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Is that a coded message? Chrissy Teigen tweets about ‘young cocky brats’ after attending star-studded GQ party
No one could ever accuse Chrissy Teigen of not saying how she feels.
The stunning model is known for her very open, and not always entirely appropriate, outbursts.
And on Thursday, the 27-year-old once again did not hold back after attending GQ's What To Wear Now Party in New York.
No holding back: Chrissy Teigen launched a blistering Twitter rant against younger women in the industry after attending the GQ What To Wear Now Party in New York on Thursday night
Casual cutie: The 27-year-old flashed her amazing legs in a pair of distressed denim cut-off shorts which she paired with a show stopping knee-high brown boots
The Sports Illustrated beauty launched a blistering Twitter rant against younger women in the industry not long after she graced the red carpet.
While the soon-to-be Mrs. John Legend did not mention the event, its timing suggested someone must have set the stunner off at the party.
The model said in two separate tweets: 'When young women are acting like brats, I like to calmly tell them that their allure will be over soon. Because I am a complete b***h yay.'
'That's the only satisfying part of witnessing young, cocky brats. Knowing they will get older and make this same observation.'
Very honest: The model did not say who she was talking about but made sure to make her feelings clear
Who the star's wrath was reversed for was not clear but the event at the Highline Hotel did draw its share of young woman trying to get make sure the camera's were on them.
Chrissy did no have to try however, looking stunning as always.
Despite obviously ignoring any red carpet dress code for the fashion focused GQ event, the 27-year-old turned up the heat on Thursday night.
Different look: Chanel Iman arrived at the event in a whimsical floor length floral gown
Often named on the magazine's Sexists Women List, the star made sure to flash her amazing legs in a pair of distressed denim cut-off shorts which she paired with a show stopping knee-high brown boots.
Keeping it casual, Chrissy also wore a loose black T-shirt and left her hair in soft but not overly styled curls.
Going for a completely different look was fellow model Chanel Iman.
Baby got back: The feminine dress still showed off the 22-year-old's curves thanks to a low back, spaghetti straps and a triangle bust line
The Victoria's Secret model arrived at the event in a whimsical floor length floral gown.
The feminine dress featured a layered bottom but still showed off the 22-year-old's curves thanks to a low back, spaghetti straps and a triangle bust line.
While the Atalanta-born stunner went for a lady-like look, singer Bridget Kelly went for sex pot.
Cut it out: Bridget Kelly showed off her eye catching curves in a skin tight cut out dress
Ab-tatstic: The singer's amazingly toned abs were the focal point as the dress was designed with a large gap between the skirt and the top
The 27-year-old Roc Nation star made sure to show off her eye catching curves in a skin tight cut out dress.
The singer - who regularly performs with Jay Z - flashed her amazingly toned abs on the carpet, as the dress was designed with a large gap between the skirt and the top.
Also attending was television personality and designer Nate Berkus and his fiance Jeremiah Brent.
Stylish love: Interior designer and television personality Nate Berkus and his fiance stylist Jeremiah Brent also came to the party
Casually cool: Orange Is The New Black star Matt McGorry mixed casual jeans with a smart suit jacket
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I am totally new to this thing. I’m trying to find venues in the Wine Country but am finding that they all have a 10:00 or 11:00 curfew. Is this a standard thing across the board- Napa, Sonoma, Calistoga, etc.??? I mean, that seriously puts a damper on the Wine Country wedding experience i was envisioning!
Has anyone found a good solution to this and/or a county up there that isn’t so strict? Help!
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My venue has an 11pm limit. It’s probably a city noise ordinance and has nothing to do with the venue.
Post # 4
Our vineyard in central NY has a 11pm curfew but would allow us to go beyond for extra $$.
Post # 5
Most venues in the wine country have the time limit which is a real bummer – I had the same frustration when envisioning my wine country wedding as well. IT has to do with permits, noise ordinances and complaining neighbors. The noise level is the main factor – basically no amplified music outdoors after 10pm or 11pm. This is why I chose to get married at a hotel in the wine country. I still had my ceremony in an outdoor setting in front of the vines, and outdoor dinner location but when it came to dancing we were in the hotel’s library and rocked out until midnight. It was a few years ago though so I’m hoping they haven’t changed the end time.
Your other option is to start earlier and just have a long reception. This may mean you need to buy more time at your venue or rent your venue for the entire day (some places like to do two weddings in one day – I am not a fan because your vendors need time to set up and break down and do it with enough time to make it all perfect for you!!) But this way when it ends at 10pm you had the ceremony start at 3pm, cocktails at 4pm, dinner at 5pm and so on…then you can have a grand time!!
Post # 6
This was the exact reason why my fiance and I are not having our wedding in wine country.
Napa and Sonoma county a couple of years ago formulated a noise restriction policy of 10 pm for all public and private parties. Some places will allow you to extend it to 11.
Also, only a very small handful (6-7) wineries are allowed by the county to throw a wedding. Because of this, the prices are very high as there is little competition. Also, most are working wineries and you cannot start your wedding till 6 pm. If you wedding needs to end at 10 or 11, you are paying a lot of $$$$ for a short amount of time.
The only way around this is if you rent out your own house/mansion in Napa or Sonoma. However, this too is pricey as you have to rent everything (linens, tables, etc) ….
Literally, it was our dream to get married in Wine Country and changed our plans due to these restrictions, which are ridiculous in my point of view.
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Yup, I had a winery all picked out (in Monterey County)and then the coordinator said the cut-off time was 10:30pm and that killed the dream…
back to the drawing board…good luck!

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What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi.
EFCC arraigns man for alleged N15.5m car proceed theft (Punch)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, charged a man, Mike Obaze, before the Ikeja Special Offences Court over alleged theft of N15.5m, proceeds from car sales.
Obaze was arraigned on three counts bordering on stealing preferred against him by the anti-graft agency.
The EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Ahmed Yerima, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offence between November and December 8, 2021, in Lagos. Read more
Bet Naija attendant, friend arraigned for allegedly stealing N16.7m (Punch)
The Lagos State Police Command said it had arraigned a Bet Naija attendant, Bojuwoye Adetola and her friend, Bunmi Dada, for allegedly conspiring and stealing the sum of N16.7m from a man, Lukman Issa who played a bet in their outlet in the Iddo area of Lagos State.
The defendants, Adetola and Dada, were arraigned on Monday before Magistrate F.F. George on two counts bordering on stealing.
The police prosecutor, James Okosun, told the court that the two women along with the others currently at large committed the offence between September 12 and 24, 2023 in the Iddo area of Lagos Island. Read more
Defendant’s absence stalls alleged £1m fraud trial (Punch)
The trial of a man, Morufu Adewale (aka Gbegulerin Adelana), and six others who scammed a couple to the tune of £1,000,000 for the purpose of conducting prayers for spiritual cleansing of the family, was, on Monday, stalled due to the absence of the fifth defendant.
