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If you’ve been living in a cave, you may not have been aware of Emily Ratajkowski. She is among the most popular actors and models today. From her early days in the modeling world to her current fame, Emily has made a name for herself and has been a cult figure in the world of modeling. In this blog post I’ll go over all you must be aware of Emily Ratajkowski.
Introduction to Emily Ratajkowski
Emily O’Hara Ratajkowski is an American model as well as actress and an entrepreneur. Her birthplace was in Westminster, London, on July 7, 1991. Emily is best known for her appearances in music videos, commercials, and magazines. She has also appeared in movies such as “Gone Girl”, “We Are Your Friends”, and “Entourage”. She is also co-founder of the fashion online retailer Inamorata.
Emily Ratajkowski has become a famous name, and her fame and success have earned her the distinction of being one of the most popular models of our times. She has become an inspiration for young women all over the world who aspire to follow her path.
Early Life and Career of Emily Ratajkowski
Emily Ratajkowski was born in Westminster, London, to American parents. His father was an artist, and her mother is an instructor at UC Berkeley. She was raised in San Diego and attended San Dieguito Academy. She then attended UCLA and completed her studies in 2013 with the degree of Communication and Media Studies.
Emily’s modeling career began in 2012, when she appeared in Robin Thicke’s music video “Blurred Lines”. She went on to appear in several music videos and commercials. She also graced the cover of the UK edition of GQ magazine in 2014. In 2015, she made her acting debut in the film “Gone Girl”.
Emily Ratajkowski’s career continues to evolve and expand throughout the years. Her work has appeared in numerous television shows, magazines, and movies. She is also co-founder of Inamorata the online clothing store.
Emily Ratajkowski’s Vital Statistics
Emily Ratajkowski is 5’7″ tall and weighs approximately 121 lbs. Her bust size of 32″, her waist is 24″ and her hips are 35″. She has brown eyes and brown hair.
Emily Ratajkowski’s Style and Clothes
Emily Ratajkowski’s style is classic and contemporary. She often wears form-fitting outfits which emphasize her shapely physique. She often wears striking colors, patterns, and prints. Also, she is known for her passion for statement jewelry.
Emily Ratajkowski’s fashion is often inspired by her own personal style. She has a love for vintage pieces and frequently wears vintage-inspired outfits. She is also known to wear classic pieces that have a modern twist.
Emily Ratajkowski’s clothing line, Inamorata, is inspired by her own style. Its collection is classic with modern elements. The collection is designed to be flexible and will fit any woman’s body shape.
Emily Ratajkowski’s Book
Emily Ratajkowski’s memoir, My Body, was published in the year 2018. This book is comprised essays and photos that examine the connection between women, body image and sexuality.
In her volume, Emily shares her personal journey and experiences with body image. She also gives her opinions on how society sees women’s bodies , and how this impacts their relationships as well as their confidence.
The book is an inspirational read for anyone looking to explore their own gender identity and their sexuality.
Emily Ratajkowski as an Actress
Emily Ratajkowski made her acting debut in the film “Gone Girl” in 2015. She then appeared in other films , including “We Are Your Friends”, “Entourage”, and “Cruise”.
Emily has also been featured on numerous television shows, including “New Girl” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden”. She also has appeared for “Saturday Night Live” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”.
Emily is well-known by her capacity to bring characters to life with her charisma and natural charm. Emily is also well-known for her versatility as an actor.
Emily Ratajkowski’s Marriage
Emily Ratajkowski married long-time boyfriend Sebastian Bear-McClard back in February of 2018. The couple held an unofficial wedding ceremony in a courthouse on the outskirts of New York City.
The couple has started their relationship in February of 2017 and have been inseparable ever since. They frequently attend red carpet events and other high-profile events.
Emily and Sebastian have a strong bond and have spoken openly about their dedication to one their partner.
Emily Ratajkowski’s Views on Sex
Emily Ratajkowski is an open supporter of women’s sexual freedom. She believes women should be allowed to explore and express their sexuality without fear of judgment.
Emily has been open about her opinions regarding sex and is an outspoken advocate for the #MeToo movement. She believes that both men as well as women must be treated the same and that women should be allowed to be able to express themselves sexually without fear of judgement or punishment.
Emily is also an advocate for body positivity , and has spoken out about her own struggles with her body image. She believes that women everywhere should be free to love and accept their bodies.
Emily Ratajkowski’s Achievements and Accolades
Emily Ratajkowski has achieved great success in the modeling and acting world. She has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers such as Vogue, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar. She’s also been dubbed among the most influential models of our time.
In 2017 Emily was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in the film “Gone Girl”. In addition, she was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Award as Best Supporting Actress for her part in the film “We Are Your Friends”.
The modeling career of Emily Ratajkowski
Emily Ratajkowski has become one of the most sought-after models in the world. She has been featured in numerous advertisements and campaigns for high-end brands such as DKNY, Marc Jacobs, and Balmain.
Emily is well-known for her bold, confident, and sexy style. Emily is often seen in sexy bikinis, lingerie, and other provocative clothes. Also, she is known for her ability to pull off any look effortlessly and with confidence.
Emily Ratajkowski is an inspiration to young women all over the world who want to be just like her. She is proof that you can achieve success if you will to put in the effort and make yourself visible.
Emily Ratajkowski’s sex appeal
Emily Ratajkowski has become known for her sex appeal as well as her ability to captivate audiences by her confident and bold style. She often poses for pictures in bikinis that are tinier or lingerie as well as other provocative clothes. Her sexy appearance has made her an iconic figure in the modeling and entertainment business.
Emily Ratajkowski is often seen as a symbol of female empowerment and liberation. She has been a source of inspiration for many young women who wish to be just like her. She’s the proof that it is possible to be successful and simultaneously sexy.
Emily Ratajkowski’s Future
Emily Ratajkowski has a bright future ahead of her. She has already had impressive successes in her acting and modeling career and is certain to continue to make a name on the industry.
Emily is also a vocal advocate for women’s rights as well as body positivity. She believes that women have the right to express themselves without fear or judgment. She has been an inspiration to young women all over the world , and is bound to continue making an impact in the fight for gender equality.
In the end, Emily Ratajkowski is an iconic figure in the world of modeling and a source of inspiration for young women all over the world. She has had incredible success in her modeling career and is now well-known for her bold and confident style. She has been a vocal advocate for gender equality and body positivity and is sure to continue to be a positive influence in the near future.
If you’ve not been aware of Emily Ratajkowski before, now is the time to get familiar with her. She is a remarkable role model and her success can be a source of inspiration for us all.
Don’t miss this chance to find out the more you can about Emily Ratajkowski and the amazing work she’s doing. Meet Emily Ratajkowski, the model who is making history!


text: On my way back from a trip to Thailand, China and Australia, I stopped through to Kadavu Island in Fiji to meet some friends at the Papageno Eco Resort. This place is amazing. They catch and grow all of the food they eat there. There are no roads or electricity on the island other than the generators at the resort. To get anywhere you either have to hike or take a boat. The second we got off the plane we had to wade waist-deep into the water with our luggage to take a boat to our resort. I have never felt so isolated yet peaceful in my life. The locals greeted us and bade us farewell by singing and we went to church with their children and were enchanted by the the villagers we met while hiking through the rainforest. I definitely left a part of my soul in Papageno.

