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Welcome to the mesmerizing realm of Tarzan The Musical – a theatrical masterpiece that promises an enchanting journey into the heart of the jungle. With an enticing blend of music, choreography, and storytelling, this production is a truly celebratestivity and artistry. In this article, we delve into the world of Tarzan The Musical, exploring everything from the captivating storyline to the talented cast, and provide valuable insights on obtaining tickets for this exceptional show.
A Jungle Tale Like No Other
At its core, Tarzan The Musical is a timeless tale of love, self-discovery, and adventure. Adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic novel, the musical transports audiences to the lush depths of the African jungle, where gorillas raise a young boy named Tarzan after being orphaned. As Tarzan grows, he grapples with his identity and is torn between humans and animals. The musical beautifully captures the essence of self-identity, belonging, and the unbreakable bond between family biological and chosen family.
Magic of Live Performances.
One of the most captivating aspects of Tarzan The Musical is the sheer magic of live performances. The cast, crew, and audience synergy creates an electric atmosphere that cannot be replicated. From heart-pounding musical numbers to awe-inspiring aerial acrobatics, every moment on stage is a testament to the dedication and passion of the entire production team.
Immerse Yourself in the World of Music and Dance
Music lies at the heart of this production, with an unforgettable soundtrack that weaves seamlessly into the narrative. Each song shows the characters’ emotions, driving the story forward with its melodies and lyrics. The choreography, too, is a sight to behold as dancers bring to life the grace and Beauty of the jungle’s inhabitants. From tribal rhythms to soaring ballads, the musical’s score takes the audience on a sonic journey through the depths of emotion.
Meet the Talented Cast
The success of Tarzan The Musical rests heavily on the shoulders of its talented cast, whose dedication and skill breathe life into each character.
Tarzan: A Role of Complexity and Depth
The titular role of Tarzan demands not only physical prowess but also emotional depth. The actor portraying Tarzan must convey the character’s journey from a curious and innocent child to a conflicted adult torn between two worlds. This complexity requires a performer who can effectively communicate through movement and expression.
Jane Porter: Portraying Curiosity and Empowerment
Another pivotal character is Jane Porter, the spirited explorer who encounters Tarzan. Her portrayal requires an actress who can capture Jane’s curiosity about the jungle and its mysteries while showcasing her growing sense of empowerment and connection with Tarzan.
Obtaining Tickets: Your Gateway to the Jungle
Now that the allure of Tarzan The Musical has captured your imagination, it’s time to explore how to secure your seats for this unmissable experience.
Online Ticket Platforms: Convenience at Your Fingertips
Booking tickets for your favorite shows has always been challenging. Only in the digital age do ticket platforms offer a convenient way to browse available dates, select your preferred seats, and make hassle-free payments. Websites like Tickets4musical provide a user-friendly interface that allows you to quickly navigate through show schedules, ticket categories, and special offers.
The Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Centre for the Arts
Tarzan The Musical finds its home at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Centre for the Arts in Ivins, UT. This breathtaking venue adds another layer of enchantment to the experience. Nestled amidst the stunning red rock landscape, the amphitheater provides a one-of-a-kind backdrop for the musical’s jungle setting. Whether you’re a resident or a visitor to the area, the Tuacahn Amphitheatre offers a truly unique environment to enjoy this theatrical masterpiece.
Booking in Advance: Ensuring Your Spot
Given the immense popularity of Tarzan The Musical, booking your tickets well in advance is advisable. This not only ensures that you secure your desired seats but also allows you to take advantage of any early-bird promotions or discounts. Planning also allows you to choose from various show dates, making finding a performance that fits perfectly into your schedule more manageable.
Upcoming Shows: Take advantage of this!
As you anticipate the upcoming shows of Tarzan The Musical, it’s natural to wonder about the show’s schedule and what lies ahead.
Stay Informed with the Show Schedule
To stay up-to-date with the latest show dates and times, be sure to regularly check the official website of the Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Centre for the Arts. Additionally, subscribing to or following their newsletter on social media platforms can provide you with timely notifications about ticket releases, new performances, and special events.
Conclusion: Embark on an Unforgettable Journey
In conclusion, Tarzan The Musical is more than just a theatrical production – it’s an immersive journey into a world of music, emotion, and adventure. With its captivating storyline, exceptional cast, and stunning visuals, this musical promises an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. So, whether you’re a seasoned theatergoer or a first-time attendee, don’t miss the opportunity to witness the magic of Tarzan The Musical at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Centre for the Arts. Book your tickets, prepare to be enchanted, and get ready to swing into the heart of the jungle.


SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Dingy bathrooms dating back to the 1930s and 1950s are a blight in Balboa Park, according to San Diego City Councilman Chris Ward.
Ward, who represents District 3, which includes the park, and other Balboa Park stakeholders held a press conference urging Mayor Kevin Faulconer to include upgrades in the city's fiscal year 2020 budget.
Roughly $9.5 is earmarked currently for the Plaza de Panama project, which has been scrapped. But Ward says he will urge Faulconer to keep the line item in the budget and designate the money instead for necessary upgrades to the bathrooms and to the roofs of several of the park's museums, which he says are in need of replacing.
Faulconer will present his May revised budget to the council next week.


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As the world’s Catholic bishops meet in Rome to waffle about the problems of indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin, events in their own tribe have taken a dramatic turn.
Last week, Vatican police raided the Church's own money-laundering watchdog. Meanwhile, in a simultaneous raid on the Vatican Secretariat of State, prosecutors seized documents, computers, telephones and passports.
It seems to be a dirty business. According to the Italian press, police want to know more about a multi-million-pound real estate transaction in Mayfair. Significantly, all the seized documents reportedly relate to the years when Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a close papal ally, was running the Secretariat of State’s offices.
In this episode of Holy Smoke, I'm joined by Vatican-watcher Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith. We discuss what he calls Rome's culture of 'obsessive secrecy', the unwillingness of the mainstream media to investigate Vatican scandals, and ask what John Henry Newman, who will be canonised this weekend, would have made of the cringe-making Amazon Synod...

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I have written before that men under the age of around 25 tend to do really stupid things.
Further evidence in support of this comes from a recent story in a Cleveland suburb where three students sent in phony email bomb threats to their high school seventeen times in November of last year, resulting in the school being shut down for three days, buildings repeatedly searched, and strict security being enforced on everyone entering the building.
As anyone with the remotest sense could have predicted, the FBI was called in and the suspects were quickly identified. How could anyone have possibly thought that in these terror-obsessed days a bomb threat would not result in a massive police investigation resulting in almost certain capture? The answer: Because young men are stupid. As the assistant county prosecutor said “They wanted to see if they could do it…if they could get away with it.”
An ugly feature of the emails is that they purportedly mentioned Jews and blacks and the KKK. Whether this was out of bigotry or further stupidity in attempt to add verisimilitude to their threats is unclear.
The three students now face at least 17 felony counts of inducing panic and will likely be tried as juveniles but if they are tried as adults could face fairly long prison terms.

