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• The evolving role of EMS as an integral component of the overall health care system.
• EMS system planning, preparedness, and coordination at the federal, state, and local levels.
• EMS funding and infrastructure investments.
• EMS workforce trends and professional education.
• EMS research priorities and funding.
Emergency Medical Services is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.
Licensed nurses and unlicensed nursing assistants are critical participants in our national effort to protect patients from health care errors. The nature of the activities nurses typically perform â€" monitoring patients, educating home caretakers, performing treatments, and rescuing patients who are in crisis â€" provides an indispensable resource in detecting and remedying error-producing defects in the U.S. health care system.
During the past two decades, substantial changes have been made in the organization and delivery of health care â€" and consequently in the job description and work environment of nurses. As patients are increasingly cared for as outpatients, nurses in hospitals and nursing homes deal with greater severity of illness. Problems in management practices, employee deployment, work and workspace design, and the basic safety culture of health care organizations place patients at further risk.
This newest edition in the groundbreaking Institute of Medicine Quality Chasm series discusses the key aspects of the work environment for nurses and reviews the potential improvements in working conditions that are likely to have an impact on patient safety.
• The role and impact of the emergency department within the larger hospital and health care system.
• Patient flow and information technology.
• Workforce issues across multiple disciplines.
• Patient safety and the quality and efficiency of emergency care services.
• Basic, clinical, and health services research relevant to emergency care.
• Special challenges of emergency care in rural settings.
Hospital-Based Emergency Care is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.
Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.
Prevention practices have emerged in a variety of settings, including programs for selected at-risk populations (such as children and youth in the child welfare system), school-based interventions, interventions in primary care settings, and community services designed to address a broad array of mental health needs and populations.
Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People updates a 1994 Institute of Medicine book, Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders, focusing special attention on the research base and program experience with younger populations that have emerged since that time.
Researchers, such as those involved in prevention science, mental health, education, substance abuse, juvenile justice, health, child and youth development, as well as policy makers involved in state and local mental health, substance abuse, welfare, education, and justice will depend on this updated information on the status of research and suggested directions for the field of mental health and prevention of disorders.
Community Programs to Promote Youth Development explores these questions, focusing on essential elements of adolescent well-being and healthy development. It offers recommendations for policy, practice, and research to ensure that programs are well designed to meet young people's developmental needs.
The book also discusses the features of programs that can contribute to a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. It examines what we know about the current landscape of youth development programs for America's youth, as well as how these programs are meeting their diverse needs.
Recognizing the importance of adolescence as a period of transition to adulthood, Community Programs to Promote Youth Development offers authoritative guidance to policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and other key stakeholders on the role of youth development programs to promote the healthy development and well-being of the nation's youth.
Violence and related forms of abuse against elders is a global public health and human rights problem with far-reaching consequences, resulting in increased death, disability, and exploitation with collateral effects on well-being. Data suggest that at least 10 percent of elders in the United States are victims of elder maltreatment every year. In low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of violence is the greatest, the figure is likely even higher. In addition, elders experiencing risk factors such as diminishing cognitive function, caregiver dependence, and social isolation are more vulnerable to maltreatment and underreporting. As the world population of adults aged 65 and older continues to grow, the implications of elder maltreatment for health care, social welfare, justice, and financial systems are great. However, despite the magnitude of global elder maltreatment, it has been an underappreciated public health problem. Elder Abuse and Its Prevention discusses the prevalence and characteristics of elder abuse around the world, risk factors for abuse and potential adverse health outcomes, and contextually specific factors, such as culture and the role of the community.

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Great for: Lengthening and strengthening your chest muscles while also working your bum and core.
Sit on a Swiss ball holding a pair of 3-6kg dumbbells. Roll down into a bridge position where your shoulders and head are supported by the ball, your hips are pushed up and your arms are straight above you.
Keeping your abs engaged slowly lower the dumbbells to your side with a slight bend in your elbows.
Breathing out, press the dumbbells back up above you. This is one rep, do 12-15. Make sure your elbows are lowering towards the floor first and that your wrists are straight.
Great for: A cardio burst. This multitasking move also strengthens your abdominals, chest, shoulders and legs.
This should be done on a slippery floor - vinyl works well.
Start in the press-up position, with each foot resting on a small folded towelSlide your right knee up towards your chest, keeping your left leg extended and your back straight.
Slide your right leg back and repeat on the other side. This is one rep.
Moving as fast as you can, do 10-15 reps. Focus on keeping your hips steady and your abs pulled in.

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Why carry out best CBD capsules individuals assume that cannabidiol is actually a therapeutic herb? Only why would you desire to acquire your hands on a non-psychoactive variation of a natural compound? When you look at the astonishing collection of useful make uses of, you are going to perhaps start to question its attributes. It is significant to realize that cannabidiol (CBD) has been actually cultivated for medicinal make use of due to the fact that the old 1800s.
It has actually consistently been actually an all-natural supplement, as it is extensively used in blend with various other active drugs in condition prevention procedures. There are numerous variations and also blends of cannabinoids available in this plant.
Initially, it has an amount of perks for patients and could be acquired without any problems regarding achievable negative effects. The standard formula is usually taken as efficient and risk-free with all age groups and also also those that possess a background of possessing epileptic seizures can take advantage of this medicine.
The decrease in kink likewise helps with discomfort decrease and can easily enhance overall health and wellness by regulating a few of the indicators linked with it. Additionally, this natural supplement can easily help youngsters through minimizing several of the side effects that are often linked with typical medicines.
It might likewise have wonderful possible to regulate the results of anxiety, anxiety, or even big physical body temperature improvements. Additionally, the balance of the body immune system may be considerably enhanced at the same time.
