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In order to receive their allocated portions of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) funds, member states are required to submit their national recovery and resilience programmes (NRRPs) to the Commission for assessment. Despite various delays, 12 NRRPs had been assessed as of the end of June 2021, and were adopted by the Council […]
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Today is International Women’s Day, and I want to take the opportunity to remember the wise words of Hannah Arendt, a woman who is regarded as one of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century. Born to a German-Jewish family in 1906, she had to flee from the Nazis when Hitler came to power in 1933. […]
There has been much speculation, and a lot of inaccurate gossip, about the EU’s vaccination programme. So, to get to the facts, please refer to this new and clear question and answer website setup by the European Commission to answer your questions. Just click the graphic: Just click on one of the themes on the European […]
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Chris Bellamy, PTA, is a physical therapy assistant practicing at Regenerative Orthopaedics and Spine Institute (ROSI), a spine surgery and interventional orthopedics practice in Stockbridge and Griffin, Georgia. Chris joined the team at ROSI in January of 2020.
Chris was born and raised in the Florida Panhandle near Panama City, Florida. He studied at Gulf Coast State College and graduated in May 2013 with his associate of science degree.
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The high-end Japanese brand, Esoteric, has released its first turntable: The Grandiso T1. Esoteric is well-known for its first-class amplifiers (including the Grandioso C1X, the Grandioso M1, and the Grandioso F1), providing exquisite sound, effortless style, and ultimate versatility with every single product.
Esoteric has released The Grandioso T1 to celebrate its 35th Anniversary. This is the first ever turntable in the company's long and trusted history, making such a release a hugely significant moment for the brand.
We know you're probably dying to get your hands on it and try out all the new turntable's amazing features. Having been released in October 2023, the wait is finally over, and Music Critic has the low-down on everything you need to know about The Grandioso T1 by Esoteric.
Combining Style and Technology
Sophisticated, silver, and sleek, the Grandioso T1 exhibits the stunning style Esoteric is known for. But it's not all about the looks; with cutting-edge electronic and mechanical technology, the Grandioso T1 is a hi-tech dream, and we'd expect nothing less when it comes to Esoteric.
The Grandioso T1 comes with a vibration-free platter, offering a precise platter rotation, ensuring it's free from any irregularities of speed and making for a smoother listening experience.
The system is easy to use. There is a Micrometer knob on the front panel of the T1. With this, you can adjust the strength of the magnetic force from the magnetic driver to the platter, allowing you to fine-tune the capability of sonic characteristics.
Mechanical contacts have been eliminated. Unlike with alternative turntables, there's no need to replace belts or other parts of the T1. All you have to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy your music.
The Groundbreaking Esoteric MagneDrive System
The Grandioso T1 is made up of three separate units: the main unit, the motor unit, and the power supply unit.
The T1 features Esoteric's patented contact-free drive system, otherwise known as the "Esoteric MagneDrive System." Thanks to the Magne-float platter, the platter's effective mass is reduced from 19kg down to approximately 4k, which, in turn, means the spindle friction is greatly reduced as well.
The Grandioso T1 also features a high-quality VCXO motor driver, which, according to Esoteric, establishes precise platter rotation, ensuring you get the amazing sound you deserve. In addition, the T1 also offers up smooth platter rotation, which is all down to the inverted bearing system.
Listen vibration-free, thanks to the triple-layer chassis. It absorbs vibration, allowing for a smoother and more complete listening experience. The mid-chassis features a piano lacquer, which ensures the clarity remains strong and beautiful.
The special damping mechanism on the isolation feet eliminates external vibration. So no matter where you choose to set up your new turntable, you can listen vibration-free.
The Grandioso T1 comes with a TA-9D dynamic balance tonearm configuration – or without tonearm configuration, depending on your preferences. Additionally, it features an arm-board that will give you the option of adding up to three tonearms if you so choose.
It also has a 10MHz clock sync capability to regulate its motor drive unit.
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Following a breakthrough in cloning technology, scientists are now hoping to bring back to life within four years the woolly mammoths that have been extinct for over 5,000 years.
In their past attempts, the scientists have failed to recover nuclei in cells from the skin and muscle tissue from mammoths found in the Siberian permafrost because they had been too badly damaged by the extreme cold.
But a recent technique developed by Teruhiko Wakayama of the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology was successful in cloning a mouse from the cells of another mouse that had been frozen for 16 years.
Following the success, Akira Iritani, a professor from Kyoto University in Japan, is now reactivating his campaign to resurrect the woolly mammoths that died out 5,000 years ago.
“Now the technical problems have been overcome, all we. need is a good sample of soft tissue from a frozen mammoth,” he told The Daily Telegraph.

