Most weather signs are pointing to an El Nino weather pattern this fall and winter
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With all signs highlighting a switch, from the La Nina to the forecast El Nino (formally called El Nino Southern Oscillation or ENSO) climate pattern for this fall 2018, and winter too, meteorologists and climatologists expect to have a better idea of how strong this El Nino event will become by late October into November.
“Looking at the latest 30-day and 90-day maps generated (for this Autumn 2018 which the Climate Prediction Center issued Aug. 16, 2018) it appears we’re witnessing the incorporation of an El Nino event into the outlooks,” said Allen Dutcher, associate state climatologist, Nebraska State Climate Office-Lincoln. “During the past four weeks, there’s been a subtle shift toward a wetter pattern across the southern Plains, while the northern Plains has slipped towards the dry side.”
Wet Conditions Southern third of U.S.:
“If typical El Nino conditions develop in earnest this fall, I’d expect the southern Plains, the southeast, and eastern seaboard to tilt toward the wet side, especially during the second half of the three-month forecast period,” Dutcher said. He noted the dryness in the Pacific Northwest is already spreading across the northern Plains, which typically experiences warmer and drier weather during these events.
“The general concept of El Nino’s influence on the continental U.S. has its strongest impact during the winter, but those influences can extend to the fall and spring period depending on the strength and longevity of the event,” Dutcher said. Current projections are for a weak event, possibly making it to the threshold of a moderate event. “We typically see a relaxation of the northern jet, while the southern jet becomes stronger.”
The official CPC statement:
A meteorologist with the National Weather Service said the official September/October/November outlook favors warmer than average temperatures and wetter than average precipitation for the central Plains southwestward, during this period.
“I think the paragraph (from the CPC) that sums up the current outlook is: ‘During the autumn and winter 2018-19, the temperature and precipitation outlooks are consistent with the elevated probability of El Nino development and its impacts. Temperature outlooks for winter 2018-2019 were modified over parts of the central Plains and southwest regions to represent (moderation of probabilities for above normal temperatures by a potential shift of the jet stream and storm tracks southward, due to the impacts of a potential El Nino. areas of probably above-normal precipitation in late winter 2018-2019 and early spring 2019 outlooks were expanded westward into southren California, representing impacts of the potential shift in the storm track due to El Nino,” according to Chad Omitt, warning coordination meteorologist, National Weather Service-Topeka, Kan. “However, I will caution that long-term forecasts in late summer early autumn are notoriously difficult to make given the weak relationship between EL Nino/La Nina and overall weather patterns this time of year,” he said.
An El Nino event is expected to gradually develop across the Pacific into October/November, however Omitt said, there’s much uncertainty about how strong it may become. “If this were to become a moderate or strong El Nino, it could help favor better odds for wetter conditions across at least some parts of Kansas.”
Regarding the Colorado perspective, although there had been a 50 percent of a forecast El Nino, now the current forecast is a 60 percent chance of El Niño development in the fall and a 70 percent chance of an El Niño during the winter.
“It’s important to note the key differences between a La Niña winter (what we had last year) and an El Niño winter (what we should have this winter). In a nutshell, we (in Colorado) flip from the wetter-to-north/drier-to-south setup (which we did see last winter) to a drier-to-north/wetter-to-south setup,” said Becky Bolinger, Ph.D., assistant state climatologist, Colorado Climate Center-Colorado State University Department. Atmospheric Science.
The CPC’s outlook for September/October/November shows the entire Colorado area has an increased likelihood of above average temperatures, and the southwest has a slightly increased likelihood of above wetter than average conditions, as does Florida and surrounding areas. The Pacific Northwest has a slightly increased likelihood of being drier than average. “This is very in line with a classic winter El Niño pattern,” Bolinger said.
The real key here is the exact placement of the jet stream. “We know we can expect wetter conditions to the south, but how far north that extends, and how much that will impact your region of interest, is uncertain at this time, which is why most of the region shows equal chances (EC) of above, near, or below normal precipitation on the CPC outlook. The further north you go though, the less likely they are to be wetter than average (looking at Wyoming in particular) I would say that an El Niño in the forecast does provide a little bit more hope for relief for the southern areas that have been in drought for a while,” Bolinger said.
The recent (Aug. 16) outlook probability forecasts are showing a good chance of above normal temperatures in all of Wyoming for the September through November period.
“The chances of this occurring increase as one goes from northeast Wyoming to far southwestern Wyoming where the odds of above normal temperature are better than 50 percent,” said Tony Bergantino, deputy director; Water Resources Data System — Wyoming State Climate Office and Wyoming CoCoRaHS State Coordinator.
Meanwhile, the situation is not as cut and dried for precipitation, with the southwestern part of Wyoming seeing better chances for above normal precipitation. “The chances diminish as you go north and east. The signal for most of the northeast half of the state is unclear,” Bergantino said, which results in (EC) also known as having equal chances for either: above normal, or below normal or normal precipitation.
“Note, this outlook (the warmer than normal temperature forecast) is the average of the three-month period, and doesn’t eliminate the possibility of a cool end to the season, or vice versa. The precipitation outlook is driven mainly by the sea-surface temperature and constructed analog models. Keep in mind, the skill with both outlook products is weakest with neutral ocean temperatures, and doesn’t account for individual events such as a heavy rainfall event,” said Mary Knapp, assistant state climatologist, located at Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy, Manhattan.
For Kansas and Nebraska:
“Warmer than normal temperatures would increase the opportunity for late-planted spring crops to mature before the first frost, but could increase evaporative demand and have flowering/grain-fill occur under less favorable conditions than normal,” Knapp said.
Considering that El Ninos also increase Eastern Pacific tropical activity, above normal moisture depicted in the southwest 90-day outlooks suggest the monsoon (the wind pattern seasonal reversal beginning at the ‘Four Corners’ region of Colorado/New Mexico/Arizona/Utah) will continue to be aggressive and likely that several tropical systems will move up the Baja Peninsula, shunting moisture into the southwestern desert region,” Dutcher said, adding, “I wouldn’t be surprised to see this moisture feed be entrained into the southern jet and the moisture then shunted eastward into the southern Plains, enhancing precipitation chances.”
Harvest may be a bit of a challenge from Interstate 80 southward in the western Corn Belt with the return of moisture. “The northern Plains is a crap shoot, to be perfectly honest. Although a dry trend would be expected, heavy moisture through mid-July likely means some soil moisture carryover that could cause excessive wet surface conditions until/if the typical El Nino develops across the northern Plains. If this happens,” Dutcher said, “I’d expect the first half of fall to have the highest risk of crop harvest delays.”
New trending climate product:
One interesting product that Bolinger has been directing people to, is an experimental product put out by National Oceanic and Atmosphereic Association’s Earth Systems Research Laboratory. They have a page showing the “Risk of Seasonal Climate Extremes” related to ENSO conditions. “So, select El Niño, and pick for the September-November time period. In a nutshell, most of Colorado shows an increased risk of wet extremes and a decreased risk of dry extremes during an El Niño fall. What can this mean? Hopefully that drought is very unlikely to intensify during the fall and actually has the chance of weakening in severity,” said Bolinger, adding, “Fingers crossed. The risk page can be found here: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/climaterisks/.
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— Hadachek is freelance writer who lives on a farm with her husband in north central Kansas and is also a meteorologist and storm chaser. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Fighting acne seems like something you will overcome once you grow out of your teenage years and into adulthood. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case for many women and men alike. Adult acne is awful and can be a source of endless embarrassment. Once you hit your twenties, there is a glimmer of hope that you may be safe. You could realize you are still struggling with keeping your skin pimple free. If that happens or has happened to you, you are certainly not alone. Though you may be tempted to hide out and cancel every plan you have until your skin clears up, you don’t have to.
There are options for everyone to fight acne, from makeup to skin care products. The world of clear skin is endless, possibly causing confusion for those struggling to keep up on breakouts. The skin type category you fall into is unique to you, meaning you will need to find the regimen that works for you. Acne will not go away overnight. Learning where to start and how to treat your skin will help you keep it at bay. Give your skin all the love it needs when a breakout does occur.
1. Avoid Using Harsh Products On Your Skin
When acne strikes, as an adult we may feel the need to reach for the product with the highest amount of medication. Higher does not mean better, and unless a dermatologist gives you a prescription, avoid these products. They may seem to clear your skin, but they are a temporary fix. In the long run, results from these products can leave your skin worse than where you started.
When browsing the skincare selection, you’ll also want to avoid artificial colors and ingredients that will damage your skin. Products that contain these could lead to irritation, dry skin, and even premature wrinkles.
2. Use Age Appropriate Skincare And Facial Products
Whether you are using products that are made for older women, or ones intended for teens, these products are meant for that age group. Wrinkle creams may contain too much oil as they are intended for women of that age group. Instead, choose an anti-aging cream that is meant to prevent wrinkles for younger adults. Even someone in their thirties and forties will find these more beneficial. The same applies for acne creams made for teenagers. Your skin is no longer the same and needs proper care.
3. Add Moisturizer To Your Daily Routine
Moisturizer tends to be a step many people miss when cleaning their faces. An adult with acne may make excuses as to why they skip this step. You should purchase a moisturizer made for acne prone skin to rid any fears of making things worse. Look for oil free products to keep your skin happy and healthy.
4. Test Out An At Home Remedy
Some of the most effective acne treatments can be made at home. Before trying them out, make sure they are healthy. Though you see great results on a tutorial, the lasting effects may be even more damaging.
Toothpaste is a popular option that falls into the unhealthy category. Though it works for clearing pimples, it can dry your skin out in the process. Reach for a natural toothpaste, and know what ingredients are in it. Instead of leaving it on your face overnight, make a mask instead. Mix the toothpaste with cinnamon or salt, leave on for five minutes and rinse.
5. Eat Foods That Benefit The Skin
Obviously, some foods are better for you than others. There are foods that are better for your skin as well. Adding these foods into your diet can help to clear up the skin. Avoiding junk food is not always easy to do. The best thing you can do for your skin, and your body, is to eat a balanced diet.
6. Drink The Recommended Amount Of Water
We all know we should be drinking a certain amount of water. Though there are varying opinions on exactly how much that is, eight to ten glasses are generally recommended. If you don’t like the taste of ‘plain water,’ Try creating detox water. Add in some of the fruits that help benefit the skin like lemons and watermelon. The water will have more flavor while also helping clear your skin.
7. Know Your Skin And What it Needs
Knowing and loving the skin you have is a great step in fighting adult acne. The skin can change as you age. The face you have now is likely different than it was five years ago. There is oily skin, dry skin, and combination. Most people fall into the combination category, but no category leaves you safe from acne. You may need to treat different parts of your face different, and that is okay.
8. Cover Adult Acne With Your Makeup
Chances are, You already are following this step. As an adult with acne, this seems to be the most practical and effective answer. Know what is in your makeup before covering your acne and taking the chance of making it worse. There are foundations available at your local drugstore that contain acne medication. A tinted moisturizer works to cover acne and is often less harsh on the skin.
9. Keep Your Pillows And Blankets Clean
Blankets and pillows quickly become covered with dirt and oil from our skin. Old skin cells stick to bedding. Even if you are washing your blankets and pillowcases often, this dirt can sink into pillows and mattresses. Make a habit of washing your pillows every so often and vaccuming out your matress while the linens are in the wash.
10. Take A Trip To The Dermatologist
Men and women alike should take advantage of a local dermatologist office. These doctors have studied skincare and know exactly what they are doing. The expense will be worth it to help clear up breakouts and also keep you from new ones. Another benefit to the expertise of a dermatologist is recieving assistance in preventing scars caused by acne.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--Kevin Bankston, staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, was surprised to see his face in a street-level image on a now defunct online map a few years ago.
Worse, he was photographed smoking outside the EFF offices in San Francisco, and he had been trying to hide his habit from his family.
That's a relatively benign incident, but it illustrates how easy it is for the technology to threaten an individual's privacy, Bankston said at the Where 2.0 conference here, where Google on Tuesday announced its new street-level map view. Google's feature allows users viewing San Francisco to zoom in close enough to read street signs and even see inside front windows.
"It is irresponsible for Google to debut a product like this without also debuting technological measures that would obscure the identities of people photographed by this product," he said. "If the Google van happened by your house at the right moment it could even capture you in an embarrassing state of undress, as you close your blinds, for example."
Personal indiscretions aside, the larger concern is for people entering and leaving places like domestic violence shelters, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, fertility clinics and controversial religious or political events, Bankston said.
The Google map feature offers a way to request the removal of photos and will take down identifiable images if a person requests.
"Street View only features imagery taken on public property. This imagery is no different from what any person can readily capture or see walking down the street," a Google spokeswoman said in a statement. "We provide easily accessible tools for flagging inappropriate or sensitive imagery for review and removal...We routinely review takedown requests and act quickly to remove objectionable imagery."
However, removing images of people after the fact doesn't entirely solve the problem, Bankston said. "That is of limited use if you don't know the image is on the site and by the time you find out, whatever privacy harm may already have occurred," he said.
Google removed photos of women's shelters before launching the feature, said Cindy Southworth, director of technology at the Washington, D.C.-based National Network to End Domestic Violence, which is the umbrella group for state shelters.
"We don't want to call attention to the shelters," Southworth said. "We would rather it look like a choppy horizon line as you pan by. Our hope is that other companies will do a similar thing and reach out to us in advance."
Removing the shelters from the map greatly diminishes the privacy threat to battered women, said Ashley Tan, volunteer coordinator at Woman Inc., a San Francisco-based 24-hour domestic violence crisis line. However, there is still a slim chance a stalker could see a victim's whereabouts. "If someone is obsessed with their victim it could be used as another tool, and it will be something we have to consider in safety planning," Tan said.
The block view that Amazon.com's A9 map showed is gone, along with A9 maps in general. One of those maps outed Bankston as a smoker.
Microsoft offers a bird's-eye view on its maps that doesn't show faces and other ground-level details. The company does have a preview of a street-level technology in San Francisco and Seattle, but it won't likely be launching that product publicly and is, in fact, looking at ways to obscure identifiable images like faces and license plates, according to several Microsoft executives.
"I don't think you'll ever see us do what Google is doing," said Erik Jorgensen, general manager for search and mapping at Microsoft. Such up-close imagery on maps might make sense for applications related to travel and real estate, but users don't need and don't necessarily want a picture-perfect world on the map, he said. "The feedback we got was that people like visuals as cues integrated into driving directions," rather than the "exploratory mode" that street-level offers, he said.
AOL's MapQuest offers only a satellite aerial view. Yahoo hasn't gone I-Spy on its maps either, and it doesn't sound like it will.
"It's a different approach to developing applications. Google puts out the technology and it's not clear what the use-case is," said Jeremy Kreitler, director of product management at Yahoo Maps. "Now that (map images) can see in your windows and not just your roof, there are privacy concerns."
As technology gets more advanced it gets harder for individuals to remain invisible, said Greg Sterling, online maps expert and founder of consultancy Sterling Market Intelligence. "In this world of ubiquitous imagery it's hard to avoid privacy issues," he said. "Relatively speaking, privacy has been eroded by all this readily discoverable information."