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Early scientists explored the relationships among the pressure of a gas (P) and its temperature (T), volume (V), and amount (n) by holding two of the four. The pressure (P) of gas is inversely proportional to the volume (V) of gas. This means that How do Graphs of pressure versus volume look?. Boyle's law expressed the inverse relationship between an ideal gas' pressure and its volume if temperature is kept constant, i.e. when.
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This op-ed originally appeared in The Hill.
Fulfilling a misguided campaign pledge, President Trump has chosen to violate the 2015 nuclear deal between the United States and its partners — the EU, U.K. France, Germany, Russia, and China — with Iran and reimpose U.S. sanctions that were waived according to the terms of the 2015 accord in exchange for severe limits and very robust international monitoring on Iran’s nuclear activities.
Now, the valuable nonproliferation barriers established by the agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), are at risk.
Contrary to Trump’s perception that the JCPOA is a “bad deal,” the accord has effectively and verifiably blocked Iran’s pathways to a nuclear bomb. While some restrictions will be eased after 2025, the JCPOA-related barriers to an Iranian bomb do not expire.
The 2015 Iran deal mandates significant, long-term, verifiable restrictions on Iran's enrichment facilities (from 19,000 centrifuges to 5,060), strict limits on centrifuge research and development, elimination of its stockpile of 20-percent enriched uranium and a reduction of its low-enriched uranium stockpile (from nearly 8,000 kilograms to less than 300 kg).
The JCPOA also dismantled the Arak heavy-water reactor, which could have been used to produce plutonium.
These restrictions ensure that it would take Iran no less (and likely more) than 12 months to produce enough bomb-grade uranium sufficient for one weapon.
If Iran’s leaders were reckless enough to try to amass bomb-grade material, it would very likely be detected within days or weeks.
The JCPOA put in place a robust, multi-layered International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring regime across Iran’s entire nuclear supply chain, including centrifuge manufacturing sites (for 20 years), uranium mining and milling (for 25 years) and continuous, 24/7 monitoring of many nuclear and nuclear-related sites.
The JCPOA requires Iran to implement and ratify the Additional Protocol to its IAEA safeguards agreement, which requires early notification of design changes or new nuclear projects and timely access to any Iranian facility of proliferation concern, including military sites. Under the JCPOA, IAEA access cannot be stalled more than 24 days without serious consequences.
Iran is meeting all of its obligations under the JCPOA. The IAEA has reported Tehran’s compliance 10 times. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, testified to Congress in April that there was no evidence of Iranian noncompliance with the JCPOA.
But now, in response to Trump’s decision to reimpose sanctions on firms doing business with Iran, Iran’s leaders could decide to exceed the tough nuclear restrictions established by the accord. If Iran does, a major new crisis will erupt.
In a Tuesday address, President Hassan Rouhani said that "if necessary, we can begin our industrial enrichment without any limitations. Until implementation of this decision, we will wait for some weeks and will talk with our friends and allies and other signatories of the nuclear deal, who signed it and who will remain loyal to it. Everything depends on our national interests.”
If, in the coming weeks, European and other powers fail to insulate their financial and business transactions with Iran from threatened U.S. sanctions, how quickly could it scale up its nuclear program?
Iran now has 5,060 installed IR-1 centrifuge machines and a relatively small amount of low-enriched uranium. Iran could, within weeks, begin enriching the material to higher levels (to 20 percent U-235), but it would still take at least 12 months to amass enough uranium enriched to bomb-grade for just one nuclear device.
Iran could also possibly reopen the Fordow underground enrichment complex, which was shuttered under the JCPOA, and put back online an additional 1,000 IR-1 machines that were idled under the JCPOA.
Iran’s centrifuge-based nuclear infrastructure could be further augmented with the redeployment of 1,000 more advanced IR-2M centrifuges, which were put into monitored storage under the JCPOA.
Since these are two-to-three-times more efficient than the IR-1s, the addition of the IR-2Ms would reduce the time necessary to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for one bomb to two-to-three months.
With the existing IAEA monitoring system in place, all of these steps would be promptly detected, but within some 12-18 months of exceeding key JCPOA limits, Iran could have a vastly shorter “breakout” timeline.
“Breakout” calculations must take into account the fact that that before 2004, Iran engaged in an organized program of experiments useful for the development and design of nuclear weapons.
U.S. intelligence authorities and the IAEA report that these activities are no longer underway, but it is prudent to assume that Iran has the know-how to assemble a nuclear device.
Iranian engineers and scientists would likely need at least a year to assemble a workable nuclear device and perfect a ballistic missile system to deliver it, but again, they have the know-how to get there if they are given orders to do so.
These realities underscore why it is critical to maintain the JCPOA’s nuclear restrictions and tougher IAEA monitoring to ensure that Iran cannot, in the near-term, acquire the capacity to quickly produce a enough bomb-grade nuclear material for even one weapon.
Only by preserving the JCPOA do we have the option to negotiate a follow-on agreement with Iran and other states in the region that maintains the core barriers of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Trump may have wounded the JCPOA, but as French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said May 8, the deal “is not dead.” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has argued that the JCPOA is multilateral accord and it is “not up to a single country to terminate it.”
Now, it will be up to Europe’s leaders, along with other responsible actors, to ensure it remains in Iran’s interest not to break out of the JCPOA’s rigorous constraints.
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Winton Woods City Schools’ preschool program has received a five-star rating, the highest possible rating, from the State of Ohio’s Step Up to Quality Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System. This system was created to recognize and promote early learning and development programs that meet quality standards over and above the health and safety licensing requirements established by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the Ohio Department of Education.
“The whole preschool team—administrators, teachers, related staff and preschool aides, along with support from our network of early childhood providers helped us,” said Patty D’Arcy, director of student services. “It was a team effort and a well-deserved rating.”
D’Arcy explained that earning the five-star rating involved years of work on the part of everyone involved. “This could not be accomplished in one year or two years,” she said. “Teachers, administrators, aides and related service staff—along with parent support have been providing excellent preschool education and services to children for many years in the Winton Woods district. With the stringent state regulations and requirements, the current staff and principal were instrumental in completing those requirements.”
Winton Woods City Schools’ preschool program has inclusionary classrooms that serve children with special needs and typically developing children. All teachers are certified in early childhood education and special education. The program also has the benefit of an extended staff which includes a physical therapist, occupational therapist, and a speech pathologist. Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, the district increased preschool programs by offering all-day preschool, as well as morning and afternoon classes.
“Our communities were surveyed regarding the need for additional early educational opportunities for all students,” said Superintendent Anthony G. Smith. “Our Community Engagement Coordinator Corina Denny spent countless hours gathering this input, and as a result, an additional quality preschool program was created.” D’Arcy said that the district is always looking “to increase opportunities and additional educational experiences for our young learners.”
Ways that preschool programs can provide increased quality at the Step Up to Quality Five Star level include: lower staff/child ratios; administrators and teachers with higher education qualifications and who complete more than 20 hours of specialized training every two years; teachers who develop lesson plans that support each child’s growth; the program completes assessments to evaluate and improve the learning experience; and evidence that the program values its families and community.
“Preschool has been on our educational radar from the onset,” said Smith. “We are proud to have received the state’s highest five star rating, and we are planning to extend preschool services in the near future in an attempt to provide early interventions for our future wee Warriors.”


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One of the things that makes books so powerful is that they can let you sample other cultures and experiences you'll never get to have in your own life.
With that in mind, do you want to expand your reading world a bit?
Maybe you want to move away from just Harry Potter/The Da Vinci Code/The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and all those other books everyone else is reading on their morning commute?
Well, here is an utterly brilliant literature map of the world, from Reddit user Backforward24.
Every country is represented by (arguably) the most famous or important book from that country.
Obviously, making those distinctions is going to lead to some disagreements. For Russia, War and Peace has been chosen, but it could have easily been several of Dostoevsky’s works.
The UK has Pride and Prejudice, which is obviously a important book, but we’re sure some people will be saying it should have been Dickens or Shakespeare.
And let’s be honest, Spain should really be represented by Don Quixote, not Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s middlebrow bestseller Shadow of the Wind.
But what makes the map really cool, is when it gets to places like Africa, South America and Asia.
We all know the classics of Western Literature, but had you heard of I Am a Taxi by Deborah Ellis, or Sony Labou Tansi’s The Antipeople?
More: 35 books that will change how you see the world

