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Madison Travel Guide, Wisconsin
Title: Madison, the county seat of Dane County
Madison is the capital of Wisconsin, United States in addition to being the county seat of the Dane County. Apart from that, it also houses the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This city structures the center of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Madison MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) that includes the entire Dane County as well as the neighboring Columbia and Iowa counties.
The Money Magazine has acknowledged Madison as one of the excellent places for living in the United States. The city was consistently ranked among the top best places in the subsequent years, with the low employment rate being a main contributor. The central downtown thoroughfare is State Street that interconnects State Capitol Square with the University of Wisconsin and is lined with espresso cafes, restaurants and various kinds of shops. Just the buses, delivery vehicles, bikes, emergency vehicles and pedestrians are permitted on State Street.
Whist on the Capitol Square’s other side is King Street that is now mounting beside the State Street’s lines. King Street incorporates more cafes and the upper end restaurants.
During Saturday mornings in summer, the farmers’ market of Dane County takes place near Capitol Square whilst the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra performs free-concerts on Wednesday evenings.
Madison is also host to Rhythm and Booms, a gigantic firework celebration, which starts with a fly over by numerous F16s from local Wisconsin Air National Guard. In terms of show’s length, size of the annual budget and the sum of shells fired, Rhythm and Booms is the biggest firework presentation in the entire Midwest.
During winters, sport aficionados take pleasure in ice-skating, ice boating, ice fishing, snow kiting and playing ice hockey. In the remaining part of the year, pastime activities include bicycling, hiking and sailing over the local lakes.
The Wisconsin State capitol dome is very much based upon the dome U.S. Capitol and is the sparkler of Madison Skyline, which is noticeable all through the Madison region because of its placement on the ridgeline of cape. Due to its position in the urban center, Capitol Square is incorporated with everyday pedestrian commerce and traffic as well as the spoke streets particularly E.Washignton and State Street.
Madison is greatly served via the Dane County Regional Airport that serves more than a hundred commercial flights per day and approximately 1 million passengers every year. The Madison metro operates the bus routes all through the city in addition to several surrounding towns. The city has three taxicab companies and numerous companies, which offer specialized transit for the individuals with disabilities.
A commuter light trail has also been proposed especially for the corridor passing via isthmus and near the University Campus. In addition, a high-speed rail path from Madison to St.Paul, Minnesota and Chicago to Milwaukee has also been projected. Rail road services are offered as well by WSOR (Wisconsin and Southern Railroad) and CP (Canadian Pacific) railway.
Various venues of the city including Barrymore Theatre, High Noon Saloon, Majestic Theatre, the Madison Opera proffer live music every week, every night.
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Charlie Sutton Footscray 1954 Premiers Old Woolen Signed Jumper Framed RARE - 1342
Charlie Sutton Footscray 1954 Premiers Signed Old School Woolen Jumper Framed - 1 ONLY
This jumper includes the names of all players from the 1954 Premiers Team.
This jumper has been professionally framed with triple acid free matts with a commemorative gold plaque.
This has been personally hand signed by the late Charlie Sutton.
A Certificate of Authenticity accompanies this great jumper.
A must for any Footscray or Bulldogs Fan!!!

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Today, millions of women can implement their rights to vote in all elections in the united states of America, but this (rights) did not come easily to those women who sacrifice their lives to make this happen. In the speech “Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage”, Catt delivered her message for women’s right from a firsthand account of what she had experienced as a woman living in the United States of America in the 19th century. She advocated for the rights of women to vote because she believes in equal rights and justice for all citizens. The speech was very successful because of the use of ethos, pathos, and logos.
In July of 1848, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first women's rights movement in Seneca Falls, New York where women spoke up about how they deserved better education, employment, and to be able to have a political say. “The strongest reason why we ask for woman a voice in the government under which she lives; in the religion she asked to believe; the quality and social life... A place in the trades and professions... Is because of her birthright self-sovereignty,” were the words of Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1892 that inspired many women to join the fight. Another argument these women used was that they would create a maternal commonwealth.
The Constitution shaped America into who we are today. It started with the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was “the nation’s first constitution and was written to create a firm league of friendship between the thirteen states”(Crouse, Slide 5). Eleven years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, the United States Constitution was created(Weatherman). After the United States finally won their independence from Great Britain, they spent their early years governed by the Articles of Confederation.
If we want to get something great it will take a lot of effort. This is exactly what women did to help get their goal on August 18, 1920. Although many thought they would not win their battle, they did. They made it possible for all women to have the ability to vote. What they accomplished, showed that through willpower and courage, anything can be achieved.
Many women in the early 1900’s sought for change. Some rose to power and took leadership over many organizations that pushed for equality. Women’s battle for voting rights was specifically led by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul. These women devoted most of their life to create a foundation which we live upon today. Women’s struggles lasted many decades until they finally achieved some equality under the 19th amendment.
Six well-bred women stood before a judge in the Washington D.C. police court on June 27, 1917. Not thieves, not drunks, not prostitutes, like the usual attendants there. They included a university student, an author of nursing books, a prominent campaign organizer, and 2 former school teachers. All were educated accomplished and unacquainted with criminal activity, but on that day they stood in a court of law with their alleged offense, “Obstructing traffic”. What they had actually done was stand quietly in front of the White House holding banners, urging president Woodrow Wilson to add one sentence to the constitution: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any account of sex”.
Women used many different methods to win the votes for a constitutional amendment concerning women’s suffrage. One method they used used was propaganda. The women wrote many newspaper articles about women’s suffrage. Alice Paul also wrote notes about her experience in prison to later be published. They also tried to get as much publicity as possible.
Women in America are not held in as high regard as men, but it was a worse situation in 1913. Women had been staging protests for the right to vote throughout the nation for 60 years. The Women’s Suffrage Parade of 1913 was the first to be held in the capital. This event was a peaceful protest following the rights of the First Amendment and positively impacting society. The Women’s Suffrage Parade was vital to society both at the time it occurred and today.
World War I changed many aspects of American society and led to a very large shift in U.S. foreign policy away from isolationism and toward involvement in world affairs. Many circumstances led to the shift in American position regarding entrance into the war such as, The Zimmerman note, and German U boats. World War I Impacted American society by changing and improving the roles of women in the U.S and a new found use of propaganda. The Zimmerman note was a letter and or note issued from the German foreign office in January 1917 that offered a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event that the U.S entered the War and fought against Germany .
hroughout the mid-nineteenth century in the United States, the reform movements that swept through the nation led to a great expansion of democratic ideas through increased rights and the betterment of the quality of life. Since the birth of the US through the early nineteenth century, the primary goal of all citizens and governmental leaders was to establish a solidified nation and to secure the laws and rights outlined in the Declaration of Independence and later, the US Constitution. Jumping forward to the 1820s, the young country faced numerous challenges to the prosperity of its citizens, bringing forth a slew of reform movements to do just that. One of the main reform movements to ravage the country was that of civil rights. As slavery
The struggle for these and other rights would take hundreds of years. OthOther women of intelligence and prominence continued the fight and although she did not attend the convention at Seneca Falls, Susan B. Anthony is a woman who is strongly associated with the women’s suffrage movement in the nineteenth century. Anthony grew up in a politically active family and they worked in the abolitionist movement as well as the temperance movement in the late 19th century. It was while working on the temperance movement that she became inspired to work for women’s rights.
The Women’s Suffrage Movement was the seventy two year fight and movement leading up to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment that granted women the right to vote. Before the nineteenth century, women were seen as property of their father or husband, and it was not until the mid-1800’s that women began to gain rights similar to men. Women had sought to obtain additional rights held already by men. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and Alice Paul were among the many women that led and fought for equal rights and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Women in the United States had little to no rights in comparison to men until 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment was signed, giving women their deserved rights that allowed
During the progressive era, there were many organization’s that arose to better the American society. Two Progressive reforms that sought to help women were the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and the Women Suffrage Association. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union or WCTU was founded in November 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio by Frances Willard and Annie Turner Wittenmeyer. This organization's purpose was to educate people about the dangers of alcohol, and eventually prohibit alcohol distribution in America. The Women’s Suffrage Association was founded in New York City in 1869 by Women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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ABB mitigated an OpenSSL vulnerability in its Relion 650 series application after issuing maintenance Release 650 series Ver 18.104.22.168, according to a report on ICS-CERT.
Exploits that target this remotely exploitable vulnerability are publicly available. The ABB Relion 650 series Ver 1.3.0 suffers from the issue.
A missing bounds check in the handling of the TLS heartbeat extension can end up used to reveal up to 64 kB of memory on a connected device. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability may obtain the user credentials and cryptographic keys used to access the device.
ABB is a Swiss-based company that maintains offices around the world. ABB develops products in multiple critical sectors that deploy worldwide.
The affected product, 650 series Ver 1.3.0 family, provides protection, control, measurement, and supervision of power systems specifically supporting bay control, transformer protection, line distance protection, generator protection, busbar protection, and breaker protection. These products support the electrical sector SCADA systems.
The 650 series Ver 1.3.0 devices use the vulnerable version of OpenSSL 1.0.1c. This affects parts of the FTPS protocol and the tool access protocol. Both of these protocols use the OpenSSL component.
CVE-2014-0160 is the case number assigned to this vulnerability, which has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0.
An attacker with a moderate skill would be able to exploit this vulnerability.
The ABB cybersecurity team issued a Cyber Security Advisory and software maintenance Release 650 series Ver. 22.214.171.124, in order to provide adequate protection to ABB 650 series customers. ABB recommends users to apply this maintenance release based on a risk assessment and exposure of the system.
For more information, click on the ABB Cyber Security Advisory on the ABB Cyber Security Alerts & Notifications web page.
Contact your local ABB customer support to obtain patch and installation support.
If user-defined accounts ended up used, the passwords should change. In addition, cryptographic keys should end up regenerated by temporarily changing IP-address or IEC61850 name of the device.
Additional information is available from the ABB service organizations.


