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Coroner identifies man shot by police
The Horry County Coroner's Office recently identified the 49-year-old man who died after being shot by Horry County police.
Horry County Deputy Coroner Patty Bellamy identified him as Wade Phillips, originally from Virginia.
In a tweet sent out this past week, the Horry County Police Department confirmed (HCPD) the agency was responding to an incident on Amberwood Court and asked community members to avoid the area.
The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) announced that gunfire was exchanged between Phillips and two officers from the HCPD, who had responded to a disturbance call.
Phillips was shot during the confrontation with law enforcement, and he died from his injuries. No Horry County officers were injured in the shooting.
Interviews are being conducted with the responding officers and others, according to SLED. The state agency is handling the investigation.
A resident of Rose Moss Road in the Conway section told an Horry County police officer that someone had broken into her home, according to an Horry County police report.
The policeman says he found that someone had kicked in the back door of the man’s trailer and broken the door latch. The woman said the things taken included a pistol, two boxes of ammunition, a pillowcase and two Toshiba laptops, valued at $500 each.
A Green Sea area woman called Horry County police saying her boyfriend assaulted her during a recent argument, according to an Horry County police report.
She told the officer that he banged her head against the bathroom wall, head-butted her several times and strangled her until she almost passed out, according to the police report.
She also said that she grabbed a knife to defend herself, but she never cut him. The report says the woman also said her boyfriend broke a chair and other things in the house. She requested that emergency medical workers be summoned, but when they arrived she refused treatment or transport.
The policeman reported seeing what might have been some slight swelling on the left side of her face, but didn’t see any evidence of her having been headed-butted and she had no scratches or marks around her neck.
Police found the boyfriend at his mother’s house where he was taking a shower with plans to go somewhere with her. He said that’s what angered his girlfriend. He said she came into the bathroom with a knife, grabbed his clothes and started to take them. He said they argued before the argument turned physical because he was afraid of being stabbed and wanted to take the knife away from the angry woman.
He said in the process he probably did hit her in some way, and that’s when they fell against the bathroom wall.
He had cuts on his hands and admitted that he broke the chair as he was leaving frustrated.
The policeman said he checked the bathroom wall and believed a hole there was more consistent with someone falling against it rather than a head being hit against it, the police report says.
Due to the man’s injuries and the woman’s lack of injuries, the policeman decided that the woman was the primary aggressor and she was charged with second-degree criminal domestic violence.
The woman then told the policeman that she is six-weeks pregnant.
During the investigation, police learned that the man had an outstanding warrant for grand larceny out of the City of Conway. He was taken in on those charges. He told police he didn’t want to be notified when the woman’s bond hearing came up.
Someone placed a stopper in a sink and left the water running in a third-floor apartment for an entire night causing an estimated $100,000 of damage, according to a Conway police report.
A Conway policeman says there was major flooding to several apartments. The water also soaked down to an apartment on the second floor and one on the first floor damaging the roof, floors and walls of each apartment.
Police did not have a suspect when the report was written.
House sitters charged with helping themselves
A Conway area woman told Horry County police that she allowed two people to house sit while she and her husband took a vacation to the mountains, according to a Conway police report.
After they got home, they began to notice that several things were missing. The missing items included her husband’s drill, a Playstation 3 and an IPad 10.1.
When the homeowner found a pawn ticket from Pawn South that had been saturated with rain, he went there looking for his things, according to the Horry County police report.
An employee there told him he needed to call police, which he did.
The police report says the man was able to describe his things well enough for the policeman to be convinced they were his, so he gave them back to him.
The employee was also able to tell police who the two people were who pawned the items. They are described as boyfriend and girlfriend.
The policeman planned to present the case to a magistrate asking for charges on petit larceny and receiving stolen goods, $2,000 or less.
Bullet from domestic squabble hits vehicle
An Horry County policeman went to a Conway area apartment where he found a witness standing by an SUV with what appeared to be damage from a firearm, according to the police report.
The witness told police he was in his apartment when he heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the parking lot so he went to check. He found there a man and woman in a verbal altercation so, for the woman’s safety, he allowed the woman to step into his apartment.
A second policeman, who came to assist, found shell casings that he believed were fired during the assault.
The cop also found several witnesses who were willing to make statements.
