92.9 The Game Atlanta Braves insider Grant McAuley joined Dukes and Bell for his regular appearance on the show and talked about the Braves putting pitcher Mike Soroka on the injured list with elbow soreness and what that means for his future.
Why Mike Soroka was put on the IL today by the Braves.
“Elbow soreness is the reason he is going on the injured list and obviously that pretty much closes the door on the season for him because there’s just simply not time for it,” McAuley said. “I think that our expectations as we moved past the all-star break and even once he got on that rehab assignment was maybe if everything just goes right, he looks good and most importantly feels good, maybe he gets a chance to throw for the Braves at the big league level in some capacity this year. By some capacity I mean maybe start a game before the season is over but I don’t think this really alters the plan obviously for what the Braves were currently dealing with in terms of one through five in the rotation and anything else.”
McAuley said that despite this minor setback the plan hasn’t changed for Soroka’s long term rehab plan.
“It’s unfortunate that he had this, the good news is they’ve done all the imaging there’s no structural damage and I think the focus for Mike continues to be the same, you back on the pitcher’s mound, you made half a dozen minor league starts, your goal is to get back on that major league mound in 2023. I don’t think that this should really dampen anyone’s overall outlook for it, even if it does kinda maybe dampen the spirits a little bit here for his season to end right now as opposed to maybe getting that chance that we’ve been talking about for so long.”


The lower half of the men’s draw gave the French plenty of nationalism and a stunning upset in Round Four. The bookmaker’s second choice, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, made his usual quiet Grand Slam exit and French rock stars Gael Monfil’s (11) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9) won convincingly before impassioned, full house galleries.
Monfils was particularly impressive as he exhibited his tremendous athletic skills in surging past 24th seeded Jurgen Melzer in four sets (6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1). Monfils displayed stunning court coverage and pulled off an array of highlight shots in advancing to the quarterfinals, where he will take on American Andy Roddick.
Country-mate Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was no less impressive, recording a straight set (6-2, 6-2, 6-2) win over Belgian upstart Christophe Rochus. Tsonga’s win sets up a quarter-final battle of heavyweights with the hard-hitting 5th seed, Juan-Marin Del Porto, who cruised past Igor Andreev (6-4, 7-5, 6-4).
Tsonga had his own power game on display Saturday and looks comfortable on the familiar terre battue of Roland Garros. The 6’ 6” Del Porto will have to be at his best against Tsonga and his legions of fans.
In the day’s most surprising twist, Novak Djokovic succumbed to the Grand Slam pressure once again. In a lackluster effort, the heavily favored Serb lost in straight sets (6-4, 6-4, 6-4) to 29th seed German Phillip Kohlschreiber. Djokovic played catch-up all day. Kohlschreiber has had success against top ten competition in the past but the Serb has been playi9ng well and extremely well on clay.
The loss marks a string of Grand Slam disappointments for the 2008 Australian Open Champion, whop previously this year lost his number three ranking to Andy Murray. Djokovic’s willingness to compete over the two week Grand Slam schedule has been questioned by experts and commentators. On Saturday, his game and heart were elsewhere.
Since starting the year slowly, Djokovic has amassed an impressive 37-11 singles record and has earned more than $1.7 million. After his game effort at Madrid last week, he seemed primed to perform, well in Paris. Disenchanted fans feel Djokovic’s fragile personality on court is a problem in big events.
If the Serb does not start well, he does not finish well. On Saturday, Kohlschreiber served notice that he was in the match early and for the duration. He challenged every point and returned serve with a vengeance. The battling German let Novak know he was there to win and the 4th seed had no answers.
While the French had a good day, they had their disappointments. Local players Paul-Henri Matthieu took Roger Federer four sets but fell 4-6, 6-1, 60-4, 6-4 and Jeremy Chardy battled German Tommy Haas all the way in a stirring 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 loss as Marc Gicquel lost in straight sets to Andy Roddick.
Federer will now take on the last of the one-handed backhanders, Haas in the quarters. Kohlschreiber will meet 16 seed Tommy Robredo of Spain in another quarter pairing.
In one of the most stirring Sunday matches, 8th seed Fernando Verdasco will take on 10th seed Nikolay Davydenko in what should be a battle of hard-hitting clay court experts.
In the women’s draw, third seeded Venus Williams is gone as is fourth seeded Elena Dementieva. The draw has opened up nicely for former number one Maria Sharapova who must face China’s Na Li in the fourth round on Sunday. The winner will face 20th seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova, who overcame Agnes Szavay early Sunday morning (6-2, 6-4).
The match of the day pits defending French Open Champion Ana Ivanovic against Bulgaria’s rising superstar Victoria Azarenka. Ivanovic is still struggling with her ball toss, but has improved with every round. Azarenka overcame feisty Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro in a great clay court battle of groundstrokes and strategy 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. Azaraneka served notice that she is composed, aggressive and ready to move into the elite corps of women’s tennis players.
The Ivanovic-Azarenka winner will take on top seed Dinara Safina, who has only lost 5 games in reaching the quarters. In the past, Safina has struggled with the big venues but seems poised to charge to a Grand Slam title.
In the lower draw, Jelena Jankovc and Serena Williams seem headed for a semi-final collision. Williams needed three sets to oust Maria Jose Martinez-Sanchez and will face Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniack in the quarters.
Jankovic has been as impressive as Safina as she has charged through the field. Her 6-1, 6-1 fourth round triumph over Jamila Groth was particularly crisp.
Of the men’s survivors, only Roddick, Federer and Nadal have won Grand Slam events. Of the women’s survivors, only Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic hade claimed major championships.
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Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Papa
Pápa, once famous for its colleges, lies 45km (28mi.) southwest of Gyor where the Bakony Forest adjoins the Little Plain. This important medieval fort was first documented in 1051; in 1531 the famous Reformed Church was founded. In 1594 the Turks captured the town and it remained in their possession until 1683. At the end of the 17th C, Pápa was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in the 18th C. In the first half of the 19th C, a number of watermills were built to utilize the power provided by the little Tapolca river, and towards the end of the century the textile and tobacco industries became established here.SightsAlthough the town has retained much of its medieval defensive structure, the buildings in the center are mainly 18th C Baroque. Those now to be described follow the route going from north to south along the main street of Fo utca to Fo tér.
Dominating the main square (Fo tér) stands the Great Church, dedicated to St Stephen (the martyr, not St Stephen the King as is so often the case in Hungary). In the Late Baroque/Classical 18th C plait style and very imposing for a parish church, it was built in 1774-86 first by Jakob Fellner (1722-80), the Eszterházy's own architect, and after his death by Josef Grossmann. The designs were drawn up by Franz Anton Pilgram. In the tympanum can be seen the coat-of-arms of the founder, Károly Eszterházy, and above the gable stands a statue of St Stephen by J.A. Messerschmidt of Bratislava, flanked by angels. The fine frescos in the Bohemian vaulted ceiling were painted by Franz Anton Maulbertsch and portray the life of St Stephen; the gray monochrome relief paintings in the spandrels are modeled on those in the church of San Stephano Rotondo in Rome. Maulbertsch was also responsible for the wall-paintings in the Chapel of Our Lady (to the left of the choir) and in the sacristy. The main altar-piece ("The Stoning of St Stephen", by the Viennese artist Hubert Maurer; 1785) is flanked by marble statues of the canonized Kings Stephen and Ladislaus by the Viennese sculptor Philipp Jakob Prokop. The cedarwood pulpit and pews are also very beautiful.
The Reformed College, was built in 1894-95. The college, founded in 1531, then moved to a new home from the Late Baroque house at PetOfi utca 13, where it had been since 1797; prior to 1797 it had been housed in the Arcade House. The college has produced many of the great names in Hungarian history, including the poet laureate Sándor PetOfi (1823-49) and the Romantic novelist Mór Jókai (1825-1904). The college still takes students as well as housing the library of the Reformed Church of Transdanubia (exhibition on the history of the college).On Március 15 tér stands the new Reformed Church built in 1931-34.
