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There will very likely come a time in Kailer Yamamoto’s career when scoring a goal in a pre-season split-squad game will barely warrant a shoulder shrug, much less a celebration. This is not that time.
SHANGHAI — He was 9,000 kilometres from home, but in the Vancouver Canucks’ first media availability in China, Henrik Sedin said the atmosphere at the Mercedes-Benz Arena felt comfortable and familiar, almost like any other rink the Canucks might visit.
New Jersey Devils forward Brian Boyle has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of bone-marrow cancer that the team’s doctor said can largely be treated with medication.
MONTREAL — Faceoffs were a group effort and penalty boxes were full as the NHL opened it’s pre-season schedule this week.
The Ottawa Senators have done more than kick tires on disgruntled Colorado Avalanche centre Matt Duchene.
NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators have named defenceman Roman Josi as the eighth captain in the franchise’s history, replacing Mike Fisher who retired last month.
No matter if you are sitting on the Edmonton Oilers bench, in the Rogers Place pews, on a sports bar stool or in your fan cave at home, it’s different this year.
Exhibition season is for working on passing and shooting.Also for the referees whistling while they work. And not happily.
Remember all those question marks surrounding the likes of Drake Caggiula, Matt Benning, Laurent Brossoit, Jesse Puljujarvi and Jujhar Khaira last year?They’re still there.That’s because the youngsters are all being placed in elevated roles this season, promotions that are crucial to the success of an Edmonton Oilers team that needs its home-grown
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild and captain Mikko Koivu have agreed to a two-year, $11 million contract extension.


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International Children’s Book Day is held on 2 April each year on the anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday. The day is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books.
It is sponsored by The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), which is a non-profit organisation representing an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together. It was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1953, and today is composed of 75 National Sections all over the world. It represents countries that have well-developed publishing and literacy programmes, and other countries that only have a few dedicated professionals who are doing pioneer work in children’s book publishing and promotion.
IBBY’s mission is:
- to promote international understanding through children’s books
- to give children everywhere the opportunity to have access to books with high literacy and artistic standards
- to encourage the publication and distribution of quality children’s books, especially in developing countries
- to provide support and training to those involved with children and children’s literature
- to stimulate research and scholarly works in the field of children’s literature
- to protect and uphold the Rights of the Child according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
IBBY also supports a number of awards and projects in the field of children’s literature, the most prestigious of which is the Hans Christian Andersen award. This is given biennially to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children’s literature.
The shortlisted authors this year are:
Marie-Aude Murail from France, Farhad Hassanzadeh from Iran, Eiko Kadono from Japan, Joy Cowley from New Zealand and Ulf Stark from Sweden.
The shortlisted illustators are:
Pablo Bernasconi from Argentina, Linda Wolfsgruber from Austria, Xiong Liang from China, Iwona Chmielewska from Poland, Igor Oleynikov from Russia and Albertine from Switzerland.
The two winners will be announced on 26 March at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy, with the medals presented at the 36th IBBY Congress in Athens, Greece on 31 August.
For more information on IBBY visit their UK website here.

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With the flight models of the CHEOPS spacecraft and telescope maturing, crucial tests can now be run with real hardware in place of simulations. The latest such tests involved operating the payload with the Mission Control System to test and validate real operational command sequences.
Airbus engineers use the Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) to relay instructions to the telescope instrument via the spacecraft platform.
The silver-coloured cylindrical unit in the foreground is the optical head of one of two star trackers, mounted on the hexagonal top panel of the CHEOPS spacecraft platform for this specific test.
Engineers at the University of Bern are developing the CHEOPS space telescope. From Earth´s orbit, this telescope is supposed to measure the diameter of exoplanets which are light-years away from us and pass in front of their host star. Swiss astronomers had the idea for CHEOPS back in 2008. Testing CHEOPS in the thermal [...]


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The purpose of the Africa Trek is to disciple participants through exposure to rural and least-reached African communities; deepen their intimacy with God; and help them become effective disciple-makers.
Participants (‘Trekkies’) will travel for 2 months through Southern Africa, staying with various local missionaries, serving them the best way possible. We will travel by car, bus or train, and will stay in very basic accommodation (often in tents) and eat the local food.
Beware! Short term missions might severely impact and change the course of your life for the glory of the Lord. If that's what you’re after, please proceed.
Also note that prices may be subject to change due to fluctuating exchange rates and that the advertised cost does not include your traveling costs.

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text: China Mobile isn't happening until 2014 if ever. Turkey deal has been in works since 2011 and wont move needle. Too much uncertainty going forward. Hedge funds are now waiting to buy as a value stock. They just don't think its cheap enough at these levels so as you can see, no one is piling in.

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Mentoring benefits both the new librarian and the experienced professional as each learns from the insights and perspectives of the other. This page presents information and resources to help you learn more about these transformative experiences. ALA Men ...
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Dusting of Jewels Baroque Star Sleepers in Silver | Lindi KingiRegular price $99.00 Sale price $59.00 Save $40.00
These dainty silver sleeper earrings showcase the gorgeous Baroque Star charm and a wee gemstone. Perfect for both day and night wear, and on trend to stack with more than one pair. Also available in Gold.
- Sleeper 12mm diameter
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RiME: An Emotional Experience Well Worth The Wait | A Short Pause Review
After a very rocky development history that stretches back to 2013, Spanish developer Tequila Works has finally released their seminal title, Rime, to the masses. I personally was a bit concerned about this game due to the seemingly precarious nature of its production, but it was all worth it. Rime has come out on the other end of its troubled development cycle as a beautiful and surreal adventure with an interesting story and engaging gameplay.
Tale of the Tape
Release Date: May 26th, 2017
Developer: Tequila Works
Platforms: PS4 (Reviewed), Xbox One, PC, Switch
In Rime, you play as a young boy who wakes up on the shore of a mysterious island. As you make your way further inland, you'll explore and solve puzzles to uncover the secrets of this strange place as you learn more about how you came to be here. The narrative is presented without any spoken dialogue, and it’s revealed in pieces through exploration and flashbacks that are triggered at specific points throughout the adventure. I won't go into detail regarding the story, except to say that it culminates in a memorable and emotional ending. Rime's visual aesthetic has been compared to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker due to its bright and colorful presentation, but at times it can also be somber and bleak, depending on what's happening in the narrative. For example, a later portion of the game takes place on a part of the island with dark clouds overhead and rain pouring down, as the boy shivers from both cold and fear. This scene is depicted with more muted tones, painting a much more dismal picture than the bright colorful island where the game begins. The beautiful and evocative soundtrack composed by David Garcia Diaz provides the undertones for the entire experience, featuring a full orchestral sound that rivals any other video game score.
The gameplay experience of Rime catches inspiration from classic titles like Journey, Ico, and Shadow of the Colossus — in the sense that you are exploring a bizarre world, climbing, finding secrets, and solving puzzles. Your guide on this quest is a little magical fox who appears and vanishes at will, giving you an idea as to where to go next. Although there are some open areas that allow for exploration and discovery, the game progression in Rime is fairly linear, with visual cues like the fox or beams of light to guide you along. I'm not saying that's a bad thing; not every game needs to feature a fully open world. There's still room in the gaming space for a curated narrative experience, and Rime does a nice job in that area without holding your hand too much. The puzzles themselves are very well-designed and consist of actions like sliding blocks around, placing orbs on pedestals, or manipulating light sources to cast shadows on a specific spot. I enjoyed the challenge that the game presented in each area, and the solutions never felt too obtuse.
My only complaint in regards to Rime is with its frame rate. I played the game on the original PS4 and noticed a performance drop at random intervals throughout the experience. Although each frame rate dip was very noticeable, it never adversely affected gameplay. Although I'm sure I would have been much more immersed in the game if it had performed better, I still really enjoyed it overall.
If you're looking for a unique, surreal adventure with puzzle-solving and emotional storytelling, then Rime is a game that I can heartily recommend. Although there are some very noticeable frame rate issues, I still found myself immersed in the story being told and engaged by the puzzles. Rime takes cues from some of my favorite titles of recent years, and it also features some very clear influence from the films of Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle). If that's not enough to convince you, then I don't know what will.
We reviewed RiME on PlayStation 4 using a retail code that was kindly provided to us by the fine folks at Sandbox Strategies.
- Beautiful art and music
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A New York firefighter will be the keynote speaker at Rockford's ceremony to honor the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The Winnebago County 9/11 Emergency Responders Memorial Committee announced Wednesday that FDNY Firefighter Richard Mercado will speak at the event on Sunday, September 11.
Also at the news conference, SwedishAmerican Hospital announced a pledge of $5,000 in corporate funds towards the 9/11 memorial.
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This year, my hubby and I celebrated Christmas together at Ipoh. Previous year we were bond together on Christmas. So this year we can consider that we are celebrating our first anniversary together =)
Hubby brought me out for dinner at Olivenz. One unfortunate thing is he will be working on Christmas day itself, and we have agreed to celebrate our Christmas earlier with little baby. The dinner was awesome and somehow I felt the romance in the air. People are staring at us when we feed each other food and laughed at silly stuff we saw online via our phone ^^
We also decorated our home with the lovely Christmas tree just to have the Christmas feel. I was proud of my hardwork. =P Although I am pregnant, but it did not stop me from making our home feel 'Home Sweet Home'.
I gave my hubby the first christmas present this year. =) Along with it I included a DIY christmas card for him.
I created the bells with buttons. Cute eh?! Hehe. As for the inside, I created a 3D effect with the shape of a present at the middle of the card. Just want to make the card looks more special. =)
I wish everyone Merry Christmas and also Happy New Year 2014 !! ^^


