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Monaco have made a late move to sign Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud this month, according to reports.
The France international has been at the centre of a transfer tug-of-war between Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea.
Arsenal had hoped Giroud would act as the makeweight in their own £60million move for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but the 31-year-old is reluctant to make the move to Germany.
Giroud does not want to uproot his family to Dortmund, having turned down a move to Everton on similar grounds last summer, but may be more open to a return home to France.
The Mirror claim Monaco have made their interest known as they look to replace Guido Carrillo, who joined Southampton last week.
Giroud is desperate for more minutes on the pitch with the World Cup fast approaching.
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The 31-year-old is usually a nailed on squad member for France, but with Alexandre Lacazette, Anthony Martial and Kylian Mbappe all competing for a spot, Giroud needs to remain active.
Giroud would prefer a stay in London, making Chelsea the ideal destination for him and that switch would suit Arsenal as Michy Batshuayi would be expected to join Dortmund as a result.
That would trigger Aubameyang’s move to Arsenal, but the Blues remain in a frantic hunt to find a new striker to act as a back-up to Alvaro Morata.
Chelsea are believed to have pulled out of the deal for Giroud after becoming annoyed with Arsenal dragging their heels.
Arsenal were pre-occupied with securing Aubameyang and missed the deadline set by Chelsea regarding Giroud, who had already agreed personal terms with the Premier League champions.
The deal to bring Aubameyang to the Emirates will not go through until Dortmund sign a replacement and Giroud has made it clear he will not be moving in the opposite direction.
Chelsea have seen several attempts to bring in a new target man to lighten the load on Morata fail this month and have been linked with moves for Andy Carroll, Peter Crouch, Fernando Llorente and Ashley Barnes.
Michy Batshuayi, meanwhile, is expected to leave the club before the window closes on loan, but Conte will not sanction his departure until a replacement comes in.


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Thanks to the John Birch Society, "environmentalism" is no longer an issue in Alabama -- by law.
But at least we can cross one worry off the list: Our property cannot be confiscated by the United Nations or any of its myriad stealth agents in the name of “sustainability,” “smart growth” or “environmentalism.”
For that, we can thank our hard-working state legislators, who in mid-May voted unanimously – yes, they did – in favor of a bill barring the enactment of any policy recommendations traceable to the U.N.’s Agenda 21 that infringe on property rights, at least without “due process.”
That’s right. Thanks to the legislation sponsored by GOP state Sen. Gerald Dial, Alabama farmers who have been planting less produce this spring due to labor shortages caused by the state’s draconian anti-immigration law (the latest version of which includes a “scarlet letter” provision requiring the state “to post a quarterly list of the names of any undocumented alien who appears in court for a violation of state law, regardless of whether they were convicted”) can feel confident their fallow fields won’t be taken over by agents of the “New World Order.” Families can enjoy the benefits of the newly shortened school year (enacted this spring over a gubernatorial veto by state legislators who claimed longer summer breaks will encourage tourism and generate revenue), secure in the knowledge that they will not return from their vacations to discover their property has been seized by blue-helmeted troops.
And while banks will still be allowed to foreclose on and evict folks for failing to repay their loans, at least our land will be safe from the clutches of the so-called “environmentalists” whose true goal is to deliver Americans into the hands of a global government run by shadowy, unelected elites who will move us around like chess pieces and control every aspect of our lives.
In reality, Agenda 21 is a non-binding, completely voluntary plan for global sustainability signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 after the U.N.’s Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. But it’s seen by radical-right conspiracy theorists as a sort of Trojan horse for the New World Order.
As far as we know, there is zero evidence of anyone’s property in Alabama being taken away for any sort of sustainability effort or environmental initiative without due process.
The executive director of the Alabama Republican Party noted the passage of the so-called “Due Process for Property Rights Act” in a newsletter, stating that the law “is intended to shelter Alabamians from … a sustainable development initiative that some conservatives see as a precursor for the creation of a world government.”
Reached by phone, a spokesperson for Alabama GOP said she didn’t know enough about the bill to say if the party is worried about the creation of a world government or whether there is any evidence whatsoever that anyone is trying to move in that direction. Otherwise, it received practically no attention from the mainstream media.
The news didn’t slip through the cracks completely, however. On Monday, there appeared on the website of The New American a long article celebrating Alabama’s new law as a victory for “citizens who had been terrorized by Agenda 21-linked schemes targeting their private property.”
“[G]rassroots pressure paid off,” it said. “Alabama became the first state to be officially shielded by law from UN-linked anti-property rights scheming.”
The New American is published by the John Birch Society (JBS), a far-right organization best known for accusing President Dwight D. Eisenhower of being a secret communist and for opining that fluoridated water is a communist plot to poison America. For a short time in the early 1960s, it was an influential force in the Republican Party – until William F. Buckley Jr., the intellectual architect of postwar conservatism, led a campaign to “excommunicate” it from conservative circles, warning Republicans against “acquies[ing] quietly” to the JBS’ “false” “rendition of the causes of the decline of the Republic and the entire Western world.”
Buckley died in 2008, and the JBS has been making a steady comeback since. With the Cold War over, it has gotten creative: These days, it frets about door-to-door gun confiscations, FEMA concentration camps and martial law. It claims the Federal Reserve is a massive conspiracy and warns of plans to create a “North American Union” that will subvert U.S. interests and destroy the Constitution.
Since September, the JBS has sponsored a national lecture tour on the supposed dangers of Agenda 21. Using slideshows replete with images of Karl Marx and Alger Hiss, the accused communist spy who helped draft the U.N. Charter, JBS scare-mongers have fanned out across the country to warn locals of the evils of the U.N.’s sustainability initiative. Agenda 21, they claim, calls for “a profound reorientation of all human society, unlike anything the world has ever experienced.” According to the JBS, the ultimate purpose of this decades-old plan is nothing less than a new world order in which rural regions will be depopulated and foreign bureaucrats will mandate family size here in the United States, imposing forced abortions as they do in communist China.
Apparently, these threats were enough to spook the Republican National Committee, which in January passed a resolutionopposing Agenda 21, decrying the nonbinding measure as “a comprehensive plan of extreme environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control.” Counties in various states have adopted similar resolutions, as has the Tennessee House of Representatives. According to The New American, activists in New Hampshire are lobbying to pass anti-Agenda 21 legislation. Arizona’s state Senate this spring passed a bill similar to Alabama’s, but it died before the session ended.
Community sustainability efforts are coordinated through something known as ICLEI – the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives. Under its auspices, more than 1,000 cities and municipalities around the world, including hundreds in the U.S., have received grants (or bribes, if you agree with the JBS version of the story) that will help implement local sustainability proposals.
News of the Alabama passage heartened anti-ICLEI activists across the nation. The headline on one Virginia blog, for example, reads: “VICTORY! ICLEI BAN PASSED ALABAMA LEGISLATURE! YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Read it and weep, globalists!”
The Alabama cities of Birmingham and Huntsville are both ICLEI members (though depending on how this law is interpreted, they may not be for long). As their residents gear up for another long, hot Deep South summer, they – and the rest of us Alabamians – can breathe a sigh of relief, safe in the knowledge that the communist menace of environmental protection has been beaten back from our doors.
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Mr. Chowdhury is a horticulturist. He has been working at Spices Research Centre, Shibganj, Bogura as a Senior Scientific Officer under Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur Gazipur, Bangladesh. He is involved in onion and chilli improvement program of Spices Research Centre. Earlier he worked in World Vision Bangladesh, Fruit Improvement Project (FIP), Garlic Improvement Project, under Department of Horticulture of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. His research experience is more than 22 years. During that period, he worked with varietal improvement of horticultural crops especially on onion and chilli improvement program. He has published 38 scientific articles in different journal from home and abroad. He was involved as a senior breeder for releasing four spices crop variety (Onion, Chilli, Chive and Mint). Recently he screen out one onion line against thrips which is world wide problem of onion cultivation.
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Is Bennifer getting engaged again?!
Is Ben Affleck planning on purposing to Jennifer Lopez… again?!
The former Batman star was spotting looking for some “bling” at Tiffany & co., and rumors are swirling around town that he is about to pop the question to Jlo for the second time. The 49-year old was spotted looking through the engagement rings inside the Westfield Century City Mall, along with his mother, Chris, and son, Samuel.
Ben and his mother looked mesmerized while looking through the various glamorous rings, which were resting inside a classic Tiffany blue box.
It has been 17 years since the iconic duo were last engaged back in 2004, and they have since rekindled their relationship which sent the world on a Bennifer storm once again. Ben originally proposed to his former and current flame, back in 2002 when he gave J Lo a jaw-dropping 6.1-carat pink diamond which was estimated to cost $1.2 million USD.
The ring is thought to have gained value since the early 2000s and is estimated to cost nearly $12million USD today. It was never reported on whether the “Monster in Law” star had returned the engagement ring back in the day but rumors have it that Jennifer Lopez kept the ring.
The duo had postponed their wedding nuptials a day before the wedding and officially broke up by January 2004.
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Nearly £2m provided to help the recovery of the county’s high streets
Vale of White Horse District Council has teamed up with social enterprise Makespace and other councils to help bring empty shops back into use with a £1.9m fund.
The project, called ‘Meanwhile in Oxfordshire…’, will go towards helping high streets across the county to bounce back from the effects of Covid-19 to bring new independent shops, cultural venues, creative studios and co-working spaces.
The aim is to provide affordable premises to accommodate more than 100 organisations, which will create or secure at least 300 jobs across Oxfordshire and help to give people more reason to shop in town centres.
Other Oxfordshire district councils working on the project alongside the City Council and the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) were South Oxfordshire, Cherwell and West Oxfordshire. The partnership was awarded the £1.9m of funding from the Government’s Getting Building Fund and the City Council has now commissioned Makespace to run the project.
Makespace Oxford has formed a consortium with other local organisations to help run the ‘Meanwhile in Oxfordshire…’ project and provide additional expertise and knowledge across the county.
This partnership includes Wild Property, Transition by Design, Soha Housing, Fusion Arts, Aspire Oxfordshire and Independent Oxford, alongside national experts in this field, Meanwhile Space CIC. These organisations will identify, secure, fit out buildings to improve energy efficiency and offer low-cost rentals for a wide variety of organisations.
The councils involved and OxLEP will also work with the partnership to find properties and tenants. One of the aims of the project team is to work closely with local residents and businesses to ensure new tenants of each unit reflect, represent and meet the needs of the area.
The partnership led by Makespace will let all the units during 2021 and will then provide a range of business support so they can thrive over the following years. Makespace and the project team are keen to speak to landlords of vacant high street retail units across Oxfordshire’s towns. Landlords can get in touch with Makespace by visiting: makespaceoxford.org.
Community organisations and creative industries unable to pay, but able to deliver a unique benefit to their local community, could receive rent-free space. The project aims to provide at least 35 young people with apprenticeships, traineeships or work experience placements.
Cllr Bethia Thomas, Cabinet Member for Community Engagement at the Vale of White Horse District Council, said: “We’re looking forward to working in partnership with Makespace and new partners to help bring a wider range of businesses into our traditional market towns – we hope to support non-traditional retail, councils or charities wanting to create community-led business initiatives as well as independent retail. By attracting new business ventures, more visitors and shoppers will help to benefit the whole area.”
Cllr Robin Bennett, Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Regeneration, said: “This has been a hard year for many of our businesses, so we’re very keen to start working with Meanwhile in Oxfordshire to support entrepreneurs, community organisations and creative businesses wanting to move into our town centres.
“The project brings great benefits – it’ll improve the energy efficiency of re-fitted units, provide ongoing support to tenants and offer low-cost or even free rentals to organisations offering unique benefits to the local community.”
Councillor Susan Brown, Leader of Oxford City Council said: “This project will make it easier for entrepreneurs to open businesses, create hundreds of jobs, and give residents more reasons to visit their local town and city centres.
“It is an extremely exciting project that will transform high streets across Oxfordshire for years to come, and I am delighted that we have been able to work with such a wide array of fantastic local organisations to help make it happen.”
Andy Edwards, Co-Director and Programme Coordinator of Makespace Oxford said: “Makespace Oxford is delighted to be working with the city and district councils on this timely and ground-breaking programme.
“Through COVID we’ve seen our towns and urban centres severely impacted with businesses and communities working incredibly hard to sustain and adapt.
“The Meanwhile in Oxfordshire programme offers a crucial boost at a critical time to help local organisations countywide to access space and be part of a movement to revive our urban centres and offer a positive new vision of the high street post-COVID that helps to build stronger local economies and stronger local communities.”
Nigel Tipple, Chief Executive of OxLEP said: “The confirmation of such a significant project – that will have a positive impact and lead to a progressive transformation in how we make the most of our high streets – is excellent news.
“As the local enterprise partnership for Oxfordshire, we want to ensure our county benefits from a business environment that is fit-for-purpose, supporting dynamic economic growth.
“We were delighted to have secured this Getting Building Fund allocation for this project and we are sure it can be a real asset to Oxfordshire, something which is vital as we begin the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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Beneath the Ferrigno ice stream UK researchers found the Ferrigno rift, like to Africa's Rift Valley located where two plates separate. As deep as the Grand Canyon, it's only visible by radar. It's thought to bring warm water beneath the ice.
Look for the small icon "Ice Sheet Animation" near the bottom right of the article for the video. It's silent but shows impressive detail of ice flow patterns in Antarctica.