In a park on the north side of Fo tér stands Eszterházy Palace, built in 1783-84 by Josef Grossmann (1747-85) using materials salvaged from a medieval castle. It was in this horseshoe-shaped building that Otto Nicolai, when a guest of the Eszterházys, composed parts of his opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor". At the end of the east wing lies the chapel, with a fresco by Maulbertsch. Some beautiful Baroque fireplaces and stoves have survived.Today the palace is home to a cultural center and the municipal museum and art gallery.
Reformed Church Historical Museum
The Református Egyháztörténeti Múzeum is housed in the old Reformed Church (1783-84), a simple building in the 18th C plait style in the courtyard of the Reformed Presbytery. The Edict of Tolerance issued by Emperor Joseph III allowed the building of Protestant churches only if they had no tower and were within an enclosed courtyard. Note the Rococo pulpit in the galleried interior.
Of the many pretty town residences on Fo utca and Fo tér special mention must be made of the Baroque house, built in the second half of the 18th C. The side facing the square has 19th C Neo-Gothic features, while in front of the ground floor on Ruszek utca is an attractive row of arcades and shops.
The Baroque Church of Our Lady was built in 1737-42 for the Pauline order and became the property of the Benedictines in 1805. Elliptical in shape, the single-aisled church contains some fine artistic Rococo furnishings (main altar, choir-stalls, pulpit) which the Paulines installed. The ceiling frescos date from 1868.
Museum of Textile Printing
In 1864 C. F. Kluge from Saxony in Germany founded a specialist blue dye-works in Pápa and in 1869 built himself a house at Március 15 tér. The latter is now a museum (Kékfesto múzeum) in which the visitor can see the old factory machinery, still complete and in working order, as well as some examples of blue printed material.
St John of Nepomuk
The Nepomuk Statue (1753) on Gyori út shows the saint in an unusual manner; a soldier in amour is raising his arm to strike down the kneeling form of St John, whereas according to tradition he died by falling from a bridge into the Vltava river. The Eszterházy coat-of-arms can be seen on the base of the statue.
Of the 22 watermills which were once driven by the Tapolca river only a few restored ones remain, as the river has dried up. In their day they provided power for paper-mills and various other factories (e.g. the blue dye-works mentioned above) as well as corn-mills.
Way of the Cross
The Way of the Cross (Kálvária) leading north from Fo tér existed as long ago as the end of the 17th C and was given its present form - five Stations of the Cross with painted wooden figures and a hermitage - between 1740 and 1746.
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Never remain in situations if it can damage your core values and worthiness. Love is a school where you have to be brutally honest ready to give and receive lessons because only this way will growth happen.
“All children of narcissists suffer. Sons of narcissistic mothers suffer damage to their autonomy, self-worth, and future relationships with women.”
Although the word toxic is becoming a usual label everywhere and for everyone, we should be careful not only to use it. But also correctly identify what is toxic by running away from it or avoiding altogether in the first place.
Head games or yo-yo relationships are a typical example of toxicity in the dating/intimate universe.
“A lasting marriage means learning to live in the truth of broken promises.”
“Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and conventional wisdom both suggest that love is a fundamental human need. Most people meet their significant others through their social circles or work/school functions. However, these pools can be relatively shallow. In the search for a potential date, more and more people are switching to less traditional methods.
The popularity of online dating is being driven by several things, but a major factor is time. Online dating presents an effective solution to a serious problem.
Browsing profiles isn’t nearly as time-consuming (or daunting) as mixing with people in a social context. Statistics suggest that about 1 in 5 relationships begin online nowadays. It’s estimated that by 2040, 70% of us will have met our significant other online.
The problem with a lot of online dating applications is that they don’t really work. Before you throw caution to the wind and empty your wallet into the pockets of an online app with the reckless abandon of a love-struck teenager, there are a few things you should know.”
Ryan Anderson, Ph.D.
“Holding on to pain doesn’t fix anything. Replaying the past over and over again doesn’t change it, and wishing things were different doesn’t make it so. In some cases, especially when it comes to the past, all you can do is accept whatever it is you’re holding on to and then let it go. That’s how everything changes. You have to let go of what is hurting you, even if it feels almost impossible. Deciding to hold on to the past will hold you back from creating a strong sense of self — a self that isn’t defined by your past, but rather by who you want to be.”
Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D.
“By gradually re-involving ourselves with someone who is capable of being consistently caring, we are soothed. The pleasure and ease of the connection restore our hope and faith that had been battered. The comfort of a loving partnership bathes our hearts in loving-kindness. When at long last, we exchange love and care with someone who is safe, consistent, respectful, and fully present with us, the depth of appreciation of their trustworthiness heals our broken heart. Then we can live in gratitude for the love that has been hard-won.”
“Technology gives us a sense of control over our lives; basically, we’re able to hold our world in the palm of our hand. Since social media initiated more quantitative measures of “friends,” “shares,” and “likes,” human connection has become increasingly mechanized. This creates a distance from the actual person with whom we are interacting and can make a relationship more transactional than if we had to speak face to face. We may not even recognize the effect our behaviors have on others.”
Suzanne Degges-White Ph.D.
“People generally talk about manifestation as the process of using thoughts, feelings, and beliefs to bring something into reality, but given the science behind manifestation, ACTIONS are the key part of the manifestation process.”
Tchiki Davis, Ph.D.
“Erotic intelligence stretches far beyond a repertoire of sexual techniques. It is an intelligence that celebrates curiosity and play, the power of imagination, and our infinite fascination with what is hidden and mysterious.”
“Resilient individuals find a calling and dedicate themselves to what gives life purpose. Pursuing a meaningful purpose may involve stress and pain in the short run but over the long run brings meaning (e.g., raising children, seeking personal growth, training for a marathon). People with a sense of purpose feel less anxiety and stress (Hagerty, 2016). As Nietzsche remarked, “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
Shahram Heshmat Ph.D.
The keys for female sexuality are “responsive female sexual desire” and valuing sensual, playful, and erotic scenarios in addition to intercourse. The new mantra emphasizes that sharing pleasure and eroticism is more important than individual sex performance.
Satisfaction certainly involves orgasm but is much more than orgasm. Satisfaction involves feeling good about yourself as a sexual person and bonded as a sexual couple. This mantra allows women and men to have a shared language.”
“We sometimes go in and out of relationships and not really know (or understand) what’s getting in the way. What makes some relationships click and others not so much, or why we or someone else walks away or refuses to. It’s important to look at what WE bring to the table.”
Vijayeta Sinh Ph.D.
“Sensuality is the ability to perceive sensations from something that happens to or comes into contact with your body. It is the quality and skill to get you there, be present and feel it fully. It means you actively inhabit your body. Sensuality is not only sensations of a sexual nature. Think about it.”
Adena Bank Lees, LCSW
“In the run up to International Women’s Day last week, the Diversity Council of Australia (DCA) published a list of 8 common myths about workplace sexual harassment. One of these myths is the belief that sexual harassment only happens to straight women, when in reality it happens to people of all genders and sexual orientations.
According to report by Rebecca DiGriolamo in the The Advertiser (Adelaide), nearly 1 in 2 complaints of sexual harassment accepted by the commission in 2017/2018 were made by men.
Sexual harassment against men at work is more common than most people think. Research by the Australian Human Rights Commission has found that 23% of women and 16% of men experienced sexual harassment at work in Australia in 2018.”
by Australian Men’s Health Forum
Like cognitive neuroscience teach us, when it comes to intimate relationships, we should choose “boring” and not “over the top” candidates. Not because we are picky or mean, but because “the spark” isn’t necessarily a good thing or a reliable source of information if someone will be the right partner for you. “Chemistry” is a cocktail of lust and danger that wrings the dopamine out of your neurotransmitters.
