Advocates Say Better Pay Could Help Home Care Provider Shortage
Monday, May 16, 2016
ST. PAUL, Minn. – With a serious workforce shortage expected to worsen, home care providers are pushing state lawmakers to increase pay for tens of thousands of Minnesota caregivers.
The home care providers say a 5 percent pay boost for caregivers, many of whom make just above minimum wage, could help make the field more attractive to newcomers.
Pam Gonnella, co-chair of the Best Life Alliance, says after her daughter suffered a brain injury as a child, the family relied on home-based caregivers for about 25 years, allowing her daughter to live as independently as possible at home.
"They became a part of our family, and that's why my heart is with the people who are working in this field, because I know firsthand how dedicated many of them are to their work,” she states. “But it hurts me when I feel that they're not getting paid very much for the work that they do."
Gonnella and the Best Life Alliance are backing House File 2706, which they argue will help maintain community services for people with disabilities and older adults across Minnesota.
The bill would also give most workers a raise of about 55 cents an hour.
Supporters of the bill admit it could be an uphill battle to get the measure approved in this last week of the legislative session.
But Steve Larson, senior policy director of The Arc Minnesota, a group that advocates for people with disabilities, says the timing is crucial, because the state has vacancies for more than 8,000 caregiver and staff positions.
"We aren't providing the quality care that we would like to, just because we're short on staff,” he explains. “One of the major reasons for that is the level of wages at this current time. And so, we think we're in a crisis situation."
Larson says the state lags behind in reimbursement payments to these workers, which is one reason for the high turnover rate.
So far, a bipartisan group of more than 30 house lawmakers has signed on as co-authors of the 5 percent pay raise bill.
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by Finian Cunningham
Crossposted from PressTV
February 10, 2013
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The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei described recent American offers of bilateral talks with Iran as tantamount to the US holding negotiations with a gun to the head.
The same apt metaphor, expressing the futility of conducting political talks under extreme duress, applies equally to the internal politics of Bahrain.
by Clive Hambidge
February 3, 2013
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Killing from afar
Americans and their European poodles coiffeured red white and blue in American power salons are unlawfully targeting, and killing from afar, suspected militants innocent bystanders, and helpers, labelled “collateral damage,” whilst avoiding more politically toxic body bags containing returning American “heroes” to military bases and more lachrymose wailing from American politicians. Today, this day, men and women with “games console mentality” can kill your brothers and sisters and mine, by pressing a button caressed by their dutiful hands in America, for a drone strike against suspected militants and thereby international law, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, then take a burger lunch without fear of reprisal? I don’t think so. Continue reading
by Graham Peebles
February 6, 2013
Besieged, abused, ignored
In the harsh Ogaden region of Ethiopia, impoverished ethnic Somali people are being murdered and tortured, raped, persecuted and displaced by government paramilitary forces. Illegal actions carried out with the knowledge and tacit support of donor countries, seemingly content to turn a blind eye to war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed by their brutal, repressive ally in the region; and a deaf ear to the pain and suffering of the Ogaden Somali people.
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February 5, 2013
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IT WAS Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and the sound of pounding drums mingled with subway steel rattling underground, sending a hot pulse through the high-arched edifice of a humble house of worship in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. As Nina Simone sang in her blue soliloquy to the slain civil rights leader, “The king of love is dead.” But here, in St. Jacobi Lutheran Church, one could feel King’s heart beat on.
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February 8, 2013
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February 8, 2013
Hillary Clinton has completed her four-year tenure as Secretary of State to the accolades of both Democratic and Republican Congressional champions of the budget-busting “military-industrial complex,” that President Eisenhower warned about in his farewell address. Behind the public relations sheen, the photo-opportunities with groups of poor people in the developing world, an ever more militarized State Department operated under Clinton’s leadership.

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I don't spend much time in the cardio area of my gym, but the last few times I've been there I've noticed this one guy who is always there. And I never see him in the weights room. He was on a bike beside me before I started, then after about 25 mins he got off and went over to a cross trainer and started using that. I finished up, went off, stretched, got changed, got some water, and then came back about half an hour later to chat to somebody in the gym and I saw this guy was STILL doing cardio, he had now moved onto a stairmaster. He does all this at pretty high intensity, and any time I see him he is absolutely dripping with sweat. What's more, the sweat smells really strongly, which suggest that he has been sweating for some time.
Another thing I noticed is that this guy had absolutely no muscle whatsoever, he was wearing a sleeveless top thing and he looked terrible, looked like a skeleton or something. He had very low bf but he didn't look 'lean', he just looked unwell. I felt like saying to the guy that the last thing he should be doing is more cardio, unless he is training for some sport that requires a very high level of cv fitness, but I doubt any sport requires (probably) two hours of cardio per day alternating between cross trainers and stairmasters, etc.
I figured this guy probably has some sort of disorder. I simply can't see how anybody would want to do this, unless he REALLY enjoys cardio or something! I mean being obsessive about working out to look good is one thing, but this guy did not look good. Does anybody here know anyone like this? Is manorexia an actual disorder?