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Two-way trade between Ontario and Germany was valued at close to $15 billion last year. There are approximately 260 German businesses operating in Ontario. and Volkswagen is making a historic $7 billion investment in a battery plant in St. Thomas. PHOTO courtesy Volkswagen.
The Ontario government has concluded an investment and trade mission to Germany and Poland to promote the province’s growing automotive sector and explore new opportunities for investment and job creation.
The mission, led by Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, included meetings with German automakers Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.
“We continue to strengthen Ontario’s end-to-end EV supply chain by building a competitive business environment that attracts investments from companies around the world,” said Minister Fedeli.
Ontario representatives met with the senior leadership of Volkswagen Group in Wolfsburg and PowerCo SE in Salzgitter to thank them for the Group’s historic $7 billion investment in St. Thomas, the future location of Volkswagen’s first overseas battery cell manufacturing plant. The meeting included discussions about future opportunities with the company as they build out their footprint in Ontario. The province is also working with Volkswagen to organize a suppliers’ day to help source Ontario suppliers for the new battery cell plant, helping to ensure companies across the province can benefit from Volkswagen’s major investment.
Last year, two-way trade between Ontario and Germany was valued at close to $15 billion. There are approximately 260 German businesses operating in Ontario.
Additional highlights from the mission included meetings with executives from Mercedes-Benz and global automotive parts suppliers ElringKlinger and Eberspaecher Group to promote Ontario as a leading destination for investment. ElringKlinger currently operates a manufacturing facility in Leamington, and Eberspaecher has subsidiaries in Mississauga and Concord.
“Ontario is an industry leader in the automotive and EV sectors,” said Trevor Dauphinee, CEO of Invest Ontario. “Invest Ontario is laser-focused on fostering a dynamic end-to-end supply chain, supported by our impressive assets, including over 700 parts suppliers, and 500 skilled tool, die, and mold makers.”
Building on the success of the province’s 2022 investment and trade mission, Ontario representatives also met with government representatives from the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Ontario and Baden-Württemberg share a close economic relationship that was formalized in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) first signed over 30 years ago. The MOU was renewed last year and fosters collaboration on initiatives across a range of sectors, including automotive and electric vehicles.
With a GDP of $750 billion, Baden-Württemberg is the third-largest economy in Germany and is home to many well-known multinational enterprises, such as SAP, Daimler, and Porsche. More than 100 companies from Baden-Württemberg have invested in Ontario.
“Ontario and Baden-Württemberg are economic powerhouses and global centres for the auto industry,” said Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism for Baden-Württemberg. “We are pleased to explore opportunities to strengthen trade and investment ties, particularly in the EV and EV battery sector, during this time of transformation for the auto industry.”
Over the past two-and-a-half years, Ontario has attracted over $25 billion in automotive investments by global automakers and suppliers of electric vehicle batteries and battery materials.