In times of so much online interactions and technology trance, we need emotional educators, people who are emotionally free from lobbies and patriarchal ideas. We need to educate our children and set them free from intoxicating ideologies and behaviors. We need people who are real people and women who can lead and show the way. Forgetting unnecessary and outdated feminism by rescuing the art of sensuality, and embrace the power that they can choose who they want, when, where, and how. And the lives they want to live also by stop being the Instagram shelf women.
“It is critical to understand that sensitivity is a temperament—an aspect of personality, such as introversion or extroversion, which is believed to be innate rather than learned. It has been estimated that 15 to 20 percent of the population has a Highly Sensitive temperament. It occurs about equally for men and women. Being an HSP is not considered to be a disorder or malfunction. Unfortunately, in spite of being a significant percentage of the population, HSPs are still not well understood, and their particular challenges are not often recognized.”
Dianne Grande Ph.D.
“It’s important to recognize why one is single, whether being single is a choice or arises from unconscious factors (and if so what those factors are likely to be), to what extent social influence plays a role in relationship status, and, if partnered, whether one is genuinely interested in being in a relationship. As stigma about singlehood decreases, more people will end up being single, more people will choose being single out of a secure attachment style, and (hopefully) fewer people will be partnered or single for the wrong reasons. Models of secure singlehood will become more defined socially, better understood psychologically, and happy single people will be able to live openly, without having to deal with bias.”
Grant Hilary Brenner MD, FAPA
“When you go through a breakup, especially one that’s unexpected, your body may register it as an emergency and go into “fight-or-flight” mode. Being in this state triggers the release of hormones that can prepare your body to stay and deal with a threat or to run away to safety. It can also trigger a rapid heartbeat or trembling.
Our muscles tense, we lose our appetite, we may experience [gastrointestinal] disruption, and we’re likely to have trouble falling asleep. Being in this physically hyper-vigilant state over a period of time can lead to headaches, stomachaches, and muscle soreness”
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BAD SODEN, Germany – The safety standards for bicycles are being globalized. It is the result of a long term discussion between industry stakeholders, test-houses and experts from universities in Europe, America and Asia. On September 1, 2015 the first ISO 4210-2 has been published. This is the safety standard for City-/Trekking-/MTB/Road- and Young Adult bikes.


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What exactly is blackout poetry? Blackout poetry is when you take a written piece of text from a book, newspaper, or magazine, and redact words in order to come up with your very own poem. In other words - you black them out!
For the month of October, TAG (Teen Advisory Group) will be supplying kits to make your very own blackout poetry! This includes pages from books, a black sharpie, and blackout poetry examples.
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A new study conducted in the UK found that students with higher grades were less likely to smoke cigarettes. However, they were much more fond of alcohol and marijuana.
A previous study showed that while teenage drinking and smoking is still disturbingly high in the UK, there is notable progress. In the decade ending in 2014, underage drinking alcohol dropped from 23% to 6%. But one category of the teens is still going strong on the booze: the smart kids.
James Williams and Gareth Hagger-Johnson, co-authors of the new study published in the British Medical Journal Open tracked the habits of British teenagers from age 13 or 14 until age 19 or 20. They used national test scores to rank them academically.
They found that during their late teens, teenagers with the highest scores also had the highest percentage of drinkers among them. They were also twice as likely to consume cannabis persistently (as opposed to just occasionally). When it came to smoking tobacco, an opposite trend was described.
Authors suggest that better-performing teenagers are more aware of the detrimental effects smoking has and tend to avoid it. However, this doesn’t seem to apply to alcohol. While the detrimental effects of alcohol are also well known, they are not as frowned upon (not banned in public places for instance). While it’s hard to compare the two, smoking far outweighs drinking when it comes to fatalities: in the UK for example, there are 11 smoking-related deaths every hour compared to one an hour for alcohol (based on figures from ASH, HSCIC and local governments). It’s debatable whether the real effects of smoking or just the stigma are responsible for these effects.
“Smoking cigarettes, drinking too much alcohol and smoking cannabis are widely accepted to be detrimental to your health,” Williams and Hagger-Johnson said. Possible health effects include lung cancer, cirrhosis of the liver and psychiatric illnesses.
The CNN also quoted a different researcher on the issue:
“The cigarette smoking findings are consistent with the literature (students with lower academic standing being more likely to smoke),” Pat Aloise-Young, a psychologist and associate professor at Colorado State University, wrote in an email.
“Higher-ability adolescents are more open to try cannabis but are initially cautious of illegal substances in early adolescence as they are more aware of the immediate and long-term repercussions that breaking the law might incur.”
“Cognitive ability is also associated with openness to new experiences and higher levels of boredom due to a lack of mental stimulation in school,” the co-authors added.
It’s also possible that these students are more likely to integrate with older peers, who in turn will likely introduce them to drugs and marijuana. Whatever the case is, it seems clear that drinking and smoking marijuana is not restricted to lower performing, rebellious teens anymore — on the contrary, the opposite seems to be true and at a social level, it seems we’re not really sure how to deal with that.
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Google News reader Steve wrote to tell us when he can expect to see his Lego Land Rover land on the moon.
“In the next two years I will probably have the lander set up and ready to launch.”
Lego Land’s latest Land Rover, dubbed Land Rover 1.0, will be the first robot-built vehicle to land on a fully robotic mission to the moon, the company says.
The rover will also be the world’s first fully autonomous vehicle to make the journey.
The company is also planning to build a landing strip for the landers and launch pad.
Steve hopes Lego will also use its space-based robotics expertise to make its lander even more efficient.
“Its amazing how much we can save by just using the Lego technology.
The Lego system is going to save us a lot of money,” he wrote.
Lego is planning to send the land-based rover on a three-month test flight to the lunar surface in 2021.
If all goes according to plan, the rover will use its own parachutes to deploy the rover to the surface and then deploy a robotic arm on top of it to pick up the rover, which can be dropped off or dropped in the air.
The landing strip is about two feet high, which Lego says will allow the rover enough height to safely pick up its landing leg.
Lego will launch the landing strip on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2019, and it will be flown on a Boeing CST-100 Starliner from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2021, according to Google News.
Lego says it will use the landing strips for up to two months at a time, and that the company has already had successful test flights.
The lander is expected to have a maximum payload of 200 pounds.
Lego Land has been working on a lander since 2010, and its initial prototypes were powered by a battery pack.
In February 2018, Lego unveiled its first humanoid robot, the robot Centurion, and in November 2018, it announced a $100 million funding round to develop robots capable of driving.
The project is being funded by a group of private investors including the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Lego has been in talks with NASA for a space lander, but has not announced any plans for a manned mission yet.


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TUNIS (AA) - Tunisia has rejected a NATO proposal that would allow NATO officials to use a planned military command center, according to Tunisia’s defense minister.
In a Monday statement, Abdul Karim al-Zubaidi said his ministry had rejected the proposal, by which Tunisia would receive a 3-million-euro grant in exchange for letting NATO officers maintain a presence at a military operations center the country plans to establish.
At a session of parliament’s security committee, al-Zubaidi said his ministry was currently working on plans to establish a “joint command center to coordinate between Tunisia’s air, land and sea forces”.
The command center, the location of which has yet to be decided, would also be tasked with “ensuring border security and helping in the fight against terrorism,” al-Zubaidi said.
He went on to assert that “no one from outside Tunisia’s military establishment” would enjoy access to the planned operations center.
The defense minister also pointed to “continued threats” posed by regional terrorist groups, both inside Tunisia and in neighboring Libya and Algeria.
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Admittedly, we originally approached this topic with the traditional opinion that RVs were mainly of interest to retirees, the baby boomers who enjoy spending their post-work life experiencing the great outdoors. While this segment of the population has long been the backbone of the RV industry, the new trend of working remotely while traveling is attracting much younger consumers to the RV lifestyle.