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Q: Analog or digital and why?
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Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Storytelling though music has always been what I love most about this job.
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A: At some point while playing in student orchestras as a kid I got bit by the composing bug and I haven't looked back since. A couple years into getting my composing degree at the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University, Long Beach I started interning for Mark Phillips, a veteran composer for TV shows. Seeing him work and interact with clients gave me true insight into how people succeed in the music industry. From there on I hit the pavement and said yes to a lot of opportunities in additional music writing, orchestrating, and contracting studio recording sessions, which in turn led to more leadership roles like composing and music production. I still regularly work with new clients and always prioritize building community in the arts.
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That's amazing that she converted to Catholicism! JRR Tolkien :)
I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay, small acts of Kindness and Love. -Gandalf
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Edith + JRR Tolkien, Their love story was the inspiration for the Epic story of Beren and Lúthien. <3 <3 <3
Tolkien's Ten Tips for Writers (There's some extrapolation in here, but it's still nice.)
Tolkien and Lewis
Tolkien - one of the most incredible minds this world has ever had the privilege of knowing. I truly believe that.
The author of LOTR is JRR Tolkien. He`s also author of my favourite book "The Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion"
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Here are a few pictures of the polar bear (Sgt. Ted E. Bear) that was painted by a class of soldiers for the Hollyday Bazaar. The only decent picture I got on my iPhone from the day of the event is Santa arriving. I was running around crazy the rest of the time and didn't even get a picture of me and my co-chair on my phone. Although we did get one with Santa, I just don't have it yet.
Here is the history of why Ft. Rucker has a polar bear!
Santa arriving by Fire Engine!
Back in October we needed a break so we took a little trip for a few days. Our go-to spot since living in Alabama has been Florida, but we have never spent the money to stay at a place right on the beach. We decided to splurge and rent a condo on the beach. The view from our condo was fantastic. I could have spent a couple weeks there. A full kitchen was included, so we only ventured out for breakfast one morning and an evening for dinner & walking along the boardwalk. I spent my morning out on the patio with coffee and a book and the afternoon lounging on the beach. Moving home to KS will be rough since there are no white sandy beaches 1.5 hours from home! Here are a few pictures from our trip, mainly of me since B HATES pictures.
|Sunset from our balcony|
|Breakfast at Donut Hole. The one place we always go when we are in Destin|
|Getting ready to head out for our date night on the boardwalk!|
|Love the view from our room. I could have stayed here forever! Good thing we are going again over Christmas break.|
|One of the few pictures I got of B!|
|Lounging on the beach.|
|Hanging out on the beach.|
|B walking along water at sunset|
|While out on our date at the boardwalk, a fishing boat had just come in and they were cleaning a little shark.|
|At dinner, ordered a huge drink and it had a fun flashing light in it!|
Thanks for sticking with me on this post to at least catch up on two events from the past couple months. See ya tomorrow for Weekend Wanderings!
Til' next time,

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Are there circumstances that should be considered and does their choice affect karma?
At that time, I would have replied that taking your own life would end in certain doom. It was a sin that was unforgivable even by Jehovah God - taking your own life, a gift that He gave to you - was the ultimate spit in the face of He, who would be judging whether or not you would be blessed with the wonders of Heaven or Paradise. How could any individual be so selfish and ungrateful to do such a thing? And my disgust would grow greater if the one who committed such an act was a mother with young children. How could she leave such vulnerable children behind to deal with the death of their mother? Didn’t she understand that those children would not understand and ultimately blame themselves for her abandoning them?
Please understand that I didn’t think in this way because I didn’t empathize with those who felt there was no other answer to their pain. I’ve confronted depression a few times during my lifetime; while I attended college, after my first divorce and the worst bout came in the form of postpartum depression after the birth of my second child. I believed what I believed because I didn’t comprehend what death truly meant and that those who were left behind were feeling something that could be understood in different terms.
Time has passed as it does here on the physical plane. My perceptions have changed. Now I understand that death is the ultimate transition that we all are seeking. Our whole life experience culminates with death. It is the time when we return to the form of our inner selves and join once again with All That Is (God Herself). This life is just one experience that we’ve decided to encounter. There will be more – perhaps for some of us, not on this physical plane but there ARE more. Those individuals that we have bonded with, whom we loved and cherished here on this earth, at this time, in this space, whom are left behind once we transitioned do grieve. Yes, they do.
But why do we grieve? Who is it we are grieving for? The truth is we are grieving not for the one who has left us for we all are aware that to return to our truest self and be reunited with God Herself is a joyous occasion, we are mourning the loss of that feeling we had when the one who left was with us. We are grieving for the loss of the connection we had with God Herself through the one who died.
With this understanding I can then answer the questions:
- Do people have the right to end their life? Yes, an individual does have the right to end their life.
- What are the circumstances that should be considered and does this choice affect karma? The only circumstances that should be considered are those that the individual chooses to consider. If an individual has reached the point that they see no natural end to their current experience then it is my understanding that they will create one. They are done here and are ready to reunite with God Herself and possibly incarnate into a new life experience. There is no punishment in that.

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Whenever I see the manifestation of all the Hindu Gods and Goddesses, Buddha and deities in the wood crafts, I make up my own assumptions of their creation. I believe that an artist wanted to express his imagination of the divine being into something tangible so that his fellow species could revere the faith instilled in that being. It may sound rather poetic.
But if we trace down the history of the wooden crafts, the oldest evidence goes back to Bavarians and Scandinavia who prepared hunting gears, coffin, and animals out of wood.
Also, the civilizations of Egyptians and Chinese practiced wooden craft too much extent which is depicted in the artistic tombs of pharaohs, and the wooden gates in Chinese palaces. If we talk about the wooden craft of Nepal, history dates back to the Licchavi period, when the famous Changunarayan temple was built with astonishing wooden artwork. Since then, with the rise and fall of different dynasties, Nepal has upheld its unique skill of craftsmanship.
Not much is known about how and when the wooden craft began in Nepal but one can correctly predict that it was the Licchavi period that started around the 4th century AD has played a distinctive and substantial role to shape the architecture of temples and buildings of Kathmandu valley and Nepal as a whole.
Also, the Malla period which started somewhere between the 12th and 13th centuries in Kathmandu helped to resurrect and modernize the Lichchavi architecture.
The prominent temple during the Licchavi period is the temple Changu Narayan which is located at Bhaktapur district and one can clearly get a glimpse of how woodcraft had played a major role in shaping the faith of then citizens to god.
One should always know that the idea of culture and the religious practice root from the ability to relate the god’s presence amid human souls and to portray gods in human form. So, the use of woods became prominent in making of any temples and the sacred building which would be bestowed by God’s presence. That’s why you can observe various gods and goddesses carved in the doors and windows of temples in Nepal.
If we take Changu Narayan to be the oldest temple of Nepal, the use of woods can be seen to carve the Hindu and Buddhist motifs and the demigods.
Later, during the Malla period, additional art is popularly known as “Tudal” started. Influenced by most of the Hindu temples in Northern India, the artisans of Nepal started to carve erotic art on the woods used in “Pagoda” style temples of Kathmandu.
Malla period further influenced the Newari population living in Kathmandu to embrace the then-popular architecture while building their homes. So, it can also be said that the culture of woodcraft slowly permeated and took hold in the Newari society. It was when Jayasthiti Malla, 14th century Malla king of unified Kathmandu valley created the caste system, a separate clan with the Newari society was given the job of woodcraft. Since then, the practice has been continued and transferred to generation.
So how have these astonishing woodcrafts come to life? My question was answered when I happen to visit different wooden workshops in Patan. Today there are few major wood crafts workshops in the country that haven’t let the quality of the goods taint over the years.
One of the artisans named Rajesh Barahi, who owns a small wood carving workshop in the vicinity of Patan Durbar Square explained to me the sequential process of creation of these crafts which include the selection of good wood, using the suitable tool to carve it, which highly depends upon the amount of description to be applied on the craft.
The color selection part is really tricky, he said since the texture of the craft holds a different aura. This delicate procedure made me ponder: why really do we need these items which are obviously not required for daily purpose? I hear the same questions from most of the people I’ve encountered so far. But if I may borrow the quote from George Orwell, “a society without beauty is soulless”. This explains the craving of humans, for these pieces of great beauty and aesthetic values.
Also, the true value of these crafts lies in their opposition to mass-production methods. Artists pay a lot of detail in the preparation of individual items which isn’t certainly an easy feat. Also, don’t you realize the shift in your mindset when you stand in awe watching the grandeur of art and craft of large halls in Patan Museum, the artistic rafters in the temples depicting obscure beauty?
Many psychologists have suggested the amazing healing property of interior designs of hospitals, and offices. Immense stress from the work and household can be relieved by just staring at a wooden frame clock or wooden statue of Buddha. The fact is, living in a beautified environment with a certain amount of individuality and beautiful objects add immeasurably to our enjoyment of life.

