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11/06/2011 – by Richard Weitz
A month ago, the International Crisis Group (ICG) released a report entitled, “Turkey: Ending The PKK Insurgency,” which offered sensible advice regarding how to make progress resolving Turkey’s Kurdish issue. The thrust of their recommendations was to move the struggle for Kurdish rights from the field of battle to field of parliament. They want “an end to the fighting, major legal reforms, an amnesty and Turkish Kurd acceptance to work within the legal Turkish system.” Their recommendations warrant revisiting given that some 30,00 people have already died in the almost three decades of fighting between Kurdish militants and the Turkish government and many more will do so in the future as long as the conflict persists.
The ICG authors endorsed the Democratic Opening towards the Kurds adopted by the ruling Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP), which has sought to deemphasize ethnic tensions by making some concessions to Kurds as well as stressing the common Muslim identity of Turks and Kurds rather than their ethnic differences.
But the ICG wants to see the Turkish government implement its reforms more consistently and effectively. They also advocate that the authorities release imprisoned non-violent Kurdish politicians and allow even those Kurds sympathetic to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, or PKK), which is the leading anti-Ankara terrorist government, to take their elected seats in parliament.
Meanwhile, they call on both sides to avoid tit-for-tat escalatory moves and instead resume the government-PKK ceasefire declared last year—there have been many such ceasefires but they soon collapse due to lack of follow-up and other problems—as well as disarmament negotiations.
Following years of pro-reform rhetoric and open and secret talks with Kurdish nationalists
(including between the director of national intelligence and imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan), the AKP-led Turkish government made a major policy reversal in 2009 and adopted a more flexible and embracing policy toward its Kurdish minority as well as the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq.
The Kurdish “opening” within Turkey saw the government give Kurds more cultural rights, including the right to use the Kurdish language in public (responding to claims of “linguistic genocide”). For example, it launched a 24-hour state-run Kurdish language television channel (TRT6, widely available through terrestrial transmission) in January 2009. Furthermore, AKP leaders apologized for past Turkish repression of Kurdish rights and pledged to address earlier wrongs.
Some Kurdish leaders hoped that, once Turks understood that Kurds simply want to achieve equal rights within a common country, more Turks would appreciate and support their concerns.
Kurdish nationalists proposed a peace plan whose components includes a ceasefire; establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with amnesty for ex-PKK fighters; deploying a multinational force to assist with the demobilization of PKK insurgents and their eventual entry into the peaceful political process; releasing PKK prisoners; enhancing Kurds’ constitutional and legal rights; and eventually the release of Öcalan from prison.
The newly declared policy of moderation initially received substantial popular support due to widespread war weariness among Turks, Kurds, and others. Turk-Kurdish violence had persisted for decades; so many individuals on both sides were willing to try to achieve a political resolution of their differences.
But Turkish nationalist parties soon began to make political gains by accusing the AKP of making too many concessions and to little effect. The AKP responded by moving more cautiously, which led to dampening enthusiasm among Kurds for the opening and renewed PKK violence. In effect, the hardliners on both sides were empowering each other.
Furthermore, impatient Kurdish activists, only some of whom defend or even sympathize the PKK and its violent methods, complain that they have seen few changes on the ground in southeast Turkey despite the progressive rhetoric they hear in Ankara.
The slow and half-hearted pace of the AKP Democratic Opening also led some Turkish Kurds to question the government’s sincerity. For example, the government’s amnesty proved very limited and conditional, with many ex-PKK and even non-violent Kurdish nationalists finding themselves re-arrested and imprisoned.
Restrictions on Kurdish political activities continue to constrain opportunities for a peaceful resolution of Turkey’s Kurdish crisis. The requirement that any political party must receive at least ten percent in a general parliamentary election to gain seats in the national legislature is twice as high a hurdle as that in most European countries that proportional representation voting systems. Kurdish nationalists often must run as independents candidates, which deny them access to public television and radio political protests or votes from Turkey’s large diaspora, whose members must vote for one of the parties on the ballot.
And when Kurdish nationalists have sought to establish political parties to campaign legally in elections, as they have done on half a dozen occasions since 1990, the authorities have employed various legal means to prevent them.
For example, in December 2009, Turkey’s Constitutional Court banned the Kurdish nationalist Democratic Society Party (DTP). Such bans result in the government’s seizing the parties’ assets and forbidding its leaders from engaging in political activities for a set time period.
Since its establishment in 2005, DTP representatives had met with Erdogan to discuss how to develop and implement the Democratic Opening. The new Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi (BDP, Peace and Democracy Party), whose members ran as “independents’ in the 2011 national elections and then formed as a 36-member party bloc in the parliament, continues to suffer from official harassment and some of its members have been denied their seats in parliament because they were in pre-trial detention, leading all BDP deputies to boycott parliamentary sessions.
Their boycott has had the unfortunate effect of denying Kurds an important means for directly influencing the drafting of the new Turkish constitution presently under consideration.
AKP leaders blame the Kurdish nationalists for making an ostentatious show of their new freedoms and exploiting amnesty and other concessions for media events designed to enhance heir public relations. They also accuse the PKK of seeking to reorganize within Turkey under another name—specifically the new PKK-organized Kurdish network known as the Union of Communities in Kurdistan (Koma Ciwakên Kürdistan, KCK)—and using the KCK to repress all Kurdish political activity and community activism not endorsed by the PKK.
The Turkish government has responded by arresting KCK leaders and suppress the organization’s activities. Meanwhile, AKP leaders adopted a more nationalist stance and rhetoric ahead of the June 2011 general elections. The AKP dropped Kurdish nationalists from its lists of candidates and toned down its endorsement of Kurdish community rights.
At present, Kurdish and foreign attention focuses on the AKP plans to rewrite the Turkish constitution. The current draft, written in 1982 during a period of military rule, defines a very centralized, mono-lingual, and mono-ethnic authoritarian political structure. For example, the constitution defines anyone born in Turkey as a Turkish national, thereby excluding the Kurdish identity as a permissible legal category. Article 42, moreover, prohibits the “teaching of any language other than Turkish as a mother tongue to Turkish citizens.”
The AKP has managed through legislation to relax how many of these clauses are applied in practice, but Kurdish activists want their freedoms guaranteed in writing in a new constitution. They note, for instance, that while the main Kurdish languages spoken in Turkey, Kurmancî and Zazaki, are no longer comprehensively banned, various legal restrictions continue to limit their use in public and commercial affairs.
In addition, there is still no government-approved primary or secondary education in Kurdish in Turkey. The authorities have even prevented Kurdish communities from using street signs written in both Kurdish and Turkish, claiming they violate the current national constitution (Article 3 states that, “The Turkish state … language is Turkish”). In other cases, conservative administrators and courts have thwarted the application of AKP reforms by citing constitutional provisions to prevent their application within their areas of jurisdiction.
Kurdish nationalists demand the right to define themselves as Kurds living in “Kurdistan”, use their language without impediment, including in public schools, and exercise other cultural and political rights within an officially multinational Turkish state. AKP leaders face conflicting pressures regarding how much legal freedom to provide its Kurdish “minority,” with even the use of that word highly contested among Turkish leaders who have insisted that Kurds are “Mountain Turks” who enjoy the same rights as other Turks.
AKP officials have also become distracted by seeking through the new constitution to transform Turkey into a presidential system, which would allow Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to remain in power even as he switches offices.
In trying to transform the Kurdish issue from a security into a political question, the AKP also hoped to further its campaign to weaken the influence of the military within Turkey. In the past, Turkish officers had cited the military’s domestic national security role to justify deposing civilian governments and assuming political authority themselves. Decreasing the threat of PKK terrorism would therefore reduce one pretext the military has used to influence the Turkish political system.
Furthermore, the question of Kurdish rights often comes up in discourses on Turkey’s suitability to become a full member of the European Union (EU) or to serve as a model political system for the newly emerging democracies in the Middle East and Asia. AKP leaders have skillfully used Turkey’s drive to join the EU, which they publicly support, as a means to transform Turkish society in more democratic directions, such as by constraining the power of the military. Especially since the onset of the current Arab Spring, AKP leaders have promoted Turkey as a model democracy worthy of emulation by reformers in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Yet, domestic and foreign critics label Erdogan and other AKP leaders hypocrites for attacking other countries for repressing Muslim rights while conducting similarly repressive policies against their Kurdish minority. For example, they have excluded granting Kurdish localities community rights that they have advocated for Turkish Cypriots in talks with the EU and others regarding Cypriot reunification.
Resolving Turkeys the Kurdish problem could help overcome these objections, though the continued violence and suppression of Kurdish political activism demonstrates that progress remains halting at best. Although the EU 2011 Progress Report on Turkey’s accession process, released in October 2011, sees mixed progress toward establishing Kurdish rights or meeting the other criteria for Turkey’s membership in the European Union, EU governments now wholeheartedly oppose the PKK and, unlike in the past, are actively trying to suppress its finances.
One interesting issue that emerged from our discussions in Turkey during our visit in October was how the governor and mayor divided their governance roles in the provinces. The governor is the senior official but he is appointed to office by the central government. Some of his responsibilities include maintaining law and order, health care, and executing other central government policies in the province.
Meanwhile, the mayor is elected by the city residents. Some of his responsibilities include city planning, water, environment, and local transportation. Turks’ growing wealth had enabled them to buy more private vehicles, requiring extensive road building to reduce the resulting traffic jams. One of the issues the Turks are considering as they draft their new constitution is whether to make the governors elected officials or to expand somewhat the power of the elected mayors. The ruling AKP considers it unfair that, at the local government level, the appointed official outranks the elected one. Increasing the power of elected representatives would also provide a means to give Turkey’s Kurds and other minority’s greater opportunities for self-government.
In considering its strategy towards the Kurdish problem, Turkish authorities would do well to consider how they revised their approach to Iraqi Kurdistan after 2008. By reaching out to local leaders, developing commercial as well as other contacts, and accepting the right of Kurds to exercise local self-government through the Kurdish Regional Government, the Turks empowered a group of stakeholders who now defend Turkish interests in a region traditionally known for Turkish-Kurdish tension.
Such an approach towards Turkey’s own Kurdish minority could go far toward achieving a similar reconciliation in an even more vital area for Turkey’s future.