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On the Mend
by Madeline Felauer
Our learned instinct when we spot a hole in a sock, in the hem of skirt, or the butt of our jeans is to discard. Often, the discarding of these pieces is followed by the loss of a memory. This is on a case-by-case basis, as you may want to keep the memory of wearing a ‘60s midi to your mom’s 50th birthday but discard the memory of you getting dumped wearing your rattiest pajama bottoms.
By mending clothing that has some wear and tear, we extend the longevity of these memories and preserve the nostalgia attached. Giving your garments a second half life is an opportunity to add more experiences into the fabric, or perhaps pave over bad memories with some positive encounters. Perhaps you may land a job in your darned socks or trip and fall on a handsome stranger while wearing your patched denim overalls?
Darning, mending, or patching is a practical yet dying art, practiced widely throughout history in many different forms. Recently these techniques for preservation have become less prominent as fast fashion has dropped clothing costs and raised production rates. Some of the mending can be extremely obvious or subtle, depending on type of fabric and how prominent you want your patchwork to be. So, call up your Grandma Esther and ask her to pull out her best mending needles. It’s her time to shine!
My favorite and easiest way to mend any hole in a non-knit fabric is to create a patch to cover up the tear. Patches can range from a simple fabric square to an elaborate custom patch with rhinestones and a Led Zeppelin logo. For new sewers, attaching these patches might seem slightly daunting. Luckily, if you do not want to go the sewing route, there are ironable patches available that you can use on both the inside and outside of the garment.
Often, jean iron patches are the easiest to find in a variety of cloths and densities. As for sewing your patch, I suggest making the patch at least ½ inch to 1 inch wider on all sides of the hole. You can put the patch on the inside or outside and sew a simple running stitch along the perimeter of the fabric. You can even create a patch in the shape of a funky little animal and forgo all forms of geometry.
Sometimes, if a hole is just small enough, such as on the pocket of a dress shirt, you can use small stitches to cover the hole instead of another piece of fabric. This can take the form as a pointed asterisk looking star, which are just small straight stitches overlapped diagonally in all directions. You can take this concept further and transform your entire shirt into a series of constellations – make sure to add your own! To deep dive into the concept of using stitches to weave a covering, my recommendation is to look further into the Japanese technique of Sashiko (little stabs). Sashiko is the method of using visible stitches to highlight the tear in your garment and draw notice to its reconstruction. Contrast stitches are used in this instance to further show the difference from existing fabric to added patches and stitches.


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The interest in sheds has grown over recent years, with ''man caves'' and ''she sheds'' becoming part of the garden landscape - either for hobby or office use, a summer house or a place to escape. Television shows, such as George Clarke''s Amazing Spaces, along with the Shed of the Year competition have contributed to this rise in popularity. However, many of the shed books on the market have just been picture books, showing the wide variety and themes of sheds around the country/world., The Haynes Shed Manual is a practical, step-by-step guide with wide-covering advice on all aspects of planning and building sheds. Written by two shed experts, it will appeal to the enthusiastic DIYer., Authors, John Coupe is a structural engineer who has designed buildings ranging in size from domestic extensions to multi-storey residential and commercial developments using steel, concrete, masonry and timber., Alex Johnson is a freelance journalist (largely with The Independent since 2007) and author of various books including Shedworking (Frances Lincoln, 2010), Bookshelf (Thames & Hudson, 2010), and Improbable Libraries (T&H 2015). John''s website secrets-of-shed-building.com and Alex''s at shedworking.co.uk together reach around 800,000 readers a year.
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Country music icon Charley Pride announced his upcoming album, Music In My Heart, is set for release July 7th, 2017. The project marks the CMA “Entertainer of the Year” winner’s first new studio release in more than six years, and features 13 all-new recordings, produced by traditional singer-songwriter Billy Yates.
The album marks a high-level return to form for Pride. Listeners will be taken on a musical journey that runs the gamut of traditional country and features songs by such acclaimed writers as Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, Tommy Collins, ‘Country’ Johnny Mathis and Yates.
Pride, a three-time GRAMMY® award winner kicked off the year with another career-defining moment, when he was recognized with a 2017 “Lifetime Achievement Award.”
Avid Group Publishing/BMI (John Mathis Jr.) garnered two cuts on this new album; “Make Me One More Memory” and the title cut “Music In My Heart’, both written by ‘Country’ Johnny Mathis.
Music In My Heart Track Listing:
1. New Patches
2. Make Me One More Memory
3. Natural Feeling For You
4. All By My Lonesome
5. It Wasn’t That Funny
6. The Same Eyes That Always Drove Me Crazy
7. I Learned A Lot
8. You’re Still In These Crazy Arms Of Mine
9. The Way It Was In ‘51
10. I Just Can’t Stop Missing You
11. You Lied To Me
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WEST Mercia Police have announced that a second complaint of non-recent sexual abuse has been made following allegations published in the Whitchurch Herald.
On May 3, The Herald published a report on how a family doctor abused a boy between the age of nine and 13 in the 1970s.
Following that report, the paper received three more stories from victims of the doctor and this week carried the story of 'Jane' and how she was abused at the family practice.
She made a formal complaint to police and now a second report has been logged with West Mercia.
A spokesman said: "West Mercia Police has received two reports of non-recent sexual offences in Whitchurch, Shropshire.
"All reports of sexual offences are taken very seriously irrespective of when they took place and will be thoroughly investigated.
"Investigations are ongoing and there are no further details at this time."
For more on the allegations, see this week's Whitchurch Herald.
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The concept of unicycles gave birth to the idea of single wheeled motor bikes but that hasn’t been a very strange thing. Although motor bikes with wheels would be more hard to handle and balance when compared to a unicycle, the concept isn’t very difficult to accept. The idea of a bike standing within its own solo wheel, on the other hand, is a bit difficult to digest.
Bikers around the world have carved a niche for themselves in coming up with the zaniest designs. Even though most designs remain a concept, we live with the belief that this is so only because the designer could not get it to the right people. The Monobike concept gives me the same idealistic hope. Designed by Akaraolis, the Monobike was conceptualised as part of a project when the designer was at college but such a beautiful piece of work cannot be left alone and the idea has resurfaced after a few mods in design using Rhino3D.
The Monobike is intended to be reminiscent of the WWII bikes and accomplishes that. No bike during, before or after that war has had a design as cool as this, on the other hand.


Rand Paul Supported Banning Abortion Without Exceptions For Rape Or Incest As A Senate Candidate.
According to MSNBC, “As we mentioned last week, Christine O’Donnell is one of the many Republican Senate candidates this year who are moving one traditionally hot-button issue way to the right of where it has ever been before. Yes, there have been lots of anti-abortion Republican Senate candidates over time, the whole party, almost without exception, wants to make abortion illegal. But this year, there are five candidates for Senate who want to ban it without exceptions for rape or incest. Christine O’Donnell in Delaware, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Ken Buck in Colorado, Rand Paul in Kentucky, Joe Miller in Alaska, all want the government to intervene if a woman gets pregnant because of rape or incest. They want the government to intervene to force a woman or a girl in that situation to give birth to the rapist’s baby or to their relative’s baby, no matter what she or the girl or woman’s doctor wants.” [MSNBC, 9/20/10]
Paul Introduced Legislation To Define A Fetus As A Person.
According to Office of Senator Rand Paul, “It is the duty of our government to protect this life as a right guaranteed under the Constitution. For this reason, I introduced S. 583, the Life at Conception Act on March 14, 2013. This bill would extend the Constitutional protection of life to the unborn from the time of conception.” [Office of Senator Rand Paul, Viewed 8/15/14]