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When I tell people I work remotely, the typical response I get is “You’re so lucky. I’d love to work from home!”. As someone who works from home five days a week, I do feel lucky. But I’m not alone. According to The American Community Survey data, telecommuting, or working remotely, has increased 103% since 2005. Today, more than 3.7 million employees work from home at least half the time. More than 85% of employees at large companies express interest in working remotely at least one day a week.
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- Make face-time a priority. One of my colleagues loves to connect over GoToMeeting so we can video chat. It’s not always my favorite (I’ll admit it — I am guilty of occasionally finding myself in the, “It’s 11:00 am and somehow I am still in my pajamas” situation). But, I find that when we do connect this way — even if it’s for something that could have been a quick IM or e-mail — I am happier throughout the day. I feel connected. Sitting behind a computer all day gets lonely. Face-to-face interaction (even if it is virtual) reminds us that we aren’t alone, we have colleagues, and we are a part of something bigger than ourselves.
- Don’t skip the small talk. For many of us, when we’re busy, our instinct is to dive right into a call and get down to business. Fight the urge! Though it may seem unproductive, it’s not. Making small talk shows that you care about your colleagues, creates genuine connections, and builds trust. Next time you’re about to jump right into the task at hand, start by asking your colleague how their day is going, or what they did over the weekend.
- Find a buddy. Many companies employ some sort of buddy system to encourage their employees to build and maintain relationships. At Blue Beyond, we know that making the transition to working remotely can be lonely and sometimes even a little isolating, especially at the beginning. To combat that, on our first day with the company, we each get assigned a “buddy” — a colleague we connect with regularly during our first year (or even longer, if we want) for questions, thought partnership, and advice.
- Spend time together. At Blue Beyond, we bring our entire company together (and sometimes our families, too!), in-person, at least a few times a year. Our Blue Beyond Team Days focus on collaboration and learning, and are always followed by some sort of team building activity — like a hike or a team dinner. Events like our annual summer family picnic and our holiday party allow us to meet each other’s families, establish relationships, and get to know each other on a more personal level. These are all opportunities for connections we don’t make in a normal week, and we cherish our time together.
- Get Social. Everyone needs a little break during the day. Since we can’t stop by our colleagues’ desks or run into each other in the hallway, we use our Google Chat away messages and a Facebook Team Page to socialize and connect — we share interesting articles, funny pictures, and words of support and encouragement.
- Embrace your culture. We know that nurturing a thriving culture is key to engage remote employees and sustain business success. In a virtual environment, communicating and reinforcing culture is even more important — and when this is done successfully it can create a great place to work. At Blue Beyond, we have an active Culture Club with a rotating team of colleagues dedicated to support and enhance our culture. Throughout the year, we plan activities and events that bring our culture to life — like volunteer activities, holiday celebrations, Team Bingo, and more. One of our favorite activities? Lunch Roulette, where each month we draw random names and pair two colleagues together for a virtual or in-person lunch or coffee “date”.
Though working remotely is still more the exception than the rule, increasingly we are seeing more companies allowing, and even encouraging, their employees to work from home. By creating opportunities for connection (both virtually and in-person), promoting efforts towards collaboration and communication, and establishing a strong company culture, organizations can continue to serve as a source of community and connection — even for those employees who work from home.