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Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Matic aka Polygon had been the most important crypto gainers of the day the place each the altcoins rose greater than 20% over the previous 24-hours for 2 very completely different causes. Whereas the entire crypto market traded in inexperienced after a week-long consolidation and buying and selling in crimson however Matic and SHIB outshined a lot of the high cryptocurrencies.
Matic, the most well-liked ETH layer 2 answer for the time being rose to a brand new all-time excessive of $2.70 late yesterday. The altcoin has constructed a bullish momentum within the run-up to Uniswap’s resolution emigrate onto the Polygon community. The migration was lastly accomplished earlier as we speak driving the worth of MATIC in addition to UNI to new highs. MATIC has seen a minor retrace from its ATH of $2.70 and at present buying and selling at $2.60.
UNI the native token of high decentralized trade Uniswap additionally registered a 12% spike in worth and at present buying and selling at $16.58 after retracing from the each day high of $17.06.
Shiba Inu (SHIB) surges to weekly highs
Shiba Inu (SHIB), the favored meme forex additionally noticed a development reversal or kind after shedding $0.00003 key assist earlier final week. The altcoin surged to a brand new weekly excessive of $0.000038 earlier than retracing under $0.000036. The altcoin is at present buying and selling at $0.0003544 with a 5% surge over the previous 24-hours.
The most recent worth surge for the meme forex is being attributed to a lot of causes particularly after a few new listings. The altcoin was just lately listed by Coinjar, the longest-running crypto trade in Australia that will additionally permit for funds in SHIB.
Aside from that, the on-chain metrics have turned inexperienced for the altcoin once more as whales have began to build up extra SHIB. A few days again one Ether whale purchased practically 4 trillion SHIB tokens throughout the dip. The event exercise has surged on the community as SHIB ventures into play2earn (P2E) NFT gaming,
The introduced content material could embody the private opinion of the creator and is topic to market situation. Do your market analysis earlier than investing in cryptocurrencies. The creator or the publication doesn’t maintain any accountability on your private monetary loss.