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The R3000 so far looks very impressive, it’s well made and looks like it will stand up to moderately heavy use. However, the real test for any printer is how well it performs. When I first started doing printer reviews the question on everybody’s mind was, is the print going to look like an inkjet print or a photo? Well, over the years printers have matured and are producing photographs that will more than satisfy the most demanding user. Epson have been the forerunner with their impressive pigment ink printer line-up. The SP2100 set a new benchmark for inkjet photo quality and since then we have had further developments with the UltraChrome inks. The R3000 uses the new Vivid Magenta UltraChrome K3 inkset which claims a wider Gamut over their previous inks, so let’s put it to the test.
I am using the same test chart that I have used since the launch of photo-i, the original file can be downloaded by clicking on the test print below.
The first print was made using Epson Premium Glossy media with the Color handling set to “Printer Manages Color” The printer took 1 minute 45 seconds to produce a full page A4 print. Timings are taken from the click on Print button to final delivery, these times could vary depending on fast your own computer handles spooling etc.
The first print which was managed through the printer was lacking in vibrant colours, I checked my system and the colour settings on the file. This was an Adobe 1998 file and I was printing it as a sRGB file. This had the effect of dulling down the colours. I re-printed the file after assigning the right profile and the colours were much better. I decided to publish the first print just to reassure you that simple user mistakes can happen at any time, even if you have been printing for some years. The second print was also managed through “Printer Manages Colours” and the colours are more or less spot on.
Print profile Adobe 1998, printed using Adobe 1998
OK, so my first print is not technically my first print (5th print actually). The print displays a good range of slightly cool vibrant colours, clean yellows, greens and blues. There is a slight bias towards magenta which makes the flowers and reds stand out, skin tones are well within acceptable tolerances but I wouldn’t want to see any more magenta creeping in. The Black & White photograph on this print has a slight cyan cast, on a print where I had used the sRGB profile the tones were cast free. I will deal with B/W printing later in this review and show you how to produce cast free B/W prints.

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Eid is a time of joy and celebration and it’s the perfect opportunity to dress up in style! But with so many outfit options to choose from, it can be challenging to pick something that looks fashionable yet is easy to wear.
Here are the 5 Eid outfits for women:
1. Classic Abaya
Nothing says Eid like a classic abaya. Whether you choose a solid black or a colorful floral pattern, this timeless piece will make you look sophisticated and stylish. For a chic and festive look, try pairing your abaya with a statement necklace and matching earrings. Pair it with strappy sandals or heels.
2. Floor Length Anarkali Dress
When it comes to effortless elegance, a floor length anarkali dress is perfect for any Eid celebration. Anarkali dresses are flowy and comfortable and come in vibrant shades and classic designs. Choose a lightweight fabric and airy silhouette to keep you comfortable during the Eid functions. Accessorize it with a statement necklace or pair of earrings to add a touch of personality.
3. Statement Kurta
A statement kurta is a great outfit to wear on this Eid. Opt for a bold and vibrant print for a modish look that’s sure to show off your unique style. Pair it with salwars, palazzo pants, patialas, churidars and dhoti pants. Add a scarf and some jewelry for an extra touch of glamour.
4. Palazzo Suit
Palazzo suits are an effortless way to look stylish on Eid. This suit comprises a long kurta, a palazzo pant and designer dupatta. These suits are both comfortable and voguish. Choose a light colored palazzo suit and pair it with a matching dupatta. Add some jewelry to complete the look.
5. Fancy Sharara Suit
Fancy sharara suits are perfect for making a statement on Eid. The fancy sharara suit has been all over the runways and is a great choice for an Eid look. This ensemble consists of a long kurta, a fitted churidar and a beautiful sharara. It is sure to set you apart and make you look stunning.
These suits are perfect for those looking for a traditional look. We have a wide range of Eid Sharara Suit, Eid Special Dresses, Pakistani Special Eid Dresses, Eid Kurta Pajama, Eid Sharara Suits, Eid Salwar Suits in sizes from XS To 10XL and size customization is free for all products.

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UNESCO is contemplating cultural traditions for inclusion on the Intangible Cultural Heritage listing.
The United Nations is holding conferences to debate the way to protect and promote historic cultures from all over the world.
From falconry to Zambian dance, and truffle searching to Singapore’s hawker carts, traditions are being thought of for inclusion on the Intangible Cultural Heritage listing.
So, how can it guarantee such practices survive for generations to come back?
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Juliette Hopkins – Affiliate programme specialist with UNESCO’s Dwelling Heritage Cultural Sector
Molara Wooden – Author, arts editor and cultural activist
Karen Archer – Deputy director of the French Heritage Society


Jeffrey Lewis at Armscontrolwonk.com responded today to the Seymour Hersh article on U.S. preparations and planning for an attack on Iran. Hersh reports that a debate is raging in the government over use of nuclear weapons against certain hard to destroy targets. Lewis suggests that it is unlikely that use of nuclear weapons is under consideration, arguing that the underground facility built for Iran’s uranium enrichment operations can be destroyed with existing U.S. conventional weapons. But there remain unanswered questions, and Hersh’s report that vigorous debate regarding nuclear weapons use against Iran is going on inside the government is as important as how “practical” such use might be.
First, Hersh is not the only one reporting that the government is considering nuclear weapons use in its ongoing planning for a possible attack on Iran. The Washington Post had a passage, buried far down in its story on U.S. options for an attack on Iran today, stating
“Pentagon planners are studying how to penetrate eight-foot-deep targets and are contemplating tactical nuclear devices. The Natanz facility consists of more than two dozen buildings, including two huge underground halls built with six-foot walls and supposedly protected by two concrete roofs with sand and rocks in between, according to Edward N. Luttwak, a specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
‘The targeteers honestly keep coming back and saying it will require nuclear penetrator munitions to take out those tunnels,’ said Kenneth M. Pollack, a former CIA analyst. “Could we do it with conventional munitions? Possibly. But it’s going to be very difficult to do.’”
This is a bit garbled regarding potential target depth, perhaps referring to one of the sources also cited by Lewis, stating that the Natanz facility is 8 meters (not feet) underground. GlobalSecurity.org reports, however, that Natanz has been reinforced substantially since that time:
“By mid-2004 the Natanz centrifuge facility was hardened with a roof of several meters of reinforced concrete and buried under a layer of earth some 75 feet deep.”
The 75 feet figure is consistent with Hersh’s story. Lewis notes the diverse accounts regarding depth, and believes that Natanz likely could be destroyed with conventional earth-penetrating weapons. Natanz has been the main focus of public discussion regarding possible nuclear targeting; one unanswered question is whether there are other hard to destroy underground targets in Iran on the U.S. target list.
Hersh’s discussion of planning for possible nuclear weapons use is not limited, however, to inferences from the nature of Iran’s facilities, and what it might take to destroy them. What caught my attention in his piece were the detailed comments (although from anonymous sources) regarding the heated debate over potential nuclear weapons use at the top levels of government:
“The Pentagon adviser on the war on terror confirmed that some in the Administration were looking seriously at this option, which he linked to a resurgence of interest in tactical nuclear weapons among Pentagon civilians and in policy circles. He called it ‘a juggernaut that has to be stopped.’ He also confirmed that some senior officers and officials were considering resigning over the issue. ‘There are very strong sentiments within the military against brandishing nuclear weapons against other countries,’ the adviser told me. ‘This goes to high levels.’ The matter may soon reach a decisive point, he said, because the Joint Chiefs had agreed to give President Bush a formal recommendation stating that they are strongly opposed to considering the nuclear option for Iran. ‘The internal debate on this has hardened in recent weeks,” the adviser said. “And, if senior Pentagon officers express their opposition to the use of offensive nuclear weapons, then it will never happen.’”
In the end, the internal debate as Hersh reports it supports the view that use of nuclear weapons in a “counterproliferation” attack against Iran remains unlikely, if only because the military itself would be strongly opposed. But if it is true that a significant faction at the top levels of government is seriously contemplating nuclear weapons use here, it should be a matter of the utmost concern, and should be met with unambiguous condemnation. A “preventive” war against Iran, a country that has attacked neither us nor its neighbors and shows no imminent signs of doing so, would be illegal, another act manifesting the rejection by the United States of the international legal framework that it played a leading role in constructing after World War II. An unprovoked nuclear attack would be an atrocity of historic proportions, definitively marking the United States as an outlaw state, ruled by criminals deserving of comparison with the most terrible regimes of the past.