An extraction from the CBD plant has actually additionally been actually shown to possess the ability to lessen fat deposits in fat tissues and also to relieve stomach upset. Individuals experiencing constant constipation might experience substantial renovation in this particular ailment. Clients are going to discover that a specific amount of bloating is lessened.
There are actually numerous various types of marijuana that are actually likewise usable to offer relief for nausea or vomiting as well as throwing up in patients that have cancer cells as well as those who are going through radiation treatment. There is likewise an effect on spasticity and discomfort in individuals with several sclerosis. This kind of extract will definitely be specifically helpful in minimizing the pains of these conditions.
Individuals who have issues about adverse effects of traditional drugs might also be satisfied along with the end results supplied through cannabidiol. You should be actually conscious that any medicine that has certainly not been standardized are going to contain differing levels of energetic components. Therefore, if you are actually taking any type of medicines, it is actually extremely recommended that you talk with your physician prior to beginning a brand-new treatment plan.
Even when you are currently on drug, you may have the capacity to minimize your dosages or make use of an alternating therapy plan if your present prescription drugs are actually having negative adverse effects. A check out to your doctor is strongly suggested in order to assist find out whether a therapy utilizing cannabidiol is appropriate for you.
If you are actually currently taking a therapy to address an additional disorder, you will definitely need to have to first find exactly how your symptoms are progressing before utilizing cannabidiol. You may certainly not need to reduce the dosage entirely. If you are not pleasant trying a brand-new type of therapy, you ought to at least discuss it with your physician.
Because there are no documented negative effects of CBD, you may be experiencing a boosted energy degree or reduced stress and anxiety levels. You will definitely experience a rise in your hunger.
Furthermore, the beneficial advantages related to this natural supplement for the therapy of other health care health conditions such as arthritis are worth checking out. This can easily help make an excellent add-on to any kind of existing program or just like an add-on treatment to obtain additional benefit. There are lots of doctors who are actually pretty aware of the convenience of the use of cannabidiol as a medication.
To make the Marijuana plant reliable in treating afflictions, our company require even more Cannabidiol, or else known as CBD. CBD or even cannabidiol acts as a cannabinoid within the body system that is actually understood to possess certain conveniences.
This is originated from the marijuana vegetation as well as possesses powerful anti-inflammatory homes. It has actually been actually clinically proven to possess analgesic, anti-emetic and anti-spasmodic homes. Along with a few of the recent studies, it is shown to be handy in managing human brain activity, which consequently suggests less adverse effects.
The researchers likewise explain that the cannabinoid will also contribute in the total disease of individuals with cancer cells. As a consequence, the other cannabinoids current within this cannabis by-product are a great method to manage neuro-psychiatric problems, including epilepsy, mental illness, dementia, Alzheimer’s as well as clinical depression. Also when taken as a spray, it has good results on mind, mood and intellectual functions.
In order to know the advantages of the cannabinoid actions, it is essential to comprehend how they are actually used and also exploited. Besides its make use of for healing functions, it is actually commonly developed, dealt for leisure reasons.
This are going to be made with the chances of getting rid of these illegal drugs, which is actually referred to as THC. The drug may result in different troubles with regard to addiction, depending on the person and also the sort of drug. The consequences are actually also much worse for people who made use of Cannabidiol derivatives.
When it come to the long term damages that could be triggered by THC, also without being actually a customer, there are chances that it could be soaked up right into the blood stream of the person. This is actually referred to as indirect absorption, where it will be actually soaked up coming from the intestinal system. There have actually been research studies revealing that there is actually a powerful partnership in between THC absorption and also unsatisfactory nutrition.
THC is actually known to have sturdy psychoactive qualities. It may generate psychotic indicators in the user, which may certainly not be actually the effect aimed due to the individual who utilizes it. When consumed in sizable volumes, it may also lead to an increase in the cardiovascular system cost as well as high blood pressure.
It is vital to understand that cannabidiol (CBD) has actually been actually cultivated for therapeutic use since the late 1800s.
If you are currently taking a treatment to handle yet another disorder, you will need to have to first see just how your symptoms are actually progressing prior to using cannabidiol. There are actually a lot of doctors that are actually very acquainted with the effectiveness of the use of cannabidiol as a medication.
The repercussions are actually also much worse for people who utilized Cannabidiol by-products.
It may cause psychotic signs in the customer, which might certainly not be actually the effect aimed by the person who uses it.


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As Intel moves into the third generation of its Evo premium brand, the company is drastically expanding its reach. It’s now diving into new areas such as business notebooks, peripherals, desktops, and devices with folding displays.
Intel founded the Evo platform as a successor to Project Athena, the co-development initiative that it formed with PC makers a few years ago. According to Newman, over 5,000 engineers from Intel and its partners have worked together on Athena, indirectly influencing a total of 2,000 different designs. Today, over 100 Evo designs have shipped and Intel is targeting about the same amount for the next generation of Evo laptops.
To be approved for an Evo logo, each laptop must already satisfy Intel’s criteria for what it calls key experiences: how quickly it wakes from sleep, how fast it charges, and whether it can run all day on a single battery charge. To this, the chip manufacturer is adding intelligent collaboration.
This means Intel is going to be working with PC makers to enhance apps like Zoom, Slack, Google Workspace, and more. It will be working with PC makers to develop AI-based background noise cancellation and AI accelerated camera imaging effects all across WiFi 6E. It’s also including what it calls the Intel Connectivity Performance Suite, a piece of middleware that interacts with the hardware components. Essentially, the PC’s performance will be optimized so that the video call gets priority in terms of network packets.
