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Kerwin Charles is the Edwin and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research focuses on a range of subjects in the broad area of applied microeconomics. His work has examined such questions as how mandated minimum marriage ages affects young people's marriage and migration behavior; the effect of racial composition of neighborhoods on the social connections people make; the causes for the dramatic convergence in completed schooling between recent generations of American men and women; differences in visible consumption across racial and ethnic groups; the effect of retirement on subjective well being; the propagation of wealth across generations within a family; and many dimensions of the effect of health shocks, including on family stability and labor supply. Recent work has studied the degree to which prejudice can account for wages and employment differences by race and gender. In ongoing work, he is studying the connection between economic outcomes and various aspects of voting behavior.
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MSNBC's 'Hardball' host Chris Matthews recovering from prostate cancer surgery
Fans of "Hardball" may have noticed that host Chris Matthews hasn't been in his usual position on air for the last few nights, and now they're finding out why.
On Monday night, Matthews' fill in, Steve Kornacki, shared that Matthews had undergone surgery for prostate cancer and is currently recovering.
"Before we go tonight, Chris hasn’t been here the last few nights and he wanted to let you know why,” Kornacki said. “Chris is recovering from prostate cancer surgery last week.”
Kornacki added that the procedure went well, but that Matthews would be out for a few more days to "get back into fighting shape."
"I know he’s looking forward to getting back very soon," Kornacki concluded.
The "Hardball" account tweeted the moment and fans of the show thanked Kornacki for letting them know where Matthews had been and wished the host a fast recovery.
Matthews was last seen on air Oct. 4. He has been hosting "Hardball" for 25 years.
MSNBC declined to comment.

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China, Russia send spy ships after U S aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
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North Korea| China and Russia have dispatched intelligence-gathering vessels from their navies to chase the USS Carl Vinson nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is heading toward waters near the Korean Peninsula.
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Aug 9, 2011, 12:18 PM EST
To listen to the agent for Mickael Pietrus is to think the player is not that attached to the Phoenix Suns.
“He’s good with being back in Phoenix or fine to be traded,” (agent Bill) McCandless said. “He just wants to play.”
That’s what he told Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic. Pietrus picked up a $5.3 million option for next season, but that is the last year of his deal. Depending on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement yet to be hammered out, those kind of expiring contracts could be valuable trade chips.
The also discusses Pietrus’ knee, which caused him to miss the Suns last dozen games last season. Pietrus had his knee scoped out and is rehabbing but will not join his French teammates for EuroBasket (the European 2012 Olympic qualifying tournament). The rehab is going well and whenever we have an NBA season Pietrus should be ready to go. And go wherever.
- Report: George Karl controls Kings’ personnel, wants Ty Lawson, willing to move DeMarcus Cousins 15
- Paul George returns to practice with Pacers, could play in couple weeks 7
- Report: LeBron James wonders why he doesn’t get more MVP consideration 36
- Would Rajon Rondo leave the Mavericks for the Lakers? 53
- Five Things We Learned in NBA Wednesday: The Spurs losing rodeo road trip a bad sign 11
- PBT Extra: What is future for Derrick Rose? Bulls? 13
- Mavericks suspend Rajon Rondo one game after argument with coach Rick Carlisle 43
- Derrick Rose is hurt again. Where do the Bulls go from here? 28


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I am also looking at getting a residential refer in my next 5th wheel. I expected to tow the 5th with the refer and inverter are on. I thought the truck hook-up would be connected to the Converter to charge the batteries and the Inverter would pull from the batteries to run the refer.
If this is not the case I gotta know...yikes.
Truck hooks direct to the batteries via fuses or breakers, Converter does too so it would be proper to say they hook together but .. No that's not quite right, When you are towing the converter is idle, it does nothing but sit there and possibly blink a light.
As I posted somewhere.. The problem is two fold, ONE the trailer charge wire may not be up to the current needed to power the inverter.
And the $200 plus alternator may not be up to the job either. They are designed to put out their rated output only for brief periods of time, Pull an extra 100 amps off them too long and they fry.


EC Seeks Report After VVPAT Dispenses Only BJP Symbol Slips in Bhind
The Election Commission has sought a detailed report from the district poll authorities in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh on media reports that VVPAT was only dispensing slips of BJP symbol during a demonstration exercise.
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New Delhi: The Election Commission has sought a detailed report from the district poll authorities in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh on media reports that VVPAT was only dispensing slips of BJP symbol during a demonstration exercise.
An Assembly bypoll is due in Bhind next week and the demonstration was part of the familiarisation exercise.
"We have sought a detailed report from district election officer and would come up with a response in the evening," a Commission spokesperson said.
The voters see Voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slip for seven seconds, which would be an acknowledgement receipt for the party they voted for in the election.
VVPAT is a machine which dispenses a slip with the symbol of the party for which a person has voted for. The slip drops in a box but the voter cannot take it home.
According to media reports, the receipt showed the vote going to BJP, irrespective of button pressed, during the demonstration.
The reports also claimed that Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Madhya Pradesh, Saleena Singh was seen telling journalists that the news should not appear in newspapers, else they would be detained at the police station.
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looking for some great smoothie/shake recipes for my kids , who are not real breakfast people
I am open for any ideas
after 3 cs Happily single Mom
I put in a couple bananas (they're cheaper than other stuff,) 3 cups almond milk, freshly ground flax, raw honey, frozen mango. Also Amande almond milk yogurt. If the kids aren't watching I make a blueberry smoothie which has all the above but less frozen mango. In its place I put frozen spinach and frozen greens from WF (kale, collards, and mustard greens, I think,) plus frozen blueberries.
You can add raw egg, almond butter, and coconut oil. All will change their taste and caloric count. We also sometimes use frozen strawberries.
Created an instant family (7/89 and 5/91) in 1997. Made a baby boy 12/05 adopted a baby girl 8/08. Ask me about tandem adoptive nursing and living as gluten, dairy, and cane sugar free vegetarians. Homeschooling and loving it.
Pineapple make smoothies amazing! Love it. We either use canned coconut milk or the vanilla boxed kind from trader joe's and whatever fruit we have on hand. Usually it's banana and a handful of frozen organic berries (I get 3 lb bags from Costco and pull berries out as needed). Strawberry, banana, and pineapple are sooo good!
Stay-at-home Mama to my fabulous DD (10/08) and DS (9/12) and wife to my just-as-fabulous DH
Definitely yogurt, bananas, berries, sometimes carrots, sometimes spinach....hemp powder can be good...or just plan fruit and yogurt. Throwing ground flax in is always a good idea!
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The election [of Obama] was essentially bought. 9 out of 10 of the victors outspent their opponents. Obama of course outspent McCain. [The records] showed that both Obama and McCain were getting the bulk of their financing from the financial institutions and for Obama, law firms which means essentially lobbyists.


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Wicked Winter Justifies Efficiency UpgradesCredit Union Times, March 19, 2014
Severe winter weather this year has hit credit unions hard with higher energy costs.
However, the cooperatives can save significantly on energy costs by making wise investments in efficiency, said Melissa Malkin-Weber, sustainability director for the $646 million Self-Help Credit Union & Ventures Fund, both based in Durham, N.C.
“With rising energy prices and the environmental impact of using natural resources, we’ve been taking a broader, more systemic approach and looking for the best opportunities to conserve,” Malkin-Weber said.
In 2012, Self-Help implemented green facility initiatives that it predicts will save approximately $92,000 each year, she said.


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Gord Perks, a left-leaning Toronto city councillor and regular critic of the mayor, said Mr. Tory’s decision to prolong his departure puts the city in a difficult position.
“I think it is very damaging to the effectiveness and reputation of the government of the City of Toronto that we are in a limbo where it’s not clear whether we have a mayor or not,” he said.
He has yet to resign, and his office released a statement Monday saying he would see the budget process through, and that he would announce further details about his departure following city council’s budget meeting, which is scheduled for Wednesday. Under timelines contained within the strong-mayor rules, he could need to stay in office as long as 25 days after the budget debate to ensure the fiscal plan’s passage.
source: The Toronto Star.