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A decade ago, if you’d asked politicians and citizens about “ranked-choice voting,” you’d have gotten a collective “Huh?” Today, it’s one of the fastest-growing reforms in the world of elections. Starting in Maine, where the first statewide ranked-choice elections took place in 2018, the practice has spread to Alaska’s statewide elections and more than 60 localities by the 2022 midterms.
Ranked-choice voting is a system where voters indicate not just one but all of their top preferences—No. 1 for the candidate they’re most enthusiastic about, No. 2 for the second best, and so on. If no candidate wins the majority of first-choice votes, then the lowest-performing candidate’s votes are redistributed to their supporters’ second choices. The process continues as many times as needed for one candidate to break 50 percent, ensuring that whoever wins the election has some support from a majority of voters. Under ranked-choice voting, argues Deb Otis, research director at FairVote, a nonprofit that advocates for the system, “every voter’s vote is counted, and everybody’s voice is heard.”
There are indeed many good reasons why reformers are pushing ranked-choice voting and why more and more jurisdictions are adopting it. In the United States’s prevailing “first past the post” mode of elections, the candidate with the most votes wins—regardless of whether most voters support them. With only two major political parties to choose from and an increasingly ideologically divided public, that can lead to results where a candidate disliked by the majority of their constituents wins with a minority of total votes.
In Maine, for instance, Paul LePage won a five-way gubernatorial election in 2010 with 38 percent of the vote, was reelected in 2014’s three-way race with 48 percent, and left office with a disapproval rating of 54 percent. LePage governed for eight years despite never having most Mainers’ votes; his tenure inspired the state to introduce a ranked-choice system that would make that impossible. (Maine’s highest court, unfortunately, has blocked the use of ranked-choice voting in gubernatorial elections, though the system is now in place for other statewide elections.)
Another potential benefit of ranked-choice voting is that it allows voters to support third-party and unaffiliated candidates, who might better represent their political views, without empowering a “spoiler” and elevating a candidate they strongly oppose. Had the system been in place in Florida in 2000, for instance, left-wing voters could have selected Ralph Nader as their No. 1 candidate and Al Gore as their No. 2 without inadvertently handing George W. Bush the White House.
Even if those third-party candidates don’t win, their presence on the ballot puts pressure on more mainstream candidates to reach out to their supporters to become their second or third choice. If the mainstream candidates win, then they will be on record as having signed on to some of the third-party candidate’s policy positions—legalizing marijuana, for instance, or cutting sales taxes—and will be under at least some pressure to deliver on those promises. In that way, ranked-choice voting makes democracy work better not only for voters who hold minority viewpoints, like socialists and libertarians, but also for independent voters who claim to be alienated from both major parties and in many places constitute the majority of voters. Research shows that ranked-choice voting also increases the number of women and minority candidates who run for office.
And perhaps most significantly, ranked-choice voting prevents polarized election campaigns by discouraging negative campaign strategies; you are less likely to trash other candidates if you are trying to convince their voters to make you their second or third choice. In a 2016 study, the political scientists Todd Donovan, Caroline Tolbert, and Kellen Gracey surveyed voters across the country and found that residents of ranked-choice cities consistently reported that their elections were less negative. The study’s authors attributed that in part to a loss of incentive under the preferential voting system to drag down one rival in order to win.
But to realize the full potential of ranked-choice voting, advocates would be wise to recognize and deal with a potential snag: Properly casting ballots this way requires voters to expend considerably more time studying the ballot. Ranked-choice voting works best if voters learn more about the different candidates than they typically do in a conventional election, where they only get one vote per race and so tend to ignore third-party and independent candidates. It is also likely to incentivize more such candidates to enter the race. That, in turn, requires voters to learn even more.
That’s a lot more research for voters, and it’s much harder to do that on the spot in the voting booth. The polls already can be a stressful place. You may have limited time to travel to your voting center, wait in line (which in some jurisdictions can take hours), vote, and get back to work or your family. Now imagine taking the extra time to rank four, five, or six candidates for each of 10, 20, or 50 (depending on where you live) elected offices, not to mention ballot initiatives. With kids at home waiting for dinner and a long line of impatient citizens behind you, that’s a recipe for voter stress. For election officials, who already face increased pressure from far-right conspiracy theorists, the prospect of backed-up lines filled with aggravated voters is no peach either.
To be sure, voters don’t have to do the extra research, nor are they obligated to rank every candidate. They can just rank the ones they know; their votes will count just the same. But to unlock the full power of ranked-choice voting, to blunt the edge of zero-sum, winner-takes-all politics while injecting new ideas into the ossified two-party system, voters need to be able to take their time and perform due diligence.
The best way to make that happen is for states and jurisdictions to adopt another reform that is gaining in popularity: vote by mail. If we’re giving voters more work to do, why not let them do it from the comfort of their kitchen table over the course of an evening, or a week or more, rather than standing in a voting booth with their neighbors tapping their feet and looking at their watches?
So says Phil Keisling, a former Oregon secretary of state who pioneered the use of mail-in voting in that state. In Oregon, every registered voter is sent a ballot to their homes weeks ahead of an election. They can fill it out at their leisure and either mail it back or drop it in a secure drop box or polling center. The vote-by-mail system and ranked-choice voting “pair extremely well, like a fine Oregon wine or microbrew with lots of good meals,” Keisling, now chairman of the National Vote at Home Institute (and a contributing editor to this magazine), told me.
Since Oregon launched its full vote-by-mail system in 2000, seven other states and the District of Columbia have followed suit, and since the pandemic, another seven states have loosened their vote-by-mail requirements—for instance, no longer requiring a doctor’s note to get a ballot mailed. Roughly 35 percent of the U.S. electorate cast mailed-out ballots in the 2022 midterm elections, up from 25 percent in 2018, according to the National Vote at Home Institute.
The rapid spread of the vote-by-mail and ranked-choice systems is evidence of the popularity of both. Even many Republicans who bought into former President Donald Trump’s baseless accusations that voting by mail invites fraud are embracing the practice after the party’s lackluster performance in the 2022 midterms.
There is also evidence that both reforms increase voter turnout. The data is more mixed for ranked-choice voting but increasingly strong for vote by mail. The most interesting question, Keisling observes, is whether pairing the two reforms might boost turnout more than either would do individually.
Want a more participatory, more informed electorate? An electorate with more and better choices of candidates? An electorate that can send a signal to traditional politicians in power that their old methods aren’t working—without throwing away a vote on a no-hope candidate? Then combine the strengths of these two voting systems and witness the results.