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•In 1973, President Richard M. Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations.
Today is Friday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2010. There are 350 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
•On Jan. 15, 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.
On this date:
•In 1559, England’s Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
•In 1777, the people of New Connecticut declared their independence. The tiny republic later became the state of Vermont.
•In 1844, the University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana.
•In 1942, Jawaharlal Nehru was named to succeed Mohandas K. Gandhi as head of India’s Congress Party.
•In 1943, work was completed on the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of War (now Defense).
•In 1967, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35-10, in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, retroactively known as Super Bowl I.
Ten years ago: Masked gunmen opened fire in a hotel lobby in Belgrade, killing Serbian warlord Zeljko Raznatovic, better known as Arkan, who had been indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal for alleged atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia.
Five years ago: Wilbert Rideau, an award-winning black journalist who’d spent nearly 44 years in Louisiana prisons for the 1961 death of a white bank teller, Julia Ferguson, was found guilty of manslaughter in a fourth trial by a racially mixed jury and set free. Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president. Michelle Kwan won her ninth title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Portland, Ore.; earlier, Johnny Weir won his second straight men’s title. Actress Ruth Warrick died in New York at 88. Opera singer Victoria de los Angeles died in Barcelona, Spain, at 81.
One year ago: In a farewell address to the nation, President George W. Bush said while his policies were unpopular, there could be little debate about the results: “America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil.” Congress cleared the release of the final $350 billion in bailout funds for the financial industry. After a wave of controversy, Roland Burris was sworn in as a U.S. senator from Illinois. Israeli artillery shells struck the U.N. headquarters in the Gaza Strip, drawing a sharp rebuke from the visiting U.N. chief, Ban Ki-moon.
Today’s Birthdays: Actress Margaret O’Brien is 73. Singer Don Van Vliet (aka “Captain Beefheart”) is 69. Actress Andrea Martin is 63. Actor-director Mario Van Peebles is 53. Actor James Nesbitt is 45. Singer Lisa Lisa (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam) is 43. Actor Chad Lowe is 42. Alt-country singer Will Oldham (aka “Bonnie Prince Billy”) is 40. Actress Regina King is 39. Actor Eddie Cahill is 32. Rapper and reggaeton artist Pitbull is 29.

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Malaysia expects the number of coronavirus cases to surge in mid-April, a health ministry official said on Saturday, as the country ramps up testing amid a nationwide shutdown.
The number of confirmed cases in Malaysia has nearly doubled in the past week to 2,320, the highest in Southeast Asia, with 27 deaths. It has imposed travel restrictions and a curb on people movement until April 14 to try to contain the spread.
The country can expect a surge in cases by mid-April, Noor Hisham Abdullah, the director-general of health said, citing analysts' estimates of a peak between 6,300 and 8,900 cases.
"If you can stay at home, break the chain of infection, then we might be able to beat the projections," Noor Hisham said. "If we can bring it below 5,000, we can achieve our goal."
Malaysia is considering buying up to 1 million coronavirus test kits from South Korea as it steps up efforts to screen more people for the virus.
It plans to increase its diagnostic testing capacity to 16,500 cases a day by next week, from around 7,100 cases currently.


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SPRING HILL — For two decades, his name was tattooed on hundreds of New York City's subway trains in loopy, colorful strokes. "Iz the Wiz" announced himself in huge bubble letters that sometimes took up the entire side of a subway car.
His real name was Michael Martin, but Iz the Wiz was how he signed all his works.
His career as the city's most influential graffiti artist began when, as a teenager in the 1970s, he began tagging walls for fun.
By the end of his run, his work was featured in art galleries. One colleague compared him to Andy Warhol, while others point to the famous multicolored painting of Barack Obama as a modern example of what he started.
His life and career ended June 17 in Spring Hill, where he had been living for nearly a year. All those paint fumes over the years had taken a toll on his heart and kidneys. He had been on dialysis.
Michael Martin, who signed his works with Iz the Wiz, was 50 years old.
Now millions are reading the name again, this time in obituaries in the New York Times and in publications around the world.
His deft use of spray paint landed him in jail and made him "the longest-reigning all-city king in NYC history," according to the graffiti Web site, at149st.com.
He appeared in a movie and a documentary about graffiti, and will be the subject of a forthcoming biography, as well as a soon-to-be-released hip-hop song.
His work helped launch a genre called street art — of which subway graffiti was a part — that gained respectability in the art world. Legally distinct lines between public art and vandalism blurred in the public imagination.
For the evolution of street art from misdemeanor to fashionable event, some experts credit Iz the Wiz.
"Iz was at the point of origin as subway cars became the moving language of the times," said New York gallery owner John Woodward, 46. "It was like Andy Warhol painting the soup cans. It spoke the street language very well."
"He was the king of kings," said Ed Walker, 37, who is writing a biography about Mr. Martin. "Nobody did more damage on the subways than he did."
Mr. Martin grew up in Queens, and was put in a foster home after his mother was arrested for burglary. At 14, he started spraying graffiti around his neighborhood, then moved to subway cars. He adopted his famous tag after seeing a poster for The Wiz, a Broadway musical. Inspired by other taggers, he sprayed scores of train cars with "Iz the Wiz," or sometimes just "Iz."
"He wasn't the first to write, but he made it famous," said artist and hip-hop musician Tim/Single/Braddock.
Mr. Martin carried an impressive data bank of train schedules in his head. He could find subway tunnels no one used anymore.
"That was like his home, being underground," Braddock said.
Iz worked quickly. He sprayed his name, then added a border and snippets of phrases or lyrics.
He also "burned" scores of whole cars, most famously a two-train-car tribute to John Lennon that he painted with Lady Pink, the first woman to achieve notoriety in the graffiti world. The work stayed on the cars for four years.
Graffiti writing produced a high and a sense of recognition.
"You feel like you won a trophy," Braddock, 40, said. "When you see a thousand people on the platform and your art work comes out, you feel like a movie star."
"It was just hip and cool and fashionable," said Lady Pink, 45, now an accomplished mural artist. "And you got a lot of fame and power."
As a graffiti legend, Mr. Martin was profiled in the 1982 documentary Style Wars, and played a subway detective in the 1983 film Wild Style.
He began winding down in 1986 after spending time in jail for vandalism. In 1989, transit authorities tightened security to an extent that effectively killed subway graffiti.
Mr. Martin remained a legend, sought out by tourists from all over the world. He exhibited his work in New York, most recently on June 12 at Tuff City Tattoo.
But the paint and other toxic substances he encountered during his work destroyed his insides.
"Every drop of fame, every drop of glory, every magazine I was ever in, every movie I was ever in -- I would give it all back in a heartbeat and have my health," he said in the years before his death.
Last month he returned to Spring Hill, where his brother lives. He died three days later of heart and kidney failure.
"Two hundred years from now," said Woodward, the gallery owner, "if they just find one car with painting all over it, it'll be in a museum. If somebody owned one of those cars right now and it was all painted, it would be a collector's dream."
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text: I like to give myself a chocolate chip cookie from time to time as a little gift of kindness, but I usually try to make my own. I'm partial to dark chocolate and whole wheat flour, as well as shortening that is free of trans fat. Also, it cuts down on my indulgence when I have to work for it. But tonight I made a pleasant discovery. When I'm too sad to make my own, or too afraid to have an entire batch laying around, Kashi's TLC Oatmeal Dark Chocolate cookies are a nice substitute.