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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Wild Card Weenies!!!
Welcome to The Playoffs, Homegaters!
Okay, so your team didn't make the playoffs. They were so abysmal this season that even a lingerie league team would have beaten them. Your coaching staff are dead men walking. You're living for Free Agency and the Draft. I understand. I get it. But get off the ledge and have a hot dog. Hot dogs make the whole world seem brighter - especially my Wild Card Weenies.
We now begin the home stretch to the high holy day of the NFL: The Super Bowl. The first stage of weeding out the pretenders and wannabes from the true champions begins with Wild Card Weekend (2 games this Saturday and 2 games this Sunday). If your team is in contention, congrats, this is a very exciting time. Even if your team isn't in it, it's still a fun time to either root for or against the teams that are in it. Invite the gang over to check out the games.
Hot dogs are a fan favorite at sporting events. They're a standard at every stadium and arena in the country. You can have them plain, or with an infinite number of toppings. I've come up with a combination of toppings that includes my version of a chili sauce along with a spicy celery slaw. For this recipe, I purposely made a mild chili sauce because the celery slaw is spicy. You can certainly spice your chili sauce up and tone down the celery slaw. It's up to you. If you have the time, try to make the toppings a day ahead because it will give both a chance for the flavors to develop.
Wild Card Weenies
1 package of your favorite hot dogs
1 package hot dog buns
1 lb ground beef
1/2 medium onion, minced
2 tbs canola oil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 tbs chili powder
1 bottle of lager
6 oz tomato sauce
salt & pepper to taste
Spicy Celery Slaw:
2 cups celery, thinly sliced
1/8 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp hot pepper flakes
1/4 tsp ground white pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder
3/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup white vinegar
1. Place the hot dogs in a slow cooker on low setting, cover with boiling water. These will stay hot for the rest of the day. If you don't have a slow cooker, boil a pot of hot water, add the hot dogs and reduce the heat to simmer. The dogs will stay hot that way as well.
2. Chili Sauce: in a sauce pan on medium heat, heat the canola oil and add the minced onions. Saute until translucent. Add the beef and enough lager to cover the meat. With your hand (comeon, all good cooks use their hands), break up the meat until it turns into tiny "granules." Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil and then immediately lower the heat to a simmer. Simmer for 30 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasonings according to your own taste.
3. Spicy Celery Slaw: in a pint jar, add all the ingredients. Place lid on jar and shake until thoroughly mixed.
4. Assemble the hot dog on the bun, place chili sauce on top, then top with the celery slaw.
5. Enjoy with your favorite beverage and pals.
This is just one of the many toppings you can place on the hot dogs. I make several kinds of toppings and set them up as a hot dog bar so that my guests can make any combination of toppings they like. I also like the idea of using the slow cooker because it keeps the dogs hot all day. If you have multiple slow cookers or a slow cooker buffet, even better because then you can keep several toppings hot. That way you don't need to keep fussing with anything which makes it easy for you to enjoy the games.
So there you have it! If your team is playing this weekend, good luck! If not, enjoy the games anyway! See you next week when we get ready for the Divisional games!

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From luxury hotels to protection capacities to exotic travel books, honey has become sticky lately. And today, which is National Honey Bee Awareness Day, one notable celebrant is Haagen-Dazs and its partner UC Davis. The ice cream maker has ascended the ivory tower to open the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a research and pollinating facility open to the public, which will help attract bees and therefore support the growth of California’s staple crops, like almonds.
The ice cream giant decided to get involved with bees and honey, because “bee pollination is essential for ingredients in nearly 50 percent of our all-natural superpremium flavors. Our goal is to raise awareness of the honey bee issue.” Bee pollination is essential for strawberries, blueberries, and sunflowers, among other crops. “We rely on honey bees for one-third of our food supply, so when honey bees are in danger, we’re all in danger.”
Looking for ways to get involved or get stung? “Visitors to the garden will be able to glean ideas on how to establish their own bee-friendly gardens and help improve the nutrition of bees in their own backyards.”

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Kharkov 1942: The Wehrmacht Strikes Back
Through their intelligence gathering operations in the Spring of 1942, the Soviet Military Command became aware that Hitler and the Wehrmacht were planning a forthcoming summer offensive. In order to disrupt the Germans, Stalin ordered Soviet forces, under the command of Marshal Timoshenko, to prepare and launch a campaign to disrupt German plans. The area chosen was the Kharkov sector, the intent being to encircle and destroy the German Sixth Army. However, unbeknownst to the Soviets, the Germans were planning their own offensive in the Kharkov area, code named Operation Fridericus. What started as a promising Soviet push ended up with a German rout of Soviet forces, and one of the Red Army’s biggest defeats of the Second World War.
This book provides the reader with detailed coverage of the opposing commanders and their forces, together with a description of each side’s battle plans. We are then treated to a detailed description of the initial Soviet offensive (which ran from 12-20 May 1942) and German countermeasures before being shown the major German counteroffensive (17-23 May) and German rout (24 – 29 May).
The text is liberally sprinkled with well-captioned black and white period photos, together with color topographical maps laying out the position of Soviet and German forces at various periods of the fighting. Most of the latter are very useful, although the one between pages 64 and 65 is ruined by crossing the spine of the book, with much detail lost. Two further annoyances are the artwork which takes up fully 9 of the book’s 96 pages. In my opinion, the artwork, in the form of three double page sketches plus full page descriptions, isn’t particularly inspiring or particularly useful as a descriptive tool. A second annoyance is the author’s changing from one form of description of a German unit to another; one minute, the Germans are organized into “Divisions”, the next “Divisionen”. While Germany’s ally Hungary has a “Light Infantry Division”, the Germans have a “leichte Infanterie-Division”, and the next minute a “leichte Infanterie-Divisionen”. Consistency suffers.
Other than these two issues, I found the book to provide a very good primer to anyone interested in this important Eastern Front campaign.
My sincere thanks to Osprey Publishing for providing this book to IPMS USA to review, and IPMS for allowing me to review it.