Adewale was arraigned alongside Omitogun Ajayi, Ajisegiri Abiodun, Abayomi Alaka (aka Dauda Usman Alashe), Taiwo Ahmed, Raufu Raheem, and Sanlabiu Teslim, before the Ikeja Special Offences Court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Adewale, Ajayi, Ajisegiri and Alaka were first arraigned on February 3, 2022, before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo (retd.), while the three others were said to be at large. Read more
Police to prosecute 14 suspects arrested in multiple Lagos raids (Punch)
The Lagos State Police Command said that it would prosecute no fewer than 14 persons arrested in multiple raids across the state for various offences.
The police disclosed this in a post shared on its Facebook page (@Rapid Response) on Saturday.
According to the police, 13 of the suspects were arrested during a raid of some dark spots in the Ikotun area of the state while one of the suspects, Muhammed Yaro, was arrested while trying to cause unrest in the Mushin area of the state. Read more
Police probe as gunmen kill 2, abduct 1 in Lagos (Punch)
The Lagos State Police Command has said it is investigating the gunmen attack on Wednesday in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State that killed two persons, identified as Suru Arije, 59, and Ilufoye Azeez, 30.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen also abducted a yet-to-be-identified woman during the incident that happened around 11am in the Alagemo community of Igbelaara, off Ijede road in Ikorodu.
According to police sources, four vigilantes were injured in the course of the attack. Read more
Journalists barred from covering cleric’s alleged fraud case (Punch)
The Chief Magistrate of Yaba Magistrate Court, Adeola Olatubosun, on Wednesday, barred journalists from covering the arraignment of a couple, Pastors Azuka and Mary Ohez, accused of N33,829,30m fraud.
Azuka and his wife, Mary, were accused of allegedly defrauding a company, Climax Lubricant Industries, of the amount stated above.
They were alleged to have committed the offence by aiding the fraudulent act of one Chijoke Ezekirian through false prophecies. Read more
Lagos bizman granted N30m bail over alleged N10m fraud (Punch)
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday granted N30m bail to a businessman, Lanre Smith, accused of N10m fraud.
Justice Ibrahim Kala granted the bail following a motion filed and argued by the defendant’s lawyer, Akin Apara.
Apara who pleaded with the court to admit the defendant to bail on liberal terms stated that Smith was still presumed innocent until otherwise proved.
The judge agreed with the defence’s submission and granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N30m, with two sureties in like sum. Read more
Woman ‘‘stabs’’ neighbour to death over water (Nation)
The police in Lagos have arrested a woman for allegedly stabbing her neighbour to death over water.
The incident occurred at 10, Tunkarimu Street, Ajegunle Apapa, around 9:30 pm on Sunday.
The suspect, Cynthia Aigbodon, allegedly killed one Barakat Adio during a misunderstanding at a public borehole near their residence.
Although the exact reason for the fight was yet to be ascertained, sources claimed it was about whose turn it was to fetch water from the public borehole. Read more
LASTMA arrests fake officer over N140k extortion (Nation)
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have apprehended an alleged serial impersonator for allegedly collecting N140,000 from owners of vehicles impounded over traffic infractions.
The vehicles were impounded by LASTMA.
The agency’s Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Taofiq Adebayo, confirmed the development in a statement yesterday. Read more
Police arrest female ‘‘drug peddler’’, reject N4m, other inducements (Nation)
A 43-year-old suspected female drug peddler, Esther Newman Obiekezie alias Candy has been arrested by the police in Lagos.
Obiekezie was apprehended around 1am on February 6, by operatives attached to Morogbo, Ojo.
The suspect, it was alleged, operated at Mojirade Street, off Ilogbo.
Two live ammunition, substances suspected to be Crystal Methamphetamine and cash sum of N371,970 were recovered during a search of her premises. Read more
Police arraign 6 for allegedly assaulting Lizzy Anjorin in Lagos market (Nation)
No fewer than six traders have been arraigned for allegedly assaulting and blackmailing popular actress, Lizzy Anjorin-Lawal.
They were arraigned before the Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos Island Local Government.
Those arraigned before Magistrate A. A. Paul include Qudus Jokogbola; Suru Olawale; Edu Shakirat; Fausat Mohammed; Kafayat Ahmed and Opere Simiat Morenike.
The Nation learnt two other suspects were at large. Read more
18-year-old bags two-year imprisonment for $500 fraud (Nation)
Justice Ismail Ijelu of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) holder, Henry Bilabi to a two-year imprisonment for impersonating on Tiktok to defraud unsuspecting citizens of $500.
The convict was however given an option of N1 million fine which must be paid within 30 days.
Justice Ijelu sentenced Bilabi following his plea bargain agreement to the charge of impersonation proffered against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Read more

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On Monday, Mexico and the U.S. signed a preliminary understanding that leaves Canadian negotiators scrambling not to be left out of a new North American Free Trade deal.
According to a statement released by his office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a “constructive” telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump and welcomed the deal with Mexico. Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, cut short a trip to Europe to go to Washington to begin talks.
While Trump lauded the efforts of his negotiators for finalizing this “fantastic deal” with Mexico — which hammers out rules on auto exports and wages — some economists were skeptical, with Bloomberg calling it a “lemon” and others warning that it wouldn’t promote U.S. economic growth.
Some are even contending that the agreement is in such a preliminary stage that it should be called an “understanding” rather than a deal.
This was evident in an awkward televised conversation between President Enrique Pena Nieto and Trump where the Mexican leader seemed surprised that a deal was being announced.
A national TV audience watched as the speaker-phone conversation between the two leaders got off to a rocky start. Trump started the call by saying “hellooo…hellooo” into dead silence on the other end of the line. When Nieto was finally patched through, the conversation ground to a halt several times, the amateurish stunt completely failing to strike the triumphant note Trump had hoped for. In spite of the PR fail, Nieto did manage to get the point across that he expected Canada would be included in the future agreement.
One of the major sticking points for Canadian negotiators is that the new agreement contains a “sunset clause,” which could see the deal terminated after five years unless all countries want to opt in. Canada has said repeatedly that they do not want this feature.
The Globe and Mail is reporting that Canada has two options: it either accepts this deal “that it largely did not negotiate” or try to negotiate a new agreement. The latter course could mean Canada is “blamed for further prolonging talks.” And risk being shut out of the Mexico-U.S. deal.
Trump said negotiations with Canada will begin shortly. “One way or another, we have a deal with Canada. It will either be a tariff on cars [imported from Canada], or it will be a negotiated deal. A tariff on cars is a much easier way to go. But perhaps the other would be much better for Canada.”
And does the U.S President think the talks will be complicated and time-consuming?
“It’s a simple negotiation that could end in one day.”

