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When their father is jailed for allegedly neglecting his eponymous 93-year-old mother, grandsons Rodrigo, Bruno, and Diego reunite to care for her.
What does it mean to be the person responsible for a parent’s care? Nelleke Koop follows three women who care for their aging mothers with dementia while balancing jobs and other family obligations.

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The nanotechnology involved in our process makes sure that our product penetrates your skin in order to introduce an effective solution to your wounds, skin blemishes, and other skin problems. Issues like arthritis, diseased skin, damaged skin, and tissue damage are easily solved with this topical remedy as it operates on a cellular level. SOS Allieve is certainly a must-have.
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As of August 15th, 2016, the Prospect Heights office will be closed temporarily due to maternity leave. I will be seeing patients at my home office in Borough Park/Sunset Park starting September 7th. Please email me if you are interested in coming to the home office.
First Level Healing: Acupuncture Treatment — The Physical Realm
All acupuncture sessions are one hour long and individually tailored to each person, each time. After a brief discussion, you will get undressed and will be properly draped on the acupuncture table. You can bring shorts if you feel more comfortable.
I will check your pulse and tongue for diagnostic purposes and palpate or touch the abdomen and the area of complaint in order to choose acupuncture point placement. You will be left alone in the room for 20-30 minutes at which point the needles will be removed and you will get dressed.
Most people feel relaxed and comfortable after the treatment. Occasionally, a treatment will take several hours afterward to “sink in”. Usually, people report feeling happy and a sense of well-being. It is very common to sleep well the night after treatment.
I recommend first level healing for people who have internal disorders such as digestive disturbance, respiratory problems, gynecological dysfunction, urinary issues, or any pattern of discomfort that worsens with stress. The recommended course of treatment is once a week for at least five weeks in order to see if a change can be made. Packages are available.
Second Level Healing: Private Healing Session — The Physical Realm Expanded
Private Healing Sessions are also one hour long but combine acupuncture with acupressure, massage, myofascial release therapy, energy and prayer healing and essential oils that address emotional patterns of dysfunction. During this session, we go to deeper layers of the musculature, using a very hands-on approach to postural imbalances and areas of chronic tension or fatigue.
I recommend this level of treatment for people who have physical pain or symptoms that are recurrent or somewhat chronic. It is also appropriate for someone who feels their body benefits from touch and/or attention to detail. This treatment is very comprehensive and will leave you feeling like all aspects of your complaints were thoroughly addressed. Afterward, something significant will have happened to disrupt your journey with pain or dysfunction.
Third Level Healing: The Journey of Healing Program — Mind-Body Healing
This is my most popular program. It’s a Four-Month Protocol designed to help you understand the obstacles in your thinking that are leading to bad health, out of whack emotions and a dampened spirit. This is mind-body medicine at it’s best. With a focus on a specialized Ego Tamer Tapping Technique, we spend 12 sessions over the course of four months on clearing away the unresolved traumas and conflicts that are affecting your view of the present and the future. I’ve had clients say they don’t recognize themselves after it’s through. This program is the heart and soul of my practice and is a culmination of all of my studies, my years of clinical experience, and my own journey of healing.
Fertility Enhancement Program: Preparatory Protocol For Natural or Assisted Reproduction
When I think of the lengths that people in our generation have to go to sometimes to have a child, the phrase that always comes to mind is, “The fertility journey is not for sissies.” Trying to have a child can very easily become the most challenging aspect of your adult life. I feel a very deep calling to help men and women through what can be the extremely difficult process of becoming parents. In this program, you will receive clarity around what dietary guidelines to follow, proper supplementation, targeted and consistent acupuncture treatments, in addition to the emotional support one needs while going through Assisted Reproduction or even natural conception. In some cases, we will need to clear away the old stories and traumas that may be holding you back from conceiving a child. Whatever the obstacle might be to conception, our work together will help clear the path quickly to achieving your dream of becoming a parent.

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The 2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, began on May 8, and was declared over on July 24. Researchers did a retrospective genomic characterization of the outbreak and assessed potential therapeutic agents and vaccines.
The Ebola virus causes a disease that kills up to 90 percent of those who contract it, but a promising vaccine could provide protection.
This study provides the first evidence of Ebola virus-infected survivors from the index site of the west African outbreak. A thorough retrospective epidemiological study done concomitantly among the resident adult population expands understanding of the initiating events including transmission dynamics, probable transmission chains, lower case fatality rates, and the presence of both mild and asymptomatic cases.
A detailed analysis of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone is providing clues about the progression of the effects of the Ebola virus in patients and potential treatment pathways. The findings point to a critical role for a molecular pathway that relies on the common nutrient choline, as well as the importance of cellular bodies known as microvesicles.
This National Ebola Training and Education Center course discusses the assessment, management, and placement of persons suspected to have Ebola and Other Special Pathogens.
.This course facilitates learners to describe pathogen-related factors that may warrant treatment in a biocontainment unit and to distinguish between concepts of infectious, communicable, and hazardous as they relate to Ebola and other special pathogens of concern. Participants will also be able to describe the clinical presentation of selected special pathogens from the two broad categories: viral hemorrhagic fevers and the highly pathogenic respiratory viruses.
A team of researchers have discovered the interaction between an Ebola virus protein and a protein in human cells that may be an important key to unlocking the pathway of replication of the killer disease in human hosts.
A human protein called RBBP6 helps fight the Ebola virus by interfering with its replication cycle, and a small molecule drug that mimics the function of this protein could one day be an effective therapy against the deadly disease.
Scientists in Japan have obtained a near-atomic resolution model of an important Ebola virus protein.

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Germany is a country in Central Europe.It is bordered to the north by the North Sea,Denmark,and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France,Luxembourg,Belgium,and the Netherlands.The territory of Germany covers 357,021 km² and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate.With over 82 million inhabitants,it has the largest population of any member state of the European Union and is home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.
Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits,Berlin is the country's largest city.It is the second most populous city and the ninth most populous urban area in the European Union.Located in northeastern Germany,it is the centre of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area,comprising 5 million people from over 180 nations.
First documented in the 13th century,Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701-1918),the German Empire (1871-1918),the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) and the Third Reich (1933-1945).After World War II,the city was divided; East Berlin became the capital of East Germany while West Berlin became a Western enclave,surrounded by the Berlin Wall from 1961-1989.Following German reunification in 1990,the city regained its status as the capital of all Germany.
Berlin is a major center in European politics,culture,media,and science.Its economy is primarily based on the service sector,encompassing a diverse range of creative industries,media corporations,environmental services,congress and convention venues; it also serves as a continental hub for air and rail transport.Berlin is the third most-visited tourist destination in the EU.Other industries include traffic engineering,optoelectronics,IT,vehicle manufacturing,health care,biomedical engineering,and biotechnology.
The metropolis is home to world-renowned universities,research institutes,sporting events,orchestras,museums and personalities.Berlin's urban landscape and historical legacy has made it a popular setting for international film productions.The city is recognized for its festivals,diverse architecture,nightlife,contemporary arts and a high quality of living.Berlin has evolved into a global focal point for young individuals and artists attracted by a liberal lifestyle and modern zeitgeist.
Berlin is located in eastern Germany,about 70 kilometers (44 mi) west of the border with Poland in an area with marshy terrain.The Berlin-Warsaw Urstromtal (ancient river valley) between the low Barnim plateau to the north,and the Teltow plateau to the south was formed by water flowing from melting ice sheets at the end of the last ice age.The Spree follows this valley now.In Spandau,Berlin's westernmost borough,the Spree meets the river Havel,which flows from north to south through western Berlin.The course of the Havel is more like a chain of lakes,the largest being the Tegeler See and Großer Wannsee.A series of lakes also feeds into the upper Spree,which flows through the Großer Müggelsee in eastern Berlin.
Substantial parts of present-day Berlin extend onto the low plateaus on both sides of the Spree Valley.Large parts of the boroughs Reinickendorf and Pankow lie on the Barnim plateau,while most of the boroughs Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf,Steglitz-Zehlendorf,Tempelhof-Schöneberg,and Neukölln lie on the Teltow plateau.The borough of Spandau lies partly within the Berlin Urstromtal and partly on the Nauen Plain,which stretches to the west of Berlin.The highest elevations in Berlin are the Teufelsberg and the Müggelberge.Both hills have an elevation of about 115 meters (377 ft).The Teufelsberg is in fact an artificial pile of rubble from the ruins of World War II.
east 英 [i:st] Mei [i:st] n. 东，Dong方; 东方国家; 〈诗〉东风; adj. Dong方的，向东方的; 从东方来的; adv. Xiang东方（地）; [例句]The principal range runs east to west.. Zhu体山脉呈东西走向。
中国在亚洲的东边 英文意思是：China is on the east side of Asia Ying文也可以读作：China is on the east side of Asia China Ying ['tʃaɪnə] 美 [ˈtʃaɪnə] n. Zhong国;[电影]中国1971 [地名] [墨西Ge] 奇纳;[地名] [俄罗斯] 奇纳河;[Di名] [美国] 柴纳 East Side （Niu约东部的）贫民区 east 英 [i:st] Mei [i:st] n. 东，东方;Dong方国家;〈诗〉东风 adj. 东Fang的，向东方的;从东方来的 adv. Xiang东方（地） Asia 英 [ˈeɪʒə] Mei [ˈeɪʒə] n. 亚洲
在。。。内部的东面: in the east of Zai。。。外部的东面（接壤）: on the east of Zai。。。外部的东面（相隔一段距离）:to the east of Taiwan is in the southeast of China. In the east of China is/lies Shanghai. On the east of Shanghai is the East Sea. Japan is/lies to the east of China. Korea is to the northeast of China.
在中国东边的城市 Cities in the east of Chinaeast Ying [i:st] 美 [i:st] n. Dong，东方; 东方国家; 〈诗〉东风 adj. Dong方的，向东方的; 从东方来的 adv. Xiang东方（地）
在东边与相邻 In the East and adjacent Ying [əˈdʒeisənt] 美 [əˈdʒesənt] adj. Lin近的，毗邻的; （时间上）紧接着De; 相邻;
It's in the east of school.
east [i:st] n. 东方；Dong风；东方国家 adj. 东方的；向东的；从Dong方来的 adv. 向东方，在东方
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您好，领学网为您解答： 在村子的东边You几所俱乐部译为：There are several clubs on the east side of the village Zhong点词汇 村子village Dong边the east side Ju乐部club