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By Kurt Campbell
[www.inewsguyana.com] – Three men were shot on Saturday night (October 12) by police ranks on patrol in Georgetown allegedly while they were attempting to commit a robbery.
Hospital officials confirmed that two of the men are dead and the other is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where they were all taken after the incident. They were all shot multiple times about the body.
Dead are 19-year-old Mark Anthony Joseph and 20-year old Jermaine Canterbury a.k.a known as ‘chow’, while Mario Gouveia is said to be in a critical condition. They are all from lot 17 Hogg Street, Albouystown, Georgetown.
iNews understands that the men were about to commit a robbery when the police ranks on patrol gave chase after them. They were cornered on South Road between Camp and Alexander Streets, Georgetown. iNews could not confirm however whether the men were armed and where the robbery was about to take place. Police ranks at the hospital, believed to be the same ranks in the shooting declined to comment.
However, the brother of Mario Gouveia alleged that the men were unarmed. He told iNews that the men also appeared to have been beaten by the police. “I hear that the men surrender to the police and they still shoot them, they didn’t have no gun, that is what I heard some people who saw the shooting say,” he said. The critical Gouveia is said to be the owner of a grocery shop in Albouystown.

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|445th Test Squadron|
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
|445th Flight Test Squadron emblem (approved 11 June 1976)|
|445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 24 November 1958)|
The 445th Test Squadron is a
World War II
The 445th trained pilots and furnished cadres to night fighter units. Later, it engaged in mock combat missions over the AAFSAT range training pilots in combat maneuvers, flying a wide variety of fighters and bombers. It remained at the AAFSAT until March 1944 when the training mission of the groups was replaced by the 903d Army Air Forces Base Unit on 1 April 1944 with Section C taking over the fighter training, and Section D, the bombardment training.
It moved to
Air Defense Command
The squadron was reactivated under
In August 1955, ADC's Project Arrow replaced the 445th at Geiger with the
It was re-equipped with new
The squadron operated the Voodoos until September 1968, when the aircraft were passed along to the Air National Guard and the squadron was inactivated as part of the general drawdown of the ADC active-duty interceptor force.
The 6512th Test Squadron was activated at Edwards Air Force Base, California in 1969 by Air Force Systems Command. it managed all aircraft types not assigned to the various centers/Flight Test Squadrons. From 1989, it primarily operated test support, TPS[jargon] support, and test program aircraft were not associated with CTFs[jargon].
Aircraft types flown by the 6512th/445th included: A/YA-7D, YA-7F, A-7K, NA/OA-37B, NF-4C/D/E, YF-4E, NRF-4C, F-15A/B/C/D/E, F-111A, F-111D, FB-111A (later, F-111G), UH-1N, O-2A, T-37B, T-38A, AT-38B, T-38C, and UV-18. It redesignated as the 445th Flight Test Squadron in October 1992 as part of transfer from Systems Command to Air Force Materiel Command.
It retired the F-111s in 1990, and the A-7s and F-4s in 1992. The last A-37s were retired after a mishap in 1994. It transferred the UH-1Ns to other bases c. 1994–95. It absorbed F-15s from the inactivated
Since 2014, efforts had been underway to consolidate the 445th Flight Test Squadron into three other combined test forces, and on 1 May 2015, base leadership and 445th FLTS personnel were on hand to finally bid farewell to the historic squadron known as "Test Operations" during an inactivation ceremony at Club Muroc. As of May 2015, the 445th FTS was merged into the
The squadron was redesignated the 445th Test Squadron once again and activated at Edwards on 29 June 2022.
445th Fighter Squadron
- Constituted as the 445th Fighter Squadron (Special) on 19 February 1943
- Activated on 24 February 1943
- Redesignated 445th Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) (Special) on 15 March 1943
- Redesignated 445th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 11 March 1944
- Redesignated 445th Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled on 18 January 1946
- Inactivated on 3 July 1946
- Redesignated 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 February 1953
- Activated on 20 March 1953
- Inactivated on 30 September 1968
- Consolidated with the 6512th Test Squadron on 1 October 1992
6512th Test Squadron
- Designated as the 6512th Test Squadron and activated on 1 October 1969
- Consolidated with the 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 October 1992
- Redesignated 445th Test Squadron on 2 October 1992
- Redesignated 445th Flight Test Squadron on 1 March 1994
- Inactivated on 30 November 2001
- Activated on 11 March 2004
- Inactivated on 1 May 2015
- Redesignated 445th Test Squadron on 6 June 2022
- Activated on 29 June 2022
- 50th Fighter Group, 24 February 1943
- Tactical Air Division, Army Air Forces Tactical Center, 10 February 1944
- 412th Fighter Group, 11 March 1944 – 3 July 1946
- 530th Air Defense Group, 20 March 1953
- 412th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955
- Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960
- Detroit Air Defense Sector, 15 July 1963
- 34th Air Division, 1 April 1966 – 30 September 1968
- 6512th Test Group (later 6510 Test Wing), 1 October 1969
- Air Force Flight Test Center, 1 January 1973
- 6510th Test Wing (later 412th Test Wing), 1 March 1978
- 412th Operations Group, 1 October 1993 – 30 November 2001
- 412th Operations Group, 11 March 2004 – 1 May 2015
- 412th Operations Group, 29 June 2022 – present
- Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, 24 February 1943
- Muroc Army Air Field, California, 11 March 1944
- Palmdale Army Air Field, California, 1 June 1944
- Bakersfield Airport, California, 11 October 1944
- Santa Maria Army Air Field, California, 10 July 1945
- March Field, California, 3 December 1945 – 3 July 1946
- Geiger Field, Washington, 20 March 1953
- Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, 18 Aug 1955 – 30 Sep 1968
- Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1 Oct 1969 – 30 Nov 2001
- Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1 March 2004 – 1 May 2015
- Edwards Air Force Base, California, 29 June 2022 – present
Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics
- Curtiss A-25 Shrike(1944–1945)
- North American A-36 Apache(1943–1944)
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (1943–1944)
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning (1943–1944)
- Bell P-39 Airacobra (1943–1944)
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1943–1944)
- Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1943–1944)
- North American P-51 Mustang (1943–1944)
- Bell P-63 Kingcobra (1943–1944)
- Douglas A-24 Banshee(1943–1944)
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant (1943–1944)
- Cessna C-78 Bobcat(1943–1944)
- Aeronca L-3 Grasshopper(1943–1944)
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper(1943–1944)
- Bristol Beaufighter (1943–1944)
- Kellett XR-3 (1943–1944)
- Sikorsky R-4 (1943–1944)
World War II Flight Testing
- Bell YP-59A Airacomet (1944–1945)
- Bell P-59B Airacomet (1945)
- Mitsubishi A6M Zero (1944–1945)
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (1945–1946)
- North American F-86D Sabre (1953–1955)
- Northrop F-89D Scorpion (1955–1956)
- Northrop F-89H Scorpion (1956–1960)
- McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (1960–1968)
USAF Flight Test Center
- LTV YA-7D, A-7D, VA-7F, A-7K Corsair II(1969–1992)
- Cessna NA-37B, OA-37B Dragonfly (1969–1994)
- McDonnell NF-4C, NF-4D, NF-4E, YF-4E, NRF-4C Phantom II(1969–1992)
- General Dynamics F-111A, F-111D, F-111G, FB-111A Aardvark (1969–1990)
- Bell UH-1N Huey(1969–1994)
- Cessna O-2A Skymaster, 1969–1994
- Cessna T-37B Tweet, 1969–1994
- Northrop T-38A, AT-38B, T-38C Talon, 1969–1994; 2004–2015
- de Havilland Canada UV-18 Twin Otter, 1969–1994
- McDonnal Douglas F-15A, F-15B, F-15C, F-15D Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle (1972–1989; 1994–2001)
- General Dynamics F-16C, F-16D Fighting Falcon (2004–2015)
- Beechcraft C-12 Huron (2004–2015)
- Explanatory notes
- Aircraft are General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon, serial 85-1547 and General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon, serial 90-797, taken 17 October 2009.
- Aircraft is Northrop F-89H Scorpion, serial 54-402 at Wurtsmith AFB, MI.
- Aircraft is McDonnell F-101F Voodoo, serial 57-307 Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan, September 1968.
- Aircraft is McDonnell F-15A Eagle, serial 71-280, the first F-15 manufactured, preparing to make its first flight on 27 July 1972.
- Lehue, Melissa (1 September 2022). "Factsheet 445 Test Squadron". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p.551
- Development of Tactical Doctrines at AAFSAT and AAFTAC[page needed]
- Development of Tactical Doctrines at AAFSAT and AAFTAC[page needed]
- Huetter & Glazer[page needed]
- Cornett & Johnson[page needed]
- ADCOM's Interceptor Squadrons
- McMullen, pp. 10–12
- NORAD/CONAD Participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis, p. 16
- Rogers,[page needed]
- Fabara, Jet (7 May 2015). "Test Ops bids farewell, consolidates into three other units". 412th Test Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- Lineage information through July 2004 in Haulman, Fact Sheet.
- Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- Huetter, Ted; Gelzer, Christian (2010). Edwards Air Force Base. Images of Aviation. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-73858-077-7. (link to Amazon site)
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) . Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. LCCN 61060979.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) . Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (eprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- McMullen, Richard F. (1964) "The Fighter Interceptor Force 1962–1964" ADC Historical Study No. 27, Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, CO (Confidential, declassified 22 March 2000)
- Rogers, Brian. (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publications. ISBN 1-85780-197-0.
- "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor. Aerospace Defense Command. 21 (1): 5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59. January 1979.
- "The Development of Tactical Doctrines at AAFSAT and AAFTAC, Army Air Forces Historical Study No. 13" (PDF). July 1944. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- NORAD/CONAD Participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Historical Reference Paper No. 8, Directorate of Command History Continental Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, 1 Feb 63 (Top Secret NOFORN declassified 9 March 1996)