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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Advanced cancer often presents as obstruction of the duodenum or large bowel. Stent placements to relieve the obstruction have been successfully performed in the past few years but there is only limited data on outcomes and almost no information on cost. If stenting does provide better outcomes then this should be a treatment modality that is offered to more patients, resulting in significant improvement in quality of life of end-stage cancer patients. The long-term objective is to perform a comprehensive comparison of the outcomes and cost-effectiveness of stents versus alternative treatments using claims data. In 2001, several new CPT-4 codes were established for enteral stent placements and therefore it is possible to track these patients using claims. Prior to initiating this study, an exploratory analysis is proposed with two specific objectives: (i) analyze adoption of stent placements and characterize users of the new technology, and (ii) assess the quality of claims data and the availability of adequate sample size to perform comparative analysis of the outcomes and cost-effectiveness of stents. Analytic files for this study will be constructed from the 5% Medicare Standard Analytic Files (SAFs), the Physician/Supplier Procedure Master File (PSPSF) and the SEER-Medicare linked data. The inpatient, outpatient and physician SAFs will be merged to perform the analysis. Detailed evaluation of the site of service, geographic distribution, physician specialty, and patient characteristics will be performed. Quality of claims data will be tested by deriving the rate of concordance, which is defined as procedures with both Part A and Part B claims, and by documenting missing values for key variables. The initial evaluation will provide valuable information on distribution and use of enteral stents to establish baseline data for future analysis on patterns of adoption and plan for successful execution of cost effectiveness analysis.

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Korina Moss is the author of the Cheese Shop cozy mystery series set in Sonoma Valley. She loves creating quirky characters who live in idyllic small towns. Growing up on a healthy dose of Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie novels developed her passion for solving mysteries and eventually writing her own.
For the past several years, she’s been on her own Eat, Pray, Love journey, but seems to have stalled at the Eat phase. When not writing or sampling new cheeses (a perk of the job), she can be found with a new favorite cozy, doing jigsaw puzzles, bonding with her sibs, or discovering new travel destinations with her teenage son. She lives in a small New England town with its own share of quirky characters.
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Graphene scientists from The College of Manchester have created a novel “nano-petri dish” utilizing two-dimensional (2D) supplies to create a brand new methodology of observing how atoms transfer in liquid.
Publishing within the journal Nature, the group led by researchers based mostly on the Nationwide Graphene Institute (NGI) used stacks of 2D supplies like graphene to entice liquid as a way to additional perceive how the presence of liquid adjustments the conduct of the stable.
The group have been capable of seize photographs of single atoms “swimming” in liquid for the primary time. The findings may have widespread affect on the longer term improvement of inexperienced applied sciences reminiscent of hydrogen manufacturing.
When ais in touch with a liquid, each substances change their configuration in response to the proximity of the opposite. Such atomic scale interactions at solid-liquid interfaces govern the conduct of batteries and gasoline cells for clear electrical energy technology, in addition to figuring out the effectivity of fresh water technology and underpinning many organic processes.
One of many lead researchers, Professor Sarah Haigh, commented, “Given the widespread industrial and scientific significance of such conduct, it’s really stunning how a lot we nonetheless need to be taught in regards to the fundamentals of how atoms behave on surfaces in touch with liquids. One of many causes data is lacking is the absence of strategies capable of yieldfor solid-liquid interfaces.”
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is considered one of solely few strategies that enablesto be seen and analyzed. Nevertheless, the TEM instrument requires a high-vacuum surroundings, and the construction of supplies adjustments in a vacuum. First creator Dr. Nick Clark defined, “In our work we present that deceptive data is supplied if the atomic conduct is studied in vacuum as a substitute of utilizing our liquid cells.”
Professor Roman Gorbachev has pioneered the stacking of 2D supplies for electronics however right here his group have used those self same strategies to develop a “double graphene liquid cell.” A 2D layer ofwas absolutely suspended in liquid and encapsulated by home windows. This novel design allowed them to offer exactly managed liquid layers, enabling unprecedented movies to be captured displaying the only atoms “swimming” round, surrounded by liquid.
By analyzing how the atoms moved within the movies and evaluating to theoretical insights supplied by colleagues at Cambridge College, the researchers have been capable of perceive the impact of the liquid on atomic conduct. The liquid was discovered to hurry up the movement of the atoms and in addition change their most well-liked resting websites with respect to the underlying stable.
The group studied a cloth that’s promising for inexperiencedhowever the experimental know-how they’ve developed can be utilized for a lot of totally different purposes.
Dr. Nick Clark stated, “It is a milestone achievement and it’s only the start—we’re already wanting to make use of this method to help improvement of supplies for sustainable chemical processing, wanted to realize the world’s web zero ambitions.”
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One of the things that I find exciting about living in a foreign country are my visits to the grocery store. Don’t get me wrong, there are also frustrations. It took me over a month to figure out where they kept the breadcrumbs at my grocery store. On the flip side I really find it fun to see all of the different food items and try to understand what the labels say. One of the other items that I have not seen in France is kale. Seriously! They love their mesclun greens here and their arugula but I have not seen kale. Which is unfortunate because I have really been craving this Mandarin Pomegranate Chopped Kale Salad since I got here!
I created this salad in partnership with my friends at Litehouse Foods using their Poppyseed dressing and Feta Cheese Crumbles. I love the combination of the slightly sweet dressing and the salty cheese mixed with other fruit and nuts on the salad. I know I wouldn’t be able to find the dressing anyway here in France but lucky for those of you living in America you should be able to find it at your local grocery store!
This salad is great as a side dish or a main course. You could also try adding some sliced grilled chicken to dress it up a bit and make it a complete meal. All I know is that if you try this recipe just once you’ll be wanting more!

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- Peraves E-Tracer winner of the $2.5 million-dollar Progressive Automotive X PRIZE.
- Electric drive developer AC Propulsion has signed a letter of intent to bring the award-winning Peraves E-Tracer to the U.S. market.
- Peraves E-Tracer
- The E-Tracer claimed the highest efficiency in the X Prize competition, recording a 197 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent).
- The E-Tracer's Top speed is claimed at over 120 mph, with 0-100 mph acceleration in less than 20 seconds.


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BP touts massive oil discovery
A major new oil discovery by BP in the Gulf of Mexico underscores the potential of a highly touted deepwater rock formation where other oil companies have scored big in recent years, but the hard part of bringing the field online has just begun.
Published 10:24 pm, Wednesday, September 2, 2009
HOUSTON - A major new oil discovery by BP in the Gulf of Mexico underscores the potential of a highly touted deepwater rock formation where other oil companies have scored big in recent years, but the hard part of bringing the field online has just begun.
The London-based oil company said its Tiber prospect, in Keathley Canyon about 250 miles southeast of Houston, may contain more than 3 billion barrels of oil.
U.S. annual demand for petroleum products is about 7.5 billion barrels, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
That would make it among the biggest discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico and the latest big find in an ancient rockbed called the Lower Tertiary trend that runs miles below the sea floor in an outer rim of the gulf between Texas and Louisiana.
But experts said it could be a decade or more before BP begins pumping oil from the field, given the technical hurdles and huge costs involved in pulling oil from the harsh environment.
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"I would say 2020 would be a good target," said Matt Pickard, analyst with Quest Offshore Resources in Sugar Land.
The same may be true for other high-profile Lower Tertiary discoveries in recent years, such as Chevron Corp.'s Jack field. Three years ago at Jack, a well test confirmed both the vast quantity of oil in the trend and that it can be successfully brought to the surface.
Last month, San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron began a contract to use a new high-tech drilling ship owned by Swiss-based Transocean for additional exploration in Jack and other fields.