The victim then returned and told the policeman that she had been assaulted before trying to leave and leaving the apartment when the suspect fired at least one shot at the front window of her vehicle, according to the police report.
Three policemen then went to an apartment complex where they found the suspect and took him into custody. He was taken to jail, but the jail shows no record that he was there.
Likes the hospital
A Georgetown woman was treated at Conway Medical Center, cleared and released, but refused more treatment and refused to leave.
The woman also refused to speak with a policeman or answer any of his questions. She was charged with trespassing and taken to jail.
Woman sleeps while costs run up
A young Conway woman told police that while she was sleeping someone apparently took her bankcard from her purse in her vehicle and used it twice at two different ATM machines before putting it back into her purse.
She suspects it was a friend, who she had allowed to use the card once before. A total of $500 was taken.
■ When a Conway policeman was called to a vehicle collision with possible entrapment on Elm Street in Conway Friday at about 9 p.m., he found a blue truck with improper tags resting in a tree line with extensive front-end damage, according to the Conway police report.
The vehicle that the truck hit was stopped in the southbound lane, also with extensive damage to its front. The report said both drivers were out of their vehicles, and a policeman, already on the scene, told the responding officer that the suspect was intoxicated. In a comment also heard by another police officer, the suspect told a Conway fireman that he had been drinking at Kimberly’s in Downtown Conway before the wreck, the police report says.
The suspect was taken to Grand Strand Hospital for his injuries. The driver of the other vehicle was not injured and left with her family.
The suspect was written a ticket for driving under the influence.
■ A Conway man was given citations for disobeying a stop sign, driving under the influence and driving under suspension after a Conway policeman says he saw him fail to stop at a stop sign on Suggs Street Sunday at about 11 p.m.
When the suspect stopped, the policeman asked him for his driver’s license, registration and insurance, but the driver shook his head and said his license was suspended.
The Conway police report says the officer smelled the odor of alcohol when he spoke with the man. He also told the policeman that he had been drinking alcoholic beverages throughout the day and specifically highlighted that most recently he had drunk one beer and most of a shot of liquor at a friend’s house. He performed poorly on field sobriety tests and was taken in for a breath test. He refused to give a breath sample and was released to the jail’s booking staff.
■ When an Horry County policeman arrived at Murray Johnson Road in the Conway section he found a large crowd standing in the yard. Someone there told the policeman that a young Aynor man was grossly intoxicated and was trying to fight everyone, according to the Horry County police report.
That person told police he wanted the man removed from his property. The policeman asked the man if he could find a ride home, and he said his friends were parked down the road waiting for him. When the policeman walked away to talk with the friends, he heard someone yell, “Stop!” The policeman turned around and saw the Aynor man charging aggressively toward a group of men.
The policeman then decided to charge the man with breach of peace and take him to jail.
■ An Horry County policeman patrolling on U.S. 701 in the Loris area saw a motorist who failed to maintain his lane, according to an Horry County police report.
The policeman stopped the man who turned onto Airport Road, got out and began to walk toward the patrol vehicle. The policeman says he could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from the Loris driver.
The policeman says he saw two Bud Lights inside the vehicle. The policeman searched the vehicle and found two bags holding a green leafy substance, along with a handheld digital scale and a gun. One of the men told the policeman that nothing in the vehicle was his and the gun belonged to the Loris man.
A second policeman said he overheard the suspect tell the other man to “take the rap for everything.”
The Loris man was charged with unlawful carry of a firearm and was taken to jail.
■ Horry County police were called to U.S. 501 in the Galivants Ferry area where a wanted person was said to be nearby, according to an Horry County police report.
When the policeman arrived he said he heard a loud noise and arguing coming from the residence. Before the policeman could ask questions, a witness told him the suspect had left driving a VW Jetta. The policeman found the man driving on U.S. 501 in the City of Aynor and detained him while he waited for a an active warrant for domestic violence, third degree, the police report says.