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All the blossoms have vanished already and made space for the lush green that is taking over Vienna again. The temperatures are gradually getting warmer and I really am looking forward to the great weather.
I asked my friends over facebook what picture they liked the most and apparently it is this one with the magnolias. Not the one I would have chosen if I am being honest!
As you may know I love the Japanese garden and am way more comfortable behind the camera but Agata did a really good job and managed to capture me in moments where I did not look super awkward.
This is one of my favourites and it feels a lot more like spring than the other one.
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Hit and run offenses are one of the few crimes where witnesses jump at the chance to make a statement and testify in court. Most people are simply astounded when they see a driver cause an accident and then flee the scene, so many of them are more than willing to help convict the offender. Hit and run penalties always vary by state, but the defenses against such a charge are strikingly similar from place to place. Knowing the most common defenses of hit and run charges are the best way a person can avoid serious penalties.
Mistake of Fact
According to www.manhattanaccidentattorneys.net, one common defense of many criminal charges is a mistake of fact. This means that the defendant was unaware that they actually committed a crime. In the case of a hit and run, this would mean that the driver didn’t realize that they were fleeing an accident scene. This could occur if the driver was unaware that they struck anything or thought that they struck an animal or their car was hit by a thrown object.
This can also occur if the driver believed there was no injury or accident and that the victim was ‘waving them by’. Everyone knows of cases where someone has been lightly rear ended or ‘tapped’ and sustained no injury or damage. These incidents usually go unreported and don’t interrupt a person’s day much. Unfortunately, a driver charged with hit and run could’ve been mistaken with their assessment of the situation.
Fear of Safety
People who are in fear for their lives are given leeway in many criminal cases. Killing someone, for instance, is usually not considered ‘murder’ if a person was in legitimate fear of their life. This is also a plausible defense in the case of a hit and run. If a person is on a rough side of town, for example, and they believe that they’re being set up to be robbed, they have a legitimate excuse for leaving. Also, if the driver believes they are at risk of harm from the other driver, they will likely have a legitimate defense. The main issue here is whether or not a ‘reasonable person’ would’ve had the same fear if put into a similar situation.
”I wasn’t Driving” Defense
The criminal justice system must prove that a specific person committed a crime to punish them for it. Hit and run offenders are often arrested long after the actual crime occurs, so there are a number of things that could’ve happened in this time. Police often only have a license plate and vehicle description to work from, and that doesn’t mean that they have an open and shut case.
Just about everyone has allowed another person to borrow their vehicle from time to time. Many people are also acquainted with the practice of being a passenger in their own vehicle while a friend or family member actually drives. Either of these cases can lead the owner of a car to be charged with a hit and run if the police believe the owner must’ve been the driver.
This is a very important defense, and it should be used regardless of the consequences that the actual driver will face. They put themselves in the situation and allowed their friend to take the fall, so that friend shouldn’t be too worried about their legal situation.
Hit and run offenses are in no way minor traffic infractions. A conviction can lead to anything from probation to several years in prison depending on the specific circumstances. Anyone charged with a hit and run should definitely seek legal advice due to the serious consequences that they may be facing. A lawyer will be able to find the best possible defense to avoid serious jail time, and he’ll be able to present it in such a way that it is plausible to a judge and jurors.
Chris Bennett is a legal researcher and freelance writer for the attorneys at www.manhattanaccidentattorneys.net. A hit and run charge is a serious issue, which can potentially be a financial nightmare. Manhattan Accident Attorneys can assist you in finding the right attorney to provide a comprehensive defense for hit and run accidents.
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Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of CoBiz Financial (NASDAQ:COBZ) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report sent to investors on Friday.
According to Zacks, “CoBiz Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Denver. The company operates Colorado Business Bank and Arizona Business Bank, full-service commercial banking institutions that offer a broad range of sophisticated banking services including credit, treasury management, investment and deposit products to a targeted customer base of professionals and small to mid-sized businesses. CoBiz also offers trust and fiduciary services through CoBiz Private Asset Management; property and casualty insurance brokerage and risk management consulting services through CoBiz Insurance; investment banking services through Green Manning & Bunch; the management of stock and bond portfolios for individuals and institutions through Alexander Capital Management Group; and employee and executive benefits consulting and wealth transfer services through Financial Designs. “
A number of other brokerages also recently commented on COBZ. BidaskClub downgraded CoBiz Financial from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 29th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reiterated a market perform rating and set a $13.75 price objective on shares of CoBiz Financial in a research report on Monday, July 30th. Hovde Group downgraded CoBiz Financial from an outperform rating to a market perform rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 20th. Sandler O’Neill downgraded CoBiz Financial from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 19th. Finally, ValuEngine downgraded CoBiz Financial from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Monday, July 2nd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $20.94.
COBZ traded up $0.14 during trading on Friday, reaching $23.39. The stock had a trading volume of 177,950 shares, compared to its average volume of 277,849. The company has a market capitalization of $985.75 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.92. CoBiz Financial has a 1-year low of $16.28 and a 1-year high of $23.48.
CoBiz Financial (NASDAQ:COBZ) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 2nd. The bank reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.29 by ($0.02). CoBiz Financial had a return on equity of 13.80% and a net margin of 21.05%. equities analysts expect that CoBiz Financial will post 1.22 EPS for the current fiscal year.
In other news, insider Jeremy Lindner sold 4,309 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $22.70, for a total value of $97,814.30. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 16,527 shares in the company, valued at $375,162.90. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 9.47% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in COBZ. Water Island Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CoBiz Financial in the second quarter valued at $31,461,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of CoBiz Financial by 3,473.9% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 296,921 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $5,819,000 after purchasing an additional 288,613 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of CoBiz Financial by 26.8% in the first quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,305,918 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $25,596,000 after purchasing an additional 276,040 shares in the last quarter. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp purchased a new stake in shares of CoBiz Financial in the second quarter valued at $4,075,000. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CoBiz Financial by 30.6% in the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 741,400 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $15,925,000 after purchasing an additional 173,900 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 79.60% of the company’s stock.
CoBiz Financial Company Profile
CoBiz Financial Inc, a diversified financial services company, provides various financial products and services in the United States. It operates through Commercial Banking and Fee-Based Lines segments. The Commercial Banking segment offers commercial, real estate, and private banking services, as well as treasury management, interest-rate hedging, and depository products.
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Nana's Beef Stew
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- 2 lbs stew meat
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 -3 tablespoons olive oil or 2 -3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 (1 1/4 ounce) envelope Lipton onion mushroom dry soup mix
- 2 (12 ounce) cans V8 vegetable juice
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 large potatoes, cut to the size of the stew meat
- 1 large green pepper, again cut to the size of the stew meat
- 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn
- 1 (8 ounce) package fresh mushrooms, washed and cut in half
- salt and pepper
- 1 bay leaf (optional)
- In a large 6 quart pot, saute the garlic in the oil until tender,then add the stew meat. After the meat browns, add the soup mix, soy sauce, V8 and spices. Bring the pot to a boil then cover. Reduce the heat to low and cook for about an hour or until the meat is tender. Add the potatoes and corn. Cook on medium for about 20 minutes until the potatoes are tender. Add the mushrooms and green pepper ad cook for an additional 5-10 minutes depending on how you like your green peppers. I like mine firm so 5 minutes for me is plenty.
- Great with rice, corn bread, cheese bread or by itself! Can be made in a crock pot - simply put the potatoes on the bottom, then the rest of the veggies, then the meat and the rest of the ingredients - set on 6 hours on high or 8 on low.
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Effects of Deep Cryogenic Treatment on Wear Resistance & Life of Nickel Coated Flywheel
- NICKEL COATING,
- DEEP CRYOGENIC TREATMENT,
- WEAR RESISTANCE
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The influence of deep cryogenic treatment on wear resistance and life of nickel coated flywheel was studied. Nickel was deposited on to the flywheel workpiece by plating method. The nickel coated pieces were tested at various loads and speeds on a pin-on-disc apparatus, different loading conditions were used in order to compare the wear rate. The pin-on-disc gave ample results on the wear rate of the coating. Then the coated pieces were cryogenically treated at -196℃ at various time interval of 8,16 & 24 hours with constant supply of liquid nitrogen. Later the cryogenic treated specimen was tested for wear rates to compare the wear rate results to ultimately find the wear before and after cryogenic treatment. The microstructures of cryogenic and conventionally treated samples were analyzed. Additionally, transformation of retained austenite to martensite
played an effective role, i.e. improved hardness values.
- J.Y. Huang, Y.T. Zhu, X.Z. Liao, I.J. Beyerlein, M.A. Bourke, T.E. Mitchell, “Microstructure of cryogenic treated M2 tool steel” in Materials Science and Technology.
- D. Mohan Lal, S. Renganarayanan, A. Kalanidhi, “Cryogenic treatment to augment wear resistance of tool and die steels” .
- Hong-Shan Yang, Jun Wang, Bao-Luo Shen, Hao-Huai Liu, Sheng-Ji Gao, Si-Jiu Huang, “Effects of cryogenic treatment on the matrix structure and abrasion resistance of white cast iron subjected to destabilization treatment” in Metal Material, may 2 2006.
- Y. Arslan Duzce, “The Effect of Cryogenic Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Response of AISI D3 Tool Steel Punches” .
- L. Krantz, “Increased Surface Fatigue Lives of Spur Gears by Application of a Coating: Timothy”.
- Y. Cai, Z. Luo & Y. Zeng, “Influence of deep cryogenic treatment on the microstructure and properties of AISI304 austenitic stainless steel A-TIG weld, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining” of DOI: 10.1080/13621718.2016.1222256.
- Junjun Cui, Liqing Chen, “Microstructure and abrasive wear resistance of an alloyed ductile iron subjected to deep cryogenic and austempering treatments” (2010), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2017.08.003.
- V. Firouzdor, E. Nejati, F. Khomamizadeh, “Effects of deep cryogenic treatment on wear resistance and tool life of M2 HSS drill” in Materials Science & Engineering
- A. Joseph Vimal , A. Bensely , D. Mohan Lal & K. Srinivasan , “Deep Cryogenic Treatment Improves Wear Resistance of En 31 Steel” in Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 23:4, pp 369-376, DOI: 10.1080/10426910801938098.
- M. Z. Nafikov , “Deposition of coatings of non-ferrous metals and alloys on a carbon steel substrate” in Welding International, 2018 32:1, pp82-84.
- A. Molinari, M. Pellizzari, S. Gialanella, G. Straffelini, K. H. Stiasny, “Effects of deep cryogenic treatment on the mechanical properties of tool steels” in University of Trento.
- Daniel OLORUNTOBA, Oghenedoro EGHWUBARE, Oluleke OLUWOLE, “Effect of Some Process Variables on Nickel Electroplating of Low Carbon Steel”.
- C. Ambasankaran & K. A. Sarojini , “Electroless Nickel Plating and Its Applications” in IETE Journal of Research, 9(4), pp 309-315.
- Electro deposition of Nickel-Alumina Composite Coating. Arshali Sasi, Manoj Mondal, Saurabh Dayal, Sasi Kumar 1c 1Department of Material Science & Metallurgical Engineering, MANIT, Bhopal, M.P, India.