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Latitude: 51.9275 / 51°55'38"N
Longitude: -0.2648 / 0°15'53"W
OS Eastings: 519407
OS Northings: 226864
OS Grid: TL194268
Mapcode National: GBR H68.5TW
Mapcode Global: VHGNS.CTB7
Plus Code: 9C3XWPGP+X3
Entry Name: Double Ice House in Corner of Field 15 Metres to North West of St Ibbs Lodge
Listing Date: 28 May 1987
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1102540
English Heritage Legacy ID: 162657
Location: St. Ippolyts, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG4
District: North Hertfordshire
Civil Parish: St Ippolyts
Built-Up Area: Hitchin
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: St Ippolyts
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
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ST IPPOLLITTS LONDON ROAD
TL 12 NE (West side)
3/45 Double icehouse in
- corner of field 15M
to NW of St. Ibbs Lodge
2 icehouses with a single entrance. After 1816, to store ice for St.
Ibbs (q.v.). Red brick, in Flemish bond in passages. 2 underground
chambers for storing ice presumably from lake in the park to the E. Each
about 5M diameter conical brick lined well covered by a brick dome and
entered at springing level of dome, by a segmental arched vaulted
passage about 1M wide and about 3M long with checks for 2 or more doors
in each passage. Outer doors adjoin where passages meet at right angles
with one passage extending further to N as entrance (now collapsed).
The other passage branches off to W. Chambers partly filled by rubbish
Listing NGR: TL1940726864
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Biology and management of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella, Cyprinidae) for vegetation control: a North American perspective
For the past three decades, the grass carp has received much attention due to its potential use as a biological control of aquatic vegetation. The grass carp was introduced in North America in 1960 to control water hyacinth. In 1963, additional grass carp were shipped to the Fish Farming Experimental Station in Stuttgart, Arkansas and to Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. Both Stuttgart and Auburn artificially spawned the grass carp in 1966. The use of grass carp was popular because phytophagous fish has a much lower stocking cost than the cost of herbicides and because most people prefer to use biological rather than chemical controls. Ecologists have been concerned about the impact of grass carp on native fish communities. For this reason, triploid grass carp and triploid hybrids have been used to guard against unchecked reproduction. The purpose of this report is to provide information on grass carp identification, food habitats, vegetation control efficiency, reproduction, physiology, effects on limnological parameters in water bodies, interactions with other species, and grass carp regulations in the United States.