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True. I use it a lot in books as well. It's also true for life, I think. Thanks for stopping by!Nichole
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Driving Fun Day – Saturday, June 9, 2018
10am – 4pm
Driving Fun Day was a huge success! Racer Placers had hands-on learning for basic harnessing and driving. The working equines ranged from a mini-donkey and pony to hearty Belgians.
A couple old friends dropped by with their past adopters, Munch and Do Me Bliss came back to strut their stuff – and it was great to see them again! Thank you to the Koch ladies for bringing Fannie, the mini-donkey.
Many thanks to LeAnn and the ladies at Acclaim Performance Horses for hosting the event and helping to make it a great success, we couldn’t have done it without them.
This day brought new fans to the art of driving, and we look forward to having another Driving Fun Day in the future.
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Gigabyte has introduced its new GeForce RTX 30 Series WATERFORCE graphics cards this week,powered by NVIDIA Ampere architecture and taking the form of the : AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 24G, AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 10G, AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME WATERFORCE 24G, and AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME WATERFORCE 10G. Each water cooled graphics card includes a leak detection circuit that monitors the entire fitting and water block and promptly alerts users via a flashing light at the first sign of a leakage.
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“Fusing different materials and surface textures with negative space to form a juxtaposition and showcase a stylistic effect where the boundaries between components are not clearly defined. It creates a multi-dimensional design that seemingly cuts through space and time. AORUS GeForce RTX 3090/3080 XTREME WATERFORCE, featuring AIO coolers, are a great entry point for users looking for best-of-class performance and quiet gaming experience from a liquid-cooled graphics card. The cards are easy to use and maintenance-free. The large copper plate directly touches the GPU, VRAM and other critical parts. Coupled with heat pipes, the heat can be transferred to the liquid cooling zone for achieving enhanced heat dissipation.”
“Compared to the 120 mm size, the optimal 240 mm aluminium radiator doubles the surface area and volume for enhanced thermal efficiency, and 2x120mm double ball bearing fans make the graphics card more stable and cool under high overclocks. Both the front cover and the back plate of the new-gen WATERFORCE cards feature customizable RGB illumination, and the ARGB fans can be adjusted according to users’ preference through RGB FUSION 2.0 software. In addition, the sturdy FEP tube minimizes loss of water and has high thermal stability as well as high pressure tolerance to greatly enhance product life and durability.Designed for DIY PC enthusiasts aiming to create unique custom loop builds and achieve the highest possible performance in silence. AORUS provides an all-round cooling solution as critical parts like GPU, VRAM and MOSFET are actively cooled to ensure system stability under high overclocks.”
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MSNBC, 6/26/14: Survivors Testify At Senate Hearing On Campus Sex Assault
Survivors of sexual assault on college campuses pressed members of a Senate committee Thursday to make serious changes to the federal regulations aimed at fighting violence and harassment on campus.
Bloomberg News, 6/24/14: Campus Sex Assault Complaints Languish As US Delays Mount
Deluged by discrimination complaints against U.S. colleges, the Education Department is taking years to resolve cases involving alleged sexual assault at Harvard Law School and Princeton University, and lawmakers are questioning the agency’s ability to enforce its own rules.
Democrat & Chronicle, 6/23/14: Lawmakers Map Their Next Step On Addressing College Sexual Assault
McCaskill is surveying 450 colleges and universities to better understand the extent of sexual violence on campuses. The results are due later this summer. McCaskill is leading a bipartisan group of six senators who plan to introduce legislation later this year to improve how colleges handle sexual violence and harassment cases.
Review Journal, 6/13/14: Heller calls for new law on campus sex assault reporting
After meeting Friday with campus sexual assault victims’ advocates, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said a law needs to be changed to ensure such attacks are properly reported and tracked to protect women at universities and colleges nationwide.
The Journal News, 6/3/14: Senators are told reporting has flaws
Significant gaps exist in federal oversight of sexual violence and harassment on college campuses despite sometimes overlapping laws, experts told three U.S. senators Monday.
Poughkeepsie Journal, 5/30/14: Gillibrand: Give colleges incentive to report sex abuse
Graduating high-school seniors should know how many sexual assaults have occurred at the colleges they may want to attend, according to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. "Right now, there are no incentives for colleges to report these crimes or to make sure that justice is done," the New York Democrat said in an interview.
The Journal News, 5/26/14: Gillibrand Makes Campus Sexual Assault Her Next Cause
Graduating high-school seniors should know how many rapes and other sexual assaults have occurred at the colleges they may want to attend, according to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Think Progress, 5/21/14: Rape Survivors Pressure The Princeton Review To Include Sexual Assaults in College Rankings
More than 200 people, including both sexual assault survivors and their loved ones, have signed onto a petition urging the Princeton Review to include schools’ rape policies in its future college rankings. The survivors have added their voices to a larger advocacy push targeting the college admission services company, after more than 35,000 members of the feminist group UltraViolet signed a similar petition last week.
CNN, 5/14/14: Gillibrand Fights College Sexual Assault
Sen. Gillibrand details her fight for transparency and accountability for sexual assaults committed on college campuses
Connecticut Mirror, 5/12/14: Blumenthal wants ‘bill of rights’ for college victims of sexual violence
After hearing from hundreds of Connecticut college students about their experiences of sexual violence, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal wants an overhaul of federal law and enforcement procedures to ensure that college staff no longer turn away students seeking help.
Buzzfeed, 5/7/14: Alleged Rapist At Northeastern University Transfers Without Penalties
After a university hearing ruled a student committed sexual assault with penetration, he successfully appealed on the basis that the level of consent the board used was “too high.” His accuser filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Wednesday.
The New York Times, 5/3/14: Fight Against Sexual Assaults Holds Colleges to Account
Emma Sulkowicz said she knew it would be awful to go before a disciplinary panel and describe being raped by a fellow student, but nothing prepared her for what came next. She said one of the two women on the panel, a university official, asked her, repeatedly, how the painful sex act she described was physically possible.
The AP, 5/2/14: 5 things to know about campus sexual assault probe
It's a list that no college or university wants to be on. The Education Department on Thursday revealed the names of 55 colleges and universities facing a Title IX investigation for their responses to sexual abuse and violence on their campuses.
Huffington Post, 5/1/14: 55 Colleges Face Sexual Assault Investigations
Fifty-five higher education institutions are currently under review by the department's Office for Civil Rights for allegedly mishandling sexual assault and harassment on campus in violation of the gender equity law Title IX.
Huffington Post, 4/30/14: College Campus Safety: What Parents & Students Should Know
In a letter penned to the Senate Committee Appropriations leaders, Senators Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and McCaskill (D-Miss.) called for an increase in the federal funding required for better investigation and appropriate enforcement of sexual assault laws.
The New York Times, 4/29/14: Behind Focus on College Assaults, a Steady Drumbeat by Students
In March, two women who were sexually assaulted when they were students at the University of North Carolina arrived unannounced at the office of Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand with a request: Help us stop sexual assault on college campuses.
The New York Times, 4/28/14: White House to Press Colleges to Do More to Combat Rape
Reacting to a series of highly publicized rapes on college campuses, the White House on Monday released guidelines that increase the pressure on universities to more aggressively combat sexual assaults on campus. The recommendations urge colleges, among other measures, to conduct anonymous surveys about sexual assault cases, adopt anti-assault policies that have been considered successful at other universities and to better ensure that the reports of such crimes remain confidential.
Auburn Citizen, 4/27/14: Eye on NY: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand leads effort to combat sexual assaults on college campuses
Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and six of her Senate colleagues sent a letter this week to the co-chairs of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. The letter included three proposals for the panel to consider as it drafts its own recommendations for colleges to address sexual assaults on campuses across the country.
Brown Daily Herald, 4/23/14: U. mishandled sexual assault case, victim says
Alleged perpretrator received one-year suspension, will join victim on campus in fall
Huffington Post, 4/21/14: Bipartisan Senate Group Demands More Transparency In College Sexual Assault Investigations
In a letter released Monday, a bipartisan group of senators called on the White House task force on college sexual assault to adopt three reforms aimed at bringing greater transparency to the way schools respond to sexual violence on campus. The letter, drafted by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), was originally sent to the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault last week
University students rallied around one of their own, bringing awareness to sexual assaults on college campuses.
The New York Times, 4/16/14: A Star Player Accused, and a Flawed Rape Investigation
The case has unfolded as colleges and universities across the country are facing rising criticism over how they deal with sexual assault, as well as questions about whether athletes sometimes receive preferential treatment. The Times’s examination — based on police and university records, as well as interviews with people close to the case, including lawyers and sexual assault experts — found that, in the Winston case, Florida State did little to determine what had happened.
Washington Post, 4/15/14: Sen. McCaskill sends out ‘unprecedented’ survey about campus rape to colleges
As the next step in looking at what to do about the problem of sexual assault on campus, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is sending out an extensive survey to 350 college and university presidents across the country.
Salon.com, 4/9/14: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: “The price of a college education should not include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted”
The New York Democrat is taking on the sexual assault crisis unfolding on college campuses across the country
Buzzfeed, 4/4/14: Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand And Claire McCaskill Begin To Take On College Sexual Assault
The two recently battled over the way the military combats assault, but now they are teaming up to get Congress to commit more funding to fighting sexual assault on college campuses. “[T]he price of a college education should not include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted,” Gillibrand said.