Mayor launches direct attacks on Striickland at Frayser Exchange Club.
As the mayoral campaign heats up in its final weeks, with polls showing a close race, antagonisms between candidates are firing up as well. Mayor A C Wharton, who began using his whoopin' stick in earnest during the televised WMC-TV debate some weeks ago, had it out again on Thursday.
In a speech to members and guests of the Frayser Exchange Club at Cafe Reign, the Mayor had blunt things to say about one opponent in particular, Councilman Jim Strickland, who from the beginning of the race has figured as the most obvious threat to dethrone Wharton from his incumbency.
Wharton signaled the thesis of his remarks early on, when he posed the mayoralty as "not a testing ground" and characterized the race as an instance of “someone who’s managed thousands of employees against somebody who’s never managed anybody — maybe two or three people.”
In case anybody missed the point of his reference, the Mayor grew more specific: "“How in the world can you vote against redoing Raleigh Springs Mall and vote for Overton Square...and say that you’ve got the interests of this community at heart? That’s just the kind of thing that it boils down to. I said in one of the debates, they’re for 'all parts of the city,' but back before they started running, they were very selective about he parts of the city they were supporting….I’m supporting all parts of the city."
That seemed clearly to be a swipe at candidate Strickland, a major force on the Council to fund the redevelopment of Overton Square but a holdout on Wharton's full package of renovations for Raleigh Springs Mall.
And the Mayor became fully specific with his next barb. After bragging on Police Director Toney Armstrong and reminding his audience that he was "committed" to retaining the director if reelected, " Wharton said, “Director Armstrong tells me that Councilman Strickland told him he would never support him. Now is not the time for us to start changing when we have the leadership we want, when the crime numbers are heading in the right direction, when other cities have gone up in flames….."
Bearing down further on the issue during a week when he and Strickland had formally issued rival proposals for dealing with crime, Wharton continued, "Be very careful about people who come up with quick fixes. There is no quick fix to crime." That was followed up with another nod to "the sustained approach under the capable leadership of Director Armstrong" and then by what appeared to be a direct attack on the strict-enforcement aspect of Strickland's approach to controlling youth crime: "Your best investment is not seeing how many kids you can haul off to Juvenile court. Your best investment is getting to them early."
Informed of the Mayor's comments, Strickland responded with emailed rebuttals. He refuted the charge about Armstrong outright, calling it "100 percent completely untrue," and saying explicitly, "I have not talked to any director about whether I would or would not re-appoint them."
And, in response to Wharton's jibe about his allegedly selective attitude toward development projects, Strickland said, "Unlike the mayor, I have been upfront and honest about my positions on projects. The mayor told some people he was for Overton Square, but he lobbied Council members to vote against it. And the Overton Square detention facility and garage only cost $5 million CIP [capital improvement] money.
"On Raleigh, I voted for the $8 million for the new police station, but voted against the additional $23 million because it brought the mayor's yearly borrowing to $84 million, when our limit is $64 million."


The all-new made its first public appearance at the North American International Auto Show. Styled after the 100EX convertible concept first seen in 2004, the Drophead is a 2-door, 4-seat soft-top convertible with styling cues resembling its 4-door Phantom stablemate. A few details such as the brushed-steel accents on the hood and the A-pillars, as well as teak rear deck trim, make the Drophead especially distinctive. The car is based on the all-aluminum chassis from the Phantom and is powered by that car's 6.75-liter V-12. According to the factory, the 453-bhp powerplant will propel the car to 60 mph in 5.7 seconds. But lest you think Rolls simply chopped the top off the Phantom sedan, 1300 new parts were designed specifically for the Drophead Coupe. The new will be produced alongside the sedan at the Goodwood factory when production begins this summer, at a starting price of $407,000.
Celebrate Spyker's un-bankruptcy with C8 tire smoke
Spyker is crowing about a hail-mary funding deal coming through. Ryan Tuerck responds with melted rubber.
Here's video of the wicked-quick Tesla Model X being flogged
A sharp-eyed citizen caught smartphone video of a camouflaged Tesla Model X crossover being mercilessly hooned on a California pier.


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Here's What You Need to Remember: “We believe the success of the federal government’s relief measures may be due to the speed, breadth, and flexibility of its broad-based approach, primarily relying on cash transfers,” the analysis stated.
The coronavirus stimulus payments sent out by the federal government significantly decreased hardship for families, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data.
The University of Michigan report used the data to analyze the hardships that struck families during the pandemic, finding that food insufficiency fell more than forty percent, financial instability dropped forty-five percent and symptoms of depression declined by twenty percent after former President Donald Trump passed the December relief measure and President Joe Biden passed a larger measure in March, two legislative victories that included direct federal relief.
“Our analyses thus far have yielded a fairly simple story: throughout the crisis, the level of hardship faced by U.S. households can be directly linked to the federal government’s response,” university researchers wrote in the report.
They added, “What we find is that reported hardship drops sharply—across multiple domains—immediately following both the COVID-19 relief bill passed in late December 2020 and [the American Rescue Plan Act] ARPA passed in early March 2021.”
The researchers noted that the hardships that dropped were especially evident for adults with children and adults in households with incomes below $25,000. The two groups faced loads of food insufficiency and financial instability compared to other groups, but the hardships drastically dropped after the passage of the second and third rounds of stimulus payments.
“We see an immediate decline among multiple lines of hardship concentrated among the most disadvantaged families,” said H. Luke Shaefer, a professor at the University of Michigan who co-authored the study.
Shaefer added, “Cash aid offers families great flexibility to address their most pressing problems, and getting it out quickly is something the government knows how to do.”
Although the study indicates that the direct payments offered low-income individuals and families a stronger financial edge, some lawmakers originally opposed passing a third round of stimulus checks as part of Biden’s rescue package. Those lawmakers argued that the spending would add to the deficit and would disincentivize people from returning back to the workforce.
But some analysts say that the hardships would have inevitably reduced as a result of the economy recovering, as more people went into work and Biden’s safety net programs were put in place.
“We believe the success of the federal government’s relief measures may be due to the speed, breadth, and flexibility of its broad-based approach, primarily relying on cash transfers,” the analysis stated.
Rachel Bucchino is a reporter at the National Interest. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, and The Hill. This article is being republished due to reader interest.

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March 18, 2019Nigeria
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from March 9 to 15, 2019.
March 18, 2019Defense and Security
Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges.
March 12, 2019Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines
Measles cases have spiked as a growing number of anti-vaxxers, opting out of immunizations for their kids, threaten decades of progress toward eliminating the disease.
March 8, 2019Democratic Republic of Congo
Developments in conflicts across the world that you might have missed this week.
March 7, 2019Nigeria
On February 23, President Muhammadu Buhari was elected to a second term, defeating the chief opposition candidate and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. As always, there was more violence associated with the elections than received attention in the Western media, but fortunately there was no spike when the Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) announced the results. Despite the elections’ significant shortcomings, most Nigerians appear to accept the results.
March 5, 2019China
If Trump wants to set targets for China’s imports, he should focus on its imports of manufactures—not on getting tweetable deliverables out of the soybeans and oil that China will import (from someon…


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Shawty Lo Shoots Star-Studded Video for “Foolish”
Atlanta, GA -- D4L/Asylum Records rapper Shawty Lo recently shot a star studded video for the remix to his new hit single, "Foolish" featuring DJ Khaled, Jim Jones, Birdman and Rick Ross in Miami, FL. The video, directed and co-directed by President Thomas Forbes (Dorian Forbes) and Johnnie Cabbell of Hitt Afta Hitt Entertainment respectively, also featured cameos by BET comic and Atlanta's own Shawty Shawty and members of Shawty Lo's D4L camp.
In addition to consistently touring in support of his album Units In The City, Shawty Lo will have a personal blog on Vibe.com and is also gearing up for Atlanta's Hot 107.9's 13th Annual Birthday Bash concert June 14th, where he will share the stage with a host of artists including Young Jeezy, Plies, Webbie, TI, Soulja Boy and Rocko.
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- Best Buy CEO Corie Barry thinks "funflation" is hurting her company's bottom line.
- "Funflation" refers to higher consumer demand for fun experiences, which inflates the prices of these experiences.
- Big ticket items in electronics are drawing less consumer interest than Taylor Swift tickets and other fun experiences, Barry said at a Fortune event.
Corie Barry, the CEO of electronics retailer Best Buy, thinks that splurging on Taylor Swift tickets and "funflation" is hurting her company's bottom line.
Funflation refers to higher demand for fun experiences, which drives up their prices.
Best Buy's TVs and computers are seeing reduced demand thanks to consumers shifting their attention to expensive necessities and experiences they missed during the pandemic, Barry said onstage at Fortune's Most Powerful Women summit on Wednesday, according to a Fortune report.
"'Funflation,' Taylor Swift… those experiences are really where people are willing to pay," said Barry, who added that this meant "bigger ticket items in electronics are not right now where people are interested."
Best Buy's second-quarter revenues fell to $9.5 billion in the current fiscal year, compared to $10.32 billion in the same period last year, per the company's financials. Second-quarter revenues in 2022 had also fallen, dropping from a peak of $11.8 billion in the second quarter of 2021.
Same-store sales — or sales at stores open for at least 14 months — declined by 6.2% year-on-year.
Barry told analysts in August after the company announced its most recent results that she estimates this year "will be the low point in tech demand after two years of sales declines."
However, while Best Buy might be feeling the impact of "funflation," this consumer spending is helping to prop up the US economy. Bloomberg analysts estimated in August that Taylor Swift and Beyoncé's concert tours would add around $5.4 billion to the US economy's GDP.
Brett House, an economics professor at the Columbia Business School, told Insider's Sirena Bergman that some fans could be forking out so much for Swift tickets — some paid as much as $20,000 — because of heightened savings during the COVID-19 shutdowns and the post-pandemic desire to buy experiences instead of goods.
And the Bank of America analysts wrote in a September report that consumer spending was shifting towards experiences. The analysts also predicted "solid growth" for the live entertainment industry.
Best Buy and Barry did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.