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This fantasy counted cross stitch pattern entitled The Queen of the Fishes designed from a painting by Henry J. Ford shows an ocean queen surrounded by a swirl of fishes underneath the ocean. The fish are quite large and show no sign of letting up as they are quite fond of their queen. Only full cross stitches are used in our patterns. No blended colors are used. We only use an abundance of solid colors as it produces a more realistic effect.
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Stitch Count: 216w x 339h
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It’s not every morning we get to welcome a choir into the Classic 107 studio but that was indeed the case on Morning Light.
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In the full interview, hear more about the Chamber Singers' year thus far and learn details on upcoming performances, including a production of "Shrek The Musical!" running from April 26 – 29 at Jubilee Place Auditorium.


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Another update, another (troublesome) week of reading! I strayed a bit from the reading list this week, but I did finally get a thing finished! Let’s see where things stand now…
- Solaris Rising 3, by Ian Whates (Ed.) – finished!
- The Recollection, by Gareth L. Powell – still in progress!
- Last Plane To Heaven, by Jay Lake – starting today!
- The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, by John Joseph Adams (Ed.)
- The Melancholy of Mechagirl, by Catherynne M. Valente
I mentioned straying a bit from the list – a couple of novellas have made their sneaky way onto it this week, one on account of reminding me I’d preordered it by turning up on my Kindle all ninja-like, and the other by being started in a fit of What-To-Read and actually being rather fascinating.
The first of those was Jason M. Hough’s prequel novella The Dire Earth, set before the events in his Dire Earth Cycle trilogy of last year. You can read my review here (spoiler: really enjoyed it!).
The other is another novella, this one written by Catherynne M. Valente – Silently and Very Fast has been on my Kindle for a while now, and after picking it up randomly a couple of days ago I’m now finding it hard to stay away from. I’ll be doing my best to finish that today, so hopefully you can expect a review during the final week of this readathon along with the two books in progress on that there list…
Naturally I’m still hoping to at least get a start on the other two, though it’s looking a little bit dubious now. A day off on Thursday may help with that. We shall see!
That’s all for the readathon news this week, but if you missed my earlier tweeting about it, why not take a look at this week’s spotlight post? Creepy sci-fi for the win!
Right, that’s it for now. I’ve got a lot of reading to do… Happy Sunday, everyone!


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Oophorectomy may be performed for:
- A tubo-ovarian abscess — a pus-filled pocket involving a fallopian tube and an ovary
- Ovarian cancer
- Noncancerous (benign) ovarian tumors or cysts
- Reducing the risk of ovarian cancer or breast cancer in women at increased risk
- Ovarian torsion — the twisting of an ovary
Oophorectomy combined with other procedures
Oophorectomy can be done alone, but it is often done as part of a more complete surgery to remove the uterus (hysterectomy) in women who have undergone menopause.
In women with an increased risk of ovarian cancer, oophorectomy is commonly combined with surgery to remove the nearby fallopian tubes (salpingectomy) since they share a common blood supply with the ovaries. When combined, the procedure is called salpingo-oophorectomy.
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- Hoffman BL, et al. Williams Gynecology. 2nd ed. New York, N.Y.: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2012. ttp://accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=768. Accessed Dec. 3, 2013
- DeCherney AH, et al. Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology. 11th ed. New York, N.Y.: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2013. http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=788. Accessed Dec. 3, 2013.
- Valea FA, et al. Oophorectomy and ovarian cystectomy. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Dec. 9, 2013.
- Tomasso SK, et al. Incidence, time trends, laterality, indications, and pathological findings of unilateral oophorectomy before menopause. Menopause. In press. Accessed Dec. 9, 2013.
- Finch A, et al. Quality of life and health status after prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy in women who carry a BRCA mutation: A review. Maturitas. 2011;70:261.
- Lentz GM, et al. Comprehensive Gynecology. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2012. http://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Dec. 9, 2013.
- Mann WJ. Overview of preoperative evaluation and preparation for gynecologic surgery. http://www.uptodate.com/home. Accessed Dec. 9, 2013.
- Krill LS, et al. Robotic surgery: Gynecology oncology. The Cancer Journal. 2013;19;167.
- Magrina JF, et al. Robotic approach for ovarian cancer: Perioperative and survival results and comparison with laparoscopy and laparotomy. Gynecologic Oncology. 2011;121:100.

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Capital punishment is a subject that has escalated to the public eye in the last five years. Some people take the subject lightly, but it should be taken extremely seriously. Through the death penalty, a person is losing his or her life, and the loss of a life should not be taken lightly. Life is a right that we are given; it should not be a privilege that can be taken away. It is difficult to believe that people can be in favor of killing another human being, no matter what that person has done. In his essay, Brennan states, " In a society that so strongly affirms the sanctity of life, not surprisingly the common view is that death is the ultimate sanction" (487). The right to life should never be taken away from anyone on purpose. The death penalty should be eliminated in the United States, because it is an unnecessary punishment and it is immoral. .
The morality of the death penalty is often the main point argued about this form of capital punishment. The moral point of this argument that is important is what would God want. God is an always forgiving being who put us on this earth. He wants us to view life as precious and sacred. Our lives are supposed to be in God's hands and not the government's. By enforcing the death penalty, we are playing God. We all know that playing God is not our job. Ending someone's life is unfair to them and everyone involved in the situation, and it is immoral. While we dispute the death penalty, we can also ask ourselves, would Jesus agree with the death penalty? This question seems very easy to answer. Of course Jesus would not agree with the death penalty. While nailed on .
the cross, being left up on it to die, Jesus said, " Please forgive them father, for they know not what they do." Jesus forgave the people who were killing him, even as they were doing it. This to me is amazing. In eliminating the death penalty we wouldn't even have to necessarily forgive the criminals like Jesus did, we would just be showing respect for his or her life.