Intel has also beefed up its existing umbrella requirements like long battery life to encompass specific scenarios. In this case, it’s adding a requirement where battery life is tested when a user has Bluetooth peripherals connected.
“We’ve added to the key experience indicators to make it even harder to meet the key experience requirements, for a higher bar to deliver the experiences that people need to build on,” Newman told a reporters at a CES 2022 briefing.
New sizes, configurations of Evo PCs
Intel’s third-generation Evo brand will now encompass more powerful gaming laptops and productivity devices, specifically 12th-gen Core H-series laptops that can run at between 35W and 45W. Evo laptops will also accommodate larger screens, such as 15- and 16-inch displays. Interestingly, these new laptops will still have the same battery-life requirements as productivity laptops, which is roughly nine hours. Businesses will also be able to use Evo laptops with the newly designed “vPro: An Evo Design” brand.
Peripherals will also receive the Evo treatment. Intel already launched a small “Engineered for Intel Evo” program with a few Thunderbolt docks, but Newman said that program will be expanded to include Thunderbolt devices and some Bluetooth peripherals, presumably headsets. Newman also mentioned Thunderbolt displays might be added as well. The company will be testing Thunderbolt monitors for wake time or SSDs for how quickly they connect, all in the service of a “seamless” experience where a user lifts an Evo laptop’s lid and the whole system automatically turns on.
Separately, Intel is actually adding Evo support for foldable displays, though Newman described it as very “proof of concept” at the current time. A foldable display spec is expected to roll out in 2022.
Interestingly, Intel has begun to adapt some of the design initiatives it pioneered for mobile onto the desktop. The chip manufacturer launched “Project Athena” in 2019 to accomplish two goals: work with PC markets to co-develop premium notebooks and then later communicate this to consumers using the “Evo” brand. Now, it’s working with desktop makers to accomplish some of the same goals, focusing first on vPro-certified desktops for businesses.
“We focused on how we can make the desktop experience more immersive to help business users to be more productive and collaborative,” said Mandy Mock, vice president of Intel’s Client Computing Group and general manager of its desktop business, in a briefing with reporters. “This user experience evolution results in a new class of expert desktops for business users.”
Intel’s four “pillars” underscoring the Project Athena initiative continue to include “privacy” with walk-away-and-lock functionality designed to protect data, “prepared” PCs that can sense your presence and authenticate you, “engagement” where PCs will use AI to reduce noise and improve the overall experience, and smaller, “sustainable” form factors that meet EPEAT goals. What the CPU manufacturer is doing to communicate these requirements to the consumer is less clear, however. Newman said that the “Athena” requirements didn’t necessarily imply that Intel would develop a brand name supporting them.
Not all of these initiatives are supported by current hardware, Intel executives said, especially foldables. But they’ll certainly guide the evolution of PCs, including notebooks and desktops, into 2022 and beyond.

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The body was discovered at about 7:20 a.m. at the foot of an embankment south of Valley Avenue and east of Case Avenue, police said. The death is being considered suspicious.
The victim was a white man who appears to have been in his late 40s or early 50s, with thinning gray hair, who was mostly bald, police said.
He was between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall, and he weighed 250 to 260 pounds. He was wearing gray shorts and a blue long-sleeved sweatshirt, and had tennis shoes at the time of his death.
He did not have any identification on him and had not been identified as of this evening.
The man appears to have been walking down the railway easement and might have been heading home from Raley's Supermarket, police said. He might have been homeless and had an encampment somewhere nearby.
Anyone with information about the man's identity or death is asked to call police at (925) 931-5100.


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ece4co has a bunch of browser based Shockwave games featuring a cat in a number of dangerous situations. The balloon one is my favourite.
Frontal Assault is a … unique Windows game:
The idea is to perform various moves on breasts. The move icons
float to the screen and you must make the move before the icon
disappears. Lose too many icons and the game ends.
Once the quirky novelty of it passes, the game itself is rather bland.
My experience with the Heroes of Might & Magic series of games is limited, but what I did play I enjoyed. The Might and Magic name was, arguably, the best thing going for 3D0. Well, now you can buy it. No, not the game — the entire franchise itself. It’s all thanks to 3D0’s bankruptcy. Of course, it will likely set you back six figures, but considering the history that’s not too bad. (Addition: the bidding is under way.)

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See New York City through the perspectives of two students…
Each year, the Emory & Henry College Honors Program takes a group of rising sophomores to experience New York City as part of the Transitions II course that students take Spring of their freshmen year. The topic of exploration varies year–to–year allowing each rising sophomore cohort to learn about New York City from a different light. The topics range from wilderness to water to energy to this year’s alienation/assimilation.
DAY 1: THE CENTER OF IT ALL
There were people everywhere when we got off the Amtrak train at Penn Station. This was only my second trip to New York ever, and I remembered immediately why I hated the city when I stood in the subway. Lots of people, lots of smells, and lots of noise was not my idea of a good time. We were told to break up into four groups and navigate the subway to get to 103rd and Amsterdam, which was the location of our hostel. Everyone had their own idea on how to get there, and it only added to the stress and noise. The point of this exercise was to teach us all how to navigate the subway and work together, but it was fun because it was set up like the Amazing Race. Our group arrived at the hostel without any trouble but in third place.
We stayed at Hostelling International, a historical landmark that used to be a shelter for women who were affluent but had been reduced to poverty in the early to mid–1800s. Furthermore, the owners of the shelter provided donations to aid the widows of the War of 1812. After throwing our luggage down, we all walked to Central Park.