For new applications there is usually the need to test the membrane on the process fluid. The testing program is often a two-step process. Step 1 is often termed a “feasibility” test and is useful to generate samples for lab analysis to ensure the proper separation is achieved. In addition, Step 1 also provides single-point flux and cleaning data to allow a budgetary estimate of the full-scale system size and economics. This feasibility test is designed to minimize time and expense for all parties to confirm if the technology is appropriate and economic enough to consider additional testing.
If the feasibility results are positive, you generally would move to Step 2 of testing to collect scalable data to optimize the membrane system design, economics, and integration into the balance of the process. In general, you want to now test with additional membrane area on the same feed stream as full scale and under the same process conditions, as much as possible. Testing can last from one to three months or more, depending on factors such as process complexity, data repeatability, and your level of comfort.
Modules for feasibility testing (PDF formats):
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* - Up to four of these single-pass modules may be piped in series to mimic a full-scale single or multi-stage system design. Of course, larger area single-pass and multi-pass modules are also available, as well as customized designs to meet the particulars of your application. Contact us!


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Considering its prevalence in the world today, maybe it’s hardly surprising that alcohol is one of the most significant sources of substance abuse in the world today.
An estimated 88,000 people die from alcohol-related reasons every year in the United States, making it the third most common form of preventable death across the country.
While making the decision to quit alcohol is a big step toward a much better life, there are still challenges ahead. Specifically, most people wonder about how long before they detox from alcohol. After all, once this initial phase is complete, the real work can begin.


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Certificate of Insurance
Prior to moving; the Tenant shall provide Landlord with a certificate of insurance evidencing proof of Tenant’s insurance coverage based on the limits outlined in your Lease. The Landlord’s building insurance policies do not cover Tenant’s furniture, fixtures and equipment.
The certificate of insurance must name Primera Towers (FL) Joint Venture LLC and Parmenter as additional insured on the certificate and the certificate holder is:
Primera Towers (FL) Joint Venture LLC
615 Crescent Executive Court
Lake Mary, FL 32746
An insurance certificate shall be furnished to the Management Office, 48 hours prior to moving any items into or out of the Building.
The moving company must agree to protect, indemnify and hold the Management Office harmless from and against all claims, demands and causes of action of any kind in character arising in favor of moving company’s employees, Landlord’s employees or other third parties on account of bodily injury, personal injury, death or damage to property in any way resulting from willful or negligent acts or omissions of the moving company and its agents, employees, representatives or subcontractors. The moving company shall be responsible for damages and losses sustained by them to their tools and equipment utilized in the performance of all work related to the move.

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The Rock Band is a popular game with fun features like using a microphone. But the challenging part is knowing how to use the microphone on Rock band especially for newbies. In this article, I will answer the most common question on, how do you use the microphone on Rock Band, and then answer a more related question to rock band.
Insert the microphone USB cable into your system or console, wait for the hardware to be found by your system, it should start installing automatically, wait for it to install and load the microphone. Now the microphone has been installed and ready to work, the microphone will also work with any microphone-enabled applications like Google voice, Discord, Skype, and many more.
The rock band is a series of games that is available on different platforms like the Microsoft game console, Sony, and Nintendo. Most of this platform including systems running on Windows XP or later recognize the USB microphone just like any other USB. This is because the microphones use a regular USB interface and it is identical to both desktop and laptop systems.
How do you use the microphone on Rock Band?
I will break the whole process of how to use a Rock Band microphone into step by step so it’s easier to follow. Here are the steps:
To get the Rock Band microphone connected, first, insert the microphone USB which is at the end of the cable into your system or console. Once you have inserted the USB, wait for the hardware to be found by your system.
If you are using a recent version of Windows, it should start installing automatically, but if you are using an older version, you will be prompted to accept or allow Windows to search and install a driver for it. You should accept it if prompted.
Wait for Windows to install and load the microphone, most of the time, your anti-virus program will ask for permission to allow the driver to be installed, if prompted, you should accept or allow it.
Now the microphone has been installed and ready to work, the microphone will also work with any microphone-enabled applications like Google voice, Discord, Skype, and many more.
How to connect Rock Band microphone Xbox 360?
To connect Rock Band microphone Xbox 360 you need a compatible microphone because not all microphones will work using USB. Some of these microphones will require a driver to work, but with a compatible microphone, you don’t need a driver. I will recommend the Logitech Rock Band USB Microphone, it is compatible with Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, and PS2.
- Plugin the microphone into any free port (USB) then turn on the Xbox 360 controller, the controller is used to navigate around the menus, and to also activate the start power.
- Disconnect any connected headset to the controller, this is because if you have any headset connected while trying to connect your microphone, the game will use the headset as a microphone instead.
- Then on the screen, use the controller to select solo quickplay. Select a random song and wait for it to load.
- Once it’s finished loading, tap on the microphone and listen to hear the tapping from the speakers.
- Say some words to make sure it is working. You are all set to go.
How to connect microphone to Rock Band Wii?
- Once the microphone is unpacked, take the microphone cord and plug it into any open USB port in the Wii.
- There are two ways you can turn on the Wii, first by pressing the power button on the Wii, or by inserting a Rock Band game into the console, this will turn on the console automatically.
- Then turn on the Wii remote using any button to sync with the console.
- Use the remote to select menus, and to sign in to the microphone, this is to enable the Wii game to detect the microphone.
- You can use the remote to adjust any other microphone settings. Your microphone is now ready to use.
Will any USB microphone work with Wii?
Wii microphone compatibility
Some microphones are Wii compatible and also compatible with other console gaming systems like the Logitech Vantage microphones. Most of these model line features USB connectivity that is compatible with Wii and other platforms, they also have basic designs like controls, buttons and some other functions. Other compatible brands include MadCatz and Komodo Wii compatible USB microphones.
Rock band microphone not working Wii
If your Rock Band microphone not working on Wii there are few things you can do to fix it. Try to plug it on each port, or try to plug in a regular controller on one of the USB ports. Plug the microphone into another USB port, this is to help the game recognize the game controller and microphone. Inserting the game controller is for game selection and settings.
How good is the rock band microphone?
The Rock Band microphone is not the greatest, but it is good and of fair quality, but the most important thing is that it gets the job done. This also depends on the room you are recording and the positioning of the microphone.
Can Rock Band mic be used on a computer?
Yes, you can use the Rock Band mic on a computer, you just have a personal computer with space for a USB port for the Rock Band microphone to be plug-in.
Does any USB mic work with Rock Band 4?
Yes and No, yes because most wired USB microphones are compatible with the Rock Band 4, and No because microphones listed on Rock Band 4 instrument compatibility chart are not compatible with Rock Band 4.
Can you use a headset for rock band 4?
Yes, you can use a headset for rock band 4, you can use it to sing. Also, while trying to use the mic, make sure to unplug the headset, or else the system will pick the headset instead of the mic.
Can you play Rock Band 4 with a controller?
Yes, you can play Rock Band 4 with a controller, but make sure you plug in the legacy game controller adapter to play Rock Band 4 on Xbox.

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Resources are essential for human survival and for maintaining the quality offlife. But indiscriminate use of resources had led to many problems like;
(i) Depletion of resources for satisfying the need of few greedy individuals.
(ii) Accumulation of resources in the hands of few individuals dividing the society into haves and have nots or rich and poor.
(iii) Over exploitation of resources has led to global ecological crisis like global warming, depletion of ozone layer, environmental pollution and land degradation.


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Romania welcomes 100 American soldiers In the midst of rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, one hundred American soldiers have deployed in Romania to support NATO allies in Eastern Europe.
According to Romania’s defense minister, Vasile Dancu, who spoke to reporters Tuesday, the military will be in charge of logistical planning.
A Reuters report stated that the Americans had arrived. “The Americans have come,” Dancu stated. “Over 100 professional U.S. soldiers, as well as our logistical specialists, are already preparing, indicating that the remainder of the army will not be far behind them.
Romania welcomes 100 American soldiers
A Reuters report states that approximately 900 United States forces are now stationed in Romania.
Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, the Pentagon stated last week that it would deploy and rearrange more than 3,000 troops to boost partners and strengthen NATO’s capability.
A contingent of soldiers from Germany is being repositioned in Romania. In the near future, they will be part of an Infantry Stryker squadron that will be sent to the Middle East.
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The arrival of a “few hundred” U.S. forces in Poland was also reported on Monday by Pentagon press secretary, John Kirby. Additional United States troops are likely to arrive in the country during the next few days.
Mr. Kirby stated last week that the United States forces are being sent to Poland, Germany, and Romania under bilateral agreements and will remain under U.S. command.
Amidst rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the United States has sent troops to Romania.. There are more than 100,000 Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian border, raising fears among the United States and its allies that Russia is preparing a military incursion into the country’s territory.
But Moscow has categorically denied any intention of invading Ukraine.
Despite the rising tensions, the United States and its allies are preparing for war. According to Reuters, France has said that it will send troops to Romania and that it will take the lead in a future NATO campaign. There have been reports that 1,000 troops from several countries might be deployed for such an operation.
NATO stated last month that partners were deploying extra ships and fighter jets to Eastern Europe and putting personnel on standby to support the region’s defense.


