Christmas
Remember back in 2014 all over the world people were complaining about a Christmas sign in Utica? The sign is back in full display for the 2017 season.
The year was 2014. The season was Christmas. The world was fighting about a simple holiday sign in Utica New York at the Utica Fire Department Firehouse 4:
"“HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS WE LOVE YOU” ... Firefighters in Utica, NY are fighting back against a group of atheists who are trying to get their placard removed." - Fox and Friends
Utica Fire Chief Russell Brooks says he will fight the efforts by a Wisconsin organization to force the firefighters at Firehouse No. 4 to remove a sign that says “Happy Birthday Jesus, We Love You.” from in front of the fire station.- Slatter911
Even 7 years before 2014, the sign caused a bit of controversy locally:
"For some people, the sign serves as an inspiring reminder of the meaning of Christmas. For others, the placard has sparked questions of whether such a display is appropriate for a public facility."- Utica OD
So what caused this massive controversy out of a simple sign? The problem people have is that the fire department is a public facility. So, this building should be free of religious mentions and decorations. Personally, I don't see the problem. But I'm just one young gentleman in Utica.
According to several U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the 1980s, as well as President Richard Thompson of the Thomas More Law Center, the Utica Fire Department is well within its right. If such a sign was displayed by itself, that may be a problem, U.S. Supreme Court justices have ruled. But the addition of other holiday symbols, such as Santa Claus, a Christmas tree or a menorah, makes the sign part of a larger – and less religious – holiday theme, the rulings state."
Atheists and the Freedom From Religion Foundation wanted the sign down in 2014. The FFRF sent a letter to Utica Fire Department Station 4 demanding that officials take down the sign, saying it’s little more than a “religious endorsement.” The sign never came down, and every year since the complaints, the sign has remained.
How do you feel about the sign? Do you think it's perfect for Christmas, or do you think it crosses a line? We would love to hear what you think.


Some common faults and troubleshooting of atmosphere furnace
1. In the high temperature test of atmosphere furnace, if the temperature change can not reach the test temperature value, the electrical system can be checked and the faults can be eliminated one by one. Some common atmosphere furnace, such as the temperature rises very slowly, you should check the air circulation system to see whether the regulating baffle of the air circulation is opened normally, otherwise, check whether the motor of the air circulation operates normally. If the temperature overshoot is severe, it is necessary to set the PID parameters. If the temperature rises directly, over temperature protection, then the controller fails, and the control instrument must be replaced.
2. When the equipment suddenly fails during the test operation, the corresponding fault display prompt and sound alarm prompt will appear on the control instrument. The operator can quickly check which kind of fault belongs to according to the chapter of troubleshooting in the operation of the equipment, and then ask professional personnel to quickly remove the fault to ensure the normal operation of the test. There will be other phenomena in the use of other environmental test equipment, which requires specific phenomena, specific analysis and elimination.
3. If the low temperature of the atmosphere furnace fails to reach the test index, you should observe the temperature change, whether the temperature drops slowly, or the temperature tends to rise after the temperature reaches a certain value. Troubleshooting and Troubleshooting: the former should check whether the working room is dried before the low-temperature test of the vacuum atmosphere furnace, and then put the test sample into the working room to do the test again, Whether there are too many test samples in the studio, which makes the wind in the studio unable to circulate fully. After eliminating the above reasons, we should ask the professional personnel of the manufacturer for maintenance.
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I am a postgraduate research student within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton. The research area for my current PhD thesis is within the field of underground geological storage of CO2.
What is currently preventing a number of Carbon sequestration projects being introduced are concerns about CO2 leaking through the overlying sediment and into the ocean or atmosphere. My PhD thesis looks to characterise the permeability and structure of onshore and offshore fluid-escape structures which are commonly observed to overly suitable CO2 storage sites, which may act as CO2 migration pathways within the sub-surface. My work will contribute to two international CCS research projects, STEM-CCS (WP3-Leakage Pathways through the overburden) and CHIMNEY.
I attended the IEAGHG's 2017 International CCS Summer School.
2012-2016: Master of Science (MSci) in Geology with First Class Honours, University of Southampton
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Masters (MSci) thesis: Mineral carbonation of Basalt rock for permanent CO2 storage. The research focused on basalt core 3D pore network visualisation and quantification using X-ray micro computed tomography (CT), in order to quantify the CO2 storage potential of a basalt rock reservoir, as part of the CarbFix Project. Supervisor: Dr Juerg Matter


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Food Desert Bill proposes business incentives for healthy offerings
A proposed bill aims to establish tax credits for businesses providing nutritious foods, including fresh fruits and vegetables, in low-income and rural areas.
The Food Desert Bill (HB 1107 and SB 610) targets residential
areas lacking access to healthy food options, including southern and western Leon County and Gadsden County — one of six of the worst food deserts in Florida.
On Thursday, lawmakers, business and faith-based leaders said food deserts contribute to infant mortality and low-birth rates and preventable heath conditions, especially those affecting high poverty areas.
"When you're talking about a mass majority of people who do not have the option for healthier choices in their living and healthy choices in their eating, then you're talking about a travesty that cannot be ignored," said Devin Wright, pastor of Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church on North Meridian Road.
The Senate bill, sponsored by Sen. Dwight Bullard, proposes a credit be equal to 20 percent of a business's annual sales. It would apply to new or existing businesses, including convenience stores. On March 2, the Senate bill won unanimous support in its first stop before the Agriculture Committee.
"There are several hundred food deserts in the state of Florida, and we want to begin the process of tackling those issues," said Bullard, D-Cutler. "This bill helps remedy that."
Among the factors for a food desert zone are a high poverty rate and the distance to the nearest supermarket. Under the bill, a food desert can exist if at least 33 percent of the population lives one mile from a supermarket in an urban area and 10 miles in a rural area.
No votes have taken place with the House bill, sponsored by Rep. Larry Lee, D-Port St. Lucie. It's now before the Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee.
During a news event, a large table displayed fresh fruits and vegetables on one end and processed foods like chips and crackers on the other.
"We look at this table and we see the choice is not difficult. You see natural grown food and processed food — it speaks for itself," Lee said.
To see a video, go to Tallahassee.com.

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