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WAYLAND, MA—What’s action on at the Wayland Free Library? A lot. Here’s a attending at what’s advancing up.
Alternative Endings: Home Funerals & Blooming Burials
Just a few ancestors ago, all funerals occurred in the home parlor and burials were “green,” allotment of the accustomed aeon of afterlife agriculture new life. Home funerals and blooming burying are both acknowledged in Massachusetts, but few cemeteries in the accompaniment acquiesce the latter. Does Wayland? Kaat Vander Straeten is a certified permaculture artist in MetroWest Boston, area she founded several organizations for bounded resilience. Candace Currie is the above administrator of planning and cemetery development at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Join them in a chat about these new old practices on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Faced with agriculture her active ancestors every night, bounded chef and aliment biographer Leigh Belanger angry to her kitchen chalkboard. She bound apparent that avant-garde card planning saves time and money, produces bigger dishes, cuts bottomward on waste, and allotment adroitness to the kitchen. She’ll altercate her new cookbook and card planning guide, My Kitchen Chalkboard, on Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Craft a Book Turkey
Make a fun, adorning cardboard turkey out of an old book (which we’ll provide). We’ll be application Exacto knives and hot glue, so this action on Friday, November 2 at 1:30 p.m. is recommended for ages 12 and up.
The Great Presenters: On Gossamer Wings
Model airplanes can ambit from packaged toys to giant, radio-controlled calibration models that a adolescent could sit in. And again there are the ones that counterbalance beneath than one of the bills in your wallet. Enthusiast Ray Harlan explains the attractions and challenges of these delicate, rubber-powered wonders on Tuesday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Evening Book Group
1862. As Abraham Lincoln mourns in the cemetery area his son, Willie, was afresh buried, the citizen ghosts acquaint their own belief in the attempt for Willie’s soul. Join the altercation of this bestselling novel, “a angrily imagined, alluringly sensitive, acutely funny, and absolutely alarming actual and abstract drama” (Booklist), on Monday, November 5 at 7:00 p.m. Copies accessible at the library.
Explore the New Library of Things
Hitting the road? Take forth a Hotspot, one of our carriageable wi-fi devices. Got some slides, videotapes, or LPs you’d like in agenda form? We accept accessories to catechumen them. Not to acknowledgment Chromebooks, agenda cartoon tablet, alien DVD drive, wireless buzz charger, color-blindness glasses—even a brace of ukuleles. We’re way above books now!
BABY AND PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Mother Goose Time (Infants-2.5 years) Tuesdays, Oct. 23; Nov. 6, 13, and 20 at 10:30 a.m.
StoryVine (2.5 -5 years) Thursdays, Oct. 25; Nov. 1, 15, and 29 at 10:30 a.m.
Inclusive Playgroup: Stories, Songs, and Sign
This interactive, across-the-board music and articulacy accumulation is for adolescent accouchement at all levels of advice and ability. Facilitated by Beverly Mobilia of Wayland Community Partnerships for Accouchement and Families. For ages bairn to 3 years. Wednesdays, Oct. 24, Nov. 14 and 28, at 11:15-12:00 p.m.
Rhythm and ball affairs led by Hayley Chizinsky of H2K Happy Healthy Kids Fitness Studio. For ages 2.5 to 4 years. Tuesday, October 30, 10:30 a.m.
Storytime with Corbyn the Dog
Children will accept to dog belief and accept a adventitious to appointment with Corbyn, a admirable Samoyed.
Corbyn (with her buyer Helen) has been certified as a analysis dog by Pets and People Foundation. For ages 3 and up. Thursday, November 8, 10:30 a.m.
WCPA Pajama Storytime and Blush a Smile
WCPA will be captivation this accident to abutment two amazing non profits: Blush a Smile and Pajama Program. Your little ones can appear in their PJ’s for a pajama adventure time (led by Youth Services librarian Pam McCuen) and blush a airy cartoon that WCPA will amalgamation for administration to chief citizens, our troops across and anyone in charge of a smile. Please additionally accompany a new brace of PJ’s (for kids bairn through age 18). Saturday, November 10, 10-11:30 a.m.
Music and Movement
Get your wiggles out! Songs, dances, and stretches for walkers to age 5. Wednesday, November 22, 10:30-11:00 a.m.
Drop in for a addictive afternoon of chilling crafts, bewitched treats, and monstrously fun activities. Costumes acceptable but not required! For ages 5 and up. Wednesday, October 24, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Parent/Child Book Group
This book altercation accumulation is for 4th and 5th graders with a parent. October’s book is Framed! a T.O.A.S.T. Mystery by James Ponti. We will additionally accept the book for aing month. For 4th and 5th graders, with a parent. Wednesday, October 24, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Let’s Build: Slowest Falling Ghost
Let’s Body is a hands-on architecture branch for kids in grades 3-5. Each ages will affection a altered architecture challenge. This month’s Let’s Body Claiming is to body the slowest falling ghost. Let’s Body workshops are run by Wayland High School Seniors Eileen Chau and Julia Treese. Wednesday, October 31, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Children will accomplish aces creations out of Legos. This month’s affair is Flying Machines! For ages 5 and up. Wednesday, November 7, 3:00-4:00p.m.
Teens! Unleash your adroitness by demography afar old toys and putting them aback calm in awe-inspiring combinations. There will be prizes for strangest, silliest, and more! Supplies provided but toy donations welcome. For adolescence in grades 6 to 12. Monday, November 5, 2:45-4:15 p.m.
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text: CAIRO By PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press More than two dozen gunmen attacked Rwandan peacekeepers on Monday in the ravaged Darfur region of Sudan, killing three of them in an hour-long fire fight, a spokesman for the international mission said. The peacekeepers were providing security as the joint United Nations-African Union mission built a new base in West Darfur's Jebel Marra region, a major rebel stronghold where the government has made inroads recently. The estimated 25 assailants drove up piled into a four wheel drive vehicle and attacked the peacekeepers, killing three and losing three of their own number. "There was a firefight that went on for an hour," said UNAMID spokesman Chris Cycmanick by telephone. "When they fled, they stole one of our four wheel drive vehicles." U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he "deplores" the continuing attacks on peacekeepers in Darfur and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and the government of Rwanda. He called on Sudan's government "to continue to make every effort to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice immediately." The attack brings to 27 the number of peacekeepers killed since the U.N.-AU force deployed in January 2008 to protect civilians and improve security in Darfur. In May, two Egyptian peacekeepers were killed when their convoy was ambushed in Darfur. The U.N. estimates that some 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million have been displaced since ethnic African tribesman in the vast arid western Darfur region took up arms against the Arab-dominated central government complaining of discrimination, lack of political representation and neglect. The government says those figures are exaggerated. While the number of people dying because of the Darfur conflict has diminished, crime has not. Aid workers and staffers from UNAMID have been kidnapped. There has also been a rise in battles between rival tribes and the splintering rebel movement. On Sunday, UNAMID patrols reported 40 people died in clashes between the Aballa and Baggara tribes in West Darfur, approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) away from where the attack on the peacekeepers occurred. -------- Associated Press Writer John Heilprin contributed to this report from the United Nations.


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Branstad should explain where money is being thrown
The Aug. 4 article quoting Gov. Terry Branstad about education funding was astonishing [“Branstad calls for targeted ed spending”]. Iowans have been told that the veto of the education funding compromise achieved by the Legislature was based on fiscal concerns. Now we learn that money may eventually be available, but only to be used as he dictates.
School board members around the state must be shocked to hear their districts are not held accountable for the use of both local and state support. And, typically the Governor’s party has led the fight against efforts to develop metrics and tools to comparatively evaluate the effectiveness of schools across the state. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics are important, but for how many young people has the world started to make sense in a literature class or the band room? And, how many districts have had to cut advanced placement classes in science and math because of the current budget crunch?
It is true that “throwing money” does not solve problems. But, perhaps the Governor should explain to the committed, hard-working teachers throughout our state where all this money is being thrown. I hear many of them tell about pulling money out of their own pockets so their students have basic supplies. Governor, what you are telling Iowans now is (to use a term the paper might print) malarkey.