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The goal of the Data Curation Study is to develop a Standard Health Record prototype for up to ten metastatic breast cancer patients. A Standard Health Record aims to provide a complete and accurate health record across all care locations to improve care and empower the patient. The study team will work with the patients enrolled in the Data Curation Study to:
1. Document their medical history
2. Collect retrospective longitudinal data for that patient from all organizations where he/she received care
3. Organize and integrate the data into a high quality medical record
The results of this study will inform development of a Standard Health Record data model for oncology patients and support subsequent studies to evaluate the effectiveness of a Standard Health Record in clinical decision-making and cancer research.
- Have been diagnosed by a physician with metastatic breast cancer
- Can be anywhere in treatment plan
- Be willing to share your health records confidentially for use in the project only
- Able to commit to 3 interviews over the course of 6 months
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- People with metastatic breast cancer
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Topeka Kansas now has nine confirmed cases of swine flu.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday confirmed two new cases in Johnson County and two in neighboring Wyandotte County.
The cases add to a cluster in the Kansas City metropolitan area that includes six of the nine confirmed Kansas cases, three in Johnson County and three in Wyandotte. Five cases on the Missouri side have been confirmed by health officials in that state, making the total 11 for the entire metro area.
Dickinson County has two confirmed cases and Sedgwick County has one.
Johnson County also has a probable case of the disease, for which the state is awaiting confirmation from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And there are four probable cases on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metro area.
“People go back and forth,” Nancy Tausz, director of disease containment for the Johnson County Health Department, said in an interview. “With any disease, it doesn’t stop at a state line or county border. It’s going to go back and forth.”
Health officials in Kansas said the new cases might mean more people are getting sick or that heightened surveillance is identifying cases that otherwise wouldn’t be reported.
“There could be more people getting sick, but we’re also increasing the surveillance,” said KDHE spokeswoman Maggie Thompson. “The harder you look and the more you look, the more you’re going to see cases.”
The two new cases in Johnson County involve children, and the new cases in Wyandotte County involve a child and an adult. Health officials provided no further information. The older case in Johnson County involved an adult from Texas who traveled there. In the older Wyandotte County case, the victim was a child who was hospitalized but has since been released.
Kansas’ first two cases, a married couple in Dickinson County, were confirmed April 25. The Sedgwick County case is a student at a local parochial school.
At Wichita State University, concerns about the flu have led officials to alter graduation ceremonies. The Wichita Eagle reported Wednesday that new graduates won’t be receiving handshakes from the school’s president or deans at commencement ceremonies May 15 and 16.
Students will receive diplomas and have their pictures taken as they cross the stage, Provost Gary Miller said, but the most they can expect from administrators will be a smile and possibly a pat on the back.
Meanwhile, Gov. Mark Parkinson and legislators tried to reassure Kansans that pork is safe to eat by participating in an event outside the Statehouse at which the Kansas Pork Association provided free sandwiches for lunch.
Health officials have stated repeatedly that swine flu cannot be transmitted by eating or handling pork products and poses no threat to the nation’s food supply.

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There is a reason why some colors are popular and never fade away in weddings and that’s mainly due to the fact that they simply work well together, while other color combinations find it hard to compete. It just so happens that ice blue, snow white and shimmering silver work ever so well together and especially during the winter months. There are jewel pinks and other blue hues that work well with these colors, but today we want to focus on these hot shades that make 2014 winter weddings look ever so dreamy.
When it comes to winter wedding invitations we think formal is the only way forward, Christmas and winter is always the time for a wee bit of sparkle and shine. We also love the idea of damask invitations glitzing up the envelopes too with some shimmery liners or rich contrast colors. As well as colour consider texture and motifs to get the perfect look for your wedding.
White hydrangeas, soft ranunculus and other fuller plump flowers are popular for any winter wedding bouquets. If you want a more modern and contemporary twist then add some sparkle into your bouquet to keep things looking fresh and glam.
The table decorations
To make your wedding reception feel warm and inviting why not add more light through the added aid of some stylish candles, however just ensure that they are placed in a safe space and out of children’s reach. We also love the idea of plush full floral bouquets with snow-white flowers and silver/blue ribbons and confetti.
Vintage-style ice blue and white wedding cakes with silver powder will look divine. Make them look formal with added shimmery powder and iced piping or even cute dainty little roses or snowflakes.
The wedding attire for brides and grooms
Little fur capes are the perfect accessory for any winter wedding and will ensure the brides keep warm for a little while at least and we think they will look fab on photos. Grooms can take part in the winter theme with wintery colour tie and holly or mistletoe boutonnieres.
The Bridal Accessories
We love pretty jewel or pearl earrings for winter weddings; they look formal and classy and really suit this style of wedding. Why not try adding pretty brooches onto your fur capes or joining your maids in some winter wooly accessories.
The bridesmaid dresses
Winter is a great time to get creative with your bridesmaid dresses, consider cute boots, earmuffs, fur capes and wooly cardigans. Not only do they look stylish, fun and quirky but they will also do the job they set out to do and keep your ladies snug and warm. To compliment this wedding color scheme, ice blue bridesmaid dresses or silver bridesmaid gowns will do better.


Description: Data reveals that the introduction of Burger King’s meat-alternative patties increased traffic at the global fast-food franchise both during city-specific testing as well as after a nationwide rollout.
Source: NBC.com – video report
Date: Oct 11, 2019
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A Wausau man has claimed a $1 million lottery ticket.
Joel Goulet validated the winning ticket from last Friday's Mega Millions jackpot drawing, according to Wisconsin Lottery officials. He bought the ticket from Fast Break Mobil on Thomas Avenue.
Goulet received a lump sum payment of $672,500 after taxes, the Wisconsin Lottery reported.
This is the third ticket worth at least $1 million sold in Wisconsin in May. A Chilton woman and a Milwaukee man also won prizes.
Family members and friends gathered and remembered 39 year old Christopher Race Monday afternoon at First Congregational Church in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Hi all, hope you are keeping well.
Today has been a good day on the whole.
Paul went for a bike ride today, and I decided to go for a walk. I wanted a long walk given that this would have been a day when we would be going for an 11k walk usually.
The day was perfect, sunny, a little bit breezy.
I had no particular plan to my walk, just go where my feet took me. Where I live is good because I can extend my walk as I’m going, and still be sticking to within the new rules of 2 miles within home.
So how exactly did my day pan out?
Well my sleep was appalling, thanks to mouth pain, ended up downstairs at about 4.30 in the morning, taking tablets and having a ciggie. I’d have made a cuppa, however the kettle would have woken Paul up.
Paul and I started our day with venison sausages in brown seedy bread. I gave up my beloved butter and had olive spread instead, and swapped my bbq sauce with healthier tomato sauce. Obviously there was tea, in fact there were 2 more teas during the day, but I also made sure I had a glass of milk.
Then we went out on our respective exercises. My tracker shows I did 5.8km in total, however that seemed short, turns out it was, and i’ll explain that in my next post – again, my tracker not perfect! In fact the tracker turned off at points, so I had to restart my workout!
However, over 80 minutes of walking. Walking listening to the birds, appreciating the lack of people and cars, watching as butterflies fluttering around. Feeling the sun on my face. It was a lovely walk, a walk for the sake of walking, not for trying to beat times 🙂
Here are my trackers.
During the afternoon, the girls came down and sat in my garden. It was lovely having a chat with them, and I’m pleased they had also gone out for a walk during the morning.
After the girls had left Paul and I had 90g dried fruits and 40g nuts, just to keep our 5 a day going as much as possible, and because they’re tasty 😀 We also had a cheese portion, giving me two portions throughout the day.
For dinner we had salmon with chips and sweetcorn and peas.
I had a can of pepsi max and then a glass of water during the evening.
I also fancied chocolate, and instead of having a square of our usual dark chocolate, Paul raided the cupboard with kid treats in, and we both had a Fredo each! i assumed they were a chocolate biscuit mix, not pure chocolate! It’s going to take a lot of will power now not to have the lot!!!!
I have had to take tablets throughout the day, and at points I’ve wondered whether to have my prescription tablets, but I really don’t want to unless I have to, but with every single pain and ache from the thighs up, it’s been hard to resist.
Anyway, that’s my Saturday.
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Ecuador head coach Reinaldo Rueda has named Segundo Castillo in his World Cup squad despite the midfielder suffering a nasty knee injury in Saturday's friendly against Mexico.
Castillo has undergone tests and treatment since suffering his blow when Mexico's Luis Montes went in hard on him in a 50-50 challenge.
Montes came out worst as he suffered a broken leg, while Castillo, despite looking to have his knee bent back at an unnatural angle in the tackle, has a hope of playing at the tournament in Brazil.
Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia is the star name in Ecuador's 23-man party, which was announced on the national federation's website.
The 28-year-old will be hoping to put a miserable domestic campaign with United behind him when his country take on Switzerland, Honduras and France in Group E.
Former Manchester City striker Felipe Caicedo, now with United Arab Emirates club Al Jazira, has also been included, as has 35-year-old midfielder Edison Mendez, Ecuador's third most capped player in history.
Ecuador World Cup squad: Maximo Banguera (Barcelona, Ecuador), Adrian Bone (El Nacional), Alexander Dominguez (Liga de Quito); Gabriel Achilier (Emelec), Walter Ayovi (Pachuca), Oscar Bagui (Emelec), Frickson Erazo (Flamengo), Jorge Guagua (Emelec), Juan Carlos Paredes (Barcelona, Ecuador); Segundo Castillo (Al Hilal), Carlos Gruezo (Stuttgart), Renato Ibarra (Vitesse Arnhem), Fidel Martinez (Tijuana), Edison Mendez (Santa Fe), Christian Noboa (Dinamo Moscow), Luis Saritama (Barcelona, Ecuador), Antonio Valencia (Manchester United); Jaime Ayovi (Tijuana), Felipe Caicedo (Al-Jazira), Jefferson Montero (Morelia), Joao Rojas (Cruz Azul), Enner Valencia (Pachuca), Michael Arroyo (Atlante).