The reason car insurance is so cheap in Wisconsin is a bit of a mystery. While not a huge magnet for severe weather it does receive its fair share of snow in the winter and tornadoes in the summer. Flooding is not uncommon and rising rivers point to spring flooding this year. Flood damage is covered by comprehensive coverage, which is not required in most states, if you want your vehicle to be fully covered, you will need to carry this optional coverage.
While you might want to finish shopping for car insurance as quickly as possible, it’s important to do your due diligence and find the right company. At the end of the day, car insurance is designed to protect and benefit you. If you were to be injured or have your car totaled in an accident, your insurer’s customer service and claims satisfaction would be vital.
It costs just $2,239 a year to insure a car in a town that has been named one of the Happiest Cities to Work In as well as one of America's Safest Cities. Annual car insurance premiums in El Paso are 8% cheaper than the state average. Keep Texas Farm Bureau and Progressive in mind if you're looking to save on auto insurance in El Paso, as these companies provided the cheapest quotes for our profile driver.
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For our top picks, we preferred online claim reporting capabilities (including mobile app options) for customer convenience, but we also wanted companies to offer easy access to real human support. Whether you want to have another person on the line throughout the whole process or prefer to keep things digital, a good insurance company offers you plenty of options for claims.
By law, any type of registered vehicle must be insured. Motorhomes, like cars, are required to at least have liability insurance. Travel trailers and other towable RVs, on the other hand, cannot be driven and therefore aren’t required to have insurance. Keep in mind that towable RVs, although not vehicles, are still susceptible to theft, damage from natural disasters, vandalism, and collision, so it is highly recommended for them to still have coverage.
Full-time RVers can enjoy coverage similar to that of homeowners insurance through the Good Sam Insurance Agency’s specialized protection plan for full timers or first-time weekend RVers. Full-Time Insurance goes above and beyond what traditional Auto Insurance policies can protect because it covers a number of other incidents and situations that regular RV insurance does not.
Any car insurance comparison tool you look at should have your state’s minimum car insurance requirements pre-loaded into its options. States requiring PIP or medpay are generally referred to as “no-fault” states, meaning that when injuries occur, each driver in a crash makes a claim with their own insurance company to pay for them. Beyond the PIP or medpay limit, the at-fault driver’s liability insurance kicks in to cover the rest.


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Why You'll need an excellent Primary Care Doctor
Posted by Thomas Shaw on February 3rd, 2021
Let's hope which you don't have to find out a doctor for any health problems for any long time, if ever. But you do require health maintenance visits. Just like your car, your body must be checked and maintained frequently for it to run in top shape. Get much more details about primary care physicians
For any normal maintenance verify, you need a primary care doctor.
Furthermore to seeing you for circumstances within their field, your primary care doctor can refer you to proper specialists when the concerns you may have are beyond his or her experience. Your primary care doctor also can coordinate with specialists and be certain that the suggestions fit your personal needs. Your primary care doctor is the head coach for your total health care. He or she sees the major picture.
Your Primary Care Doctor Specializes in YOU
Normally a patient comes to me for the first time using a list of specialists for his or her various physical ailments. Many occasions the recommendations by the specialists are fantastic for any hypothetical textbook patient, but not proper for the unique particular person, offered diverse situations, other therapies, and coexisting health conditions.
The specialists don't normally know what the other specialists are performing. And generally a primary care doctor can easily and competently treat the conditions for which this patient spends loads of time and money seeing the separate specialists. Think about shooting a fly using a cannonball, or a number of cannonballs at the exact same time. All one wants is often a lightweight flyswatter.
Soon after all, each and every specialist sees you only within his or her specialty: your guts, your heart, your skin, your eyes, or your brain. But all these body parts belong to a whole, that is you.
However, your primary care doctor specializes in you! He or she specializes inside your physique, your psychological health, as well as your emotional health, all combined.
Using the increasing popularity of complementary and alternative practices, your primary care doctor might also allow you to separate the grain from the chaff inside the dizzying array of alternative options.
Picking Your Primary Care Doctor
There are distinctive possibilities for primary care physicians within the US. For adults, you will discover internists (internal medicine medical doctors), family physicians (family doctors), and basic practitioners (GPs). All these physicians will have to have at the very least eight years of college and medical school combined.
Internists and family physicians need to be educated for at the very least one more 3 years following medical school. Internists see only adults. Family physicians generally can see all members of a family - "from cradle to grave."
Common practitioners normally have one year of sensible training following medical school. What GPs lack in formal training, they make up for with their years of real-life medical experiences, as most of them have been trained prior to the 1970s.
Your primary care doctor may perhaps also work having a nurse practitioner or a physician's assistant. In case your checkup is together with the nurse practitioner or physician's assistant, be sure that person performs closely using the physician.
I work having a nurse practitioner at my practice. I review with her all of the individuals she sees. With each other, we present care to her individuals, with two heads for the price tag of one, combining her extensive nursing knowledge and my medical training!
So how do you go about getting somebody to head the activity of assisting you retain your health and, if necessary, taking care of your medical needs once you become ill? Right here are some areas for you to start:
Come across an excellent primary care doctor through word of mouth from your family and mates.
Ask nurses and also other doctors you realize to recommend a primary care doctor for you.
Verify your state board of medicine website to check the doctor's credentials, their years in practice, and any doable specialist disciplinary actions.
Check with all the potential doctor's office to see if they take new sufferers and accept your health insurance; see how lengthy it takes to obtain an appointment; and learn who takes more than if she or he is away.
Take into account how your doctor speaks and explains complex medical troubles with you, and see in the event you really feel comfy asking queries.
Bring a summary of the medical history with you whenever you stop by your doctor for the first time.
No matter if you select a GP, internist or family doctor, it can be in your finest interest to possess a primary care physician who knows your medical history and understands your individual requirements. Possessing a certified doctor to oversee and coordinate your health care could one day save your life. Never miss your opportunity to uncover the secrets to defusing ticking health bombs that may very well be lurking within your body. It is achievable to live longer & better.

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Process Control and Plant Safety: Integrated Yet Separate
ABB has released its next-generation System 800xA High Integrity (HI) Safety Integrated System (SIS). The controller design is SIL3 certified by the German TÜV. The company said the system provides the highest level of integration of safety and control on the market today.
The 800xA HI has taken plant automation to a new level with the seamless integration of two previously independent automation platforms, safety and process control, into a single, yet functionally separate, system.
The product’s architecture offers users the flexibility to either combine control and safety functions in the same controller, or to keep the functions separate but within the same integrated network. Full integration of the safety and process control systems through 800xA HI means that all data associated with the safety instrumented
system is available to the process control system, and vice versa.
Engineering is simplified through the use of common software tools and the common system 800xA architecture. Significant savings can also be achieved by sharing costly field equipment and wiring, and from using common (instead of separate) configuration tools, communications networks, spare parts, maintenance, training,
service and upgrades.
System 800xA HI allows end users to tailor their safety system solutions to specific process requirements to optimize efficiency and cost while protecting the process, personnel and the environment. The latest version of the modular 800xA HI includes several new features designed to augment safety integrity. The hardware is
common on the market, and the system utilizes embedded hardware and software diversity in the logic solver and subsystem, with diverse execution paths to detect any potential random failures. It includes additional SIL 3 libraries for shutdown applications, and provides combined non- SIL, SIL 2 and SIL 3 applications for increased safety protection and process efficiency.


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- Published: New York : H. Holt, 2004.
- Year Published: 2004
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 415 p.
- Language: English
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This book is a extremely historically accurate look back at racially charged Detroit. It follows a black family who moves form the ghetto into a traditionally white part of the city, which major consequences. The author obviously did lots of research into the past, including reading journal entries and old newspapers, which he quotes often. The book is sometimes an awkward mix between historical fact and the author's own gestimations, but overall a great historical read.