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Jason Momoa is best recognized for his duty as Aquaman in the hit TELEVISION series. He also has had an uncredited duty in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy as Aragorn. The prolific actor is currently wed to TELEVISION presenter, Lisa Bonet. Right here is what you require to know about the Hollywood favorite.
What does Jason Momoa relate to Lisa Bonet? – It appears that Lisa Bonet got her start on a television program called Pet dog the Bounty Hunter with Jason Momoa. Their relationship created when they both showed up on a variety of episodes with each other, and afterwards Jason wound up shooting the collection along with momoa. The actor wound up dating the former Winger lady, Lea Michele – although he constantly maintained his marital relationship to Lisa.
Where was Jason Momoa before he became a celebrity? – The after that thirty-something Momoa was residing in Southern The golden state with his wife. Actually, his profession started on the television show CSI. The after that eighteen-year old Momoa played a crucial character in the show that was crucial in addressing a collection of murders that occurred at a respected resort. He ultimately went onto play major duties in flicks such as The Pursuit of Happyness, End of Watch as well as Man on the Moon. Momoa Jason Parents
The length of time was Jason Momoa married to his initial spouse? – The star’s various other two marriages are claimed to be equally as short. However, it’s uncertain when exactly he satisfied his second other half. It’s feasible that she was one of the bonus included on the very early season of the program The Mentalist, though no official verification has actually ever before been made.
When was Jason Momoa born? – The actor was really birthed in Southern The golden state, in Beverly Hills. He was apparently only 9 years of ages when his parents separated. His stepmother was the individual that presented him to acting, and he is currently best known for his service TV shows such as Psych and Californication. He has additionally shown up in a variety of independent movies.
Just How did Jason Momoa satisfy his existing partner? – Jason Momoa met his present other half Camryn Manheim using an internet dating website. This is a common technique for stars aiming to increase their network as well as find brand-new love interests.
Is Jason Momoa gay or is he right? – Jason Momoa has claimed that he is straight, but the exact sex of the man of his life is unknown. supposition There is no apparent response on this set. One thing is for certain – Jason Momoa has actually constantly stayed open regarding the sexuality of his life.
Where do we go from here? – Jason Momoa is gladly married to his better half Camryn Manheim. The two share joint guardianship of their boy, and Jason Momoa will continue to work with amusement business while his better half looks after the youngsters. They continue to be buddies, and also Jason Momoa will certainly remain to work hard on his acting career.
Is Jason Momoa still in love with his ex-wife? – It’s been stated that Jason Momoa still likes his ex-wife deeply. Nonetheless, he has actually made it clear that he has no plans to remarry. So, is there a possibility that they may talk about things in the future? Sure.
What does Jason Momoa have prepared for his future? – Jason Momoa has had a wonderful occupation, as well as is popular Hollywood fixture. He’s been chosen numerous times for an Academy Honor and has actually taken a good occupation for himself.
Does Jason Momoa still has love for his ex-wife? – Jason Momoa has stated that he still likes his ex-wife deeply. Nonetheless, he has additionally said that he has made it clear that he has no strategies to remarry. So, exists a chance that they might review points in the future? Perhaps.
Is Jason Momoa still in love with his partner? – Jason Momoa’s other half is safe, thanks to his strong dedication to his marriage. Jason Momoa will constantly be his kid’s dad, and they continue to be happy together. But will Jason Momoa remain in touch with his ex-wife as well as attempt to work points out between them? It’s possible. Momoa Jason Parents

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The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services has ordered the closure of a a daycare in North Philadelphia.
The decision came down after a child died there Thursday, and the tragic case that has had much of the city talking.
Police are calling the baby's death suspicious.
Sisters Childcare was shut down Thursday after a ten-month old baby girl died Wednesday.
The cause of death remains unknown.
Meanwhile, state documents revealed more than two dozen problems with the day care including improper worker training and background checks.
Additionally, staffers were reported to be working with too many children, not knowing their names, and even yelling at the kids in front of inspectors.
The investigation into the child's death is ongoing.

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Articles by Sanchalita Mullick
The Public Attorney's Office (PAO) and Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) are demanding P4 million in damages in a civil case which they are planning to file this Monday related to the anti-dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia.
The heads of woodpeckers and the way they are designed can lead to the formation of new football helmets and other head protection gears for sports.
Many believe that durian is a high-cholesterol fruit which is a myth according to many nutritionists.
Too much stress leads to hyper-responsiveness where the body starts reacting negatively which eventually affects the body and mind.
West African state of Gabon is now witnessing the consequences of the misuse of a powerful painkiller among youngsters in school.
Malaysia's Sarawak government has ordered the state veterinary services department to vaccinate all dogs to curb the recent rabies outbreak.
The recent penis whitening fad in Thailand has become viral and experts believe that the process has dangerous risks.
Recent research reveals that omega-3 fatty acid dietary supplements might not help to lower the risk of heart problems in people suffering from heart diseases.
Study suggests that women over 40 have the highest risk of preterm births and use of reproductive technology or medical interventions cannot solely be held responsible for that.
Police now suspect a human sacrifice angle to the murder as the incident came to the spotlight just a day after the super blue blood moon or lunar eclipse.
A 1,000-pound bomb that failed to explode during World War II was recovered in a busy Hong Kong neighborhood.
In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl named Sai Deepti committed suicide after she was humiliated by school authorities for not paying the fees.
Kimiko Nishimoto has more than 41,000 followers on Instagram and is breaking the internet with her hilarious selfies.
A Massachusetts pharmacist was sentenced to eight years in prison after he was proven guilty of racketeering and fraud that led to the 2012 meningitis outbreak killing 76 people.
A taxi crashed into the side railings of a road in Ang Mo Kio after clashing with a lorry on Thursday, February 1 afternoon.
Coca-Cola has launched its annual Chinese New Year campaign in collaboration with McCann Shanghai and once again features the country's iconic clay dolls.
Hungry demons, ravens, jaguars, evil spirits are some of the folk legends attached to the moon's disappearance during an eclipse.
House of Lords was left stunned after the shocking resignation of international development minister Lord Bates.
In 2016, a lorry passenger had to amputate his left leg below the knee after the driver crashed the vehicle while driving in a negligent way.
First time since 2013, Singapore witnessed a hailstorm, besides flash floods choking roads and felling many trees.Thunderstorms have hit Seletar, Boon Lay, Craig Road and Yishun.


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Spiritron comes from Spiritrual and "electron". The name gives the sense of modern woman's sophistication and some urban edgyness. Spiritron is a designer brand, which includes womenswear (mainly cocktail dresses) and handbags. The cocktail dresses use luxurious material, mainly silk and design with feminine style with modern edge. Women can wear the informal/formal cocktail dresses in various occasions. The dresses show the feminine beauty of women and also give them confidence through the sophisticated, modern designs. The brand is not minimalism design brand, each piece has some obvious design elements. So the logo design should reflect that.
The target audience is women who want to impress in a unique and sophisticated way in special occassions, such as dinner date, birthday party, etc.
What industry do you think your business is most related to?
What colors do you want to see in your design?
To give us an idea of the overall feeling of your brand, let us know which styles you lean towards
I want a logo symbol which is in the same level as in the first picture. and as in loewe. Some modern shapes that reflects the core meaning of my brand. Some ideas to recommend, a stylized, modern flower symbol can be a good choice. For example, Chanel's Camelia is a great example.

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We are accepting applications for clerical positions throughout Kent County. Candidates who apply through this posting will be considered after completion of our evidence-based selection steps. Please monitor the email listed your employment application for further instructions (including junk/spam folders).
The successful candidates will perform a variety of clerical support functions for their department or unit ranging in complexity based upon the position. Duties may include opening and sorting mail, receipting and processing payments, filing and data entry, assisting the public over the phone and in person to answer a variety of routine and complex questions regarding legal matters, account information and general requests for information. Work processes require the application of substantive and procedural knowledge of internal and external rules, regulations, requirements and protocols related to the work of the department or unit. Work is performed under general supervision with some latitude for independent judgment and action.
As vacancies arise, County departments will be presented with applications from this posting to consider for interview. If you are selected for interview, you will receive an invitation with information about the specific position including the department, job description, starting rate of pay and additional details. If you would like to learn more about our various County departments, visit the following link: Departments & Officials | Kent County, Michigan (accesskent.com).
Clerical positions within departments may include: Clerk I/II/III, Clerk Typist II, Client Services Representative, Court Clerk/Legal Clerk, Circuit Court Clerk, Judicial Clerk, Administrative Specialist, Senior Administrative Specialist, Account Clerk I/II/III, Collections Clerk I/II/III, Docket Clerk, Senior Docket Clerk, Human Resources Technician, Property Clerk, Abstract/Title Clerk II.
*Job location depends on the department. Starting pay rate will vary based on position and bargaining unit. For additional information about compensation and benefits, visit the following links:
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High school diploma or equivalent combined with one year of clerical experience. Exceptional customer service and phone skills as well as proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications are required.
The successful candidate must have the ability to perform in a high-volume environment and utilize effective conflict resolution skills to serve clientele in a tactful, objective manner. Strong interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills and the ability to interact positively with a diverse population is essential.
Coursework in criminal justice, accounting, legal, office management or related fields are highly desired. Some positions may include a typing assessment with a required speed of 40 or 50wpm.