BP will need to drill additional wells to determine the size of Tiber and how to develop it, company officials said.
But on Wednesday, they focused more on touting the "giant" oil discovery, as well as the industry record BP set while drilling the Tiber well - reaching a depth of 35,055 feet.
Improved drilling and production technology has enabled oil and gas companies to unlock resources in dense formations or remote locations once considered out of reach. Yet the Lower Tertiary trend has posed new challenges because of the extreme downhole temperatures, pressures and low oil viscosity.
The technology exists to pull oil from the wells, said Adam Anderson, vice president of marketing at oil field services giant Baker Hughes in Houston, which is working with oil companies that have acreage in the Lower Tertiary.
"The question is around the economic viability," he said.
Based on preliminary testing, BP's Tiber prospect appears to be on par with the size of the company's Kaskida field, another Lower Tertiary find estimated to hold more than 3 billion barrels of oil, BP spokesman Daren J. Beaudo said.
BP is the largest producer of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico, with net production of more than 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, and it's the largest acreage holder in the Lower Tertiary trend.
But Pickard said the amount of "recoverable" oil could be far lower than what initial estimates from a discovery suggest.
The first two production projects in the Lower Tertiary - at Shell's Perdido field, scheduled to start this year, and Petrobras' Cascade and Chinook fields, next year - will be good test cases, said Lars Herbst, regional director of the Gulf of Mexico region for the U.S. Minerals Management Service.
"We think those will be critical to watch to see how the reservoirs perform, and that they do perform up to what has been touted," he said.
Yet BP's discovery alone is noteworthy, Pickard said. "If nothing else, it shows there's still the potential for quite a bit of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico."


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It's one of the earliest known medical treatments - but modern experts claim cold plunging causes "unnecessary" stress to the body. Cold plunging, or having an ice bath, sees people submerging themselves in icy-cold water to "improve their immune system and cardiovascular health".
But while it does have benefits when done correctly, such as increasing white blood cells and endorphins, the American Heart Association claims prolonged cold water immersion can cause heart muscle damage. Wellness influencer Olivia Amitrano claims cold plunging is "unnecessary" and can cause more harm than good in both the short and long term, especially for women.
She said: "You may notice that men run a lot hotter and have more warmth or yang energy in their bodies compared to women. You may have a husband, boyfriend or brother that always wants the air conditioner as cold as possible in the summer, when you’re shivering and have to add layers in the house.
"Men are more yang, whereas women are a bit more yin; men naturally run hot and can sweat from the slightest of activities. For this reason, men are far less affected, especially in the short term by extreme cold exposure such as cold plunging or winter weather.
"They likely get more of the benefits (ie those happening in the brain in terms of our pleasure chemicals) with less of the cons that come with exposing oneself to direct cold." Speaking about its benefit, she says cold plunging "works" as a hormetic stressor, a process in which your body and cells respond, recover, and improve after mild stress.
"Many things are considered hormetic stressors: not just cold exposure, but hard exercise and even slight exposure to pollution for a short period of time. But I wouldn’t necessarily do a pollution plunge every morning," she added. "After being exposed to this painful, hormetic stressor, the brain is flooded with happy chemicals, and the body is flooded with cold shock proteins.
"However, there are many other ways to get these chemicals, and heat shock proteins have the same benefit without the unnecessary exposure to cold." She says cold plunging can negatively impact a woman's menstrual cycle in the long term because the body has to work overtime to warm itself back up.
Olivia said: "The body has to utilize so much of our yang energy in order to warm you back up after exposure to extreme cold, it takes a bit of a toll on the body and dips into your reserves, depleting that yang energy that you want to preserve.
"This is especially key when you’re around your menstrual cycle, as you want to avoid exposure to wind and cold as much as possible in order to build your heat and warmth and support blood flow before during, and after menstruation to prevent stuck or stagnant blood."
Olivia claims people can get hooked on cold plunging because it releases 'happy hormones' into the brain, making you feel like it's doing wonders to your body. But she says you can accomplish this without putting your body through so much stress - and putting yourself at risk of chest pain, irregular breathing, hypothermia, or frostbite.
"Any time you expose your body to chosen pain, including the stress of extreme cold, you’re pushing on the 'pain' side of the 'pain and pleasure seesaw' that Dr. Anna Lembke talks about in her book Dopamine Nation," she added. "Any time you choose to go towards pain instead of choosing to go towards pleasure (like exercising rather than scrolling on your phone in the morning), your brain will have a major boomerang reaction that floods you with pleasureful chemicals once that pain is over.
"Whereas if you start your morning off scrolling on your phone, instead of exposing your body to a temporary stressor, you will have a pain response where you want to numb out even further. So the concept here is correct. You do want to start your day with an exposure to some sort of chosen pain in order to balance the 'pain and pleasure scales' in your brain, which helps you to be less driven by instant gratification and pleasure throughout the day.
"This trains your brain to do hard things, and face, the challenges of life with excitement instead of dread. But it doesn’t have to be cold plunging." Rather than cold plunging, Olivia recommends carrying out "hard exercise, creating challenging art, meditating, sitting with painful emotions, or doing chores" before starting your day in the morning.
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Former Wales international Lee Briers has agreed a new two-year coaching contract with Warrington Wolves.
The 37-year-old will now have a dual role as head of the club's Under-19s academy and assistant coach to the first team.
He was forced to end his playing career in 2013 because of a neck injury.
"Every day is different in coaching as there's always something that's different in the game which you need to transfer over to players," Briers said.
Briers, who won 23 caps for Wales, is Warrington's record points scorer with 2,586 in 425 appearances, having joined them from St Helens in 1997.
Head coach Tony Smith praised Briers' "good progress" in his academy role, which has led to him being given first-team responsibilities for next season.
"He's still in the early stages of his coaching career, but he's got a good rapport with both the young players and now the senior players within the group," he told the club website.
"He's got a good understanding of the game, but also of the pitfalls that are there to distract young people from their jobs.
"It was important for him to have a cut-off period from the first team after playing and now that he's been able to integrate back into that environment, we are delighted he is going to play more of a role next year."


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The Clientele Effect Of Dividend Policy
Corporations are the only shareholders with a tax preference for cash dividends. This has led to predictions that corporations will invest in high dividend-paying stocks and use their voting power to increase dividends but in contrast to these predictions, dividends do not increase following trades of large-percentage blocks of stock from individuals to corporations and a lower tax rate does not necessarily mean that a higher dividend is desirable. This problem brings the problem experts like referring to as the clientele’s effect.
The clientele effect indicates that investors will tend to hold only those stocks whose dividend policy seems to fit their needs, that is, the investors preferring some forms of present gains over uncertain future earnings. Most investors thus tend to hold more of the stocks with high pay out compared to those with low pay out.
A dividend policy refers to the decisions a company makes for its investors regarding the magnitude of the dividend payout or the percentage of earnings paid to an investor in the form of dividends (Azzopardi 2004). Others refer to the dividend policy as “the practice that management follows in making dividend payout decisions or, in other words, the size and pattern of cash distributions over time to shareholders” (Lease Kose et al.2000:2).