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Cute Outfit for Winter : Colorful Cardigan , UGG Shoes , Black Tights , Leather Handbag with Pink Scarf. I LOVE this outfit!
Gray Ugg boots + skinny jeans + oversized sweater + scarf, love the pink and grey. Except I would do pink boot socks
This looks like a big cushy warm sweater. I need this sweater. Khaki Geometric Collar With Hat Loose Wool Cardigans

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In 2009, Tressie Seegers started an art and music camp for people with developmental disabilities in Austin, TX in response to a need in the disability community for life-enriching programs. In 2010, she turned the program into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit called The Austin Harmony Project whose mission is to enrich the lives of adults with developmental disabilities through art, music and community. Since then, Harmony has touched the lives of hundreds of adults with developmental disabilities and their families and caretakers.
In 2011, Harmony received a seed money grant from A Glimmer of Hope Foundation that enabled Harmony to increase capacity by moving into their current 2000 sq. ft. facility on W. Stassney Ln. in South Austin, TX. In 2014, A Glimmer of Hope honored Harmony's founder, Tressie Seegers, with the Angel of The Year award pictured below.
Left to right: David Porter, Philip Berber, Tressie Seegers, Donna Berber & Royce Dennis

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If Paris is the place to be for patisseries then London is the ultimate city for baked goods. The Brits certainly know how to bake their way to bakery bliss, with not only some of the most delicious cakes and cookies, but also some of the cutest pastel bakeries that lure you in with both sight and scent (freshly baked cookies – you can’t beat it!) Here are my all time favourites – the best bakeries in London you need to visit!
Tucked away in the residential neighbourhood of Belgravia, Peggy Porschen is my all-time favourite bakery in London if we were to base judgements on looks alone. The gorgeous and girly pink bakery is an Instagram photo waiting to happen, and when you step inside you’ll be spoilt for choice with even more pastels and pink! I’d recommend the sugar cookies for both cuteness and being delicious!
116 Ebury Street, Belgravia, London
Crumbs & Doilies
This one is another one of my all-time favourites. If you haven’t yet heard o Cupcake Jemma on Instagram, now is a good time to get started! Crumbs and Doilies are located in the heart of London and they’ve got a wide selection of changing cupcake flavours. I loved the peanut butter cupcake most, but there were so many pretty choices I could have tried one of each!
1 Kingly Court, London
A long time favourite, Gail’s is a great bakery to go for some of the best coffee in London and a baked snack. There’s an all day (’til 3pm) brunch menu as well. If you’re up for something a little more hearty, this is a great pick.
128 Wardour Street, Soho, London
Cuteness overload! One of the cutest bakeries you will find in London with oodles of charm is Primrose Bakery. They sell mostly cupcakes and cookies, but if I’m honest I really just go here for the cute retro vibes! There are a few books by the owners that are for sale in store should you wish to take a little piece of this fave bakery home!
42 Tavistock Street, London
Melba at the Savoy
Although (much) more on the pricey side, you’ll be spoilt for choice at Melba at the Savoy. If you’re after more of a patisserie (these guys offer oodles of flavours of eclairs), this is the perfect spot to pick up a sweet treat on-the-go. There is limited seating inside, so I’d suggest grabbing a bite and saving it for later in the day (if you can wait, that is!)
The Strand, London
A newer addition to my favourite bakeries in London has probably (definitely) the best cookies in town. If you’re more of a cookie kinda person, then look no further. You’ll find oodles of choice and the Covent Garden location is ideal for theatre goers.
13A The Piazza, Covent Garden, London
The Hummingbird Bakery
Finally, the cupcakes at Hummingbird Bakery are also a highlight from London’s baked goodies selection. There are plenty of take-home goodies on offer here, too!
133 Portobello Road, London

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Introduction: Hospital emergency departments (EDs) around the country are being challenged by an ever-increasing volume of patients seeking psychiatric services. This manuscript describes a study performed to identify internal and external factors contributing to repeated psychiatric patient admissions to the hospital main ED.
Methods: Data from ED visits of patients who were admitted to the Parkland Memorial Hospital ED (the community hospital for Dallas County, TX, USA) with a psychiatric complaint more than once within a 30-day period were evaluated (n=202). A 50-item readmission survey was used to collect information on demographic and clinical factors associated with 30-day readmission, as well as to identify quality improvement opportunities by assessing related moderating factors. An analysis of acute readmission visits (occurring within 3 days of previous discharge) was also performed.
Results: Patients readmitted to the ED commonly present with a combination of acute psychiatric symptoms, substance use (especially in the case of acute readmission), and violent or suicidal behavior. The vast majority of cases reviewed found that readmitted patients had difficulties coordinating care outside the ED. A number of moderating factors were identified and targeted for quality improvement including additional support for filling prescriptions, transportation, communication with family and outside providers, drug and alcohol treatment, intensive case management, and housing.
Conclusion: Many of the resources necessary to reduce psychiatric patient visits to hospital EDs are available within the community. There is no formal method of integrating and insuring the continuity of community services that may reduce the demand for psychiatric and related services in the ED. While agreements between community service providers may be challenging and require considerable vigilance to maintain equitable agreements between parties, this route of improving efficiency may be the only available method, given the current and projected patient care needs.
Morris DW, Ghose S, Williams E, Brown K, Khan F
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 1 March 2018 Volume 2018:14

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Rather than solving racism, the goal of filmmaker Justin Simien, lauded as one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch”, was to start a conversation about race in the Obama era. Just the title has proven effectively enough to do just that but there is much more to the film. It’s clever, funny and provokes a debate on several levels.
The backdrop is the prestigious campus of the fictive Ivy League Winchester University where things come to a climax at a “Let your inner Negro out” themed Halloween party, organized by White students.
The setting is perfect to picture almost all kinds of stereotypes. Contrary to what the title “Dear White People” suggests the film is also full of Black stereotypes. What makes the film truly clever is that these are not the predictable stereotypes we are so often bombarded with. These are conflicted people we are familiar with who are engaging in witty conversations that are not just hilarious but often have a historical context and also trigger an uneasiness.
From Coco (Teyonah Parris ), the dark-skin girl who can’t stop touching her long straight weave and is not into Black men to Sam (Tessa Thompson), the mixed one who always seems in conflict with herself. She keeps her White boyfriend a secret as well as a Taylor Swift playlist as to proof to the world that she is Black enough.
The debates between the mix of characters are captivating yet no one escapes an uneasy feeling when watching the movie. Especially not when it comes to a climax at the night where White people in Black face are partying on Hip Hop Music.
Internationally, this part of the movie may even be a teaching moment for nations like Holland where Black Pete is a hot button issue debated on the highest levels of politics. Black Pete, a Black Face figure, is part of a tradition in Holland that is offensive to minorities as the links to slavery and racism can hardly be ignored. Yet people who are trying to make the tradition more inclusive by striving to change Black Pete to a Pete that includes colors from green to purple, are often receiving dead threads. No doubt that the scenes of this “Black Themed” Halloween party will provoke debate and maybe teach the world that it’s not ok to show up as Black Face on a party to impress Kim Kardashian.
The cast is impressive. Every character is just very good still Teyonah Parris who plays Coco is a little more remarkable. She is a strong actress who makes me feel so uncomfortable because she is so convincing in her complex conflicting role of a Black beauty who wants to be accepted at all cause.
Dear White People is certainly a movie I would recommend. Not only to start a conversation about race but maybe also to push boundaries and evolve the debate on race relations.


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Along the lines of Chris's post on waste=food, I thought I'd post this lunchbox, a concept from the design team of Dunne & Raby.
This is a piece from a series called "Is this your future" (2004) ? (If all goes well, perhaps the answer to the question is in one sense, yes?)
Of course, in one sense, it is really also our past and present. People have been (and still do) use "nightsoil" to fertilize for crops. These days some like to call it "Humanure...."


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Cologne, Dresden and Hamburg – three of Germany's “smart cities” – met together in Munich this April. The group put its heads together about topics ranging from smart city strategies to individual focal areas, whether specific projects or ways to move forward.
On 24 April 2018, Smarter Together launched a new e-bike sharing service, together with e-bike provider Sycube and the Viennese Central Cemetery as the governance institution.
A new project has been confirmed within the Smarter Together project in Lyon Confluence: the eco-refurbishment of the Porche building. This building consists of the former entrance to the wholesale market (this is the reason for “Porche” being the name of the building – literally translating into porch or archway in English).
A workshop in the Urban Living Lab at the close of 2017 gave anyone in the Neuaubing-Westkreuz/Freiham project area who was interested in the chance to be involved in developing scenarios for smart lamp posts in which built-in sensors are more visible and interactive.
An additional group of owners has confirmed its participation in the eco-refurbishment of their cooperatively owned apartment building as part of the Smarter Together project. The refurbishment of 61 Rue Delandine will comprise of a total 1400 square meters and 25 housing units.
Fostering the Future with Innovation: A press conference with Michael Ludwig in the Vienna project area
On 21 February 2018, Michael Ludwig, Executive Councilor for Housing of the City of Vienna and head of Smarter Together in Vienna held a well-received press conference in Simmering. The press conference was organized on the occasion of the delivery of the third e-car from the e-car sharing programme provided by Smarter Together.
Works for the energy retrofitting of Girard Hall, a former industrial building built in the 19th century, are well under way. The building is set to become a high-energy performance office building, hosting the ecosystem of digital startups from Lyon French Tech.
Thanks to Smarter Together, Munich is becoming a Smart City – and the popular München App is becoming the Munich SmartCity App, introduced together with the Munich smart innovations that will go into service in 2018 in January. The new smart app services are worth a closer look.