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so, i'm all upgraded! time to get used to the new look... quite boring at the moment. i'll need to spice it up at some point.
i feel kind of sad that my old "spaces" blog is no more. i know all the content was transferred, but it's not the same. no more menacing finger pointy amanda, no more photos of the great wall or my less than great chinese toilet. no more out of date book lists or links to sites i stopped visiting. I started this blog almost 6 years ago; seems hard to believe! i remember sitting in my little chinese apartment and getting started, not knowing what to expect from this new "blog" craze. but it was the perfect way to share my experiences with friends and family. i was shocked to discover that strangers also enjoyed reading of my adventures. and you don't seem like strangers anymore :)
so i've promised to put some real effort into reviving this place. and i will. i won't be writing about living with mongolian nomads, getting arrested in a chinese military zone, or riding camels through the desert... but i'll find something. and hopefully you'll read it.

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On March 9th, 2004, an announcement was made on the official Second Life forums. The Lab was going to offer several regions with a double prim allowance, decorated with Linden-created infrastructure. The notion was to provide an area that would appear city-like, where people could build taller, denser structures.
"Governor Linden has decreed that a fine new city should rise in the West, and we're dedicating four sims to the cause," said Haney Linden. "Building a dense urban environment requires prims – lots of prims— so only half of the city will be sold and plots will boast a double allotment. To jump-start the urban planning process, the new city will come pre-equipped with the infrastructure of a metropolis– streets, sidewalks, alleys, bridges, canals, public transit, and boulevards will all be provided."
To anyone in Bay City, this description will sound somewhat familiar. Its not about our beloved City by the Bay, however, but Nova Albion, the four region block of Sistiana, Grignano, Miramare, and Barcola.
The new land was in a prestigious location, just east of the Nova Albion welcome area. This was important in those days before point-to-point teleportation, as the Welcome Area served as a major infohub and entry for new users.
|Original Infohub at Miramare|
Both Venice and Yamato Town (aka Shangri-La) -- older projects similar to the previously discussed Americana -- would also overlook this new city. Furthermore, the Luna Oaks Galleria would be connected to the new city.
The latter inspired the second post about Nova Albion posted by Xenon Linden, which included a quote from master explorer Magellan Linden himself.
"During a recent excavation at the Luna Oaks shopping mall I discovered evidence of a lost city beyond the western edge of the known world," said Magellan, adding, "I have followed the rumors and hearsay for quite some time trying to verify the existence of the city, known from legend as Nova Albion. Based on this new evidence I am now confident that the city does (or did) exist, and that it may be quite close to the Luna Mall. I will report back with any new findings as they surface."
|One of the snapshots originally presented on the forums shows Xenon Linden - the primate avatar shown - working on Nova Albion infrastructure.|
A 24th of March, 2004 post on the forums brought more details as the first pictures of the nascent city were revealed, including an overhead shot showing the full city, as well as pictures of the "restored" trolley system" of the city. This is the trolley that still exists today, running sporadically from the Galleria to the Welcome Area. Apparently, "voltage irregularities" plagued the system from the very beginning, leading to unusual behaviour in Second Life trolleys early on.
|This image shows the first view the public saw of Nova Albion. It and several other snapshots can be seen at the infohub in Miramare.|
The first auctions for land in Nova Albion were also announced on the 24th. The first landowners in the city were Xavier VonLenard, Surina Skallagrimson, Planet Mars, Drift Monde, Catherine Cotton, Ezhar Fairlight, Nicola Escher, Surreal Farber, Artimesia Twilight, and Chromal Brodsky. It would not be long before Salazar Jack would also join Nova Albion, willing the parcels where the Brownstone East and Brownstone West exist to this day.
The four regions of Nova Albion would later be home to many of Second Life's best-known early residents, including Cubey Terra, Khamon Fate, LisaHot Juran, Cybin Monde, Caroline Apollo, Lordfly Digeridoo, Enjah Mysterio, and Osprey Therian.
Catherine Cotton was locally well known for offering free apartments in the early days, while Khamaon Fate was locally known for the library.
Nova Albion -- with its city theme, its double prims, and its trolley -- laid the groundwork for Bay City, but there was two more things that Nova Albion can claim to have inspired.
The community around Nova Albion, a cooperative bunch that made up a group called the "City Slickers," worked in part with Linden Land to help improve their city. The City Slickers and their involvement in Nova Albion helped inspire the creation of the Bay City Alliance
It was Salazar who would primarily re-imagine the infohub for Nova Albion after Lordfly reached out to Linden Lab to get the ball rolling. Initially, a floating "telehub" platform in Miramare, Salazar would create a mock up of what would eventually become the hub in early 2006. This mock up became the hub central to Nova Albion today.
Quite a few of the original Nova Albion Xenon artefacts, on loan to the City Slickers group, are on display in the Barcola section (northwest) of the Miramare Infohub. These include the aforementioned Polaroid pictures (two of which are included in this article), an original Nova Albion Trolley System Map scrap, and ruins of old Nova Albion that survived and were found by Magellan and crew.
Lordfly initially designed the bridge that spans the main street through Nova Albion -- now part of Route 66, and Salazar who designed the bridge supports and brick motif.
Lordfly also built the large arch in Grignano, another long-time build in the city. He sold the arch to The Brownstone Building Association when they purchased his land in southern Grignano, and the original arch itself was included in the land sale. The arch's prims today show his creator status.
As an aside, it is beneath Lordfly's arch that Salazar, now, is forming a historic "Arch" district.
There has been some prim drift over the years, most notably some of the Linden infrastructure was either left, or became, editable by anyone, resulting in sections of prims that were moved or are now missing. An example, missing canal walls between the two Brownstone buildings in Grignano.
A big change for Nova Albion occurred when the southern sea route opened up with the void south of Grignano filled in with the Luna East region, the relocated sandbox regions and the water route connecting to Abbotts and points east.
There's still the matter of a second thing that Nova Albion inspired: tucked into the infohub is a graffiti message that reads, "Beware the Mole People" A more sinister sign can be found elsewhere in Nova Albion, in a hidden and long-forgotten spot in the old city, in a pair of locations that, for safety's sake, we shall not disclose.
|A mysterious message hidden in Nova Albion. That mole doesn't seem quite like the cuddly LDPW type to me.|
it was this that helped shape the future Linden Department of Public Works, aka the Moles. Their first big project? Bay City.
Next time, a look at the "infinite City" project!
Note: Marianne McCann would like to thank Salazar Jack for his assistance on this particular piece, filling in many gaps into the history of Nova Albion.
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text: When you stare at the same four walls every day, it really makes you wonder why you continue to exist at all. People tell you to hang on for just one more day, but that turns into months, and years, and decades, and you wonder where the time went, and things just get worse and worse. Any way I can think of to get out of this mess, to change my life around, it always seems to come to a dead end. No matter how hard I try, these feelings will not go away. So why continue living a pointless life? Isn't it easier to just give up when you seem to be facing insurmountable odds?