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Lawyers for tennis player Nick Kyrgios are attempting to have his assault charge dismissed on mental health grounds.
Kyrgios is facing a single charge of common assault.
He was summonsed by police earlier this year in connection to the alleged assault, which is believed to relate to an incident involving his former girlfriend Chiara Passari.
Kyrgios is currently competing in the Japan Open in Tokyo and did not appear in the ACT Magistrates Court this morning.
Instead, his lawyer, Michael Kukulies-Smith, sought the adjournment to allow time for a mental health assessment to be carried out.
Mr Kukulies-Smith said his client's mental health issues were well known and the court granted the request.
The matter is expected to return to court on February 3.
The court heard Kyrgios intended to appear in person when his matter returned, even though he was not required to.
"My client's preference is to attend in person," Mr Kukulies-Smith said.

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Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections nationwide. Methods: This is the first cross-sectional survey assessing physicians’ and nurses’ knowledge of HPV and recording their attitudes to HPV vaccination in Hong Kong. Survey questions were derived from the Health Belief Model. Results: 1152 clinicians (170 physicians and 982 nurses) aged 21 and 60 participated in this study. A multiple stepwise regression model was used to examine associations between cognitive factors (clinicians’ attitudes) and subjects’ intention to HPV vaccine uptake. Results showed that only 30.2% of physicians and 21.2% nurses found vaccinating for HPV acceptable. Conclusions: Perceived self-efficacy was the only significant background and cognitive variable associated with physicians’ and nurses’ accepting HPV vaccines. Further, when nurses found HPV vaccination acceptable, cues to action was featured as a significant background variable in their choice.
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- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis


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But alas, Nikolas ordered a hit on Hayden, and stopped her in her tracks.
On Sunday, May 3, "General Hospital" star Tyler Christopher (Nikolas Cassadine) welcomed his second child with wife, Brienne.
Christopher was born November 11, 1972 in Joliet, Illinois to Jimi-Ann and Jim Baker.
He grew up in Delaware, Ohio the youngest of four children.
As we get closer to daytime's biggest night, taking place on Sunday, May 1, the industry is abuzz today over which actors were submitted for a pre-nomination for the "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards," presented by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).
With at least two actors per show for each category (exception being Supporting Actress) several of daytime television's biggest and brightest stars are looking to vie for the coveted trophy that celebrates their hard work during calendar year 2015.


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MC Truck and Bus Ltd are part of the Volvo dealer network for Volvo trucks. Volvo trucks are world leaders in innovation and technical excellence and are one of the world’s leading truck manufacturers. MC Truck and Bus are currently recruiting for high quality Apprentices to train as a Volvo Technician through the Volvo Technician Apprenticeship Programme which is considered as one of the best in the industry. We have vacancies at the following depots:
As part of the apprenticeship, you will attend Block Release at Stephenson’s College over a period of 3 years and will achieve an NVQ Level 3 in Heavy Vehicle Service and Maintenance. You will be taught how to repair, service and MOT cutting edge technology trucks, buses, luxury coaches and hybrid. Due to modern vehicle technology we require an individual with good numeracy, literacy and ICT skills in order to use the systems for diagnosing faults of modern heavy goods and passenger vehicles. Applicants for this position must have a keen interest in the motor industry, good GCSE grades (or equivalent) and demonstrate a reasonable level of knowledge in Maths, English, and Science.
Duties will include:
At some Depots you will work the day shift for your first year and then move onto shift , the majority of the Depots will expect shift work straight away. There may be slight variances per depot but generally the shift pattern is:-
Benefits include:- 31 days holiday includes bank holidays rising to 33 with service, company contributory pension plan and free life assurance, tool kit provided and ongoing training.
Salary:- Starts from £3.90 per hour + £0.50 per hour shift (when working shifts).
To apply: - Please complete the apprentice application form and return to Stephenson’s College (address on application form). Remember to indicate which Depot you are applying for.
Please note we only contact candidates who are invited to attend interview due to the large response to adverts. Shortlisted candidates only, will be contacted by Stephenson’s College, in approx. 4 weeks.
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MC Truck and Bus demonstrated a successful 2017 by winning two awards at Volvo’s annual conference.
Pre-Owned Sales Success 2017
MC Rental had a successful 2017 in its pre-owned division with sales of 793 vehicles, an increase of 24% on last year.


The laboratory as a place to carry out practical activities is no longer limited to the meaning of a real room that can be seen directly, but in its development many virtual laboratories have emerged that utilize digital technology in their use. This study is intended to determine the effect of using a virtual laboratory with laboratory reality, and learning styles on students science process skills. This study is designed using a factorial design where the research sample was taken from the population with cluster random sampling technique. The research sample amounted to 144 students in SMA Negeri 2 and 4 Probolinggo. The research instrument used tests to measure science process skills and questionnaires to determine students' learning styles. The results of the students' science process skills test are research data that were analyzed using the two-way ANOVA test which had previously met the prerequisite tests for normality and homogeneity. The result of this research is that Fcount = 15.018 with Sig . = 0.000 < 0.01 in the method used, while in the learning style section Fcount = 10.326 with Sig. = 0.000 < 0.01. The results of the two-way ANOVA test on the third hypothesis obtained Fcount = 5.301 with a Sig value. = 0.006 < 0.01. From these results, it can be concluded that the three hypotheses (Ho) are rejected and Ha is accepted, which means that there is an effect of using virtual laboratories and laboratory reality on science process skills. Likewise, learning styles have a significant influence on students' science process skills. Based on the results of the third hypothesis test, it is also concluded that there is an interaction effect between the use of virtual laboratories with laboratory reality and learning styles on students' science process skills.
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The news started circulating after radio host Greg James revealed that he had challenged Camila to steal from the palace.
After stunning everyone with her steamy performance at the American Music Awards with partner Shawn Mendes for their collaborative song ‘Senorita’, singer Camila Cabello is now in news for stealing.
Before you start speculating, this is a fun piece of news as Camila recently admitted to stealing from the Kensington Palace that house British royals Kate Middleton and Prince William.
The news started circulating after radio host Greg James revealed that he had challenged Camila to steal from the palace and said, "The last time I saw you, we were at the palace ... I was aiding and abetting a criminal, which was you." To this Camila was heard saying, "I am sorry William and I am sorry Kate."
Camila even cutely begged, "Don't tell anybody what my mother and I did!"
James explained that the two of them last met at an event at Kensington Palace where, just before meeting with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, he "triple doggy dared" Camila Cabello to steal a pencil.
"And I was like 'you triple doggy dare me?' And you can't not do a triple doggy dare, if there's anything I've learned in my life is that," Cabello said.