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Recommended reading, July 16July 12, 2017 Updated: July 14, 2017 7:34pm
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Let us all address issue of gun violence
I own several handguns, rifles. I support hunting, fishing, target shooting and firearm ownership. Due to my commission, I must qualify yearly and look forward to it.
In my profession, I often investigate incidents, accidents and near misses. It involves gathering, analyzing information, identifying root causes and developing “risk reduction procedures.” Effective incident investigation reaches goals of eliminating or ensuring as possible incidents do not re-occur.
Let’s apply the process to frequent mass shootings. Root cause can be identified as follows: An individual who had possession of weapon capable of causing serious injury acted in a manner resulting in harm, injury or death.
Few can argue that assessment. The other process of effective investigation is where the argument begins: the development and implementation of “Risk Reduction Procedure.”
With gun violence, many say the answer is simply better enforcement of current laws. No argument here. But most or all identified perpetrators at the time of the incident were law-abiding, legal gun owners; there was no law to enforce.
Next, we must look at other underlying root causes. In gun violence, the tool was the weapon — handgun or rifle. Some argue the gun (tool) wasn’t the problem, but rather “how” it was used.
That brings us to “who had that tool,” so we address “access.” That brings us to “gun control.”
Access and ownership control is nothing new. We apply it to cigarettes, alcohol, driving, etc. It’s an accepted process needing to be addressed to ensure tools, devices, products aren’t used in manners to cause serious harm or death.
Laws exist, like the 1993 Brady Bill, but far too many loopholes must be closed, like gun shows, private sales. One in five gun sales today is conducted without background checks. Ohio has no law requiring background checks for gun sales involving non-licensed dealers. Enforcing current gun control laws would have little impact on reduction or elimination of the incident being investigated.
We now should agree one root cause was access, ease of uncontrolled access to the tool involved. This is where risk reduction must begin.
Solution to ongoing mass shooting incidents is better, improved and enhanced “gun control laws.” Not eliminating possession for self-defense, target shooting or hunting, but ensuring gun owners are qualified, and demonstrate ownership is not intended for improper use.
Will these enhanced gun control procedures eliminate all gun violence, no? In my career I take the position that all incidents and accidents cannot be eliminated based on one aspect, human behavior and decisions. But risk reduction procedures can reduce incident reoccurrence.
In mass shootings, I believe a better system in controlling weapon access must be considered.
God Bless America.
JOHN P. LESEGANICH SR.


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Years ago, I took walking without pain for granted. Fast forward through more than ten years in practice, and I am thankful each day for being able to work, play tennis, exercise, and live my life without daily pain in my feet and ankles. During those ten years, there have been changes in my body, both good and bad. And, just like everyone else, my feet have changed over time.
I have the benefit of treating my foot and ankle problems proactively with orthotics. My left foot and ankle flatten down a little more, so I need an orthotic to control that abnormal downward slide. I, along with 20% of Americans, know the great benefit of sticking to constant support in my shoes. (I don’t need any more excuses to skip a workout, so foot pain is not an option!)
An orthotic is something that corrects alignment or motion to provide better function. A foot orthotic can control motion down to a couple of degrees, which is often the fine line between optimal and bad function of your feet, ankles, and legs.
Orthotics can do a lot of other things: absorb shock, support the arch, offload pressure areas, and maintain overall skeletal health. The most common issues that are treated with orthotics are plantar fasciitis, flat feet, high arches, and various forms of tendonitis.
As a doctor who prescribes a lot of orthotics, working with a great pedorthist (a person who makes orthotics and other shoe modifications) is crucial to creating the best patient outcomes. We work with one of the greatest in the business—and he also happens to be local. This gives the FAAWC the added benefit of our pedorthist working directly with patients who have ongoing needs with their orthotics.
Many of us have a lot to be thankful for. I know I am thankful for advances in medicine that have allowed my feet to stay as healthy as they are—and orthotics are a big part of that.
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Let me say I love the challenges at Flying Unicorn, they inspire me to no end. Does not mean that on a regular basis I get stuck. The ladies there are so talented. I wish one day I will be as good. Some days, I feel I'm getting closer. To totally loose it the next. Ha! Today was a good day. I think, although there is always room for improvement right!
Anyway this pic of my beautiful girl is of course pretty inspiring as well, proud Momma here!
The products I used for the layout are all Prima from the Butterfly line. SO gorgeous. The ribbon was in a kit and don't know what brand.
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Network Security Basics
Aside from the various types of viruses and spyware, there are lots of problems that can occur as a direct result of someone else's actions - rather than you visiting a web page with spyware or downloading a program with a virus. There are a number of things that you can and should do to prevent worms, bandwidth theft, network intrusions, and related problems. The simplest and more effective is to get a firewall.
Use a router for improved security - How much?
You can get a hardware firewall, which can be a router, a PC setup as a router, an onboard hardware firewall (such as that on the nVidia nForce3 and 4 chipsets), or a device which serves no purpose other than being a firewall. If you share your Internet connection among multiple computers, than you almost certainly have a router, which will act as your hardware firewall. However, if you have two PCs using Internet Connection Sharing or an Ad-hoc wireless network, then you are most likely lacking in a hardware firewall.
A hardware firewall is suitable for most people's needs and won't cause many problems for most people. With routers and other hardware firewalls, port forwarding can be necessary to run certain programs, especially peer-to-peer file-sharing programs. If you are an inexperienced user but need Bittorrent or something similar, a hardware firewall may cause you problems.
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GROB Supports Customers by Wholly Committing to Electromobility
Following years of development work, Grob is now wholly committed to electromobility, fully supporting its customers with the development and realization of new system concepts for the production of hybrid and electric drives.
As one of the few worldwide machine manufacturers, Grob is now, following years of involved development work, wholly committed to electromobility and is expanding its product range by this pivotal and future-facing sector. Grob is fully supporting its customers with the development and realization of new system concepts for the production of hybrid and electric drives. In doing so, the company is consolidating its global role as a capable system supplier and dependable partner to the automotive industry.
Four years ago, in response to the increasingly progressive pace of technological change with vehicle powertrains, Grob established a R&D team to focus solely on electro mobility. Close consultation with renowned representatives from the automotive industry soon revealed a high demand for mass production equipment in this sector, the focus being on two core areas, the electric motor and the battery. To accelerate the set-up and development phase, Grob consolidated its knowledge of winding and inserting technology and, in early 2017, acquired a renowned mechanical engineering partner for the production of electric motors, DMG meccanica, renamed in 2018 to Grob Italy S.r.l. In addition, a dedicated, ultra-modern development and application center for electromobility was constructed at the Mindelheim site. In close collaboration with the automotive industry, engineering processes and methods for the series production of high-efficiency electric motors and extremely compact battery modules with a high power density are being developed and trialed at the site on over 2,500 m² of space. The new Grob machine portfolio, then, comprises the entire manufacturing process for an electric motor, including the various methods of wire winding and forming, assembly and contacting.
When Grob introduced universal machining centers to establish a new, third business sector some ten years ago, the market familiarity with the existing G-modules provided the ideal basis for success. Not least because Grob, as a turnkey supplier in the system business, enjoyed an excellent reputation in the market. At the present time, projects are being set up and implemented only in close contact with the automotive industry and selected subsuppliers. The sales team has also been expanded by specialists with experience of electro mobility. Customer inquiries are coordinated in an internal sales meeting and allocated according to the technology involved. On that basis, a project team, comprising planning, innovation and sales management, is being established to create the best possible solutions for the customers.Electro mobility is gaining importance at an increasingly fast pace, and transformations in vehicle drive technology have already begun. Grob though, with its inherent strength and experience of making highly productive manufacturing and assembly lines, has already squared up to this new challenge. The Grob Group champions a uniform procedure and sales structure, closely coordinated with the headquarters in Mindelheim. Since Europe and China are among the electro mobility forerunners and the proportion of e-drives in China for the next few years has been laid down by legislation, investments in this sector are high. With its expertise as a turn-key supplier, Grob has already mastered all the processes and technologies required to offer system concepts for reliable and cost-efficient series production (investment and follow-up costs).
An injection mold expert speaks out against high-cavitation molds. There is a time and a place for them, he contends, but they should not be chosen for financial considerations alone.
Valve gate installations must be made to manufacturer specs to obtain the advantages necessary for competitive production of injection molded parts in today’s marketplace.
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With over 1,000 hp coming from its mid engine and electric motors, what’s it like driving the new Mercedes-AMG Project One? Daimler just released a video of the car that gives us an idea what it is all about.
The eve of the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) was graced by the Mercedes-AMG Project One and the smart vision EQ fortwo. The two electric vehicles are polar opposites of each other. The one that really stood out though was the AMG car.
The Mercedes-AMG Project One is a proof that the technology in Formula One cars can be transferred to road-legal vehicles. So, to further put emphasis on the hypercar’s F1 roots, it was driven by triple F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton to the stage during the Auto Show.
The ad released by Mercedes shows Hamilton walking towards a hangar full of AMG performance cars. The vehicles seen there ranged from the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL AMG W190 “Red Pig” going to the present Mercedes-AMG GT R. Then at the end of the room behind a special door is the Silver Arrow that eventually transitions into the Project One.
According to Daimler CEO Dr. Dieter Zetsche, the Project One was developed in Brixworth by a team of F1 specialists. He added that their objective was to deliver a road-legal hypercar with forward-looking technology, ultimate performance and the best lap times.
The Project One is powered by a 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 engine and four electric motors. Paired with the EQ Power+ drive system, the car is capable of producing at least 1,000 hp and it can reach a top speed of more than 350 km/h.