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*SLAMS REBLOG BUTTON*
HIT REBLOG SO GODDAMN FAST
mirror mirror on the wall what the fuck am i doing with my life
It has to rhyme
i said i don’t know what im doing with my life.. do u think i have the time to come up with a rhyme
in 11th grade art we had to make mythical creatures with clay but i didn’t want to do that so i made a log and added a lil worm friend on top of it but my teacher got mad and said i had to make it mythical so i added a horn to it and made it a uniworm
this is why art classes in schools suck. That is a bloody amazing log. look at the texture, the colour. The worm is incredible and the teacher is unhappy because it was supposed to be mythical? Who the fuck cares? will the teacher have their pay docked if a student makes a logworm instead of a basilisk???
This furthers the argument that school is about following instructions, not learning. That really is a great sculpture, by the way.
In 11th grade I couldn’t make a fucking cup out of clay. and you made a fucking log worm. what the fuck is this shit.
mods are asleep post imitation rage face memes
She’s like a black sausage with arms.
when ur at the gym getting PUMPED AS FUK & ur phone dies so u can’t listen to eminem’s “lose yourself”
actual straight white boy problems: when people reduce a group of people to a label for biased assholes to make abusive jokes out of
dam bro… chill…. drink a protein shake….
name one fragrance commercial that has ever made sense
wat are u talking about they all make scents
shut the fuck up

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EUMOFA Monthly Highlights No. 7/2022 is online
This month’s issue analyses first sales of freshwater bream (Estonia, the Netherlands) and pike-perch (Estonia, France, the Netherlands). The case studies of this month are: “Atlantic mackerel in the EU ”; “Raw material costs for fisheries and aquaculture value chains ”.
FIRST SALES IN EUROPE. In April 2022, compared to April 2021, First sales increased in France in both value and volume, though the change in volume was small with no statistical significance. Mainly cod, scallop, and octopus were behind the increase in France. The most recent weekly (up to week 30 of 2022) and monthly (May 2022) data for first sales in Europe can be accessed on the EUMOFA website.
FIRST SALES OF FRESHWATER BREAM AND PIKE-PERCH. From May 2019 to April 2022, the weighted average first-sales price of freshwater bream in Estonia was 0,57 EUR/kg, 34% higher than in the Netherlands (0,43 EUR/kg). In the same period, the weighted average first-sales price of pike-perch in France was 10,26 EUR/kg, 226% higher than that of Estonia (3,15 EUR/kg), and 38% greater than that of the Netherlands (7,43 EUR/kg).
EXTRA-EU IMPORTS. In 2022, the price of frozen carp from Myanmar exhibited an upward trend. At the same time, volume showed a downward trend. Price ranged from 1,69 to 2,67 EUR/kg, and volume from 8 to 100 tonnes. In the same year, price of frozen squid from Morocco exhibited an upward trend, while volume showed an opposite trend. Price ranged from 9,51 to 12,44 EUR/kg and supply from 77 to 287 tonnes.
CONSUMPTION. During the period January 2015–April 2018, retail prices of fresh gilthead seabream registered highest in Italy. Volume saw considerable monthly variations in Italy and Spain, but it registered bigger sales compared with Portugal, where volumes sold were five times lower, but remained relatively stable. The most recent weekly consumption data (up to week 28 of 2022) can be accessed on the EUMOFA website.
ATLANTIC MACKEREL IN THE EU. In the period from 2017 to 2021, EU mackerel imports varied from 148.000 tonnes to around 182.000 tonnes per year, and values varied between EUR 243 million to above EUR 271 million. In 2021, extra-EU imports of frozen Atlantic mackerel totalled 167.899 tonnes worth EUR 271 million. Compared with 2020, they increased by 10% in volume and 1% in value.
RAW MATERIAL COSTS FOR FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE VALURE CHAINS. Since the beginning of 2020, the European fishery and aquaculture market has been disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has deepened the inflation observed over the last years for several commodities.
GLOBAL HIGHLIGHTS. On 2 June, the Commission adopted its Partnership Agreement with France, laying down an investment strategy worth EUR 18.4 billion in cohesion policy funding for the period 2021-2027. Around EUR 567 million from the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund will facilitate the ecological transition of the fishing and aquaculture sectors.
MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT. Average prices for marine fuel in July 2022 ranged between 1,02 and 1,14 EUR/litre in ports in France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Prices decreased by an average of about 4,1% compared with the previous month, and they increased by an average of 123,9% compared with the same month in 2021.


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The study observed that young individuals with anxiety that was resistant to treatment had a 42.6% reduction in impairment and anxiety severity on average after being treated for 12 weeks with cannabidiol, a Cannabis sativa component that’s not intoxicating which is typically known as CBD.
The study participants had fewer panic attacks and could perform functions that they were unable to do before such as attending appointments by themselves, using public transport, eating at restaurants, participating in social situations, going to school, or leaving the house. That’s a remarkable change for these individuals who had severe to extremely severe treatment-resistant anxiety for a long time.
The symptom reduction was seen on 2 different scales: a 50.7% reduction in a clinician-rated scale known as the Hamilton Anxiety Rating, and a 42.6% reduction in a self-rated scale, which consisted of a symptom questionnaire that included situational anxieties, panic attacks, flashbacks, and worries.
The study involved 31 individuals between the ages of 12 and 25 with an anxiety disorder diagnosis and who had failed to exhibit significant improvement in the severity of anxiety after a minimum of 5 cognitive behavioral therapy sessions.
Anxiety disorders are characterized by persistent feelings of anxiety, that may have no obvious cause or reason. These feelings can be difficult to control for individuals suffering from anxiety. Although anxiety is a common response to a situation where we feel under pressure, if this anxiety persists or happens suddenly in the absence of a stimulus, it can be disabling and may require treatment or support.
Although some individuals may suffer only mild anxiety, more severe anxiety generally interferes with a person’s life and can be linked to trembling, sweating, heart palpitations, feeling detached from oneself, panic, chest pain, or breathlessness.
Psychiatric or neurological manifestations are not induced by cannabidiol nor are there any major side effects. It’s non-intoxicating and THC-free so there are no changes in perception and thinking, with no ‘high’ and it’s not addictive.
The starting dose in the study was one daily 200mg cannabidiol capsule, which was increased after a week to 400mg. Individuals not showing significant improvement in symptoms of anxiety increased daily dosages at increments of 200mg to up to 800mg. All individuals were offered 5 biweekly cognitive behavioral therapy sessions for 12 weeks.
The study revealed that cannabidiol helped in reducing symptoms of anxiety as well as well tolerated with the most typical side-effects being mild fatigue and sedation but that was when dosages were increased and normally disappeared after 1 or 2 days.