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Beach Day Pattern with Buttons by Patch Abilities Inc.
Wall hanging measures approx. 6"x22"
Comes with 3 buttons for embellishment
A perfect machine applique project that is truly beginner friendly, so anyone can create fantastic home decor with this quilt pattern.
Pattern includes beginner tips and complete binding directions. Skill level is Easy with just a smidge of embroidery details to add.
Patch Abilities, Inc.

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I hope that 2013 is treating you kindly and that the new year is bringing many new opportunities and wonderful things your way.
We had a super number of entries again for Sketch #13 and it really was quite a task to decide which were the top 3 layouts.
So the top 3 entries were these wonderful projects.
We loved everything about this layout, from the super colouring, to the layering and those gorgeous photo's!
Congratulations Val on this stunning layout!
This is such a precious photo and the colouring so beautiful! We really loved this layout and the styling!
Well done Natalia on a fabulous page!
Beautiful layout Sandra and we so loved your journalling and sentiment!
Thanks so much to everyone who played along, we really enjoyed visiting all your blogs and seeing all the wonderful eye-candy!
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Hey Reddit. I've been talking with the Health Center's head doctor for a few months now about fixing problems students have had. We’re improving their hours and scheduling, and focusing on how they deal with academic excuses.
Right now, professors can choose to deny students a health excuse. Also, it's impossible for a student who's too sick to get to the health center to get an excuse. This has caused some nasty situations. I have a number of friends who have had their GPA suffer, and one who even collapsed outside Academy Hall trying to force herself to get there for an excuse.
This is totally unacceptable, and it turns out the Health Center feels the same way. Their head doctor is coming in to talk to the Senate this Monday, after which we’ll continue working together throughout the semester and beyond if necessary.
Does anyone have any feedback they'd like to give the Health Center?
tl;dr: I'm working with the RPI Health Center to fix a bunch of issues they've been having; give me any feedback you've got for the health center and I'll voice it monday.

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On the 31st of October this year, Apple has launched a new series of products for the Q4 2018 and it includes the highly anticipated iPad Pro, new Macbook Air and all new Mac Mini. Good news is the new Apple Mac mini and Macbook Air will be launched in local market with price starts from RM3449!
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It is also possible to customize your Mac to the fullest extend. Pouring in high end hardware such as 16GB LPDDR3 & 1.5TB SSD, the Apple Macbook Air could reach price up to RM11229.
Learn more at Apple Malaysia official site.


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Mazda Tune Up Guide: What Does a Mazda Tune Up Cost?
A well-tuned engine will provide a smoother driving experience, better fuel economy, and more fun behind the wheel, due to quicker engine responses. The good news is that a basic tune-up doesn't need to break the bank, and a basic Mazda tune-up cost can be less than $100 to complete if you purchase the parts from AutoZone and do the work yourself. If you take your vehicle to a mechanic to do the same work, you can expect to add at least $100 for the labor.
More elaborate tune-ups can cost several hundred dollars, or even up to $1,000, depending on the vehicle and the parts required to complete the tune-up. Read on for some common tune-up tasks, and when you're ready to complete this important maintenance item on your car, let AutoZone help you find all the finest parts that you’ll need.
Common Mazda Tune Up
Engine Air Filter
Your engine uses air to combine with the fuel and create combustion, but if the air filter has accumulated dust, dirt, and debris, it will restrict the flow of air and you will suffer from poor fuel economy and reduced power. The good news is that air filters can be very inexpensive, starting at about $20 for a basic model, and going up to $65 or more, for performance-oriented models. They can also be changed in your driveway with just a few simple tools. You should check your air filter every year for contamination and replace it if you notice any dirt or dust.
On older vehicles, the spark plugs needed to be changed a lot more often than on modern vehicles with platinum or iridium plugs. Your Mazda will use iridium spark plugs, which have a much longer service interval. They will typically need to be replaced after 100,000 miles. Changing your spark plugs sooner than the recommended interval is not a bad idea, especially since a full set of spark plugs for a Mazda can cost less than $50 for OE replacements.
Cabin Air Filter
The cabin air filter cleans the air coming in through your heating and ventilation system, so that you have clean, breathable air to breathe in the car. A cabin air filter for a Mazda can be had for as low as $20, with a price range that extends to less than $50. If you live in a dusty environment, you should consider replacing the cabin air filter on a yearly basis, to protect your lungs and the lungs of the people you drive with.
The ignition coils on your Mazda take a charge from the ignition system and transfer it to the spark plugs. ignition coils do wear out on vehicles, but a set of ignition coils can last the service life of the vehicle. That’s a good thing, because ignition coils are much more expensive than the other parts listed here so far. A set of ignition coils for a Mazda will cost about $385, but the good news is that if you are capable of changing your own spark plugs, adding an ignition coil change to the job won’t add a lot of time or effort.
Your Mazda’s O2 sensor measures the composition of your exhaust gases and sends that feedback to the engine monitoring computer so that it can adjust air and fuel mixture to get the best fuel economy with the most power. If the O2 sensor is worn out, it can lead to poor fuel economy and reduced power, and it can even cause damage to your catalytic converter. There is a large price range for Mazda O2 sensors, Starting at about $87, and rising to a high of about $312. You will usually see an illuminated check engine light on your dash if there is a problem with your O2 sensor, so most folks will wait for that prompt to initiate a replacement.
Other Common Mazda Maintenance Items
Other maintenance items that you should stay on top of with your Mazda include an oil and filter change every 5,000 miles, or once a year if you don’t drive your vehicle that much, a new serpentine belt every 60,000 miles, and a new battery every four to five years. A coolant flush every 30,000 miles will protect your vehicle’s engine cooling system, and check your owner’s manual for the appropriate transmission flush interval.
For all your car maintenance needs, you can count on AutoZone to have the auto parts and expertise, to keep your Mazda on the road for a long time.
And also, if you determine that the job is too hard, seek out one of our Preferred Shops in your area to help you get the job done right.
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Spark plugs and air filters can be very inexpensive, but if you have to replace your ignition coils or an O2 sensor you can expect the price to increase significantly. Expect to pay between $200 and $500, or even up to $1,000, for all the parts involved in a tune-up.
The tune-up cost for a Mazda CX5 will be between $100 and $600 if you’re just counting the parts. Factoring in the labor will add $100 to $300 to the bill, depending on what type of shop you use.
You will typically experience a rough idle or reduced power when driving. You may also notice reduced fuel economy or strange knocking noises coming from the engine.
A new set of iridium spark plugs will cost between $36 and $75 for the vehicle, depending on the part grade and brand.