Whatever rate the company will decide to pay its shareholders is clearly stipulated in this policy. Whereas some argue that companies should give high dividend, others argue against it because when investors were joining the company, they knew the company policy concerning dividends. Thus much of the literature has been about the relevancy and the irrelevancy of dividends policy.
In testing the theory of tax clienteles for dividend policies, researchers have been unable to indicate that the effects of tax clienteles for dividend policies are strong enough to influence the decisions of investors. For example, some writers argue that shareholder clienteles do not change much in response to dividend changes (Azzopardi 2004). They relate this assumption to the trading frictions, loss of diversification and voting power that results from selling shares thus no matter how insensitive the dividend policy might be to the investor, the likelihood of the shareholder changing his or her decision is hard.
In the same line of argument, Miller and Modigliani (1961) showed that in a tax free world of perfect capital markets in which investment was held constant, a firm’s policy is not relevant to its shareholders. Introduction of taxes in the model of Miller and Modigliani implies that in the absence of non tax factors, tax clienteles for different policies will still exist. For example, the investors whom dividends are taxed at lower rates than capital gains will prefer receiving equity returns as dividends while those investors whom dividends are taxed at higher rates will prefer to receive equity returns as capital gains and another group might be indifferent between either receiving equity returns as capital gains or dividends (Baker 2009).
It is important to note that dividend decisions are usually taken with market expectations in the mind and most of companies maintain dividend no matter how low their profits are in order to keep their investors and thus dividends are relevant to investors. What could happen if the investors do not like the dividend policy chosen by the management? If such a case existed in a perfect market, there would be no costs since there are usually no costs of buying or selling or costs of entry and exit. The investors could simply sell their securities when the dividends received do not satisfy their current needs for income
The clientele effect will thus occur when a firm draws a given clientele based on a dividend policy. However, unless there is a greater aggregate demand for a particular policy than is being satisfied in the market, dividend policy is still unimportant. The clientele effect only tells us to avoid making capricious changes in a company’s dividend policy (Correia al. 2004). An increase in the dividend is most of the times accompanied by an increase in the stock price while a dividend cut leads to a decline in the stock prices. This is one of the observations which have been made to refute the irrelevance theory and the critics of the dividend policy (Brigham & Houston 2009).
Al-Malkawi, Rafferty and Pillai (2010) suggest that clienteles tend to be attracted to investing in dividend paying stocks because they tend to have tax advantages. With most of the investors being interested in after tax returns, the different dividend policies influence their preference of dividends over capital gains thus if a policy is favoring exemption or reduced taxes, many investors will be attracted to the policy.
In addition, if the dividends offered are larger than what the expectations of the investor were, this could result in the investor purchasing excess stock. However, if the assumption of a perfect market is done away with, the buying and selling of the stocks is not cost free as transaction costs would arise. Brokerage fees are incurred and the investor who buys the stock with cash received from the dividends pays taxes before reinvesting the cash and this is an extra cost incurred. Still in this case, bearing the fact that when the stock is bought it has to be re-evaluated, acquisition for the information thus is time consuming and very costly to the investor.
.As a result of these considerations, investors may thus not be too inclined to buy stocks that require them to create a demand stream more suitable to their purposes (Keown, Martin, Petty, & Scott 2003). Thus it is important to note that both investors and managers show much appreciation to the role a dividend policy plays
Analysis and Discussion
The analysis of the clientele effect of the dividend is usually associated to market imperfections and taxes existence. The purpose of this study is to analyze the clientele effect of dividend policy and its relevance to shareholder tax situation. That is, if the different fiscal treatment of dividends make the investors prefer stocks of higher or smaller dividend yields or capital gains.
According to the Modigliani and Miller theory, the conditions they are giving about the irrelevance of the dividends are not real since as everybody knows, there are no perfect markets where entry and exit is free, a market without taxes as well as information asymmetry.
Though some experts admit to the clientele effects associated to dividend distributions, they usually state that if the distribution of the firm’s payout corresponds to the distribution of investors’ preference, then the situation cannot be classified as different from a perfect market case where it is usually irrelevant for the investors to receive dividends. Each firm will thus tend to attract its own clientele constituted by the investors who prefer pay out ration.
The possibility of the existence of a clientele effect can also be felt when firms knowing that there exists different investors for the different types of dividend yields, adjust the dividend policy to satisfy the demand of the company or the firm. In this situation, some investors might prefer the high yielding dividends while others would prefer the low yielding dividends. The group that prefers the high yielding dividend does so because it supports high taxes on capital gains than on dividends in contrast to the second group which includes all those investors who pay higher taxes on dividends than on capital gains.
Sometimes, even if the income tax of individuals is higher than the tax on capital gains, instruments do exist which allow the individuals to design investment and financing strategies in order to neutralize the disadvantage of the dividends. If the investors were to be described as indifferent to dividends or capital gains there could be no reason to detect any clientele effect associated to the differential fiscal and the irrelevance of the dividend policy could then be argued out.
The consequences of the clientele effect are that it suggests firms get the investors they deserve because the dividend policy attracts investor who likes the policy itself. While in the short run this is a positive decision, it also means firms will in future have a difficulty in changing an already established dividend policy even if the change makes sense because the consumers do not prefer the changes.
Finally, it is worthy noting that the clientele effect also provides an alternative argument to irrelevance of dividend policy at least when it comes to valuation. Thus if investors migrated to a firm or a company that pays dividends that most closely match their needs, no firm’s value could be affected by its dividend policy. Thus, a firm that pays low or no dividends should not be penalized for doing so because its investors do not want dividends like wise a company that pays high dividends should not have a lower stock value because those investors who have invested with the company prefer high dividends to future capital gains. We can, therefore, argue there are enough investors in each dividend clientele and this allows firms to be fairly valued no matter what their dividend policy is (Damodaran 2010).
According to the theory of Miller and Modigliani, dividends policy is irrelevant of the company value however in reality it is important to know that the clientele effect on a dividend policy exists and whether a policy decides to offer a high or low dividend value should not alter the stock values of an organization. Due to the clientele effect, an investor can chose to invest in a high value dividend policy or allow dividend policy depending on the tax incentives which follow.
Al-Malkawi, N, H. A; Rafferty, M; Pillai, R. 2010. Dividend Policy: A Review of Theories and Empirical Evidence. Web.
Azzopardi, F. 2004. Dividend irrelevance and the clientele effect: University of Leicester. Web.
Baker, H. K. 2009. Dividends and Dividend Policy. New York, John Wiley and Sons Publishers.
Brigham, E. F; & Houston, J, F. 2009. Fundamentals of Financial Management. London, Cengage Learning.
Correia, L., Silva, D,.Marc Goergen, M., & Rennebo, L. 2004. Dividend policy and corporate governance. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Damodaran, A. 2010. Applied Corporate Finance. 3rd Edition. New York, John Wiley and Sons.
Keown A, J; Martin, D, J; Petty, W; Scott, D. 2003. Foundations of finance: the logic and practice of financial management. London, Pearson Education Asia Limited & Tsinghua University Press.