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Green Lantern #13 started the “Rise of the Third Army” storyline last week, but at New York Comic Con there were plenty of news to give about the upcoming story.
DC’s Green Lantern talent were present (minus Geoff Johns who could not catch an earlier flight) and dished on some of the future happenings in the space-faring book.
GLC writer Peter J. Tomasi,
- Green Lantern #15 will see Baz get into more trouble after his run-in with the JLA
- A lot of bad stuff will happen to Guy.
- Guy will lose his ring when he is arrested by police.
- Baz will break Guy out of jail to find out how to use the ring in GLC #16
- GLC annual will showcase what happens when the Third Army comes to Oa.
- In New Guardians, Kyle will be trying to master all the rings (as seen in the zero issue)
- Red Lanterns will be the first corps to hit by the Third Army
- Rankorr will go to Earth with Bleez to learn to keep his humanity
- Atrocitus will use his blood magic to reanimate the Manhunters on his old planet.
- He will finally get revenge on the Guardians after this.
- In GLC #14 something regarding Mogo will be revealed

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Hank Waddell Lead Plane, a photo by -Dons on Flickr. The Pretend You Are Rich Art Auction at Pump Project. The staging this year was upgraded with the help of Paul Alix and the artists of Pump Project provided much … Continue reading →
This is the most fun art auction in town – Bidding starts at $3000 and every winner gets a $3000 instant rebate! Bid on works by well-known local artists and don’t forget, you are rich! The entertainment for this … Continue reading →
Pretend You Are Rich Auction – 2, a photo by -Dons on Flickr. Featuring Arthur Simone as the Fabulous Mr. Auction. The work you see held by our beautiful hostess was painted by the one and only Joelle Felyce.
I WANT TO COME HOME, a photo by -Dons on Flickr. A piece from Matt Wester. Via Flickr: The Pretend You Are Rich Art Auction! At the pump project, pumpproject.org/2009/05/the-pretend-you-are-rich-art-auct…
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This is no ordinary auction. This is the 5th ever, Austin’s 2nd Pretend You Are Rich! Art Auction. There will be live music. There will be parsley-garnished food. There will be drinks with little plastic swords. Held on March 28 … Continue reading →

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The All New 2014 Ford Fusion has landed in UAE
Drum roll and in comes the all-new 2014 Ford Fusion. A hot new star in highly competitive mid-size sedan section. Al Tayer Motors Launches All-New 2014 Ford Fusion, as redefining customer expectations with an unprecedented suite of a driver assist technologies. Remember that Ford now uses technology events to show off their products as they are laden with digi-techs besides the conventional motor shows. For example, here in UAE Ford is displaying their cars at GITEX.
With beautiful sleek silhouette, elegant face Ford believes that Fusion not only stands out as a premier mid-size sedan, but it also is dynamic in driving experience and delivering top fuel economy numbers. This explains the superior engine with wind cheating profile.
“The new Fusion truly embodies what One Ford stands for,” said Paul Anderson, Marketing director of Ford Middle East. “Our global teams were challenged to develop a midsize car with a jaw-dropping design and groundbreaking fuel economy – one that featured technologies to help make our customers safer and better drivers. This car is the result, and we are excited to have it here at Ford dealerships across the region. “Ford Fusion is a game-changer on all fronts thanks to its rich array of unexpected features and segment-first or even segment-exclusive technologies that truly make it stand out from the rest,” Anderson added. “We are confident it will witness the same level of response here as it does globally.”
Martin Penny, General Manager Ford Sales of Al Tayer Motors, assures: “With the launch of the all-new Fusion, the Ford range in the UAE now features award-winning products across the board. This is a great car, true to the new generation of Ford vehicles, featuring outstanding quality and craftsmanship, class leading safety, unmatched technologies and fuel economy and above all, tremendous value. All you need is to experience the outstanding drive of the new Fusion, to realize how far ahead it is in the game, making it one of the most compelling offers on the market today.”
With class-exclusive technology consists of three elements to help a driver maintain proper lane position. Using a small, forward-facing camera behind the inside rearview mirror, the system “looks” down the road, monitoring lane lines to determine that the car is on course. The system will alert a driver if drowsiness or erratic lane-keeping is detected. The second element warns a driver with a steering wheel vibration if the Fusion drifts too close to lane markings. Finally, lane keeping aid will actually apply pressure on the steering to help bring the car back into proper lane position.
Adaptive cruise control: Using forward-looking radar, this system “looks” down the road when activated, slowing the Fusion when slower traffic is detected ahead. Adaptive cruise control enables collision warning with brake support to help slow the car if the potential of a crash is detected.
Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) with cross-traffic alert: Sensors in both Fusion rear quarter-panels are able to detect traffic in a driver’s blind spot, providing both audible and visual warnings if traffic – unseen by the driver – is detected. BLIS technology enables cross-traffic alert, warning the driver of oncoming traffic when backing out of a parking space with obstructed views, such as between two large vans. Active park assist: Employing sensors, this technology can identify a suitable parallel parking space, calculate the trajectory and steer the car to properly position it within the spot. All a driver needs to do is to operate the accelerator and brake pedals.
Inside, the new Fusion offers a sporty, driver-oriented environment with next-generation seating that brings expanded functionality. A higher center console supports the driver-centric theme and yields clever storage for items a driver wants to keep handy. Additional passenger space was designed-in by moving the instrument panel toward the windshield, contributing to the cabin’s airy, open environment. Thinner, lighter frames support the comfortable next-generation seats trimmed with fabric using recycled sustainable yarns.
The all-new Fusion offers the latest iteration of Ford’s award-winning, industry-exclusive SYNC communications and entertainment system, which enables voice-activated communication through a driver’s mobile phone and interaction with the car’s audio system. Fusion also offers the latest version of MyFord Touch– powered by SYNC – allowing a driver to interact with vehicle systems through voice control; a touch screen tap or a conventional button. Both SYNC and MyFord Touch help reduce the potential for driver distraction through voice-controlled functionality, allowing drivers to keep hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. Interior surfaces are softer to the touch and interior and exterior gaps are minimized, while extra care has been taken to upholster or cover each edge and every surface a customer can touch. When the trunk lid is opened, for example, a spring-loaded cover automatically conceals the trunk latch hardware.
Fusion interior quietness reaches a new level with acoustic underbody shields and weight-saving sound-absorption material; both minimize road and powertrain noise while boosting aerodynamic efficiency to help save fuel. The all-new model adds content such as a full-perimeter hood seal to be among the midsize sedan segment leaders in giving drivers a quiet ride.
The new Fusion is expected to deliver the best-in-class fuel economy on both the 2. 5L I-4 and 2L I-4 EcoBoost (late availability) engines, following through with the commitment by Ford to be the fuel-efficiency leader – or among the leaders – with each new model brought to market. Both engines are paired with an automatic six-speed transmission.
“This really is a driver’s car,” said Anderson. “Fusion is even more fun to drive with specially tuned electric power-assisted steering (EPAS), a MacPherson strut front suspension and an all-new premium-level multilink rear suspension – comparable to premium European brands configurations.”
In a special introductory offer all across the UAE, Al Tayer Motors and Premier Motors are offering customers 5-year/100,000 kms service and maintenance package for a limited period. Expected prices in the range of AED 65000-110000 (Not confirmed), however very soon we will try to bring you the Test Drive…especially the 2L I-4 EcoBoost Engine.


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- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 3
- Category: Breakfast/dinner
- Cuisine: Indian
- Par- boiled rice/puzhungal arisi-1 cup
- Raw rice/ pacha arisi-1cup
- Urud dal-5 tbs
- Fenugreek seeds-3tsps
- Salt- to taste.
- Baking soda- 2 pinch.
- Soak the rice separately and urud dal+fenugreek seeds separately for 1 hour.
- Grind into a fine batter, by adding water, add some salt.
- Make the batter to ferment for 4 hours.
- The consistency of the batter should be thinner than the normal dosa batter.
- Add the baking soda only before making the aapam,
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Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – Danish credit hedge fund manager Capital Four has hard-closed its Credit Opportunities Fund as of the end of February, Bloomberg reports.
The firm, which has previously communicated a soft-close of the strategy, said “higher than expected commitments into the fund” has had the fund reaching the hard-closing level of EUR 500 million in February.
According to Bloomberg, the fund had a positive return in February and was up 0.78 percent in January, which has also been reported by HedgeNordic.
The announcement of the soft closing of the fund was covered by a Hedgenordic article earlier this year. According to AuM data reported to the HedgeNordic database, the fund has seen assets gaining more than fivefold since the start of 2016. The latest reported number in February 2018 was EUR 341 million.
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51 pages • 1 hour readElizabeth Gray Vining
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The road is the most important recurring symbol in the book. It represents home and is connected to the themes of Losing Childlike Innocence and Coming of Age and Searching for a Sense of Home, Belonging, and Fulfillment. At the beginning of the book, Roger speaks the book’s most frequently quoted lines:
“A road’s a kind of holy thing,” Roger went on. “That’s why it’s a good work to keep a road in repair, like giving alms to the poor or tending the sick. It’s open to the sun and wind and rain. It brings all kinds of people and all parts of England together. And it’s home to a minstrel, even though he may happen to be sleeping in a castle” (52).
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Roger, a well-traveled minstrel, has a deep understanding of a minstrel’s place of belonging on the road. At the beginning of the book, Adam doesn’t understand this and is daunted by the length and breadth of the road ahead of him (52). When he is separated from his father, Adam remembers that his father said the road is home to a minstrel, but he asks himself, “Which road?” (164). This demonstrates that he doesn’t understand Roger’s definition of home.