This is an amazing story of race relations in Detroit in the 1920s. So much is taught of the civil war, post war, and the 1950s-60s civil rights movement that it's easy to forget what racial problems were occurring in between. And there were problems. The story of Ossian Sweet and his family's ordeal in search of their preferred housing in segregated Detroit is astounding. A must read for local history.
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Location: St. Louis, MO
The maps were composed in ArcView 9.2, using a combination of digital census geography, archival maps, and historical and contemporary datasets. The base map for the home and the documents pages is Plate I from N.M Fenneman, Geology and Mineral Resources of the St. Louis Quadrangle (United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 438, 1911).
The base map for the other map series is the ESRI shaded world relief layer, based on the USGS’s National Elevation Data (NED) data.
The White Flight series uses 1940-2000 tract level census data. The 1990 and 2000 data and tracts boundaries were drawn from the Census, the 1970 and 1980 data and boundaries are based on the digitization done by Geolytics for those census years. 1960 and earlier data was adapted from the Donald and Elizabeth Mullen Bogue data, maintained by the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research. 1960 and earlier tract maps were digitized (working backwards from 1970) by the author.
The historical data and tract boundaries are now much more readily available thanks to the yeoman work of the University of Minnesota’s National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) project and Andrew Beveridge’s Social Explorer.
To display the change over a decade, tract boundaries were normalized for the two census years. This usually meant restricting the scope of the map to the metro tracts of the earlier census, and collapsing data from the latter year into the census geography of the earlier year. In the 1950-1960 map, for example, this required adjusting the 1960 data (323 census tracts) to fit the 1950 geography (247 tracts).
The Race and Property series is based on a number of archival sources. The 1916 layer is based on the text of the ordinance, and on the description provided in “Blocks in Which Negros May Take up Residence,” St. Louis Post Dispatch (2 March 1916) from the clippings collection of the St. Louis Public Library. The scope of the 1923 and 1941 realtor’s zones are summarized in Charles Johnson and Herman Long, People v Property: Race Restrictive Covenants in Housing (Nashville, 1947), and are noted on the City Plan Commission’s 1930 map, “Distribution of the Negro Population,” a copy of which is in the Missouri Historical Society’s map collection.
The NAACP’s 1945 estimate of the reach of restrictive deed covenants is adapted from Johnson and Long, People v. Property, 24, 60. The HOLC security maps were digitized from the 1937 and 1940 St. Louis maps in the City Survey Files of the&Records of the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation, RG 195.3, National Archives.
The Municipal Zoning series is based on archival zoning maps from a wide variety of sources, including the planning and zoning departments of many St. Louis County municipalities. Many (and especially the earliest) zoning plan and maps can be found in the bound and unbound city planning reports conducted by the Harland Bartholomew company and archived in the Harland Bartholomew and Associates Papers at Washington University, St. Louis City ordinances, programmatic reports, and the City’s current property database.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has"
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"If you don't like the news .... go out and make some of your own !!"
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Government is a slow and tedious process. While it often includes citizen and neighborhood involvement, non-governmental, private organizations have created movements and interesting groups which can create positive change in our cities and towns.
I am fascinated by the way groups are created and how they influence public decision making. This blog merely recognizes them and forwards the description of these groups from their own websites.

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House Industries The Process Is The Inspiration : The Innovative Design and Unconventional Creative Process of House Industries Hardback
An illustrated and entertaining journey through the creative process of renowned design studio House Industries, offering innovative and inspirational ideas to help artists, designers, musicians and creative people in any industry develop their best work.
Known throughout the world for its eclectic font collections and far- reaching creative exploits from fashion and ceramics to space technology, House Industries has been a standard bearer for American graphic design for 25 years.
Designed by the team at House and featuring deluxe materials as well as hundreds of photographs of early work, work in progress, and finished projects, this revealing and visually engaging book presents a collection of helpful lessons, stories and case studies that illustrate how to transform obsessive curiosity into personally satisfying and successful work.
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 400 pages
- Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
- Publication Date: 22/06/2017
- Category: Other graphic art forms
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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 09:22 BST
Olympus Games CEO Skylar Kreisher has issued a statement addressing Garry’s Mod creator Garry Newman’s willingness to go to court over the question of who can use the term “GMOD”. The developer expressed regret that it has come to daggers drawn, swearing it had no intention to “attack” another developer and vowing only friendly intentions.
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Gmod developer Olympus Games launched a Kickstarter for its mod library, tracking and creation platform back in April, but we’ve only just stumbled across it. It is not to be confused with Garry Newman’s ‘Garry’s Mod’ tool. Newman has discussed the conflicts and similarities between both platforms with VG247.
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Garry’s Mod creator Garry Newman has issued a quick 161th update to his engine after he found issues in update 160. Check out what’s new and what’s been changed inside.
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Garry’s Mod has made a lot of money, and we mean a lot of money. Take a guess at how much before venturing below the cut. We’ll wait.
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Garry Newman has posted word that his Source Engine mod, otherwise known as Garry’s Mod, has surpassed 1 million in sales.
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The eponymous creator of Garry’s Mod has identified a number of pirate users of his popular sandbox title with a delightful trolling session.


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Matthew Whitaker, the new acting attorney general, has said that states have the right to nullify federal law, but that they need the political courage to do so.
Whitaker, whom President Donald Trump announced as acting attorney general on Wednesday after he fired Jeff Sessions, made the comments during a failed 2014 run for the Republican Senate nomination in Iowa.
"As a principle, it has been turned down by the courts and our federal government has not recognized it," Whitaker said while taking questions during a September 2013 campaign speech. "Now we need to remember that the states set up the federal government and not vice versa. And so the question is, do we have the political courage in the state of Iowa or some other state to nullify Obamacare and pay the consequences for that?"

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- ItemImproving self-efficacy of heart failure patients with low health literacy by providing nutritional infographics(2020) Reddy, SarahHeart failure (HF) is considered one of the costliest health epidemics in the U.S. Research has shown that there is a direct correlation between health literacy, HF knowledge and overall health outcomes. Approximately one in three Medicare patients have low health literacy. The population chosen for this project were enrolled in a program called, PACE (program of all-inclusive care of the elderly). The program supports frail Medicare and Medicaid patients living independently in the community. The objective of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of providing individuals with low health literacy infographics to help improve their self-efficacy and management of their HF. Instruments used included the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease (SEMCD) 6-item Scale and UR What U Eat. The latter tool is a color-coded infographic depicting sodium content in food using green for ‘go’, or little to no sodium content, yellow for ‘slow’, or low to medium sodium content and red for ‘whoa, which indicates that the food is very high in sodium. This pilot project used an experimental design which involved a pre and post self-efficacy evaluation survey, weekly weight tracking and weekly coaching. Data were analyzed using a paired sample t-test. Results suggest that providing nutritional infographics to participants and weekly weight monitoring led to a significant improvement in their self-efficacy and ability to manage their heart failure. Increasing self-efficacy can lead to improved health outcomes, patient satisfaction and a reduction in hospital admissions.
- ItemMove to Improve; a Pilot Project to Evaluate Restorative Mobility Interventions in Older Adult Veterans(2020) Saindon, KellyBackground: Physical function deterioration can occur rapidly for older adults who are discharged from intensive therapy. This problem has serious implications due to the amount and the high cost of medical care and potential health risks associated with decreased mobility. Move to Improve was a pilot quality improvement project that evaluated how effective an integrated restorative nursing intervention was at attaining or maintaining the highest physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of older adult Veterans who have transitioned from intense therapy to long term care. Methods: A sample of ten geriatric Veterans were engaged in biweekly mobility group activities as well as issued activity trackers to increase engagement and collect mobility data. Pre-post test assessment using two subcomponents of the Barthel Index were used to measure mobility and transfer. Results: Eight out of nine (89%) Veterans who completed the 6-week restorative intervention maintained or increased functional status. Conclusion: The Move to Improve program effectively maintained functional status. The Veteran participants reported having no prior experience with wearable technology but use of the activity trackers engaged them in tracking their progress. The outcome of this quality improvement pilot project provides a foundation for future research.