Now I remembered why I loved New York. Central Park was its own world right in the center of one of the largest cities in America. We were in the northern side of the park where I had not been to before. Not only did the hustle and bustle of the city seem to stop, but the air felt cleaner. After walking past some turtles in the lake, Dr. Clary gave us the mission to go and find food. One group went to 72nd Street Bagels, while my group went to the world famous Zabar’s to get an assortment of meats, cheeses, and fruits.
For dinner, we brought all of the food we had bought back to Central Park to have a picnic. I enjoyed a cinnamon sugar bagel topped with roast beef, goat cheese, and guacamole. Others relished the pickled salmon or the ham. Everyone created their own distinctive sandwiches and the possibilities were endless.
Later that night, we ventured to Times Square. I enjoyed the 99 cent pizza and just walking around the city. However, my favorite store that we visited was Midtown Comics. The walls of the store were lined with my favorite super heroes and some others that I had never even seen before. While my group marveled at the “fan boy” memorabilia, others took advantage of the shopping experience at stores such as Disney, H&M, Nike, and many more. Still, others just fell in love with the nightlife in the Big Apple.
— JAKE CAUDILL ‘18
DAY 2: MUSEUMS AND A DAY OF LAUGHS
For our first full day in New York City, we divided into groups. One group went to Chinatown and the Museum of Chinese in America, one went to the Frick and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), and a smaller group went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the live taping of The View. My group went to the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
This was the first time I had been to the Natural History Museum in New York. I really didn’t expect it to be the same caliber as the Smithsonian in DC; however, I was shocked. We spent about two hours in the museum, and we weren’t even close to seeing half of the collections. This was a fascinating experience, and I didn’t think the day could get much better after this considering we were going to an art museum.
Before we got to the MoMA, Dr. Bremner took us to a local tea shop. Again, I was amazed. I didn’t expect much from the small shop, but I walked out with a full, satisfied stomach and an eagerness to visit the shop again.
I’m not much of an art guy, so I wasn’t really looking forward to the MoMA. However, after going through three floors of paintings and sculptures that I didn’t understand, I saw it! In the back corner of the fourth floor in all its majesty…the Pac–man Machine. I spent the rest of my time in the art museum fighting off Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde; while others wandered around and enjoyed the other six floors of “art.”
When my group joined up with Dr. Clary’s, I was able to hear about their experiences at the MET. While at the MET, they had a chance to see the breathtaking New York City skyline from the museum's secluded rooftop garden. They also went to the Frick where they saw a personal art collection.
A majority of us wanted to do something different that evening that was more laid back, so we chose The Dangerfield Comedy Club, which is the oldest running comedy club in New York City. Everyone had a great time, and I felt like it brought our cohort even closer together. I couldn’t wait to see what the rest of the week held.
— JAKE CAUDILL ‘18
DAY 3: IMMIGRATION AND THE DAY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
I woke up Wednesday morning feeling great! The day was going to be wonderful, but we were already behind on our schedule. Our ferry was to leave in an hour, and we still had an hour subway ride down to the southern tip of Manhattan. Our separate groups rushed out of the subway towards the ferry, and while we barely made it, we all were there. The next stop was Ellis Island.
I had been to Ellis Island before, but this time it was even better because we learned about the various immigration procedures that immigrants endured during the process. The history behind Ellis Island was fascinating and allowed many of us to explore our roots and learn about how some of our ancestors came into this country. Personally, my great– grandmother came over from Italy right after WWII with my great-grandfather who was in the U.S. Army. It was truly remarkable to be standing in the same room where my great-grandmother stood over sixty years ago.
After Ellis Island, we went to the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero. The tranquility surrounding the memorial was the most powerful experience of our entire trip. This was my second time seeing the truly breathtaking and thought–provoking memorial. I assumed we were going to go straight to the memorial museum after we sat at the memorial for forty minutes. However, following the observation of the memorial we separated into groups again. A little disappointed because I thought we were going inside the museum, myself and others were able to convince the professors to allow a group to visit the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
As soon as we were inside, I went straight to the end of the museum, because the last time I was there, I was rushed through and was unable to see it all. “But not today,” I kept telling myself. Despite going straight to the end of the museum, I still wasn’t able to see all I had missed last time. There were just so much to take in at the 9/11 Memorial Museum that made it hard to pass over something quickly. Additionally, it is extremely difficult to describe the museum with words because it is unlike anything I have experienced. I feel that this was the best museum and memorial I’ve ever been to and recommend it to all who travel to New York. While at first I was frustrated because we were rushed through the Memorial Museum again, it just means I will have to go back.
Later that evening we met up on Broadway to see Kinky Boots. This Tony-Award-winning play gave us a spectacular Broadway experience that displayed an incredibly intricate stage production and fantastic actors. It was an amusing play despite the controversial subject. I thought it was magnificent and was so glad I got to experience my first Broadway play with a great group of people. Nevertheless, I would be content if that was the last Broadway play I ever saw. There is something about a small, simple, local theater that is even more special to me. Overall the day was marvelous!
— JAKE CAUDILL ‘18
DAY 4: A DAY OF SERVICE AND THE HIGH LINE
I got off the subway and set foot into Brooklyn on the day of my service project. I immediately noticed the drastic differences between this neighborhood and the neighborhoods we had been to in Manhattan. There was a specific kind of air surrounding the shelter that was sad but hopeful at the same time. Despite this, I was excited to be there and help out with the project at hand. Dr. Clary and I weeded, removed several stubborn plants, and built a brick retaining wall to maintain the integrity of the footpath through the garden while other students were building trellises and weeding.