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Portland, Oregon (CNN) — As he puts a straw in his fruit smoothie, Michael Lee Howard accidentally knocks over the cup, spilling the seaweed-colored liquid. "Well, it happens," he says. As he collects the smoothie overflow in the plastic lid, he exposes the tattoos on his wrists: a biohazard symbol on the right and a radiation symbol on the left.
Howard might not have come across as such a calm person in late 2005, when he found out he was HIV-positive. After his diagnosis, he felt "dirty" in his own skin, and feared infecting others if he so much as cut his hand. Getting the wrist tattoos helped him in his journey toward self-acceptance.
"It’s a branding of who I am, and it’s a branding of being comfortable with that, being comfortable with who I am," said Howard, 37, who lives in Portland, Oregon.
Howard is one of many people living with HIV who have chosen to get tattoos to represent living with the disease. They say these tattoos help start conversations, reduce stigma and serve as reminders of how living with HIV has changed their lives.
Tattoos like Howard’s biohazard symbol are especially common in men who have sex with men, the subpopulation that bears the highest burden of new HIV infections in the United States. Men who have sex with men accounted for 61%, or 29,300, new HIV infections in 2009, federal health officials said last week. And although the number of new HIV cases has remained stable in the general population, new infections rose among young, black gay and bisexual men from 2006 to 2009.
It was also among men having sex with men that U.S. doctors first realized, in 1981, that there was a never-before-seen disease that could destroy the immune system. That disease came to be known as human immunodeficiency virus.
"In the gay male community, we think about it (HIV) a lot more because it attacked our community first. It’s wiped out a number of us," said William Conley of Pollock Pines, California. His tattoo, a biohazard symbol with the Celtic motif of a crown of thorns circling around it, means he’s winning the fight against this disease.
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Iceland's Technical Manager Trish Twohig told the Commons Environment Committee that the supermarket was "passionate about food safety" and that future product assessments would "include equine testing".
More top news
Gay men in Northern Ireland will now be able to donate blood for the first time after a controversial lifetime ban was lifted.
A number of Cabinet ministers will begin a round of Brexit talks with foreign counterparts on Thursday.
Drinking moderately does not seem to affect a woman's fertility, a study suggests.


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What do Adrien Brody and Madonna have in common? They’ve now both surprise-slobbered all over another celebrity on stage. Madonna pulled a Brody at California music festival Coachella on Sunday planting one on Drake. Despite her track record of making out with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, this one came as a shock, especially to the former Degrassi actor. It was quite a spectacle as she kissed Drake while he helplessly flailed beneath her in a chair. When the Material Girl finally finished, Drake looked rather disgusted. The stunned rapper then asked the audience — in language too colorful to be printed here — what had happened. If only he had remained silent with a frozen smile, as women tend to do when they’re inappropriately massaged, caressed, and kissed while in front of the cameras at entertainment events.
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Initial Posting Date:10/29/2020
Agency:Oregon State Department of Police
Position Title:Internal Auditor 3OSP20-0100 (e)
Internal Auditor – OSP20-0100 (e)
Oregon State Police
About the Agency-
We are the provider of Premier Public Safety Services for Oregon each and every day. Our mission is to enhance the livability and safety for the by protecting the people, property, and natural resources of the State.
Our Mission -
Founded in 1931, our mission is to serve the with a diverse workforce dedicated to the protection of people, property, and natural resources.
We Value –
The OSP workforce is comprised of more than 1,400 sworn and professional staff in the areas of patrol, criminal investigation, forensic services, medical examiner, state fire marshal, gaming regulation, fish and wildlife regulation, public safety communications, and information management with a biennial budget of approximately $500 million total funds. For more information about the Oregon State Police, please
This position is management services and is not represented by a union. OSP Employees in the Forensic Services Division may receive preference.
This recruitment announcement will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.
What will you do?
Manage all internal auditing functions in order to create a systematic approach for evaluating and improving operational risk management, internal controls and quality performance; work across internal Division lines in order to review compliance, recommend and monitor improvements.
What’s in it for you !
We offer full medical, vision, and dental benefits with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave, and other paid leave per State HR Policies applicable to management service. If you have a desire to make a difference in the lives of Oregonians, apply today!
You must submit a resume demonstrating your experience as it relates to the minimum qualifications, general knowledge, and requested skills. In addition to a resume you must submit a cover letter addressing how you meet the preferred skills for this position. Failure to attach a cover letter and resume addressing the minimum qualifications and preferred skills will result in disqualification of your application.
6 years of experience performing professional level auditing, investigations, compliance, policy/program, or work closely related to the agency mission
A Bachelor’s degree in business-related field such as business or public administration, finance, economics, computer science, accounting; or a field specific to the Agency's mission. AND
3 years of experience performing professional level auditing, investigations, compliance, policy/program, or work closely related to the agency mission
If you would like to request a copy of the position description, please send your request to OSPHR[at]osp.oregon.gov . If you would like to retain a copy of this announcement, please print a copy before submitting your application. Once you submit your application, you will not be able to view the announcement.
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Selection Process: The selection process consists of a review of your application and an evaluation of your education, experience, training, and overall professionalism of your application materials. Do not attach extra documents. We will only review documents that we ask for. Please note that your application material will be evaluated for grammar, spelling and punctuation. Qualified applicants whose background most closely matches the needs of the position will be invited to interview.
If you require an alternate format in order to complete the employment process, you may contact Human Resources by email at OSPHR[at]osp.oregon.gov .
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Background check: Prior to being offered a position, finalists must pass a fingerprint-based security/criminal record background check, and some higher level positions may include a thorough background investigation. Conviction of a crime will not automatically preclude appointment. Adverse background data may be grounds for immediate disqualification.
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Rules: find out what characters share the same personality type as you HERE and list the characters that you find relevant below. Then tag five friends and let them know you tagged them!
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ISFJs are loyal, orderly and sensitive. They can be very shy around people they don’t know, but are the sort of person who will always remember your birthday, and are never accidentally offensive.
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We're going to take you on a nostalgia trip, playing undisputed 1980s classics from Madonna, Duran Duran, Prince, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode, U2, The Human League, The Police and more.
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1999 by Prince
Fade To Grey by Visage
Sheila Take A Bow by The Smiths
Church Of The Poison Mind by Culture Club
Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor
Express Yourself by Madonna
Something About You by Level 42
Ghost Town by The Specials
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Tony Hadley's 80s Party
Spandau Ballet legend Tony Hadley is on air from 7.00pm tonight with Tony Hadley's 80s Party. Tune in for the best 80s party classics.
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Matthew Rudd brings you a playlist that goes beyond the biggest hits and classics


Wednesday, 13th February 2013
In General Japan News,
Japan disappointed that wrestling won't be part of 2020 Games
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that wrestling will not be part of the 2020 Games as it has been dropped from the programme.
Instead, it will join one of seven events shortlisted to appear as an additional activity at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
It now has to be appraised against roller sports, wushu, wakeboarding, sport climbing, baseball/softball, karate and squash if it is to be re-entered into the agenda.
The decision was met with frustration from Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga, who said that "wrestling is one of Japan's strongest sports. It is said to be the oldest sport in the world [...] the decision is very disappointing."
Mark Adams, spokesman for the IOC, suggested that the decision was made as the board agreed that 25 other activities were worthy of inclusion in the Games.
"This is a process of renewing and renovating the programme for the Olympics. In the view of the executive board, this was the best programme for the Olympic Games in 2020. It's not a case of what's wrong with wrestling, it is what's right with the [other] 25 core sports," he said.
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Elgin County Launches New Tourism Video
Elgin County is excited to announce the launch of its new tourism promotional video “Life is Beautiful in Elgin County”. Elgin is a place where kilometres of stunning shoreline meet soft sandy beaches, rolling country hills, lush green forest trails, and charming towns and villages. This video is an authentic visual snap shot of what life is like in Elgin County that showcases the area’s stunning landscapes, exciting recreational activities, and friendly people.
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Parents across the country terrified by Florida's deadly high school shooting are spending money on a unique safety solution -- backpacks that block bullets.
Nashville mom, Patricia Lekki said she wants the best protection for her kids so she invested in two bullet blocker inserts.
"Hopefully it'll never happen at my kids school but we don't know that and it's not worth gambling on their lives," she said.
The inserts protect against handgun and shotgun rounds but not rifles.
She says talking to her kids about the shootings let's them understand why they use the inserts for additional protection.
"What I see happening to other families and the other students it's absolutely heartbreaking that this can still be allowed to happen but that it's happening in schools. They're kids," she said.
There have been 18 school shootings including incidents where guns have accidently been discharged so far this year.
Lekki said she does not want her kids or any others to become another statistic.
The price for the bulletproof inserts range from $100 to $175 but Lekki said her kids can carry them through college or beyond and it's worth every penny if it helps save their lives.