[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]
This version has been released on 2020-05-11.
Here is the list of objects that have been added in this release.
IHasParentId: Marker interface for objects that have a ParentId property.
ICoordinate.CrossProduct(ICoordinate other) will calculate the cross product between 2 coordinates. This treats a coordinate as a 3D vector
ICoordinate.Magnitude() will calculate the magnitude (= length) of a coordinate in meters. This treats a coordinate as a 3D vector and the size of the vector is from origin (0,0,0) to the coordinate.
Here are the objects that have been changed in this release.
StructuralSurfaceMember: Added property Area. This property is not (yet) automatically calculated, but you can already use the new extension method CalculateArea to calculate it. Please note that any openings should be deducted!
StructuralSurfaceMemberOpening: Added property Area. This property is not (yet) automatically calculated, but you can already use the new extension method CalculateArea to calculate it.
StructuralSurfaceMemberRegion: Added property Area. This property is not (yet) automatically calculated, but you can already use the new extension method CalculateArea to calculate it.
CurveExtensions: Added method CalculateArea to calculate an Area from a list of curves that outline the area. Please note that this calculation is only usable on simple areas (straight lines only), so use it at your own risk. Will be updated at a later stage to be more correct all over the board.
ModelInformation: Added property LocalCoordinateSystem to keep track in which coordinate system the model is defined.
IAnalysisModelLocalCoordinateSystemTransformationService: Service used to transform an AnalysisModel from one local coordinate system to another. Based on the transformation, some objects will be modified.
Loads will generally have their values inverted and their direction changed, depending on the transformation.
Beams will have their LCS rotated, depending on the transformation.
Hinges and supports will have their constraints swapped, depending on the transformation.
For more information on the supported local coordinate systems, see LocalCoordinateSystem
Updated validation for StructuralCurveMember: Removed constraint for LCS rotation to be between -360° and 360°.
With the new LCS transformation service, it's possible that the rotation would exceed these values, and it was not possible to normalize these values to values within that range
It would cause different values when converting back to the original LCS and that would mess up equality comparison.


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Isabel Carter is new to acting, and this was her first dramatic role. She grew up in Cambridge, MA, and is now a student at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. She is a writer and a slam poet with the Carleton Slam Poetry Collective, and is a lover of the language arts. She is fluent in Spanish, has taken beginning Mandarin, and is learning intensive Arabic.
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The story of mental health care in our country is a harrowing one.
During the dark days of the asylum era last century, the mentally ill were often warehoused in medieval institutions and restrained with iron chains and shackles around their ankles and wrists. One of those people was Rosemary Kennedy, President John Kennedy’s sister, whose father had her lobotomized and forever hidden in such a place.
In the early 1950s, as health care practices and attitudes toward mental illness began to change and new medicines and therapies emerged, a group called Mental Health America issued a call to asylums across the country for their discarded chains and shackles. On April 13, 1953, at the McShane Bell Foundry in Baltimore, these restraints were melted down and recast into the 300-pound Mental Health Bell. An inscription on the bell reads: Cast from shackles which bound them, this bell shall ring out hope for the mentally ill and victory over mental illness.
A short time later, President Kennedy, with his sister in mind, pushed through a bill to forever close the country’s asylums and replace them with small community clinics. He said of the law that the ‘’reliance on the cold mercy of custodial isolation will be supplanted by the open warmth of community concern and capability.’’
We’ve come a long way since the big hospitals were closed and that bell was made, but recent statistics suggest there is still a long way to go to shake the less visible shackles — of misunderstanding, stigma, and a shocking lack of adequate care — that still bind people with mental illness.
The Community Mental Health Act was passed just weeks before Kennedy was killed in Dallas. As a result, the closing of asylums happened, but his vision for replacing them with a network of small community centers was never fully realized or funded.
“Deinstitutionalization,” as it is now called, created problems of its own, and many of the mentally ill have ended up with nowhere to go, landing in prisons or on the streets, hopeless and homeless.
In fact, prisons have become the nation’s default mental health treatment centers since. A report by Human Rights Watch has found that American prisons and jails contain three times more mentally ill people than do our psychiatric hospitals.
Crisis in Colorado
Unfortunately, Colorado is now one of the states with the worst record of caring for its mentally ill. Often celebrated as the healthiest state in the country, we’re actually one of the unhealthiest when it comes to behavioral health.
The 2017 Colorado Health Access Survey shows that 450,000 people didn’t get the mental health care services or substance abuse services they needed. The true number is likely much larger, of course, because the study did not include people who didn’t want or admit to needing services.
A recent national report ranks Colorado among the worst states in the nation in the prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders. A lack of long-range treatment oversight, insufficient numbers of psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals, and hurdles for family members getting their loved ones help make Colorado a “poster child” for failures in the mental health care system, according to a Mental Health America analysis.
By another measure, Colorado ranks 48th in the nation for the number of children who need mental health services but cannot access them. An estimated 226,000 kids and teens in Colorado have diagnosable mental health conditions, yet only 21 percent receive professional care, according to Children’s Hospital. Colorado “does not have a functional statewide pediatric mental health system,” Shannon Van Deman, vice president of the Pediatric Mental Health Institute and executive director of Partners for Children’s Mental Health, said to me.
And our beautiful home beneath Pikes Peak has its unique set of challenges. Suicides in El Paso County have soared over the past decade, nearly doubling.
The county now has the highest number of suicides each year in the state and has the second highest rate per 100,000 among the state’s major counties.
This year at The Gazette, we’ve decided to shine a light on this crisis. A team of reporters is working on Mental Health Care: Crisis in Colorado, investigating why our system isn’t serving those in need better, how it got this way, what its greatest challenges are, and how it might get better.
But we need your help putting a human face on these numbers. All of us Coloradans, I would argue, know someone in our families or circles of friends and acquaintances who has struggled with a mental condition. Not one of the dozens of experts we’ve talked to has argued against the notion that our state is in crisis when it comes to access to care.
So we’re looking for courage. We’re looking for your stories of lived experience, stories about the challenges of coping with a mental health condition — as a peer or as a family member.
We’re looking for stories about brave souls facing down the barriers in our hodgepodge system of care. And we’re looking for stories about programs that work.
Help us tell those stories over the next year so our state can better address this crisis affecting all of us.
Like that inscription on that bell says, help us ring out hope for the mentally ill.
How to reach us
Here are the reporters working on this project now. More will join later. Send them an email if you can help.
The overall crisis: Jakob.firstname.lastname@example.org
Patients’ stories: Stephanie.email@example.com
The barriers to care: Bill.firstname.lastname@example.org
Pediatric care issues: Debbie.email@example.com
Care challenges for military vets: Tom.firstname.lastname@example.org
Law enforcement and mental health: Lance.email@example.com
Insurance and parity issues: Bill.firstname.lastname@example.org
The politics of mental health care: email@example.com
Solutions and the road ahead: firstname.lastname@example.org