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In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter (DVD)
Directed by Tomas Leach
“LEITER WAS PERHAPS THE MOST INTERESTING OF THE FIFTIES COLOR PHOTOGRAPHERS in his use of form…. The overriding emotion in his work is a stillness, tenderness, and grace that is at odds with the mad rush of New York street life.”
—The New Yorker
In No Great Hurry is a fascinating documentary on one of the 20th century’s most beloved street photographers, Saul Leiter (1923–2013). Leiter—a contemporary of Diane Arbus and Richard Avedon—could have been celebrated as the great pioneer of color photography long ago (his fashion work was published in Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire), but he was never driven by the lure of conventional success. Instead he preferred to drink coffee and photograph in his own way, amassing an archive of gorgeous work piled high in his New York City apartment. Intimate and beautifully rendered, In No Great Hurry follows Saul as he deals with the triple burden of clearing a houseful of memories, becoming world-famous in his eighties, and fending off a pesky filmmaker.
See also our films about photographers Sally Mann, Gregory Crewdson, Bill Cunningham and Tierney Gearon.
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- HD transfer, enhanced for widescreen viewing
- Additional interviews
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH)
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NSC: US asks Hong Kong for Snowden's returnJune 22, 2013 @ 1:37 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Security Council says U.S. officials have contacted authorities in Hong Kong for the extradition of Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who says he leaked highly classified documents about two surveillance programs.
An NSC spokeswoman, Caitlin Hayden, confirmed comments that National Security Agency director Tom Donilon made to CBS that the request was made to Hong Kong authorities based on the criminal complaint against Snowden. The complaint was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia on June 14 and unsealed Friday.
The 30-year-old Snowden is charged with unauthorized communication of national defense information, willful communication of classified communications intelligence information under the Espionage Act and theft of government property. Each crime carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on conviction.
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Online sales are booming! Especially since measures to contain the coronavirus were tightened in 2020, more and more business owners are turning to online and mail-order selling as a means of mitigating the effects. According to the statistics portal statista.com, e-commerce sales in Switzerland in 2021 amounted to around CHF 15 billion. Here, too, the much-vaunted digitalization is a factor, as almost two billion people worldwide shop online.
Creating an online store is no longer a complex undertaking for beginners. Today’s web technologies make it possible for even non-technophiles to get into online selling with little effort and investment.
Hostpoint Webshop is an all-in-one solution. Built as a modular system, the online store contains numerous preprogrammed features and always runs smoothly. There is no need for a complicated installation. And since Hostpoint handles the maintenance, you don’t have to worry about the security, updates or compatibility of the individual plugins and features, which normally involve a great deal of additional effort and expense. In a nutshell, you can get into online commerce without writing a line of code or having to hire an expensive web agency. Launch your own online store today. With the various Hostpoint Webshop offers, there’s a product to suit everyone. But what matters if you want to be successful?
“We knew we had to rely more on the website. The online store became enormously important for us, as our business card to the outside world.”
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According to a 2021 statista.com survey survey, more than 90% of the Swiss respondents said that expedient payment processing is the most important criterion when shopping online. Free shipping came in second at 78%.
Hostpoint Webshop makes available the most popular payment methods, such as credit and debit cards (Mastercard, Visa, etc.), PayPal and TWINT. These can be used via a payment provider such as Saferpay, PostFinance and Stripe.
Webshop customers can also choose from various settings for shipping methods and costs: “Fixed Price”, “Weight of the products in the basket”, “Number of products in the basket” or “Free delivery”.
“Just right for small companies like ours that want to offer credit card payment.”
The design of the online store should be contemporary and optimized for mobile devices. This is obviously a given for the numerous design templates on offer. Apart from the usual product sales, the store offers countless content elements, such as top products, promotions, images, galleries, videos and contact forms, which can be simply dragged and dropped to the desired location. If you are interested in writing your own code and have the necessary skills, then you may wish to use an HTML element.
Win back customers with vouchers and discounts
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Sometimes little gems are easily missed, which is why in our travels we just had to turn around and explore. Owned by the Town of Longboat Key (west of Sarasota), Durante Park has a little bit of everything for nature lovers. Near the entrance is a botanical garden featuring many popular Floridian flowering plants. You can find hibiscus, bougainvillea, jacaranda, and wild coffee to name a few. Beyond the garden is parking, restrooms, a playground, a pond with a fountain, a pavilion, and an open grassy area. Trails begin here, winding through several ecological systems by means of shell paths and board walks.
As part of coastal restoration, a wetlands system was created in the park. This provides food to many species as well as being a pollutant filter for Sarasota Bay. The upland coastal forest is also being restored. Mangrove forests and salt marshes are other ecosystems found in this park. The many trails are popular for joggers and dog walkers as well as naturalists.
We saw egrets, a cardinal, a yellow warbler, mangrove crabs, and possibly an ovenbird during the short time we spent there having a picnic supper. If you are in the area, Durante Park is worth visiting.
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This paper focuses on the religious affiliation and the practice of using different veiling articles (e.g. Head scarf, Turban, Telekung, Mini Telekung, Selendung, Coats, Abaya, Niqab, etc.) among women academicians in three universities of Malaysia. The research was designed with a quantitative approach to data and analysis. The method of data collection was survey of online profiles of the women academicians of three universities of Malaysia. The data collected was recorded with the help of a checklist developed by the researchers. The data collected was statistically analysed to test the hypothesis. It is argued that 90% of women academicians in three universities are Muslims as compared to the 10% women academicians as Non-Muslims. It is also observed that 89% women academicians of the universities included in this study are using different articles of veiling as compared to 11% of women academicians not using any veiling article. The chi square test used to explore the association between the religious affiliation and the use of veiling articles by these women academicians. The test results show a statistically significant association between the two variables. Therefore, the study accepted the research hypothesis (H1) that the religious affiliation of women academicians in three universities of Malaysia is significantly associated with their veiling status (as assessed by their practice of using veiling articles observed in their online profiles). The study recommends for exploration of the similar patterns on a larger sample of population from a large number of universities in Malaysia for more comprehensive and authentic findings.