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By Ron Miller (firstname.lastname@example.org)
Big ideas and big fish often have to go together. In this case, big ideas could get you in trouble unless you have a backup plan.
Winter 1992-1993 was a very heavy snowfall year. I made a motorcycle recon trip over Trail Ridge Road 2 weeks before this trip to see what we were facing. Snowdrifts were fairly large but was no reason to hold off. (little did we know)
The plan was to hike from Milner Pass to Timber Lake, camp one night, then climb over the saddle to Lake Julian and camp in the cross-country zone. After setting up camp, we would jump the NEXT saddle and go fish at Haynach Lake until dark and then return to camp by flashlight. We'd caught some good fish the preceding August at Timber Lake and had heard from the rangers of 24" fish in Haynach Lake. (sigh) Friend Barry Z planned to join us at the saddle between Timber and Julian lakes on Saturday (he always seems to keep his own timetable).
This was our plan to GO FISH!
Once we get out of the trees, the snowdrifts have melted and we mostly walk on tundra trail toward Timber Lake. We sidehill along, holding elevation and cross several large snowfields that weren't there last August. For over 2 hrs we plod along. It's not cold, not too windy and the snow is only a minor obstacle.
Until we get to the cliffs above Timber. This time, instead of dropping down to the mush meadows like last year, we aim for the cliffs just to the north and west of Timber Lake. When the lake is visible, we fall down stunned. We get out our situpon pads, put on clothes and park our butts to think.
Timber Lake is 3/4 ice and we can see about 75% snowcover down there. It looks like WINTER!!!! (Sure is pretty though....)
We sit for an hour and a half. Should we go on? Or should we bag it? Will there be anyplace to camp? Or do we have to snow-camp? Will the fishing be any good? Are you up for this? Will we be wimps if we go home? We kick it around for quite awhile. The day is pleasant and warm, the weather non-threatening and we have plenty of time. We ponder and puzzle. Waffle and waiver. Jeff tends toward bailout, I tend toward going on.
I propose that we at least go fishing. That way, we can assess what the camping will be like, if it's unworkable, we can still do the carry back to the car without extraordinary effort. With a plan to not committ, but instead to evaluate, we work our way down the cliffs and hope to not end up like the bighorn carcass at the bottom. No problem. We work our way to the lake and park ourselves under the trees in the same spot we cooked dinner in last Aug. It's a little dry ground amongst the sea of snowdrifts.
There are no tourists around. The snowdrifts are quite deep under the trees yet and so it's unlikely that anyone will come along. We eat and rest and silently wonder what we're really going to do.
After awhile, we leave our packs and go down the hill to see what condition the designated campsites are in. We meander downhill among the snowdrifts and find about a 10' x 15' stretch of dry ground in the ROCKSLIDE site. Perfect. At least it's not on top of snow. (But the 10' snowdrift adjacent to the tent with the site marker sticking out the sideis a reminder.)
We return to our packs for the rest of the day. Only 2 people show up, 2 tourists who had gotten high enough to see and follow our tracks to the lake. We exchange howdies and they eventually depart. The fishing was lousy. No fish at all.
After an early dinner, we again plunge down the hill to setup the tent. The site is a great coincidence. It's dry, it's flat, and it's big enough for Jeff's 1.25 man NF tent. In the sea of snow. After the tent is pitched and the bags are unrolled, we hang out. The mosquitoes get pretty thick. All that standing water around to breed them and we are the only warm thermal signatures for hundreds of yards. We retreat to a rockpile a little more in the open and hope that a little breeze will make them work for their target acquisition.
We have decided that this isn't very much fun. Plan for tommorrow is to ascend to the saddle where we can evaluate the conditions in the X-C zone around Julian. Our fishing success (none) at Timber also doesn't encourage us to think much about Haynach.
In the middle of the night, there is a persistent crackling noise as a marmot fools around with the garbage bag covering Jeff's pack. We chase him off with a stick and rocks and light.
We depart and pass the lake and head for the saddle. It takes some snowfield climbing with ice axes to get up there. Then the view we'd been waiting for - Julian Lake. In winter. Not only is Julian frozen, but there is still snow on the lake surface and there is no dry ground to be seen. The saddle to Haynach is also a snowfield. We sit in the wind, bundled up and disappointed.
So, we bail.
We sidehill above Timber and spread out a ways to walk abreast. We want to be SURE to intercept Barry and not let him get past us to wait uselessly at the saddle.
We walk toward the car. The wind is cold and the mood from turning back is not good. We are each walking wrapped in our own thoughts about 100 yards from the other. Formation bailout.The wind is strong. Very strong (the weatherguessers report 90mph that night). It's difficult to walk straight, the packs cause a weather-vane effect. At 1130 we intercept Barry. We heap our packs together for a sort of windbreak and give him the bad news. He wants to see for himself (he worked so hard to get this far) so he and Jeff leave their packs with me and go to look at Timber. As they arrive back at the packs, it is clear that something bad is developing in the weather department. A black wall of clouds is visible behind the ridge to the west. We set off in a hurry back toward the cars.
We don't get halfway there before the clouds bring horizontal sleet. We hang lower than we normally would in order to maintain access to treeline. In fact, we follow elktrails right at the ragged edge of treeline and periodically take shelter in the same stands of windblasted trees that the elk use. It is not terribly uncomfortable due to the novelty of the adventure of new terrain, wild weather, adequate clothing and concentrating on navigation. The occasional elk bones provide dire hints of what *could* happen :-) It is encouraging to be outbound in this kind of weather.
We re-wade the snowdrifts in the trees and hit the cars at 1415. It is now blowing, foggy, sleeting and cold. We cross TRR in blowing snow and go home. This trip was a definite mission-abort.
That night the weatherguessers report 6" of fresh snow closing TRR. And for each of the next 2 nights - the same.
We counted ourselves very happy to not be blizzard camping in Jeff's tiny tent for 2 days of confinement. Maybe some other time.
By Ron Miller
Ft. Collins, Colo.