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Budget-conscious shoppers are continuing to flock to Big W, but Woolworths boss Brad Banducci says sales trends at the discount department store reveal the level of pressure households are under.
The $44 billion retailer said on Wednesday morning that its sales in the year to June 25 jumped by 5.7 per cent to $64.3 billion, while its net profit from continuing operations rose 4.6 per cent to $1.6 billion. The profit came in slightly below market expectations, but investors cheered the company’s growing supermarket profit margins, with the stock up rising as much as 5.4 per cent.
Food sales at Woolworths’ Australian supermarkets jumped by 5 per cent to $48 billion in the 12 months to June, while sales rose 8 per cent to $4.8 billion at Big W. But the company said trading conditions at the discounter have changed “dramatically” since the December half, with its sales down 6 per cent during the first weeks of the 2024 financial year.
Banducci said “premium” or higher income consumers were moving from specialty retailers to Big W in the face of cost-of-living pressures, but that recent sales trends also revealed that families under increasing financial pressure were spending less on toys and holding back on kitchen appliances such as kettles and microwaves.
“You see the reality of the pressure on customers right now. The good thing is, we don’t think we’re badly positioned in that [environment],” he said. “I don’t think we should sugarcoat it, it’s going to be a challenging time in the sector going through to Christmas.”
Like its ASX-listed rival Coles, Woolworths called out increasing levels of stock loss amid a rise in shoplifting in the face of the cost-of-living crisis.
Chief executive Brad Banducci said theft had spiked in the third quarter, and was “one of the components [of] stock loss, but not the biggest component”. Aggression towards staff members was a bigger concern, he noted, with the company recording more than 3000 acts of violence, threats and abuse over the past year.
Despite supplier cost inflation, the company improved profit margins at its Australian supermarkets, with earnings before interest and tax as a percentage of sales now at 6 per cent, up from 5.3 per cent last year. Banducci attributed the higher profitability to cost cuts during the pandemic, combined with upgrades to the company’s supply chain and analytics platform, which personalises customer offers and helps plan more effective promotions.
“That all comes together in the result we’ve seen, it needs to be seen in that context,” he said on a call with media on Wednesday morning.
He said the company was continuing to look at ways to support customers under financial pressure with well-priced product offers.
He also echoed Coles boss Leah Weckert in confirming that the inflation on food prices has started to moderate, with meat, fruit and vegetable prices dropping, though prices for packaged goods remain elevated.
E&P Financial analyst Philip Kimber said the results in Woolworths’ food business were impressive.
“Sales for the key Australian food business were strong in [the fourth quarter],” coming in ahead of the broker’s predictions, he said.
Woolworths said its investors will receive a final dividend of 58 cents per share, fully franked and payable on September 27, an increase of 9.4 per cent on last year.
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If you don’t want to go to a group class or prefer to learn on your own at your own time and pace, I provide private yoga classes. Having a private one-to-one class gives you the opportunity to focus on your own individual practice and tune in to your body.
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With a one-to-one lesson you will receive one-to-one attention, which will focus on your technique and alignment. We will concentrate on your specific requirements, taking the time to work on the areas of your body that you feel need increased flexibility or strengthening.
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San Miguel Beer wants to put pressure on Barangay Ginebra San Miguel as the Beermen gun for a commanding 3-1 lead in Game 4 of the best-of-seven championship series of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, at 7 pm tonight.
The Beermen grabbed the lead anew with a 99-88 win in Game 3 that was marred by a verbal tussle between Gin Kings head coach Tim Cone and San Miguel guard Chris Ross right after the final buzzer sounded.
Ross converted a three-pointer in the closing seconds with the game already in the bag for the Beermen.
That did not sit well with Cone, who according to witnesses had exchanged heated words with Ross at the hallway.
With the series getting more physical and testy, San Miguel head coach Leo Austria knows they can’t let their guard down as he expects Ginebra to pour it all in Game 4 to send the series into a best-of-three affair.
“A 2-1 lead is not safe especially against coach Tim Cone. Coach Tim is a great coach, very smart and he can find ways. A lot of things could still happen in the next game. They cannot afford to give us another win because at 3-1, you’re in deep hole although it’s still possible to recover,” said Austria.
Reigning Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo bounced back from a so-so performance in Game 2 with 17 points, 18 rebounds and three blocks last Wednesday and more importantly managed to stay out of foul trouble.
“June Mar learned his lesson well. There’s more extra passes (from Fajardo) and we were able to rely more on our shooters and at the same time the double-teaming on him was gone,” Austria added.
Fajardo fouled out in their 118-124 overtime loss to the Gin Kings in Game 2. He finished with only 10 points.
Ross and Alex Cabagnot were the beneficiaries of Fajardo’s extra passes as the two guards combined for 32 points in the second half.
Ross tallied 24 points and eight assists while Cabagnot had 20 points in Game 3. The duo combined for 29 markers in Game 2.
Cone admitted that his team failed to bring their perfect game last Wednesday.
“Our A-minus game isn’t enough. We got to play better than A-minus against them. We need to get up to A-plus if we really want to beat this team. They have a lot of weapons from June Mar, Chris Ross, Marcio (Lassiter) to Arwind (Santos). Even (Gabby) Espinas also delivers,” the 19-time champion Cone said.
“We have to be better down the stretch next time,” he added.
Jervy Cruz sat out in Game 2 to rest his shoulder injury and he’s day-to-day basis, according to Cone.
“He is doubtful to play for Friday maybe possible on Sunday. We’ll see, we lack extra big guys and we need big bodies out there,” said Cone.
LA Tenorio topscored for the Gin Kings with 16 points but was held to just four in the second half.
Rookie Kevin Ferrer had another solid game for Ginebra with 15 points, 10 came in the fourth period but was misfiring in the last five minutes of the game.