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Big Book: Missouri AA programs often have Big Book discussions to inspire clients. The Big Book contains dozens of stories about women and men who overcame alcohol use disorder.
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Oh no, the scary Alzuhu kidnapped the Chief’s son and now keeps him as a prisoner! You have to hurry, so mount you pet Dinosaur and fight against Alzuhu’s henchmen. Be careful – a journey through the Stone Age will be dangerous for newbies.
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Rating: 4 out of 5
Keywords: jump n run,dinosaur
Pick Crafter combines the look and feel of the beloved game Minecraft with the highly addictive gameplay of a Cookie Clicker style game. With every click you do not only gain some points and harvest the grass, mud and stones you need to progress further, but you have a chance to land critical hit that will give you shiny gems. These resources enable you to buy new gear and to recruit helpers that speed up your progress! If you are really lucky you will discover ancient skeletons in the soil and gain mystic powers! But, enough talk. Now it's time to grab your pick-axe and dig, dig DIG!!!
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Jumpanda is a unique pinball style game, that transforms the original game play into an entirely new and fresh experience. The game is easy to pick up for newcomers and provides challenges to seasoned players of the genre. You make the little panda jump and bounce through 15 different worlds using booster, bumper and even cannons. In each level the player has to collect all the fruits to finally open up the gateway to the next stage. The simple tap controls and the gorgeous graphics make Jumpanda a fun and joyful experience that is suitable for all ages. Play now and make the adorable Panda happy. You will fall in love with Jumpanda charm and the challenges you will face!
Games for Girls, Skill, Action Games
You want to get back to earth but to do that you need to shoot your way through hordes of enemies! Be quick and agile to dodge, shoot and to collect a lot of loot and other bonuses like power ups to be victorious! So prepare yourself for battle for this exciting and challenging game!
Arcade Games, Skill, Action Games

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High-riding Aygo X replaces the Aygo
We test the Toyota's newest hatch by taking it to the beach, with a bike – and a dog
The retro-styled electric motorbike has a dual-battery layout and up to 80 miles of range
The Ford Mustang gets some magic poured on it by tuner Clive Sutton, creating a track-focused muscle car
The Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore famed in Supercars have been replaced by the Mustang and Camaro
Don't be dissuaded by the end of the Ford-Holden era – the racing is as good as ever
Even decade-old cars look as good as new - are cars from other brands so consistently handsome?
Range Rover is more than big enough for UK roads...
A drive in a pick-up puts the struggles of other brands into perspective
Our Scandi-cool EV turned heads, but did we end up shaking ours after six months at the wheel?
Does this potential problem with EVs have any evidence to back it up?
Countach makes an astonishing noise
A Countach calls for a coast-to-coast dash, so here’s our northern take on the Cannonball Run
A drive of the Alpina B4 Gran Coupe reveals it has very few rivals, if any at all
Meyers Manx buggy has already inspired one electric revival
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Shouts to Sean Brown for landing a spot in the West Coast Come Up this week. The Alumni Music Group artist dropped his Whole Foods mixtape earlier last week and has been receiving nothing but positive vibes. The LA native graced HipHopSince1987 back on July 31st when I featured his Forever joint off his Chapter 86 project. The duel threat MC/Producer has the makings to make some noise in the near future — Keep your eyes open for Sean Brown. Check out his Whole Foods project out now — #NoGimmicks
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- Xian Gaza is making the rounds on social media anew after tagging Kit Thompson in a Facebook post
- In his post, the influencer cryptically greeted everyone except the actor
- Xian’s post immediately garnered numerous Facebook reactions and shares
- Kit has been making headlines for allegedly injuring his girlfriend, actress Ana Jalandoni
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Xian Gaza is going viral once again due to his new intriguing post.
On his Facebook account, the influencer cryptically said good morning to all except Kit Thompson.
Xian even tagged the said actor in his now-viral post.
“Magandang umaga po sa lahat except kay Kit Thompson,” Xian penned.
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The self-proclaimed Pambansang Marites’ post immediately received 25,000 Facebook reactions as of this writing
It likewise garnered numerous shares on the said social networking site.
Xian Gaza is a social media influencer and entrepreneur. He is well-known for his lavish date proposals to celebrities. In 2017, Xian Gaza shocked many due to his billboard ad asking Erich Gonzales out for coffee. Xian also trended online after asking BlackPink’s Jennie out for a date using billboards in the Philippines and Korea. He has likewise become well-known for spreading rumors about celebrities.
Kit Thompson, on the other hand, became known in showbiz after joining Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4 in 2012. He then landed several roles in showbiz in the same year.
The name of Kit Thompson immediately trended online, along with his girlfriend Ana Jalandoni. This was after news surfaced that Kit was at the police station while his girlfriend, Ana Jalandoni was brought to the hospital for treatment for alleged injuries. It was also alleged that the actress herself asked for help.
Xian Gaza, napa-comment sa report ukol kina Kit Thompson, Ana Jalandoni: “Actress pero hindi ko kilala”
The talent management of the actor has already released its official statement concerning the actor's alleged involvement in a Tagaytay incident. The statement noted that they have received information on the alleged involvement of the actor. It also noted that they still would have to receive a formal report on the alleged incident, hence, they still cannot respond or comment on the matter. What the actor's camp request was for the public to be mindful of casting judgment.


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Hyderabad based production house Vibri Media announced on August 15 that a biopic on the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa would soon be produced by them. They also announced that the film would be released to coincide with Jayalalithaa’s birth anniversary, February 24, next year.
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I swear the butterflies in my garden are drunk with pollen gathered from the beautiful buddleia! Frequently, I watch them swarming all over every tiny floret and they fly away, filled to the brim with so much pollen that they cannot fly straight. As often as not, they need to take a little rest on the roof of the family room and I’ve counted as many as three dozen drunken disorderly butterflies plopped, pooped and pickled on the roof, bathing in the afternoon sunshine.
This afternoon we had to go to Hunmanby, a small village a few miles away, and there was another buddleia, this time of a purple flowering variety, simply covered with butterflies. They seemed somewhat more decorous in their behaviour, perhaps less inclined to partake to excess as this bush lies in the beautiful church yard there.

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Connect for a day with Peoria's cultural heritage
The City of Peoria is planning their next Arts & Cultural Festival to kick off this Spring. There will be lots of music, dancing, artwork and theater presentations provided by local Peoria School District students. It looks like it will be an outstanding experience of Peoria cultural heritage.
The event will run from 8am - 4pm on Saturday, April 7th, and expects attendance of around 15,000 people. Everyone is welcome!
They are currently accepting vendor applications. More updates will appear on the website as the event nears.

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Facebook parent company, Meta Platforms said its research team has built a new artificial intelligence supercomputer that promises to be the fastest in the world when completed in mid-2022.
Meta said in a blog post that its new AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) would help the company build better AI models that can learn from trillions of examples, work across hundreds of languages, and analyze text, images and video together to determine if content was harmful.
“This research will not only help keep people safe on our services today, but also in the future, as we build for the metaverse,” the company said in a blog post.
The social media company changed its name in October to Meta to reflect its focus on the metaverse, which it thinks will be the successor to the mobile Internet.
The metaverse, a broad term that has generated a lot of Silicon Valley buzz in recent months, refers to the idea of shared virtual environments that people can access through different devices and where they can work, play and socialize.
“The experiences we’re building for the metaverse require enormous compute power (quintillions of operations per second) and RSC will enable new AI models that can learn from trillions of examples, understand hundreds of languages and more,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post on Monday.
The company said it believed the supercomputer was currently among the fastest AI supercomputers running.


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America’s obsession with automobiles is not only creating gridlock and ruining the quality of our air, but it’s eating up our land and sending real estate costs upward.
The fall campaign has brought a welcome discussion of the state’s transportation woes, especially getting mass transit back into a state of good repair.
After hearing Gov. Malloy and his Republican opponent, Tom Foley, discuss transportation, I am enthusiastically endorsing Malloy for re-election.