While waiting for conformation of the warrant, a policeman went to check on the victim who told him that the man came to the residence and woke her up standing over her in the bed. She said he asked if he could take a shower. After that he went into the back bedroom and walked out with two bottles of wine. He took the bottles and broke them on the back steps. The woman, who was afraid, started walking down the dirt road, but the suspect got into his vehicle and began driving away from the residence. A witness says he swerved toward her causing her to jump out of the way to keep from being hit. Police found tire impressions in the road consistent with his swerving where the woman said she was walking. A witness told police he saw the suspect swerve at the woman as she was walking down the road. Because the man used his vehicle as a weapon and tried to hit the woman, the suspect was charged with first-degree domestic violence. The active warrant was also located and served on the suspect. His criminal history also showed that he has a second-degree domestic violence conviction from 2019.
The policeman says the man could not control his body movements and was sweating, so the policeman determined that he was under the influence of a controlled substance and took him for medical clearance before taking him to jail.
■ A Conway policeman says he was called to a Scotchman store on U.S. 501 where a clerk told him that an intoxicated man was leaving the store with merchandise, according to a Conway police report.
The policeman said he found the man inside the store paying for several items. The policeman says the man had glassy red eyes, and was having difficulty speaking and keeping his balance.
The man had already been refused by a cab driver and had been drinking, according to the report. The clerk told the policeman that the suspect had broken a bottle outside and left repeatedly, but kept coming back.
He was taken to jail on charges of public drunkenness.
■ A Murrells Inlet teen reported recently for her drug screen, according to a Conway police report.
A caseworker told police the girl provided a urine sample that didn’t register on her temperature strip. When the girl was asked about it, she gave the caseworker a bottle holding someone else’s urine with a heating pad attached to it.
The girl was given a court date and released to her custodial parent.
Harmful Fourth of July fun
Conway police were called to a Fifth Avenue residence at about 8 p.m. on July 4 where they found an active car fire, according to a Conway police report.
The policeman says the car’s owner told him he got home at about 2 p.m. when he cooked himself something to eat for the holidays before taking a nap.
He was awakened by a neighbor, who told him about trouble with his car. The victim could not remember which neighbor had alerted him. The neighbor told police that a group of people had been driving around in a pickup truck, a sedan and a Dodge vehicle firing a bunch of fireworks in the area, and he believed one of them went into the victim’s car.
A policeman reported finding an exploded firework in the area.
■ A resident of Long Avenue Extension told a Conway policeman that someone took his landscaping trailer sometime over Friday night or Saturday morning, according to a Conway police report.
The owner said he last saw his trailer in his driveway Friday at about 11 p.m. The owner said the trailer has a GPS Tile, and a wheel lock on the right wheel and a towing lock for security. The owner said he tried to track the trailer with the GPS, but the app just showed that it was trying to locate the trailer. The owner told the policeman that it usually takes a few days to be located. The owner values his trailer at $2,500. On the trailer were two yards of black mulch, a wheelbarrow, pitchfork, shovels and a landscape rack. The things on the trailer were valued at about $380.
The owner promised to call the policeman if or when the app located the trailer.
■ A video at Martin’s Tire Service showed a suspect coming onto the parking lot, get into a vehicle and drive away at about 9:30 p.m. Friday.
The vehicle was entered into NCIC as stolen.
■ A resident of Waccamaw Drive told police that several things were missing from his vehicle. The Horry County police report does not list the items, but places their value at about $1,120.
■ A security video of a home on Highway 746 showed two men pull up in a pickup truck, get out, attach their truck to a boat and trailer and drive away at about midnight Saturday, according to an Horry County police report.
The man who owned the boat said when he woke up the next morning he saw that his 1994 Caravelle boat, 19.5 feet long was missing. He described the boat as having a Harley Davidson sticker on the side, white top and blue bottom, ski bars and a sound system.
However, because he had left his motor’s identification number inside the boat and didn’t know the complete number or serial number for his boat, it could not be listed on NCIC. He estimated his loss at $25,000, the police report says.
■ A young Conway woman drew the attention of an Horry County policeman Sunday at about 2 a.m. when she drove her Explorer erratically at Ninth Avenue and Main Street, according to an Horry County police report.
The policeman says he saw the vehicle make an improper start and fail to stay in its lane several times.
After being detained, the woman told the policeman that she needed an ambulance because she was having trouble breathing. An ambulance came and medics determined that the woman was okay. She was taken for medical clearance before being charged with reckless driving and taken to jail.
■ A resident of Brown Street told Conway police that he went away for the July Fourth holiday weekend. When he returned he saw that his Glock 31 was missing from the glove compartment of his car, according to a Conway police report.