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L'ISLET, a county of Quebec, extending from the St. Lawrence on the N W. to the State of Maine on the S E., and comprising an area of 507,625 acres. Capital, St. Jean Port Joli. Pop. 13,517.
L'ISLET, a flourishing post village in L'Islet co , Que., on the S shore of the St Lawrence, and on the G T R. 63 miles below Quebec In contains a Roman Catholic church a telegraph office, 7 stores, and a shipyard and has a large lumber trade Pop 1,000 .
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Our Sleek Silver Iron Pull dispels the myth that iron is heavy, sombre and drab. This iron cabinet pull is chic, with the perfect amount of lustre. It’s a timeless piece that exudes understated elegance and sophistication. This pull reflects light, to create an airy atmosphere of more space. This reflective quality makes it great in brightly lit rooms and in areas with mirrors, shimmery wallpaper or glossy countertops. If you enjoy the ambiance of mixed metals, this cabinet pull handle complements just about any metal, including brass, stainless steel and copper. Combined with other metals, it can give your space an intriguing layered look, whether it’s paired with warm or cool tones. Perfect for a modern, minimalist or rustic decor setting where durability is paramount whilst being able to streamline your look!
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Those who have registered their station with BlueIsland. BlueIsland will allow a new potential customer the ability to educate themselves, screen potential markets, get costing estimates, and become more informed in general about the powerful nature of radio advertising.
Client History —The buyer will have the opportunity to track past schedules and purchases made with BlueIsland. After submitting the copy of the ad text, BlueIsland will create a selection of three digital ads for the buyer and make it available for review online.
Our markets, customers, and competitors are further defined below.
Buy Media —This option gives the media buyer a fully functioning transaction center to actually purchase ad spots. It can highlight the cumulative years the management has served the industry as innovators.
Inthe U. As a result, the radio station can respond quickly to opportunities and threats. Without the right cash flow, the business and its owners are under constant stress. A buyer can select from the ad online and submit it to BlueIsland.
The user will then have the opportunity to enter into their relevant area. Why is this information important to the success of my business? For each section, think about summarizing with one question in mind: It has a section that summarizes each component that your marketing plan covers in detail.
This one-stop shopping concept boosts the attractiveness of radio as an advertising medium, no matter whether the advertiser is a local merchant or national advertiser. However, most of these websites do not target small businesses, but rather fairly sophisticated or high-dollar customers.
Potential buyers will receive notification of ad sales and other promotions the radio stations are offering. A Miniature Version of Your Plan The executive summary is a miniature version of your marketing plan — an elevator pitch of sorts. These could include discounted sales of unsold spots or other promotional packages.
Radio stations can trace purchase histories of their past clients and promote appropriate promotional packages to a much more targeted market. The delivery cost is zero. The spots purchased will also be immediately removed from sale on the exchange. In addition, buyers will be able to select "value-added" research like competitive analysis What is my competitor doing?
This will enable customers with smaller advertising budgets to take advantage of opportunities to advertise at discounted rates.
Radio stations derive percent of their revenues from advertising. Advertising Websites Selling Other Media —A number of websites offer services for the Internet, television, billboard, and outside advertising. The competitive space we have defined for BlueIsland. You should also include a snapshot of the financial projections and potential return on investment.
A ROI calculator will provide the ability to observe actual benefits of advertising on the radio and include estimates of cost savings achieved by using BlueIsland.
Writing the best executive summary often means writing the rest of the marketing plan first and then summarizing each section. Agencies generally receive compensation for production costs from the client, plus a standard 15 percent commission from the media source for the ad placement.
Advertising agencies are responsible for two main functions: Small businesses have been slow adopters in the e-commerce industry.
Use this as the means to create each subsection summary.Jolly's Java and Bakery bakery business plan executive summary. Jolly's Java and Bakery is a start-up coffee shop and bakery. An executive summary of a business plan is an overview. Its purpose is to summarize the key points of a document for its readers, saving them time and preparing them for the upcoming content.
Introduction Fosse Commercial Contractors LLC is a small construction company formed from the merger of Fosse Painting & General Construction and West General Contractors. This Small Business Plan Sample will help you write your business plan in the correct manner.
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In 2021, the United States imposed sanctions on Iran for issues ranging from election interference to drone proliferation and oil smuggling. In January, during the last weeks of the Trump administration, the United States expanded sanctions on Iran’s defense, shipping, and metals industries. It also designated two major foundations controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Biden administration imposed sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities connected to Iran, but they were relatively narrow in scope. For example, in March, the State Department designated two Revolutionary Guards interrogators for torturing political prisoners and protestors in the first new sanctions on Iran under Biden. In November, Treasury Department designated six Iranian men and one company, Emennet Pasargad, for attempting to interfere with the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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The Biden administration kept in place nearly all of the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration as part of its “maximum pressure” campaign. But the Biden administration also demonstrated its willingness to lift sanctions following a change of behavior or status of designated individuals or entities. In June, the Treasury Department delisted three former Iranian officials and two companies formerly involved in the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of Iranian petrochemical products. The following is a timeline of U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran, its allies, and partners in 2021.
Jan. 5, 2021: The Treasury Department sanctioned 12 Iranian and four foreign-based companies as well as one Iranian man involved with steel production and sales. “The Trump Administration remains committed to denying revenue flowing to the Iranian regime as it continues to sponsor terrorist groups, support oppressive regimes, and seek weapons of mass destruction,” Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. The action was taken pursuant to Executive Order 13871, issued in May 2019, which prohibited transactions related to Iran’s aluminum, copper, iron and steel sectors. Steel and other metals have historically accounted for some 10 percent of export revenue, the biggest source of revenue after oil.
Jan. 8, 2021: The Treasury Department sanctioned Falih al Fayyadh, Chairman of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Commission (PMC) and former National Security Advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister, for human rights abuses. Fayyadh headed the PMC when its forces, including militias supported by Iran, allegedly fired live ammunition at Iraqi anti-government protestors who began demonstrating in October 2019. “Iran-aligned PMC forces continue to wage a murderous campaign against political activists in Iraq who are calling for free and fair elections, respect for human rights, and transparent and accountable governance,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
Jan. 13, 2021:The United States sanctioned two major foundations, along with their heads and subsidiaries, controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The two bonyads (charitable organizations), Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order and Astan Quds Razavi, have accumulated vast wealth through involvement in many sectors, including construction, agriculture, energy, telecommunications and financial services. “These institutions enable Iran’s elite to sustain a corrupt system of ownership over large parts of Iran’s economy,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. A total of three individuals and 16 entities were designated.
Jan. 15, 2021: The United States expanded sanctions on Iran’s defense and shipping industries during President Donald Trump’s last full week in office. The administration sanctioned three weapons manufacturers, seven international shipping companies and two Iranian business executives.
The defense industry sanctions punished Iran for transferring conventional arms to its proxies in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. “This military equipment, which includes attack boats, missiles, and combat drones, provides a means for the Iranian regime to perpetrate its global terror campaign,” Secretary of State Pompeo said. The sanctions targeted three branches of Iran’s defense ministry: the Marine Industries Organization (MIO), Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO), and the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO).
The shipping sanctions targeted Iranian, Chinese and Emirati businesses that did business with Iran’s national maritime shipping company, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). The companies shipped raw or partially finished steel products to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions, the State Department alleged. The administration also sanctioned Mohammad Reza Modarres Khiabani, the CEO of IRISL, and Hamidreza Azimian, the CEO of Mobarakeh Steel Company.
Jan. 19, 2021: The State Department added 15 metals to its list of banned imports to Iran, including seven types of aluminum, six types of steel and two types of zirconium. Secretary of State Pompeo claimed that the metals were “used in connection with Iran’s nuclear, military or ballistic missile programs.” He threatened sanctions against companies that transferred the metals to Iran’s construction sector, which he said was controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). “The IRGC’s construction firm and many of its subsidiaries remain sanctioned by the United Nations because they were directly involved in the clandestine construction of the uranium enrichment site at Fordow,” Pompeo said.
March 2, 2021: The United States sanctioned two Houthi rebel commanders, Mansur al Saadi and Ahmad Ali Ahsan al Hamzi, for orchestrating attacks “impacting Yemeni civilians, bordering nations, and commercial vessels in international waters.” Al Saadi and al Hamzi “command forces that worsening the humanitarian crisis in Yemen,” Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control Andrea M. Gacki said.
March 9, 2021: The United States designated two IRGC interrogators in the first new sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on Iran. Ali Hemmatian and Masoud Safadri were involved in torturing political prisoners and protesters detained during anti-government protests in 2019 and 2020 sparked by a gas price hike. The sanctions blocked them and their immediate family members from entry into the United States.
May 20, 2021: The Biden administration sanctioned two Houthi military commanders leading the rebel offensive on Yemen’s Marib province. The Treasury sanctioned Muhammad Abd al Karim al Ghamari, the Head of the General Staff of the Houthi military. The State Department designated Yusuf al Madani, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. “We are promoting accountability for Houthi actions that perpetuate conflict in Yemen and undermine peace efforts,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “The Houthis benefit from generous military support from the Iranian government to wage attacks against civilian population centers and commercial shipping infrastructure in Yemen.”
June 10, 2021: The United States lifted sanctions on three former Iranian officials and two companies previously involved in buying, selling, or transporting Iranian petrochemical products. One company was based in Hong Kong, and the other was based in mainland China. “These actions demonstrate our commitment to lifting sanctions in the event of a change in status or behavior by sanctioned persons,” Secretary of State Blinken said. The Treasury clarified that the three men were no longer working for entities tied to Iran’s government. The delisting was announced two days ahead of the sixth round of talks on bringing Iran and the United States back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal.
Aug. 13, 2021: The U.S. Treasury sanctioned an oil smuggling network for supporting the Qods Force, the external operations branch of the IRGC. The Qods Force “has been using revenue from Iranian petroleum sales to fund its malign activities,” Secretary of State Blinken said. An Omani oil broker used several companies, including one based in Romania and one registered in Liberia, to sell Iranian oil abroad. The Qods Force was sanctioned in 2007 for supporting terrorist groups across the Middle East.
Sept. 3, 2021: The Treasury Department sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives who plotted to abduct an Iranian-American activist. “Iran’s attempt to kidnap a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil because she used her freedom of speech to criticize the Iranian government is unacceptable and an egregious violation of fundamental international norms,” Secretary of State Blinken said. He added that the plan was part of a broader effort to silence Iranian dissidents in Britain, Canada and the United Arab Emirates.
Sept. 17, 2021: The Treasury Department sanctioned facilitators and front companies in the Middle East and Far East that helped fund Hezbollah and the IRGC’s elite Qods Force. It designated 11 individuals in China, Kuwait, and Lebanon, as well as eight entities in China and Hong Kong. The networks collectively laundered tens of millions of dollars by trading in gold and electronics, exploiting regional financial systems and using currency exchange operations.
Oct. 8, 2021: The Treasury Department delisted Mammut Industries and its subsidiary, Mammut Diesel, which had been designated in 2020 for involvement in Iran’s missile program. The Treasury Department clarified that the delisting did not reflect a change in policy. “They have nothing to do with JCPOA negotiation efforts. The United States will continue to counter Iran's destabilizing activities, including through implementation of our sanctions,” a representative said. The delisting appeared to follow legal proceedings.
Oct. 29, 2021: The United States sanctioned four men and two companies for supporting Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programs run by the IRGC and its external operations arms, the Qods Force. “Iran’s proliferation of UAVs across the region threatens international peace and stability. Iran and its proxy militants have used UAVs to attack U.S. forces, our partners, and international shipping,” Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo said. “Treasury will continue to hold Iran accountable for its irresponsible and violent acts.”
Nov. 18, 2021: The United States sanctioned six Iranian men and one entity for attempting to interfere with the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Sectary of State Antony Blinken said that the move represents “the collective efforts of the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” The U.S. government “took decisive and disruptive action against those seeking to interfere with the sanctity of our elections,” he added.
Dec. 7, 2021: The Treasury Department sanctioned eight Iranian officials as well as the Law Enforcement Forces Special Units, Counter-Terror Special Forces, Isfahan Central Prison, and Zahedan Prison for human rights abuses. Most were involved in the harsh crackdown on protests in November 2019 sparked by a gas price hike. The various units “used excessive and lethal force, firing upon unarmed protestors, including women and children, with automatic weapons,” according to the Treasury Department.