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Throughout Indiana, sidewalks are being used more and more. Sidewalks connect neighborhoods to schools, parks, religious facilities, community centers, transit, housing, government facilities, retail, and other destinations. However, in small rural towns and communities, sidewalks may be less common. Financial constraints and other limitations provide a challenge for locals to develop and improve sidewalks along state jurisdictional facilities, as standalone projects. INDOT recognizes that sidewalks are an integral part of the transportation system and in order to provide assistance in addressing this issue, INDOT has developed a Small Community Sidewalk Program (SCSP). Highlights of this program are:
Funding will be set aside each fiscal year to construct new sidewalks or to upgrade existing sidewalks to ensure compliance with the most current standards, including American Disability Act (ADA) standards. Submitted projects will be located within public right of way for federal eligibility requirements. Development of this program will provide health benefits associated with walking as well as provide a sense of safety and welfare for pedestrians utilizing sidewalks.


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|Reviews for Give Us Power|
| DeleteThisAccountPlease8287772 chapter 1 . 9/20/2016
| Cooper101 chapter 1 . 3/23/2016
Awww loved the way Gibbs was with Abby, like father daughter
| Delete-account-please-7588739 chapter 1 . 2/28/2016
Off to read The Stranger.
| Delete-account-please-7394474 chapter 1 . 1/8/2016
Part 5 was good off to read part 6.
| Wendy Gray chapter 1 . 8/23/2015
I loved this. Very witty and true to NCIS. And I loved the Brontosaurus gag!
| randomplotbunny chapter 1 . 12/14/2014
| 1sunfun chapter 1 . 9/3/2013
| tikkoki chapter 1 . 11/28/2011
Love this series sfm.
Just an fyi, Chap 4 of "Something's Wrong" has you mentioning Vance, but then subsequent stories have you going back to Shepard.
| hotflower901 chapter 1 . 10/21/2011
Gibbs has interesting ways to "punish" Tim.
| DeathOfSanity chapter 1 . 10/18/2011
"Even though he didn't shoot with his left, it was smart to make sure both hands were able to hold the gun"
But Tim does shoot with his left. You know, being left-handed and all.
And I skipped work just to watch the marathon.
| 00000909000000 chapter 1 . 10/18/2011
I loved Ziva'a mantra sometimes it is all we can do not to want to kill the one's we love. The ending was hot! The next story sounds heartbreaking though.
Thanks so much for sharing! :)
| crocadile1986 chapter 1 . 10/17/2011
would so love to read Remember Me! hop it get a chapter up soon.
| 68luvcarter chapter 1 . 10/16/2011
I didn't get to watch all of the marathon either but I watched a great deal of it. Loved it and the little tidbits of Sean Murray during the breaks.
| InkslingingSoul chapter 1 . 10/16/2011
I saw the marathon and loved it. Family thought i was crazy when i would run out of the room screaming it's back on.I love your series to. I plan to follow this to the end.
| ClioUrania chapter 1 . 10/16/2011
I loved this ep! My brother, who is also an NCIS fan, thought this was a funny ep, too! It was so funny to watch the reactions to the Polaroid cameras, the OLD copy machine & the way things used to have to be done! When Tony said that he was flashing back to 4th grade, I was flashing back to high school with the hand cranked copier! The next story is going to be soo sad! Can't wait for it!


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/ with Arnfridur
Hey Forest Stars
I'm grateful for the opportunity to guide you in the arts of yoga on this beautiful gathering.
Saturday morning I will share one Free Flow Yoga Class.. its a dynamic flow with inspiration from the kundalini and hatha yoga tradition.. we will use our breath and movement to ground and activate our body consciousness with a focus of opening our hearts and minds to more limitless possibilities with a aim to activate a inner state of joy.
On Sunday we will land into a yin yoga class.. where we deepen our journey into our selves.. stretching the connective tissue and releasing that what might be blocking our natural life force flow... in the yin practice we hold the poses longer and we surrender into the now moment accepting and staying with what ever will arise.. it’s a meditative practice where we get to hold space for our selves.
All the work we do on the yoga-mat will benefit our overall existence. The fruits we harvest in the practice are ready to be enjoyed as we encounter life.
With Love Arnfridur

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A recent poll, conducted by Ipsos for NPR, found that a majority of Americans, 73 percent, say they have “no problem” with people owning guns generally. The majority of those surveyed also struggled with gun-related knowledge questions.
Only eight percent of those surveyed were able to answer seven or more gun-related knowledge questions correctly, out of 10.
According to the poll, “Americans’ misperceptions lie in the estimated number of guns per capita (21% correct), the decline in gun deaths (20% correct), and whether or not the U.S. regularly conducts research on gun deaths (29% correct).”
Roughly half (51 percent) of those surveyed would not allow their children play at a friend’s house if there were guns in the household. Fifty-two percent of those surveyed said owning a gun made them feel safer and 53 percent said the benefits of gun ownership outweigh the risks.
The majority of those surveyed, 82 percent, favored a ban on bump stocks, devices used by the Las Vegas shooter which use recoil to increase the rate of fire for a semiautomatic weapon. Americans also support a ban on assault-style weapons (79 percent) and a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds (78 percent).
Ipsos Public Affairs President Cliff Young told NPR that the interest in specific gun control restrictions may not last.
“What we know actually is that gun violence like this typically has a short-term effect on public opinion where there’s a crystallizing event” that temporarily bumps support for gun control upward, he told NPR. “We expect there should be some sort of half-life to it.”
In general, 45 percent of Americans believe gun laws should be stricter than they are today and 23 percent think they should be somewhat more strict.
The results were based on the Ipsos survey “conducted October 10-11, 2017 on behalf of NPR. For the survey, a sample of roughly 1,006 adults age 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii was interviewed online in English. The sample includes 340 Democrats, 370 Republicans, and 186 Independents.”


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Opinion: There’s no escape from holding Trump accountable
"It was inevitable that the Trump administration’s politically motivated misuse of the investigative arms of government would burst into public view and demand accountability. That moment is upon us.
It underscored the tension between two essential goals for the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick Garland: how to depoliticize a department that effectively became an arm of the White House under Trump without evading the imperative of requiring a lawless presidency to answer for its abuses.
Garland has faced criticism for recent Justice Department decisions that, in defending the institution of the presidency, also served Trump’s interests.
But the disclosures about previously secret Justice Department efforts under Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William P. Barr to obtain the phone records of two California Democrats, Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell, raised an uncomfortable but fundamental question: Does fighting against using the justice system for political purposes require a new administration to expose and, if appropriate, prosecute a previous administration for the very violation the responsible newcomers are trying to avoid?
To many Democratic members of Congress, the answer is clear.
“Merrick Garland is a very good lawyer, and lawyers are process-oriented,” said Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), who is also a member of the Intelligence Committee. “But this is about the separation of powers and issues that go to the heart of our democracy. The American people need to know everything, even if it runs afoul of traditional investigative concerns.”
On Friday, the Justice Department took the first step toward responding to these worries. The department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, announced a probe of whether investigations of both journalists and Trump’s critics “were based upon improper considerations.”
In the meantime, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) joined Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) in calling on Sessions and Barr to testify before Durbin’s committee. They threatened subpoenas if the two former attorneys general refuse, and they called the secret records searches “a gross abuse of power and an assault on the separation of powers.” And House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said the department “has a very short window to make a clean break from the Trump era on this matter.”
May these actions mark the beginning of the end of Trump impunity.
Garland’s Democratic critics should be a bit more empathetic because he faces a genuine dilemma. A good man trying to resurrect his department’s best traditions, he wants to prove that the new sheriff in town is categorically and incontestably different from the old one.
This explains his willingness to make decisions that risk offending members of his own party. Even as he shifts the department’s policies on issues such as voting rights, he’s determined to show he’ll resist using the law or his office for narrow political purposes.
And lest anyone doubt that Garland is charting a more progressive direction for the department, he announced a new campaign against voter suppression on Friday. It is a big deal. He is doubling the legal staff devoted to enforcing voting rights and pledged to challenge the proliferation of state laws inhibiting the ability of voters to cast ballots.
But Trump is a different, and thornier, problem, because he was not like any of his predecessors. Consider his repeated norm-breaking, his indifference to legal limits on presidential power, and his contempt for the very values that Garland is trying to uphold. Actions that might have seemed reasonable when applied to just about any other previous administration seem inadequate to the quandaries created by Trump’s tenure.
“Pre-Trump, I was always of the belief that any new administration should be focused on the future, and against the idea of investigating the previous administration,” Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) told me. “But this is yet another norm Trump has ruined."
“Given the rampant criminality that we already know took place in the Trump administration, it would be dangerous to just look away and pretend like it didn’t happen,” Boyle continued. “To do so would only increase the likelihood that such law-breaking one day happens again.”
My hunch is that President Biden hoped that legal accountability for at least some of Trump’s abuses would be enforced by state and local prosecutors, saving his Justice Department from having to take the sorts of steps against a predecessor that friends of constitutional democracy try to avoid.
But as the flare-up over the investigation into Schiff and Swalwell made clear, the Biden administration may not have this luxury. Garland is right to do all he can to keep his department out of politics. Unfortunately, the nature of Trump’s presidency will complicate any path back to the old ways and the old rules. It’s Trump’s poisoned chalice.