He said he left the vehicle parked in his driveway. It was locked, but apparently someone figured out how to use the keypad to unlock it. The case the gun had been in was tossed into the yard.


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Definition of digitalis in English:
A drug prepared from the dried leaves of foxglove and containing substances (notably digoxin and digitoxin) that stimulate the heart muscle.
- According to the authors, the concomitant intake of those two drugs induced a drop in potassium following a diuretic induced decrease in water retention, which led to an increase in sensitivity of heart muscle to digitalis.
- In reality, more than 30% of conventional medications come from common plant sources (eg, digitalis from foxglove, vincristine from periwinkle).
- Specific classes of medications used to control and slow the heart rate include digitalis, beta blockers, and calcium channel blockers.
Definition of digitalis in:
- British & World English dictionary

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Lord Maginnis, who compared being gay to bestiality, claims MP reported his ‘abusive’ behaviour because she’s ‘queer’
Lord Ken Maginnis, who compared being gay to bestiality, has said that an MP accused him of “abusive” behaviour because she is “queer” and just wants “cheap publicity”.
SNP MP Hannah Bardell, who is in a relationship with a woman, accused the member of the House of Lords of “abusive behaviour” towards House of Commons security staff on Wednesday, January 8.
She said that former Ulster Unionist MP Maginnis refused to show his security pass, then when security staff did not let him in he called them “crooked”, and asked “do they not know who he was”.
Bardell said it was “one of the worst cases of abuse of security staff” she had ever seen during her time as an MP.
Lord Maginnis admitted to the BBC that he had been “cross” and said that he had his pass in his bag but he did not take it out because he has arthritis.
He then told HuffPost UK: “[It] would probably all have blown over except this Bardell woman decided to get herself a bit of publicity.
“She and I are known to be on other sides – I am opposed to abortion, I am opposed to gay people like her seeking to change marriage.
“You might say I’m old fashioned, or you could say I’m conservative in Biblical terms – I mean, I’m not a preacher or anything.
“She obviously, being what she is and wanting to make changes, decided she would score a few points for herself.
“With no disrespect I have had a lot of experience before politics…
“I was a major for 12 years in the Ulster Defence Regiment in Northern Ireland, I survived 10 assassination attempts, so I’m not altogether a softie if you know what I mean by that.
“Queers like Ms Bardell don’t particularly annoy me.
“OK, she’s got her cheap publicity out of it.”
Responding to his comments, Bardell also told HuffPost UK: “It is unbelievable that someone who plays a part in the UK legislative process – albeit unelected – has made these comments… Lord Maginnis has now not only admitted to this terrible behaviour, but he is now turning to spouting this homophobic bile.
“While I might not annoy him, homophobic, rude and intolerable men abusing their positions of power annoy me, greatly.”
In 2012, the Ulster Unionist Party distanced itself from Maginnis after he equated homosexuality with bestiality.
Discussing his campaigning against same-sex marriage on BBC Radio Ulster, he said he would be “concerned about young children, that they would be influenced by [gay neighbours].
“This is not something private like your marriage or my marriage, this is something aggressive and demanding.”
He added: “Does that mean that every deviant sexual practice has to be accommodated? Will the next thing be that we legislate for some sort of bestiality?”
Maginnis then quit the party, stating that there was “no room for independent or logical thinking”.
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Walker grew concerned, he says. As part of accepting the deal to design the landscape of the memorial, he had signed a contract saying he would remain Arad’s partner until the completion of the project—come what may. “I remember being in a separate office, saying, ‘Michael, we made a deal here. How much do you think we’re going to get by shaking our fist?’ He said, ‘Oh, I was just bluffing.’ That’s when I started wondering whether we may have bitten off more than we could chew.”
“It was not an easy meeting,” admits Arad, “but I think it was going to be necessary to bridge a fairly large divide.”
Arad and Libeskind were taken to separate rooms. After they both apologized, Matthew Higgins, the LMDC’s chief operating officer, suggested splitting the culture building in half, retaining Libeskind’s unique design but opening up the plaza entrance. Everyone agreed.
The day before the unveiling, Mayor Bloomberg came to see the new model. He liked Arad’s design but had a question. “What about the names?” he asked.