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Detroit Police Raid Drug House Occupied by Undercover Cops in Botched Drug Raid [VIDEO]
Dozens of police officers from two Detroit precincts were involved in a drug raid that is being termed "botched."
Heavily armed police officers from Detroit's 11th precinct raided a drug house which was occupied by undercover officers from the 12th precinct who were posing as drug dealers.
Luckily, the altercation resulted in only minor injuries. Detroit's WXYZ reports that two officers are now off the street and one supervisor has been reassigned.

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The Ontario government needs to “root out waste” before asking Toronto-region residents to pay tolls or fees to fund badly needed transit expansion, says Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak.
In a sold-out speech Wednesday in which he portrayed Toronto as a great city where “something has gone off the rails,” Hudak made it clear he won’t join a chorus led by new Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne for “revenue tools” aimed at reducing traffic congestion that costs the region an estimated $6 billion a year.
“We’re committed to building subways in Toronto, and we’ll expand regional highways” in the GTA and Hamilton areas if elected, the PC leader said. “There’s no doubt that will cost a lot of money, but before we can go ask the taxpayers for one more dollar the provincial government needs to demonstrate that we have the current system under control.”
The first step is rooting out waste, he said, warning businesspeople at the Toronto Region Board of Trade luncheon to be wary of politicians looking for new money to throw at a “badly fractured system.”
As premier he would upload the TTC’s subway lines — but not buses — and regional highways, including the Gardiner Expressway, to the provincial Metrolinx transportation agency. He also promised to treat Scarborough as “a full citizen of Toronto” — apparently a shot at plans to put surface rail, rather than a more costly subway, along Sheppard Ave. E.
Ontario faces a projected $11.9 billion deficit. Hudak did not suggest any transit funding sources and evaded waiting reporters after the speech.
By taking revenue tools off the table for now, the PC leader — whose party’s failure to win a Toronto seat in the 2011 election helped keep him out of the premier’s chair — is swimming against the tide.
The Board of Trade will soon recommend two specific “viable, publicly, politically doable” revenue tools, said chief executive Carol Wilding, adding that waste-fighting and transit planning can be done simultaneously.
“You’ve got a public who are very frustrated, both in terms of their quality of life and the work implications that it has, and they’re ready to move. You need to seize that moment,” she said. “It has to happen now.”
Wynne recently told the Star she is willing to spend the “political capital” to urgently find a new revenue stream to build transit and unblock arterial roads.
The province has asked Metrolinx to recommend such revenue tools by June 1. Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto’s new chief city planner, has launched the “Feeling Congested?” campaign,“Feeling Congested?” campaign, asking Torontonians to choose from various options, including a congestion levy, sales tax and highway tolls.