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Resume Of A Registered Nurse – A nurse’s professional nursing resume, especially in the field of nursing, must certanly be produced by the newest graduate nursing resume expert. The usage of free templates will make a nurse’s personal nursing resume look more professional and complete. However, these free nursing resume templates often have errors within their content which will make the Resume Of A Registered Nurse look less professional in a unique way.
One of the very common errors could be the lack of a contact number. The absence of a contact number on a specialist nursing resume is a sure method to turn off a potential employer. Besides, if the contact number is omitted, the employer wouldn’t be able to reach the potential employee. The clear presence of a contact number would save you plenty of time and trouble, because you would not have to create a new page for it.
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20 Most Frequently Asked Registered Nurse Interview Questions and Answers via interviewquestionsfornurses.com
The omission of contact information is also a regular error created by the newest grad nursing resume experts. They cannot know that the absence of contact information on an expert nursing resume will help the potential employer to get hold of you. These contact numbers are usually given on the free nursing resume templates to greatly help the new grads get more job opportunities, while keeping their personal and professional information to themselves.
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A number of the errors in the content of the nursing resume templates would be the omission of the start and end dates. Nursing resumes are normally formatted such as a brochure or ad, meaning the start and end dates must certanly be placed at the proper put on the resume. Otherwise, the resume would seem like a copy of a resume that was written years ago.
Registered Nurse Resume Template for Word CV for Emergency medical technicians and paramedics via etsy.com
Another mistake produced by the newest grads is always to omit the date of the bachelor’s degree or the important thing details about the educational course. If you are applying for a nursing position, your key facts ought to be contained in your nursing resume. The important thing facts comprise of the major skills and qualities that you possess, the academic credentials you’ve and the task experience you have. Thus, the lack of key facts in the nursing resume will be the reasons why you’re still trying to find employment despite your very best efforts.
53 Places That Hire Nurses to Work From Home via wellkeptwallet.com
The key facts also needs to be contained in the first two pages of the nursing resume. Make sure that you include all the relevant information regarding your educational qualifications. The details mentioned in the very first two pages should maintain your own personal and professional nursing resume. This is a great method to attract the interest of your prospective employer.
Nursing Resume Sample & Writing Guide via resumegenius.com
The data mentioned in the very first two pages of the nursing resume should get rid any opinions. It’s not important to express you have been a nurse for 10 years, when that is just an opinion and doesn’t qualify you for a nursing position. It is okay to really have a short statement in your nursing resume that states that you have served as a nurse for six months, 3 months or one year.
Registered Nurse Resume Sample via myperfectresume.com
All the info needs to be in your personal and professional nursing resume. It’d save you from making an error that may set you back the career that you want. These mistakes could be easily avoided by the brand new grads who make their professional nursing resume by the aid of free nursing resume templates.
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Pedro Almodóvar, award winning Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer at Taschen Beverly Hills to promote his new book The Pedro Almodovar Archives with Antonio Banderas, star of Almodóvar’s latest new film "The Skin I Live In"
Money Matters is an intimate and thoughtful story of a mother and daughter who are facing their adulthood together. A rewarding passage of discoveries and encounters that teaches us what really matters.
At 6 am, November 5, 2011, approximately 1,000 bicyclists gathered at the starting location of the 2011 Taiwan Cup International Cycling Road Race to see how well they could ride on the same course the professional racers would use
Sarah Wood, wife of Chicago Cubs Pitcher, Kerry Wood, hosted an evening of shopping and styling in support of the Wood Family Foundation at Intermix Boutique in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood November 10th, 2011
Handel wrote the parts of Xerxes and his brother to be played by castrati who were a respected musical class in 18th century Europe but are now essentially extinct due to changing mores and natural selection
Parenting magazine presents a Lythgoe Family Production of the holiday Panto “A Snow White Christmas,” running November 30-December 18 at the El Portal Theatre, with opening night gala benefiting LA’s BEST
Event to Honor Kathryn Joosten of Desperate Housewives and Rusty Robertson, Co-Founder of Stand Up To Cancer, and Featuring Special Performances by Melody Federer, Jared Lee and Celebrity DJ Lindsay Luv
Geoffrey Nauffts’ 2010 Tony-Nominated drama Next Fall is currently enjoying its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse. The story revolves around a young gay man who has been critically injured in a car crash


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Prognostic and therapeutic implications of statin and aspirin therapy in individuals with nonobstructive coronary artery disease: results from the CONFIRM (COronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes: An InteRnational Multicenter registry) registry.Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2015 Apr; 35(4):981-9.AT
We sought to examine the risk of mortality associated with nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and to determine the impact of baseline statin and aspirin use on mortality.
APPROACH AND RESULTS
Coronary computed tomographic angiography permits direct visualization of nonobstructive CAD. To date, the prognostic implications of nonobstructive CAD and the potential benefit of directing therapy based on nonobstructive CAD have not been carefully examined. A total of 27 125 consecutive patients who underwent computed tomographic angiography (12 enrolling centers and 6 countries) were prospectively entered into the COronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes: An InteRnational Multicenter (CONFIRM) registry. Patients, without history of previous CAD or obstructive CAD, for whom baseline statin and aspirin use was available were analyzed. Each coronary segment was classified as normal or nonobstructive CAD (1%-49% stenosis). Patients were followed up for a median of 27.2 months for all-cause mortality. The study comprised 10 418 patients (5712 normal and 4706 with nonobstructive CAD). In multivariable analyses, patients with nonobstructive CAD had a 6% (95% confidence interval, 1%-12%) higher risk of mortality for each additional segment with nonobstructive plaque (P=0.021). Baseline statin use was associated with a reduced risk of mortality (hazard ratio, 0.44; 95% confidence interval, 0.28-0.68; P=0.0003), a benefit that was present for individuals with nonobstructive CAD (hazard ratio, 0.32; 95% confidence interval, 0.19-0.55; P<0.001) but not for those without plaque (hazard ratio, 0.66; 95% confidence interval, 0.30-1.43; P=0.287). When stratified by National Cholesterol Education Program/Adult Treatment Program III, no mortality benefit was observed in individuals without plaque. Aspirin use was not associated with mortality benefit, irrespective of the status of plaque.
The presence and extent of nonobstructive CAD predicted mortality. Baseline statin therapy was associated with a significant reduction in mortality for individuals with nonobstructive CAD but not for individuals without CAD.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION
URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/. Unique identifier NCT01443637.
- Coronary Angiography
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Coronary Stenosis
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Odds Ratio
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Primary Prevention
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Prospective Studies
- Protective Factors
- Risk Factors
- Severity of Illness Index
- Time Factors
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Treatment Outcome
- United States
- Prognostic Significance of Nonobstructive Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in Women Versus Men: Long-Term Outcomes From the CONFIRM (Coronary CT Angiography Evaluation For Clinical Outcomes: An International Multicenter) Registry.
- Long-Term Prognostic Utility of Coronary CT Angiography in Stable Patients With Diabetes Mellitus.
- Changes in preventive medical therapies and CV risk factors after CT angiography.
- Age- and sex-related differences in all-cause mortality risk based on coronary computed tomography angiography findings results from the International Multicenter CONFIRM (Coronary CT Angiography Evaluation for Clinical Outcomes: An International Multicenter Registry) of 23,854 patients without known coronary artery disease.
- Incremental prognostic value of cardiac computed tomography in coronary artery disease using CONFIRM: COroNary computed tomography angiography evaluation for clinical outcomes: an InteRnational Multicenter registry.
- Influence of symptom typicality for predicting MACE in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease: From the CONFIRM Registry (Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Evaluation for Clinical Outcomes: An International Multicenter Registry).
- Coronary artery disease detected by coronary computed tomographic angiography is associated with intensification of preventive medical therapy and lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
- Does coronary CT angiography improve risk stratification over coronary calcium scoring in symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease? Results from the prospective multicenter international CONFIRM registry.
- Sex-Specific Associations Between Coronary Artery Plaque Extent and Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: The CONFIRM Long-Term Registry.
- Long-term prognostic effect of coronary atherosclerotic burden: validation of the computed tomography-Leaman score.