Arad wanted to display the names of those who died in random order around the two pools, to signify the random nature of the acts of terror—a kind of equality in tragedy. But he also had a concept called “meaningful adjacencies,” by which certain family members would be grouped together. Arad agonized over which to choose. “It was an incredibly painful choice to make,” he says. “It was one of the moments in the process where I cried. It felt like doing the right thing was very painful.”
Bloomberg had a different concern—that uniformed personnel, like firefighters and police officers, be recognized. Foreseeing this, Arad had toyed with the idea of marking the names of firemen, policemen, and Port Authority and EMT workers with subtle insignia.
That notion ran into problems, too. In a private viewing of the model, both Fire Department officials and victims’ families angrily demanded a more prominent display. The families of flight attendants chimed in with their own demand for insignia. This would be but one of many run-ins with victims groups, and at that point, Arad was able to at least feign diplomacy. The next day, he said in a statement, “Every way you find to resolve this satisfies some, but causes pain and anguish to others.”
Arad had been living in New York for a little more than two years before 9/11. His trajectory up to that point had been odd—born in London, he’d spent his high-school years in Mexico City, where his father was the Israeli ambassador (he was a close aide to Yitzhak Rabin back home). Arad eventually went to Dartmouth, interrupting his studies to serve in the Israeli military. He met his wife, Melanie Fitzpatrick, now a corporate lawyer, in college, and after graduation, they snowboarded in Colorado for a year. Then they went off together to their respective graduate schools at Georgia Tech before finally moving to Manhattan. “New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along,” he says. “If I wasn’t going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.” Arad’s first job was at the big architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, where he spent a year designing the top twenty floors of a Hong Kong skyscraper.
From the roof of his apartment on First Avenue, he watched the second plane hit the World Trade Center. Heading downtown later that morning, Arad picked up a singed photograph of somebody’s prized show dog, which had evidently flown out of one of the towers. Arad went home and traced the owner through the American Kennel Society. “I picked it up and couldn’t put it down,” he says, noting that he and his wife also keep a show dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Ginger. “It was one of those things I felt responsible for just by picking it up.”
The dog’s owner was an AON Corporation employee who escaped 2 World Trade Center. He met Arad for dinner two months later. “It was this almost involuntary need to participate,” says Arad.
Bored by abstract corporate work, Arad soon left KPF in favor of a job with the design department of the Housing Authority. He was inspired to make the switch when he noticed a nice Housing Authority police station in his neighborhood and decided he’d rather design things like that. After the birth of his first child, he took paternity leave, which he devoted to working on his memorial design.
In the PowerPoint presentation he gives on the genesis of the memorial, Arad comes across like Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Long before the contest was announced, he says, fragments of ideas came to him—first a birthday cake in a pastry-shop window featuring the Twin Towers etched in frosting. Near the Hudson River one evening, he imagined “the idea of the reflection of the skyline on the river and these absences being superimposed on it.”

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- Cooking time
less than 30 minutes
- 3 eggs, separated, whites whisked to firm peaks
- 30g caster sugar
- 250g ricotta
- 150ml milk
- ¾ cup (185g) plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
- canadian maple syrup
grilled fruit skewers
- strawberries, pineapple, banana and kiwifruit, peeled and diced into 2cm pieces
Place egg yolks and sugar into a large bowl and whisk to combine. Stir in ricotta and milk and mix well.
Sift flour and baking powder together and beat into ricotta and egg mixture. Gently fold in egg whites and set aside to rest for 30 minutes
Place fruit onto soaked bamboo skewers and cook on a preheated barbecue grill for 5 minutes.
Spoon hotcake mixture onto hot plate in circles and cook until bubbles form on the top. Flip over and cook for a further minute or until golden.
To serve place 2 hotcakes onto a plate and top with 2 fruit skewers and a drizzle of maple syrup.

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e-Form GSTR-9C for uploading audited annual return and reconciliation statement notified. Turnover / Tax Paid/ ITC etc & auditors comments to be included in the statement
[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)]
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Notification No. 49/2018 – Central Tax
New Delhi, the 13th September, 2018
G.S.R……(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the FORMS to the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, after FORM GSTR 9A, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
See rule 80(3)
PART – A – Reconciliation Statement
[F. No. 349/58/2017-GST (Pt.)]