- ItemEvidence-Based Practices to Improve Monitoring for Surgical Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea(2020) Fotino, Karen L.Introduction: Patients who have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at higher risk for opioid-induced respiratory depression postoperatively. Many patients who have OSA are not diagnosed before having surgery and may not be monitored appropriately postoperatively. Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to increase the number of preoperative patients screened for OSA and improve their postoperative monitoring through a novel OSA Protocol order set. Methods: Screening for OSA risk is performed preoperatively using the STOP-Bang instrument. High-risk patients, as well as patients with existing OSA, are monitored postoperatively using a bundle of evidence-based practices to identify early respiratory compromise. If respiratory events occur, a treatment intervention will be triggered. Outcome: Post-intervention chart reviews demonstrated 100% of the qualifying patients had OSA screening completed prior to surgery. The OSA Protocol was ordered for 28 patients. Patient harm may have been avoided through the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) triggered by actual respiratory events. Conclusion: It is important to identify patients before surgery through preoperative screening. Identified patients should be monitored closely postoperatively for the detection of early respiratory compromise. A standing order for CPAP for patients with respiratory events can provide treatment rapidly to optimize patient outcomes. The process for monitoring high-risk patients on this postoperative unit could be considered for replication on surgical units in other hospitals.
- ItemPassive Monitoring of Physical Activity Using a Fitbit Charge 3 in Individuals at Risk for Depression(2020) Santomas, KellyPurpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of using an activity tracker, Fitbit Charge 3, on depression scores and physical activity scores in individuals at risk for depression. Design: This was a pilot project that passively monitored step count activity using a Fitbit Charge 3 over an 8-week intervention period in individuals who were at risk for depression. Individuals were screened for depressions risk using the patient health questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2). Methods: Individuals were recruited from a convenient sample. Selection criteria was limited to adults ages 18-69 with a score >1 on the patient health questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) indicating risk for depression and who owned or had access to a smartphone. Upon enrollment, individuals completed the patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) and were issued a Fitbit Charge 3. Individuals were asked to wear their Fitbit Charge 3 for 8 weeks. Step count data was automatically uploaded into the individual’s electronic health record (EHR) every 24hrs via Bluetooth integration with the Fitbit Charge 3. At the end of the 8 weeks, individuals completed the PHQ-9 and IPAQ. Step count data was downloaded from the EHR at the end of the intervention. Results: Individuals with lower PHQ-9 scores had higher IPAQ scores and higher step counts. These individuals indicated they would continue to use the Fitbit post study. In most individuals, PHQ-9 scores decreased from baseline while IPAQ scores increased. Overall step count peaked at week 5, then decreased but stayed above baseline. Conclusions: Physical activity is an important component for mental and physical wellbeing. Using commercially available devices can provide clinicians an important tool in encouraging patients to engage with improving their overall health.


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BURTON RFC coach Steve Smith hopes that a good game of rugby can be played tomorrow against a Hereford side he accused of “underhand tactics” last time the teams met.
Back in November, the Crofters lost 13-8 at Wyeside, with skipper Josh Cartwright picking up a red card for retaliation.
And with Hereford themselves having a player sent off in last weekend’s defeat to Lichfield, Smith would like less aggression on Peel Croft tomorrow, kick-off 3pm.
He said: “The return fixture saw Josh red-carded for retaliation against what can only be described as underhand tactics from the opposition.
“It came as nothing of a surprise to me that one of the Hereford players was sent off last weekend for allegedly head butting an opponent (Lichfield’s Ollie Winter) and several other players being shown a yellow card.
“With us trying to play a quick expansive game, we hope that the referee in this return fixture will show some control of the game and the opposition to ensure a good game of rugby can be played.
“We are looking forward to another action-packed afternoon of fast flowing rugby and will be aiming to put on a show for the home spectators, whilst cementing fourth place in the league.”
Smith also believes that the next five weeks of the season – which see the Crofters take on Hereford, Northwich, Old Halesonians, Ludlow and Worcester Wanderers – will be crucial to that aim.
He said: “The next five weeks will make or break our season and the lads mean to finish with a bang.
“With Worcester and Old Halesonians – who are currently first and second in the league – up soon on Peel Croft, we plan to offer a couple of upsets in the run in, and who knows, even help Lichfield into a top two position!”
Burton beat Whitchurch last time out, and while Smith praised the way his side raced into the lead, he admitted he was disappointed with the way the refereeing decisions in the final 20 minutes, which saw their opponents get back into the match.
He said: “I was really pleased last week with some of our performance over the first 60 minutes against Whitchurch, where we ran in some excellent tries from all over the field to prove our side’s prowess of good quality attacking rugby.
“Unfortunately, the referee suddenly turned against us and decided, for whatever reason, to yellow card three of the team in quick succession, which helped to even the game up.
“It left the side and coaches really frustrated, as a result which was heading towards 60-0 ended up much closer than it should have done, while also spoiling what was turning into a very good game for us.”
Hereford are currently sixth in the league table, but a run of five games unbeaten – in which they defeated Stoke, Walsall, Stratford, Camp Hill and Berkswell & Balsall – was halted last weekend they lost 41-28 at home to Lichfield.
The squad has several changes this week, with one of Luke Peach, Will Peach or Ian Gilmour stepping into the fly-half role, as Dave Archer moves into the centre to replace Lewis Brooks, who has personal commitments this week.
In the pack, Jono Edwards returns to add some experience and aggression to help counteract what Smith expects to receive from Hereford.
There is also a change in the back row, as an injury to Joe Briggs means James Burrough, Jason Knight and Kelvin Browne line up in what looks to be a quick and powerful back row.
Ed Henry faces a fitness test for a place on the bench.
Smith said: “I also hope to be able to throw Matt Tivey back into action soon and look forward to seeing him taking apart an opposition front row before the end of the season.”
Club members’ are reminded that their Spring Raffle tickets need to be sold by Sunday, as after the weather of recent weeks, the need for extra financial input is very important to help boost flagging coffers.
Other teams at the club this weekend see the A XV also at home to Hereford, while the B team travel to play Handsworth. All matches kick off at 3pm.


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LEONIA – It’s called the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.
That’s a pretty descriptive name, but it’s not wholly accurate.
The rail line has never gone to Bergen County and it’s unknown when and if that will change.
The Federal Transit Administration last month rescinded approval – technically a “notice of intent” – that allowed NJ Transit to prepare an environmental impact statement for the project. The upshot is that extending the rail line to its projected terminus at Englewood Hospital will be delayed at least two more years.
That move by the feds prompted a large gathering Friday of officials on all levels – led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer – to denounce what the federal government just did. The group assembled – appropriately enough – adjacent to railroad tracks. They were for a freight line, but the point was made.
Gottheimer was quite blunt, comparing the action to the federal Transportation Department giving New Jersey the “middle finger.”
Earlier, he suggested that the responsible party, or parties, was probably some bureaucrat.
Or as he said, this was “bureaucracy at its finest.” Yes, he was being sarcastic.
The light rail project began in the mid-1990’s and now runs from Bayonne north to 51st Street and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen. It needs to go about 40 more blocks to get to Fairview and live up to its name.
The extension is about “economic development and jobs,” the congressman said.
There are many arguments for extending the line.
Gottheimer said many New York City commuters living in Leonia and other parts of southern Bergen take a bus to the Port Authority terminal in midtown. That is seldom a quick ride, causing workers to leave early and get home late.
In contrast, the light rail would take NYC commuters to either a PATH station in Hoboken or a ferry. That would make for a quicker – and if one took a ferry – a more pleasant trip on the high seas (sort of).
Moreover, the light rail in the other direction would serve employees of Englewood Hospital.