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by Chris Black
Yeah, why can’t we just feed the chickens bugs and eat the chickens and their eggs?
Why do we have to eat the bugs?
Someone needs to ask Bill Gates about this.
Chickens eat bugs, and we eat chicken and their eggs.
Bill Gates wants us to eat fake meat and fake eggs.
But he wants us to eat real bugs- like chickens do.
— Cari Kelemen (@KelemenCari) January 22, 2023
Now that Bill Gates is sitting on all the eggs, he's got the Express to publish this load of baloney. t.co/yP8lFvGuCF
— Shaman of Avalon (@Annie_DLV) January 23, 2023
2013: Bill Gates invests plant-based eggs, poultry, and meat
2021: Bill Gates becomes the largest private farmland owner in the US
2021-2023: Mass chicken and egg shortages hit American farms
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 22, 2023
US Customs and Border Protection officials have warned Americans against trying to smuggle raw eggs or poultry over the border from Mexico, citing disease risk, as skyrocketing supermarket prices drive normally law-abiding citizens to take extreme measures.
Raw egg seizures along the Mexican border jumped 108% for the last quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, CBP Supervisory Agriculture Specialist Charles Payne told El Paso NBC affiliate KTSM on Wednesday.
During that same three-month period in 2022, the average cost of a dozen eggs in the US soared from $3.50 to $5.30. Across the border in Juarez, a customer can get 30 eggs for $3.40, the NBC affiliate reports – a bargain, as long as one isn’t caught.
Payne warned would-be egg smugglers that they face civil penalties for trying to save on groceries, with fines for failing to declare personal-use amounts averaging about $300. While a tweet from the San Diego Field Office warned of more alarming “penalties of up to $10,000” for “failure to declare agricultural items,” Payne clarified that the heftier fines are leveled at “undeclared illegal commercial shipments.”
While near-record inflation across the US has driven up prices of all groceries, the Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service also blames Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza – a new strain of bird flu – for the price increases. They claim the disease has necessitated the slaughter of 43 million egg-laying hens in 2022 alone. Farmers are strongly encouraged to destroy their entire flocks upon mere suspicion of exposure to the virus, an infectious diseases expert told NBC, meaning millions of healthy chickens were culled as well.

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The Town and the City
The Town and the City is the first published novel of the American author Jack Kerouac. It is thought to have been inspired by his father's death.
The novel is Kerouac's longest. Before writing it, he made a decision not to stop until he had completed 300,000 words. It was published in 1950 by Harcourt Brace.
Kerouac wrote the novel over a period of two years, keeping a diary that detailed much of his philosophical and literary troubles during this time. He relied upon the works of Fyodor Dostoevksy, calling Dostoevksy's wisdom "the highest wisdom in the world" after he grew tired with the essays of the "too self-conscious" Leo Tolstoy, for spiritual guidance.
It was aptly pointed out that Kerouac relied heavily upon the influence of Thomas Wolfe while writing the novel, and many comparisons can be made between it and the works of Wolfe. Many critics, however, suggested that Kerouac, far from merely emulating Wolfe, had surpassed him.
The novel is about a large family, (surname Martin) and features the five sons and three daughters of the family growing up, and being drawn from their semi-rural life in Galloway, to the symbol of capitalism and urbanity - the "melting pot" - that was New York, all in search of fame and identity.
Kerouac applied many of his own character traits to the sons of the family, though he can be most closely compared with Peter Martin. Much of the events and conversations that happen in the novel and to Peter have their parallel in Kerouac's own life. Several of his friends appear in the work, including the writer Allen Ginsberg and his own father, as George Martin.
The Town and The City takes the form of a bildungsroman. It is an impeccable first novel, written when Kerouac was in his early twenties, and was succeeded by Kerouac's most famous work On the Road - the most perfectly appropriate novel to serve this role.
His most conventional novel, it is also the most revealing. It allows one to assess the mind of Kerouac before he had developed (and subsequently become associated) with his own 'spontaneous prose' style and the Beat Generation movement he would come to lead (though not, entirely, voluntarily).

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MA and PhD.
David Stephenson started working as a palliative care nurse in 1995. Since that time, he has worked in patient, hospital and community services in both Adelaide, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. David has recently returned to clinical practice as a nurse practitioner candidate after spending a number of years in health service planning and reform implementation roles, where he had a lead role in the development of the current strategic plan for palliative care service in South Australia. He will soon complete a Master of Nurse Practitioner. In 2012, he will seek authorisation as a palliative care nurse practitioner. David is also currently involved in the development of a multidisciplinary, clinic-based model of supportive care for people with end-stage renal failure who elect not to undertake dialysis. He is also very interested in exploring nurse-led hospice beds and the development of more robust models of clinical supervision, role transition and practice development for the palliative care nurse practitioner candidates of tomorrow.
Resources associated with David Stephenson

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Reading is a great hobby that brings joy to our lives. Reading takes us to another world, and we feel immersed and captivated by different cultures.
The most common problem all readers face while reading is the inconvenience of holding an eBook or book. Most of us read while doing something else like studying, doing artwork, cooking, and playing music at a time these days.
To keep your hands free for these activity-oriented reading pursuits, you need a specific type of book stand that can hold your books and material.
For this purpose, you need to understand what qualities make the best bookstand and how you can choose it.
Buying Criteria for Book Stands
We have mentioned some factors you should consider while buying a book stand for yourself.
- Weight and weight
If you want to make your reading experience relaxing, a book stands to make it possible for you by holding your reading materials so you can focus on your activities. For in-bed reading, getting a small book stand is convenient.
A wide and large book stand is perfect for holding prominent journals and books because it is impossible to hold heavy books and material for a longer period of time. In short, whatever book stand you get, make sure it serves your needs.
If you are a less static reader, the adjustability of a book stands to become a big issue for you, unlike any stationary reader who finds the stand with the right size and angle, and they are good.
Readers who use e-Books and other electronic devices face difficulty. They sometimes need to hold the devices in awkward positions. So, get the book stand that makes your life convenient.
3. Weight and Height
Whenever we buy something for personal use, we make sure it is perfect. Just like that, when you purchase a book stand, you need to check its weight and height, which helps you make a better decision.
If your book stand is too heavy, your book will put unwanted pressure on your legs and nerves. Like weight, if the stand is too low or too high, your neck starts to pain.
The material used in making the book stand plays an important role in the item’s durability and stability. Most manufacturers use durable materials like reinforced metal and cherry wood that make these book stand perfect for long use.
When looking for a stand to use for holding books, always consider material stability and durability. The other factor that makes a good book stand is the thickness of the material because it makes a stand strong and attractive when you use it in public.
Before you start your journey to get a book stand, make a budget to pay for it. The best you can do to make a choice that can fit your budget is to list the best book stands and learn about their qualities and drawbacks. When you do that, you can easily select the one you like.