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The expected launch of the next-gen iPhone this fall will likely propel Apple to smartphone dominance in 2013, according to a new analyst report.
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Princess of Yucatan: Trailed by Tzan
At last she woke again - a stiffened, bruised little figure, the dusty, torn rags of the feathered robe clinging about her. Thirst drove her to crawl forward on hands and knees along a rough, winding way, almost blocked in places by out-thrusts of rock.
Nakah moved with slow painfulness around a curve, blinked wretchedly at a point of light that hurt her eyes. A stupor of weakness and hunger held her. That light -- it fretted her. Then the full meaning burst into her brain -- light -- that meant an opening, air, freedom. She staggered to her feet and began to run -- and from a mere point, the lighted space grew steadily larger, till it became a square-shaped glow that beckoned her on still faster.
But fear began to stir in her again. What lay ahead? Did others know of this tunnel? Did a dread guard from the temple lie in wait for her out there, ready to drag her back to a death more horrible than starvation? She moved forward slowly, warily now. It was the clutch of thirst at her throat that drove her on. Water -- she must have water!
Then at last she was at the end of the tunnel. Instead of a doorway, it ended in a small square window, no wider than her shoulders and guarded with bars set a hand's space apart.
Here was mockery indeed! She had feared to find mankind beyond the cavern opening. And now without human agency to help batter down the barrier before her, she must remain a helpless prisoner of the prophet's tomb.
As she peered out through the narrow space that was curtained in vines, Nakah saw only masses of greenery, heard only jungle sounds: bird calls, snap of twig, soughing of the wind, purl and patter of water. Water -- water was out there. She must have it. And Nakah began to beat with bare hands at the window bars.
And then, instead of stone or metal, she found that her fists were beating against wood, wood that vibrated to her blows. In the dim light of the cave, she dropped to her knees to examine her find. Yes, here before her were set merely bars of wood fitted neatly into slots cut in the stone facing of the opening. In a fever, she dragged out enough of these to leave space for her small body to squeeze through, gave a wriggle and a push -- and was free. Out of the overhanging shelter of the tunnel mouth she rushed, and stood blinking in the blaze of tropic sunshine. About her lay jungle, nothing but jungle. A spotted wood cat slunk snarling into the shadows. Monkeys fled chattering to the treetops. A great tawny bush serpent slept its gorged sleep on a sun-warmed log.
Nakah saw scarce anything of this teeming wild life. She had eyes only for water -- water dimpling along its forest way to leap into a cool shadowy little pool. Here Nakah knelt to drink, to dip up handfuls to throw over face, arms, body, to drink again.
Freedom -- it was hers at last.
She loitered in the beauty of shrub and flower that edged the pool. She eased her hunger with wild fruits, she dabbled in the water, she slept long and peacefully in a bed of grass, unconscious of fierce jungle eyes that peered through the brush, of jungle nostrils twitched sharply by the human scent of her.
For hours the girl slumbered thus. Exhaustion was upon her. She had suffered, endured till her strength could bear no more. The sun, high above the treetops, told that it had come to midday. Still Nakah lay inert. Then the swift gliding of a great snake through the leaves close to her passive body brought the girl to herself, suddenly awake, afraid, her nerves a-tingle to this new dangerous life she had fled into. Tremblingly, she leaped to her feet, and as the startled bush serpent glided in one direction, she raced in the other.
Breathlessly she brought up short in her flight, stood stockstill. She must plan, make some arrangement of life. She could not go on forever dashing vaguely through the forest. She must have some refuge, some stronghold of protection. The tunnel mouth with its barred opening! That would serve her -- for a time, anyway.
Quickly, Nakah retraced her steps, her wood lore guiding her back along the passage of her flight by the noting of a broken twig here, a blossom crushed underfoot there. As she moved along her mind leaped ahead in its planning. Behind that barred opening, she would make herself most comfortable, spread a bed of boughs, set here one of the plaited water jars she could weave, store roots and herbs for food.
But alas for plans! When she came again to the tunnel opening, her eyes fell upon some objects which in her mad rush for water that morning she had passed by unseeingly. They were simple enough things, to be sure -- merely an empty calabash, a small deerhide sack, and a coarse black mantle hanging from pegs thrust into the entrance wall. But as Nakah viewed these, she shrunk back in horror. Some other human had access to this refuge. Closer examination of these objects blanched her face still more. The black mantle bore, woven into its border, the serpent sign of the Aztec priesthood. On the deer-hide sack was painted the same crest.
In a sort of hopeless paralysis, Nakah stood still and stared. So, the cruel pabas of Kulkulcan knew everything, knew of this secret way that led out beneath the city walls and into the jungle fastness. Mechanically, the girl reached forth a hand and touched the robe. Yes, it was real, the coarseness of its weave grated between her fingers. She thrust a hand into the sack and brought out a little loaf of maize bread that crumbled freshly to her touch.
These things had come but recently! Their owner must be close around here now -- waiting to drag her back to the temple prison. All the old horror of the sacrificial death she had thought to escape spread like a cold madness through Nakah's veins. She turned about and fled insanely into the trackless wilderness, crashing into trees, tearing her way through thorn brush, falling into bogs and dragging out, to push on. Darkness and exhaustion at last stopped her flight.
Nakah spent a fearful night wedged tight into a high crotch of a vine-hung zapote tree. A liano creeper twisted about her body kept her from falling when she happened to doze. She slept but little, though, for the shreds of her once stately robe served but poorly as protection against the hordes of jungle insects.
The next day she wandered on deeper into the wildnerness. Before the coming of another darkness, however, she had made some crude arrangements for bettering her bodily condition. Across two spreading branches of a towering manchineel tree, she fastened a roughly constructed mat of intertwined lianos. Above this, she drew a mass of creepers together and thatched the conical sides, thus formed, with leaves and twigs, into a sort of roof. Nakah's childhood on a slave farm edged by jungle had taught her many jungle secrets. It stood her in good stead now to know that a coverlet of yetl* leaves warded off mosquitoes, that a section of giant bamboo made an ample water jar, and that certain herbs and berries and roots were good to eat.
As day after day passed by, and no further sign of priestly pursuit penetrated these wilderness fastnesses, an interlude of peace descended upon Nakah. She began to add little primitive comforts to her mode of existence. To cover her nakedness, she gathered the fibrous inner bark of trees, wetted it, pounded it between stones into strips of clothlike texture. These strips she laced together into a garment. She plaited reeds into bowls and baskets and stored nuts and roots in these for future use. She made herself a hatchet by binding a sharp stone tightly into the cleft end of a stick. A flint-pointed spear was added to her protective equipment also. In a way, her life now was more easy and pleasant than had been much of her previous existence.
Yet, loneliness, longing for her own people, her grandsire, haunted her. It was cruel to be shut off from all humanity. Sometimes Nakah mounted by swaying perilous vines to the top of a giant, orchid-hung zapote tree. From this forest monster, that towered above its fellows, she could glimpse far columns of smoke rising from a distant eminence. That would be Chichen Itza of the thousand altars. Thenfrom the lowlands rose other, thinner smoke columns. These would be the slave folks' fires. And a sob would tighten Nakah's throat as she wondered if she would ever see the bond-people -- that were her people -- again. If the priests were patrolling the jungle edge, they would be guarding slave camp and quarry camp too. So the fugitive from the temple dared not expose herself to capture by coming in touch with that remnant of old Itza that toiled beside the walls of Chichen.
Nakah desperately longed to know what had befallen her grandsire. On that day of her capture he had marched forth so confidently to set in motion the plan for delivering his tribesmen. Had his scheme been merely the hallucination of a blind, toil-worn man? Or was Copan to lead his people to freedom? Had he gone on that far journey without her?
Haunted by thought like these, Nakah would fall into wild scheming of all sorts to get in touch with Itza. But it was futile planning. She knew she dared not come up out of her wilderness seclusion. Her only hope of news lay in a chance meeting with some stray woodcutter or spice-wood gatherer from the Mayan camp -- and such a meeting might never occur.
Then, one dusk, as the lonely little fugitive sat in the doorway of her high jungle hut, she gazed downward, only to shrink back with fear of what she saw. Far below, and at a little distance, Aztec huntsmen, with an ugly ocelot in leash, were tramping on between the great boles of forest zapote and lignum, straight toward her retreat. Her heart shriveled within her. Were they searching for her? What chance stood she with that great, flat-headed Aztec tiger on her trail?
Stay tuned for the second part of this chapter coming soon! If you want to catch up, start reading the book from the beginning here.
*Yetl tree... that's what the book says, but I cannot find any reference to a 'yetl' tree on the Internet. Anyone have any ideas what this might be?