While I was doing this, I could see the numbers in the garden increasing as more and more women came out either to help us or just talk with new people. It was a very eye–opening experience because I had performed service projects before but never at a women’s shelter. The stories they had to tell made me all the more thankful for what I have. All of their faces looked to be very worn which gave their stories a powerful depth that made you want to help them even more, and I found myself glad to be there doing what I could.
After the service project ended, I ventured deeper into Brooklyn to walk around the Williamsburg neighborhood and got a chance to go into several different Indie record stores. I experienced first hand the growing underground music scene that is developing in that neighborhood. We also made a stop at an open–air coffee shop. The originality of the coffee shop was unreal; everything from the hardwood decorations to the espresso infused aromas paired with the musical stylings of the STROKES set a unique atmosphere that could only be found on the streets of New York.
Later that evening, I got the chance to eat with Emory & Henry alumni at Chelsea Market and explored the High Line Park. The park was a former abandoned railway that was then converted into a 1.45–mile long linear park that stretches throughout Manhattan and ends with a beautiful view looking out over the Hudson. I really enjoyed the originality and character of the park. No other park would allow us to walk shoulder to shoulder with the high–rises of the city. This quickly became the most interesting park I had ever been to. The experience for me is impossible to recreate. Nothing can accurately describe being able to walk through the New York City skyline surrounded by your friends and end with a view of the sunset going down over the river.
— Michael LoGrande ‘18
DAY 5: A ‘GROUNDED’ DAY AT THE TENEMENT MUSEUM
On our last day in New York City, we visited the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. This museum was a housing block that has been preserved to look just as it did when it housed hundreds upon hundreds of immigrants in the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s. When we entered, you could feel the history all around you. There was a distinct scent that pervaded the entire building. I also got a chance to look at old photographs and records of the immigrants who lived in each apartment to get a feel for how they lived. We were shown how the square footage slowly decreased because of the numerous layers of wallpaper that were constantly being applied after each of the tenants moved out. This was a unique experience for me because my great–grandmother grew up in that neighborhood in apartments like the one we were visiting.
After this, I went to Washington Square Park to enjoy the various people and culture that is indicative of any New York City park. The park’s culture was incredibly unique; from the street performers to the jazz musicians, there didn’t seem to be a single dull moment in the park. It was lacking the calm of Central Park, but that lack added to the charm. I loved being able to take in the sounds, smells, and experience of everything that was going around me.
After leaving the park, I went back to the hostel to regroup before I went to see the play Grounded
at The Public Theatre. The theatre that we were in to see the play was incredibly intimate. My seat was around 15 feet away from where Anne Hathaway was performing. I myself am not a very big fan of theatrical productions, but I was absolutely captivated by the play. The subject matter was extremely interesting, and the acting was like nothing I had ever seen. This was my first time seeing a one–person performance on stage, and it could not have been executed any better. I watched people leave the theatre in shock and in awe of what they had just seen.
After the play, I went back to the hostel to decompress for an hour before then leaving again to see the midnight showing of the original 1978 movie Mad Max. This was an incredible experience for me because I had never seen the original film and had never been to the IFC (Independent Film Center); being the movie fan that I am, I couldn’t have been more excited. It was a perfect way to end our last day of the trip.
— MICHAEL LOGRANDE ‘18
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When you’re questioning formidable questions, we mostly have to puncture low to find answers. A organisation of UC Santa Barbara geologists and their colleagues study tsunamis did accurately that.
The team used ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to hunt for earthy justification of a vast tsunami that battered a Northern California seashore nearby Crescent City some 900 years ago. Their discovery: The hulk call private 3 to 5 times some-more silt than any chronological El Niño charge opposite a Pacific Coast of a United States. The researchers also estimated how distant internal a seashore eroded. Their commentary seem in a journal Marine Geology.
“We found a really graphic signature in a GPR information that indicated a tsunami and reliable it with eccentric annals detailing a tsunami in a area 900 years ago,” explained lead author Alexander Simms, an associate highbrow in UCSB’s Department of Earth Science and a campus’s Earth Research Institute. “By regulating GPR, we were means to see a most broader perspective of a repairs caused by that tsunami and bulk a volume of silt private from a beach.”
According to Simms, a bulk and embankment of that epic call were identical to a one that occurred in Japan in 2011. Geologic annals uncover that these vast tsunamis strike a northwestern United States (Northern California by Washington state) each 300 to 500 years. The final one occurred in Jan 1700, that means another tsunami could occur any time in a subsequent 200 to 300 years.
“People have attempted to figure out how distant internal these waves hit, though a research provides petrify justification of usually how distant internal a seashore was eroded,” Simms said. “Any structures would not usually have been inundated, they would have been eroded divided by a tsunami wave.”
When a tsunami recedes from land, it removes silt and reshapes a coastline. In a box of a eventuality 900 years ago, a beach was eroded some-more than 6 feet down and some-more than 360 feet inland.
“That’s a large crowd of silt that changed from a beach,” Simms explained. “But since there is so most silt in a complement along a seashore right after a tsunami, a beach heals flattering fast on geological timescales. Some of a silt earnings from being taken out to sea by a tsunami, though some comes from stream catchments that broach additional silt to a beach as a outcome of a consequent earthquake.”
While a erosional injure can reanimate rather quickly, Simms noted, primarily a seashore is reshaped due to newly shaped channels, cuts and scarps. Once a beach fills in, he added, a seashore straightens and earnings to what it looked like before to a tsunami. The paper demonstrates this routine after a Dec. 26, 2004, Sumatra tsunami, with satellite imagery taken before a event, one month after and 4 years later.