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Over time, specialty designations evolve through renaming, transition of a specialty to a subspecialty and other changes. Also, data collection varies across agencies where some, for example, will roll up adult and pediatric streams under the main title of a specialty. Thus, the following definitions for some of the specialties across the different data sources are outlined below to provide clarity on the effect of these technicalities on the Medical Workforce Knowledgebase.
- Cardiac Surgery (CIHI) - includes Cardio and Thoracic Surgery category (2010)
- Diagnostic Radiology (CIHI) - includes Pediatric Radiology
- Family Medicine (CIHI) - includes General Practice, Family Medicine, and Emergency Family Medicine
- General Pathology (CIHI) - includes Forensic Pathology
- General Surgery (CIHI) - includes Pediatric General Surgery
- Laboratory Medicine (Undifferentiated) - This is not a recognized discipline by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Data is available for CaRMS and CAPER but not for RCPSC and CIHI.
- Neurology (CaRMS and CAPER) – includes Neurology (Pediatrics); (CIHI) - includes Electroencephalography
- Public Health and Preventive Medicine (CIHI) - includes Community Medicine
- Vascular Surgery – This discipline was a subspecialty (2010-2011) and was transferred to a specialty (2012-present). The data contains a mix of specialty and subspecialty information.


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noun (plural saris or sarees)
A garment consisting of a length of cotton or silk elaborately draped around the body, traditionally worn by women from South Asia.
More example sentences
- Ladies were dressed in saris and shalwar kameez of vibrant shades making the streets of Wootton Bassett awash with colour.
- There was a lot of music and dancing and many people wore traditional Indian clothing, including women's lenghas and sarees and Kurta pyjamas for the men.
- Out of the gift box came spanking new saris, shirts, trousers, lungis and nighties and the happiness of the inmates knew no bounds.
late 18th century: from Hindi sāṛī.

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Cabinet of Curiosity
I am a ceramic artist, who specialises in observing details and pattern within pieces that would otherwise have been discarded.
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The Independent reports on a recent study by the Education Policy Institute (EPI). claiming that the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is equivalent to one GCSE grade, raising suggestions that the exam reforms are not working.
A spokesperson for the Department for Education, however, said: “There are now 1.9 million more children in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, our GCSE and A-levels rank among the world’s best qualifications and the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers has narrowed at GCSE and Key Stage 2.”
‘Struggle to understand new 9 to 1 grading’
Schools Week shares headline results of a survey carried out by Ofqual involving over 3,000 heads, teachers, parents, universities and the general public regarding their view of GCSE and A-level exams. According to the study, the understanding of how GCSEs work dropped after the new 9 to 1 grading system came in, whilst the perception of GCSEs as a trusted qualification remained unchanged
Teens multi-tasking revision ‘myth’
As exam season looms, the BBC explores whether teens can really revise for exams at the same time as conducting multiple conversations on social media. Tom Bennett, director and founder of the ResearchEd group, says it's a complete "myth" that teenagers can multi-task between social media and online entertainment and still keep studying.
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FE Week expresses concern over the lack of end-point assessments available for some apprentices who are now ready to take their assessment. The Institute for Apprenticeships has rejected concerns about apprentices being unable to graduate, accusing people who raise them as “inflammatory”.


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Thank goodness summer is finally upon us – I’m on vitamin D overload this week and just can’t get enough of being outdoors. Traditionally though, summer also means a bit of a slow down for the real estate market as home buyers and sellers go on vacations and spend more time at the barbecue than the computer (Hey -does that mean us real estate brokers can go on vacation, too?).
According to NWMLS data, Green Lake saw the closing of 14 single family homes in June this year, ranging in price from $340,000 to $1,120,000 and with an average price per foot of $287.17. And 14 must be our lucky number, because that’s also the amount of homes that went to ‘pending’ status in June that haven’t closed yet. Overall June was a very good month for total number of sales, but it would appear to me that we are seeing a slow down of the multiple bid situation that has had us in a frenzy the past few months. Whereas in May the average home sat on the market for just nine days before selling, in June that number shot back up to a more “normal” 24 – giving buyers a better chance of getting their offer in on time and in a less competitive environment.
We currently have 12 homes on the market in Green Lake (as usual, 80th to 50th, Aurora to I5), priced from $299,000 to $1,220,000. Quite an assortment – but still not a lot of inventory. In fact, of the homes that are on the market right now, only 3 were listed in the last 30 days so the homes that are on the market are generally a lot of the same ones that were listed a month ago or longer. We’re thirsty for freshly listed houses.
So, where are we headed? Back to normalcy, I expect – at least for the next few months. Another kick in the market tends to happen in September and October, but until then we’re going to see homes start to sit on the market for around 30 days before a sale.