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I was happy to see this Letter to the Editor of the Baltimore Sun written by a member of our congregation:
Maryland First . . . The Other States Will Follow
by Joe Garonzik
Hardly a day goes by without a story exposing wealthy special interests sticking it to the average Joe. One day itâ€™s Wall Street bankers bringing down the economy, foreclosing on the unsuspecting poor, and getting off virtually scot-free. The next day, itâ€™s insurance companies charging exorbitant rates for health coverage yet denying claims whenever they can get away with it. Drug companies and pesticide manufacturers lobby the FDA to delay pulling a harmful product from the market while unwitting patients or phosphate-breathing farm workers pay the heavy price. The Sunâ€™s Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperinâ€™s article, â€œKochs have stake in oil sands,â€ raises concerns about who really stands to gain from the purported Keystone Pipeline. And then there is Sheldon Adelson.
Maddie Hannaâ€™s March 27 article posted on the Sunâ€™s website described Adelsonâ€™s blatant intentions to hold court for the Republican presidential contenders wishing to compete for his financial support. The victor in this â€œwinner take allâ€ bid for the casino mogulâ€™s backing, stands to pocket a fortune in TV ads from the man who spent $93 million in his 2012 bid as kingmaker. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-mct-bc-njgov-adelson-20140327,0,4184062.story
Adelson, the Koch brothers, a handful of other billionaires, working with their front groups and superpacs use their fortunes to control the political dialogue in Americaâ€™s elections, in large part, because of the Supreme Courtâ€™s verdict in Citizens United . This game of â€œbillionaire bingoâ€ could get even more out of hand if the Court rules similarly in McCutcheon.
There are now 14 proposed Constitutional amendments in Congress that would address Citizenâ€™s United; however, Congressâ€™s failure to act on any of them speaks volumes about national legislatorsâ€™ own dependence on corporate donations and the power of â€œdark moneyâ€ in our political campaigns . Accordingly, the burden now rests with states like Maryland, who are empowered to call for a convention , under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, expressly to (1) affirm every citizenâ€™s individual right to vote, (2) reject the doctrine that artificial entities have inalienable right, and (3) regulate campaign contributions and electioneering expenditures.â€ In all, 34 states (2/3) must issue the call for a Convention to take place. Maryland, in all its diversity, would be among the first.
We must not delay any longer in responding to the crisis posed by Citizens United . Maryland can show the way forward now, much as our 17th-century forebears did with the first statute for religious toleration in America. Maryland is poised to accomplish a significant milestone and should summon the courage to act boldly in the face of an existential threat to democracy.
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Is Physical Beauty EnoughBy Rita Gangwani on Mar 24, 2023
Physical beauty can be attractive, but it is not enough to make a person truly beautiful. While physical appearance can be a factor in initial attraction, it is the internal qualities of a person that truly make them beautiful.
Internal qualities such as kindness, compassion, empathy, intelligence, humor, and confidence are all attractive qualities that make a person truly beautiful. These qualities can make a person stand out in a crowd and attract others to them in a meaningful way.
Additionally, physical beauty is subjective and can be influenced by cultural and societal norms. What is considered physically beautiful in one culture may not be the same in another culture. Therefore, it is important to recognize that physical beauty is not a universal standard of beauty.
In summary, while physical beauty can be attractive, it is not enough to make a person truly beautiful. It is the internal qualities and personality traits that make a person truly attractive and beautiful in a meaningful way.

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CHAMART is a brand promoting the concept “Drink LEAF TEA and Protect Nature” run by YUtoMI Solutions Co., Ltd. The company was established in Shizuoka, Japan in 2013. CHAMART sells Japanese tea certified as Organic JAS overseas as a wholesaler and introduces the charms of tea, including tea recipes, on CHAMART’s site.
CHAMART provides various Japanese teas, including Matcha (high quality powdered green tea), Sencha (steamed green tea), Fukamushicha (deep-steamed green tea), Hojicha (roasted green tea), powdered Hojicha and Genmaicha (green tea with roasted rice). Matcha and powdered Hojicha are good served as lattes or shakes, and for use in confectionaries. Sencha, Fukamushicha and Gemaicha are daily teas, and the used tea leaves are good for cooking such as toast, pasta, etc. Leaf Hojicha is good to drink as it is, or with sugar, milk or mint.
Japanese green tea has benefits for health, such as reducing the risk of cancer and lowering stress, etc.
Most of CHAMART’s tea are cultivated by the CHAGUSABA farming method, traditional in Shizuoka. It is an example of circular agriculture and helps maintain the environment and biodiversity. CHAGUSABA refers to the semi-natural grasslands around tea fields. Cut pampas or bamboo grasses are used as organic compost for tea fields. Cutting the grass exposes small plants and animals to sunlight so they can continue to live. It was recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2013.
Drinking CHAGUSABA tea protects nature.

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A CIA special intelligence assessment in 1987 concluded that Chilean General Augusto Pinochet ordered an “act of state terrorism” on the streets of Washington, D.C., that took the lives of former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier.
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The crime was covered up for decades. A document shows what really happened.
Originally published 04/29/2015
Morris Morley and Chris McGillion
It’s a victory story, but a little more complicated than people think.
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Map of CIA rendition sites. Countries in red cooperate with the CIA to detain and allegedly torture terror suspects. Drawn from data first published in the Washington Post. Map credit: HNN staff/Wiki Commons.Originally posted on TomDispatch.com
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Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid has called on the government to adopt legislation to enable authorities to expel the families of terrorists, in response to Wednesday night's deadly shooting in Tel Aviv's Sarona Market.
In a message posted to his Facebook page, Lapid sent his "condolences to the families of those who were murdered last night and my wishes for a full and speedy recovery to the injured," and offered an olive branch to the government from the opposition benches.
"In the face of evil terror there is no coalition and opposition," he declared. "We will support the government, the security cabinet and especially the IDF in the fight against terror."
"But we must also use additional tools to win this battle," he added.
"There is a law before the Knesset proposed by Israel Katz (Likud), David Biton (Likud), Yaakov Perry (Yesh Atid) and myself which will allow the Israeli government to expel the families of terrorists.
"The time to pass that law is now."
Several MKs and even government ministers have repeatedly called for the families of Palestinian terrorists who murder Israelis to be deported to Gaza. However, while the prime minister himself has considered such measures with or without a new law - even ordering the Attorney General to examine the proposal - it is still mired in bureaucracy and yet to pass.