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Graphic Novels and Nonfiction to Share with Kids
Sometimes, the best way to connect with the kids in your life is over a good book. But you might be wondering what constitutes a good book when it comes to little literatis. Fear not, the Children’s Librarian is here! Below, find six great graphic novels (and two graphic format nonfiction) to share with kids, whether you’re looking to start a conversation or just want a good story.
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Callie’s one true love is theatre. While she’s best suited for life behind the scenes, she’s got plenty of friends for her work on middle school productions. Callie is determined to make the best set ever for Moon over Mississippi, but it’s a little hard to focus on set design when the show is struggling to attract attendees and social dynamics within the cast and crew are as weird as ever. There’s drama everywhere you turn in Raina Telgemeier’s colorful and heartening Drama.
Real Friends by Shannon Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, color by Jane Poole
In this autobiography-of-sorts, Shannon Hale explores the friendships of her adolescent years, starting with Adrienne, who nearly-inexplicably dumps Shannon for another friend group in middle school. Soon, Shannon starts in on a string of new friends, each friendship dissolving for different reasons. Still, Shannon misses her days with Adrienne. Will they become friends again? Will Shannon ever be popular? Does it matter? Find out in Real Friends.
Luz Sees the Light by Claudia Dávila
Set in the unspecified future, Luz Sees the Light introduces readers to young Luz, who lives in a world where energy is sometimes scarce and there’s no guarantee of affordable food. Struck by the challenges her mother encounters in trying to provide for their small family, Luz assigns herself the task of improving her community. It’s a big task, though, and she’ll need a little help from the boy next door who has an obsession with rabbits.
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Astrid is experiencing the deterioration of a friendship. While she’s pulled into the world of roller derby, her best friend Nicole is off to ballet camp. Letting her mom believe they’re both at roller derby camp -- and that Astrid is getting rides home from Nicole’s mom -- is the least of her worries when Astrid realizes how in over her head she is. Everyone around her seems like a superstar on the derby track, so how can she ever measure up? Find out if Astrid has what it takes to be a roller girl in Roller Girl.
Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale
Pulling from the true story of the infamous Donner Party catastrophe of 1846-47, Nathan Hale tells the tale of the ill-fated travelers in the graphic format with a framing story of the historical Nathan Hale killing time before his hanging. Perfect for the morbidly curious, Donner Dinner Party goes into extraordinary detail with the story leading up to and including the cannibalism survivors participated in to make it through the harsh winter in the mountains. But fear not! This book is intended for kids and gives plenty of warning for some of the more gruesome bits.
All Summer Long by Hope Larson
Bina has always spent her summers with her best friend and neighbor, Austin. But this summer is different. There will be no more Summer Fun Index and no more Austin as he heads off to soccer camp. Bina is left to her own devices and forms an unlikely friendship -- or is it? -- with Austin’s older sister. Before she knows it, she’s listening to killer new music, playing her guitar like a rock star and embarking on impromptu babysitting adventures. But Austin won’t be gone forever and who knows how things will feel when he returns.
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
It’s shapeshifting Nimona’s dream to be a sidekick. When she teams up with Lord Ballister Blackheart to reveal the true nature of Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin to his adoring village, Nimona is the most diligent side to ever kick. But as the pair get deeper into their plot, Blackheart realizes Nimona perhaps has a hidden history of her own. What is her mysterious past? This is a story best shared with older children.
Snow White by Matt Phelan
Matt Phelan takes the classic “Snow White” tale and brings it to 1920s New York City. Young Samantha White has returned from exile imposed by her evil stepmother. Her father, known as the King of Wall Street, is suddenly and inexplicably dead. Enlisting the help of a group of street urchins, Samantha takes up against her stepmother -- but as the stock market improves from the crash and the stepmother’s wealth increases, so does her power.


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Narodnaya Volya (Russian: Наро́дная во́ля; IPA: [nɐˈrodnəjə ˈvolʲə], The People’s Will or The People's Freedom) was a Russian revolutionary left-wing organization in the late 19th century, best known for the successful assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. It was founded in 1879 and created a centralized and well-disguised organization in a time of diverse liberation movements in Russia. Narodnaya Volya was led by its Executive Committee: Alexander Mikhailov, Aleksandr Kvyatkovsky, Andrei Zhelyabov, Sophia Perovskaya, Vera Figner, Nikolai Morozov, Mikhail Frolenko, Lev Tikhomirov, Alexander Barannikov, Anna Yakimova, Maria Oshanina and others. Vladimir Lenin's elder brother, Alexander Ulyanov was a later member of a subsequent incarnation of Narodnaya Volya, and led a cell that plotted to assassinate Tsar Alexander III.
The Executive Committee was in charge of a network of local and special groups (composed of workers, students, and members of the military). In 1879–1883, Narodnaya Volya had affiliates in almost 50 cities, especially in Ukraine and the Volga region. Though the number of its members never exceeded 500, Narodnaya Volya had a few thousand followers.
Narodnaya Volya’s Program contained the following demands: convocation of the Constituent Assembly (for designing a Constitution); introduction of universal suffrage; permanent people’s representation, freedom of speech, press, and assembly; communal self-government; exchange of the permanent army with a people’s volunteer corps; transfer of land to the people; gradual placement of the factories under the control of the workers; and granting oppressed peoples of the Russian Empire the right to self-determination.
Narodnaya Volya's Program was a mix of democratic and socialist reforms. Narodnaya Volya differed from its parent organization, the narodnik Zemlya i volya, in that its members had come to believe that a social revolution would be impossible in the absence of a political revolution; the peasantry could not take possession of the land as long as the government remained autocratic. Given Zemlya i Volya's failures in its propaganda efforts among the peasants in the movements "to the people" in the early 1870s, Narodnaya Volya turned its energies against the central government. However, unlike Marxists, they continued to believe that Russia could achieve socialism through a peasant revolution, bypassing the stage of capitalism.
The members of Narodnaya Volya were not in complete agreement about the relationship between the social and political revolutions; some believed in the possibility of achieving both simultaneously, relying on the socialist instincts of the Russian peasantry, as demonstrated in the traditional peasant commune. Other members believed that a political revolution would have to take place first and, after the autocracy had been overthrown and democratic liberties established, revolutionaries would prepare people for the socialist revolution. The Liberal faction of Narodnaya Volya (which had no real influence) proposed to limit their demands to getting a Constitution from the tsarist government.
Narodnaya Volya spread its propaganda through all strata of the population. Its newspapers, "Narodnaya Volya" and “The Worker’s Gazette”, attempted to popularize the idea of a political struggle with the autocracy. Their struggle to topple autocracy was crowned by the slogan “Now or never!” Narodnaya Volya did not succeed in enlisting the peasantry in its work, which would later lead Soviet historians to charge it with Blanquism; these historians would argue that Narodnaya Volya understood political struggle only in terms of conspiracy and, therefore, looked more like a sect.
Resort to terrorism
As time went by, terrorism (by contemporary definitions) too became increasingly more important. A special place in the history of Narodnaya Volya belongs to its "terrorist faction", whose members — including Aleksandr Ulyanov (Lenin's older brother) — are also known as Pervomartovtsy. Narodnaya Volya prepared seven assassination attempts on the life of Tsar Alexander II (until they finally killed him), and later on that of Alexander III. Its terror frightened the government and persuaded it to make a few concessions. However, the regime soon realized that the people would not rise up in support of the revolutionaries, and this encouraged the Russian government to counterattack. In 1879–83, there were more than 70 trials of NV's members with about 2,000 people brought to trial (see Trial of the Fourteen). Narodnaya Volya's members were imprisoned or exiled. This was the end of the organization. The great irony of the Narodnaya Volya is that their aim was to save Russia from the autocracy, yet their assassination of Alexander II on 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881 perpetuated autocratic oppression. Alexander III would take no chances with reform or with liberal ideas. In many ways the Narodnaya Volya convinced the tsar that he must use an iron fist, not an unclenched hand, to save the monarchy.
After the assassination of Alexander II, Narodnaya Volya went through a period of ideological and organizational crisis. The most significant attempts at reviving Narodnaya Volya are associated with the names of Gherman Lopatin (1884), Pyotr Yakubovich (1883–1884), Boris Orzhikh, Vladimir Bogoraz, Lev Sternberg (1885), and Sofia Ginsburg (1889). Organizations similar to Narodnaya Volya in the 1890s (in St. Petersburg and abroad) largely abandoned the revolutionary ideas of Narodnaya Volya.
Narodnaya Volya’s activity became one of the most important elements of the revolutionary situation in the late 1879–1880. However, ineffective tactics of political conspiracy and preference for terrorism over other means of struggle failed. At the turn of the century, however, as increasing numbers of former members of Narodnaya Volya were released from prison and exile, these veteran revolutionaries helped to form the Socialist Revolutionary Party, which revived many of the goals and methods of the former narodniki, including peasant revolution and terror.
In popular culture
In Assassin's Creed: The Fall (an American comic book mini-series set in the fictional universe of the historical action-adventure video game series called Assassin's Creed), the Narodnaya Volya were the Russian branch of the Assassin Order. They were responsible for a number of acts of sabotage and murder; their most well known being the assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia with a bomb, after five separate attempts on his life.
In episode nine, season four, of the televised show Warehouse 13 a tatouage referencing Narodnaya Volya appears throughout the episode.
The assassination of Alexander II by Narodnaya Volya has been fictionalized several times:
- Les Vies parallèles de Nicolaï Bakhmaltov by Sébastien Doubinsky (1994), p. 41 and ff.
- The People's Will by Eric Berbig (2010)
- To Kill a Tsar by Andrew Williams (2011)
- The People's Will by Jasper Kent (2013)
- Berlin, Isaiah, "The Populists' Moral Condemnation of Russia Political and Social Systems," in Problems of European Civilization: Imperial Russia after 1861, Arthur E. Adams, ed. D. C. Heath and Company, 1965.
- Maynard, Sir John, Russia in Flux: Before the October Revolution, Collier Books, 1962.
- Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, Road to Revolution: A Century of Russian Radicalism, 1956. Chapter 12. The People's Will.
- "Narodnaya Volya" is sometimes translated as People's Freedom, according to another common meaning of the Russian word Воля; see Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism, The New York Times. "Defining Terrorism", however some claim that the intended meaning was "People's Will", see Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, Road to Revolution: A Century of Russian Radicalism, 1956. Chapter 12. The People's Will.
- WildStorm Comics
- "Official website of modern Russian political party named "Narodnaya Volya"" (in русский). Retrieved May 6, 2006.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- "Memorial plaque in Odessa, Ukraine for members of Narodnaya Volya". 2odessa. Retrieved May 6, 2006.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- People's Will, from Spartacus educational encyclopedia