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Edison Nation Inc (NASDAQ:EDNT) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 34,000 shares, a growth of 44.7% from the July 31st total of 23,500 shares. Approximately 1.4% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 22,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days.
A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Edison Nation stock. Citadel Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Edison Nation Inc (NASDAQ:EDNT) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 15,618 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,000. Citadel Advisors LLC owned 0.27% of Edison Nation at the end of the most recent reporting period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 0.68% of the company’s stock.
Shares of EDNT traded down $0.05 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $2.40. The stock had a trading volume of 34,089 shares, compared to its average volume of 37,998. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $2.22. Edison Nation has a twelve month low of $1.67 and a twelve month high of $7.83.
Edison Nation (NASDAQ:EDNT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 15th. The company reported ($0.30) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $5.97 million during the quarter.
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Edison Nation, Inc, through its subsidiaries, primarily designs, manufactures, and sells various toy products directly to retailers or direct to consumers via e-commerce in North America, Asia, and Europe. It operates through two segments, Consumer Goods and Packaging Materials. The company produces battery-operated products for theme parks and entertainment venues; and party-related and arts and crafts-related items to retailers.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Minnesota has the numbers to dethrone three-time defending national wrestling titlist Penn State. Oklahoma State is in the mix in the NCAA championships, too.
Penn State holds the slimmest of leads heading into the final day of action. The Nittany Lions have 91 points after Friday's matches, followed by Minnesota with 90.5 and Oklahoma State with 87.5.
Penn State and Minnesota have two finalists and seven total wrestlers remaining.
Minnesota's Tony Nelson, the top seed at the 285-pound weight class, will face North Carolina State's Nick Gwiazdowski in the final. Nelson knows what is at stake for himself and the team.
"We got two guys in the finals," Nelson said. "Oklahoma State, they've got four. So us winning probably both those finals is going to be crucial for us to have a chance to win the team title."
Oklahoma State has four finalists, but just one other wrestler remaining. The Cowboys were far back, but they scraped back into contention with a strong performance in the evening session. Now, a 35th national title isn't out of the question.
"We gave ourselves an opportunity," Oklahoma State coach John Smith said.
Penn State's David Taylor advanced to the finals for the fourth time. He defeated North Dakota State's Steven Monk 12-5 in the 165-pound semifinals. He will face Oklahoma State's Tyler Caldwell in the final, one of just two finals that match wrestlers on the top three teams.
Minnesota's Dylan Ness will face Oklahoma State's Alex Dieringer in the 157-pound final.
Caldwell is 0-3 in his career against Taylor, but he feels he has improved each time.
"I've felt like I've really closed the gap," Caldwell said. "And since the last time wrestling in February, I think I've even made even bigger strides and look forward to wrestling (Saturday) night."
Penn State's Ed Ruth also advanced to the finals. The two-time national champion defeated Cornell's Gabriel Dean 5-3 in the 184-pound semifinals to avenge his only loss of the season.
Ruth will face No. 1 seed Jimmy Sheptock of Maryland, who remained unbeaten with a win over Old Dominion's Jack Dechow, in the final.
"Every time I've met up with Sheptock, it's always been a decision match," Ruth said. "He's a tough opponent. He knows his way around the mat."
After Friday's morning session, Penn State led with 61 points, followed by Minnesota with 59, and Oklahoma State with 56 heading into the evening session.
Minnesota moved into the lead at night. Oklahoma State led for a while, too. Eventually, Penn State got back to the top with its depth.
The best story lines on Friday came from the lower weights.
At 133, Iowa's Tony Ramos reached the final by taking down Edinboro's A.J. Schopp in the final minute of the third period to win 2-0. The top seed in that class, Joe Colon of Northern Iowa, lost his semifinal 6-4 to Wisconsin's Tyler Graff.
At 141, two-time national champion Logan Stieber of Ohio State advanced to the title match by beating Penn State's Zain Retherford 7-3 in the semifinals. Retherford's only two losses of the season were his two most recent matches against Stieber — the other was in the Big Ten tournament final.
In the 141 quarterfinals, No. 1 seed Mitchell Port of Edinboro was 28-0 before losing 5-3 to North Carolina's Evan Henderson. Port made it through wrestlebacks and remains alive for a third-place finish. He will face Retherford on Saturday morning.
Three of the top four seeds at 149 failed to reach the semifinals. No. 2 seed Nick Dardanes of Minnesota was eliminated from the tournament with a loss to Edinboro's David Habat. No. 11 seed Joshua Kindig of Oklahoma State reached the final with a win over No. 15 seed Mitchell Minotti of Lehigh. No. 1 seed Drake Houdashelt of Missouri lost in the semifinals when Jason Tsirtsis escaped in the closing seconds of overtime for a 2-1 victory.
The stunner of the day came in the 157 class quarterfinals, when Ness, seeded ninth, pinned top seed James Green of Nebraska in 3:36.
It wasn't quite the upset it appeared to be on the seeding line, though. Ness, a junior, placed second at nationals as a freshman and fourth as a sophomore. Ness reached the finals by defeating Ian Miller of Kent State in the semifinals.
The No. 2 seed at 157, Iowa's Derek St. John, also lost in the quarterfinals. Brian Realbuto of Cornell beat St. John 11-4. Oklahoma State's Dieringer beat Realbuto to advance to the finals.


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Born in Cordoba, Argentina, she won her first competition at the age of ten. This was soon followed by the Natalia Gutman Award and commendations at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition as well as the ARD International Music Competition in Munich. A Grammy Award nominee, Sol Gabetta received the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Award (2010) and the Würth-Preis of the Jeunesses Musicales (2012).
Following her first ECHO Klassik Award (received in 2007 for a CD featuring works of Tchaikovsky and Ginastera) the artist obtained another one for her interpretation of cello concertos by Haydn, Hofmann and Mozart, released in 2009. Most recently, she was awarded her third ECHO for a celebrated recording of Elgar’s cello concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Her extensive discography encompasses also highly acclaimed recordings of Shostakovich’s Cello Concertos with the Münchner Philharmoniker. Autumn 2012 sees the release of a duo recital recording with pianist Hélène Grimaud by Deutsche Grammophon.
Gabetta's performances today include appearances with leading orchestras and conductors worldwide. She has worked with Bamberger Symphoniker, Kammerorchester Basel, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bolshoi Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de España and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Gabetta is a frequent guest at festivals including Verbier, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Schwetzingen Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, Bonn Beethovenfest and Schubertiade Schwarzenberg. Recent highlights include residencies at Essen Philharmonie and Berlin Konzerthaus, debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Gulbenkian Orchestra and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Sol Gabetta works regularly with conductors such as Giovanni Antonini, Mario Venzago, Charles Dutoit, Pablo Heras Casado and Thomas Hengelbrock.
In addition to her career as a soloist, Sol Gabetta is a deeply devoted chamber musician and performs with distinguished partners such as Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Baiba Skride, Bertrand Chamayou and Olga Kern in famous halls such as London’s Wigmore Hall or Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona. She has also founded her own chamber music festival “Solsberg” in Switzerland.
Highlights of this season include debuts with the Orchestre National de France, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, The Philharmonia Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra. She will return to work with the Münchner Philharmoniker under the baton of David Zinman, Bamberger Symphoniker and at Schubertiade Schwarzenberg. A recital tour with pianist Hélène Grimaud is planned for December 2012, other chamber music recitals at Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam complete her season.
Thanks to a generous private stipend by the Rahn Kulturfonds, Sol Gabetta is in a position to play one of the very rare and precious cellos by G.B. Guadagninifrom 1759. Sol Gabetta has taught at the Basel Music Academy since 2005.