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The influence of Games Online for kids
Online games can give a negative influence on child development, the influence of the highly visible is the child will forget the time and spend countless hours to play games online, the child will be addicted to play games online so that the child will have a desire to play continuously, as a result of the child will experience eye disorders such as the minus due to always look to the screen of the computer and other gadgets. Other negative influences is an online game can undermine the moral and social behavior of the child, because the child will have a selfish attitude, being stubborn, lightly, and children will be shut away from the outside world so that rarely interact with other people.
Children also become lazy doing physical activities like sports, to result in weght gain in children. In addition online games also make doing crime for example steal to just play online games that require a fee to pay for the internet connections

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Task Force Offers ‘No Net Loss’ Strategy for Maryland Forests
Modifying Forest Conservation Act Included in Plan
Annapolis MD (February 17, 2009) – In its final report issued this week, Maryland’s No Net Loss of Forest Task Force offered a comprehensive strategy to achieve and maintain no net loss of forests in Maryland. Comprised of foresters, conservationists, landowners, local political leaders and planners, business owners, Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) staff and scientists, the task force was established by DNR Secretary John Griffin in August 2008, under the direction of Governor Martin O’Malley.
“We are grateful to the task force members for their dedication and commitment and for supplying us with a solid strategy to achieve our goal of no net loss of forests in Maryland,” said Governor O’Malley. “I look forward to working with the legislature and our stakeholders to see these recommendations translated into actions that will protect Maryland Forests.”
The Task Force’s final recommendations include:
- Improving the tracking and definitions for forest cover and urban tree canopy.
- Supporting a statewide Sustainable Forestry Act designed to support the use of forests in a way that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity and vitality.
- Modifying the Forest Conservation Act to close loopholes, expand eligible projects, and improve effectiveness of mitigation, including expanding those areas eligible for permanent protection.
- Modifying the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Law to require some amount of mitigation on nonagricultural sites that are currently not forested.
- Improving support and guidance for local governments to protect forests and expanding local initiatives to support tree planting, urban tree canopy and other programs to encourage foresting.
- Supporting new tree planting programs such as Marylanders Grow Trees and landowner assistance for tree planting.
- Improving landowner incentives for retaining forests through cost-share, easement programs, tax incentives, improved forest product markets, technical assistance, and development of new ecosystem markets.
Senator Paul Pinsky of Prince George’s County was one of the sponsors of SB 431 in the 2008 session of the Maryland General Assembly, which requested that Governor O’Malley establish the Task Force.
"Effectively protecting our trees and forests -- and adopting the recommendations of the task force -- will help reduce degradation of the Chesapeake Bay and carbon dioxide emissions,” said Senator Pinsky. “I'm hopeful the task force's efforts will move us down the path of achieving a true 'no net lost of trees' policy."
The full No Net Loss of Forest Task Force report is available here.
Under the Governor’s Smart, Green & Growing Initiative, the State has set a goal of planting one million new trees in Maryland by 2011, and has set up a new program, Marylanders Plant Trees, to encourage citizens and businesses to plant 50,000 trees by 2010.
February 17, 2009
Contact: Ray Weaver
410-260-8002 office I 410-507-7526 cell
Introduced by Governor Martin O’Malley in October 2008, Maryland’s Smart, Green & Growing initiative was created to strengthen the state’s leadership role in fostering smarter, more sustainable growth and inspire action among all Marylanders to achieve a more sustainable future. The Initiative brings together state agencies, local governments, businesses and citizens to create more livable communities, improve transportation options, reduce the state’s carbon footprint, support resource based industry, invest in green technologies, preserve valuable resource lands and restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay.


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Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has raised an alarming situation around the World with 137 Million active cases and 2.95 million deaths till date. The effects of devastating pandemic have rehabilitated our everyday lifestyle leading to rising mental health issues.
Although US struggled substantial challenging times to survive during first wave of pandemic, there is a strong indication of second wave with subsequent rise in mental health issues and other disorders. This forthcoming mental health surge is proved to be challenging not only on individual level but also, families and societies will be affected with increased mortality rates due to suicide and drug overindulges. The mental health upsurge will excessively distress adults, lower-class and health care workers.
As per survey, by June 2020, 40.9% of US adult population face depression, post-traumatic stress and anxiety. However, the rise in depression, post-traumatic stress and anxiety during the post-pandemic time is 3-4 times higher than it was reported earlier. The mental health organization is momentously stressing over health concerns and are striving to implement several strategies to diminish the impact in individuals with advanced levels of risk. Screening, mental health risk evaluation and treatment is so far found to be effective.
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: IMPACT OF QUARANTINE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING
As a consequence of the current COVID-19 pandemic, quarantine and social distancing demonstrates drastic psychiatric effects which is not only restricted on the anxiety of contracting the virus. This mainly is due to not being able to meet closed ones, loss of freedom, feeling of vulnerability and lack of purpose due to change in lifestyle. Furthermore, as per reports, women are more prone to be influenced by depression and anxiety.
Considering the reports, children and young people were affected with long lasting mental health issues due to the household economic loss. During quarantine, numerous behavioral variations have been observed by parents in children including dullness, grumpiness, anxiety, fears, nervousness and lack of concentration.
Multiple specialists have deduced that since last six months, 236,379 indiviuals in U.S. experienced mental distress and neurological disorders after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: IMPACT ON STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The unprecedented times of pandemic has caused ambiguity among global organizations including educational institutes. Despite of online platforms, students at large have been reluctant to study more effectively. In addition, this affected academic performances with lack of physical learning activities. Perhaps, it is still bothering educational bodies to grab seemingly impossible opportunities to settle down health risks without compromising quality of education. To tackle the emerging threats, a strict lockdown imposed which ceased all academic and curricular activities leading to nervous breakdown of students globally.
Amidst the pertaining doubts, a university in U.S. evaluated responses from students to measure the extent of mental health issues due to lockdown.
The following data comprises of 195 participants who had been recently enrolled into undergraduate programs in university:
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ADOLESCENTS WITHOUT PRE-EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
In the light of COVID-19 pandemic, individuals with existing mental health problems are more susceptible to undergo physiological sufferings. Correspondingly, it also influenced individuals with no pre-existing mental illness especially due to self-isolation and social distancing. The noteworthy symptoms turned out to be physical or mental stress as regular routines were disturbed simultaneously.
Despite of the adverse effects to almost every industrial sector, the invention of modern technology including virtual reality, remote medical counselling and useful gadgets played a vital role in the reducing the probability of mental health issues. However, this only proved helpful for adolescents as per the research. One of the major positive outcomes that evolved during the times of pandemic was the readily accessibility to help the treatment of mental health disorders through virtual assistance from global medical experts.
On contrary to benefits of virtual technology, research shows that several adults with psychological distresses and traumas are not prone towards virtual treatments and therefore they rather prefer face-to-face interactions with their respective therapist. Besides, the therapy not only does require live conversations, but also demand healthy group of experimental activities which would not be possible through online consultations.