Lease, R. C: Kose, J; Avner, K, Uri L: Oded, H. S, 2000. Dividend Policy: It’s Impact on Firm Value. Boston Massachusetts, Harvard Business School Press.
Miller, M. H; Modigliani, F. 1961. Dividend Policy, Growth and the Valuation of Shares. Journal of Business, 34, 411-33.

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Technology has made it so that every person with a cell phone is now a “photographer”. Of course there’s also those those tens of thousands of wanna be photographers who flock to Best Buy to get the latest DSLR from Nikon or Canon and never use more than “automatic mode”. While the people who actually know what they’re doing have sites like photorankr that serve as market places for those photos, what about grandma Lilly’s photos of the tomato garden?
Rest assured that if you’re taking tomato garden photos or pictures of your best friend doing jello shots, there is a market place for those “social photographers”. That place, is VZIBL.
The Milwaukee startup’s founder Alexander Marasco, picked the name VZIBL as a sort of slang for “visible”. “The idea of the company was to bring self awareness to your photographic content or become visible. VZIBL is just the ‘visual you for sale’.” he told us in an interview.
While sites like iStock are popular with folks sourcing photos from professional, semi-pro and even amateur photographers, VZIBL is the place for “social stock”. “photographic content created by socially engaged photographers focusing on new digital tools and social networking technology. Instagram, GoPro, iPhoneography, Nikon D90…whatever your camera vice!” Marasco said.
Once a social photographer sets up an account and starts sharing photos using VZIBL it’s up to him or her on whether or not they want to make money with their pictures. A photographers “social stock” can be accessible either royalty free, rights managed or exclusive rights, depending on both the photographer and the content.
Marasco is quick to point out what VZIBL gets out of the deal. Using the VZIBL app automatically assumes a 70/30 split in a sliding licensing agreement between the photographer and the platform. Naturally if you’re going royalty free there’s no split but a 30% revenue share isn’t too far off the industry norm.
VIZIBL has gone through a pivot or two along the way. At first Marasco wanted to do create a photo thread app where people could communicate through photographs. What he found in talking to people about that idea, was that no market place really existed for this layer of photographers that’s cropped up. There are probably more photographers in the “social photographer” category than any other.
While Marasco is getting ready to move east to Brooklyn New York, VZIBL was created in Milwaukee which like it’s counterpart Madison, has a bit of a startup scene starting to form.
“Milwaukee is definitely creating some great ‘Hackers’ and with new incubators and Think Tanks now available, it seems to be consolidating minds and is launching some really interesting concepts to market.” Marasco told us about his city known for it’s beer.
The secret sauce in VIZIBL is creating photo-celebs according to Marasco ” Publishing content has never been so easy…why not possess the ability to create future earnings from your original photography. We like to see ourselves as a visual ringtone. We want to make Photo-Celebs out of our users!”


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Troon will celebrate the launcing of its second St Ayles skiff on Sunday 28 October. The ceremony will take place at 2pm at the slipway in the South West corner of Troon Marina. The second skiff, to be called “Ailsa Lass“, will join “Marr Voyager” which was launched in the town last year.
The naming ceremony will be carried out by Alex MacKenzie, one of the team of servicemen and former sevicemen who rowed accross the altantic last year under the banner Row2Recovery , raising almost £1million for charity in the process.
The club have been working hard on developing their skills on the water too, with club members Alan Farrell and Mick Boden passing their UKCC level 2 Coastal Rowing Coaching assessments to become fully qualified rowing coaches (see post below).


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What an incredible show of support we received for our first give back event in Laveen! We decided to collect backpacks for first graders at Cheatham Elementary School in Laveen. This is the community where Officer David Glasser served, and his son will be attending first grade in the fall so it was a fitting choice.
Our initial goal was to collect 100 backpacks and our community came out in force and donated over 400! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us, and to Peter Piper Pizza for hosting.
Our team filled the backpacks with school supplies and they will be distributed to the first graders by Phoenix police officers at a separate event.

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Tucked away just past the sea caves at Caves Beach is a coastal walk which showcases the gorgeous cliffs and landscape of
Hidden at the back of the old Sanitarium factory is the Cooranbong swing bridge. The bridge is full of character and history.
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Let me start by saying that Chiang Mai was not what I expected (a smaller version of Bangkok), yet after a week I had grown to love it. Arriving weary eyed off the overnight train in a similar position as occurred in Bangkok; swamped with taxi and tuk tuk drivers, as well as a huge number of guest house owners vying for our custom. We agreed to get a lift into town to simply have a look at one of the guest-houses but decided that at 100B/night for 4 beds and two bathrooms, albeit with non flushing toilets we couldn’t complain. I was admittedly hesitant about the whole thing because I hate being swamped with offers but it turned out to be a great choice because it was a family owned guest house and all of the staff were more than happy to have a laugh with us and, more often than not – pay us out. The guest house itself (Libra Guest-house) was in one of the corners of the ‘old city’. The old city, as far as I can tell received its namesake due to the moat and walls surrounding it. Greater Chiang Mai extends well beyond these walls, some of which have been restored since it fell to invaders many years ago. Hiring a bicycle and exploring is definitely a good way to see the city and visit some of the temples, some of which have ‘Monk chat’ hours where an english speaking monk offers their time to talk about Buddhism to westerners. I didn’t get a chance to do this but if I stumble across another Monk chat I will definitely check it out.
One of the major attractions that draws tourists to the north of Thailand is the prospect of elephant trekking. I’m going to devote a whole other post to that so look out for that in a couple of days.
Our days in the city were filled with a number of activities such as visiting the zoo and aquarium to see the baby panda, which was as cute as anticipated. However the favorite had to be the adult panda which we watched for about half an hour sit on what looked like a wooden panda lounge eating. I’ve added the photo (below) so you can see what I mean. What I didn’t expect whilst walking around a zoo was to become an attraction myself. There were hundreds of school kids all staring, waving and practicing their english on the 4 white people in the park. One woman even came over and asked for her and her daughter to get a picture with me (and not the rest of our group, oddly enough). The rest of the zoo was, well, like any other zoo. However, seeing the quality of some of the habitats did make me appreciate a bit more of what is offered back home.
We spent a night at one of the endless number of “world class Muay Thai fights”. Endless because each morning, irrelevant of where you are someone will drop a flyer on your table for one of these aforementioned fights. I’m sure a lot of these fights are arranged for tourists’ pleasure (based on the crowd that was there) but it was still pretty incredible to see. I was also surprised at the amount of ceremony and respect that occurs before each fight. As each fighter enters the ring they walk to each corner and pay their respects as well as doing another type of dance (I’m not sure if dance is the right word, but it will have to do) as well. The fighters themselves didn’t look like anyone we would consider fighters in Australia – slight builds yet incredibly agile and able to jump and kick a man in the back of the head before you can blink.