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A conditional broadcast or notification facility of a global lock manager is utilized to both serialize access to pages stored in local caches of counterpart processors in a distributed system and to ensure consistency among pages common to the caches. Exclusive use locks are obtained in advance of all write operations. When a page is to be updated, which page is cached in a processor other than that of the requester, then a delay is posed to the grant of the exclusive lock, all shared use lock holders to the same page notified, local copies are invalidated, exclusive lock granted, page is updated and written through cache, after which the lock is demoted to shared use.
1. A method for serializing access to and ensuring consistency among pages common to local caches in counterpart processors in a system having a shared external store, each processor having an operating system, internal store for programs and data pages, a local cache and cache manager, and means for executing programs located in said internal store and responsive to read and write instructions in said programs for causing the operating system to ascertain from said cache manager whether any pages designated in said read or right instructions are resident in said local cache, and in the absence thereof, for causing said operating system to access the shared external store and stage up to said local cache any copy of said designated pages resident in said shared external store, comprising the steps of:
(a) defining a lock manager by a predetermined one of the operating systems in a first processor over all resources in the system, said lock manager conditionally granting shared and exclusive locks, atomically changing its lock state, enqueuing requests for locks, notifying requesters of lock grant and all holders of a lock in conflict, said conditional granting being a grant or notification by said lock manager only to those cache managers of processors executing read or write instructions whose caches actually store or are in the process of staging up of pages designated by said instructions;
(b) responsive to each read instruction dispatched through the operating system of a requesting processor, obtaining a share lock on a designated page from the lock manager by the cache manager of the requesting processor, and either accessing the designated page in local cache of said requesting processor, or, copying said designated page into local cache of said requesting processor from the shared external store; and
(c) responsive to each write instruction dispatched through the operating system of the requesting processor, notifying only those cache managers of processors other than the requesting processor who are holders of share locks on the designated page by the lock manager, removing copies of the designated page from the notified local caches (cache invalidated), relinquishing any share locks, granting an exclusive lock on the designated page to the cache manager of the requesting processor, writing a changed or replacement page through the local cache of the requesting processor to the shared external store, and demoting the lock state of the cache manager of the requesting processor from exclusive to shared.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the atomic changing of lock state includes the changing of the state of a lock by a current lock holder without relinquishing the current lock state such as enqueing on a request.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method further comprises the step of ascertaining priority among concurrent write instructions generated by programs among the processors according to an extrinsic logical locking convention.
This invention relates to managing an aspect of computer storage, and more particularly, to methods concurrently managing locking and cache invalidation globally within processor boundaries in a distributed system having local data caches.
A "distributed system" for purposes of this invention comprises two or more processors having shared access to an DASD oriented external storage subsystem. Each central processing unit (CPU) processor of such a system typically includes a local operating system (OS), random access memory (RAM)oriented internal store, local instruction and data caches operatively formed from processor internal store, the shared access external store, and lock and cache resource managers.
Applications (processes/tasks) executing on a CPU generate read and write operations by way of the OS. In turn, the read and write operations utilize the data cache and lock resource managers to establish directory lockable access paths to pages either resident in the data cache or as refreshed into the data cache from the shared external store.
Because storage costs increase dramatically with speed, many computer systems divide the physical storage subsystem into a number of performance levels. Some of these levels, such as direct access storage device (DASD) and tape, have been treated as shared access peripheral I/O devices and are accessed over an asynchronous path. Other levels, such as RAM and cache, have been treated directly by system hardware and accessed over a synchronous path as part of internal storage.
The term "internal storage" specifies that portion of storage randomly addressable for single read or write transfers. In IBM systems, internal storage is byte addressable except for an extension ("expanded store"). Expanded store is random accessed on a block or page addressable (4096 bytes/page) basis. It is managed as an LRU real memory backed paging store. Lastly, "external storage" refers to that bulk portion of storage that is not randomly addressable and must be directly accessed as on DASD.
In the Bozman et al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,088,026 "A METHOD FOR MANAGING A DATA CACHE USING VIRTUAL EXTERNAL STORAGE ADDRESSES AS ARGUMENTS", filed on Feb. 9, 1990, there was described a method to manage the access pages mapped into a very large virtual external address (VESA) through a cache without disturbing the logical view (virtual name) of the data and without having to assign physical or real backing store to said logical view.
In the copending application, two levels of address indirection are used to avoid both synonym problems and multiple copying of pages common to different logical views (page organized files) of the pages in cache. As used, pages are referenced according to their address in a linear space as mapped into a virtual external storage address (VESA) and then as mapped into a physical address in external storage. In this regard, the referenced pages are written into cache using their VESA addresses as indexing arguments. That is, the pages are written into a cache and indexed (ordered) by their VESA addresses. Then, multiple views can be formed by binding names (VESA addresses) thereto. This avoids having to duplicate copies of common pages and bind said copies to the views.
As pointed out by Lorin and Deitel, "Operating Systems", The System Programming Series, copyright 1981 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., chapter 9 regarding resource management, a "resource manager" is a software OS construct defined on a CPU and given a set of attributes relating to the accessibility of the resource and its physical representation in the system. Lorin further points out that the function of the operating system in this respect is to define an abstract machine composed of abstract resources that are conveniently manipulated by processes. Thus, technical and economic use and coherence of resources are regulated by resource managers.
It should also be appreciated that a resource manager can also be expressed as a "monitor". A monitor is also a software OS construct comprising a collection of procedures associated with a type of resource. It is responsible for allocating the resource and for controlling references to it. Furthermore, each monitor has exclusive access to any tables or other structures containing information about the resource for which it is responsible. The distinctive feature of the monitor is that it contains a section of data that is designed for public use but that cannot be accessed except through the monitor.
A locking function according to Lorin serializes access by processes to at least one selected system resource other than the processor. A lock manager as a monitor in the context of this invention is a software construct for controlling access to cache stored pages among other resources. This is mandated by the need for coherency among pages and directories in general and among versions of the same page in a distributed system having multiple local data caches in particular.
An operating system such as MVS used in the IBM System/370 includes a hierarchy of locks for various resources in the system. Locks are at least a function of name, scope, and exclusives. With respect to scope, a global lock affects either the entire system or an entire resource. In contrast, a local lock in the storage context may affect only a single address space or a single page or page group. A lock may be exclusive or shared. Shared locks on pages in memory or storage are most often associated with read and copy operations while exclusive locks are associated with write/update and move operations. Also a lock may be promoted or demoted either in scope, exclusivity, or both. By "atomically", it is meant that the system guarantees that a current lock state either is driven to its next state, or remains the same, and that no unplanned intermediate state is possible.
As part of establishing an access path to a cache from a task or process, the cache manager accesses the local or global lock manager as the case admits. Depending upon the nature and scope of the access request and the current state of the lock, the request may be granted in whole or modified form or denied.
Resource managers including cache and lock managers use various tables to indicate the current control state of their resource. The process for grant, modification, or denial of a lock in any particular instance requires the lock manager to access its table and interpret the current state thereof. If the lock state changes in any respect, the lock manager must alter the lock table to reflect that change.
Page level locking is one of the most frequently encountered forms and is the level of pragmatic interest. For purposes of this invention a "page" is any fixed or standard sized information unit that is cached, swapped, and pinned by for instance a demand paging virtual storage system.
A "cache" may be formed either as a software or hardware resource. It is defined as an indexable LRU ordered collection of pages in a buffer. It is usually positioned in a path to data or instructions so as to minimize access time. If implemented as a software construct, a cache can be located anywhere in processor internal store. Alternatively, an example of a hardware cache may be found in Woffinden et al; U.S. Pat. No. 4,612,612, "Virtually Addressed Cache", issued Sept. 16, 1986. In both the software and hardware form, the cache manager controls the cache through a cache directory and page tables.
Relatedly, the term "cache invalidate" refers to either having the cache manager qua monitor remove the "dirty page" from a cache directory or provide indication that a named page located therein is invalid. Alternatively, the cache manager could cause the updated page to overwrite the current page in cache.
When the base page is altered, shadow writing involves less data movement than overwriting. However, an example of page overwriting may be found in Dashiell et al; U.S. Pat. No. 4,843,542, "Virtual Memory Cache for Use in Multi Processing Systems", filed Nov. 12, 1986, issued Jun. 27, 1989. Dashiell obtains consistency in a multiple processor/virtual cache system using main memory as a backing store by having the requesting processor copy a page update to all caches holding the equivalent of a share lock prior to writing to local cache.
IMS (Information Management System) is a major hierarchically organized database resident on external storage and operable in a shared access mode to two or more processors. A formal description of a hierarchical view of data and relations may be found in Sakti Ghosh, "Data Base Organization for Data Management" on pages 33-41, copyright 1977 by Academic Press, Inc. A programming IMS description is set out in C.J.Date, "An Introduction to Database Systems", 3rd Edition, Part 3 regarding "The Hierarchical Approach", pp. 273-386, copyright 1981 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
Significantly, it is known to send lock conflict and cache invalidate messages across processor boundaries in a distributed system in which processors would have local resident IMS systems, cache and lock managers.
It is an object of this invention to devise a method for concurrently managing locking and cache invalidation globally within processor boundaries in a distributed system having local data caches.
The foregoing object is satisfied by a new use of the communications (notification) facility of a page (block) level lock manager common to two or more processors. The new use both serializes access to and ensures consistency of pages shared in local (software) data caches.
For read operating systems, each processor (cache manager) obtains a share lock on a designated page from a system lock manager. The designated page is either cache accessible, or, may be copied to the local cache from DASD oriented external store.
For contemporaneous write operating systems, all (cache manager) holders of share locks on the designated page are notified by the lock manager, copies of the page are removed from counterpart local caches (cache invalidated) by the counterpart cache manager, the exclusive lock is granted to the requesting processor (cache manager) after the share locks have been relinquished, the processor writes the changed page through the local cache to external store, and the lock state is then atomically demoted to share.
The resolution of a race between two or more write requests (as where P1 update writes page A and P2 update erases page A) is managed by way of establishment of a higher level logical locking convention as among the requesting processors or applications executing thereon.