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A Delonte West fake account is causing big buzz on Instagram and Twitter, at the @dluckyleftywest account. That’s because the account has folks believing that West wrote a tweet on January 1, 2016, at 10:05 p.m., which directly called out LeBron James. Show More Summary
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The basketball court was the place Delonte West escaped to when faced with ridicule from his peers growing up. In a huge feature on Slate, David Haglund writes: As a kid, moving […] The post Delonte West Wants Back in the NBA appeared first on SLAMonline.
Over at Slate, David Haglund catches up with Delonte West, temporarily (he hopes) exiled to China for the sin of being branded mentally ill. It contains lengthy, honest (he doesn't know any other way to be) chats with West, in which the 30-year-old wonders aloud if maybe the problem's not in his head, but with the NBA. Read more...
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Badly misunderstood in certain instances, having made heinous mistakes in others, Delonte West has run the gamut of experiences in his NBA career. He’s 30 now, married and a new father, and he’s looking to return to the NBA, hoping teams can overlook his past troubles and provide him with a sliver of an opportunity. West, [...]
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The Jaguars unveiled their new uniforms on Tuesday, and there's an emphasis on Jacksonville's military history.
The head to toe black uniform features teal and gold accents. It also includes the team's military inspired patch over the heart.
The new helmet features a unique fade from gold to matte black finish on the front and includes the new logo.
Nike's Vice-President Todd Van Horne says the uniform is a high-tech design that provides ventilation, reduces weight and increases mobility.


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Originally I wrote this as a three part article for Zaghareet Magazine, and all three have been published there…so, if you haven’t yet subscribed to that mag, I’ve been a long time fan and a once-in-awhile contributor! Now you can get your Manifesto on, and I can’t wait to see what you come up with…
Part One –the Beginning of your Manifesto…
To be a champion of your own authenticity!
People always ask me what inspires me and how I get so much done. I admit I can be a bit overzealous at times, sometimes a workaholic, (learning how to hang out better is on my to-do list!) and that is how I’ve always been. Important–I love my work. I love life, I love dancing and teaching and creating and exploring and connecting with remarkable folks. One thing that truly keeps me present and able to do all I do is the fact that I haven’t had television for over seven years! That keeps my mind free and clear. But I do love a good movie for sure.
I am constantly working out, dreaming, making, traveling. I do the things that stay true to myself and what feels right in my soul, and my gut—that would be called intuition.
A coaching client once said to me that she was trying to figure out what to do next with her life, as in trying to figure out what to do for a different job. She wanted to find a niche and fill it, thinking that would be a great way to make some bucks. That might work for some people, but really, I’ve seen that fail more often than not. I think it should be the reverse.
I believe if you want to live an artful, sustainable, remarkably happy lifestyle, which helps not only to feed you, but everything and everyone you touch, you must follow your life’s path. Find your passion, follow your heart, become an expert at what you love. To follow what your heart says when you are really trying to pursue something, whether it be for money, love, art, whatever, it must be heartfelt and true for you. To be successful. And to be fun. Then you find your own niche. Know what I mean?
How can you squeeze yourself into a mold if it does not fit? Do you really want to go to a job everyday if you don’t have a passion for it, if you can’t be proud of what you do? Do you want to do a dance that doesn’t truly move you?
When I said that to my client, it was as if the whole world shifted, I could feel her eyes squinting small for a minute while she pondered what I said, and then a light went on for her. The wheels started turning as we brainstormed some of her ideas and passions. With a couple of different questioning and writing exercises, it didn’t take her long to pull up her real dreams, things that had been buried, and visions of ideas that she didn’t think were worthy. But they are always worthy because they are hers—her pictures of what she loves to do, to make, to spend time with. She will take more time with those ideas and see how they unfold for her, all being a fun process, but it can also be difficult.
Why difficult? To reach down inside oneself, to truly see oneself, can be hard, painful. I know many folks who won’t take the time to listen to themselves, who are afraid to meditate, or write, or even just be still for a short time, because they don’t want to feel certain emotions, or bring up memories that they have tucked far away inside. Don’t you think that if you can bring all that up to you front and center, you can then act on them, release them, or acknowledge those desires, and then just imagine all the goodness and creativity that you can fill yourself up with? And make your life work better for you. Woo hoo… now we are talking!
As a Dance Coach, this is what I love to do with my clients to help them find their dreams and the truths. There are several ways and methods to get down into your soul, and this is my life work—just one way is using my incredible style of dance-Tribal Bellydance- as a catalyst because I am a dancer, and work predominantly with dancers. You know how good you feel after a dance class, or a workout, or a full out night of dancing at a club. Or when you see a great dance performance, or when you give a good performance. Our dance has become so many things. For me, as an entrepreneur the dance, and all the facets I have developed using the dance, has become my job, if you can call it a job! And my job is to guide you to be the best dancer and person you can be, on our tribal life’s journey. Because I believe all the concepts in Tribal Bellydance are parallel in everyday life, so it becomes a lifestyle, not just a dance. Being a dancer and all that Tribal brings to my way of life, awhile back I wrote my first life’s Tribal Manifesto (click there to download!)
along with my Tribal Revelations article, and that was liberating and so much fun! Of course, it is constantly evolving, as the dance does, because it is a living breathing artform, not a static mode of movement. The dance is my moving meditation; it is my tool for health and well-being. It is my tension release method. My inspiration. And that makes you my inspiration. I could say, you all totally blow me away when I see how this dance as grown on you, changed you, made you the dancer that you are today. And so much more.
I have been doing this dance for almost twenty-five years, and over the past fifteen plus years I have developed my Gypsy Caravan Tribal Bellydance (TM) Collective Soul Certification program to help guide you to find your true path, your authentic self, using the dance on many levels. It has been a great, and successful method, in teaching the dance in an intensive mode. We learn the history and the techniques of my Tribal Style, which has spread around the globe-Taking Tribal Global is what I call that! We develop not only dance skills but life-skills too, and we dig in deep- spiritually, emotionally, physically- we use writing, meditation, and movement, and discussion. We form bonds with others, because there is nothing like having a support system, an accountability group!
Coaching and passing on the dance, training others who have that desire and passion is my life. I have been able to call on my dreams and make them reality, through and with the dance, to meet amazing artists, and live my authentic self. It is great work and it continuously inspires me, and feeds my soul, because that is my life’s passion. Fulfillment on the most beautiful level.
And what are your desires? How do you get to that point, in your dance, your job, your life?
I want to inspire you to write your manifesto.
How about we try this together? In the next few iweeks, I’ll ask you some questions and show you some samples of other’s varied manifestos. Because I love to write, and I think if you can take some time to write a few times a week, it will help you pull some of those ideas and dreams out of your heart-beliefs, prayers, quotes, ideas. Putting them on paper helps you to see clearly, define ideas, and also makes those ideas more concrete in your everyday life.
Soooo, grab a journal or a notebook, something that you can hang onto and not lose! Pens, crayons, markers, pencils, whatever you enjoy writing with. Now sit down, preferably first thing in the morning (yea get up a few minutes earlier!), before checking email and Facebook, and see if you can write in a stream of consciousness style, meaning just write whatever comes to your mid. This can be run on sentences, lists, dreams, ideas, bitching, whatever, just write for 10 minutes and get your mind clear and your eyes open…Try to do this a few times a week, if you get inspired, keep writing, if you can’t do it in the morning, do it at night. Go to your local café, grab a cuppa, and write. Or when you have 10 minutes to spend quietly with yourself, sit down and go for it! Trust me, you will feel great just doing this simple first step. I highly recommend reading and working with the book, The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron, to really get your writing groove on, really!
And while you are at it, how about that support group? Do you have one? You might think of starting a circle of friends who want to be positive forces in your world! Accountability partners or circles are a great way to get you going on your path, and they won’t let you stop. Not a bitching group, but group full of love and giggles. Like your dance circle, supportive, encouraging, and smart! Make a pact to say what you want to accomplish for the week or month, and the steps to do it, tell each other, and then offer advice and encouragement to support each other in following their ideas and dreams. And do it…
So here are two ideas–journaling and an accountability partner– to get you started— to enjoy who you are, be authentic, to stand up and take up space, and start, or continue, to live your passion, to be remarkable. Let’s share the love. Tribal rocks!
Thank you all for being part of this delicious journey…let me know in the comments below how this works for you and what you have started!
Part 2 coming next week!
***and now, don’t forget to get registered for The Tribal Quest Experience, starting up March 16th! a Six week online course…
*you get six dynamic women to study with, Tribal bellydance classes, meditations, breathing exercises, nutrition advice, strength training, yoga, and more dance drilling and zilling! Woo hoo…and you read an amazing book called Wild Feminine, the book by Tami Lynn Kent, with videos to workout with, journaling prompts and discussions, music to move to…all on your own time at home, plus be a part of our private online group to chat with… how freakin’ fabulous is this? and lifetime access…. I would love to have you join us