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The motivation for almost all warfare throughout history has mainly been either economic gain or territorial gain. There have been wars fought over religion, but even these have been fuelled by gain of some kind. The Second World War felt exceptional because there was clearly a greater evil to be fought, and conflict seemed morally justifiable, despite the huge numbers of innocent people lost. But even if, during the course of human history, there have been what we call ‘legitimate’ wars, these have served only to fuel a need for conflict that seems to be inherent in us. We glorify war, film it and write about it. Our greatest heroes act their parts against the backdrop of war; the theatre of war provides us with the pretext we need to live out the struggle between good and evil, which is inherent in our nature. History — both ancient and modern, shows us that we cannot eliminate war; the best we can hope to do is to control it. In order to do this, we have built democracy and elected governments, we have established the rule of law and tried to find the right men for the job. How successful have such measures really been?
As the Church lost its influence after the Enlightenment, it was the state that legitimised war. The state is a relatively modern concept. There had been earlier states elsewhere in the world, such as Ancient Egypt and China, and the city-states of Ancient Greece wielded great influence. Rome was a superbly successful city-state, allowing the idea of one city to grow into an empire, but modern nation-states only rose up in Europe from around the fifteenth century onwards. After the decline of the Roman Empire, feudalism and the Church were the social structures that demanded the fealty of the people. Later they became superseded by monarchies, where kings and queens ruled by divine right, gradually becoming as powerful as the Church, and in some cases even shouldering it aside. But whether imperial, monarchic or republic, over the next three centuries virtually every region of the world became parcelled up into states in one form or another. The consequence of this pattern of change was that the idea of war became embedded in the idea of statehood, and one of the first people to make the connection between the needs of the state and the need for war was a man whose name has become associated with evil to such an extent that when we describe someone as being Machiavellian, we all know exactly what we mean.
Machiavelli, who is often called the founder of modern politics, is widely considered to be a paradigm of wickedness because of a book he penned in 1513, entitled, The Prince. The book can arguably be called a treatise on realpolitik, or politics with pragmatism. Machiavelli did not coin the term, realpolitik, but he certainly believed in it. He lived during the time of the Italian Renaissance, when the Italian city-states had, despite their power of innovation and creativity, sunk to a level of violence and warmongering that was really quite astonishing. When a cardinal sanctioned murder in a cathedral in Florence for political motives during the Pazzi conspiracy of 1478, it seemed like the final straw on an already high mound of dung-infested power politics. But that did not stop Niccolò Machiavelli. “In seizing a state,” he wrote, “the usurper ought to examine closely into all those injuries which it is necessary for him to inflict, and to do them all at one stroke, so as not to have to repeat them daily” — that certainly is pragmatic thinking. Perhaps Machiavelli was simply trying to defend the superior and beautiful city-state of Florence (and who can blame him for that), but his ideas sanctioned warmongering in the interests of securing control over another state, and people followed his lead.
In the nineteenth century Sociologist Max Weber defined a state as a system with a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a specific area, and this concept became enshrined in public law through the policing of the state. In feudal times, the lord had the right to use force to secure his interests in the area he controlled, now that right had effectively been passed on to the nation. This did not give a state the right to use force against its neighbours, however, but it did not take politicians long to realise that the motive of self-defence provided the state, in the end, with all the justification it needed to use all the force it wanted, thereby putting Machiavelli’s most famous maxim to the test: the end justifies the means. If the end, or aim of war is self-defence, then it is seen as right. After all, what nation-state could base its policies on the Christian doctrine of turning the other cheek? The survival of the state would simply not permit it.
There were other holes too in Weber’s thinking. The security of a state depends also on its military power, and on the extent to which this military power can be checked. Modern nations have invested huge sums of money in weaponry and the military, but in doing so they have juggled with a double-edged sword. At no time was this more evident than during the Cold War. In arming ourselves for peace, we armed ourselves for war. All of which means that selecting the right person for the management of the state has never been so important. Equally important are the systems permitting us to make that choice, such as democracy. But even if we are so fortunate as to have those systems in place, we still need information.
In the modern era it is, arguably, only information that can save us from the dangers of war. We may never be able to eliminate war altogether, but with the breadth of information we now have at our fingertips, our best hope lies in understanding it.
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The Paris District High School Panthers boys’ baseball team started out the post-season with a second win against the Pauline Johnson Collegiate Thunderbirds in the quarter-final game.
Paris took PJ down 8-4 with particularly hot bats in the second inning, when the team scored six runs.
Colton Jones (a triple) and relief pitcher Kris Kuik (who hit a double, allowed no runs and struck out seven batters in three innings) each crossed home plate twice and were walked twice.
PDHS scored one run in the first, and one run in the fourth, while PJ scored three runs in the second and one in the fifth.
Relief pitcher Jack Jarvie threw for one inning, allowing one run, one hit and throwing three strikeouts.
The Panthers play a semi-final game on Thursday against Assumption Collegiate at Bill Little field in Brantford at 4 p.m.
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Lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) functions as a kind of internal search solution, helping companies find everything from contact information to encryption certificates and network services. As noted by SC Magazine, however, it’s also a serious threat vector.
Security firm Corero recently observed an LDAP attack that enabled cybercriminals to significantly amplify malicious distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) traffic and easily take down websites. Even worse, experts warned that, combined with an Internet of Things (IoT)-based effort, these attacks could reach “unprecedented bandwidth levels.” Here’s the lowdown on LDAP.
Ports in a Storm
Many companies are at risk of an LDAP attack but don’t realize it. Firewalls are often configured to leave port 389 open, allowing connectionless LDAP-based data communication. An attacker can query these protocol servers using a spoofed IP address, which sends a massive response to the intended target.
Corero observed three attacks with an average amplification of 46 times, reaching 55 times at peak. This yields a bandwidth range of 22 to 28 Gbps, much more than any network can reasonably handle.
This isn’t the first time LDAP issues have emerged. As noted by The Register, a flaw discovered in Cisco Prime made it possible for attackers to bypass authentication requirements and gain full admin access.
And, as Dark Reading pointed out, LDAP is only the most recent protocol to be exploited. According to Dave Larson of Corero, “novel amplification attacks like this occur because there are so many open services on the internet that will respond to spoofed queries.”
In addition to the more reasonable throughput of LDAP attacks, Corero also observed one that reached 70 Gpbs — a rate impossible to achieve with a single LDAP server. Experts suspect the effort required at least a small botnet to make high-volume queries of multiple LDAP servers and send them all to the same target.
The bigger worry here is that, combined with IoT-based threats, lightweight directory attacks could set new benchmarks for DDoS power. In fact, the framework already exists.
The BBC reported that home webcams and other connected consumer devices were recently leveraged to take down huge websites like Twitter, Reddit and Spotify. Add LDAP amplification into the mix, and DDoS attacks could reach traffic volumes substantial enough to wipe out web services almost instantaneously.
Preventing an LDAP Attack
The solution to this problem comes in two parts: First, companies need to check their firewall settings and make sure port 389 is never left open. If attackers can’t connect to LDAP servers, they can’t spoof or amplify traffic.
The other part of this puzzle relies on device manufacturers changing the way they do business — no more hardcoded passwords and no ability to leave default passwords in place once devices are activated. Businesses must also stop leaving passwords unchanged for months or allowing IoT devices unfettered network access.
LDAP attacks won’t be the last protocol-based DDoS to threaten corporate networks, but they do offer a worrisome glimpse of the future threat landscape. In the absence of private ports and secure IoT, DDoS is king.


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As usual, the four-week moving average flattened that volatility, which is why close observers prefer it over the weekly figure. That average rose to 352,000, an increase of 250 from the previous week.
For all programs, state and federally funded emergency extensions, the total number of people claiming benefits for the week ending Jan. 12 was 5,914,983, up 255,501 from the previous week. For the comparable week of 2012, there were 7,655,224 persons claiming benefits in all programs.
The latest numbers are no predictor of what the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report on jobs will show when it is released Friday morning because that report only covers data compiled up to Jan. 12.
A consensus of experts surveyed by Bloomberg forecasts that seasonally adjusted job creation clocked in at 185,000 and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in January. But the number of times the consensus has been wrong in the past five years, often way wrong, outnumbers the times it has been right. A report from Automated Data Processing released Wednesday put the seasonally adjusted number of new jobs created in the private sector in January at 192,000. The BLS report covers both private and government jobs.