“The critical thing to remember is that these tsunamis can erode a beach adult to 360 feet inland,” Simms said. “That means we have to be distant internal to be protected when one of them occurs.”
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The NFL may be making a return to Toronto, and this time it might be a little more permanent.
The owners from North America’s most powerful sporting entity met in New York at the end of October to discuss league issues and according to NFL insider Benjamin Allbright, they turned their eyes north when discussing growth.
“I know one of the things that was floated out a the owners’ meeting recently was the potential for expansion. They know they want to get to 18 games here in a season soon and having 36 teams sort of gives you a more round number, since 18 is half of 36, with regard to scheduling,” Allbright said on ESPN radio in St. Louis earlier this month.
“The four sites that had been thrown up there as potential expansion sites to begin with would be London, Toronto, San Antonio, and then possibly St. Louis. That was tabled. That was put out there.”
The inclusion of Canada’s largest city on that list will be the headline-grabber for fans north of the 49th, but should come as no surprise. Toronto had already been pegged as the likeliest destination for a new international series game in 2022 and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has stated that he would ‘love to see’ games played in Toronto.
The Buffalo Bills played the role of home team for the only regular season games ever put on in Canada, which all came during the Bills in Toronto series. Buffalo played one regular season game per year from 2008 to 2013 at Rogers Centre. Toronto mayor John Tory has been ‘open to the idea’ of a similar arrangement returning, but that could be more permanent.
Rumours circulated earlier this summer that Argos’ ownership group Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment was enthusiastically pursuing talks with the XFL in the hopes of leveraging an NFL franchise for the city down the line. That has long been a goal of MLSE chairman Larry Tanenbaum and Goodell has said in the past that Toronto would be “a great city for an NFL team,” but there needs to be a state-of-the-art stadium for a franchise there. That means dreams of NFL expansion could take awhile.
“There are in the exploratory phase on that stuff, so that’s not something that’s coming soon,” Allbright echoed. “That’s in the, ‘Is this feasible? Is this financially viable? Is this something that if those things are true that we want to pursue?’ [phase]. They’re looking at it.”
The almighty dollar will ultimately decide whether the NFL sees The Six as a viable option, with potentially massive ramifications for football across Canada.


By Andres Marin
Hip-Hop legend Nas and newer sensation guitarist/singer Gary Clark Jr. have collaborated once again to broadcast their music through ESPN's NFL 2012 Draft. Three tracks have been recreated to be played in and out of commercial breaks as well as in highlight packages; and videos of both artists will be played during the event as well.
"Train" and "The Don" were taken from Nas' upcoming album under Def Jam Records, scheduled for later this year. “The Don” was released a few weeks ago as a first peak at the album, and is getting lots to talk about already. On the other side, "Bright Lights" from the homonymous EP that has exploded Clark's career will include some lyrics by Nas for the football three-day presentation. Gary is also preparing a new album for later this year; the 28 year-old seems to be the new Lenny Kravitz, in the sense that he blends many styles while creating a new sound. His bluesy inclined music is often compared to Jimi Hendrix’s.
Both artists worked before with ESPN, and this songs were a perfect fit according to the channel’s music director Kevin Wilson. "Bright Lights" talks about New York, where Nas is from and where the football event will be on primetime starting Thursday, April 26 at 8pm (ET).


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The contest for US House of Representatives may be the most riveting campaign to observe in 2024, while it won’t consume quite as much oxygen as the presidential election.
A rematch, which the majority of Americans are dreading, appears to be in the cards for the White House race. Whether Democrats from red states can stand firm and protect their party’s majority will likely determine which party controls the US Senate. In order to regain control of the Senate, Republicans will need to gain one or two seats, depending on the outcome of the presidential election. They are already well-positioned to take over the seat of retiring Democratic Senator Joe Manchin in historically red West Virginia.
A more delicate balance of power is required in Washington, however, as the Republican majority in the House continues to dwindle. At the present time, Republicans hold 219 seats in the House, while Democrats hold 212 (four seats are vacant). A tiny majority presents unique obstacles, as demonstrated by the recent dysfunction in Congress, which included last year’s speakership upheaval and the blocked border and foreign aid bills.
To capture control of the House, Democrats require a net gain of five seats. However, if they manage to secure George Santos’ vacated seat in New York during Tuesday’s special election, that number might be reduced to four. Despite his expulsion from the House last year, Santos is still actively campaigning. Democrats are attempting to cast the Republican candidate for the vacant seat in a negative light by utilising the disgraced ex-lawmaker in their campaign ads. We will be watching that special election intently for signs about how this fall’s elections could play out, particularly in the crucial Empire State. It’s in a suburban district that President Joe Biden would have carried in 2020.
What makes California and New York so popular
The 2024 House campaign will revolve around two states: New York and California. Combined, these states have the highest concentration of Republican MPs serving in districts that Biden would have won in 2020. (The district borders in 2022 may not have been identical to those when Biden stood for office in 2020 due to changes in congressional maps made after the 2020 census.) The so-called “crossover districts” are easy pickings for the two major parties since they are held by members of the opposing party to the presidential nominee who previously won the district.
A national Republican strategist stated, “California and New York are critical to holding and keeping a larger majority.” (1988). “It makes me feel good because we have some of our best candidates in those states.”
The Democratic Party recognises the importance of the two states, but they also recognise that they hold the key to retaking the House.
Furthermore, the two major parties have come to an understanding regarding the size of this year’s House battlefield: just a small percentage of the 435 districts in the country are expected to have competitive races. One reason for this is the scarcity of crossover districts in today’s politically nationalised (and, admittedly, gerrymandered) landscape. Aside from Santos, these 22 seats are held by 17 Republicans (read: targets of the Democratic attack) and only 5 Democrats (read: targets of the Republican offensive).