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Submerged Ruins @ Rummu
Located at Rummu at Gainesville
Rummu quarry was used as a mining site for Vasalemma marble (a kind of limestone) for a very long time.
Most of the workforce came from among the detainees of Murru prison. When the prison was closed, pumps that kept the quarry and the prison dry were shut down. The water rose so quickly that it flooded a large mining excavator, buildings, and other equipment. Now, these make up for a unique underwater museum which can be seen thanks to the extremely transparent water, making it a perfect destination for divers.


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Free concert with the Alligator Hat Band (Rock and Blues) on the Gainesville Square from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Concert at 6 p.m.
Alligator Hat Band is a fun, entertaining rock/pop/country/ folk band that plays music spanning several decades from the 1960s to today. The band is based in the Atlanta area and plays all over the Southeast.
Hours of Operation
Friday: 5:00PM - 10:00PM
Admission & Fees
Accessible by Public Transportation, Bus / Motorcoach Parking on Site, Concessions, Free Parking, Public Restrooms, Restaurant on Site
Family-friendly, Free Admission , Handicapped Accessible
Near Interstate Highway
Entertainment, Family Friendly, Free Things to Do, Music & Concerts


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Westerns? White? or Americans? This sentence also bags a lot of cultures together. Would you say that current german culture has ingrained components seeing non-white folks as lesser? I mean, they keep taking all those refugees despite all the opposition and terrorist attacks they suffered and are pretty committed to not making the same mistake. Or estonian culture? Icelandics?Keleth says:But it's very easy to see that western culture has ingrained components seeing non-white folks as lesser.
This goes back to that point I made earlier: I feel this is mostly an "american-centred" discussion with american-centred views on black vs white being projected into the game. Again, the way things are dealt with in the States are questionable at many levels and from various perspectives (like anywhere else I believe). And again, I agree that reducing discrimination makes perfect sense. Just focused on the relativity of all of this and how mapping things to reality is basically a personal exercise has you can see anything you want. Are dwarves an authoritarian regime? I always felt that fanatic focus on honour and family was very harmful to individuality. Maybe because authoritarianism is a greater fear and racisms where I'm from? (or not, just an example)

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While Hillary Clinton delivered her closing argument to voters in Cedar Rapids, I asked Representative Anthony Weiner, who is out here campaigning for her, what he thought about Michael Bloomberg’s criticisms of the presidential candidates today.
“If he thinks there is a vacuum for good ideas, I don’t think he has looked at the candidates carefully, including his own senator,” said Weiner, who is all but certainly running to succeed Bloomberg as mayor. When I asked him if he thought Bloomberg would run for president, he suggested the mayor would be shirking his current responsibilities if he did so: “Hillary will be our nominee and then we’ll see. If the mayor wants to run, that’s fine, some of us are focused on the candidate we support, and the future of the city.”
But Weiner made it clear that a Bloomberg candidacy would have to be taken seriously, because of the money he could spend and because it would hurt Clinton’s chances.
“Just like no one knew what 150 million in a mayor’s race would look like, no one knows what a billion dollars in a presidential race looks like,” Weiner said. When asked him if Bloomberg’s run would adversely affect Clinton, he said “The polls don’t show that, but I think yes.”
Weiner also took issue with Bloomberg’s assertion that none of the candidates were offering serious proposals on health care.
“You can make an argument that no one on the Republican side is engaging in health care in a serious way,” he said. “But on the Democratic side, look there is a full throated debate drilling down into the real complexities of the issue. If the mayor hasn’t noticed that, he is not paying attention.”