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The Warehouse Group is a New Zealand-based retailer. The company offers a wide range of products from clothing, entertainment, technology and music to sporting, gardening, grocery and many others. Founded in 1982, the company operates 86 stores throughout New Zealand with over 8,500 team members from Kaitaia in the north to Invercargill in the south. The Warehouse Group reported sales of $NZ 1.76 billion in 2007.
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Germany has the "flak helper" generation, the famous ’68er student-revolt generation, as well as the Golf or Generation X, and the millennials. And then there is also a generation, one without a real name. That wouldn’t be worth the mentioning; they haven’t needed one so far anyway, since this nameless age cohort is primarily distinguished by the characteristics it doesn’t have: not as charismatic but also not as authoritarian, extroverted and macho as the ’68ers, not as international and digital as the younger generations.
Joschka Fischer, in his customary condescending attitude, once called this group the "Playback generation." In Germany, demography knows them as the baby boomers, which however expresses neither an historic role nor a political character, but rather simply a number. These people, born between 1960 and 1965, represent the years of the highest birth rates in the German Federal Republic; about 8 million of them are still alive, and that’s 10 percent of all Germans. They are in their early 50s and quite healthy. (The author is one of these people.)
And they govern the republic. They dominate, teach, control and communicate. They are, without doubt, the cultural hegemony. Certainly this group isn’t occupying all the executive seats and talk-show host chairs, and not all members of this generation are bosses. But very, very many are.
And that’s the reason why we must once again take a look at this generation. It namely happens to be the cohorts of the uncharismatic post-’68ers generation who are determining the fate of the country – and that in the most charismatic time since 1949. Compared to the dangers and challenges looming today at our doorstep, the late 1960s seem more like a casual pot-clouded stroll.
And now, of all times, it’s these people who are in power. So the equally justified but scary question is, can they handle it? Besides sitting in a circle, are they also capable of being dramatic, can they still fight? Without becoming authoritarian or doctrinal at the same time? A great deal depends exactly on that.
First the good news.
We have learned to compete and coexist at the same time. At a very early age, since there were always too many of us, every room was packed to overflowing, and there were never enough chairs. In school, at college, in the labor market. We are more robust than it might appear.
We were thoroughly politicized, or at least a great many of us were. One could say even forced to become politicized. For back in the ’70s, when many of us came of age, the state forced all young men to decide between an extended military service or an alternative service. For this, you were brought before a three-person commission of disgruntled gentlemen who believed they were capable of determining, through painstaking interrogation, whether there were really reasons of conscience for refusing to serve in Germany’s military, and not just political reasons.
In 2005, the Greens were no longer still part of the minority
In addition, and also not a bad attribute, this generation learned from early adolescence to fight. With the ’68ers and against them. But also, insofar as you were just a little bit leftist, any place in Germany at the time was still quite right-wing. For example, whoever went into a normal everyday local bar as a long-haired person with a parka and stickers had to be prepared to be the object of stupid remarks, and at times more robust forms of aggression.
Despite the high number of births, this generation was a minority back then (and naturally many of us were not political or right-wing or anything else). All of what now belongs to the republic’s basic political inventory had to be fought over for decades, all those ecological, non-authoritarian, feminist and gay things.
It was us, for example, who set up the hut village in Gorleben in 1980 to prevent the construction of a final disposal site for radioactive waste. At one point even Gerhard Schröder, at the time the chairman of the Social Democrats’ youth organization, came to visit. He had hardly left when a 10,000-strong army of police moved in with helicopters and faces painted black. They magically produced a real civil war scenario and cleared us out. We didn’t defend ourselves because we were nonviolent.
In 2005, the Greens were no longer still part of the minority, but once and for all dominant.
Perhaps it’s in places like that where a great misunderstanding was born that’s poisoning the mood in Germany these days: the belief of the nameless generation that the state is always the other guys, the less likeable habit of us being powerful but not to acknowledge our own power. More on that later.
After the environmental and peace movements came the party. The Greens are in no way the only ones, but certainly the most unique expression of this generation. The ’68ers might have been its founders and spokespeople, but we provided the mass of the voters. The party grew and became established until at some point the miracle happened. In 1998, the minority became the majority in a coalition with a partially-turned-green Social Democratic Party (SPD). We were governing, implementing the program of earlier years, perhaps in a diluted form, but just the same.
This phase of an open, conscious experience of being the majority and having the power lasted seven years. Then it was the turn of others again. To be more exact: Angela Merkel. At first under the surveillance of the SPD, and later, beginning 2009, together with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) so deeply hated by the Greens.

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Job-related stress is catching up with workers. A new study by Concordia University economists, published in BMC Public Health, has found that increased job stress causes workers to increasingly seek help from health professionals for physical, mental, and emotional ailments linked to job stress. Indeed, the number of visits to health care professionals is up to 26% for workers in high-stress jobs.
“These results show that people in medium-to-high stress jobs visit family doctors and specialists more often than workers with low job stress,” says Sunday Azagba, a Ph.D. candidate in the Concordia department of economics.
“Stress can adversely affect an individual’s immune system, thereby increasing the risk of disease,” study researcher Mesbah Sharaf says. “Numerous studies have linked stress to back pain, colorectal cancer, infectious disease, heart problems, headaches, and diabetes. Job stress may also heighten risky behaviors, such as smoking, drug and alcohol abuse, discourage healthy behaviors such as physical activity, proper diet, and increased consumption of fatty and sweet foods.”
Previous research has found that aging populations and prescription drugs increase the price of health care. Yet few studies have so far correlated workplace stress rates on health care costs.
In the United States, recent polls found that 70% of American workers consider their workplace a significant source of stress, whereas 51% report job stress reduces their productivity. “It is estimated that health care utilization induced by stress costs U.S. companies $68 billion annually and reduces their profits by 10%,” says Sharaf.


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Hotel Indigo Hakone Gora
Hotel Indigo is an upscale boutique hotel brand with more than 100 properties worldwide. Hotel Indigo Hakone Gora is the first of its kind in Japan, opening in January 2020 .
The hotel proposes a new way to enjoy Hakone, with its storytelling and well-designed architecture, all rooms with private hot spring baths, and food experiences using carefully selected ingredients that evoke energy.
NARUMI bone china is used at Riverside Restaurant & Bar.
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Cortexin is a rapidly growing Bio/Pharma company with a diversified business model participating in 3 main market segments: Specialty Pharma, Manufacturing, and cosmetic ,The Specialty Pharma division specializes in the formulation of unique drugs for human and the development of medical devices used by doctors and other medical professionals. The Manufacturing divisions, manufacture, package, and nutraceuticals, cosmetics, and functional food products for companies worldwide.
Cortexin establish 2018 on Egypt with specialty neurology team , expanding business on different line
- Our vision is to be established as the best pharmaceutical company . in terms of expertise, innovation and responsible entrepreneurship, while returning value to our stakeholders: the medical community: to be highly ranked by healthcare professionals for our expertise and accountability, as well as for the high quality of our products and services
- Our people: provide an ideal working environment and attract the best talent in our sector
- Our international partners: be the partner of choice for the world’s leading biotech companies
- Our community and the environment: be a role model for our contribution to society, to the Egyptian economy and to sustainable development
- Our mission is to improve patients’ lives by identifying, developing, and commercializing meaningful products that address unmet medical needs.
Each member of our team makes integral contributions and is working toward a common goal to improve patients’ lives
Everything we do at cortexin company is focused on three things:
- Putting patients first
- Being a great place to work
- Living our core values which
integrity, collaboration, passion, pursuit of excellence and innovation
Research and De velopment
At COTEXIN COMPANY , we strive to identify and develop new, meaningful products that fill significant unmet medical needs of patients. We are actively expanding R&D capabilities and advancing our clinical pipeline in therapeutic areas that leverage our expertise.


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118 cm x 118 cm
Geometric Sofreh, beige with stripes, border and diamonds
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|Size||118 cm x 118 cm (= 1.39 qm)|
|Material||Weft (tuft): wool|
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Sofreh simply means cloth in Persian (Farsi). Sofreh were traditionally produced in different sizes for various tasks in the household. The Ardi sofreh or bread dough sofreh (Ardi means flour in Farsi) are usually rather small and square and were made for storing bread. The slightly larger squares from a size of about 150 cm x 150 cm are called Roukorsi or Sofreh Roukorsi, which translates as "cloth over the oven". Longer, narrower sofreh served as tablecloths.
The abstract, geometric composition creates the simple elegance of this Sofreh. The pattern flatters the design of the room and does not take the attention away from its furniture, decoration and architectural elements. It blends in fantastically with any surroundings and subtly complements the interior design of a room..
The straight stripes of this Sofreh organize and structure the pattern.
br /> The embellished edging (border) forms a beautiful contrast to the center and creates a transition at the edge of the rug.
In the pattern of this Sofreh, the diamonds stand out in particular. Diamonds are a rhombus standing on a point, the four equal sides of which may be jagged, stitched or hooked. The diamond is one of the oldest basic forms in oriental rugs. It has a symbolic meaning in the Islamic world: it symbolizes the immortality of the soul. It is therefore very often found as a filler motif.
The background of this Sofreh is beige. The border features dark blue, light brown and dark red.
This Sofreh has been made by hand from wool.