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Asimov's short story "Nightfall" was my first introduction to his fiction. It was the foundation trilogy, however, that firmly cemented Asimov as one of my favourite authors. He is truly one of the greats. (Module6_meherenotyouSAIT)
This is the first time in a while that I've been tearing through a book like crazy. I like it.
Haven't read this in decades. Absolutely delightful to return to this masterful intelligence. I will re-read the rest now.
must read book for Sci Fi fans. I can't say anything else except this really sets the bar high for world building.
I am at a loss as how to rate and comment on this book. I believe it is because, unlike many of the other books I have read as of late, Mr. Asimov makes the reader think. This is not to insinuate that his writing it too complex, the subject matter is to difficult. To the contrary, it is none of those issues. This story is quite thought provoking. It is told in an understandable manner, but it also takes you into an inner retrospective world. You read the simple, but that simple makes you think. You read about human nature, but you dwell upon why man does what he does at certain levels. What does he really believe in? Is it mostly about himself? Why does man believe he has all the answers, but fails miserably at achieving the lofty aspirations of world peace and harmony with his neighbor.
Mr. Asimov lays out a simple story, but draws you into a world of deep introspection. You find yourself contemplating the greatness as well as the dismal failures of the human race.
Do not let me portray this book as dreary or of doom. Quite the opposite. There is conflict, in turmoil, but also achievement and success. Asimov leads his readers, thoughtful, to look deeper into his own nature.
I will continue to follow the rest of the series, now that the premise and foundation of the story has been laid, and for the simple reason, I've been sucked in.
Asimov's "Foundation" series is one the major cornerstones of science fiction. Big Ideas that continue to define the genre today. Being early SF, the writing isn't as stylistically accomplished as more modern works but that doesn't diminish the importance of Asimov's legacy.
A little difficult to get started with this one. I had to get used to the style of writing. After a few chapters in, I was hooked! Very interesting and thought provoking concepts and characters. You can draw a lot of parallels with our own history of human nature and macro forces.
Usually, I prefer books that are character-driven rather than plot-driven. This book was quite a change of pace for me therefore since it has almost no character development at all.
The novel reads more like a series of short stories, each about 6-8 chapters long. In each "short story", a brief tale is told of how a "Seldon crisis" is handled. Then you jump forward several decades never to hear from those characters again. The only constant character is Hari Seldon who shows up postmortem as a series of holographic messages left to the people of the Foundation.
In many ways, the characters are irrelevant; the Foundation novels are about the "big picture" - a sweeping narrative that covers generations. I suspect this is intentional since the fictional science of psychohistory ignores individual actions and deals in prediction behaviours of large populations of humans.
To give credit where it is due, the book is a relatively easy read and the saga that Asimov is telling is interesting (as are the political themes he incorporates).
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If you spend more time with your nose buried in a book than you do chatting up potential love interests, you’re in for a treat!
We’ve got the scoop of the best dating apps for book lovers you could try. And while not all of these apps are made specifically for dating, all of them can help you discover a literary soulmate.
You can use these apps to make friends or find a romantic partner who shares your love for books. Whether you’re into romance novels or biographies, these apps will ensure that you find someone who shares your deep passion for the written word. Let’s get into it!
This app is a bookworm’s dream come true – a place where like-minded individuals can connect over their shared love of literature. It’s a gem for those who value literature and want to connect with others who share their passion.
The UI is friendly and simple to navigate. The design itself is pretty bland in comparison to other apps, but as it’s to be expected as it’s a rather niche app. You can easily browse through accs and filter them based on your prefs, such as favorite genre or author. Not only can you read about each individual’s reading habits, but you can also view their bookshelves and see what they’ve been reading lately.
One of the standout aspects of this one (apart from its whole concept) is the ability to send book recs to potential matches. It’s the ideal ice-breaker for starting a conversation and shows that you’ve taken the time to look through their acc.
The app also has a vibrant community where members can discuss their favorite books and form book clubs. It’s a great way to meet new people and discover new authors. So next time you’ll hit a reading slump, check out the list of recs the app has made for you.
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This app is here to turn book buffs into social butterflies. If you’re tired of reading in solitude and itching to connect with like-minded readers, it’s the app for you.
The app’s “Tinder for bookworms” reputation might be catchy, but it doesn’t quite capture the full extent of its magic. Yes, it helps you find fellow bookworms for fun activities based on your bookshelf, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
The app’s algorithm works hard to find people who share your reading tastes and recs events that you’ll love. Whether it’s a literary-themed trivia night or a book signing with your favorite author, it helps you explore the literary world and connect with other book enthusiasts.
But it isn’t just about one-off events. The app is a book club matchmaker, it connects you with users who have similar reading prefs so that you can make a club that works for you. The app even helps you set up buddy reads for the book you’re starting and find events for finished books.
What sets it apart is its dedication to bringing people together through books. The app fosters a genuine sense of community by encouraging its users to turn events into book clubs. And while romance isn’t the app’s main goal, there’s always the possibility of finding your bookish soulmate.
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Wanna spice up your dating life while indulging in your love of literature? If so, this app is your ultimate solution! This VR-based dating app is revolutionizing the traditional scene by making physical appearances and location-based connections irrelevant. Instead, it focuses on building genuine connections based on shared interests and mutual values.
The app lets app you make an avatar, which can range from a fairy princess to an elf or any other dreamy character that you would like to be. This takes away the pressure of looking flawless during your virtual dates. You can be whoever you want to be and feel confident while exploring new relationships.
The most exciting part of the app is the virtual worlds you get to explore during your VR dates. For all the sci-fi and fantasy lovers out there, it’s a gem worth cherishing. By reliving moments from your favorite books, you’ll be able to enjoy new experiences that will satisfy your inner bookworm. From Hogwarts to Narnia, the possibilities are limitless, thanks to the vast scope of avatar worlds it offers.
But it is not just about indulging in your love for literature; its core purpose is to build meaningful relationships in a new digital culture. It’s a fresh and innovative take on dating that’s ideal for anyone wanting to break out of the conventional dating scene and embrace a new way of connecting.
If you’re tired of the instant gratification culture of texting and social media, then this is the app you need in your life. It’s a gem for those who love the art of letter writing and the charm of old-fashioned romance novels.
The premise of the app is simple: find a pen pal from anywhere in the world and connect with them through letters. But, oh, the joy of it all! The anticipation of waiting for a letter, the excitement of receiving one, the joy of reading it and getting to know another human being on a deeper level.
With this app, you can find pen pals based on mutual interests and languages, making it easier for you to connect with those you’ll have something to talk about. Just disclose your love for books on your profile, add some of your fave authors, and you’re ready to go.
And, with the ability to collect and unlock stamps from different countries and cultures, it’s like traveling the world without even leaving your house.
One of the best things about this one is its anonymous acc. All you need is a nickname and an avatar to get started, making it easier for you to be yourself and connect with others without the pressure of having to present a particular image of yourself. Plus, let’s be real, who doesn’t love the added mystery and charm of getting to know someone without their full name or location?
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If you’re a book lover on the hunt for love, this app is the app that should be at the very top of your list. It has absolutely revolutionized the dating game by catering specifically to Gen Z and their prefs. And the best part? You can connect with those who share the same passion for books as you do.
Let’s talk about their avatars, shall we? This is a brilliant idea because it allows you to gauge the compatibility of your interests immediately. Not only can you make your own avatar tailored to your love for books, sci-fi, fantasy, or any genre for that matter.
If that wasn’t enough, the hashtags take it to the next level. You can use it to find fellow book lovers within a few taps. There’s nothing more awkward than trying to find common ground with someone on a first date, but this app makes it seamless and enjoyable.
Let’s get to the nitty-gritty. Compatibility is fundamental, which is why this app has incorporated icebreaker questions and personality tests to help you discover your dating strengths.
And finally, the AI aspect. The app uses AI to showcase your best features and charm potential matches by producing an acc that’s tailored to your strengths. Who wouldn’t love to be perceived as their best selves?
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This isn’t your ordinary dating app – it’s a community of like-minded readers who gather to discuss, dissect, and generally fangirl (or fanboy) over their favorite books. And with thousands of free online book clubs to join or create, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to find your literary soulmate.
One of the coolest aspects about this one is the organized and spoiler-free chapter rooms, where you and your book club can dive deep into the plot, characters, and themes at your own pace.
Plus, you can set and track milestones to ensure your book club stays on track and en route to accomplishing your reading goals. But what about after you finish a book? Fear not, it has you covered with access to full discussions from previous book clubs.
And for those who prefer a more interactive reading experience, the embedded discussion prompts allow you to respond to key moments as you read, while also seeing how other readers are reacting in real-time. It’s a treat for book lovers who want to connect with others over their shared passion.
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Lastly, we have a must-have for all literary enthusiasts out there. Whether you love books, want to discuss them, or simply want to make some new friends who share your passion for literature, this app lets you do that.
The app’s tools are exactly what any avid reader needs to satisfy their craving to chat about books. Adding your fave ones is a breeze, and once you do, prepare to be whisked away to a world of like-minded individuals who share your love for literature!
One of the best things about this one is the chatrooms that are available for each book. You’ll never run out of people to chat with, and it’s a great way to meet new friends who share your interests. The forums are also a great place to talk about specific aspects of the book in detail, and spoiler protection ensures that everyone can enjoy the book without their experience being ruined.
The app’s library is ideal for tracking your books, and the profile is a great way to see what others are reading and start conversations based on that. The book scanner is incredibly useful, especially when you’re out and about and come across a book you want to add to your library.


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Amazing animals planet.
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Animal homes activities
What are habitats?
A habitat is a place where an organism makes its home. A habitat meets all the environmental conditions an organism needs to survive. For an animal, that means everything it needs to find and gather food, select a mate, and successfully reproduce. ... The main components of a habitat are shelter, water, food, and space.21 . 2011 .
What is a terrestrial habitat?
Terrestrial habitats are ones that are found on land, like forests, grasslands, deserts, shorelines, and wetlands. Terrestrial habitats also include man made habitats, like farms, towns, and cities, and habitats that are under the earth, like caves and mines.
What are the three types of habitat?
There are basically three types of habitat. They are aquatic habitat, terrestrial habitat and arboreal habitat.
What is home of cow called?
1. cow barn - a barn for cows. byre, cowbarn, cowhouse, cowshed.
What is an elephant home called?
"JUNGLE". elephant is a wild animal, that's why it just lives in the jungle. . laminiaduo7 and 30 more users found this answer helpful.6 . 2018 .


text: Shane Ardo, UCI assistant professor of chemistry, is among 84 scientists from across the nation to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program. The effort, now in its ninth year, is designed to bolster the country’s scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early career years, when many do their most formative work. Under the program, Ardo will be awarded at least $150,000 per year for five years to develop technologies that can sustainably and inexpensively desalinate seawater for both personal consumption and agriculture. He is exploring the possibility of creating plastic containers that, with a little sun power, could accomplish this. If successful, the technique may help solve water scarcity problems for nearly a billion people worldwide.


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I was an English major with a focus on poetry writing at Harvard, and my poetry teacher gave me Joanna Newsom’s first CD– he was like that teacher who totally changes the course of your life. So I was super into The Milk-Eyed Mender, and then my friends invited me to go see Joanna Newsom play live when Ys came out. I felt like I’d been transported to another world. Ys has a lot to do with the death of a loved one and discovering your own creativity, all done through very mystical poetry, and I was also dealing with those same things. I felt like she was speaking directly to me the whole concert. I was like, “How can this happen?”
I listened to that album on repeat for so long. I could spend days trying to figure out just a single complex metaphor. The one that stands out to me is: “In the mud cloud, mica-spangled, like the sky’d been breathing on a mirror.” It’s like John Donne, who was a really early metaphysical poet, or Yeats. That image has so many layers and the ideas you can draw out of it are also manifold.
The main thing I learned in college is that if you’re going to make a piece of art, you’d better have some emotional urgency behind it; otherwise, it’s not worth making, and you’ll never accomplish anything with it. When I think of a performer who’s willing to be super weird and super naked and always writes with some kind of urgency, I think of Joanna Newsom. It’s a good lesson in being yourself. Live, she makes these faces, and she squats a little bit, and she is very physically involved with the instrument, which is cool. I try to do all that stuff, maybe not consciously, but I like to think that I’m not just standing around and staring at my shoes. I don’t really care about keeping up with appearances—I’ve pretended that the guitar is a machine gun and shot the audience with it. I saw a nine year old do something similar at the Rock ‘N’ Roll Camp for Girls showcase concert a few weeks ago. It was a little shocking.
New Jersey's Titus Andronicus playing at the Olympic Community Hall during Halifax Pop Explosion. Afterwards, guitarist Amy Klein announced via her website that Titus’ two Halifax shows would be her last with the band. She’ll be missed.
What we’re doing when we exclude women from rock and roll, and from the sense of rebellion that rock and roll promises, is disallowing women that independent perspective. We’re never giving them the chance to think critically about the world, and about the systems that oppress them. When we take women out of the arts, and take them out of art’s ability to critique the way things are, we’re making sure that women keep swallowing the status quo, day after day, and it’s the status quo that keeps us down.
“She’s amazing. Her words save me,” goes the chorus. This is an anthem in praise of a woman who tells the truth – and in doing so, inspires her audience to do the same. It’s not a love song; it’s about respect, self-actualization, about the way in which women can help each other to act courageously.
I can’t help but think about Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Kelley Deal, Tanya Donelly, Nancy Wilson, Chrissie Hynd, Wild Flag’s Carrie Brownstein, Screaming Females’ Marissa Permoster, Hilley Eye’s Amy Klein and EULA’s Alyse Lamb!
Who are your favorite female guitarists of all time?