The markets are another major highlight of Chiang Mai, especially the Sunday Market. Many of the city’s streets were blocked off for what has to be the largest market that I have ever seen. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera to take a photo but there was an innumerable amount of stalls selling all kinds of crafts, silks, clothing, food etc as well many different musical and dance acts. Some of the smaller local markets are host to many of the cooking schools in Chiang Mai who show the guests around the market and describing many of the different types of herbs and spices used in Thai cooking. The cooking school we went to did just this, followed by spending the rest of the day making (and eating) classic Thai menu items such as Pad Thai, massaman curry paste (followed by the actual curry), spring rolls as well as some soups and deserts. At the end of the day we went on our way with a rice whiskey shot and full stomachs.
There were a few big nights out where we stumbled across a few excellent bars. One of which is run by a very flamboyant expat American of whom we consumed all stocks of Southern Comfort and Jack Daniels before moving on to some of the other clubs. That big night resulted in me completely losing my voice – much to the amusement of the guest house owners, and anyone else who heard me try and speak.
Troubles or problems in Chiang Mai were few and far between, the only problem that I encountered was that I spent most of the time sick to some degree. Nothing major enough to hold me back from doing anything important, just coughs, sore throats and stomachs etc. All of which are easy enough to gesture at to a chemist. The problem I did have however is coming up with the righ gesture to purchase a laxative.
Overall, Chiang Mai was a wonderful place where we ended up staying a few days longer than expected because we weren’t quite ready to leave. The people are friendly, food is excellent, massages and motorbike hire are all cheap and whilst being Thailands second largest province besides Bangkok, you don’t get that big city feel. I’d definitely recommend spending a bit of time here (and the guesthouse we stayed at) to anyone travelling through the region.
*Once again sorry for lack of photos. Finding WiFi fast enough to upload photos is proving to be a challenge.


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Wow - so sorry you are going through this. I'm sorry, but it really does seem that this is a "recipe for disaster"...to go from what sounds like a co-dependent type of relationship to "I need to sort out how I feel about my ex" to going out with a group of macho military guys - Whew.
You mentioned going out to a movie she generally would not approve of (strip clubs and nudity)...have there been any other personality changes that you have noticed? Is it possible that your wife has bipolar disorder? Have there been other times in her life (prior to you - may have been years ago) when she has experienced weeks or months of behavior that was out of character for her?
Bipolar people in manic phase can exhibit poor decision making, hypersexuality, disregard for consequences, increased energy/decreased need for sleep, hypersocializing, irritability, racing thoughts, reckless behavior, melodramatic statements, distractibility, etc. (although not necessarily all of these). Often bipolar people have been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives (because depression phases tend to be more common as well as more distressing to the person than their manic phases). Just a thought.
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On Monday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Sec. Dr. Ben Carson announced an additional $1.3 billion for Florida to help with Hurricane Michael recovery.
Hurricane Michael hit the Sunshine State two years ago.
“The great people of Florida and the state leadership continue to show their resilience as they persevere through the recovery process of rebuilding their homes, restoring their businesses, and repairing their critical infrastructure,” said Carson. “I hope the disaster relief funds being announced today bring a little peace of mind to the people of Florida, aid in their recovery, and assist in the protection against future damage.”
HUD Deputy Sec. Brian Montgomery thanked Gov. Ron DeSantis and his team for their assistance in trying to help the state recover.
“Thank you to the HUD Staff as well as Governor DeSantis’ staff who have worked tirelessly to get these funds to the people of Florida who need them most for recovery and to help better prepare for future natural disasters,” said Montgomery.
“We are pleased to partner with Florida in the disaster recovery process as well as helping to prepare for future disasters. HUD stands ready to assist and will continue to do so,” said HUD’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development John Gibbs.
HUD’s Community Development Block Grant, Mitigation Program (CDBG-MIT) will send the state $633 million for “strategic, high-impact projects to mitigate disaster risks and better protect against future losses.”
The rest of the funds–$735 million–will be from Community Development Block Grant, Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants to “address unmet housing and infrastructure needs resulting from the impacts of Hurricane Michael on the Florida Panhandle.”
“CDBG-DR grants support a variety of disaster recovery activities including housing redevelopment and rebuilding, business assistance, economic revitalization, and infrastructure repair. Grantees are required to spend the majority of these recovery funds in ‘most impacted’ areas as identified by HUD,” HUD noted.
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NEW YORK TIMES • 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2021
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The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth’s integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Texas native.
Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed’s On Juneteenth provides a historian’s view of the country’s long road to Juneteenth, recounting both its origins in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured in the century since, from Reconstruction through Jim Crow and beyond. All too aware of the stories of cowboys, ranchers, and oilmen that have long dominated the lore of the Lone Star State, Gordon-Reed—herself a Texas native and the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas as early as the 1820s—forges a new and profoundly truthful narrative of her home state, with implications for us all.
Combining personal anecdotes with poignant facts gleaned from the annals of American history, Gordon-Reed shows how, from the earliest presence of Black people in Texas to the day in Galveston on June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger announced the end of legalized slavery in the state, African-Americans played an integral role in the Texas story.
Reworking the traditional “Alamo” framework, she powerfully demonstrates, among other things, that the slave- and race-based economy not only defined the fractious era of Texas independence but precipitated the Mexican-American War and, indeed, the Civil War itself.
In its concision, eloquence, and clear presentation of history, On Juneteenth vitally revises conventional renderings of Texas and national history. As our nation verges on recognizing June 19 as a national holiday, On Juneteenth is both an essential account and a stark reminder that the fight for equality is exigent and ongoing.
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What we think we know about the past isn't always the full story, as On Juneteenth makes stunningly clear. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed shows us an important side of her state’s history, chronicling the events that led to the enslaved finally being freed in Texas on June 19, 1865—more than two years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. But she shows that this story isn’t only about that moment—a persistent state of racial inequality followed. Weaving in her own memories of growing up in the Jim Crow era, Gordon-Reed recounts painful realities that left us feeling enlightened—such as reading about how Gordon-Reed herself played a role in the desegregation of her hometown’s school system. A brilliant, baffling, and absolutely necessary read, On Juneteenth will change the way you think about the Lone Star State.
Pulitzer-winner Gordon-Reed (The Hemingses of Monticello) interweaves history, politics, and memoir in these immersive and well-informed essays reflecting on the history of Juneteenth. She places the story of June 19, 1865, the day (two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation) when African Americans in Galveston, Tex., learned they were free, in the context of the bargain struck between settler Stephen F. Austin and the Mexican government in the 1820s to allow chattel slavery in what became east Texas, and notes that after winning independence from Mexico in 1836, Texans pushed for annexation into the U.S. in order to protect themselves from the rising tide of abolitionism. Gordon-Reed also describes the "oddity of being on display" as the first student to integrate schools in her hometown of Conroe, sketches the history of Indigenous peoples in the region, and discusses the story behind the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas," which was based on a (likely false) legend that Mexican general Antonio L pez de Santa Anna lost the Battle of San Jacinto because he was "distracted" by a "beautiful woman of color" spying for the Texas revolutionaries. Despite the thorny racial history, Gordon-Reed expresses a deep fondness for her native state, writing that "love does not require taking an uncritical stance toward the object of one's affections." This brisk history lesson entertains and enlightens.