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Showing kindness and compassion can help you live longer
For more information
The Behavioral Health
physicians and therapists at
Palos Community Hospital
specialize in all types of relationship
issues. For more information about
how we can help, visit us online
or call (708) 226-2721.
For years now, researchers have been reporting happily married people not only experience an overall better quality of life, but they live longer and healthier ones too. Conversely, studies also show negative interactions between people, including friendships, can have a negative impact on your health. Unhealthy relationships can lead to stress, depression, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, physical pain and even chronic diseases.
“Relationships are a fundamental part of a person’s well-being,” says Adnan Arif, M.D., a Palos Heights psychiatrist affiliated with Palos Medical Group. “When people are struggling with their relationships, there can be so much stress on the inside that they can’t deal with the outside.”
As with job stress, relationship stress can cause you to feel anxious and depressed. Quality of life and ability to function may suffer, and you may begin to feel guilty you aren’t functioning as you should. Guilt can compound feelings of stress, and symptoms can become worse.
“It’s a vicious cycle that feeds on itself,” Dr. Arif explains. “It’s like anxiety and depression are a form of low-grade inflammation. People can develop nausea, migraines, body aches and a variety of other stress-related problems, all of which are caused by elevated levels of stress-related neurotransmitters in the body.”
You’ve Got to Have Heart
Conversely, a healthy relationship provides empathy, feedback, positive reinforcement, mutual support and comfort, and a sense of cohesiveness that helps people feel safe and protected. “A healthy relationship can actually reduce stress and improve your health and well-being,” says Mona Lal, M.D., a Palos Heights psychiatrist affiliated with Palos Medical Group. “A healthy relationship is empowering, energizing, encouraging and understanding.”
Dr. Lal shares her top tips for building stronger, more supportive relationships:
- Start with active listening. The goal is to let the other person know they are being heard, and one way to do that is by mirroring, or repeating, their feelings back to them.
- Don’t get into a conversation just to prove your point or to prove you’re right. Instead, work on resolving situations by exploring alternative solutions. The idea is to create a win/win situation for both parties.
- Don’t play the blame game. It’s easy to put the blame on someone else, but you have to hold back that tendency. Instead, try the opposite approach and ask yourself what changes you can make to improve the relationship. If you empower yourself to make a change, you won’t feel like a helpless victim.
- Always assume the best in someone.
- Try not to take situations or criticism too personally.
- Don’t be too confrontational when there’s a problem. Express your feelings but then listen to the other person’s. Treating people with respect and care is paramount.
- Be committed to the relationship. If you consistently focus on the well-being of the other person – be it a marriage, friendship, being a parent or at work –positive energy will manifest in the relationship, and not only will you earn each other’s respect, but you also will prove your integrity.
If these strategies don’t result in stronger bonds, you may need to seek help. “When a relationship starts to affect you to the point you can’t focus or function,” says Dr. Lal, “and it’s starting to manifest in such physical symptoms as insomnia, anxiety, isolation and depression, then you have to think about consulting a professional.”


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Steering wheels tend to get too hot to touch during the summer. A new thermoelectric material described in the journal Science could soon be the solution.
The extensive acceptance of thermoelectric devices that can directly turn electricity into thermal energy for heating and cooling has been slowed down, partly, by the shortage of materials that are both economical and highly efficient at room temperature.
Currently, scientists from the University of Houston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology report the discovery of a new material that functions efficiently at room temperature while requiring virtually no expensive tellurium, a key component of the present advanced material.
The research, illustrated in a paper published online by Science on July 18th, 2019 has promising applications for keeping vehicles, electronic devices, and other components from overheating, said Zhifeng Ren, corresponding author on the research and director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH, where he is also M.D. Anderson Professor of Physics.
We have produced a new material, which is inexpensive but still performs almost as well as the traditional, more expensive material.
Zhifeng Ren, Study Corresponding Author and Director, Texas Center for Superconductivity, UH
The scientists say further work could bridge the minor performance gap between their new material and the traditional material, a bismuth-tellurium based alloy.
Thermoelectric materials function by manipulating the flow of heat current from a warmer part to a cooler part, and thermoelectric cooling modules work according to the Peltier effect, which defines the transfer of heat between two electrical junctions.
Thermoelectric materials can also be used to convert waste heat—from automobile tailpipes, power plants, and other sources—into electricity, and several new materials have been reported for that application, which requires materials to work at much higher temperatures.
Thermoelectric cooling modules have posed an immense challenge because they have to function at cooler temperatures, where the thermoelectric figure-of-merit, or ZT, is low because it is reliant on temperature. The figure-of-merit is a metric used to establish how efficiently a thermoelectric material performs.
Regardless of the challenge, thermoelectric cooling modules also, at least for the time being, provide more commercial potential, partly because they can work for a long lifecycle at cooler temperatures; thermoelectric power generation is complex by issues linked to the high temperatures at which it works, including thermal instability and oxidation.
The market for thermoelectric cooling is expanding. “The global thermoelectric module market was worth ~0.6 billion US dollars in 2018 and it is anticipated to reach ~1.7 billion US dollars by 2027,” the scientists wrote.
Bismuth-tellurium alloys have been known to be the top-performing material for thermal cooling for several years, but the scientists said the high cost of tellurium has restricted extensive use. Jun Mao, a post-doctoral researcher at UH and the paper’s first author, said the cost has reduced in recent times but is still about $50/kg. That compares to about $6/kg for magnesium, a major component of the new material.
Along with Ren and Mao, the other authors on the paper include Hangtian Zhu, Zihang Liu, and Geethal Amila Gamage, all of the UH Department of Physics and TcSUH, and Zhiwei Ding and Gang Chen of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
They stated that the new material made up of bismuth and magnesium and created in a form possessing a negative charge, called n-type, was nearly as efficient as the traditional bismuth-tellurium material. That, pooled with the lower cost, should multiply the use of thermoelectric modules for cooling, they said.
To create a thermoelectric module with the new material, scientists integrated it with a positive-charge carrying, or p-type, version of the traditional bismuth-tellurium alloy. Mao said that enabled them to use just half as much tellurium as most existing modules.
Since the cost of materials makes up for about one-third of the cost of the device, that savings adds up, he said. Furthermore, the new material maintains electrical contact more effectively than the majority of nanostructured materials, the scientists stated.


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Borden Inc. said yesterday that its agreement to sell Wise Foods and Moore's Quality Snack Foods to Pittsburgh Food and Beverage Inc. expired last week without a transaction. A Borden spokesman said Borden was reviewing its options, including selling the salty snack units to Pittsburgh, which is owned by Michael Carlow, or to another party. Pittsburgh makes Iron City Beer and Clark candy bars. Borden is being acquired by the New York buyout firm Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Company.