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A rescue dog has saved the life of a nine-week-old baby, after alerting his owners that she had stopped breathing.
Duke was adopted by Jenna Brousseau and her busband, who live in Portland in America, six years ago and according to the couple he has always been very well-behaved. So when he jumped on to their bed one night and started shaking, they knew something was wrong.
“He is insanely obedient so this was extremely bizarre,” said Jenna. “I knew right away something was wrong.”
The couple then went into their baby’s nursery and discovered that Harper had stopped breathing. Jenna’s husband immediately called for an ambulance, and paramedics were able to revive the tiny baby.
“The ambulance only came here because our Dukey alerted us,” said Jenna. “If he hadn’t been so scared we would have gone to sleep.”
Jenna hopes that her story, which shows the devotion of their family pet, will encourage other people to adopt a rescue dog.
“He’s the perfect dog he was meant to be ours,” she said.

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Bernadette and Miles Bender, owners of the Bender Gallery, escaped the frenzy of D.C. in 2004 to pursue their passion for the arts in Asheville. Long-time art collectors, the couple opened Bender Gallery in its first location on Haywood Street in 2005. Bender Gallery has firmly established itself as the region’s only contemporary fine art gallery specializing in museum quality glass sculpture created by leading U.S. and international artists. In addition, the gallery is proud to promote the work of a select group of emerging artists.
Bender Gallery also exhibits ceramic and bronze sculptures as well as figurative and abstract paintings. The gallery is participating in the Summer of Glass and introducing the work of Maestro Lino Tagliapietra to North Carolina. “Dale Chihuly has referred to Tagliapietra as ‘perhaps the world’s greatest living glassblower,’” says Bernadette Bender, “and many connoisseurs of contemporary glass art would agree.”
Bender Gallery is currently located at 12 South Lexington Avenue and will be relocating to 29 Biltmore Avenue in June. For more information, visit bendergallery.com, call the gallery at 828.505.8341 or find Bender Gallery on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @bendergallery.


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- ISBN: 0801865360
- Physical Description: 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 x 24 cm.
- Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Previously published: New York : Harper Collins, 1993 as a revised and expanded edition of: American diner. 1st edition c1979.
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The diner's humble beginnings -- T. H. Buckley, the "Original Lunch Wagon King" -- Wagons abound -- The big three -- A diner-a-day -- The story of a diner: Casey's -- Diners on the move -- "Ladies invited" Or were they? -- Diners survive the crash -- Little diners -- The golden age of the diner -- Homemade diners -- A place to take the kids -- The story of a diner: The Mayfair -- When stainless steel lost its shine -- The story of a diner: Victoria Dining -- New faces on old places -- Yes, there are still diner builders -- The story of a diner: The Lyndos -- The diner is rediscovered.
From the first diner in 1872 to the "rediscovery" of diners in the 1990s, Richard J. S. Gutman's American Diner Then and Now covers the history, architecture, menus, and the appeal of this uniquely American creation. With 275 photographs in color and black and white, this book is the landmark work on its subject, a revised and expanded edition of Gutman's classic American Diner--the book, published in 1979, that inspired people to buy, restore, and reopen diners across the country. This edition includes a state-by-state directory, "Where the diners are," listing locations for currently operating diners.
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I made an interesting observation yesterday. I found a decent price on some Hornady Custom 115 grain XTP 9mm at a local store. I purchased a box of them to try out. However, when I opened them up and sat one of these rounds next to a 147 grain Remington Golden Saber, I noticed the Hornady cartridges had a much shorter OAL. Is this normal? Unless someone tells me otherwise, I'm just going to assume that it is because a 147 grain bullet is a lot longer than a 115 grain one so more is going to stick out on former. Is this stuff generally regarded as good ammo? I know with the XTP you generally don't get much expansion but they do penetrate pretty deep.


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Current Posts: Professor of Animal Genetics, Dean and Provost of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh.
Date of Birth: August 7, 1940, Hemel Hempstead, England
Married with 3 children.
Degrees: BSc(1st Honours), London, 1961. MSc, California, 1963. PhD.,Edinburgh, 1965. DSc., Edinburgh, 1976.
Honorary: FRSE (Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) 1979. Fellow of Royal Society 1985.
University of Edinburgh appointments:
1965-83, Assistant lecturer, lecturer, reader in genetics.
1983, Professor of Animal Genetics.
1989-1990, Head, Department of Genetics.
1990-1993, Head, Institute of Cell, Animal & Population Biology.
1993-1998, Head, Division of Biological Sciences.
1999- , Dean and Provost, Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Department of Genetics, University of Minnesota.
Department of Statistics, Iowa State University.
Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University.
1965-99 Cotswold Pig Development Company Ltd.
1978-98 Holstein Friesian Society.
Prof. Hill's research interests included population and quantitative genetics theory as applied to livestock improvement; genetics of domestic and laboratory animals; statistical methods for genetic evaluation; theory on the maintenance of variation in populations; effects of population size, mutation, and selection on population dynamics and evolution. Prof. Hill has published over 200 papers and has editted several books and technical reports.
Prof. Hill has taught quantitative genetics, population genetics, animal breeding, and statistics. He has supervised more than 40 research students, and has given post graduate courses in Europe and the USA. He has been an editor (or on the editorial board) for Genetics; Genetical Research; Heredity; Genetics, Selection, Evolution; Theoretical Population Biology; Biometrics; Animal Production; J. Agricultural Science; Livestock Production Science; Animal Breeding Abstracts; and Proc. Royal Society, Series B.
University of Edinburgh:
1988-90, Convenor, Faculty of Science Postgraduate Studies Committee.
1997-99, Convenor, University Research Committee.
1999- , Dean-Provost, numerous others.
1999-2000, Vice-President, British Society of Animal Science.
1996, RAE Biological Science Panel, Chair designate 2001.
1998-, Commonwealth Scholarships Commission.
1998-99, COSHEP Research Advisory Group.
1984- , Director's Advisory Group/Board of Governors, Roslin Institute.
1986-92, AFRC Animals Research Grants Board.
1993-94, Council, Royal Society.
1987- , Sectional/Research Fellowship/Research Grants Committees, Royal Society.
1998-2000, Research Fellowships Committee, Royal Society of Edinburgh.
1986- , Permanent International Committee WCGALP, 1990 President.
Various industry R&D committees.


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- Stephanie Thrower
Building resilience during a global pandemic
Resilience has been a major theme of my work this week with pregnant and postpartum women. Sometimes I'll describe resilience as the ability to get back up on the horse after you’ve been kicked off (which really shows my Oklahoma roots).
This idea of “bouncing back” after adversity is not new. Humans are far more resilient than we think. We can heal from a great deal, both physically and psychologically.
However, resilience sometimes gets confused with “being tough”, which often refers to avoidance or invalidation of negative emotions. We hear a lot, “I want to be strong for my family/partner/child/employees” and not cry or be upset. I do a fair amount of challenging the idea that being strong or resilient is not feeling sad, disappointed, or scared.
Being resilient means accepting your vulnerable and negative emotions about difficult experiences. Giving these emotions space allows for the other positive emotions to be authentically present.
When talking to women who are about to give birth this week, we discussed a plan for building resilience during and after labor. This includes identifying intentions or goals, as well as available resources. We also processed thoughts & fears that might act as barriers to remaining positive and adaptive.
The article (https://www.apa.org/topics/resilience) identifies four areas where we can build resilience: 1) connection, 2) wellness, 3) healthy thinking, and 4) meaning.
It may be helpful to self-evaluate which areas you could use some extra support during this global pandemic. Do you feel like you need to feel more connected? And to whom? Do you feel like you could use more support to challenge negative thinking? Or, are you struggling to identify purpose and meaning during this stressful time?