MSI adds a new gaming desktop to its offerings. It extends the elite level of Infinite Series, called MSI MAG Infinite S3. Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake CPUs are delivering the main computing power, and it’s around a 19% performance boost than the previous generation. For gaming, MSI puts the RTX 3070. This GPU is coming with cutting-edge performance delivery capabilities, including raytracing graphics and DLSS AI acceleration.
Users can take benefits from the two DDR4 slots in the memory and storage sections, combining up to 64GB of memory support. There is one M.2 2280 SSD, up to two 2.5″ hard drives, and one 3.5″ HDD or SSD.
Along with the top-notch CPU and GPU performance in gaming, the MSI MAG Infinite S3 also provides the same level of visual expressions. At the front part, there is huge ventilation for sufficient air intake. Like other gaming desktops, it also has attractive RGB lighting. Now the user can customise it as well. Thanks to the mystic light. The tempered glass at the side allows displaying the interior beauty of this gaming desktop.
For a smooth gaming experience, network connectivity is equally important with the CPU, GPU, and storage. So, the MSI MAG Infinite S3 Gaming Desktop is equipped with 802.11ax standard, which is the latest one. It can provide up to six times after network speed and up to 75% low latency than Wi-Fi 5.


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The Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness compensation is a necessity for employees and their survivors to receive benefits for illness resulting from exposure to radiation and other toxic substances. This program is authorized by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). There are a few types of benefits under this Act that ensures these employees and their families receive aid to deal with treatments or funerary costs resulting from this type of exposure. There are also specific steps for applying for these benefits under EEOICPA.
People Who are Eligible
Current and former employees who work for the Department of Energy under contract or who work for the department’s subcontractors are eligible for compensation under EEOICPA. Survivors of these employees can also apply for benefits under EEOICPA in order to help pay the costs for remaining medical bills that come from treatment from illnesses that result from exposure to radiation. These illnesses include things like radiogenic cancers, beryllium sensitivities, chronic beryllium disease, and chronic silicosis.
Part B provides employees or their surviving families with one, lump sum for compensation. This amount can be up to $150,000.00. These funds will cover medical expenses for accepted conditions that result from radiation exposure. Part B will also provide up to $50,000.00 for people who are eligible for compensation under Section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Those employees who mine, mill and transport uranium are also eligible for compensation under RECA Section 5. Part B compensation began on July 31, 2001.
Part E offers a higher compensation amount of $250,000.00 plus medical expenses, but this compensation is only for accepted conditions. The amount of compensation is based on both the level of impairment resulting from radiation exposure and the length of time of qualifying wage-loss related to treating this illness.
To apply for benefits under Part B, employees must have worked at least 250 days before February 1, 1992, making them a member of the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC). They must have worked at the Gaseous Diffusion Plans in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Paducah, Kentucky, or Portsmouth, Ohio. There are certain exceptions for employees who also worked at underground nuclear testing sites in Amchitka, Arkansas.
Under Part E, only uranium miners, millers, and ore transporters are eligible for the benefit. In short, the illness must have developed as a result of toxic exposure at a facility that is covered under Section 5 of RECA. Toxic substance means more than just radiation exposure. It can also include exposure to chemicals, acids, metals, and solvents. Wage loss has to be based on the number of years an employee was unable to work, meaning they must retire due to illness or disability before the specific Social Security Retirement age, which are usually 65.
For families that have loved ones who suffer from exposure to radiation or other chemicals while working for the Department of Energy, this type of compensation is necessary to make sure they are taken care of as a result of a hazard from their work. These funds are meant to take care of lost wages and medical expenses. As long as requirements are met, then the compensation is there to help current and former employees and their survivors.

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Meditation is a practice that has been around for centuries, but its benefits are now being recognized by modern science. One area where meditation has shown to have a positive impact is cognitive aging. Cognitive aging is the decline in cognitive abilities that occurs as we age, it can lead to memory loss, decreased attention span, and reduced problem-solving ability. In this article, we will explore how meditation can help combat cognitive aging.
How Meditation Works
Meditation is a practice that involves focusing your attention on a specific object, such as your breath, a sound or a mantra. By doing so, you are training your brain to become more focused and less distracted. This focused attention helps to strengthen the neural connections in your brain, which can help to improve cognitive function.
Impact of Meditation on Cognitive Aging
Research has shown that meditation can have a positive impact on cognitive aging. One study found that people who meditated regularly had better cognitive function and less age-related decline in cognitive abilities than those who did not meditate. Another study found that long-term meditators had more grey matter in regions of the brain associated with attention and memory.
One reason meditation may be beneficial for cognitive aging is that it helps to reduce stress. Stress has been shown to have a negative impact on cognitive function. By reducing stress, meditation may help to protect against cognitive decline.
Types of Meditation
There are many different types of meditation, each with their unique benefits. Here are a few types of meditation that can be helpful for combating cognitive aging:
- Transcendental meditation: involves repeating a mantra to help focus the mind.
- Mindfulness meditation: involves paying attention to the present moment without judgment.
- Loving-kindness meditation: involves cultivating feelings of love and kindness towards oneself and others.
Getting Started with Meditation
If you are interested in trying meditation to combat cognitive aging, here are a few tips to get started:
- Start small: Begin with just a few minutes of meditation each day and gradually increase the time as you become more comfortable.
- Find a quiet space: Choose a quiet space where you won’t be interrupted.
- Get comfortable: Sit in a comfortable position with your back straight.
- Focus on your breath: Focus your attention on your breath, or choose a mantra to repeat.
- Be patient: Don’t worry if your mind wanders, this is normal. Simply bring your attention back to your breath or mantra.
Meditation is a powerful tool for combatting cognitive aging. By improving cognitive function and reducing stress, meditation can help to protect against age-related decline in cognitive abilities. If you are interested in trying meditation, start small and be patient. With time and practice, you may find that meditation becomes an essential part of your cognitive health routine.

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With investors around the world now watching in fear after as government theft has become a reality, today Kevin Wides out of Switzerland reports on the ongoing nightmare of the ‘Cyprus Solution’ and what investors must do to protect themselves. Below is what Wides had to say:
“The reason why there has not been excessive inflation or a hyperinflationary environment, despite all the money printing, is due to the subdued levels of the velocity of money. In the US the velocity of money is at its lowest in over 50 years….
“As a gold bull I would like to say that with Cyprus Bank depositors now losing a large percentage of their cash on deposit, that this will cause an immediate move by other European depositors into the physical gold and silver markets in order to get their wealth outside of the banking system.
I believe that this will be the case, but it is likely a delayed event. With the superb manner that the gold and silver markets have been managed to date by Western governments, the average citizen in Europe is still not looking at or noticing gold and silver as an investment or store of wealth.


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|Reviews for Dead Men Don't Drive Station Wagons|
| ladybug114 chapter 1 . 12/1/2012
haha great job! loved seeing this point of view, there aren't many stories about Moist like this.
| Timemidae chapter 1 . 1/15/2012
Wow, this is really good. I just watched Doctor Horrible for the first time and am, of course, heartbroken, but your story made me feel better. I love your ending, it's so sweet.
| johnnysnow chapter 1 . 1/1/2012
I love your writing style. You do really well. And Moist's pov isn't something you see every day. 3
| Ifwecansparkle chapter 1 . 12/17/2011
This is a great little piece! I love how you've nailed Moist's quiet complacency for Billy's mad schemes. Just a sort of "Help you blow up a third-world country? Well I've got nothing better to do this weekend, so why not?" Also, I love how he's still kind of overprotective of Billy and halfway decides to go along with his schemes because he's just like "Well, if I don't, he'll probably get hurt." It's very cute, and it fits Moist well.
Er. Yeah. I'm kind of a Moist fangirl. That's totally not embarrassing, right? Right?
| Terra Young chapter 1 . 12/3/2011