In contrast to the above described Dashiell patent, the method of the invention uses the condition broadcast (notify on conflict) feature of a global lock manager to notify all caches holding share locks on a designated page of a prospective exclusive (write) lock to be granted. This results in the cache invalidation (erasure) of the page, the grant of the exclusive lock, writing the page update through the local cache to external store, and demoting the lock to share status.
The method of the invention eschews write back of a designated updated page to caches other than that holding the target page copy. This is premised on the low likelihood of immediate references to that updated page across several caches. Thus, it would save cache resource if reliance placed upon refresh being made to the individual cache from the page as located in external storage.
FIG. 1 sets out the organization of storage in relation to a large main frame CPU.
FIG. 2 depicts the relationships between the lock table of a global lock manager and local cache managers in a distributed system with respect to concurrency management of page access and cache invalidation of non-synchronous copies of a page.
FIGS. 3-6 dynamically depict the lock manager and local cache manager page and lock states in the relationships shown in FIG. 2 as a function of an elementary lock request.
FIGS. 7-11 like wise dynamically depict the lock manager and local cache manager page and lock states in the relationships shown in FIG. 2 as a function of an advanced lock request.
The invention can be conveniently practiced in a configuration in which each CPU in the system is an IBM/360 or 370 architected CPU having an IBM MVS operating system. An IBM/360 architected CPU is fully described in Amdahl et al, U.S. Pat. No. 3,400,371, "Data Processing System", issued on Sept. 3, 1968. A configuration involving CPU's sharing access to external storage is set forth in Luiz et al, U.S. Pat. No. 4,207,609, "Path Independent Device Reservation and Reconnection in a Multi CPU and Shared Device Access System", filed May 8, 1978, issued Jun. 10, 1980.
An MVS operating system is also set out in IBM publication GC28-1150, "MVS/Extended Architecture System Programming Library: "System Macros and Facilities", Volume 1. Details of standard MVS or other operating system services such as local lock management, subsystem invocation by interrupt or monitor, and the posting and waiting of tasks is omitted. These OS services are believed well appreciated by those skilled in the art.
For purposes of this invention, a page consists of a fixed number of data bytes such as 4096. Also, the term "buffer" is a synonym for "page".
Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown the relationship of organized storage to the CPU. As depicted, CPU 1 accesses both internal storage 3 and external storage 5 over paths 11 and 13. Internal storage 3 includes processor storage 2 whose contents are byte addressable and randomly accessible and expanded storage 4 whose contents are page addressable and randomly accessible. External storage 5 comprises one or more DASD and stores the page of the information referenced by applications executing on CPU 1.
Typically, an application invoking the CPU processor would reference a page by either its virtual/linear or real space address to a cache. In this regard, cache 9 could be hardware or software implemented. If software implemented, the cache could be located anywhere in internal storage 3. If the page is not available in cache 9, then either expanded storage 4 or external storage 5 need be accessed.
Where multiple pages are accessed across the I/O boundary 7 in external storage, they may be processed according to methods as set forth in the above-mentioned Luiz patent. Parenthetically, when an access is made to internal storage the processor waits until the access is completed. When access is made across the I/O boundary, the processor invokes another task or process while awaiting fetch (access) completion.
The pith and marrow of this invention is the recognition that a global lock manager in a distributed system with a properly defined set of lock functions can achieve cache consistency as well as serialization of access. The functions and attributes of interest include shared and exclusive use locks, atomic change of lock state, enqueing of lock requests, and notification of lock grant and conflict to lock holders and requesters.
A shared use (read) lock state permits multiple concurrent holders but excludes concurrent exclusive (write/update) locks. If a shared lock cannot be granted to a requesting cache manager (processor), then the denial of grant will be communicated and the request will be enqueued for later grant.
An exclusive use lock state admits only a single holder and excludes all other shared or exclusive locks to the same page. If an exclusive lock cannot be granted to a requesting cache manager (processor), then the denial of grant will be communicated and the request will be enqueued for later grant.
An atomic change of lock state allows a lock holder to change the state of a lock without giving up the current lock state.
An enqueue facility permitting requests for lock manager services to be serially ordered as well as a notification or a conditional broadcast facility by which lock manager responses to change of lock state and conflict can be communicated to holders and requesters of the same page or resource.
Referring now, to FIGS. 2-11, there are depicted several relationships between the lock table 15 of a global lock manager resident in a first processor and local cache managers 17, 19, 21 located in counterpart CPU's (processors 1, 2, 3) in a distributed system. The lock manager records the lock state of the distributed system by way of resource name, lock type, and identity of the lock holder. The table must be updated by the lock manager every time the lock state of the system changes. Relatedly, each cache manager maintains a directory of page names resident in the cache and their last reference information. The latter is used in the LRU for aging out of one or more pages when the cache is full and new pages are swapped therein. Note, that pages are copied or refreshed into cache from shared external storage available on DASD 23 and 25 over path 27 coupling the DASD to the processors 1-3.
For purposes of this invention the lock manager could conveniently be located in processor 1. Also, communications between local cache managers in processors 2 and 3 with the lock manager in processor 1 could preferably be implemented by way of a "mail drop" in external storage. That is, an address in external storage would be routinely polled by the lock and cache managers for the transmission or reception of messages. A more expeditious method of communication would be to vary the definition of distributed or loosely coupled system by use of channel to channel adaptors to provide a direct path between CPU's as described in System 370 architecture as described in the Amdahl and Luiz patents and the references cited therein.
It should be appreciated that locks and their management can occur at various logical levels within a system. For example, locks at the application level for securing access, transaction processing, and varying granularity in a write-ahead logging relational database system is described in Crus et al; U.S. Pat. No. 4,716,528, "Method for Managing Lock Escalation in a Multi processing, Multi-programming Environment", filed Feb. 3, 1986, issued Dec. 29, 1987. The focus in this invention is data cache oriented page level locking and coherency in a distributed system.
The method of the invention contemplates the following algorithmic measures:
(a) Whenever a page is to be read and cached:
1. Ascertain that the page is not in cache using the virtual external storage address (VESA) as the cache directory index order.
2. Obtain a shared use lock using VESA as the lock name.
3. If the lock is not granted, then wait for the signal indicating that it is granted.
4. Read the page into the cache and update the cache directory.
5. Pass the page to the application executing on the processor.
(b) Whenever a page is written and cached:
1. Obtain an exclusive use lock on the VESA. If the page is already cached the lock state must be atomically converted from shared to exclusive use.
2. If the lock was not immediately granted, then wait until it is granted. During this time other caches will be invalidated.
3. Place the contents of the page into the cache.
4. Write the new contents of the page to DASD backing store.
5. Change the lock state from exclusive to shared use. This must be atomic to ensure that another process concurrently seeking to update the same page is prevented from obtaining an exclusive lock during the change of lock state.
(c) Whenever a page is written and not cached:
1. Obtain an exclusive lock on the VESA.
2. If the lock was not immediately granted, then wait until it is granted. During this time other caches will be invalidated.
3. Write the new contents of the page to DASD backing store.
4. Change the lock state from exclusive to free.
(d) Whenever a page is discarded from a cache:
1. Discard the page and update the cache directory.
2. Relinquish the lock on the VESA.
(e) Whenever a page is requested and found within a cache:
1. Access the cache directory by VESA.
2. Copy the page to the requesting application.
(f) Whenever a notice of conflict is received by a holder of a share lock:
1. Access the cache directory by VESA and ascertain whether any other references are being processed with respect to the page of interest.
2. Wait until all active requests are completed.
3. Remove the page from the cache and cache directory.
4. Relinquish the lock on the VESA.
(g) Whenever a notice of conflict is received by a holder of an exclusive lock:
1. Access the cache directory by VESA and ascertain whether any other write references are being processed with respect to the page of interest.
2. Wait until the active write request is completed.
3. Remove the page from the cache and cache directory.
4. Relinquish the lock on the VESA.
The method of this invention shall be illustrated by way of several read/write scenarios where in lock requests, actions and data movements will appear in successive depictions of the same lock table, cache manager, and shared external storage architecture. This can be appreciated by inspection of FIGS. 2-11.
Referring now to FIG. 2, the global lock table and the directories of all the cache managers are presumed clear. Suppose, an application executing on processor 1 desires to read page A. Access to the directory maintained by cache manager 17 would reveal its absence. At this point, cache manager 17 would seek a share lock from the global lock manager. Upon the grant of the share lock on page A to processor 1 (cache manager 17), an entry is made into lock table 15. Thereupon, page A is swapped into the requesting cache from DASD 23 as shown in FIG. 3.
Let us now assume that an application running on processor 2 also desires to read page A. It likewise finds that page A is not in it local cache directory 19. The counterpart cache manager requests a share lock on A from the global lock manager. Upon the request being granted and entry modification made in the lock table 15, page A is likewise swapped into cache 19 from DASD 23. This is depicted in FIG. 4.
Next, assume that the application running on processor 2 intends to modify page A. The page is easily located in local cache 19. Concurrently, cache manager 19 requests an exclusive lock on page A by processor 2. Processor 2 in effect waits until the lock manager replies. The lock manager first notifies the cache manager 17 of processor 1 that there is a conflict with respect to page A. Processor 1 completes any processing and removes page A from the local cache 17 (cache invalidation) and releases its share lock on that page. At this point, the lock manager now grants an exclusive lock on page A to cache manager 19 of processor 2. The state of affairs is set out in FIG. 5.
After this, processor 2 (by way of the application running thereon) modifies or updates page A and writes back the changed page to DASD and cache 19 of processor 2. The local cache manager 19 then requests the lock manager to demote the lock on page A from exclusive to shared. The state of affairs when the lock is demoted is shown in FIG. 6.
Still further, suppose that applications executing on processors 1 and 2 respectively intend to update page A to express different information. For instance, assume the current value of page A was a string of 0's. Also, suppose that processor 1 would rewrite page A to be a string of 1's while processor 2 would rewrite page A as a string of 2's. The initial state of affairs with processor 2 having a share lock on page A and cache having a copy of A as a string of O's is shown in FIG. 7.
The process starts with the assumption that cache 19 of processor 2 first requested promotion of its lock from shared to exclusive from the lock manager. (Note, a conflict message would be sent to all share lock holders. Since there are none in this example the step is omitted.) Processor 1's request for an exclusive lock is enqueued. Processor 2 lock request is then granted (state shown in FIG. 8). Thereupon, processor 2 writes page A as a string of 2's to cache 19 and to DASD 23. This is expressed in FIG. 9.
At this point, processor 2 secures demotion of its lock from exclusive to shared from the lock manager. Now, the lock manager processes the enqueued exclusive lock request from processor 1 and thereby notifies the cache manager 19 of processor 2 of the conflict over page A. Processor 2 then invalidates its copy of page A. Cache manager 17 of processor 1 is given an exclusive lock on page A. Thereupon, processor 1 writes page A as a string of 1's into its local cache and to DASD 23. Next, processor 1 secures demotion of its lock on page A from exclusive to shared. The states just described are depicted in FIGS. 10 and 11 respectively.
These and other extensions of the invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof as recited in the appended claims.