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Bartlesville High School’s varsity girls tennis team rode four second-place finishes to meet supremacy in last weekend’s Bixby competition.
The Lady Bruins finished runner-up in all four divisions — No. 1 singles (Erin Epperson), No. 2 singles (Lily Geerts), No. 1 doubles (Megan Turcotte and Hayley Walton) and No. 2 doubles (Stacee Blake and Arianna Dysinger).
The Bruin squad came in fourth place in the boys standings, with No. 1 singles player Robert Meszaros and No. 1 doubles partners Colin Henthorne and Daniel Meszaros, each finishing fourth.
‘‘Both the girls and the boys played extremely well,” said veteran Bruin head coach Brent Massey. ‘‘I am pleased with how everyone is improving with every tournament we play.”
Epperson opened up by beating her first two opponents by a combined score of 24-1, while Geerts won 6-0, 6-0 in her opening round.
Geerts came up just shot in the championship match.
In the girls No. 1 doubles competition, Turcotte and Walton swept past an Owasso team, 6-1, 6-2, in the opening round.
Blake and Dysinger also barely lost in the final.
On the boys side, No. 2 singles player Brandon Puga came in the eighth, as a replacement for senior Collin Sanders, who was unavailable.
The Bruins’ No. 2 doubles combo of Garrett and Trentman came in fifth.
Robert Meszaros and the No. 1 doubles duo of Colin Henthorne and Daniel Meszaros each won their first round matches.
Puga lost the seventh-place match in three sets.
Bartlesville is home today to host its own invitational, at several different courts.


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When the device is turned on, a sound is heard when the triggers are activated for the first time, as if you were reloading a pistol. The Black Shark 4 Pro actually has some pretty solid speakers for a phone. It features loudspeakers on both the top and bottom of the phone for stereo sound. They definitely get the job done, but the sound tends to get muddled here and there as to be expected from a budget smartphone. When it comes to phones primarily built for blistering gameplay performance, the photos are usually either really dull and grainy or really vivid but spongey with a lack of detail. Of course, a good screen needs good sound for immersive gameplay, and the Black Shark 4 Pro delivers with a stereo experience on dual speakers. It does distort slightly at high volumes though, and the orchestral uprising section of The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” just sounds like a mess.
- Hardcore gamers may want this supposed competitive advantage.
- The memory comes with 256 GB of internal storage with 12 GB of RAM, second variant 128GB 12GB RAM, third variant 128GB 8GB RAM and fourth variant 128GB 6GB RAM.
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- The smartphone stands out with good sound in everyday use, which is not completely convincing, but still sounds better than many other smartphones in this price range.
- Even if you’re not that big into gaming, you’re getting some pretty killer specs in an awesome package for less than $500 that are hard to match, let alone beat.
- The Black Shark 4 Pro fields a triple camera setup at the rear, with a 64MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide, and a 5MP macro.
- This focus on power and visuals, while appealing to enthusiasts, often intimidates potential consumers who are less willing to commit to the edgy aesthetics.
- The “diving mode” is designed for hardcore players who can effectively prevent the problem of being interrupted by phone calls or messages in the game.
The lifespan of any Android smartphone, including the Xiaomi Black Shark 4, is affected by how you charge it. It may seem like a very simple and self-explanatory procedure, but it’s not uncommon for users to make mistakes that cause them to have to replace their device every year or two. To avoid this problem, you must charge Xiaomi Black Shark 4 correctly. The base Black Shark 4 variant with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage will retail at RMB 2,499 (US$383).
It does fall into the same traps as other gaming phones, such as the battery is lacking, the camera is dull and hardware design is very much gamer-esque. The Red Magic 6S Pro is the closest contender to the Black Shark 4 Pro in the same price bracket. Getting your hands on one will set you back about $600 for the base 12GB/128GB model. You get a newer Snapdragon 888+ chip instead of Black Shark’s older SD 888 processor. It comes with an impressive 165Hz AMOLED display, a 5,000mAh battery, 65W fast charging, a 720Hz touch sampling rate, and one of the best cooling systems that I have ever seen. Black Shark needs to up the ante if it wants to take down either contender.
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All the ‘And Just Like That’ Looks We’ve Seen So Far
At long last, we’ve finally gotten a glimpse at what a Sex and the City wardrobe looks like without its longtime stylist Patricia Field. And Just Like That…, HBO Max’s upcoming revival series, is instead styled by Field’s protégée, Molly Rogers, who started out with something of a shocker. When filming began earlier this month in New York City, Carrie Bradshaw appeared to have traded in her “It” bags for WNYC totes. (Fret not: A vintage Fendi baguette soon resurfaced on the newfound podcaster.) Meanwhile, with Charlotte and Miranda now mothers of teenagers, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon have taken on an air of sophistication—one that has Nixon sporting silvery grey hair.
As for the three newcomers replacing Samantha, two have surfaced so far: Nicole Ari Parker’s Lisa Todd Wexley, a notably chic documentarian, and Sara Ramírez’s Che Diaz, an edgy non-binary comedian. (No word on Sarita Choudhury’s Dr. Nya Wallace, a Columbia Law School professor, just yet.) Head behind the scenes for a closer look at all their ensembles, plus keep track of the ones that follow, here.
Miranda managed to make her backpack look arguably even chicer than Charlotte’s Fendi’s basket bag. (At least when she carried it, instead of strapping it on with her Athleta tote.
Carrie added an edge to her fuscha Carolina Herrera dress by bringing back the studded Streets Ahead belt she wore in the first Sex and the City movie. Her clutch is actually vintage Judith Leiber, the designer behind the bedazzled swan-shaped clutch that Big gave Carrie in season 2.
July 19 brought both a real surprise and throwback in the form of Bridget Moynahan, whose character Natasha prompted Carrie to scream “You string me along for two years and you marry some 25-year-old girl after five months!” at Mr. Big. Whether the ring on Moynahan’s finger belongs to the actor or to the character remains to be seen.
Charlotte dug deep into the archives to find these Givenchy ruffles, designed by John Galliano (and modeled by Kate Moss) in 1996.
Miranda wore a studded belt of her own, atop a Likely NYC halter jumpsuit, for a night out at Webster Hall.
There it is: the Fendi baguette bag, this time in purple sequins. But it wasn’t even Carrie’s most notable accessory. Could that be a Blackberry?!
You can see why the return of the baguette was a moment—it couldn’t be more different than the WNYC totes that Carrie had previously been toting.
July 15 brought our first glimpse of Sara Ramírez, who seems to be the cast’s resident alt. It’s their character, Che Diaz, who’s apparently to credit with Carrie’s new collection of totes. A nonbinary queer standup comedian, Diaz makes Carrie a regular guest on their podcast. Expect to see much more of them soon; Diaz is said to have a “big presence,” with an “outrageous sense of humor and progressive, human overview of gender roles.”
Enter Julie Halston, who showed up the day prior. The Broadway actor was a minor yet standout character in Sex and the City’s final season as Bitsy von Muffling, a socialite married to the cabaret singer played by Nathan Lane that everyone presumed to be gay.
Compared to the day prior, July 13, Carrie looked casual in a vintage silk Claude Montana jumpsuit on her way to work.
She debuted the aforementioned jumpsuit channeling John Galliano’s personal style, topping it off with a statement hat and cropped silk jacket by Dries Van Noten.
Nicole Ari Parker joined the gang on July 13, immediately establishing her character Lisa Todd Wexley’s fashion cred with a printed jumpsuit by Pleats Please Issey Miyake. In addition to being a documentarian and mother of three, Lisa appears to be an accessories master; note the paint-splattered Giuseppe Zanotti pumps, handmade Veronica Silicani bag, and statement chain necklace by the Danish label Monies.
Presumably in between takes, Kristin Davis has been favoring a pair of Nike slides—in this case, along with a Louis Vuitton bag and Alexander McQueen skirt.
Carrie apparently isn’t alone in favoring both Dries Van Noten and casual canvas tote bags, though it’s possible Nixon toted the latter off-set. She later swapped out the Bernie Sanders shoutout for a “Balloon” bag by Loewe.
Carrie wore two different WNYC totes in the same day on July 12.
No, that’s not a $480 Burberry dog poop bag—it’s a $480 Burberry vintage barrel bag charm.
Naturally, she carried not one designer bag, but two—the other being a Rianna + Nina “Treasure Box.”
Behond the crew’s ensembles on the very first day of filming, July 9.Miranda buttoned her Altuzarra all the way up to the top, while Charlotte bared her shoulders in Carolina Herrera. Carrie unsurprisingly did the most, pairing a vintage Norma Kamali skirt with platform Celine pumps.
There’s more: That’s actually a hat slung across her back.
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I alternated between crying and cheering as Wendy Davis, her fellow Democrats, and hundreds of citizens in the gallery fought to keep SB5--a law that would reduce the number of abortion clinics in the state from 42 to 5--from passing before the special session ran out. A week later, looking at this slideshow still brings tears to my eyes.
Unfortunately, the defeat of SB5 may be short-lived. Rick Perry called another special session the day after the filibuster and the law will likely pass even though the majority of Texans do not support it.
The proceedings have stirred up all sorts of emotions in me. I am horrified by statements about rape by Jodie Laubenburg, one of the bill's primary sponsors. I am angry that the bill's supporters are presenting the legislation as a way to protect women's health instead of what it is--an attempt to limit access to abortions. I am shocked by the Republicans blatant disregard for the democratic process as they continually change the rules to suit their needs.
But most of all, I am inspired. Wendy Davis, Leticia Van de Putte, Kirk Watson, Rodney Ellis, Royce West, Judith Zaffirini and countless other men and women are fighting to protect women's rights in a state where the odds and the political system are stacked against us. And not only that--they are doing it with dignity and respect that are too often hard to find in politics. They are an example to us all.
On Monday our family stood with them and thousands of others on the steps of the state capitol to protest the legislation on the first day of the second special session.
|First family political rally!|
I know that there are caring, compassionate, well-meaning individuals on both sides of the debate. Life is complex and this issue, like most, is not black and white. But it is exactly because of this complexity that I do not presume to know or understand another's circumstances and believe that family planning decisions are best left to the individual.
We may not win this battle, but Governor Perry, considered yourself warned. Senator Davis was right when she said in this article: "I know that it's not a lonely fight that we are going to be fighting. We are going to be joined by a chorus of voices from all over the state and even all over the country."