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Hazardous footpaths do require railings to protect pedestrians
Regarding the debate on railings on footpaths, I have lived on May Road for more than 35 years. I walk along the narrow footpaths in this area every day and often find cars parked illegally on footpaths on my road and on Old Peak Road and Brewin Path. This forces me to walk on the road and take my life in my hands.
Over the past 20 years I have often called the relevant government department asking it to send wardens to give tickets to motorists parked illegally on pedestrian footpaths.
I have also asked that in the interests of pedestrian safety strong railings should be erected. As for Old Peak Road and Brewin Path, I find the narrow steep roads and footpaths very treacherous. Railings will make pedestrians feel more secure.
Most hikers and nature lovers go for walks early in the morning or on weekends.
They don't have to deal with the weekday traffic, especially the idling buses for residential blocks and motorists parked on the footpaths taking a nap.
I am also concerned about the sickly state of greenery on slopes and road sides at Brewin Path, Clovelly Path and May Road (the Central Green Trail). Vines which are out of control are destroying the trees and greenery.
The trees should be trimmed twice a year - in the autumn and in June - to maintain their growth and keep them healthy.
For years, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department did all this trimming work annually until the Lands Department took over responsibility for the slopes.
All the signs that read: 'Government property: keep off' remained. However, the signs which said that the slopes were government property and people picking plants would be prohibited, were removed.
I urge all those who really care about Hong Kong greenery to take a close look at the state of our trees and shrubs along our hills, slopes and roadsides. They are dying a slow death and need expert supervision so they can survive and grow. The Lands Department is incapable of keeping this precious greenery alive.
Winnie Wong, Mid-Levels


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Actuated Medical Is Overcoming Engineering and Regulatory Challenges To Enhance Feeding Tube Usage for Pediatric Patients.
Feeding tubes are required when critically ill or severely compromised patients are unable to swallow food or medication. Approximately 7 million feeding tubes are placed each year. The problem is that these tubes often become clogged at reported rates from 12.5% to >35% thus ~1.8 million clogged tubes each year. For the pediatric market, clogged feeding tubes can occur more often due to the narrow diameters. The lack of nutrition and medication quickly exhausts the patient’s energy reserves and the patient may develop dehydration with electrolyte abnormalities more quickly than in adults. When a tube cannot be cleared by standard practice, it is replaced which then puts the patient at risk for surgical intervention, tube misplacement and dislodgement.
Actuated Medical, Inc. (Actuated) has developed the TubeClear system to address this problem. The TubeClear system aims to maintain optimal enteral therapy (i.e., medication, nutrition and hydration), reduce interruptions to enteral therapy for patients, reduce the time healthcare practitioners spend keeping tubes patent, and save significant time and money by quickly restoring patency to clogged feeding tubes.
But, as commonly found, there were challenges to successfully transitioning an adult device to the pediatric market. Often the adult device is too big, too strong, or simply inappropriate for pediatrics. In this case, even though TubeClear is considered by the FDA to be “a non-significant risk device” there was still concern with moving TubeClear into the pediatric market.
The challenge to expand TubeClear’s indications to the pediatric population is threefold:
- The first is scale. Pediatric tubes are inherently smaller, and the Clearing Stems now had to work in a much smaller tube. This is largely an engineering challenge. This has been overcome with the development of the TubeClear Clearing Stem model TC-0608 which operates in a 6 French tube and GJ-1422 which operates in GJ tubes 14 – 22 French.
- The second is regulatory. Rightly so, FDA assesses safety and efficacy in pediatric patients differently than in adults. Actuated needs to comply with FDA requirements for pediatrics, which in some respects can be more stringent than for the adult population. Currently, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is conducting an IRB approved clinical study on the TubeClear system to collect the behavioral data on 15-20 pediatric patients requested by the FDA for the pediatric indication.
- Third is market size. While there is certainly a medical need, the market is relatively small. Because developing a medical device is expensive, medical device firms typically look for a large market to offset their up-front R&D investment. However, this combined with the regulatory burden often keeps larger firms out of the pediatric market. Actuated Medical has developed the TubeClear system in support with FDA-Pediatric Device Consortium support, as well as NSF and NIH/NICHD SBIR funds.
To receive FDA clearance, Actuated needed to investigate several factors. Among them was to investigate the behavioral response in a pediatric clinical study setting – a factor that was not required for clearance in the adult population. Actuated needed a research partner at a recognized children’s hospital, which brought the team to CHOP and the Pennsylvania Pediatric Device Consortium (PPDC). After reading a paper by a CHOP nurse, as well as a press release announcing the PPDC, Actuated contacted PPDC team members to conduct the clinical study necessary to expand TubeClear’s indications to pediatrics. Since then, Actuated worked closely with the PPDC team to design a safe and informative study with submission to CHOP’s Medical Device Committee and internal IRB. The TubeClear study at CHOP is ongoing.


text: Revisiting a book one wrote decades ago can be both a discomforting and a reassuring experience. It is good to find consistency and continuity, to note that one is, after all, in some ways at least, still the same person. But time also changes much, and it especially changes the social context and the cultures and disciplines of knowledge within which books such as Sex, Gender and Society come to be written. The social issues that preoccupied us in the 1970s have elided into others; the landscape of data that informed the argument of Sex, Gender and Society has adopted a new geography; conceptual frameworks have fragmented and reassembled in different ways. The result is that some of what made obvious sense when Sex, Gender and Society was written fortythree years ago now has a slightly anachronistic and/or politically incorrect air. However, the book still apparently serves its purpose as a basic primer on the subject for students of social science, and its central disputation – the need to separate our bodily endowments from our cultural positioning – remains critical in academic work, as well as to policy and personal choices.


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I do a local cooking class in pretty much every country I visit, I find it a really good way to learn more about the locals customs, way of life, and of course the food they eat. This class is one of the best I have done!
I booked in for the saturday morning class. There are three different menus, repeated twice a week. There are morning and afternoon classes, but the morning class included a tour around the Kuta market, which i was keen to do. Transport to and from the class is included in the cost if you are in the local Kuta area, but is available for pretty much anywhere. My transport arrived at 7am as promised, and included Nyoman, the chef/instructor as a passenger.
The various transports met at Kuta Market and as there were about 13 of us the group was split in two for the tour of the market. Asian wet markets can be confronting for westerners, this one is no exception. It was probably a good thing I hadn't eaten, the smell inside is quite strong (mostly dried fish). Our guide gave a great run through of the key ingredients, and also how they differ in strength to different countries, or possible substitutes. Got some great tips here!
After the market we were wisked off to the cooking class. On arrival hibiscus tea and water are served, then a light breakfast of traditional bali foods, we had black rice pudding and pandan pancakes. Yum. Nyoman talked about the dishes we would make and how they are used in balinese life. Some more traditional, some celebration dishes. We went over the ingredients. Nyoman has an incredible knowledge of the ingredients available in a variety of countries, customs restrictions and substitutions. A dutch couple were very impressed with his knowledge of ingredients they could access at home.
We were all given jobs to do preparing ingredients, first dicing and slicing, then grinding with a huge mortar and pestle. We then marinated and made the sate sticks before starting to cook the various dishes, everyone getting time cooking a dish or two. Nyoman was kind enough to ask for our cameras to take pics of us when we were cooking.
Once all the dishes were prepared we sat down to eat our food. It was all so yummy, great balance of flavours. No dishes so spicy the average person couldn't eat them, but enough complexity of flavour for those used to spices. After a yummy desert we were transported back to our hotels, I was back close to 1:30. A menu\recipe booklet and certificate were provided as well.
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This lovely dusty pink jumper was designed by kimberley. She loves dusty pink and the idea to add a stylish animals print to this gorgeous jumper made it perfect for her. We hope you love this as much as Kimberly does. Wash care: inside out on a 30 degrees. ￼ Material: 80% combed cotton/ 20% polyester with vinyl letters.