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Cardano’s ADA has been integrated as a payment method for LimeWire’s public token sale, following an outpouring of support from the Cardano community
LimeWire, the well-known content creation platform, has recently begun to accept Cardano’s ADA for its public token sale.
As reported by U.Today, the decision to accept ADA was made following an enthusiastic response from the Cardano community, which exceeded LimeWire’s initial target of 300 retweets by reaching over 1,500.
The integration of ADA payments is now active, allowing users to purchase LimeWire Tokens (LMWR) on the official LimeWire platform.
A wide range of payment methods, including major cryptocurrencies and credit cards, is accepted, with Cardano’s ADA being a notable inclusion.
Following the public sale, the LimeWire Token is expected to be listed on at least four major cryptocurrency exchanges, with additional listings to be announced subsequently.
LimeWire was first established in 2000 by Mark Gorton, a former Wall Street trader. The platform quickly became one of the most popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks in the world, particularly known for its music-sharing capabilities.
Its fame, however, was not without controversy. LimeWire’s ease of use and lack of content filters made it an easy target for illegal file sharing, leading to numerous legal disputes.
The most notable of these disputes came to a head in 2010 when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed a lawsuit against LimeWire for copyright infringement. The court ruled in favor of the RIAA, and LimeWire was ordered to cease its operations, marking the end of one of the internet’s most infamous file-sharing services.
But that wasn’t the end for LimeWire. The platform, after a period of silence, reemerged with a new focus and business model. Instead of facilitating P2P file sharing, LimeWire pivoted to become a platform for content creators.
The introduction of the LimeWire Token (LMWR) is a further demonstration of this evolution.


DNAinfo broke a story yesterday ("Chess Players Ticketed by NYPD"), since picked up by The New York Times ("Police! Step Away from the Chess Table"), that late last month New York City police ticketed seven chess players at the Inwood Hill Park for ignoring signs near the chess tables that the area (adjacent to a playground) was "off limits to adults unaccompanied by a minor." Both articles have drawn numerous comments, my favorite being: "Chess only leads to more violent board games, like Go and Risk." Obviously, if they want to keep chess players away from children, they should just move the tables a pawn's throw away. But it does make you wonder why we have gotten so crazed about "protecting the children" that we can't imagine adults going to a playground just to play. Update: the New York Post made the story front page news under the headline "CHECK MATE" today.


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Fleas are unpleasant parasites that cause serious discomfort to Pets and can cause the development of other diseases. Owners who wish their animals a pleasant and carefree life usually use special drugs against insects and ticks for the prevention and treatment of parasitic diseases, which destroy existing insects and prevent others from infecting the pet.
One of these means is drops on the withers.
Infecting a pet with parasites is one of the most common problems faced by pet owners. In the case of cats, common parasites are fleas and ticks (including ear and skin), which not only cause the animal discomfort and reduce its immunity but can also lead to the development of other, more serious diseases. Using modern veterinary drugs against parasites is the task of any responsible owner.
The most popular remedies for fleas and ticks for dogs are special collars, drops, and shampoos, all of them differ in the degree of effectiveness and duration of action since the composition contains different active Components. Depending on the size and age of the animal, a large assortment allows you to choose a means to combat parasites. Drops on the withers are considered a universal and popular drug. The drops are easy to apply and are effective against parasites, but are suitable for adult dogs. For puppies and small dog breeds, it is best to use a flea and tick shampoo. These shampoos contain highly effective ingredients that cleanse and deodorize the coat. The flea and tick collar does not kill lice and blood-sucking insects as effectively as other means, but it is perfect for prevention. To quickly get rid of parasites on your pet, you can buy a flea and tick spray, it does the job perfectly. But due to its strong toxicity, it differs in use, it must be applied carefully, and then thoroughly washed off the animal’s fur. Before using anti-flea and tick products, you should carefully study the instructions for use so as not to harm the pet’s health.
Ticks, lice, and fleas are fairly common ectoparasites. These arthropods parasitize the skin of animals, causing painful itching and other uncomfortable sensations. To save cows, calves (cattle) from this problem, special preparations for fleas, ticks, and other insects will help.
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I have an application in ASP.NET (using VB.NET in the code behind). I’d like to write a kind of wrapper program in Xojo that will set some cookie values and then start the ASP.NET website. The ASP.NET website would need to read the values set by Xojo within the VB.NET code. Is it possible to do that?
Cookies are sent to a server to whom the domain matches the cookie by the browser. The underlying technology does not concern. In essence as long as both apps are delivered from the same domain or you accommodate that correctly when creating the cookie it should be no problem.
In Xojo, I can get the cookie count like this:
In each case, the count is returning only the cookies which were set in the particular program, and I’m not sure how to break out of that constriction.
Cookies are mapped to URL’s. Since Xojo apps are either standalone or CGI and ASP.NET runs on Windows (usually) its unlikely they are accessed from the same URL hostname. You need to overcome that first otherwise the cookies will not be available. Remember the browser does not know what technology was used to create the cookie.