Despite this being a holiday week it’s been a whirlwind week for me. I ended one job, and left an industry, on Tuesday and started a new job on Thursday with a travel/paperwork day in between.
For the first time in my career I started my workday working for an organization not involved in newspaper publishing. No need to worry about web breaks and missed deliveries.
Thursday did feel a little surreal at first. Suddenly I’m working in radio and TV. How would a newspaper guy fit in?
Turns out – as deep down we all know – no one really cares where you come from. Sure people are interested, but the current destination is more important than the journey that preceded it.
Also, once I started to meet people and got to listening, I realized that no matter the legacy distribution channel, news is still news and digital media presents the same challenges. Most of us in the media industry are asking – and struggling with – the same questions. Even fewer of us have the right answers.
Some of us look internally, opting for mass consolidation, ‘efficiency’, extreme pricing actions, and the like. Mostly ignoring external data signals from audience.
I know that no media organization would admit to the above, but if you work for one of these organizations, you know it’s true. Every conversation starts with some variation of, “how do we do this without disrupting ourselves? Oh, we can’t? Okay, let’s just do it the same way we always have then.”
Fewer of us, it seems, are starting with audience and building out from there. It doesn’t mean we ignore real efficiency and revenue streams, but it is a fundamentally different way to look at our challenges, and leads to a different culture.
Discussions around whether Amazon is a monopoly and what they’ve done to circumvent competition aside, at its core, Amazon a customer-focused organization. As much as many like to hate on the company, it’s hard to break away from them.
Because they make it simple to do business with them. And they do that by addressing the customer’s pain points. They are relentless with data and test every part of the funnel from discovery to your porch (or couch in the case of OTT). They make it easy for you to do business with them, then they address internal pain points without disrupting the customer experience.
Think about it, Amazon makes changes daily, when was the last time these changes negatively impacted your experience with them? I can think of a few poor delivery experiences, but each time their customer service will do whatever it takes to make it right.
As a result over the past five years Amazon’s stock has increased over 450%. For comparison the Dow is up 48% over that same period. They’ve outpaced the index by 402 points!
Compare this to how many media companies do business.
- They start with internal structures and legacy business systems;
- Then they figure out what fits into their workflow;
- Then they distribute to the platform that is easiest for them;
- Then they wonder why the audience didn’t show up.
This isn’t brain surgery.
If media wants to survive they need to stop thinking about internal pain points and begin addressing customer pain points.
Links from this week
Speaking of audience first, Pico launched what is basically a CRM for media companies. According to this TechCrunch article, it’s “an identity layer for media — offering a way to implement paywalls, checkouts and analytics while actually knowing who your customers are.”
Did you say audience data? This article from Publishing Executive discusses how B2B Media is leading the way in first-party data, and opening up new revenue streams.
And then there is this. If you’re in media you’ve seen this by now, but it looks like Gannett is in talks with GateHouse, McClatchy and Tribune on a possible merger. This will be good for the shareholders, I just hope they start looking to audience.
As reported on Nieman Journalism Lab, After four years of handing out money for European news projects, Google is expanding its funding to North America. You can see the post from Google here.


Britney Spears – Britney JeanDecember 7, 2013 at 12:05 PM | Posted in Britney Spears | Leave a comment
Britney Spears – Britney Jean
2. Work Bitch
4. It Should Be Easy (feat. will.i.am)
5. Tik Tik Boom (feat. T.I.)
6. Body Ache
7. ‘Til It’s Gone
9. Chillin’ With You (feat. Jamie Lynn)
10. Don’t Cry
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Britney Jean is the eighth studio album by American singer Britney Spears, released on November 29, 2013.
Alien is a very appealing midtempo dance/pop track, perfect to open the album because it’s somehow similar to the track ‘Criminal’ on her previous album. Lately Britney has been known for her heavier dance tracks, so to have a rather light and airy one opening the album works amazingly well. I have to admit I’m a bit suspicious about the vocals (they sound heavily altered) but still this is a very nice track.
Moving on to the real club banger, Work Bitch. This is my gym anthem, really, this is some motivation right here. The lyrics are almost all spoken instead of sung and there’s not depth at all in this, but the EDM style this track has really kicks some serious ass. This works very well in a club after midnight.
Perfume then is finally one of the personal tracks Brit must have spoken about when promoting the album. I love her deep vocals here, they don’t sound altered at all! I think I’ve been waiting for something like this for years. The music is very pretty as well, combining soft synths with strings and piano. This could easily be one of her best simple tracks ever, this even slays ‘Everytime’.
It Should Be Easy (feat. will.i.am) has that obvious will.i.am sound, and although the guy irritates the hell out of me he does have an ear for good music. The pumping dance beats and synths are quite catchy and I can imagine this being one of the favorite tracks for some of Brit’s fans. To me it’s an okay track, and besides, will.i.am completely takes over so this is hardly a Britney song.
I actually find Tik Tik Boom (feat. T.I.) very appealing since it combines pop/dance music with hiphop beats, and I’m kind of a sucker for that. It took Britney quite some time on this album before finally sing her usual ‘talk dirty to me’ kind of lyrics, but here they are. T.I. fits perfectly in this track, adding his personal touch to it perfectly.
Body Ache is Work Bitch with more singing in it, but the emptiness is something both songs share. Being a club banger song with another synth breakdown and lyrics about dancing all night, this is not something I personally crave for. But hey, it’s Britney Spears, when has she ever put her heart into something. There wasn’t even a real heavy highlight in this track.
‘Til It’s Gone is bound to be the eargasm for club-goers everywhere and Brit’s fans. It has a clear EDM-inspired theme again, but this time the lyrics dig a little deeper despite the rough musical arrangement. Overall, this is finally a catchy Britney song that takes the musical style she has had for the past years to a new level.
This time she really surprised me. Passenger was co-written by Katy Perry so that already caught my attention, but Britney’s own vocals are top notch here as well. She doesn’t have a very good vocal range, but she just displayed the best vocals in her entire career. Lyrically, she did a great job opening up and showing her vulnerable side. Recommended!
The long awaited duet with her little sister. Chillin’ With You (feat. Jamie Lynn) is a laid back pop/dance track with some hiphop and dubstep influences. It’s nice to hear the two sisters sing together, but Britney sounds like a dying chipmunk and Jamie Lynn is the real star in this one. The song itsself is pretty awkward and out of place on the album, it could’ve been more because this really has potential.
Don’t Cry finally shows Britney baring her soul and talking about her break-up with Jason Trawick. It’s a ballad with some minor synth accents, giving Britney the chance to get into the track and show her more vulnerable and emotional side. She succeeded very well in that, also in keeping me wondering about what she’s going to be doing next after this mysterious track closes the album.
So it has been a litte under two years since Femme Fatale (2011), the album that totally caught me off guard. It made me change my mind about Brit and her music, so I decided to give her another chance. Now she has released Britney Jean, which should’ve been her most personal record yet. Did she succeed? No, not even close. The only tracks that sounded a little more personal were Perfume, Passenger and Don’t Cry, other tracks were heavy on the ‘I wanna dance all night’ kind of vibe. Does that mean I hate the album? No, it means that I’m less impressed than I had hoped I would be, especially after her previous two albums. It seems as if Britney Spears strays away from her music more and more, focusing only on dropping some good club bangers and not on releasing genuine music. Compared to music critics, I’ve been mild.
Favorite tracks: Alien | Work Bitch | Perfume | Tik Tik Boom (feat. T.I.) | Passenger