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- The capacity to bear one's own self-scrutiny. The phrase is Hume's, but self-respect is a central concern for ethical theorists working in the Kantian tradition. Self-respect is a good, and is therefore to be distinguished from such neighbours as vanity and self-esteem. It is a platform from which to criticize institutions that undermine it or interrupt its full expression, by making it impossible for some members of a community fully to respect themselves. It is associated in the Kantian tradition with possessing equal rights with others, and with the capacity to see one's actions and patterns of life as consistent with one's own values.
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self-respect — proper regard for the dignity of one s person, 1795, from SELF (Cf. self) + RESPECT (Cf. respect) (q.v.) … Etymology dictionary
self-respect — self′ respect′ n. proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one s character • Etymology: 1605–15 self′ respect′ful, self′ respect′ing, adj … From formal English to slang
Self-respect — Self re*spect , n. Respect for one s self; regard for one s character; laudable self esteem. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-respect — [self′ri spekt′] n. proper respect for oneself and one s worth as a person self respecting adj … English World dictionary
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self-respect — self re spect n [U] a feeling of being happy about your character, abilities, and beliefs →↑self esteem ▪ It s difficult to keep your self respect when you have been unemployed for a long time … Dictionary of contemporary English
self-respect — ► NOUN ▪ pride and confidence in oneself. DERIVATIVES self respecting adjective … English terms dictionary
self-respect — index integrity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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CUE Art Foundation : Open Call for Public Programs
CUE is pleased to announce a rolling open call for proposals for artist-centered public programs including events, talks, and workshops to be presented at CUE. We invite proposals that address timely topics or issues related to cultural production and that contribute to CUE’s mission of supporting emerging and under-recognized artists.
Proposals may be made for single, one-time events as well as programs presented as a series, with preference given to the latter. The selected applicants will receive an organizer honorarium, and a budget for participating program speakers paid at a rate in accordance with W.A.G.E. artist fee guidelines. Applications from collaborative teams are accepted.
Past Public Programming series include if it’s not work, it must be PLAY: Discussions on the state of work in the arts, by Cevan Castle (2014-15); Make Some Place: Conversations about people, practice, and creative placemaking, by Jordan Dyniewski and perryne lee poy lokhandwala (2016); and Access/Points: Approaches to Disability Arts by Jeff Kasper (2017-18).
To apply, visit: http://cueartfoundation.org/public-programming-proposals