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Elizabeth Tenety spoke with Santorum, a Catholic, about faith in Hollywood, social issues in the Pope Francis era and his message for today’s Republican Party.
What kind of religion-hater also talks about his love of Jesus, quotes the Bible like a preacher and wants to re-introduce a radical Christian faith to his seeker generation?
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The constitutionality of legislative prayers returns to the Supreme Court after 30 years.
Some day, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge will become the leader of the Church of England. First, he needed to … Continued
Pope Francis offers contributes to renewal of Catholic-Jewish relations in the form of a personal e-mail.
In coping with her husband’s killing spree and its aftermath, Monville didn’t just cling to God in the shadow of tragedy, but spent her entire life unknowingly preparing for the wreckage she would face.
Eugenio Scalfari’s report shows a pope who rejects blind deference to hierarchy, one who is eager to engage with the world beyond the walls of the church, even when his words may make Catholics uncomfortable.
So we know by now that Pope Francis is different. But is he changing more than just the tone of … Continued
The leader of the global Catholic Church chided what he saw as the tendency of some church leaders to focus on “small-minded rules.”
Despite the pope’s plea to put down arms, many Catholic politicians are making a different argument about morality of warfare, particularly around the obligation to use force, when necessary, to protect innocent life.
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Francis’s brief papacy has been marked by the candor of his comments on atheism, poverty and now, homosexuality.
Is Pope Francis bringing the mystical office—seen as a living symbol of God’s stewardship of the world—too far down to earth?
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In a press release yesterday, district attorneys in both Los Angeles County and San Francisco announced a joint worker protection action against Handy Technologies, Inc., alleging that the housekeeping and home-services company had misclassified tens of thousands of California-based cleaning workers as independent contractors. The complaint, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, rests on California’s controversial “ABC test” for independent contractor status. Since services performed by Handy’s cleaners form “the very heart of Handy’s business model,” the complaint argues, they cannot be classified as independent contractors under the law and are instead entitled to the ordinary array of legally guaranteed employee benefits, such as paid sick leave and the minimum wage. While Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare companies managed to exempt themselves from the ABC test last year though the passage of Proposition 22, other businesses remain covered. Attorneys are asking the court for restitution, immediate reclassification of Handy workers, and civil penalties of up to $2,500 per misclassified employee. As if the things couldn’t get more difficult for Handy, the California Supreme Court also decided on Wednesday to let stand an appellate ruling applying the state’s ABC test retroactively.
On Tuesday, California Labor Commissioner Julie Su appeared before the U.S. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) regarding her nomination for Assistant Secretary of Labor. Republicans on the committee grilled Su over her management of the Golden State’s unemployment system, which reported a 9.7% fraud rate during the pandemic. As Su noted in her response, several federal emergency unemployment programs initiated during the pandemic proved generally susceptible to fraud, such the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. Outside of the Capitol, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka defended Su, calling the Republican attacks “ugly and baseless.” Andrew Stettner of the New Century Foundation also endorsed Su on Monday in a Hill op-ed.
Yesterday, Jennifer Bates, an employee of Amazon’s regional fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, spoke before the Senate Budget Committee on the topic of economic inequality and union rights. Bates—invited by the Committee’s Chairman, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)—highlighted her coworkers own high-profile union drive and denounced Amazon’s efforts to undermine unionization. “For so long people have been walking away from jobs for disrespect and inequality,” she told the Committee. “Nobody has been standing up and saying it’s time to hold people accountable. We decided to stand up and say something.” Bates’s remarks come on the heels of increased scrutiny of Amazon’s hard-ball anti-union tactics, particularly in the wake of recent revelations regarding Amazon’s past, legally dubious practices at other warehouses across the country. As the union vote in Bessemer draws to a close this month, both New York Magazine and the New Yorker have come out this week with profiles of workers and organizers involved in the campaign. Channeling the blog’s own Kevin Vazquez, Brookings published a piece on Tuesday arguing that the Bessemer unionization drive touches on broader issues of worker dignity and racial justice.
Amazon’s aggressive anti-union campaign in recent months has highlighted the urgent need for broader labor law reform. As a recent report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) reiterates, employers’ capacity to exploit weaknesses in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) has rendered the law’s organizing protections ineffectual for decades. Yet as both Brandon Magner and Steven Greenhouse wrote this week, most (although perhaps not all) changes to the NLRA is almost certainly contingent on reforming the Senate filibuster. While President Joe Biden expressed that he was amenable to the idea on Monday, much work remains before the chamber is willing to pair back the chamber’s 60-vote cloture requirement. Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) threatened to wage a “scorched earth” policy in the Senate should Democrats vote to amend the filibuster and warned of what Republicans would do with a filibuster-less upper chamber once they retook the majority, including passing “nationwide right to work.”
Finally, recent forecasts from the Federal Reserve project that the U.S. economy will grow an estimated 6.5% this year, the highest rate of GDP growth in about four decades, with unemployment declining to around just 4.5%. Growth is expected to be fueled in large part by increased vaccination rates and financial stimulus from the recently passed American Rescue Plan (ARP). As EPI notes, ARP crucially avoids repeating the mistakes of the Obama-era stimulus plan by providing billions of dollars in financial support to state and local governments, allowing states and municipalities to avoid harsh public-sector job cuts.


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Currently using a Hegel H360 with my LRS and it makes them sing very nicely. High damping factor, 250 wpc into 8 ohms and 420 wpc into 4. Super smooth character and well balanced. Over your budget used but try and audition one of their less expensive models. My Rogue Atlas Magnum 3 tube amp and Rogue tube pre sound great also. Just don't get quite as loud/dynamic.
I have the LRS’s being driven by the Rogue Sphinx ver 3 (tube preamp stage and Hypex Class D amplifier modules with MOSFET output devices. High speed switching the output devices is the secret sauce) in very small room (9’1” x 11’5”). They are set up on the short wall with tweeters on the outside toed in, so that the tweeters are aimed just on the edge of my ears. The speakers are 39” from the front wall and 15” from the side walls. The seating position is the same distance as the speakers are apart forming an equal lateral triangle. In other words it’s set up for near-field listening. Also they are mounted on Sound Anchor LRS stands at the highest mounting position, allowing the top of the speaker to reach an elevation of 57.5” in an almost vertical position. These stands tip the speaker about a 1/4” forward when measured from the top of the speaker to the back wall. Bass is better, the vertical sweet spot opens up, and the sound stage gets bigger vertically. This makes near-field listening not only possible but incredibly good! For room treatment I use ASC’s newest (most absorbent) 16’ tube traps, but not behind the Maggie’s, as they’re too absorbent at 39” from the speaker. They’re placed 1/4” from the inside edge of each LRS with the metal rivets on each tube trap directly facing each other. If the edge of each speaker were a knife it would be dissecting the tube traps in half right between the double rivets. This results in well defined bass, better low level detail, and in the near-field setup most of the reflected sound doesn’t come into play anyway with Maggie’s since their wave dispersion is way more direct than dynamic box speakers, that have a reflection dispersion close to 360 degrees vertically and horizontally.
I’ve had Maggie 3.6R’s in a larger room with class AB amplification and loved it! And while the high end was more extended in the 3.6R’s and the bass deeper. The speed, driver coherence, transparency and over all balance top to bottom of the LRS’s being driven with the Sphinx ver 3 was preferable. The tube preamp allows for more roundness and body to the music, especially with voices. And with the amplifier’s Class D MOSFET output providing a firm grip with a damping factor >1000, the amp sounds like a tube amp with balls!
Herb Reichert of Stereophile reviewed the first version of the Sphinx and now the Sphinx ver3. In his review he used the Sphinx to drive Maggie .7’s. Here’s what he said, “The Sphinx V3 made the modest .7 Maggies sound like the best speaker ever. What more could I want?” “The V3 was always more exciting and engaging than its now-classic forebear. I promise, you have my word: The Rogue Sphinx V3 will someday be remembered, like the original NAD 3020 integrated amp, as one of the greatest high-value audio products of all time.”


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American Queen Voyages has announced three new Great Lakes sailings on the Ocean Navigator that will have overnight visits in fall 2022.
For the first time, guests will have evening shoreside options with overnights in Mackinac Island, Montréal, Toronto and Québec City.
The cruises include 15-day voyages departing Sept. 5 from Montréal to Chicago and Sept. 18 from Chicago to Montréal, and a 12-day roundtrip from Montréal departing Oct. 1, 2022.
“Our valued-travel advisors and guests shared how much they enjoy overnights in port while cruising Europe, so we adjusted these autumn voyages to offer opportunities to explore similar storied ports after the sun goes down here in North America,” said Shawn Bierdz, chief operating officer, American Queen Voyages. “Sunset strolls along the cobblestone streets of Old Montréal and sipping a warm cider during a Mackinac Island carriage ride are among the moments our guests can now enjoy.”
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Ukraine blows up Russian tank behind enemy lines in Donetsk
Ukrainian forces have succeeded in blowing up a Russian tank more than 60 miles behind enemy lines.
The tank, said to be a T-72B3, had its turret sent flying tens of metres into the air after an explosion near the city of Novoazovsk, eight miles from the Russian border. The turret and the gun together weigh about 17 tonnes.
Defence experts believe that Ukrainian Special Forces could have adopted the sort of insurgency tactics used in Iraq and Afghanistan to carry out the attack, sneaking deep behind enemy lines to lay improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or anti-tank mines on the roadside, although a drone strike is also a possibility.
The part of the Donbas where the attack took place has been under Russian control since