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Biden wants more illegals.
That’s not true.
With the current state of the souther border, a number of Americans have accused President Biden of secretly wanting more illegals to cross into the United States. Do you think Biden really wants more illegals to enter the country via the southern border?


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I have a friend whose husband claimed there was no sense talking to a
dog because dogs couldn't understand words. He didn't know Hannah.
Hannah learned commands, of course, and she also seemed to understand more words and language than I ever purposefully taught her, though I don't know how. Perhaps it was because I talked to her throughout the day, telling her what I was doing, where I was going, what was going to happen next, what I was thinking.
When we rode in the car I learned that if I told her, "Hang on, Hannah, we're turning left (or right)," she would lean against the turn so she wouldn't lose her balance.
When we were leaving I would tell her whether we'd be back in a little while or we'd be gone for half the day, or most of the day. She settled in differently depending on which I said. Eventually, we began giving her a kong with peanut butter when we were going to be gone most of the day.
During the last year or two year she lost most of her hearing except for very loud sounds. It was hard because she could no longer hear my explanations of what was happening, or what was going to happen next. She couldn't respond to any commands unless she could see hand signs. I didn't mind having to get her attention by petting her but I felt sad for her because she seemed so isolated from the general conversation in our home, as if she'd been left out.
Her last day was the hardest. When she woke up she couldn't move even enough to stand, but she was alert and interested in what was going on. She looked at us as if to ask, "What are we going to do today? What's happening next?" It broke my heart to see her alert and know she wouldn't be with us later in the day.
And it broke my heart not to be able to explain this last visit to the vet, what would happen there, and tell her how sorry I was and how much I loved her. I wish I could have explained that I wasn't leaving her, that I would come find her when I get to where she was going, that there were other Airedales waiting there to meet her. I wish I could have explained about the separation of body and spirit, about going to the vet, about needles and sleeping and death.
We Airedale lovers like to imagine our 'dales waiting for us at the Rainbow Bridge, happy and carefree, without pain, and playing with other Airedales. I hope that's true for Hannah. But she really didn't enjoy playing with other dogs, or even humans, for that matter. She loved me and the rest of her family but she didn't enjoy other people or dogs. (At the dog park she would walk to the outer perimeter and sniff along it, ignoring the other dogs, including the Airedales.) Instead of imagining her happy, I imagine her lying alone, watching what's going on, but not participating because she's lonely and waiting for the people she loves.
There have been a few times in my life when I've wished I could turn back the clock. This is one of those times. I would turn it back a dozen years and begin life with young Hannah all over again. How I miss my dear girl!

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Salt is a simple ingredient. Do you agree? Well you should know that there are different kinds of salts and the queen of all salts is Himalayan pink salt.
Himalayan pink salt is more beneficial than ordinary salt because is rich in magnesium, iron, calcium and potassium.
You should know that it is not only beneficial when consumed but it is also extremely healthy if you have it around.
Himalayan Salt Lamps
They are pink but not overly girly; they are beautiful and amazing, and quite calming. And what is most important they are really healthy.
Himalayan salt lamps are made of chunks of a powerful substance and can be find on the market. They can help against insomnia, allergies, migraines, skin conditions and many other symptoms.
G.S. Rahi, assistant professor of Physical Science at Fayetteville State University says that humans are as all other living beings, bioelectric in nature.
Positive and negative ions affect your sensations and perceptions and that is why they also affect your physical and emotional health, efficiency, mental attitude and overall well-being.
If you put Himalayan salt lamps in your home they will help you by reducing unhealthy positive ions. You will be able to feel the results quickly.
Pierce Howard, PHD also claims that negative ions are beneficial for your health. They accelerate the flow of oxygen to your brain, which will make you more alert, improve mental energy and you will feel less drowsiness. With regulated energy levels you will sleep better at night and you will have more energy during the day.
They can also help in reducing coughs, throat irritations, sneezing and allergy symptoms as they act against germs in the air.
Some people say that salt lamps do not improve air quality or have health benefits because salt doesn’t have oxygen atoms but one sodium and one chloride atom in its molecule.
Sodium is negative ion and chloride is positive. Extra negative ions are believed to have beneficial effects, but Himalayan salt lamps do not have more negative ions.
That is why different brands of Himalayan salt lamps were examined with the help of an ion detector and it was proven that more negative ions were produced outside the lamp.
The results are still confusing but people who have Himalayan salt lamps claim that they are extremely beneficial and helped them with their ailments.
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When i was writing my 2009 biography-detective-story-love-letter, looking for calvin and hobbes: like calvin and hobbes, he clearly still has more exploring to do. Why bill watterson quit calvin and hobbes the day the laughter stopped personal and artistic integrity were major themes in watterson's talks and writing. Use the following search parameters to narrow your results: subreddit:subreddit find submissions in subreddit author:username find submissions by username. Calvin and hobbes [bill watterson] on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers the first book collection of the classic and beloved calvin and hobbes. It’s sunday, and time for our sunday comics — all with a writing and/or grammar theme of course this series from my favorite comic strip of all time, calvin and.
Almost two decades after publishing his last calvin & hobbes comic strip, elusive cartoonist bill watterson is back — with a film poster the documentary. Comics calvin hobbes essays - calvin and hobbes: an existentialist view. I have this idea that the calvin and hobbes comics could be used as an activity to help teach reading to older and more advanced english learners.
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Mubarak steps down; military in charge
Vice President Omar Suleiman has announced today, on the 18th day of protests, that President Hosni Mubarak has resigned from the presidency. According to the army, it will supervise Suleiman as he implements constitutional reforms in the coming months. In the last few minutes of ecstasy, anyway, for the exhausted multitude in Tahrir Square this has been Kifaya: Enough. Be happy for them.