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LG: At the beginning of this week we have found a news as important as surprising: LG closes its mobile division. The Korean brand was one of the pioneers and one that has remained throughout the years, but in the end it has decided to close down. And it has done it at an important moment because it has left us wanting to know two phones for its highest range. Today we have known them thanks to the photos of the LG Rollable and LG V70.
The latest LG projects
Throughout the first quarter of 2021 we have seen how many companies have presented their proposals in the smartphone segment. It seems that the fight in the high-end is incessant, while in the section of flexible mobiles there are still very few who stand up to Samsung’s bets. But what we will be wanting to see are the latest LG models for the aforementioned ranges.
Let’s start with the leaked photos of the LG Rollable. You remember? LG left us wanting in its last event during CES 2021. It was the icing on the cake, making a conference closing as if you had been watching it from the device. In the images shared by Twitter user FrontTron, we find the terminal on a measuring table and a small specification sheet. It can be seen that the front part is generous and the screen extends on the right side and when closed measures 17×7.5 cm in extension.
On the other hand, the LG V70 has also been seen. It is one of the top terminals that the firm would have launched this year and from which photos have been leaked after its manufacture, a render and its characteristics. Among them we had a 6.5-inch device on the OLED screen, a 3.5 minijack, a 50 MPX camera accompanied by a 64 MPX telephoto, and two other 48 and 12 MPX sensors. It also highlights that it would carry a Snapdragon 888 with built-in 5G, up to 512 GB of storage and a 4,300 mAh battery with 45w fast charge.
Will we see them at some point?
LG has said goodbye to its smartphone division, but there are still many unknowns in the air. One of them is the update of the models that are on the market, although it is also if we will see these two models at some point as a farewell in style.


Ambulia is a similar type of plant to Cabomba, the primary differences being in the shape of the leaf. The distinction is that the fan-shaped leaves of Cabomba form a semicircle, but the leaves of Ambulia form a complete circle.
The smaller leaves are bunched rather close together, making it one of the perfect spawning plants. Of Indian origin, it has been a well-sought-after plant for aquarium use since 1932.
It could be propagated by cuttings. Smallish shoots snipped off from where they join the primary stem make the very best plants.


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Canadian Armed Forces facing recruitment shortage
The Canadian Armed Forces are facing a recruitment crisis that has left thousands of vacant positions unfilled.
The present shortage is, in some ways, nothing new or unexpected. Three factors can help explain how we got here: underfunding, a lack of public awareness and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first two of these factors have rich historical contexts.
“Canada … aside from a brief period in the early Cold War, has never in peacetime generously funded its armed forces,” Roger Sarty, award-winning historian and professor at Wilfrid Laurier University’s department of history, said.
The same pattern holds true today. Since 2006, NATO defence ministers have expected allied nations to commit a minimum of 2% of their GDP to defence spending. Last year, Canada spent only 1.39% of their GDP on the military. To reach the NATO goal of 2%, Canada would have to increase its military expenditure by about 40%.
Part of the reason that Canada spends less on its military – relative to other rich developed nations – is that the armed forces are usually among the first budgetary items on the chopping block when other expenditures need to be increased.
“Whenever there’s financial difficulties, it’s the armed forces that get cut,” Sarty explained.
In the 1960s and 70s, for instance, when Canada made a strong commitment to national health care and social programs, military expenditure decreased..
“[During this time] the armed forces were gradually cut back by about … 40%,” Sarty said.
“There was a bit of a rebuilding on a modest scale in the late 70s and 80s, then [in] the early 90s we hit a major crisis in government revenue … so in the 90s there’s another round of absolutely dramatic cuts,” Sarty said.
“I was working at the defence headquarters in the 90s, as a civilian not as military, but the defence headquarters was cut by 50% in Ottawa during the 1990s.”
This decision to cut back on spending was justified in part by the fall of the Soviet Bloc; however, new international commitments popped up shortly after.
“Almost as soon as we began cutting in the 90s, there was huge international commitments: the Pacific Persian Gulf War, civil war in the former Yugoslavia, and on and on it went … a relentless base of commitments that has just carried on, and for the last, Afghanistan in the early 2000s,” Sarty explained.
“ [Afghanistan] was a huge commitment and it nearly exhausted the armed forces.”
Funding was increased for Canada’s military operations in Afghanistan, but after the armed forces withdrew in 2014 there was, again, a decrease in the military’s budget to make other ends meet.
“So, the Canadian armed forces have always been never fully and robustly sustained … except for a period in the early 1950s when really we had no international choice,” Sarty said.
As for the second factor, a lack of public awareness, Canadians have never had a substantial military tradition except in times of civilization-threatening international crises.
“After the First World War, we disarmed more completely than any other industrialized nation. It’s very striking, but that’s because we’re very very secure,” Sarty said.
“So, there’s never been a real big tradition of military service in Canada. Now, when we’re called upon, we’re absolutely fantastic, like in the First World War … we raised an army of 600,000 and in the Second World War, one in 10 Canadians was in uniform … but that’s only in the crisis of war when we literally saw civilization as we knew it being threatened.”
Otherwise, “there hasn’t been big military awareness in Canada,” Sarty said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has also played a role in the current shortage.
“Many companies and institutions are having a terrible time recruiting people right now for the simple reason that everything was shut down during the pandemic for two years … a lot of the stuff you’re reading about the armed forces sounds exactly like what you’re getting for retail,” Sarty explained.
CTV reported that recruitment was especially lacklustre in the first year of the pandemic. “…Only 2,000 people were enrolled in 2020-21 – less than half of what was needed.”
In 2022, the problem has persisted. According to Brigadier General Krista Brodie of the CAF, the military is only receiving about half the number of applicants per month that they need to meet their goal for this calendar year.


Something like this really does look like it would be a fun project. I guess I need to go out to the yard and use some stakes and brightly colored taped to mark off some different dimensions (12x8, 12x10, 12x12, etc.) to figure out just how big I can make this thing. If I'm building it myself, it'll be easy to keep the height right at the 9 foot limit.
The Community Woodshop allows me to have access to a countless number of the best quality tools in the industry. They are always on top of keeping everything working and running. If anything breaks they are always very proactive in fixing things ASAP. They also have more than enough tools so I never have to wait to use a sander or any of the smaller tools, and I have never had to wait more than a few minutes to get on the table saw (and even that is rare).
Regardless of which type of screw you use, you'll need to flip the panel and use a countersink drill to on all of the exit holes. Drilling MDF leaves bumps, the countersink bit will remove them, and will create a little bit of space for material drawn up by the screw from the second sheet of MDF. You want to remove anything that might keep the two panels from mating up flat. I set a block plane to a very shallow bite and ran it over what was left of the bumps and over the edges. The edges of MDF can be bulged by by sawing or just by handling, and you want to knock that down.
I wanted the left edge of the jaw of the front vise to be flush with the left edge of the top, the right edge with the left edge of the left front leg. So the amount of overhang on the left depends upon the width of the front vise jaw. The width of the jaw is, at a minimum, the width of the plate that supports it, but it's normal to make the jaw extend a bit beyond the plate. How far? The more it extends, the deeper a bite you can take with the edge of the vise, when, for example, you are clamping the side of a board being held vertically. But the more it extends, the less support it has. I decided to extend by 1-12", which gives me a 2-1/2" bite, and which should still provide solid support, given that the jaw is 1-1/2" thick. This means the top needs a left overhang of 12-1/4".
The base needs to be as wide as the sum of width of the guide strip and the distance from the edge of the shoe, plus a bit extra, With my saw, the overhang is 3-1/2", so I made my guide strip 5-1/2" wide. The distance between from the edge of the shoe to the blade is about 4-1/2", so the base needs to be at least 10" wide. Since I was working with a 24" wide sheet, I just sliced it down the middle.
I marked out the one hole location, drilled a shallow 1/16" hole into the top. I then put a 1/16" bit through the hole in my template and into the hole I had just drilled. I lined up the template, and drilled a second hole, then put another bit through that. From then on, I worked entirely from the template. With two bits through the holes pinning the template in place, the other holes in the template would be precisely located (or so the theory goes) on a 4x4" grid.
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Synopsis: No room in the garage? Basement not an option? Consider what Ken St. Onge did when he needed shop space: He bought a prefabricated shed and converted it into his full-time woodshop. Because a pre-built shed doesn’t need a cement foundation and is built in a factory, it’s much less expensive than building an addition or stand-alone shop on your property. It can have taller ceilings than a garage and bigger doors than a basement, both big pluses for a woodworker. You can put a shed just about anywhere, too. Here’s a soup to nuts look at Ken’s experience, so you can gauge whether a shop in a shed is right for you.