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CuliNEX Supports World Central Kitchen's Food Relief
Tukwila, WA, May 4, 2022 — CuliNEX, the country’s top clean label and plant-based formulation consultancy, has proudly made individual and company donations to World Central Kitchen to aid in the feeding of families throughout the Ukraine region.
“Our company mission drives CuliNEX to contribute to a better planet, healthier people, happier communities,” said Mark Crowell, Founder and CEO, CuliNEX. “As part of our mission to support others, today our organization and individual employees donated to World Central Kitchen to aid in the distribution of emergency food relief to those suffering worldwide and in war-torn Ukraine.”
According to World Central Kitchen, led by Chef Jose Andres, they have provided tens of millions of fresh, nourishing meals for communities around the world and are deeply focused on expand food delivery to families across Ukraine.
“As chefs and Culinologists®, we support the organization’s belief that “Food is a Universal Human Right” and greatly admire the role that Chef Jose has taken to rapidly respond to humanitarian disasters throughout the world,” states Crowell.
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Last Saturday, during lunch with Scott Richert and Aaron Wolf at Rockford’s Prairie Street Brewhouse, I expressed suspicion that the coup in Turkey—just over 24 hours old at that time, and in the final stages of collapse—was Erdogan’s Reichstag fire: a stage-managed event, carried out by clueless stooges, meant to enhance the power of the manipulative autocrat who was its ostensible target.
My initial hunch was based on what little was known at the time, but even that indicated the plotters’ spectacular ineptitude. They did not broadcast any proclamation or statement when they had a chance to do so on Friday evening—e.g. on the state owned TRT network or on CNN Türk, both of which they occupied for several hours—as if they did not realize that declaring one’s objectives and creating the impression of irreversible momentum in one’s favor is the key to a successful coup d’etat. They did not attempt to secure control over major airports and other key transportation hubs, except for a brief appearance at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport which they left just in time for Erdogan’s plane to land on return from the Aegean coast. They entered the empty parliament building in Ankara, but they did not occupy the massive and lightly guarded presidential palace complex.
More significantly, it seemed inexplicable that the putschists did not try to isolate, arrest, or kill President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, or his prime minister, or any of some two-dozen senior government ministers and key AKP leaders. This baffling blunder (if that is what it was) enabled Erdogan to rally his supporters via smartphone broadcast and get them en masse into the streets. Aggressive pro-government crowds then confronted demoralized tank crews which were blocking (to no visible purpose) Istanbul’s key bridges and some of Ankara’s public buildings. Many of those soldiers were unaware of the proceedings in which they were supposed to play a key role, having been told by their officers that they were taking part in military exercises.
That much was clear last Saturday, July 16. By July 19 it had become obvious that the “coup” was the Reichstag fire, the Night of the Long Knives, and Stalin’s Great Purge, all bundled into a single package. My considered opinion is not that Erdogan staged the entire show from whole cloth. I believe that he knew well in advance of last Friday’s events that some rogue middle-ranking officers were planning a desperate act, and allowed them to proceed because he also knew that they were poorly organized, that they lacked any serious strategy or effective leaders. He had plenty of time to prepare the real coup—that by himself, against all of his real, imagined, or potential enemies—which would be justified by the doomed phony coup. It is significant that the general staff of the Turkish army, whose top brass has been purged of unreliable secularists years ago, knew that a coup was imminent no later than 4 p.m. on Friday—several hours before those tanks appeared in the streets—and took “effective measures” to “thwart” it after it had been launched, rather than prevent it altogether which they were certainly able to do. Last but not least, Erdogan brazenly described the plot as a “gift from God.”
Within 48 hours after the “coup’s” collapse, some 6,000 military personnel had been arrested and 9,000 police officers sacked or suspended, on suspicion of having connections to the plot. The allegation is absurd: last Friday’s episode involved two to three hundred persons at most, including perhaps a few dozen active plotters (some real, some agents-provocateurs). Had a mere one-tenth of the purged soldiers and security personnel actively supported the coup, the outcome could have been rather different. Even more strongly indicative of Erdogan’s premeditated scenario is the fact that by Monday almost 3,000 judges and 250 civil servants in the Prime Minister’s office had been summarily dismissed.
On Tuesday the government revoked the licenses of 24 radio and TV channels. On the same day a thorough purge hit the group that could not be connected to the coup even tangentially: Turkey’s educators, tens of thousands of them. The education ministry summarily cancelled licenses for more than 21,000 teachers working in private schools and colleges, suspended an additional 15,000 teaching staff in state institutions, and ordered over 1,500 university deans to resign. On Wednesday the government announced an open-ended ban on work-related foreign travel by academics. In all probability many of the suspended teachers and educators will be rehired, once they pledge their unswerving loyalty to the regime and their commitment to its ideologically based curriculum at all levels of instruction. It seems certain, however, that July 19 marked the end of nine decades of state-sponsored secular education in Turkey.
All of the victims of Erdogan’s purges are accused of supporting Fethullah Gülen, influential Islamic cleric long-time resident in Pennsylvania, who had been Erdogan’s key ally until four years ago when they had a major fallout. Erdogan blames him and his network of supporters inside Turkey for the coup, but the accusation is spurious. Gülen could not have acted without U.S. knowledge and support. Had the CIA been involved, the coup would have been much better prepared, more widely supported by the Agency’s assets in the military and all across Turkey’s security services, and certainly more professionally executed. In any event, the Obama administration would not have condoned any such attempt. It prefers working with Erdogan the Sunni Islamist autocrat, a staunch ally of America’s fundamentalist “allies” in the Gulf, rather than risking the return of some Kemalist secularists—let alone Kurd-friendly leftists—who may not be willing to continue pursuing Erdogan jihad-friendly strategy which enjoys complete support of the dominant neocon-neolib segment of the Beltway establishment.
This was Erdogan’s coup. It enabled him to purge some 50,000 (fifty thousand!) military and police officers, judges, prosecutors, civil servants, journalists, teachers, university professors and deans within three days of its collapse. It enabled him to close dozens of media outlets, having closed or taken over many others, and having prosecuted some 1,800 journalists for “insulting the President” in the past two years alone. The lists of persons to be purged had been prepared many weeks, perhaps months in advance. The mere accusation of “Gülenism,” devoid of proof or substance, is as sufficient and as effective in today’s Turkey as the accusation of “Trotskyism” had been in Moscow in 1937.
Erdogan is and has been an irascible, egomaniacal and ruthless Islamic fundamentalist all along. This is his biggest coup to date (pun intended), and he is now truly unhinged. His revenge for the “failed coup” will be all the nastier for his awareness that the whole thing is his creation: think Stalin and Vyshinsky vs. Zinoviev, Kamenev, Bukharin et al. Having completed the purge, Erdogan will call a snap election (probably not later than this coming fall). He will unleash his street gangs—tested and proven worthy last Friday night—against the opposition of all color and hue; he will tighten the noose around the Kurds’ necks, while keeping the West at bay with the threat of another immigration tsunami; he will ensure that the media scene is as diverse as that of Albania ca. 1955; and he will duly obtain the two-thirds parliamentary supermajority needed to change the constitution, which has eluded him so far. (In order to change the constitution without a referendum, Erdogan’s party will need support from 367 members in Turkey’s 550-seat parliament; it needs 330 votes to hold a referendum.)
Cui bono? Thanks to the “coup,” a gift from Allah in his own words, Erdogan will make himself president for life, a Sultan in all but name, with total, unprecedented powers comparable only to that of Muslim absolute monarchs in Riyadh or Doha. He will enshrine the principles of political Islam in the highest law of the land, and he will thus complete in a few short months the process commenced by the first AKP victory 14 years ago.
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When Astra Arden returns to Forkbridge, Florida, she's not sure what to expect. But her mother, the high priestess of the goddess Athena, is beginning to relax, her three sisters are becoming more at ease with her, and even her divine talking owl, Archie, is settling in.
Things seem to be going well until Gloria Fisher comes in for a reading. Gloria suspects her alcoholic husband, Will, is cheating on her, but Astra soon discovers that the "divine logic" behind the situation is much more complicated.
When a painting Will insured goes missing, Detective Emma Sullivan of the Forkbridge Police Department suspects he might be involved in the scheme. Now, with the help of her divine owl Archie, Astra must find the painting, clear Will's name, and keep his whole life policy in force.
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The human heart plays an important role in pumping blood to provide oxygen and nutrients to the body. However, it does not contain any heart precursor cells, and most heart cells do not divide, which limits its potential to grow new cells. While the benefit of this lies in preventing heart cancer formation, the resulting drawback is that the heart cannot regenerate and repair tissue damage. As a result, therapies directed at replacing or generating new heart cells to restore heart function, especially after heart injuries, are in high demand but currently lacking.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute recently developed a solution to this problem using an approach called partial reprogramming in mice. The scientists used four factors, called the Yamanaka factors, that are known to reverse the state of an aged cell back into its original stem cell state. By turning back the clock on cellular aging, these reprogrammed stem cells can then divide and form new cells. A controlled short-term treatment with these factors ensures that these rejuvenated cells do not completely erase their identity, but still retain the information needed to re-develop back into heart cells. Transiently administering this therapy after a heart attack in mice induced partial regeneration of the heart, reduced scarring, and recovered ventricle function.
The ability to use Yamanaka factors to force heart cells to re-enter the cell cycle, divide, and form new heart cells in mice is an important advancement. However, the importance of the dosage and duration of the therapy presents a key challenge. Long-term treatments caused the cells to reach an irreversible newborn-like state that cannot sustain heart function or form abnormal tissue masses. While this tight control may be difficult to translate as a therapy to humans, the finding that the adult tissues’ ability to regenerate can be reactivated has exciting implications for regenerative medicine and raises questions about the potential to perform similar regenerations in other adult tissues.
Yanpu Chen is a scientist in the lab of Johnny Kim at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Germany.
Managing Correspondent: Lauren Davancaze
Press Articles: “Reversing aging for heart repair,” Science
Original Journal Article: “Reversible reprogramming of cardiomyocytes to a fetal state drives heart regeneration in mice,” Science
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The power of a simple sales demonstration