In short, the congressman said that light rail is “faster, cheaper, more reliable and better for the environment” than driving or taking a bus.
Gottheimer is a Democrat, as is the federal administration. Whether that will help the state’s case going forward is unknown, but one presumes it can’t hurt.
The congressman said he hopes to have a meeting with Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. Transportation Secretary, to discuss the matter. In the meantime, Gottheimer said that he and fellow Reps. Andy Kim and Bonnie Watson-Coleman have written to Buttigieg calling on him to “immediately commit to expediting the environmental impact statement process and put the Bergen-Hudson Light Rail project back on track.”
The first speaker of the day was Judah Zeigler, the town mayor.
As is often the case with public transportation projects, Zeigler had history in mind.
He said that during a previous stint in borough government in the 1990’s, there was talk about light rail. So, on this day, he observed:
“Here we are in 2023, almost 2024, talking about light rail.”


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Reinforced concrete members are extremely complex under loading because of localised deformations in the concrete (cracks, sliding planes) and between the reinforcement and concrete (slip). An ideal model for simulating behaviour of reinforced concrete members should incorporate both global behaviour and the localised behaviours that are seen and measured in practice; these localised behaviours directly affect the global behaviour. Most commonly used models do not directly simulate these localised behaviours that can be seen or measured in real members; instead, they overcome these limitations by using empirically or semi-empirically derived strain-based pseudo properties such as the use of effective flexural rigidities for deflection; plastic hinge lengths for strength and ductility; and energy-based approaches for both concrete softening in compression and concrete softening after tensile cracking to allow for tension stiffening. Most reinforced concrete member experimental testing is associated with deriving these pseudo properties for use in design and analysis, and this component of development is thus costly. The aim of the present research is to reduce this cost substantially. In this paper, localised material behaviours and the mechanisms they induce are described. Their incorporation into reinforced concrete member behaviour without the need for empirically derived pseudo properties is described in a companion paper.
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Yes its the first one they installed. No one in town had installed one of the 4 contractors I called. It was the only contractor who even did a manual load calc etc. They weren't the cheapest, though there was not a huge difference in price in the ones I called. Less than 200 bones.
Apparently dehumidification is not enabled. How do I enable it?
No noticable change in blower speed when lowering the humidity level. I'm guessing the DHUM contact is not wired. I'll give them a ring tomorrow. Anything else I should check or ask for when I call to make sure the thermostat is hooked up completely?


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In the movie, Ferris Bueller needed a break from school, so he hijacked a ’61 Ferrari GT350 California and took his friends on a joy ride. “It’s your father’s fault he didn’t lock the garage,” Bueller told his buddy.
Harrison Preston, Hendersonville, TN, grew up in a Land Rover family and wanted a Range Rover Classic of his own. Rather than buy him one, his father, Scott Preston, told him to “start saving and let’s build one.” But not just any one — Harrison determined that his Range Rover Classic would have to be a ’95 soft dash with a diesel engine (preferably a 300 Tdi) and a 5-speed transmission.
Four years ago, Harrison began squirreling away savings from summer jobs like lawn mowing, and with the help and guidance of his father, Scott, searching out donor vehicles. From Gerald Ruderman in Canada came a Range Rover with the requisite engine, but so crusty that his mother, Elly, named it “Tetanus.” A Land Rover friend spotted a donor body at a junkyard in Cooksville, TN. Harrison and Scott started to sell off parts from their donor vehicles to secure the necessary funds and pieces to create this unique Range Rover. A Discovery I donated an R380 transmission, and they procured a LT 230 transfer case. Enthusiasts in the Land Rover community — Charlie Haigh, Eric Riston, Kelly Graham, Chris Robinson, and Dale Kneep, among others — helped with technical guidance, parts searches and hands-on training for Harrison.
As Scott recounted, “Harrison had the opportunity to graduate early from high school. He aspires to be a mechanic and took an automotive internship at a Nashville German car performance shop. We knew that you couldn’t just build the Land Rover, you needed to do something with it. A road trip seemed the perfect answer. After several talks, we figured that spring was the perfect time. But where to go?”
Although born and raised in New England, Scott often enjoyed his Land Rover adventures in the southwest and started to formulate an itinerary. Doug Lawyer, president of the Arizona Land Rover Club, enticed the Preston’s with a planned trek last April through the red rocks of the Moab, UT region. With that adventure as their goal, Harrison upped his efforts to complete the Range Rover on time. It would successfully have to complete a two-week, eight-state and 4,000 mile off-road and highway journey.
“Once we arrived at SCARR we were amazed at two things: how cold it was and how much swag we received when we registered — a Yeti 32oz. container and a free case of Shell Rotella oil!! SCARR was a blast and we spent the next day exploring trails and giving the Range Rover its first real off-road shakedown. It was really crazy how well it drove off-road!”
“After SCARR, my dad and I hit Twisted Root in Deep Ellum for some huge burgers. While in the Big D area he used Road Side America to get us to the Giant Bowler Hat, figuring it would be the perfect fit driving a Range Rover Classic. The next two days included more fun roadside attractions, like the famous Cadillac Ranch. Outside Albuquerque, NM, we saw ‘tumblin’ tumbleweeds’ of at least four feet around blowing down the street!”
“About four hours outside of Moab, we started experiencing a power loss. We tried bleeding the fuel filter, but no luck; we could not get the motor to rev above 3000 RPM. We were pretty sure it was the lift pump. We thought about replacing it on the side of the road, but the 50 mph winds made us feel as if we were getting sandblasted. We opted to limp into Moab and replace it at the camp grounds. The next day we woke up and called Zack Griswold at Rovers North, replaced the pump and had the truck up and running in about an hour.”
“My dad has been going to Moab for years and I never really understood what he was talking about until I saw it for myself. This part of the country is truly amazing! Our days with the Arizona Land Rover Club started at Moab Dinner and then off to Hells Revenge. This was my first time driving on slick rock; it’s really a shock to pull up to a wall of rock and have the truck just climb over it without an issue. Doug led us up Elephant Hill, which requires you to back down because it’s so narrow at the turns. There’s a 40 ft. drop-off on one side! The day went well until I took a bad line on the last obstacle of the day and ripped off and bent my exhaust. Thankfully, it’s Moab. We took it into a shop the next day and got it fixed for $100.”
“One night we ate with the group at Moab’s Sunset Grill. Originally the home of Charlie Steen, the ‘Uranium King,’ the restaurant with its killer views also had old Geiger counters and reminders that uranium once appeared as an ingredient in dishes and ladies’ makeup. For the final day with the club, we tackled the Potash Trail and Schafer switchback before ending the trip at the Island in the Clouds Ranger Station.”
“Now came the second exciting part — a 3-day, off-road, off-the-grid trek with two other Range Rover Classics and a Discovery II, including AZRO club members Doug Lawyer, Pierre LeBlanc and Chad Manz. We began at Hurrah Canyon and headed to the Chicken Corner (yes, the names say it all). It got remote very quickly. Cell service disappeared and the trails became single track, intermixed with several challenging obstacles (I needed to be winched up the last 20 yards of the final stair step climb).”
“The conditions were rough on my Range Rover, too. My right rear spring would pop out of the top perch any time we drove over obstacle that stretched the rear suspension to its max. We also did not notice the sharp rock that a tire rubbed against, tearing a three-inch gash in the sidewall. Doug took it as a challenge to repair; after getting real familiar with the patch kit, we gave up. But I was quite proud of how well my Range Rover tackled the difficult terrain— and very excited to have driven it! The scenery and the friendships were equally amazing!”
The 1,160-mile trip home took them back through Oklahoma City and back to Tennessee. Living out of their Range Rover Classic — a short wheelbase one at that — for 13 of the 15 days demonstrated the capabilities of a Classic. “We were very happy with the 300 Tdi, 5-speed combination,” said Scott. Harrison stated, “I like the Land Rover automatic but you can’t beat the manual!” Scott has built several Land Rovers over the decades [there’s a custom Defender underway now] and Harrison earned a graduation gift for the ages. To quote Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”


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Several years ago Hubby and I took a tour of Spain.