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The new Australian law is not so much a way of protecting children from abuse as an assault upon the Church Earlier. Capital Territory (ACT) in Canberra passed new laws forcing Catholic priests to.
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Long ago, Khati Sha was a famed Vah Shir who enjoyed exploring. This love of exploration, however, was his downfall, as he was captured by the Shissar on one of his trips. Under the orders of Emperor Ssraeshza, he was brought in to the Shissar’s temple to be interrogated, tortured, and experimented upon. One of these experiments went very wrong, and in the accident both Khati Sha and his tormentors perished.
All surviving records of the incident were sealed by Imperial order, and it is written that any further investigation into the incident would be considered treasonous.
The spirit of Khati Sha now resides in the Acrylia Caverns, located on the edge of the Grimling Forest just south of the Tenebrous Mountains. The Grimlings which control the area fear the retribution that would be unleashed if Khati Sha were to be made aware of the horrors committed upon him in the Shissars’ temple. Therefore, much of Grimling legend consists of untruths — lies to cover up a treacherous history of a once-great, famed Vah Shir.


The military began the redeployment of equipment to the Victory parade in Moscow
The military began the redeployment of equipment to take part in the Victory parade at Alabino near Moscow from a temporary site in the street Bottom Mnevniki in Moscow, said the Russian defense Ministry.
"Military equipment of the mechanized column, participating in the Victory day parade on red square on June 24, 2020, beginning with the relocation of the training ground in Alabino near Moscow on a temporary site in Moscow, located in the Lower Mnevniki in the North-Western district of the capital", - stated in the message.
The Ministry said that wheeled combat technique emerges from Alabino on the Minsk highway, then it will pass along the Mozhaisk highway, through Rublevsky highway will be released Autumn street, then on the street Krylatskaya reach the Lower Mnevniki.
The convoy of vehicles includes cars "Tiger" protected vehicles "Typhoon-K" is 4x4 with battle remote control module and "Typhoon-VDV", BTR-82A, missile complexes "Iskander-M", "YARS", "BALL", antiaircraft missile-gun complexes "Pantsir-s" anti-aircraft missile system s-350 and s-400 machines to ensure alerting MOBD and the car remote clearance MDR "Leaves", reactive system of volley fire "Tornado-C" heavy flamethrower system TOS-2, a combat vehicle system for remote mining of remote monitoring and technical support unit.
The Ministry reported that more than 30 crews of military automobile inspection will ensure the safety of traffic on the route of technology. Also, according to the Ministry, for the organization of road safety of the military automobile Inspectorate has undertaken cooperation with the departments of traffic police GU MVD in Moscow and Moscow region.
The defense Ministry said that tracked vehicles will be delivered by rail to the station "Presnya", and then to March on their own on the front pad on the street Bottom Mnevniki.
The defense Ministry said that the railroad will go to Moscow T-34-85, su-100, T-72B3, T-80БВМ and T-90, BMD-4M, BMD-MDM, infantry fighting vehicles BMP-2 fighting compartment "Berezhok", BMP "kurganets-25" with 57-mm combat unit, infantry combat vehicles "Armata" combat module "Dagger", anti-aircraft artillery systems "Derivation-defense", anti-aircraft missile systems "Buk-M3" and anti-aircraft missile system s-300V4, reactive system of volley fire "Tornado-C", heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A and other equipment.
All will be relocated more than 400 units of tracked, wheeled military vehicles that will take part in Victory parade on red square on June 24, and auxiliary equipment, carrying the necessary material and technical equipment.


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Wofford College has one of the oldest detachments of Army Reserve Officer Training Corps units in the country, dating from December 1919. ROTC has been an important institution in Wofford's history, This exhibit presents information about ROTC in different eras of Wofford's history, from the establishment in 1919 through the 2000s.
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One summer’s day in 1984 I was driving around Northamptonshire and decided to find out what remained in the area of the former Great Central Railway main line, which had been closed in 1966.
Twenty years later most of the formation remained, though the track and buildings had mostly been dismantled.
I wandered around Woodford Halse, a railway town near Daventry but in fact in the middle of nowhere, where the GCR made an elaborate junction with the earlier East & West Junction Railway that wandered across country between Stratford-on-Avon and Bedford.
Afterwards I found my way to the site of Charwelton Station and walked up the line to the south portal of Catesby Tunnel.
There I stared down the 1¾-mile dead-straight bore and, in the days of 35mm colour-slides – expensive photography – took a single shot at the light at the end of the tunnel that actually came out.
Much more recently I wrote a blog-article about Catesby Tunnel at a time when there was debate about whether the proposed High Speed Two should be routed in places over the old Great Central, which was itself a nineteenth-century attempt at an express route from Manchester to Paris.
There was talk of using the tunnel to carry one HS2 track and dig a parallel bore for the other. The idea came to nothing.
But now someone has found an ingenious way of making money out of a Victorian tunnel that has been abandoned and unmaintained for over half a century but was so well-built that it has remained in good condition .
Aero Research Partners, a consortium which provides facilities for aerodynamic vehicle testing [https://www.totalsimulation.co.uk/computational-fluid-dynamics/catesby-tunnel], has leased the trackbed from Daventry District Council to build an indoor test track for motor vehicles: https://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/your-council/news/tunnel-transformation-project-making-good-progress-05-10-20.
Catesby Tunnel is uniquely suited to this purpose. Apart from being dead straight, it has a constant gradient of 1 in 172 and is bigger than any other British tunnel of its length because it was built to continental loading gauge to accommodate Channel Tunnel trains: https://www.tunneltalk.com/UK-30Jan2020-progress-challenges-Catesby-Tunnel.php.
The project is expected to cost around £13 million and will command worldwide demand as a unique facility for the motor industry. Not only will it respect the resident bat population, but at weekends it will welcome members of the public who wish to cycle its length, following in the tyre-tracks of the TV presenter Rob Bell: https://www.my5.tv/walking-britain-s-lost-railways/season-3/episode-4.
It’s an admirable solution for making use of one of Dr Beeching’s white elephants. There’s another such project in West Yorkshire that’s still the subject of argument. It’s to be hoped that Queensbury Tunnel isn’t squandered like the string of tunnels north of central Nottingham that could have saved a great deal of 21st-century traffic congestion.
There is a well-illustrated account of the Catesby Tunnel in its derelict state at http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/catesby.html, and a knowledgeable survey of the conversion at https://www.railengineer.co.uk/video-catesby-tunnel.