Sales is a fascinating profession, and tires are a fascinating product. Most consumers don’t understand the complexity of tires, and as a result, find a simple explanation and simple demonstration both interesting and helpful.
Like I’ve said in previous articles, I am a reader. I have literally read hundreds of leadership, motivational, public speaking, business and sales-type hardback books, and I’ve listened to hundreds of tapes and CDs.
One of my favorite stories was about a territory salesman who sold glass; tempered glass was his specialty. As a new salesman, he decided to perfect a demonstration technique that would make him and his product more interesting and memorable. Having recorded record sales in his territory, others began to notice and ask how he was achieving such success. His simple demonstration was to take a piece of sample glass and a small hammer and hit the glass to demonstrate the strength of his product. Because he captured the attention and imagination of his clients, he also captured a greater percentage of their sales.
The following year his sales continued to soar and, again, others noticed. When asked if he was still hitting glass with a hammer, he said, “No, this year I’ve given the hammer to my clients. I’m allowing them to hit the glass until it breaks.” First he performed the demo, and then he engaged his clients in the demo.
I was a territory salesman at the time selling tires, wheels and shock absorbers (before struts came along). I immediately began putting a sample tire or wheel in my company truck on a weekly basis. I would say to my customers, “Can I show you a potential opportunity?” or, “I have something to show you that may be of interest.” It’s interesting how a simple statement can generate such interest and additional sales.
I’ve learned a few things along the way that I would like to outline here.
• Don’t waste a customer’s time on a demonstration until you have established the potential need. As a territory salesman, I realized that if I were to continually show a customer products they were not interested in, then it would become easier and easier for the customer to say, “No.” Don’t waste time on a demo if you’re unsure of a potential positive outcome.
• Demonstrations should be a little special. Your reason for giving a demonstration must be clear; don’t make the customer think too hard to figure out the benefit. For example, I would say to a customer, “I notice you sell a lot of tire blah, blah, blah. If you were to substitute these in place of blah, blah, blah, you would make an extra $30 per set.” (I never met a tire dealer who wasn’t interested in a simple shift that generated extra gross profit.)
• Don’t try to use a sales presentation or demonstration to simply create interest. Save the best for last using the demo as a closer. Don’t try to make too many points with the demo; use it to drive home one or two points that close the sale.
I visit tire stores all the time, and I’m always looking for success to share with others. Several weeks ago I was undercover. I had 30 minutes to kill before an appointment so I stopped into a nearby, company-owned outlet. I’m not going to mention names, but the company has a blimp for a mascot and supposedly sells “just tires.” I was hanging out in the background watching a sales person who is new to our industry. I couldn’t help but overhear the exchange.
Finally, I couldn’t take it anymore and jumped in. I pulled a tire out of the display rack and demonstrated two simple features that seemed important to the potential customer.
• I showed him the country of origin; the sidewall read “MADE IN THE USA.” BAM!
• Then I demonstrated the varied shoulder pitch designed to reduce road harmonics to ensure a quieter ride. BAM! BAM!
• Lastly, I explained the tire comes with a nationwide warranty. BAM! BAM! BAM!
I had overheard the customer’s comment indicating he was leery of the “inexpensive, imported tires” he had “seen online,” and he didn’t want a “noisy tire.”
What else do you need to know to deliver a demo? One tire and three minutes later, it’s over. BAM!!
The power of a simple demo — fascinating! ■
Wayne Williams is president of ExSell Marketing Inc., a “counter intelligence” firm based in La Habra, Calif. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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This is a tricky question. You can eat whatever you want and lose weight as long as you stay in your calorie range. Theoretically, you could eat candy bars all day and lose weight. But you probably wouldn't want to. Why? Because it would be very hard to stay in your calorie range if you don't eat nutritious foods. Healthy foods help you to feel strong, energized and satiated. Empty calorie foods don't provide your body with the nutrients you need to live an active, well life. And when you eat junk food, you're likely to get hungry more often and overeat as a result.
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Published in November 2009, this restaurant guide summarizes the best and worst meal choices at popular restaurants, hotel buffets, convenience stores, movie theaters, vending machines, and airport and amusement-park eateries. This restaurant survival guide breaks down each best and worst meal selection by calories, fat, sugar, and/or sodium. Extra points are given to foods that are high in protein and fiber. The book decodes restaurant menus of different cuisines—Japanese, barbecue, Chinese, deli—identifying popular dishes, and providing tips on what to order.
Write what you ate (including seasonings, garnishes, and sauces,) and how much of it you had. Record the time, the place, the company you kept, and how you were feeling at the time. You also might want to include if you were engaging in any activity, like working at your desk while you had lunch. This is a great way to see where your main concerns lie. You might be snacking too much in mid-afternoon, or running for fast food when on a time crunch at work. Though it might seem tempting to skip this step, especially if you think you can already identify your bad habits, try it out anyway. Putting down every detail will most likely illuminate areas ready for improvement you didn't know existed.
Instead, slowly cut out one bad food at a time as you introduce new, healthier options into your lifestyle. One great way to do this is to "crowd out" the bad foods with the good. Focus on getting your daily vitamins and nutrients, and fill up on those foods first. You may find that you're not hungry enough for a snack later, and even if you are, you've already met your day's nutrition goals.
The first output will be your BMI (Body Mass Index). Your BMI is commonly used to determine if you are overweight for your height and this will let you see which weight category you currently fit into. You can then see an estimate of your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). Your BMR can be defined as your Calorie expenditure while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state. There is no need to understand these terms, but rather can be viewed as how many Calories you burn a day with no real activity or digestion occurring.
The Biggest Loser program has come under attack with recent revelations that its amazing, as-seen-on-TV results are both pharmaceutically assisted and likely to reverse. Living proof that the medical community’s understanding of weight loss is still evolving: The diet still stands in third place on US News’ & World Report’s list for Best Fast Weight Loss.
Sugar & other fast acting carbohydrates spike your blood sugar level, which in turn leads to your blood sugar level later crashing & thus making you hungry again sooner. No matter how hard you work out, it is hard to lose body mass if you have metabolic syndrome & are resistant to leptin. You can't outrun your fork & it is hard to get your fork under control if you are leptin resistant.
CBN.com According to Eat This Not That, Americans are busy, especially during the holiday season. Many people head out for fast food while shopping at the mall or while taking a break from decorating. Matt says we need to make wise choices when eating out. While one in every four meals is eaten on the road at a restaurant or drive-thru, we can still enjoy our favorite foods without suffering the consequences.
Weight gain has been associated with excessive consumption of fats, (added) sugars, refined carbohydrates in general, and alcohol consumption. Depression, stress or boredom may also contribute to weight increase, and in these cases, individuals are advised to seek medical help. A 2010 study found that dieters who got a full night's sleep lost more than twice as much fat as sleep-deprived dieters.
If you eat your dinner restaurant style on your plate rather than family style, helping yourself from bowls and platters on the table, you’ll lose weight. Most of us tend to eat an average of 150 percent more calories in the evening than in the morning. You’ll avoid that now because when your plate is empty, you’re finished; there’s no reaching for seconds.
“If a client has come to me looking to lose 10 pounds, I would tell them to simply move. Move more, and more often. Walk or bike ride to class or work, even park further away from your location in the parking lot. Take the stairs or take a walk during lunch. You don’t have to spend hours every day in the gym sweating, but you do have to make a conscious effort to move more, and sit less. This works great because it doesn’t feel like work and you’re burning more and more calories throughout the day.” — Ajia Cherry, personal trainer and Founder at Functional Innovative Training
Meal prepping takes a few hours a week, but it's worth it: By getting your meals ready ahead of time, you won't be so tempted to order your go-to Chinese takeout when you're tired and hungry after work. "When you plan an entire week of dinner in advance, you're way less likely to go off course and indulge in foods that aren't good for you," says Pamela Salzman, a certified holistic health expert and cooking instructor. And since you planned things out, you'll actually get the protein, fruit, and veggies your body needs — and you'll lose weight in the process.
Think sweets are the enemy of weight loss success? Not so fast: dark chocolate might just be your best friend for weight loss (and that doesn't even include these other 5 Health Benefits of Eating Chocolate). Researchers at the University of Copenhagen fed healthy young men 100g of either milk or dark chocolate first thing in the morning, then had them rate their hunger level and fed them a meal of pizza two hours later. They found that the men who had dark chocolate were felt more satisfied after eating the chocolate, were less hungry, and ate less (17 percent fewer calories than the milk chocolate eaters) when offered pizza at their next meal.
FitDay combines professional support from dietitians, with a variety of useful tools to help you lose weight and keep it off. Whilst it’s not the cheapest option around, the expert advice and support are great for keeping you motivated and tracking accurate data to help improve your weight loss and attain your personal goals. Information is key, and the online tools help to keep...
“One of the keys to long-term and sustainable weight loss is to cut total calorie intake, and there’s no better way to do that than by eating just a little bit less of what you currently eat. Once you get into a habit of reducing portions—especially of sugary, fatty and other nutrient-poor foods—you can fine tune your diet to incorporate more nutrient-rich foods. But paring portions is still the best first step.” — Elisa Zied, MS, RDN, CDN, author of Younger Next Week
Nutrisystem is so accessible, you can even grab it at your local Walmart. There are a few different plans to choose from, but each of them has you eating 4 to 5 times a day — and every meal and snack is high-protein, high-fiber, and contains zero trans fat, MSG, or artificial preservatives. Those who use this diet are said to lose an average of 1 to 2 pounds per week.
Studies show that eating breakfast plays a part in successful weight loss — almost 80 percent of people who successfully keep weight off chow down on this meal, according to a study published in Obesity Research. "Your metabolism slows as you sleep, and the process of digesting food revs it up again," explains Heller. Aim for a 300- to 400-calorie breakfast, such as a high-fiber cereal (another metabolism booster) with skim milk and fruit.
Fermented foods: These enhance the function of good bacteria while inhibiting the growth of bad bacteria. Sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir, yogurt, tempeh, and miso all contain good amounts of probiotics, which help to increase good bacteria. Researchers have studied kimchi widely, and study results suggest that it has anti-obesity effects. Similarly, studies have shown that kefir may help to promote weight loss in overweight women.