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Hungarian official says 70 people had their asylum applications accepted
Hungary closes border with Serbia, leaving hundreds of migrants gathered at border
Germany and Austria call for an emergency EU summit next Tuesday on crisis
A railway carriage fortified with razor-wire was wheeled in to block the remaining gap in the fence with neighboring Serbia, closing a route that tens of thousands of refugees have used to escape bombings and terrorism in their homelands.
Refugees were trickling into Hungary, according to a government spokesman.
Zoltan Kovacs told CNN’s Hala Gorani that 70 people had their asylum applications accepted and 40 were rejected. About 275 people were arrested at the border.
“Thirty-five of them, mainly women and children, have already been transferred to shelters within the country, according to the European protocol,” Kovacs said.
Hungary is a member of the European Union; Serbia, to its south, is not but is in negotiations to join.
Under laws that took effect Tuesday, anyone caught climbing the fence faces up to three years in jail. Hungarian authorities said arrests had already begun.
“We call this as a temporary fence. Obviously it is … a must decision (rather) than a nice decision,” Kovacs said.
“We don’t like building fences, but up until we are able to reinstate border control on the natural border/green borders of the country, we have no other choice.”
Registration and entry to Hungary will now be possible only at two assigned entry points, he said.
Hungary also plans to expand the fence along its border with Romania to the east, Norbert Domotor, spokesman for the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Tuesday, although he said construction had yet to begin.
In a statement, Amnesty International slammed Hungary’s actions as “ugly” and “draconian.”
“For refugees fleeing from terrifying conflict zones to be met by such an intimidating show of militarized force is shocking, and a woefully irresponsible response to people already traumatized by war and brutality,” said Gauri van Gulik, Amnesty International’s deputy director for Europe.
“This ‘raise the drawbridge’ mentality will simply redirect, but not put an end to, desperate and dangerous journeys.”
Hungarian authorities took action after an unprecedented influx of migrants entering from Serbia.
A record 9,380 migrants made the crossing Monday, Hungarian police said, nearly double the previous record of 5,809 migrants set a day earlier.
The closing of the border left throngs of refugees, carrying everything they had …Read More


I am a Navigation Engineer in the Mission Design and Navigation section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. As a Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Navigator, my job is to determine where the spacecraft is (orbit determination) and where it is going (orbit prediction). I also keep the spacecraft on course by performing propulsive burns using the spacecraft engines.
The Earth and Mars both orbit the sun. Because Mars is farther away from the sun than is the Earth, the length of a Mars year is longer than the length of an Earth year (1 Mars year is about 1.9 Earth years). These different orbit periods cause the Earth and Mars to sometimes be on opposite sides of the solar system from one another. This event is called Solar Conjunction.
During Solar Conjunction, radio signals transmitted by the Deep Space Network to the Mars Reconnaissance spacecraft (and vice versa) must pass through the solar corona. Due to signal interference, the measurements that the Navigation team use for orbit determination become very noisy. Noisy measurements mean that the Navigation team can't figure out exactly where the spacecraft is and where it is going. Without accurate measurements (and an accurate orbit determination solution), the Mars Reconnaissance spacecraft cannot perform precise targeted science observations. The best thing for the team to do is to "wait out" Solar Conjunction until the signal noise levels go back to normal levels (when Mars re-emerges from behind the sun). For Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this Solar Conjunction period starts around April 4, 2013, and lasts until May 1, 2013. During this time, science observations are suspended and we won't be receiving any new images.
But not to worry! We should be back to our normal routine in May, so stay tuned!


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India4, Jul 2020, 2:02 PM
NSA Ajit Doval coordinated PM Modi's surprise visit to Ladakh
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval was the one who coordinated PM Modi's visit to Ladakh, along with Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General MM Naravane and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat
India24, Jun 2020, 4:56 PM
Naravane visits various forward areas in eastern Ladakh, awards Commendation Cards to soldiers
Army Chief Gen MM Naravane visited various forward areas in eastern Ladakh and took stock of the Army's combat preparedness
India15, May 2020, 6:30 PM
Nepal objected to India's road to Lipulekh at someone else's behest: Army Chief
Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said there were reasons to believe that Nepal objected to India laying a road connecting the Lipulekh pass in Uttarakhand at the behest of someone else even as he asserted that the Army is dealing with incidents of face-offs with Chinese military on a case-by-case basis
India17, Apr 2020, 8:43 PM
From Yogi’s new punishment for violators to Nikhil’s lockdown-defying wedding, watch MyNation 100 seconds
Yogi Adityanath, UP CM has asked officials to seize the properties of Moradabad attackers of health staff. These people had attacked 17 personnel when they had gone to check them. Army General MM Naravane has hit out at Pakistan for exporting terror during the coronavirus pandemic. Pak has been trying to infiltrate while India concentrates on tackling coronavirus.
India17, Apr 2020, 4:18 PM
While India exports medicine, Pakistan continues to export terror amid coronavirus pandemic
Army Chief General MM Naravane has hit out at Pakistan saying it continues to foment trouble at a time when the world is fighting the pandemic.
India12, Jan 2020, 1:15 PM
Army chief: Training for first batch of 100 women to be inducted into military police has begun
The Indian Army began the process of inducting women in the military police last year
India31, Dec 2019, 6:13 PM
Lt General MM Naravane takes over as 28th Army chief
Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund Naravane took over as the Army chief on December 31. General Naravane was previously the Vice Chief of Army Staff.
India26, Jul 2019, 5:07 PM
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Pakistan did not learn its lesson despite defeat, says Eastern Army Commander
Eastern Army commander Lt General MM Naravane stated that Pakistan did not learn its lesson while paying tribute to the soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1999 Kargil war at a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at Fort William.
India19, Jan 2019, 1:30 PM
Nirmala Sitharaman takes stock of security along China border in Arunachal Pradesh
Head, Eastern Command, Indian Army, Lieutenant General MM Naravane, GOC Spear Corps, Lieutenant General Rajeev Sirohi and other military and civil officials accompanied Sitharaman


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There is always a lot going on at Regrow and you are not going to want to miss a thing.


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There has been no Ryder Cup style come back for the potato crop this season. Most crops went into the end of the season three weeks behind and that is generally where they have finished in yield and size fraction. Despite some late September sun those growers who risked growing crops on have seen little bulking in the last three weeks and now face the lottery of a November harvest in Scotland.
Drainage has been the key factor in crop success with waterlogged soil preventing bulking for long periods compounding the lack of sunshine, resulting in growth cracking in many crops and greening through tubers setting just under the surface of the ridge.
There has been a north south divide with crops north of Aberdeen having a relatively normal season in terms of rainfall and therefore crops are better. South of Aberdeen all crops have suffered with Borders and again Fife worst affected.
The season has not been without its surprises, with dry matters against most growers’ expectations at 2-4% higher than normal. This is probably a result of the dominating factors of early senescence and low nitrogen availability to the crop during the season driving early dry matter partitioning. This was unable to be matched by reduced capacity for the plant to take up water usually associated with tuber bulking.
Although not widely reported yet, the early senescence and higher starch levels associated with higher dry matter could lead to tubers becoming hyper sensitive to bruising. Sensitivity can change within hours, so growers need to check bruising levels before harvesting the field by performing drop tests.
In contrast to last season, there is a potential risk of rotting in store from progressive blackleg as well as soft rots associated with water-logging and there are some reports of tuber blight. In the case of blackleg there are some cases where the rot is going into heal end at harvest and this is impossible to spot on inspection tables and will end up in store.
In these cases prolonged positive ventilation is going to be needed to dry up the tubers breaking down and prevent the development of rot pockets. This is also going to be a requirement for soft rots and any pink rot present. Unlike previous seasons there could be more of a relationship between foliar infection and tuber blight. Growers can assess risk by keeping tubers at room temperature and looking for symptom development after two weeks.
The one thing that is no surprise this season is the amount of powdery scab. Unfortunately a wet tuber initiation period in all regions of Scotland has resulted in wide spread infection. In high pressure situations, no matter what has been applied to seed crops, it has not been enough to make a difference.

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The FHA Streamline Refinance program went into effect Monday and is designed to help homeowners who bought houses roughly between 2005 and May 31, 2009, when interest rates were running at 6 percent or higher. Those same homeowners found themselves underwater when their home values dropped, and refinancing was not an option.
The FHA Streamline program does not care if the homeowner is underwater, said loan adviser Richard Phillips at CB &T Mortgage, Central Bancorp in Colorado Springs.
In Colorado Springs, about 40 percent of home loans taken out between 2005 and 2009 were FHA-backed, Phillips said.
By Tuesday, he already was working on a half-dozen refinance home loans through the FHA Streamline Refinance program.
Home buyers can refinance a home loan through any FHA lender.
Other recent refinance programs, including the Home Affordable Refinance Program, were duds and not accessible to most homeowners, Phillips said. For example, the HARP required that the homeowner be 5 percent underwater, when most buyers were closer to 10 percent underwater, he said.
The best part of the FHA Streamline program, Phillips said, is that it does not require a home appraisal. So, homeowners can refinance based on their original purchase price as the current value – even if they are underwater on their mortgage.
For example, a homebuyer with a $175,000 mortgage at 6 percent interest could get refinanced at 3.7 percent and see about $230 monthly payment reduction.
“It’s a good decrease,” Phillips said. “With this FHA refinance, you are really getting a true no-cost refinance — the point is to get savings to people who need it the most.”
As with any refinance, there always is a downside, Phillips said. If a homeowner opts for this program, they will start over with a 30-year mortgage, even if they have already been paying on the previous mortgage for several years.
For details, visit FHA Refinance.

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