(Gunjan Kumar Verma)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 3/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
- 5 cups pecan halves
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
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This is a favorite super easy party recipe. It's so tasty, & it's really pretty good for you - definitely better for you than cheesy or ranch dips. I've made it for get-togethers that included beer&football, & if you decide to make it for such a gathering, I highly recommend doubling or even tripling the recipe. I've been known to run out because it was so popular!
(I think this recipe came from the Taste of Home Halloween food&fun digest from 2009. I'm guessing that based on the "diablo" in the title, as well as the fact that I once upon a time vowed to make as many of the recipes in that little thing as I could. I did pretty well at it, actually, & found quite a few favorite recipes to make again!)
(yield: 5 cups)
*In a large bowl, combine the butter, rosemary, cayenne, & basil. Add the pecans & toss to coat. Spread in a single layer in a 15-inch x 1-inch baking pan. Sprinkle with salt.
*Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees for 17-20 minutes or until pecans are crisp, stirring occasionally. Cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
*A note from the Taste of Home test kitchen says the spices in this recipe showcase pecans in a whole different light. This is a great snack for any gathering.
(I agree wholeheartedly with that description! This is a delicious snack, & I highly recommend trying it!)


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Refrigerate at 45F to 55F with large end up. Yolks can be stored 2 to 3 days if covered with water and tightly covered. Whites can store to 10 days or be frozen. Fresh eggs will sink in water.
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"The new medium-term budget law will raise the defense spending to 2% of GDP. Next year Latvia will focus on strengthening its national defense capability to enhance combat and response skills of the Armed Forces and National Guard, whereas Youth Guard will continue civic and national education initiatives," the Defense Ministry said.
"One of the defense priorities of 2018 will be higher armed force combat readiness, which will be achieved through series of training courses, purchase of equipment and technology and development of military bases," it continued.
Compared to previous year, the money allocated to defense will grow by €126.8 million in 2018, reaching €576 million in total.
As recently as 2014, Latvia spent less than 1% of GDP on defense. However, events in Ukraine allied with a more demanding attitude from the NATO allies who provide considerable sums of troops and equipment to help protect the country have provided a wake-up call to both Latvia and Lithuania. Estonia was something of an exception, having consistently spent around 2% of GDP on defense for several years already.
In 2016, defense spending reached 1.4% of GDP. This year it was raised to 1.7% of GDP. Latvia is "strongly committed to not only achieve, but also keep defense spending at 2% of GDP beyond 2018," the ministry said.
As previously reported by LSM, major recent purchases have included 47 howitzers from Austria, 123 fighting vehicles from the UK and advanced radar systems from the United States. A recently concluded deal will bring Stinger missiles from Denmark.
Meanwhile facilities at Adazi army base and Lielvarde airbase have both undergone considerable upgrades to greatly increase their usefulness.


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Infertility: Navigating the Emotional Journey
By the author of A Couple's Handbook for When You Want to Have a Baby (More Than Anything Else)
For many couples the experience of infertility is the first life crisis they must confront together. Often we have expectations that pregnancy can be controlled. Early in the marriage or relationship birth control is available to prevent pregnancy, so most couples assume that when the time is right pregnancy will happen. The realization that there might be a fertility problem comes as a shock.
In reality, one out of ten couples has difficulty becoming pregnant. But most people assume they won’t be that one unlucky couple. Couples who have been surrounded by fertile friends and families may have increased levels of shock as compared to those who have shared infertility experiences with others. Regardless, the diagnosis of infertility is often a cruel awakening.
It is important at this point in the journey for you to allow each other to feel the grief and frustration that naturally accompanies the realization that parenting may be more challenging than you expected. The grief of “not getting pregnant the old-fashioned way” is normal and needs to be discussed. Taking time to attend to the shock and disappointment that each of you may be feeling is vital to future coping abilities throughout infertility treatment.
Denial is often considered a negative coping mechanism. However, in many cases denial can actually assist you in pursuing treatment with optimism. Often couples do appear to be starting “down the creek without a paddle,” due to lack of communication about the fertility issues.
For many couples, the experience of infertility is the first time in their lifes when they are unable to control the outcome. Often, the “if I work hard, I’ll get it” philosophy serves as a motivation for pursuit of solutions. This commitment feels good if each partner shares the same beliefs with respect to potential treatments.