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Step by Step easy method of Jalebi Making.
Jalebi kind of Syrup field rings And it is also very easy to make, if made properly it becomes very good and crispy. Jalebi is one of the most familiar dishes as soon as the name of Jalebi comes, sweet sweet crispy taste starts coming in the mouth.
Although there are many types of sweets present in India, but if one remembers the most at breakfast, it is a crispy jalebi.
I have brought you the recipe of Jalebi which is made very easily and quickly.
You just have to follow all the steps thoroughly so that the taste does not matter.
Jalebi Recipe | Syrup field rings Recipe
- 300 gm Sugar
- 150 Ml Water for Sugar Syrup
- 150 gm All Purpose Flour ( Maida )
- 1 Pinch Cardamom
- 1 Pinch Yellow Food Color
- 1 ENO
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 150 Ml Water
- Ghee or Oil For Frying Jalebi
For Sugar Syrup
- Mix the sugar and water in a Pot and stir the stove and let the sugar dissolve well.
- Now when sugar syrup is formed, add cardamom and saffron or yellow color of food and keep it on the side.
- Take Maida in a bowl and mix ghee in it and mix well. Now add a ENO sachet to it and mix well No mix the water slowly in this mixture and make batter.
- take Jalebi batter in a piping bag.
- Heat ghee or oil in a pan and fry it while shaping Jalebi in hot oil or ghee.
- Keep in mind that ghee must be hot or else Jalebi will be smooth in the pan and will not become crispy.
- Once the Jalebi is well crispy, quickly soak it in the syrup so that it can soak the syrup well.
- Now Jalebi is ready for Serving and serve hot and enjoy crispy Jalebi.

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Gluten-free plum panettone pudding recipe by South African Stone Fruit Panettone is an Italian sweet bread, and so this dessert is a twist on a classic bread and butter pudding. Bake this gluten-free plum panettone pudding for a comforting treat. Tip: For an everyday version, use regular two-day-old white gluten-free bread. As featured in the […]
Berry loaf cake recipe by Veronica Lavenia A simple gluten-free cake recipe, this berry loaf cake is perfect for a light treat, perhaps washed down with a cup of tea or coffee! As featured in the August 2019 issue of Gluten-Free Heaven magazine More gluten-free cake recipes Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for all the latest recipes, news […]
Gluten-free lemon meringue tart recipe by WW A delicious dessert, bake this gluten-free lemon meringue tart for a satisfying treat. As featured in the October 2019 issue of Gluten-Free Heaven magazine More gluten-free tart recipes Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for all the latest recipes, news and features from Gluten-Free Heaven.
Summer mango gluten-free porridge recipe by Charlotte Davies A refreshing new breakfast idea, make a batch of mango gluten-free porridge for a great start to the day. This is at its best if left overnight, however, it can be eaten straightaway at room temperature if you can’t wait that long. As featured in the August […]
Did the final episode of the Great British Bake Off leave you feeling inspired to create your own meringue tower? Why not give this stunningly elegant chocolate cherry pavlova recipe a try! Chocolate cherry pavlova By Rosie Birkett for Seasonal Berries (www.seasonalberries.co.uk) GF MF Serves 8-10 | Prep 30 mins | Cook 35-40 mins | […]


Mike Trout and Albert Pujols hit consecutive RBI doubles, and the Los Angeles Angels extended their AL West lead with a 4-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
USA Today’s Bob Nightengale tells Hardy and Dave Goucher what changes Major League Baseball should make.
Let’s take a look at the five faces of Major League Baseball when the post-Jeter era begins in November.
Do closer celebrations bother you? Here is a list of some of my favorite closer celebrations to help you decide whether they are awesome or down right classless.
CBS Local Sports breaks down the top players in the outfield for your fantasy baseball draft.
Gresh and Zolak talk all things baseball with Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.
Angels hitters feasted on Red Sox pitching in Game 1 of a double-header at Fenway Park, powering Anaheim to a 9-5 victory over Boston.
Simply put, Mike Trout was the best player in the game in 2012.
The Felger and Massarotti Show from Tuesday, March 5.
Gresh, Sean McAdam and Dan Shaughnessy were joined by CBS baseball insider Jon Heyman to hit on some baseball topics Tuesday afternoon. Topics ranged from the minuscule raise for Mike Trout, the idea of replay, and are baseball “experts” underrating the Orioles?


Kerry Katona says: I’ve been getting some great backstage gossip from Dancing On Ice! The show is getting better and better each week and I’m egging on Chico to win. Steve and I had a great night out with him and his wife last week, he’s amazing and so full of energy – it’s definitely Chico time and he deserves it.
I also have a soft spot for Jorgie Porter, she’s so lovely and down to earth and looks like a little porcelain doll. I also went to see Crissy Rock in stand-up, which was hilarious, and I read all the reports about Atomic Kitten reuniting with a TV documentary. I couldn’t imagine anything better than my kids seeing me on stage with Atomic Kitten rather than just on old YouTube videos!