When asked about the likelihood of the Republican Party maintaining its slim majority, strategist Cam Savage stated, “I would say that people should be concerned.”. First and foremost, this is a very polarised period. As a result, splitting tickets becomes a monumental task. Perhaps more so now than at any point in our nation’s past.
An early announcement last year by House Majority PAC, a super PAC associated with House Democratic leadership, revealed that it would be investing $45 million in New York and $35 million in California, highlighting the significance of these two coastal states. With the bold statement, “The House will be won or lost in Blue States,” the Republican Congressional Leadership Fund also debuted a Blue States Project last year.
Elections on the Inside with According to Nathan L. Gonzales, half of the 12 House seats are in California or New York. However, the House majority might also be swayed by other seats in states such as North Carolina, Michigan, Colorado, New Mexico, and Washington.
Positions that the Democrats are aiming to win
Five freshman Republicans from New York—Reps. Anthony D’Esposito, Mike Lawler, Marc Molinaro, and Brandon Williams—are serving in Biden districts.
Representatives Young Kim, Michelle Steel, David Valadao, Mike Garcia, and John Duarte are five more from California.
Two of them are from Arizona: Juan Ciscomani and David Schweikert.
The remaining members are Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon, Tom Kean of New Jersey, Virginia’s Jen Kiggans, and Nebraska’s Don Bacon.
Those crossover districts are heavily represented on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s original list of seventeen “Red to Blue” candidates. Donors see those on this list as the party’s top recruits, and being on it usually means getting fundraising and operational aid from the DCCC.
There are a total of eight opponents to the DCCC’s red-to-blue stance: four in California, three in New York (among them is former Rep. Tom Suozzi, who was nominated to replace Santos in the special election), two in Iowa, and one in each of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia. An open seat in Michigan is being defended by Democrats, but one Red to Blue candidate is vying for it.
Additional districts in Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are included in the DCCC’s target list, which is a more comprehensive list of approximately 35 seats it hopes to put into play. For example, deciding where to run ads usually happens later in the year, so just because seats are on a target list doesn’t imply they will get a lot of money.
Votes that Republicans are aiming to secure
This year, the Republican campaign arm for the House produces a comparable list of targets, which includes 37 offensive seats. Because the GOP has already made gains in blue states and there are fewer crossover districts to aim for this year, the number of seats they are seeking is significantly lower than the 70 seats they were targeted in the previous campaign.
The first group of targets for Republicans consists of the five Democratic representatives from districts that supported Donald Trump. Members range from first-term legislators to seasoned veterans, and they hail from all corners of the nation.
Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Mary Peltola of Alaska are the newcomers. Three terms have been served by Maine Representative Jared Golden. Longer stays have been held by Pennsylvania Rep. Matt Cartwright and Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur; Kaptur became the longest-serving woman in Congress last year.

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Give James Frey some credit. If you had been humiliated by Oprah Winfrey on television in front of who-knows-how-many-million viewers, you might still be hiding under the bed. If your name became cultural shorthand for "man who invents lots of details in his memoir," you might change that name and permanently move to another country, preferably one that didn't carry "Oprah." But the author of "A Million Little Pieces"—the questionable memoir in question—is made of sterner stuff. In the wake of that public shaming two years ago, he picked himself up, got another agent, landed a new book contract and completed a novel, "Bright Shiny Morning," which is being published this month.
That's the good news—good, as in nobody likes a quitter. The bad news is the novel's no good. Frey's first two books, including "My Friend Leonard," strained credulity on almost every page—the dental surgery without painkillers, the lovable gangster in rehab who adopts the author. Such incidents, you kept thinking, must be true, precisely because they seemed so unbelievable. But when you put that same writer's talents to work in a novel without the crutch of purported truth, things wobble between threadbare and preposterous.
"Bright Shiny Morning" is a sprawling (501 pages) novel about Los Angeles. It contains not just one plot but several, each racing along in its own lane, each featuring a different socioeconomic swatch—movie stars, immigrants, bums—a real equal-opportunity cast. The multiple stories alternate with small chapters recounting the city's history, beginning with its days as a Spanish mission. Frey wants to capture the soul of this disparate city without a center on paper, and the only way he knows how to do that is to gather as many elements as he can find and shovel them all into the novel. His thesis seems to be that Los Angeles is not one story but many, and that we understand the place only by seeing how it survives without cohering. Stop me if you've heard this.
In the opening pages, we're stampeded by a crowd of people, some of whom we'll keep company with for the duration, others who are only drive-by acquaintances, never to be seen again. We meet a runaway teenage couple from Ohio. We meet a man who through luck and pluck starts a mini-golf empire. We meet a wino with a particular fondness for Chablis. We meet a family of Mexican illegals whose daughter is born as soon as they cross the border. And we meet a movie star, Amberton Parker. When Amberton appears, the breathless prose starts to pant in earnest:
"Born in Chicago, the scion of a great midwestern meatpacking family.
"Educated at St. Paul's, Harvard.
"Moves to New York lands a starring role in a Broadway drama in his first audition. The play opens to brilliant reviews and wins ten Tony awards."
The résumé goes on for a page, as the star conquers Hollywood, and closes with:
"He is an American hero.
"Symbol of truth and justice, honesty and integrity.