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Thailand: Bank of Thailand keeps rates on hold
July 9, 2013
At its 9-10 July monetary policy meeting, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) kept the one-day repurchase rate unchanged at 2.50%, in a decision broadly expected by the market. The unanimous decision followed a 25 basis points rate cut in May.
According to the BoT, the global economy is recovering at a slower-than-expected pace. In particular, slower growth in China and the rest of the Asian economies is delaying the recovery in Thailand's exports. Regarding the Thai economy, the Bank noted that economic activity remains sluggish amid slowing domestic demand and exports, whereas, on a positive note, inflationary pressures eased. The next policy meeting will be held on 21 August.
FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast panellists expect the one-day repurchase rate to end 2013 at 2.92%. In 2014, the panel expects the monetary policy rate to end at 3.20%.


Dismantle: Church Restructure through Synodality – the “Decentrlization” Francis Seems Poised to Impose
Dismantle: Church Restructure through Synodality
The Destructive Program for “Decentralization” Francis Seems Poised to Impose
By John Vennari
Note: This is an updatd excerpt from what appeared in the May, 2015 Catholic Family News. It helps lay out the dynamic now in place at October Synod.
During the 2015 Ordinary Synod, we’ve heard discussion of the possiblity of “regionalism,” that is, allowing national bishops conferences to decide diverse “pastoral policies” regarding the Eucharist for the divorced and civiliy remarried, cohabitation and even homosexuality. In an October 15 interview, Raymond Cardinal Burke rightly said that the proposed “regional diversity” is ” simply contrary to Catholic Faith and life. ”
Yet Pope Francis himself in an October 17 speech brandished his resolve to “decentralize” the Church, even if he has to impose this decentralization from the top down, which would be a perfiduous abuse of authority.
This un-Catholic “regionalism” and de-centralization did not appear suddently at the Synod, it has a history.
“Decentralization” and Church Restructure
A destructive new program now in the works, which had been flying under the radar of most concerned Catholics, but is now coming to light by means of the Synod now undersay. It is the proposed radical restructure of the Church based on the modernist thinking of Cardinal Martini, Cardinal Lehmann, Cardinal Danneels, Cardinal Kasper, Archbishop John Quinn, and yes, even Jorge Bergoglio. This new program is the basis for the “regionalism” now being voiced at the 2015 Synod on the Family.
Anyone who is familiar with the St. Gallen group will know what I’m talking about.
This group was quietly formed in 1999 during the administration of John Paul II.
In order to prevent what they consider to be meddlesome interference from the Vatican, the St. Gallen group worked for a fuller development of Vatican II’s teaching on collegiality and synodality, with the ultimate aim of giving Bishops’ conferences more autonomy from Rome.
Proposals include granting national bishops conferences full doctrinal authority, the freedom to choose and appoint their own bishops, final say over liturgical questions and more.
In short, the radicals want to unleash on Church structure the same destructive force they unleashed on the Mass following Vatican II.
Ultimately, this restructuring is for the unopposed proliferation of even more heterodox doctrine, morals and pastoral practice. The post-Conciliar synods are a major force, brandished with zeal under the Bergoglio pontificate, to achieve this end.
The St. Gallen Group
The St. Gallen group is a cadre of bishops organized by Bishop Ivo Furere from the diocese of St. Gallen, Switzerland, who are working towards more collegiality and synodality in the Church.
Its members comprise a who’s who of contemporary modernist prelates:
• the late Jesuit Cardinal Carlo Martini of Milan;
• Cardinal Godfried Danneels of Belgium;
• Cardinal Lehmann of Mainz;
• Cardinal Walter Kasper of Germany;
• Cardinal Comac Murphy-Conner of England;
• The thoughts and ideas of Archbishop John Quinn, author of the best-selling progressivist book, The Reform of the Papacy.
These prelates are modernists, all; heterodox, all; perfidious, all, scandalous, all; Vatican II enthusiasts, all; deadly committed to their revolution, all.
And they appear to be some of Papa Bergoglio’s favorite thinkers.
For example, Francis has lavished unqualified praise on Cardinal Martini and Cardinal Kasper, two of the boldest radicals of our time.
Likewise, in 2012, while still Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Bergoglio told Archbishop Quinn, that he had read Quinn’s book [The Reform of the Papacy], and is hoping that what it proposes will be implemented.
The Saint Gallen group contains prelates who chaffed at Pope John Paul II and his allegedly conservative manner in governing the Church.
For example, Pope John Paul and Cardinal Ratzinger insisted that when Bishops held their national conferences and issued statements, Rome still needed to review what they produce, and either approve or disapprove their final documents before release; Liturgical translations also needed to be cleared with Rome before publication; the Vatican may step in an censure of radical theologian, even if that theologian enjoys the support of the national episcopate, etc. St. Gallen prelates disdain this as bothersome papal intrusion.
These same St. Gallen bishops were horrified to hear Cardinal Ratzinger, then-head of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, insist that the universal Church is “ontologically prior” to the local Church, and thus needs guidance by the universal pastor, the Pope.
St. Gallen group prelates, along with Bergoglio, believe we need a further development of the Council’s teaching on collegiality, a more decentralization of power.
Collegiality and synodality, is a necessary development order to become a more horizontal Church, rather than an “orders coming from the top-down” Church. They call for the world’s bishops to be more involved in decision-making, including doctrinal, liturgical and pastoral issues.
This modernist collegiality effectively denies the Pope’s “primacy of jurisdiction,” as reiterated in Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical, Satis Cognitum and countless other magisterial teachings.
As any right-thinking Catholic recognizes, the proposed horizontalization and “decentralization” can only result in the further fragmentation of the Catholic Faith worldwide. It is a blueprint for the emergence of national churches, the proliferation of contradictory doctrine and pastoral practice from nation-to-nation, all loosely joined in an alleged “reconciled diversity” (Cardinal Kasper’s term), which sounds the death-knell of the immutability, stability, unity, and universality of the Catholic Faith.


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Rep. Anthony Kern (left) poses next to Gov. Doug Ducey and two unidentified members of the Tombstone Marshal’s Office at the Arizona State Fair on Oct. 27, 2018. Kern worked as a marshal in Tombstone from 2016 until 2018. Photo by Tombstone Marshal’s Office | Facebook
While warning that the full story hasn’t been made public, Gov. Doug Ducey said he found video of Phoenix police officers pointing guns and screaming expletives at a black couple and their two young children “disturbing” and “unacceptable.”
Phoenix officers followed the family to an apartment complex after responding to a call from a Family Dollar employee who said the couple’s four-year-old daughter shoplifted a doll. In the parking lot of the apartment complex, the officers were caught on video pointing their guns at the couple, including a pregnant woman who was holding a child, and repeatedly threatening to shoot them.
“The video was disturbing. What I know is that there’s more to this story. So, I want to let the investigation play out,” Ducey told reporters on Monday. “I want to see equal justice under the law for all people in our state. And what I saw on the video is unacceptable.”
Ducey gave credit to Phoenix Police Department Chief Jeri Williams, saying she has appeared transparent and determined to get to the truth of the matter. Williams has publicly apologized for the officers’ conduct.
Ducey, who is the son of a police officer, added that he applauds police officers and the work they do.
“I’m someone who sees the complexities in the job of being a first responder or a police officer. I think it’s a difficult job, and I do think you should be held to the highest standard,” he said. “And I do think technology can help here. I know that cameras are being rolled out in the different precincts in Phoenix police. I think we all ought to behave as if we’re on camera, especially in a setting like this.”
The governor said he won’t comment further on the incident until an investigation into it is completed.
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US futures are pointing a little higher at the start of what is likely to be a relatively quiet week, as the Dow targets another assault on the psychologically important 20,000 level that has so far eluded it.
The Dow has come close to breaching 20,000 on multiple occasions over the last four days but each time the index has fallen just short. With the index future pushing higher again ahead of the open, I would be surprised if we’re not trading above 20,000 before the end of the year. The Trump rally has stalled a little in recent sessions but so far, I’m seeing few signs that we’re going to see the year out on a negative note.
Of course, in very quiet periods such as this, these things can often be increasingly difficult to predict. Trade is likely to be rather light over the next couple of weeks with the odd sprinkling of data. The stand out event this week will be the Bank of Japan monetary policy decision on Tuesday but even this will likely pass without any noteworthy changes in terms of policy or outlook, although in thin trade we could still see a lot of volatility in yen pairs.
The yen has already been one of bigger movers in trade so far on Monday. The Japanese currency has been under severe pressure over the last couple of months since the BoJ made some tweaks to its bond buying program that has made a big difference at a time when yields elsewhere are on the rise. With the Fed having raised rates and updated its outlook, the ECB cut bond buying but extended the deadline and the BoE in wait and see mode, we could see the yen pare some of these substantial losses in the coming weeks.
Oil is also on the rise again today, having come off its post-cut highs in the first half of last week. We saw a decent rise in Brent and WTI on Friday but already today it seems both are running into a little resistance. A failure to break through $52.50 in WTI would make $50 a very interesting level to the downside, a break of which could trigger a move back towards $45.50 in the coming weeks.
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The Pakistani opposition groups have united to launch a new platform and begin protests against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government.
They have agreed also to make a rare denunciation of the military for meddling.
In a statement signed by the parties on September 20, 2020, they announced a single platform, the Pakistan Democratic Movement, to begin nationwide agitation and possibly culminate a January march on the capital Islamabad.
The Pakistan Democratic Movement said the military rigged the 2018 elections to install Khan.
“The (military) establishment should stop every kind of interference in politics forthwith,” they said.
Nawaz Sharif, former prime Minister said, “Our struggle is against those who have brought Imran Khan (to power). ”
However, the Information Minister Shibli Faraz said the opposition was “ganging up” to pressure the government to close corruption cases, which he said would not happen.