Technology has revolutionized so many different aspects of daily life, from banking, to business, and even cleaning your house. If you’re still vacuuming with a heavy, cord-laden monstrosity from the aughts, your home may not be as clean as you think. Your home deserves a premium smart vacuum with the intelligence and power to leave no dirt behind — what it needs is Roborock.
Who is Roborock?
Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd., more commonly known as Roborock, was founded by CEO Richard Chang in 2014 as a part of Xiaomi ecological chain. Richard was working in the US just when the robot vacuum scene was starting to take off. Interested, Richard purchased a robotic vacuum, and another, and another. After investing in 20 different models, none of them satisfied his needs as a consumer or an entrepreneur. He knew he could do better, so Roborock was born.
The company’s team is derived from some of the most prominent brands in the technology industry, including Microsoft, DJI, Foxconn, Huawei, and Baidu. Led by in-house engineers, designers, scientists, and manufacturing experts, Roborock launched their first product in 2016, the Mi Home Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, which has since become the bestselling robotic cleaner in China. Today, Roborock sells a range of robotic vacuums and cordless cleaning solutions to customers all over the globe.
Crafted without compromise
Manufacturing premium products is only a fraction of this brand’s story. Roborock is driven by an unwavering set of values that guide their day-to-day operations. For instance, they promise that each vacuum they craft is designed without gimmicks or comprises that could hinder functionality.
Dedication to customer satisfaction
When it comes to those customers, the vast majority of them love their Roborock vacuums. In fact, Roborock’s range of products boast an average 4.4/5-star rating from more than 6,000 reviews on Amazon. While each owner praises their Roborock vacuum in different ways, most agree that the products’ superior suction, exquisite mopping capabilities, and intelligent Lidar mapping technology make the company’s range of robotic vacuums a must-buy.
Meet the Roborock H6 cordless stick vacuum
If you’re not sure about setting a robotic vacuum loose in your home, or if you’d prefer to add a more conventional-style vacuum to your current setup, Roborock has you covered here, too. The Roborock H6 is the first cordless stick vacuum in the world to use a Lithium-Ion Polymer battery. It features a powerful 420 W brushless motor, up to 150AW of deep-cleaning suction, and a 0.3 micron 5-stage air filtration system, all packed into a 3-pound design.
The Roborock H6 comes with a range of attachments to help get the job done. Most notable is its carbon fibre anti-static carpet brush that can spin at just under 4,000 RPM, giving your carpet the deep clean it deserves, as well as the 1,100 RPM soft floor brush that gently lifts dirt from hardwood floors. In the box, you will also find a flex tube, crevice tool, motorized mini brush, and dusting brush to conquer dirt wherever it may roam within your house.
The Roborock H6’s lightweight chassis and portable design make it simple to use, whether you’re picking up dirt from a rug, cleaning out those hard-to-reach crevasses in your closet, or lifting it above your head to sweep the ceiling.
The Roborock H6 cordless stick vacuum is expected to be available in the US in early May. To learn more about this new product, check out the official webpage here.
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Now is also a fantastic time to pick up one of the newest members of the Roborock robotic vacuum lineup. The S5 Max features seamless automated mopping capabilities for your hardwood, tile, and stone floors, plus virtual no-mop zones keep the vacuum away from carpeted surfaces. Equipped with a massive 290ml water tank, the S5 Max can clean a 700sqft apartment more than 3 times or a 2,600sqft home in one sweep.
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The amount of mercury (Hg) in drinking water in Norway is very low, < 0.05 mirograms/liter. (DATE MISSING)
Source: The Norwegian Institute for Public Health
Gerson et al. measured THg and MeHg concentrations in soil (n = 119), sediment (n = 22), and water (n = 25) from four active artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) villages and one non-ASGM reference village in Senegal. Nearly all samples had THg and MeHg concentrations that exceeded the reference village concentrations and USEPA regulatory standards. The highest median THg concentrations were found in huts where mercury-gold amalgams were burned (7.5 μg/g), while the highest median MeHg concentrations and percent Hg as MeHg were found in river sediments (4.2 ng/g, 0.41%). Median river water concentrations of THg and MeHg were also elevated compared to values at the reference site (22 ng THg/L, 0.037 ng MeHg/L in ASGM sites). This study provides direct evidence that Hg from ASGM is entering both the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems where it is converted in soils, sediment, and water to the neurotoxic and bioavailable form of MeHg.
Gerson, J.R., Driscoll, C.T., Hsu-Kim, H. and Bernhardt, E.S., 2018. Senegalese artisanal gold mining leads to elevated total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in soils, sediments, and rivers. Elem Sci Anth, 6(1), p.11. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.274

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It might be the chill in the air, or the fact that winter is right around the corner, but lately I seem to be drawn to books about food. The storyline in The Glass Kitchen: a novel of sisters by Linda Francis Lee revolves around food, but is also the story of a young woman plucked from her childhood home in Texas and dropped into the bustling world of Manhattan. Struggling to make a new life for herself, with the help of her sisters, Portia Cuthcart uses her kitchen as a refuge which allows her to forgive, forget, and open herself up to her unique gift of magical food.
Horrorstor (there's actually an umlaut over the last "o") is a parody and ghost story that looks like a catalog from Orsk, a fictional big-box Ikea store knock-off selling faux Scandinavian furnishings with faux Scandinavian names. Main character Amy is a young woman with failed dreams who works at Orsk along with her gung-ho supervisor Basil, mature co-worker Ruth Anne, attractive co-worker Trinity, and wannabe filmmaker Matt.
International bestselling author Jenny Colgan writes delicious little books that I consider total chick-lit. Similar to author Sophie Kinsella, most of Colgan's novels are set in England or France, and are fun reads filled with terms like "bugger" and "sod" that make the stories that much more engaging to me. The books I have read so far are Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe, The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris, and Sweetshop of Dreams. Each story is unique, and all contain recipes guaranteed to make your sweet tooth tingle.
This Is Where I Leave You is now a movie playing in theaters, but before it was a movie, it was a book by Jonathan Tropper. In the book, main character Judd Foxman’s father Mort has just died and his marriage to Jen has fallen apart after Judd caught her having sex with his boss. Now Judd finds out that his father wanted the family to sit shiva, a Jewish custom in which the family receives condolences at home. He joins his family at the family home in a New York suburb.
The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances by Ellen Cooney was definitely a change from my normal reading. Seeing the word dog in the title of the book is what initially caught my eye, but once I started reading I soon realized this was not a cute little dog story, but a tender story of broken people and broken dogs and how they help one another. It took a few chapters to get into the book, but I soon discovered that dogs and humans really are very much alike.
The mathematician in the debut novel Mathematician’s Shiva is Rachela Karnokovitch, a fictional professor at the University of Wisconsin who was a Polish-born Soviet defector and formidable woman of intellect. This is an enjoyable book for those who like to read humorous and heartwarming stories with a Wisconsin connection. The story is told by her son Sasha as he looks back on the time in January 2001 when she died, and the family observed shiva, the Jewish custom of 7 days of mourning.
Summer is winding down and beach season is almost over. In a feeble attempt to hold on to those last days of summer I grabbed On the Rocks by Erin Duffy off of the new fiction shelves. The cover picture displays what looks like a tranquil afternoon spent on the beach, but this book was anything but tranquil. On the Rocks is a well written and highly amusing look at one woman's attempt to put her life back together after a very public breakup - via Facebook.
Sweetness #9 by Stephan Eirik Clark is a satirical debut novel about the food additives industry. In 1973 David is a young flavor chemist or flavorist hired by a big company to research an artificial sweetener called Sweetness #9. He notices that the lab rats and monkeys being fed Sweetness #9 are becoming obese and showing behavioral problems. Before he gets very far with his concerns, he is fired.
Being a true Southerner means keeping up appearances at all costs. As a result, many Southern couples put on pretenses and sometimes lead double lives. In The Stories We Tell by Patti Callahan Henry, Eve and Cooper Morrison are that golden couple, seemingly leading the ideal life as the cream of Savannah society. But, things are not always as they seem. This powerful novel about the value of truth focuses on the Morrison family and the one night that changed the dynamics of their family forever.
Here’s a debut novel for people who liked The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt and the TV series BreakingBad. As in The Goldfinch, The Objects of Her Affection is set in the world of art and priceless antiques, and as in Breaking Bad, the main character turns to illegal activity to get money for her family. The story starts in 2005 and ends in 2007. Main character Sophie is married to Brian, a curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.


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