If you can abide the style—Frey was plainly frightened by a comma as a child and still avoids them whenever possible—you still have the author's miniseries sensibility to contend with. There's the insecure Mexican-American domestic (ashamed of her big thighs) who works for a witchy rich lady in Pasadena. There's the wino who wants to do just one good deed to redeem his life. There's the young couple that falls afoul of a biker gang. There is enough material here for four or five potboilers, but Frey, spellbound by the idea of an epic mosaic, can't stop himself. Readers may decide otherwise.
The sad thing is, "Bright Shiny Morning" could have been better. When he has a subject that engages him, Frey can write. A chapter about the Los Angeles freeways gives each of them a distinct personality, a mythology, a fabled history. Frey seems genuinely engaged with his material and, as a result, his prose comes to life in a way that it rarely does elsewhere in this literary pile-up. He might not get a majestic saga out of traffic patterns, but it could have been a lot more fun to read a modest book on something that truly obsessed him. Instead, we got a book stuffed with depthless characters, plots we already knew by heart and a writer in way over his head. Frey opens his novel with a disclaimer: "Nothing in this book should be considered accurate or reliable." OK, that's funny. But it doesn't get him off the hook. Novels aren't supposed to be factually verifiable, but they should ring true. This one doesn't.

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The unemployment rate in Seneca County is up for a second month.
According to information provided by the Department of Job and Family Services, the jobless rate for July was estimated at 10.2 percent, above the updated estimate of 10 percent for June. Seneca took a major upswing in June after reporting a 9.2 percent unemployment rate in May 2011.
Seneca's unemployment rate was lower than the July 2010 estimate of 11.1 percent.
In addition, the civilian labor force - the estimate of people older than 16 years old working or seeking work - decreased in July to 29,300 compared to 29,400 in June. Estimates showed 26,300 people were employed in July and 3,000 were recently unemployed or actively seeking work.
Numbers for adjacent counties were mixed. Huron County had the highest unemployment rate, rising to 12.7 percent in July compared to 11.6 percent in June. Hancock reported the lowest rate, remaining unchanged at 8.3 percent.
The seasonally adjusted rate in Ohio was 9 percent unemployment in July, compared to 8.8 percent in June.
Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 9.2 percent in June to 9.1 percent in July.


text: Of the media and fan events this summer, so far hair has been the runaway storyline in each. Mike Gundy stole the show at Big 12 media days with his #Mullet (which is still growing, btw), and on Saturday this young fan grabbed all the attention with his very detailed cut engrained with Pistol Pete on one side, and the OSU logo on the other:The youngest OSU football super fan Trevor Lofland, 9,has an interesting haircut. pic.twitter.com/YWg88RJ6MN— Kendrick Marshall (@KD_Marshall) August 6, 2016The bold move paid off, too. Even the head man himself took notice:Finally found someone with a better haircut than me. #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/qDpOJWAmAP— Mike Gundy (@CoachGundy) August 6, 2016 Fan Day is underway at GIA. They’re lined up around the building to meet @CoachGundy. #okstate pic.twitter.com/2LzrB1mALD— Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) August 6, 2016 Easy with that sharpie, Mike! We use lids for a reason!Here’s some other pics from the fan day in Stillwater:Fan Day is underway! ??? #okstate #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/xhTcKoX3F2— Oklahoma State (@OSUAthletics) August 6, 2016 Ok, one last autograph! Thanks again for being a part of a great Fan Day. #okstate pic.twitter.com/9cLeuD5Adn— Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) August 6, 2016 Today is all about you, the best fans in the country. Thank you so much for being a part of Fan Day. #okstate pic.twitter.com/nAOWH4VzEr— Cowboy Football (@CowboyFB) August 6, 2016 While you’re here, we’d like you to consider subscribing to Pistols Firing and becoming a PFB+ member. It’s a big ask from us to you, but it also comes with a load of benefits like ad-free browsing (ads stink!), access to our premium room in The Chamber and monthly giveaways.The other thing it does is help stabilize our business into the future. As it turns out, sending folks on the road to cover games and provide 24/7 Pokes coverage like the excellent article you just read costs money. Because of our subscribers, we’ve been able to improve our work and provide the best OSU news and community anywhere online. Help us keep that up.


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This was a short sweet holiday story. This had a homey feel to it, a reassuring acknowledgement that magic can be found in even the simplest of things. Annika, a divorced single mother raising her daughter Mindy and Cameron, a single father with a daughter of his own, clicked on a realistic level. They bonded over their daughters, who were best friends and the tribulations of chasing energetic five year-olds on Halloween night.
It was also refreshing that this wasn't a fasted paced courtship process, but was still filled with attraction. Neither Cameron nor Annika were teenagers at the mercy of their hormones, but they were both adults who had been hurt in the past. At least I'm assuming Cameron was, we learn very little about Cameron's previous relationship with Livvy (his daughter)'s mom. Actually, other than his immediate past and his job we learn next to nothing about Cameron. The majority of background is given to Annika.
Other than wanting to know more about his past this was an enjoyable read and definitely set the mood for Fall and Halloween for me!
Contemporary Sweetheart Rosette
Rating: Sweet Page Count: 42
Single mother Annika lives a safe existence centered around her five-year-old daughter, a little imp who is growing up faster than Annika wants to admit.
Cameron is a widower working constant overtime to cover for a partner on leave, which leaves no time for his five-year-old daughter, let alone a social life.
But then Cameron has no interest in the women focused on his long eyelashes, the fit of his jeans, and the size of his paycheck, and Annika has steered clear of the turmoil of relationships ever since her divorce. Are the two destined to remain single?
Until the Halloween moon when Cameron crosses paths with the bewitching single mother of his daughter’s best friend, and a weekend of mischief, masquerade and magic convinces Annika to take a chance on love.

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