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5 Essential Strategies to Combat Aging
How to keep your mind sharp and your body young
Most of us protest against the idea of aging in the way our parents did and vow to fight the process as long as possible. We are looking for a safe, convenient, medically sound way to live longer, empower ourselves, and remain healthy and fulfilled throughout that long life – what I refer to as “quality longevity.”
To achieve quality longevity, we have more control than we think. Genetics accounts for only one-third of what determines our health as we age. That means that simple everyday lifestyle choices have a major impact on how well and how long we live.
Empowering ourselves for the future requires learning new skills as well as honing the ones we already have.
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Try different approaches to expanding your mental horizons, whether it’s traveling to new destinations, learning a musical instrument, taking up ballroom dancing or going back to school.
Learn and use the three basic memory techniques:
Look – focus attention on what you want to remember
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Stay mentally active through puzzles, games, reading and other stimulating hobbies, but be sure to train and not strain your brain find the level of challenge that keeps you interested without frustrating or exhausting you.
Strategy 2: Cultivate healthy relationships
Socially connected people have longer life expectancies than isolated individuals. Cultivate intimacy with your partner since good sex makes for a longer life. Not only does it bring people closer together, it lowers blood pressure, reduces pain, promotes restful sleep and boosts the immune system so we are better able to fight off infections.
Empathy – our ability to understand another person’s emotional viewpoint and to express that understanding – is the social glue that keeps us together. Although not everyone is an empathy expert, we can improve our skills through simple exercises that teach us to express our empathic responses.
Try this attentive listening exercise:
Ask your mate or friend to talk about a feeling or issue important to him and just listen without interrupting or interpreting. Maintain eye contact and stay focused. After five minutes, talk to each other about how it felt.
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Control clutter in your home and in your life. Sometimes we have people cluttering our lives that we need to cut loose so we have more time for those we really care about.
Get more realistic about how much you take on each day. Try eliminating just a few items from your to-do list.
Watch for multitasking. Slow down and take one thing at a time.
Learn to meditate. Regular meditation not only reduces stress but boosts the immune system and promotes healing of various medical conditions, from arthritis to chronic pain.
Empower yourself with the word no. When we don’t say no enough, we take on too many responsibilities and feel anxious, resentful and trapped. When you say no to a request, you are saying yes to something else that is more important to you.
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Minimize your exposure to sun, smoke, mold, smog and other airborne toxins.
Stay safe on the road – let someone else drive if you can’t handle it.
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Gary Small, MD, is director of the Memory and Aging Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior at UCLA and the author, with Gigi Vorgan, of The Longevity Bible: 8 Essential Strategies for Keeping Your Mind Sharp and Your Body Young.


I remember it well. In fact it is one of my earliest memories.
I was four.
I was playing some game, not sure if I was a cowboy or a spaceman but it involved jumping off the couch and landing on a wicker chair nearby. The wicker chair was too light, overbalanced and I ended up on the floor minus one of my front teeth.
As my mother comforted me and with a towel at my mouth to stem the blood I can clearly recall the images coming through from Dallas on our recently inherited black and white TV. It was of American cops spaced at about 20 yards crouching as a camera swept along the route that John F Kennedy had taken in an open topped car earlier that day.
A journey which was to have been his last.
A friend of mine, sadly no longer with us, wrote the following article on his blog in 2006 about the Kennedy assassination:
This photograph shows Jack Ruby (nee Rubinstein) attending the press conference held in the Dallas Police Station just hours after the Kennedy assassination – a press conference in which Lee Oswald was paraded as the assassin. Ruby was just a face in the crowd at that time. (He is the man with glasses on the rear right of this photograph).
Less than 48 hours after this photograph was taken, Ruby returned to the police station and shot Oswald to death.
The picture is a still taken from a piece of moving film – when the film moves on a few frames then another face in the crowd, just a few feet from Ruby, can be seen to be a very young John Ravenscroft, then an unknown Englishman struggling to make ends meet as a labourer in the cotton industry, later to become John Peel, probably the most famous and certainly the most revered English disc jockey of all time.
Peel tells the story of how he came to be in the Dallas Police Station on 22 November 1963 in his autobiography, ‘Margrave of the Marshes’ published after his death in 2004.
But fascinatingly, he first tells of an occasion in 1961 when he actually met, shook hands and spoke with John F Kennedy, then Senator Kennedy, Presidential candidate. Kennedy noticed that Peel had a camera and invited him to take a picture – this is the picture Peel took (which I’ve lifted straight from the book).
Peel was working in Dallas on 22 November 1963, quite near to where the assassination occurred. When the news came on the radio he went immediately to the scene and was actually present in the Dealey Plaza area while it was being crawled over by dozens of police and FBI agents in the immediate aftermath of the killing. He seemed to be allowed to wander about on the pretence that he was a reporter from the Liverpool Echo, his accent doing the trick.
Later in the evening he went to the Dallas police station, and again using the Liverpool Echo routine, was able to blag his way into the afore-mentioned press conference. When the police brought Oswald into the room, Peel’s impression was that Oswald was genuinely bewildered. “He was either a damn good actor or he was innocent”.
Thus John Peel was one of the very few persons (perhaps the only person) to have been within touching distance at one time or another of all 3 major players (Kennedy, Oswald, Ruby) in the crime of the century.


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I would like to share my own experience of life. After having worked as a very satisfied teacher for 24 years, the opportunity of applying for the post of an Administrator looked very challenging and productive, though I did experience the same even as a teacher. Nonetheless, despite the fears and the deep feeling of anxiety, which is but obvious in any new role, there is pressure to perform right from start, whether that means finding the best solutions, providing the right answers, or impressing the right people. Despite all the challenges that came my way, I trusted my inner abilities to use everything I had gained from my past experiences to navigate through, one step at a time thus completing 5 years in this leadership post which has been extremely satisfying and accomplishing.
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Hays High 29th-year coach Rick Keltner was named the WAC Coach of the Year after the Indians finished 8-0 in conference play. Hays High finished the regular season undefeated, and didn't lose until the semifinals of the Class 5A state tournament in Topeka, and ended up fourth.
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