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Pflames – High Anxiety
Check out the new single “High Anxiety” by veteran hip hop producer and talented instrumentalist, Pflames. In his own words: “This record was a labor of love. It was me finding inspiration in music to say the things I couldn’t actually say to people. Where words fail…music begins. With this I had a message that had weighed on my heart and came out in this form.”
Pflames is out of Omaha, NE. Certified dope since 1978, his beats are incomparable.
Stream Pflames – “High Anxiety” on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzoM5FS7ctE


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T4M, the new trade fair for technology for medical devices.
The exhibition will focus on production technology, production environment, services, as well as components and materials. The T4M wants to attract both manufacturers as well as the entire supplier industry of medical technology. On the exhibition area development and production managers, engineers and purchasers, as well as scientists, should find the latest technologies from the industry.
In order to offer the greatest benefit for both visitors and exhibitors, Landesmesse Stuttgart as the event organiser is working closely with companies and associations from the medical technology sector from Germany and other European countries.
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Yes, watching TV is better than starving, but it’s worse than not watching TV. Good evidence suggests that screen viewing before age 18 months has lasting negative effects on children’s language development, reading skills, and short term memory. It also contributes to problems with sleep and attention.
Is it OK for a 3 month old to watch TV?
Television viewing in babies under 18 months of age should be avoided, other than video chatting. To help encourage brain, language, and social development, spend more time playing, reading, and being physically active with your baby.
Why are screens bad for babies?
Exposure to screens reduces babies’ ability to read human emotion and control their frustration. It also detracts from activities that help boost their brain power, like play and interacting with other children.
When should I stop watching TV around my baby?
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that babies younger than 18 months get no screen time at all. The exception to this rule is video chatting with grandparents or other family members or friends, which is considered quality time interacting with others.
Can a 2 month old watch TV?
A: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under the age of two should not watch any television. … Because infants have a difficult time differentiating between sounds, TV background noise is particularly detrimental to language development.
Should I let my baby watch TV?
Pediatricians generally recommend keeping children under 18 months from viewing screens. Even after that age, parents should always accompany children with TV watching and ensure they don’t get too much screen time. From delaying language development to causing less sleep at night, TV can certainly do some harm.
Can TV affect babies eyes?
Vision and children: can watching TV hurt kids’ eyes? As with any screen time, excess can lead to eye strain and other problems, especially for young eyes that are still developing. Your children’s brain continues to develop well into their twenties.
Why does my baby stare at the TV?
Children’s brains triple in mass in just the ﬁrst 12 months1 and what happens around them during this time greatly inﬂuence how their brains develop. As an newborn stares at a television, they may see bright colors and motion but aren’t capable of making sense of what it means.
How does TV affect children’s behavior?
Children who often spend more than 4 hours per day watching TV or using media are more likely to be overweight. … Kids who view violence onscreen are more likely to show aggressive behavior, and to fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to them.
Can babies look at screens?
The AAP suggests children younger than 18 months avoid screens, with the exception of video chatting, all together. For children 2 to 5, limit screen use to an hour a day. It’s recommended children 6 and older have consistent limits on screen time. Some media is linked to sleep trouble.
Is listening to music good for babies?
Neuroscientists who study baby brains say music has long-lasting benefits for babies, too. Music makes a big difference to the baby brain. One study from the Institute of Learning and Brain Sciences detected that after babies listen to music, their auditory and prefrontal cortexes look different.
When do babies start paying attention to TV?
A few take-aways on media and early learning:
Initiation of television viewing is now (on average) 4 months of age. Prolonged exposure to rapid image changes (like on a TV show designed for an infant) during critical periods of brain development may precondition the mind to expect high levels of stimulation.
Is Baby Einstein bad for babies?
In the latest study on the effects of popular videos such as the “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby” series, researchers find that these products may be doing more harm than good. And they may actually delay language development in toddlers.


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Turning on the fan that removes the heat from burner in the outside compartment will help improve refrigerator cooling efficiency (if it isn't already on). Also, adding a little battery operated fan inside the refrigerator will help circulate the air and cool things down, too.
Link to previous post on refrigerator fans:
In mid-summer, when temperatures are over 110 degrees here, besides traveling with the refrigerator ON, we freeze water bottles and put them in the door and around food (especially meat) while underway. Then, when the ice thaws, we drink the water and replace the bottles with more frozen ones.

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Melways: Map 8 C4.
Directions: From the Metropolitan Ring Road take the exit onto Edgars Road going North. Drive for just under 2km and turn left into Barry Road and continue for a further 1.5km to the entrance to the City of Whittlesea Public Gardens.
Opening Hours: The gate at the entrance to the Public Gardens closes at dusk.
Dogs: Dogs are permitted in the park on a leash. There is an off leash area near the entrance to the Public Gardens.
Facilities: There are BBQs and a picnic shelter near the car park in the Public Gardens at the start of the walk. Toilets and a playground are also near the car park. Rubbish bins are not provided, please take all rubbish with you.
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For those of you expecting the Easter bunny on Sunday, a carrot is the perfect way to entice him to leave you some sweet treats. Instead of a carrot packed with Beta-carotene, you can make your own carrot pouch and fill it with candy instead. I'll be joining Martha on her show to demonstrate how to make life like carrots perfect for an Easter basket. Made from wool felt—one of my favorite materials—these carrot pouches are fun to make, but more fun to fill!
1. Cover a big carrot in cling wrap. Use a piece of paper to determine the template of the carrot. Wrap the carrot in the paper and trim where paper overlaps.
2. Trace paper template onto piece of orange wool felt and cut out.
3. Saturate the felt in warm water. Wrap the carrot with the wet felt, stretching it around and creating overlap on the seam. Pin along seam and let dry.
4. When completely dry, use Fabri-tac to glue seam together. Once dry, remove carrot.
5. Make carrot stems:
-cut 5 pieces of green felt in an asparagus shape.
-use a sharp scissor and fringe the "asparagus" tip.
-saturate the stem and stretch it out from the just below the fringe to the end.
-gently stretch the fringe top and let dry.
-once dry, bundle 5 stems together with a knot on the end.
6. Attach bundle of stems to inside top of carrot with glue and let dry
7. Use a screw punch to create holes along the top edge of carrot and weave an orange cord though.
8. Fill carrot with wrapped candy or treats and cinch and tie top closed.
A single carrot makes a lovely hostess gift or make a bunch as favors for all your guests!


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Yep it is
I'm pretty happy with the way things went. Next we're looking at getting him neutered in the next month or two.
I am your friend,your partner,your defender your dog. You are my life, my leader. I will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of my heart- I Am The German Shepherd-Anonymous
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Dissecting the DSM
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the book therapists use to determine a diagnosis. Published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), it lists the criteria for each disorder and gives a numeric code to signify each diagnosis (these are the codes used for billing your health insurance). As you may expect, level of understanding and knowledge changes over time in the mental health field and, therefore, the DSM has been published four times. The current version, the DSM-IV, was published in 1994 (though there was a minor text revision in 2000). The fifth version is due to be published in May 2013, after much anticipation. The very first DSM was published in 1952. Of course, there are many changes made in each revision, some of which are positive changes. For example, many years ago, homosexuality was listed in the DSM and was considered a mental disorder until the mental health field developed better understanding of sexuality and removed it. However, negative changes are being proposed for the upcoming DSM that many therapists, including myself, are concerned about. Part of the process of publishing a new DSM is making the proposed changes available to the public, and seeking feedback from mental health professionals before final decisions are made. Controversy has ensued! One of the changes proposed is removing the exception of grief from the criteria for diagnosing Major Depressive Disorder. This would mean that if you experienced the loss of a loved one and your completely normal symptoms of grief last more than two weeks, you could be diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. Two weeks?! As psychiatrist Allen Frances stated in the Psychiatric Times, "Grief deserves dignity not diagnosis". This and other proposed changes could cause millions of healthy people to be labeled with a mental health disorder unnecessarily. There is speculation that the APA has their own agenda with this, and that the pharmaceutical industry has lobbied for these changes. After all, they would profit (big time) off the medications prescribed to people if these changes become reality. The APA has denied being in cahoots with the drug companies, and I hope that's true. Nothing good comes of further commercializing and monetizing mental health. If these issues concern you, click HERE to read more about the APA's proposed changes. Also, you can sign an online petition HERE to make your voice heard (you are not required to be a mental health professional to sign it).


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Tax payments must be remitted by an electronic funds transfer through the Kentucky Department of Revenue’s website: https://epayment.ky.gov/EPAY.
The report and payment must be filed no later than the twentieth (20th) day of the next succeeding calendar month.
Credit – If adjusted gross revenue for a month is a negative number, the amount may carry over to the return filed for the subsequent month where the adjusted gross revenue is not negative. However, no amount shall be carried over in any period more than twelve (12) months after the month in which the amount carried over was originally due.
Interest—The “tax interest rate,” provided by KRS 131.183, will be assessed from the original due date of the return until the date of payment.
Late Payment Penalty—If the amount of tax due as shown on line 9 is not paid by the original due date of the return, a penalty of 2 percent of the tax computed due may be assessed for each 30 days or fraction thereof that the tax is past due, not to exceed 20 percent. The minimum penalty is $10.
Late Filing Penalty—If a return is not filed by the due date or the extended due date, a penalty of 2 percent of the total tax due for each 30 days or fraction thereof that a return is not filed may be assessed, not to exceed 20 percent. The minimum penalty is $10.
Additional penalties for negligence, failure to file the report or return, fraud, etc., may be assessed in accordance with KRS 131.180 (Uniform Civil Penalty Act).
Penalties but not interest may be reduced or waived if reasonable cause for reduction or waiver can be shown.