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A song is good if it makes an emotional impact on the listener. So whether you start the songwriting process by coming up with lyrics, chords or melodies, the end result needs to be the same: a piece of music that causes the audience to feel something.
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Lotteries are a popular way to distribute funds in the public realm. They have been used for hundreds of years, starting with the Chinese and Roman lotteries. Later on, they were used to fund military forces in the French and Indian Wars. Some governments use lotteries to finance public programs without raising taxes. Some states also use lottery systems to raise funds for local programs such as literature libraries and parks. Lotteries are also used to distribute tickets to sporting events such as the Olympics and the Superbowl.
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Taxes on winnings
Winning the lottery can be an amazing windfall, but you have to pay taxes on it. While you will receive a huge amount of money, state and federal taxes will reduce the amount you can keep. This is why it is important to understand taxes on lottery winnings.
Impact of lotteries on society
Lotteries are a major source of revenue for many governments, but there are also concerns about the impact of these games on society. Although a large portion of the lottery’s proceeds go to charity, the regressive nature of this form of gambling means that the profits fall on the lowest income groups. This means that anti-tax and conservative governments must take the social impact of lotteries into account before making decisions about the distribution of the proceeds.
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(Bloomberg) — The company once known as the Netflix of snacks looks a bit more like Blockbuster video these days — but not in a bad way.
Graze, which started selling snack boxes via online subscriptions in the U.K. a few years back, is for the first time generating a majority of its sales through physical stores — a reminder that food is still almost entirely a brick-and-mortar business.
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“Fundamentally, lots of people want to keep buying snacks in stores,” said Anthony Fletcher, the company’s 36-year-old chief executive officer. “It’s a very different strategy from how we ran the business for the first four or five years.”
Graze.com was founded in 2008 and came to the U.S. about three years ago. In the fiscal year that ended Feb. 28, the company generated almost $100 million in revenue, an 8% increase over the prior year, according to Fletcher. The sales are roughly split evenly between the U.S. and the U.K.
Graze’s snack boxes are now in about 20,000 U.S. stores, including CVS, Harris Teeter and Safeway. (Kroger owns Harris Teeter and Albertsons owns Safeway.) The company captures and analyzes data on consumers who browse and shop online, and is able to quickly create new snacks based on that information, Fletcher said.
The ability to crunch data is expected to turn Amazon.com Inc., No. 1 in the Internet Retailer 2017 Top 500, into a fierce competitor in the grocery business following its much-heralded acquisition of Whole Foods. The deal has fueled pessimism about grocery stores as well as large packaged-food companies like Kraft Heinz Co., Campbell Soup Co. and General Mills Inc.
In the new landscape, Graze could be a potential acquisition target for Big Food. Fletcher said he couldn’t comment on specific interest in Graze, but indicated Amazon’s grocery ambitions have prompted more interest in his company’s business model.
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This hilarious little black kitten sees some shadows and hears this owner trying to move a bag of cat food behind him and the results are just too funny, this little kitten never misses a moment to amuse his owners, and you laugh out loud when you see this funny moment!
His friend, the white cat can’t understand exactly what’s going on, but keeps on staring in disbelief at his friend who can’t seem to control his jumpy craziness! – It’s just a hoot to watch and you’ll love every minute of this video!
Keep watching until the end, you won’t regret it… This is hilarious!!! Watch the video below:
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Medium "Lilah" Blue Diamond Hoop Earrings
Pavé-set blue diamond hoop earrings in oxidized gilver. Blue diamonds weighing 1.80 total carats (these diamonds are heat treated to enhance their blue color) set to the front inside and outside the hoop. Medium size. 24k yellow gold posts with "butterfly" friction backs. Handmade in Turkey. Designed by Yossi Harari.
Gilver is an alloy comprised of 25% gold and 75% silver.

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HQ are providing all grades of pure titanium and titanium alloy material under the ISO9001 management system. We melt the titanium sponge and adjust the content of other metal such as Aluminium, Palladium to meet customers’ standards. Then the raw material will be made into sheets, pipes and other shapes as clients requirements.
With a high strength-weight ratio, excellent elasticity, Non-toxic and super rust-proof characteristics, titanium products are widely used in various industries. All kinds of titanium alloy can deal with the most severe environments from deep oceans to outer space. Also, pure titanium is one of the most implant materials that saved thousands of patients. Nowadays, with the increase of production and decrease of its price, more and more articles that we daily use are made of titanium such as camping goods and fishing products.
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Effects of lipids on mitochondrial functions
Mårtensson CU, Doan KN, Becker T.
Mitochondria are surrounded by two membranes. The phospholipids composition of both membranes is vital for several mitochondrial protein machineries involved in central processes like protein transport, oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial dynamics and membrane architecture. Studies of last few years revealed specific effects of depletion of individual phospholipids on protein machineries. Particularly, the negatively charged cardiolipin was extensively studied, while the understanding of the role of other phospholipids for mitochondrial functions and architecture is limited. Nevertheless, the summarized findings revealed that phospholipids not only form the hydrophobic core of the mitochondrial membranes but also provide a specific environment for optimal function of mitochondrial proteins.

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TUMCREATE Phase 2 aims to see the evolution of the urban bus system to a more convenient, connected and efficient public transport system. With Singapore as the study ground, TUMCREATE introduces the concept of a Dynamic Autonomous Road Transit (DART) system that consists of a fleet of mixed-size modular electric, autonomous road-based vehicles, with high level secure communication between vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-intelligent infrastructure, to realize an efficient, attractive and comfortable mobility service.
The ultimate goal is to see the current bus system into a fully-connected, new shared-mobility system encompassing flexible-and fixed-route services, along with low to high passenger capacity services, intelligent passenger information services and providing good connectivity to the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system.
Key characteristics of the DART System
Shorter travel times through faster boarding/alighting at intelligent stops and prioritisation of public transport on the road and at traffic light junctions
Versatile operation using modular autonomous vehicles
Flexible passenger capacity during peak and non-peak hours by dynamically platooning modular DART vehicles
Shorter waiting times at stops through demand-responsive dispatching of modular autonomous vehicles
Cleaner urban environment by using electric battery-powered vehicles with zero local emissions
These characteristics allow the DART System to dynamically adapt to the required capacity and enable different operational strategies to create an integrated DART system and improve passengers travel experience.
For high capacity:
DART vehicles are platooned, creating a line capacity of up to 6000 persons per hour in main corridor lines. Routes, service frequency and stops are fixed. The platooning concept allows the required passenger capacity to be adjusted while keeping the headway constant.
These high capacity platooned services are accelerated using on-demand lanes and traffic signal prioritization and redesigned intelligent stops to accommodate long platoons and reduce waiting time at stops.
For medium capacity:
Operation is similar to current bus system by using a small number of modules operating as a platoon. Routes, service frequency and stops are fixed. The platooning concept allows the required passenger capacity to be varied, creating a line capacity of up to 1200 persons per hour (like a bus line), but with shorter waiting times.
The DART vehicles will use the existing infrastructure of roads and stops.
For low capacity:
Single DART vehicles will serve as an on-demand service for low passenger capacity routes (of up to 30 passengers), using the existing road infrastructure and stops.
Stops are fixed, routes and service frequency are flexible.
The DART system can provide all public transport needs below the MRT passenger capacity.