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From the History of West Central Ohio, Volume III.
This curiously named man is one Ortha Orrie Barr Sr., a two-term member of the Ohio State House of Representatives who was also an attorney and hotel operator in the city of Lima. The only son of Dr. Eugene Jacob and Sadie Michael Barr, Ortha Orrie Barr was born on February 24, 1879 in Clarke County, Ohio and at age six migrated to Allen County with his family. He is recorded as having attended schools local to that county and later studied at the "old Lima College". Barr went on to enroll at the University of Michigan Law School in his early twenties and graduated from this institution in the class of 1904.
Following his return to Ohio Ortha Barr married in Lima on September 4, 1907 to Bertha Woerner (1881-1953) and later had four children, including: Catherina A. (died aged three), Robert Ortha (1910-1996), Margaret A. (1914-1999), Edna Barr Hunter (1915-2009) and Ortha Orrie Jr. (1922-2003). In the late 1900s, Barr took on a position as deputy sheriff of Allen County, serving under his father Eugene. In 1911 Ortha Barr became an assistant prosecuting attorney for Allen County and after four years in this capacity won election as Prosecuting Attorney, serving from 1915-1916.
During his service as prosecuting attorney Barr and his father began preparations to erect the fireproof Barr Hotel, and at the time of its opening in October 1916 stood seven stories and later gained notoriety as "the leading hotel" in Lima. Barr and his family continued to have an active role in operating the hotel for many decades afterward, even enlarging the original 88 room facility to 150 rooms.
The Barr Hotel, from a postcard published in the 1920s.
Active in Democratic party circles in Allen County, Barr was a member of the County Central Committee as well as being a member of the Allen County Bar Association. In November 1930 he was elected to represent Allen County in Ohio State House of Representatives. Taking his seat in January 1931 Barr served two terms in the legislature, the last of which concluded in 1935. Following his time in Ohio state government Barr continued his involvement in the family hotel and found further distinction in fraternal affairs in Lima, being a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a former grand master of the local Knights of Pythias chapter, and was an "esteemed lecturing knight" of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1943 Barr became the President of the Lima Sertoma Club, serving one year in this post.
In September 1953 Barr experienced tragedy with the loss of his wife Bertha in a truck-car accident in Auglaize County, Ohio. He and his wife had been returning from Indiana with another couple after celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary in Connersville. After entering Ohio Barr's car collided with a tractor-trailer truck during a rain storm near the town of Wapakoneta. The September 12th edition of the Lima News reported on the accident, noting that "Mrs. Barr was hurled from the vehicle, then pinned beneath the wreckage." Bertha W. Barr succumbed to her injuries shortly after the initial crash, and Ortha Barr and Mrs. Harvey Crider (a passenger in the car) were later transported to a nearby hospital for their injuries.
Following the loss of his wife, Barr was noted by the Lima News as being in a "deep shock" and later made a recovery from his auto injuries. In 1956 he sold off his interest in the Barr Hotel to one C.O. Porter and sometime later relocated to Hollywood, California, where he died on December 5, 1958 in a rest home in that city. He was 79 years old at the time of his death and was later returned to Ohio for burial in the Gethsemani Cemetery in his native city of Lima.
From the Lima News, December 6, 1958.
In addition to Ortha O. Barr's career in the public forum, his son Ortha Orrie Barr Jr. also had fleeting involvement in Buckeye State politics, launching a candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio in 1956. Hoping to represent the 4th congressional district of Ohio, O. Orrie Barr Jr. faced off against four term incumbent Republican William Moore McCullough (1901-1980) and in the November election Barr was defeated by a wide margin, 42, 416 to 93, 607. McCullough would later go on to serve seven more terms in Congress, retiring in 1973 after 26 years of service. In addition to his congressional candidacy, O. Orrie Barr Jr. was a WWII veteran and prisoner of war, and later followed in his father's footsteps, graduating from the University of Michigan in the early 1950s. He later became a attorney, and died on March 24, 2003, shortly after his 81st birthday. He was later interred at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, Medinia County, Ohio.
Ortha Orrie Barr Jr. (1922-2003), from the 1951 Michiganensian Yearbook.

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Jeddah- Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed al-Othaimeen said that it is worth taking a moment to review the escalating sectarian tensions and hostility towards Islam and Muslims, two phenomena spreading in our region and threatening the interests of the Islamic nation.
In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in the organization’s headquarters in Jeddah, Othaimeen said that the urgent meeting for the foreign ministers, which was recently held in Makkah, stressed that whoever supports Houthi and Saleh militias, provides them with arms and works on smuggling ballistic missiles and artillery for them is an accomplice in the attacks against the sanctity of the Islamic world and a major supporter of terrorism.
The organization is keen on fostering friendly relations among nations, especially that security-related challenges cannot withstand more tensions or sectarianism, Othaimeen told Asharq Al-Awsat.
He focused on the sectarian agendas spreading in some of the member countries at a time when hostility against Islam and Muslims is increasing and leading to catastrophic damages from which Muslims and Islamic countries suffer.
Othaimeen called for uniting efforts to create an economic and social environment that attracts young people to positively contribute to their societies and push them away from ideas and feelings of marginalization, exclusion, resentment and intellectual and civilizational alienation, thus reducing their attraction to terrorist and criminal organizations disguised under the mask of religion.
When asked about how the OIC has supported the Palestinian cause and Jerusalem, Othaimeen said that Palestinian cause tops the priorities of the organization’s movements, contacts and political consultations with leaders and officials around the world, as it seeks to enhance the responsibility and commitment shown by the international community to achieve peace and reach a two-state solution.
He further noted that the organization works on coordinating the stances and efforts put by the member countries in international arenas, especially in the United Nations and its affiliated bodies, to gather political support in favor of the Palestinians’ rights and condemn and combat Israeli occupation policies imposed on them.
With the persistent complaints of Iranian interference in the internal affairs of neighboring countries and some member countries in the organization, Asharq Al-Awsat asked Othaimeen whether OIC should start dealing with Tehran’s leaders in a different way and reveal its practices in supporting terrorism and militias in Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
Othaimeen answered by saying that the charter of the OIC calls for strict adherence to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of any country and for good neighborliness.
He confirmed that the organization has issued many statements condemning Iran’s interference in the affairs of another member state.


Lydia Jones, an 18-year-old tech entrepreneur in England, experienced it early in her career and decided to speak out. It started when she reached out to another tech entrepreneur for advice on meeting startup mentors in London. Her startup Trooops is based in the north of England, and she said she was having a hard time finding connections and funding in that region.
But the conversation quickly got creepy. First, she said he asked her if she was single, when she was clearly looking for career advice and not to have a personal conversation. When she plainly said "No," he kept going. Eventually finding out that she's a lesbian, he responded, "Oh that's cute!!" (um, okay), and kept prying with questions like, "So men don't turn you on at all?"
When Mashable reached out to him, he used the fact that she said she was open about her sexuality as an excuse to continue harassing her, completely missing the point. Just because she said "Yeah" with a smiley face when he asked her if she was "open" — whether or not she was being honest or just trying to get him off her case — doesn't mean he had an invitation to continue his clearly unwanted advances.
"In the end I didn't say much else because I found out that it wasn't appropriate to ask her even though she said she was open," he said. "I understand how the digital and text word can be misunderstood but if this was said in person it wouldn't have been a big deal."
He added: "If you heard me talking in person you'd know I'm a nice person and I'm a very open conversationalist."
Nice try, but there's no ambiguity in those texts. They're inappropriate in a work context — on or offline — which is clearly how she approached the conversation. They also betray a larger problem about the tech industry.
"In my opinion, this vibe won’t really change until we have a female founder or CEO of a platform on the same scale as a Airbnb or Twitter," Jones told Mashable. "But it should not have to be that way for women to be heard."


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A Spy's Devotion (The Regency Spies of London)
Publish date: 2016-02-09
Publisher: Waterfall Press
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
The initial pages of Dickerson’s novel offer the reader a promising beginning, immersing the reader into a story brimming with mystery and espionage. Unfortunately this promise is short lived due to the plot’s shift in focus from mystery to romance. As a result of this shift, many plot lines that ar...

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Christy Pavetto joins Board of EducationNovember 1, 2023
The Board of Education appointed Christy Pavetto to the vacant board seat at the board meeting on Monday, October 30, 2023.
Christy has worked in the field of education and business for the past 30 years and is currently a director in Population Health at Crouse Health. A fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, Christy has authored numerous publications including a text designed to educate healthcare professionals in transitional care. Christy’s baccalaureate degree in business administration and master’s degree in education allow her to understand both the core work and business of a school district.
In addition, she has led or participated on several non-profit boards. Christy was a member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation board of directors for seven years and served as board chair, board secretary, and chair of the human resources committee. She is a 1999 graduate of Leadership Greater Syracuse and served on that board as well, co-chairing the youth leadership program. Christy’s older son graduated from Ithaca College’s Park School of Communications and her younger son attended Baldwinsville Schools and graduated from LeMoyne College.
Christy previously served on the Baldwinsville Central School District Board of Education for six years and held the positions of Vice-President (2 years) and President.The board seat was vacated by Anthony Germano who resigned in late September to pursue the Clay Town Justice position. The board had seven applicants for the position. The term for this Board of Education position will expire on May 21, 2024, the date of the annual school board elections. If the Christy wishes to continue in the position, she will need to run for a three-year term in the annual school board elections on May 21, 2024.