Excellent: Informative, entertaining, and so well researched and written.
A Celebration of New America
Thank you Ms. Gordon-Reed. As John Adams said that the Declaration of Independence should be read each July 4th to celebrate the break with Great Britain your work should be read to remind us, regardless of our ethnicity, to make our nation ONE. As God created us.
Full of facts and memories from the author. It’s definitely a book to read

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Hillary Clinton in the news : gender and authenticity in American politics / Shawn J. Parry-Giles
- Parry-Giles, Shawn J., 1960-
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press,
- Physical Description:
- xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
- Hillary Clinton as campaign surrogate: U.S. Presidential campaigns, 1992 and 1996 -- Hillary Clinton as legislative activist and legal defendant: health care reform and the whitewater investigations, 1993-1995 -- Hillary Clinton as international emissary and scorned wife: diplomatic travel and the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, 1995-1999 -- Hillary Clinton as political candidate: U.S. Senate campaign, 1999-2001 -- Conclusion: Hillary Clinton in the news: lessons learned.
- "The charge of inauthenticity has dogged Hillary Clinton from the moment she entered the national spotlight. Shawn J. Parry-Giles examines questions about the authenticity and political image-making of the former first lady-turned-senator-turned presidential candidate and the media's representation of her as one of "the most loved and hated presidential wives in American history." Parry-Giles tracks Clinton as she assumed an array of roles from surrogate campaigner, legislative advocate, and financial investor to international emissary, scorned wife, and political candidate. After the 1992 campaign, the health care debate, and the Whitewater controversy, a familiar news framing developed, which disparaged Clinton for her outspoken, overly visible political presence. In this backlash, news frames stressed her transgressions in overstepping the boundaries of authentic womanhood and first lady comportment. During the Lewinsky scandal, the victimhood frame furthered her characterization as a scorned woman admonished to the private sphere as wife and mother. Parry-Giles' longitudinal study magnifies how the coverage that preceded Clinton's entry into electoral politics was grounded in her earliest presence in the national spotlight. Most disturbingly, once Clinton vied for office in her right, the news exuded a rhetoric of sexual violence, motivated by portrayals of her as an inauthentic political woman acting outside the confines of her gender. While Clinton's defiance was awe-inspiring and precedent setting, the magnitude of the disciplining and harsh rhetoric that she faced served as a warning to other women who dared to enter the political arena and violate the protocols of authentic womanhood"--
- 9780252038211 (hardback : acid-free paper)
0252038215 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9780252079788 (paper : acid-free paper)
0252079787 (paper : acid-free paper)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (paged 229-243) and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2014
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8 Dangerous Chemicals Commonly Found In Your Hand Soap And Shower GelBy: Dr. E.C. Gordon
Since hand soaps and shower gels help you to stay clean and leave your skin smelling fresh, it is easy to assume that their ingredients will be innocent. However, this is often not the case. Unfortunately, many of the chemicals that are added to hand soaps and shower gels are capable of seriously damaging the human body (and some may even be fatal). Here are the eight most hazardous chemicals that are commonly added to hand soap and shower gel.
Diethanolamine (or DEA) is extremely easily absorbed through the skin, and it combines with the nitrate preservatives often found in hand soaps and shower gels to create nitrosodiethanolamine (NDEA). NDEA is widely known to be a powerfully carcinogenic chemical, and it is most strongly linked to liver and kidney cancers. Further, DEA seems to block the body from properly absorbing choline, which is a nutrient necessary for adequate brain development (especially in unborn children). It is also worth noting that triethanolamine (or TEA) is a derivative of DEA, and it is also thought to be a potential carcinogen. This means that it is best to avoid TEA as well.
Triclosan is a pesticide and antibacterial agent that is commonly added to hand soaps and shower gels so that they can eliminate any bacteria that has accumulated on your skin. However, triclosan has been implicated as one of the main contributors to the growing issue of antibiotic resistance, promoting the evolution of particularly hardy bacteria that cannot be effectively killed. Triclosan is also capable of changing the levels of the female sex hormone estrogen, and this is a risk factor for the development of breast cancer in women.
Formaldehyde is often found in shampoos, shower gels and soaps (as are chemicals that release formaldehyde, such as diazolidinyl urea). Exposure to formaldehyde can cause respiratory disorders like asthma, promote chronic fatigue, lead to an irregular heartbeat or frequent headaches, and result in sleep problems like insomnia. Formaldehyde is also capable of negatively impacting your immune system, leaving your body more susceptible to bacterial and viral infections.
Dioxane is sometimes thought to be harmless because it is a synthetic derivative of coconut, but describing it in this apparently benign way is misleading. It is thought to cause cancer in humans, and it is also toxic to the nervous system, liver, kidneys and brain.
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Sodium lauryl sulfate (or SLS) is an emulsifier and a detergent, and it is one of the most common dangerous ingredients added to cosmetics and other personal care products (such as shampoos, toothpastes, bath salts, hand soaps and shower gels). It is also found in industrial cleaners and engine degreasers. When SLS combines with other common ingredients in personal hygiene products, it becomes something called a nitrosamine, which has carcinogenic properties. Unfortunately, SLS can permeate human skin very easily, and it makes the skin more permeable to other chemicals as well (including all those dangerous cancer-causing compounds). In addition, recent research performed on animals has shown that SLS can irritate the skin and eyes, promote organ toxicity, disrupt certain reproductive hormones, and increase the likelihood of mood disorders.
Parabens (such as propylparaben and methylparaben) are extremely common preservatives in hand soaps and shower gels, but a range of scientific studies have shown that there is a link between paraben exposure and breast cancer. It is thought that this is because parabens are capable of mimicking the female sex hormone estrogen. Parabens are also connected with neurological disorders due to nervous system toxicity, and can cause severe skin irritation (including painful rashes and local swelling). Finally, reports from the Environmental Protection Agency show that methylparabens in particular can promote developmental, hormonal and metabolic disorders.
Fragrance sounds like a harmless and pleasant ingredient, and it helps to mask the unpleasant smell of most of the ingredients that are added to hand soaps and shower gels. However, the inclusion of ‘fragrance’ on product labels is misleading due to the fact that it is acceptable to print this one word no matter how many chemicals are actually added to create the distinctive smell of a product. It often takes thousands of different chemicals to make a hand soap or shower gel smell good and each one of these fragrance ingredients can be hazardous to your health. Some fragrance ingredients cause irritating but relatively minor problems such as skin rashes, but others are linked to mood disorders, migraines, and severe dizziness.
Propylene glycol is found in shower gels, but it is also an ingredient in antifreeze, adhesives, paints, and rubber cleaners. While the FDA still considers it to be a safe addition to personal care products, recent scientific studies have shown a link between propylene glycol and dermatitis, widespread skin irritation, and liver or kidney abnormalities.
Now that you know more about the chemicals that are commonly used in hand soap and shower gel, you can try to avoid when shopping and feel more confident that your bathing habits will not be hazardous to your health. Always check the label or the company’s web site very carefully before selecting a new hand soap or shower gel. If the ingredients are not clearly marked then you should err on the side of caution and buy something else.
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