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Our number one goal is for you to have a great experience and receive expert care. A great experience is defined by our five-star service and our top quality dentistry. It starts with a sincerely interested person greeting you when you call. Then, you'll have a personal introduction when you arrive. We make sure you're 100% comfortable with every procedure we propose. We take care of all of the little things that can make a difference in our patient's day: free WiFi during your wait, refreshments, music and wireless headphones and tv/movies during your procedure are just a few.
At Elite Dental Associates, we use technology and photography to help guide conversations about the importance of maintaining oral health. A picture is worth a thousand words, and the ability to see what we're seeing is very important for patients making informed decisions about treatment options and needs. Our goal is to provide high-quality, long-lasting treatment, so we insist on using only the highest quality materials and techniques to achieve our results. We build time into our schedule for personal conversations with you that result in a powerful rapport and trust, allowing you to take confidence in the excellent dentistry we offer.
Another big difference is Dr. Andy Chang is a dental specialist specializing in the field of Prosthodontics. This very refined, ADA recognized specialty, involves cases of more complicated cases of cosmetic, restorative and implant dentistry. This specialty allows Dr. Chang the ability to tackle any potential dental issues from the simplest filling and general/family dentistry to a complex full rehab and/or dental implant case.
The clinical skill, attitude, and attention to detail at Elite Dental Associates are second to none. We could try to describe the difference all day, but we'd love more than anything to show you!
We will need your driver's license, insurance card, and a list of any medications you are taking, including over-the-counter medications. If you have been instructed in the past to take antibiotics before any dental procedure, please call us to verify if it will be necessary for your initial visit. Our initial patient forms are online for your convenience. You can print them and fill them out prior to your arrival if desire so.
On the cleaning, typically the answer is �yes� if you have been keeping up with a dentist recommended regular cleaning schedule (usually every 6 months). However all cleanings (or dental prophylaxis) are diagnosed during the initial exam and if there are indications of gum or periodontal disease a different type of cleaning may be recommended and, depending on the schedule of the doctor, may need to be scheduled on another day. We, though, will do our best to start some type of treatment If your jawbone is not deep or wide enough to support root form or plate form implants, and there is too much bone loss, then consider having a subperiosteal implant.
We accept majority of PPO insurance plans.
PPO stands for Preferred Provider Organization, and simply means the dentist has made an agreement with the insurance company to charge a reduced fee for certain procedures. "In-Network" describes a dentist that has agreed to the fee contract or "fee-schedule" set forth by the insurance company for its members. An "in-network" dentist is not allowed to charge fees higher than those set in their specific fee schedule.
It is our pleasure to file any insurance claims associated with our service directly to your insurance carrier. Our office is very high-tech when it comes to insurance claims and submissions. As a matter of fact, we have a computer program that links to a national database of insurance companies that allows us to look up your insurance provider, plan, and coverage almost instantly.
If your carrier is as up-to-date as we are (in over 60% of the cases), the claims will be transmitted online before the end of your treatment day! In addition to filing the claim, we will usually ask you only for your estimated co-payment following the completion of your treatment or procedure. We find that 90% of the time we will be able to calculate your copayment even if we don't directly participate with your insurance carrier. However, please understand that this is only an estimate and is based upon the information available to us. Once your insurance carrier receives the claim and made their determination and has paid the claim, any difference will be due by you upon receipt of our statement.
We consider our relationship with you to be of primary importance and will always make our recommendations based on what we believe is the very best treatment for you regardless of your insurance coverage or financial arrangements.
For your comfort and convenience, we offer a wide range of financial options and welcome your suggestions and questions.
|Pre-payment in full||A pre-payment bookkeeping courtesy of 5% will be given for direct payment in full by cash prior to treatment.|
|Major Credit Cards||All major credit cards accepted to retire any patient balance and cover copayments.|
|Care Credit||No interest financing options will leave you smiling and able to pay for crowns, veneers, implants, and more over time and within your budget. Care Credit makes elective dental procedures affordable for any budget.|
|Pay as you go||You may choose to pay your obligation for each visit with Cash, Check or Credit Card at each visit.|
|Gradual Treatment Plan||For those patients on a limited budget. By prioritizing treatment, those patients who do not have dental insurance or are on a tight budget can still complete their dental work by spreading appointments over several months or years.|
We make every effort to make your visit soothing and relaxing! Stereo headphones, dark glasses, music and movies from our selection or from your own collection and blankets are all available for your comfort and relaxation. For some of our most nervous patients, nitrous oxide can be administered safely and comfortably to you through a nose piece, but most of the time we find it unnecessary given our standard of care.
For patients, though, that are extremely phobic and need more than nitrous oxide to alleviate dental anxiety, Dr. Chang may use oral conscious sedation or IV sedation depending on your unique case. For oral sedation, you'll simply take a sedative prior to your treatment to promote relaxation and banish fear. Your comfort is important to us, and we'll do all we can to provide a positive, soothing dental care experience.
Our friendly dental staff is always here to serve you and make you comfortable. Talk to us about your anxiety and we can work through it together.
Yes! Flossing daily removes hidden bits of food and rids your mouth of bacteria that can turn into plaque, the creator of cavities and gum disease. If you don't remove plaque, that sticky, colorless film that forms on your teeth each day, by brushing and flossing, it hardens into something called calculus, or tartar. This calculus builds up under your gums, increasing your risk of gum disease.
The bacteria in plaque also produces toxins that irritates the gums and causes them to pull away from the teeth. This results in periodontal pockets which fill up with toxins and bacteria, which ultimately destroys the bone that holds the tooth in place. If left untreated, the affected teeth will become loose, eventually falling out or needing to be removed.


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