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By Pamela Cody
Special to the PRESS
Walk for Women started out as a group of local women trying to help one of their friends fight a terrible disease. Now it’s an annual fundraiser by an all-volunteer, non-profit group that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past 16 years to help women in the Laguna Madre area who are battling breast cancer.
The weekend-long event kicked off on Friday with a casino night, followed by a bay fishing tournament on Saturday, and the parade on Sunday as the finale. Starting at the SPI Convention Center and culminating at Louie’s Backyard, the official headquarters of Walk for Women, multitudes of women, men, children and pets adorned in pink, carrying banners and placards bearing the names of loved ones, walked together in solidarity to show support for breast cancer survivors, .
SPI resident Reese Langston has been a committee member for Walk for Women for around a dozen years, but this year was even more meaningful for the longtime volunteer.
“This year, I got so much more involved in actually handing a check to beneficiaries: To be able to talk to them, to read their stories and understand what they’re dealing with, and then give them the check. And then a couple of weeks later, get a thank you note or a text that says you changed my life,” Langston said. “That’s the thing that’s so beautiful about it.”
Langston shared a few of the stories that moved her.
“I actually had a beneficiary say ‘my husband and I, we took that check and we cried because it got us out of the hole that we were in.’ They were in danger of losing their house and we were able to help them fill the hole, so now they can look forward,” Langston recalled.
Langston told the story of another beneficiary who wanted to go to MD Anderson for her radiation treatment.
“I got a note from her 10 days ago with a picture of her in the machine and she said ‘this is what you’ve done for me.’ That is the most gratifying thing, and that’s why we do it,” Langston concluded.
Local artist Kerry Ann Sanders was delighted when she was approached to design this year’s artwork for Walk for Women. Her beautifully rendered painting of a heron clutching a pink breast cancer ribbon in its beak raised $1,000 at auction on Friday evening.
“To do it was an honor, but to see it on the backs of people’s shirts as they’re walking past or riding on their bikes, it’s very cool,” Sanders said. “It’s all about the community. I’ve had cancer in my family, not breast cancer, but cancer just the same, so this was a nice opportunity to give to a great cause.”
Self-described world-renowned and inimitable writer, blogger, activist, world traveler, entrepreneur, and owner of Cafe Karma on South Padre Island, Will Everett came out to participate in the walk on Sunday, and spoke about his reasons for attending the event.
“For me coming out, it’s about breast cancer, but it’s also about renewing my commitment to the community. Just seeing people who are united instead of being torn apart as we are. So many things rip us apart, it’s good to have something that brings us together. It’s restoring my belief that we’re not all assholes,” said Everett bluntly.
Also participating in the walk were Mitzy Perez, visiting from Austin, and her family.
“My parents live in San Juan, so I came to support my mom, who’s a breast cancer survivor,” Perez said.
Her mother, Patty Perez, sporting a pink superhero cape and a homemade sign, commented, said “I’m a two-year survivor. I would say to the women going through this like I did, never give up. There’s always hope. I’m out here to show support for all those women who have lost their battle, or that are fighting it right now.”
Whether it’s to support a family member or a loved one, or to donate time and effort to a worthy cause, Maritza Hoffman of South Padre Island summed it up succinctly as to why so many come out for the Walk for Women weekend.
“This is a way for us to support other women that are going through breast cancer. It’s a disease that, whether it affects us personally, we all know somebody that’s either had it or we’ve had it ourselves. What I love about this event is, it’s about our community, supporting our women who are going through this battle, helping them, and for them to know that we love them.”


Read Configuration Changes from an ASA to CDO
Why Does Cisco Defense Orchestrator "Read" ASA Configurations?
In order to manage an ASA, CDO must have it's own stored copy of the ASA's running configuration file. The first time CDO reads and saves a copy of the device's configuration file is when the device is onboarded. Subsequently, when CDO reads a configuration from an ASA, you are opting to either Check for Changes, Accept without Review, or Read Configuration. See Reading, Discarding, Checking for, and Deploying Configuration Changes for more information.
CDO also needs to read an ASA configuration in these circumstances:
Deploying configuration changes to the ASA has failed and the device state is not listed or Not Synced.
Onboarding a device has failed and the device state is No Config.
You have made changes to the device configuration outside of CDO and the changes have not been polled or detected. THe device state would be either Synced or Conflict Detected.
In these cases, CDO needs a copy of the last known configuration stored on the device.


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The police in Imo have launched a manhunt for gunmen, who killed the younger brother of the Accountant-General the state, Valentine Obiezu.
It was gathered that the victim, simply identified as Obiezu, was a millionaire and senior oil worker in Warri, Delta State, and that his killing on Sunday had caused panic in Imo State.
It was learnt that the victim came home for the Christmas and New Year celebration and met his untimely death in his home state.
While some link the incident to politics because of his brother’s position, others believed it was a kidnap operation that went bad.
It was gathered that the victim was killed after the gunmen made an unsuccessful attempt to abduct him from his village, Akatta in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State.
It was learnt that the victim was driving a Toyota Hilux van when the gunmen attempted to abduct him.
“They didn’t even wait for him to stop and alight from his vehicle before they opened fire on the vehicle. They simply pushed him out of the vehicle and drove away with it,” a source in the village said.
When contacted, the police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said he had not been briefed about the incident.
But a senior police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the Orlu Area Command had swung into action with a view to arresting the fleeing gunmen.


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Frankfort pets finally have a day of their own. The first Wag Fest will be 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. Saturday at Paw-N-Order K-9 Farm Camp, 1150 Bark Branch Road (Route 1665).
"They can socialize their animals and bring the kids out for a fun day in the sun," said Liz Norris, owner of Paw-N-Order and organizer of the event. "Or maybe find a pet to adopt."
Events include a Tricks are for Kids demonstration at 10:30 a.m., Canine Swim Fest at noon, doggie relays at 12:30 p.m. and canine water agility face-off at 2 p.m. At 4 p.m., owners and their dogs can compete in the team relay races and at 5 p.m., Bullitt County Search Dogs will put on a demonstration.
Dances with Dogs will be at 6 p.m. followed by another Tricks are for Kids demonstration at 6:45 p.m. Wag Fest contest winners will be announced at 7 p.m. and a discussion on showing pets will be held at 8 p.m. Other activities include a mock dog show at 8:30 p.m., an owner/pet look alike contest and the cutest kid and dog contest, both scheduled before noon.
There will also be local crafters set up all day displaying animal-related items such as jewelry, portraits and pottery. Food and drinks will also be available for purchase.

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