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Published at Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 - 17:39:10 PM. Lamp. By Bettine Regnier.
Every room in the house is distinct in terms of the functions they are made for. Aside from differing functions, each room in the house also differs in terms of lighting requirements. A room may need a different lighting specification than another room.
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Started the year just over 24000 had my front suspension serviced at 26000 in February and just popped 36000 miles last weekend. I have put less than 3000 miles this year behind the wheel of the cage. Usually if I am in a car, I let the SO drive. When I spend a lot of time in the saddle, others are not happy with the cautious approach I take to driving the cage. I now drive like a "Blue Haired Social Club Member".:coffee1:
It's been a great summer!!! Hot, but great non the less. I dont know what my mileage was in January, but I guess somewhere around 6 to 8 k this year. Hard to rack up the miles when you only have two days to ride:evil:
So far I have about 17,500 miles this year. I started posting monthly pics of my odometer on my website listed below for the fun. It's an easy way to keep up with my mileage and I can see when I ride the most.
Would appreciate thoughts on why I found oil in my air cleaner housing.
3rd owner - unfortunately no maintenance history
Found oil in air cleaner housing today while changing air filter/cleaner
How do I correct this problem?
Greetings All - Been riding mini-bikes / motorcycles since I was 8. Bought a new 1983 GL1100 when I got my first "real" job after college. Sold it a couple years later to buy a diamond engagement ring for my now wife. Kept my 1981 Yamaha Midnight Maxim and eventually evolved into Harleys in...
I hit a deer three weeks ago. Totaled my prized 02 Wing. This is my first day on a computer since the accident.
7 broken ribs front and back
Broken collar bone
Crushed big toe.
Had to have surgery on the ribs and lung after two failed chest tubes...


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Encanto Recreation and Parks
Encanto is primarily a bedroom community with a few neighborhood park areas, but is near Downtown San Diego which features Balboa Park and its museums such as the Natural History Museum, San Diego Historical Society, Science Museum, and other smaller, unique museums such as the Museum of Model Railroads. The quiet ambience and old world architecture makes Balboa Park a great place to spend the day with the family or for visiting at night for a play at the Old Globe theater. With a professional baseball team, San Diego offers Downtown's Petco Park as America's newest urban Major League baseball stadium. Home to the San Diego Padres, the ballpark has great seating, modern amenities and panoramic views of San Diego Bay.

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Ronaldo’s future was the subject of speculation following Maurizio Sarri’s sacking but new boss Pirlo is keen to work with the forward and build his team around him and another Juve star
Andrea Pirlo says Cristiano Ronaldo must get used to a fluctuating system under his management after already holding showdown talks with the forward. The new Juventus boss was unveiled by the club on Tuesday as they embark on a new era following Maurizio Sarri’s surprise sacking.
Under the old regime Juventus stars were largely deployed in a strict 4-3-1-2 formation as part of the disciplined ‘Sarri-ball’ approach. While that system brought Sarri success in Serie A, it did not help him avoid the axe after his shortcomings in Europe.
Pirlo is now under pressure to deliver what Sarri could not, and key to those plans will be the role of Ronaldo, as well as Serie A MVP Paulo Dybala. Andrea Pirlo said:
“[Paulo] Dybala was never for sale, he is part of the project. If both can they match on the field? As long as there is sacrifice and altruism. “The more quality players the better.”
Andrea Pirlo has now debunked that both Ronaldo and Dybala had been linked with transfers elsewhere in the aftermatch of Juventus’ disappointing Champions League exit to Lyon.
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A series of amendments and additions to the Romanian Fiscal Code were made by way of GO no. 16/2022 in Romania impacting a wide range of entities. With the changes, which will come into force on January 1st, 2023, micro-companies’ income tax will become optional.
Additionally, significant changes include the following:
- A Romanian legal entity will now be able to opt for the application of the micro-company income tax if it cumulatively meets the following conditions on December 31 of the previous year:
- The income achieved did not exceed the lei equivalent of 500,000 euro (previously the limit was 1,000,000 euro);
- The social capital is owned by entities other than the state and administrative-territorial units, according to the fiscal Code;
- The entity is not in dissolution, followed by liquidation, registered in the commercial register or in the courts of law (this criterion was applicable previously as well);
- At least 80% of its total revenues are generated from services other than consulting and management (newly introduced condition)
- The entity has at least one employee (newly introduced condition)
- The entity has associates/shareholders that hold more than 25% of the value/number of participation titles or voting rights in no more than three Romanian micro-companies (newly introduced condition)
- Law no. 170/2016 regarding the specific tax will be repealed/revoked as of January 1, 2023.
- Romanian legal entities that carry out activities corresponding to the CAEN codes for HORECA (5510, 5520, 5530, 5590, 5610, 5621, 5629, 5630) can opt for the payment of micro-company tax (without having to fulfil the above conditions) or for the payment of CIT.
- Romanian legal entities, apart from those that carry out activities corresponding to the above CAEN HORECA codes, can opt to apply micro-company tax as of the fiscal year following that in which they meet the conditions.
- New categories of Romanian legal entities that cannot apply the micro-companies’ regime have been introduced, including Romanian legal entities carrying out activities in the:
- banking field;
- fields of insurance, reinsurance, of the capital market, including the one that carries out intermediation activities in these fields;
- field of gambling;
- exploration, development, exploitation of oil and natural gas deposits sector.
Romanian legal entities that meet the conditions for applying the tax on the income of micro-companies can opt for the payment of the profit tax only starting from the following fiscal year.
- If a micro-company derives revenues exceeding EUR 500,000 or its revenues from consulting and management exceed 20% or more of the total revenues during a fiscal year, it owes CIT as of the quarter in which it exceeded those limits.
- The dividend income received from a subsidiary located in another member state of the European Union can be deducted when calculating the micro-company tax, to the extent that both the micro-company and the subsidiary meet the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive conditions.
- The tax rate on the income of micro-companies is 1% (the 3% rate previously applicable to entities without employees has been revoked).
For additional information or assistance from our local advisors please contact Ms. Roxana Marinescu, Country Representative of our Eurofast office in Bucharest, Romania at firstname.lastname@example.org


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If you have a gourd that won't stand or is wobbly, here are some ways to fix it.
You can make stands or feet for the gourd with clay, glass stones, sea shells, wood, or pieces of gourds. You can probably think of some more things to use.
I started using Quikwood to make feet for stabilizing. You can make the feet and press the gourd right into the Quikwood. I will adhere to the gourd with no glue needed. You could also use it to attach other items to the gourd for feet.
I have started using a new product to attach pieces that have made working with gourds easier. It is called Quikwood and you can find out more about it by clicking on the picture.