It was wonderful!
We went to Granada and saw
the magical Alhambra.
We toured on to Seville and Escorial (where all the Kings of Spain are buried)
We went to Toledo
- I found this city mindblowing
and almost impossible to describe......
the awe-inspiring feeling standing in what had been a Mosque with pillars etc plundered from..
all over the Mediterranean.
There was a complete Christian Cathedral inside
which only took up
an iota of the space....incredible!!
So many more places...
We had excellent guides with us through out.
Each experts in that particular region
As we went I collected
a few of these plates as mementos!
Some large.......some small
The ones on the wall.......
are all hand painted
with gold paint...
some of them are signed by the artist
These two little ones are cheap ones
that I use as coasters.
I had quite a few
unfortunately all but these are broken.
I think I had better put them to better use
So which do you like best?
They are all lovely.........
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With the right lifestyle and the right stack of supplements and nootropics, you can enjoy enhanced mental clarity, easier flow, and better vision. The best nootropics for your needs will depend on how much you want to spend, how often you want to take them, and what you want to take them for. Nutritional supplements should be taken daily, for the cumulative effect, but Smart drugs such as noopept and modafinil are usually taken on an as-needed basis, for those times when you are aiming for hyperfocus, better clarity, and better recall, or the ability to process a huge amount of incoming visual information quickly and accurately and to pick up on details that you might otherwise miss.
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The demands of university studies, career, and family responsibilities leaves people feeling stretched to the limit. Extreme stress actually interferes with optimal memory, focus, and performance. The discovery of nootropics and vitamins that make you smarter has provided a solution to help college students perform better in their classes and professionals become more productive and efficient at work.
as scientific papers become much more accessible online due to Open Access, digitization by publishers, and cheap hosting for pirates, the available knowledge about nootropics increases drastically. This reduces the perceived risk by users, and enables them to educate themselves and make much more sophisticated estimates of risk and side-effects and benefits. (Take my modafinil page: in 1997, how could an average person get their hands on any of the papers available up to that point? Or get detailed info like the FDA’s prescribing guide? Even assuming they had a computer & Internet?)
AMP and MPH increase catecholamine activity in different ways. MPH primarily inhibits the reuptake of dopamine by pre-synaptic neurons, thus leaving more dopamine in the synapse and available for interacting with the receptors of the postsynaptic neuron. AMP also affects reuptake, as well as increasing the rate at which neurotransmitter is released from presynaptic neurons (Wilens, 2006). These effects are manifest in the attention systems of the brain, as already mentioned, and in a variety of other systems that depend on catecholaminergic transmission as well, giving rise to other physical and psychological effects. Physical effects include activation of the sympathetic nervous system (i.e., a fight-or-flight response), producing increased heart rate and blood pressure. Psychological effects are mediated by activation of the nucleus accumbens, ventral striatum, and other parts of the brain’s reward system, producing feelings of pleasure and the potential for dependence.
There are a number of treatments for the last. I already use melatonin. I sort of have light therapy from a full-spectrum fluorescent desk lamp. But I get very little sunlight; the surprising thing would be if I didn’t have a vitamin D deficiency. And vitamin D deficiencies have been linked with all sorts of interesting things like near-sightedness, with time outdoors inversely correlating with myopia and not reading or near-work time. (It has been claimed that caffeine interferes with vitamin D absorption and so people like me especially need to take vitamin D, on top of the deficits caused by our vampiric habits, but I don’t think this is true34.) Unfortunately, there’s not very good evidence that vitamin D supplementation helps with mood/SAD/depression: there’s ~6 small RCTs with some findings of benefits, with their respective meta-analysis turning in a positive but currently non-statistically-significant result. Better confirmed is reducing all-cause mortality in elderly people (see, in order of increasing comprehensiveness: Evidence Syntheses 2013, Chung et al 2009, Autier & Gandini 2007, Bolland et al 2014).
While the primary effect of the drug is massive muscle growth the psychological side effects actually improved his sanity by an absurd degree. He went from barely functional to highly productive. When one observes that the decision to not attempt to fulfill one’s CEV at a given moment is a bad decision it follows that all else being equal improved motivation is improved sanity.
DNB-wise, eyeballing my stats file seems to indicate a small increase: when I compare peak scores D4B scores, I see mostly 50s and a few 60s before piracetam, and after starting piracetam, a few 70s mixed into the 50s and 60s. Natural increase from training? Dunno - I’ve been stuck on D4B since June, so 5 or 10% in a week or 3 seems a little suspicious. A graph of the score series26:
I had tried 8 randomized days like the Adderall experiment to see whether I was one of the people whom modafinil energizes during the day. (The other way to use it is to skip sleep, which is my preferred use.) I rarely use it during the day since my initial uses did not impress me subjectively. The experiment was not my best - while it was double-blind randomized, the measurements were subjective, and not a good measure of mental functioning like dual n-back (DNB) scores which I could statistically compare from day to day or against my many previous days of dual n-back scores. Between my high expectation of finding the null result, the poor experiment quality, and the minimal effect it had (eliminating an already rare use), the value of this information was very small.
The Nature commentary is ivory tower intellectualism at its best. The authors state that society must prepare for the growing demand of such drugs; that healthy adults should be allowed drugs to enhance cognitive ability; that this is "morally equivalent" and no more unnatural than diet, sleep, or the use of computers; that we need an evidence-based approach to evaluate the risks; and that we need legal and ethical policies to ensure fair and equitable use.
There is evidence to suggest that modafinil, methylphenidate, and amphetamine enhance cognitive processes such as learning and working memory...at least on certain laboratory tasks. One study found that modafinil improved cognitive task performance in sleep-deprived doctors. Even in non-sleep deprived healthy volunteers, modafinil improved planning and accuracy on certain cognitive tasks. Similarly, methylphenidate and amphetamine also enhanced performance of healthy subjects in certain cognitive tasks.
Organizations, and even entire countries, are struggling with “always working” cultures. Germany and France have adopted rules to stop employees from reading and responding to email after work hours. Several companies have explored banning after-hours email; when one Italian company banned all email for one week, stress levels dropped among employees. This is not a great surprise: A Gallup study found that among those who frequently check email after working hours, about half report having a lot of stress.
Interesting. On days ranked 2 (below-average mood/productivity), nicotine seems to have boosted scores; on days ranked 3, nicotine hurts scores; there aren’t enough 4’s to tell, but even ’5 days seem to see a boost from nicotine, which is not predicted by the theory. But I don’t think much of a conclusion can be drawn: not enough data to make out any simple relationship. Some modeling suggests no relationship in this data either (although also no difference in standard deviations, leading me to wonder if I screwed up the data recording - not all of the DNB scores seem to match the input data in the previous analysis). So although the 2 days in the graph are striking, the theory may not be right.
Government restrictions and difficulty getting approval for various medical devices is expected to impede market growth. The stringency of approval by regulatory authorities is accompanied by the high cost of smart pills to challenge the growth of the smart pills market. However, the demand for speedy diagnosis, and improving reimbursement policies are likely to reveal market opportunities.
For proper brain function, our CNS (Central Nervous System) requires several amino acids. These derive from protein-rich foods. Consider amino acids to be protein building blocks. Many of them are dietary precursors to vital neurotransmitters in our brain. Epinephrine (adrenaline), serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine assist in enhancing mental performance. A few examples of amino acid nootropics are:
The main concern with pharmaceutical drugs is adverse effects, which also apply to nootropics with undefined effects. Long-term safety evidence is typically unavailable for nootropics. Racetams — piracetam and other compounds that are structurally related to piracetam — have few serious adverse effects and low toxicity, but there is little evidence that they enhance cognition in people having no cognitive impairments.