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‘Dreamgirls’ Director to Helm Breaking Dawn, Because That Makes Perfect Sense
Is Summit Entertainment taking a radical left turn and turning the final Twilight installment into a musical? Director Bill Condon, who lensed the big-screen sing-alongs Dreamgirls and Chicago, has reportedly been offered the directing gig for Breaking Dawn, the last installment of the vampire movie saga. Condon is said to be in negotiations to accept the gig.
Condon reportedly beat out Sofia Coppola, M. Night Shyamalan, Stephen Daldry and Gus Van Sant for the movie, which will begin filming in November and, as many predicted, will reportedly be broken up into two flicks.
Can’t wait to see what kind of big musical number they come up with for the birth scene…
Do you think Condon is a good fit for Breaking Dawn—if the rumor is actually true? Share your thoughts in the comments section.
And for up-to-the-minute news and pictures of everything Twilight-related, visit The Forks Report!

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Incline Beach is one of the three private beaches for Incline Village homeowners and their guests. The property is owned and operated by the Incline Village General Improvement District (IVGID). This location includes a large, beautiful, white sand beach, charcoal BBQs, snack bar and Incline Spirits beach bar.
Considered to the be the busiest of the the three Incline Village private beaches, this location provides fun for everyone. During the summer season, live music graces the grass area near the beach bar on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
Location: 967 Lakeshore Blvd., Incline Village, NV 89451
Walk in gates are open beginning at 7:00am PST.
The beach is staffed by lifeguards from 9:00am – 7:30pm PST.
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Burning propane emits roughly 135 pounds of carbon dioxide per million BTU, according to the EPA.
Does a campfire release carbon?
The most obvious factor which makes bonfires and campfires contribute to global warming is that they produce and release large amounts of harmful gases, including carbon dioxide. … The carbon dioxide and other gases are released primarily by the burning wood.
How much CO2 does a fire pit produce?
Environmental Impact of Propane and Wood Fire Pits
It is estimated that burning propane emits roughly 135 pounds of carbon dioxide per million BTU, according to EPA. Though wood is a renewable resource, an evening’s fire can send pounds of fine particulate pollution into the air including CO2.
Is having a campfire bad for the environment?
Smoke from burning wood is made up of a complex mixture of gases and fine particles, which are also called particle pollution or particulate matter. Outdoor recreational fires can become a considerable source of fine-particle air pollution – especially in some metro areas.
Are bonfires bad for the planet?
As well as potentially causing a nuisance, bonfires can produce ‘greenhouse’ gases such as carbon dioxide which add to global warming. Bonfires can also produce other poisonous gases and fine particles which can affect human health.
What is the best fuel for a fire pit?
Best fuels to use on your fire pit
- Kiln Dried Logs: As the name would suggest, kiln dried logs offer a lower moisture content than seasoned or wet logs as they have been dried in a kiln for 7 days. …
- Wood Briquettes: …
- Charcoal: …
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Do fire pits cause global warming?
When burning wood in a fire pit, it is constantly releasing smoke into the air surrounding it. … These pollute the air that you breathe, and damage any trees or vegetation nearby. They are also all greenhouse gases which are a main factor of climate change.
Do bonfires contribute to global warming?
Fires are just one piece of a multi-part climate feedback system — all of which are worsening, fueling more rapid climate change. Increased global emissions lead to higher temperatures, which then create drier, more fire-prone conditions. With more fires comes more emissions, perpetuating the entire cycle.
How do I get more heat from my fire pit?
You can get more heat from your fire pit by increasing the flame height, adding a lot of lava rocks to your fire pit, and enclosing the area surrounded by your fire pit.
How toxic is campfire?
But open fires rarely reach those temperatures, meaning toxic molecules are released as a gas that can easily find its way into lungs and the environment. As opposed to high-temperature incinerators, bonfires also tend to produce more carbon monoxide, which is harmful when breathed in and can form toxic ozone.
How bad is campfire smoke for you?
Smoke may smell good, but it’s not good for you. The biggest health threat from smoke is from fine particles, also called fine particulate matter or PM2. 5. These microscopic particles can get into your eyes and respiratory system, where they may cause burning eyes, runny nose, and illnesses, such as bronchitis.
Are fire pits environmentally friendly?
Is burning wood in a Chimenea or Firepit eco-friendly? Yes. Though it may not seem like it, burning logs in a firepit, BBQ or chimenea is a completely eco-friendly thing to do, particularly if you purchase wood from an environmentally-friendly supplier. Burning wood is almost completely carbon-neutral.
Can you burn wood in your backyard?
Burn only firewood
Never burn household garbage, painted or stained wood, plastics, or chemically treated paper in your backyard fire. Not only is this practice illegal, it is also hazardous and dangerous to you, your family and to your neighbors.
Is a fire pit considered an open fire?
Is a Fire Pit Open Burning? The answer is generally yes. However, some municipalities may define open burning differently due to the fact that while fire pits expel smoke directly into the air, many are off the ground and less likely to come in contact with combustible materials that could start a larger fire.
Can you use a fire pit in your backyard?
NSW residents do not need approval for a backyard fire pit or barbeque. … Fire pits and barbeques must only use dry seasoned wood, liquid petroleum gas (LPG), natural gas or preparatory barbecue fuel (including a small quantity of fire starter). Anything else that causes excessive smoke is not allowed.