Denial can be a negative experience if each partner is in a different place with respect to optimism for the future. It is not uncommon for one partner to believe pregnancy is going to happen, while the other is filled with the belief that treatment will prove futile.
One way to help address this discrepancy is to develop a relationship with a physician who can give you honest information with regard to procedures and the realistic opportunity for success. When the pursuit of treatment is discouraged, continued use of denial can cause couples to “doctor shop” in an effort to find someone who will fix their infertility. Couples who experience continued inability to accept the infertility diagnosis, or are feeling different with respect to optimism for pregnancy, often find counseling beneficial. Counselors can serve as translators of medical information and provide a neutral sounding board for couples to discuss differences.
Anger is a very normal response to infertility. This can be directed toward a variety of individuals, including your partner, self, friends, family, medical providers and even spiritually. It is not uncommon for feelings of anger to occur when pregnancies are announced by friends and families, or when past experiences have caused your partner’s infertility. Also, when previous health care providers have ignored concerns about fertility or have been slow to refer you to a specialist, anger with respect to their role in your infertility is common. Finally, those strongly religious individuals who have lived with the belief “if I’m a good person, bad things won’t happen” can be angry about the lack of ability to control parenting.
Culturally, it is more common for men to express their anger and for women to suppress it. It is important each of you talk about your feelings and find ways to express your anger directly. Often exercise can help release the tension caused by anger. Many times anger does a great job of covering up other emotions that are difficult to express. Spending time clarifying your emotions, either alone or with a therapist, can help to diffuse the intensity of anger.
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This group is a mix of ladies from the Church and the Community whose passion is making quilts, stitched with love to express Christ’s love for each person who receives a quilt. The quilts are made for organisations and charities; comfort quilts are donated to Gosford's Palliative Care Ward and Children's Paediatric Wards. We also make library bags for the Samaritan's Purse Christmas shoe boxes, quilts and patchwork blocks, to be assembled into quilts by Aussie Heroes for soldiers who are deployed overseas.
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I found some cute little boxes for next to nothing at a craft store in our town. When I saw them the first thing I thought was that I had never created a lost tooth box for my son. He has lost a couple of teeth and we nearly lost track of them before the tooth fairy had a chance to pick them up. Last weekend we had a minor tragedy in our family as my son face planted on a metal bar while playing at the playground where we were camping. I’ll spare you the pictures of his injuries, but he lost his remaining front tooth and loosened two more. This was a special tooth because not only was it a little mutilated from the fall, but it was already damaged from slipping in the bathtub a couple of years ago. I didn’t want to let this tooth with its morbidly exciting story get away from us so I whipped up the a quick Lost Tooth Box for him to keep it safe!
What you need:
- Exchange Size Photo
- Round Mini Boxes
- Tacky Glue
- Foam Sheet (I used Gold Glitter style)
- Foam Stickers (I used Blue and Gold Glitter Stars)
- Paint Brush
- Glass of Water
1.Paint the bottom and top of box with acrylic paint, making sure to also paint the inside. I painted the bottom red and the top blue.
2. While the box dries, use the pencil to trace the shape of the bottom of the container on the foam sheet and school picture. Because your pencil line will be a little bit larger than the inside of the box, cut just on the inside of the circles you drew.
3. Glue the Foam sheet to the bottom of the box and the picture to the top of the lid.
4.Embellish the bottom edge of the box with the stickers.
Now we can keep track of those little chompers! Hopefully, he will stick with more traditional ways of losing them in the future.
For an another idea to hang on to lost teeth check out this link: https://pictureperfectmom.com/2014/08/29/easy-tooth-fairy-boxes-with-school-photo/. Enjoy these fun ideas to build on this crazy childhood milestone!!
Have an amazing day!

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So I just got my fishy, Booberry!, but I've noticed that he keeps rubbing up against the thermometer in the tank...he's in love with it. Can some clarify this? I love him lots but he is the most curious fish I've ever had haha :-D
There is a test I do that usually tells me if my fish have parasites or not... It's not guaranteed to work but it can help.
When you next do your waterchange add 1 tsp of aq. salt per gallon. If he's twitching, zooming around the tank like he's agitated, trying to cough something up, or rapidly shaking his head (or body, sometimes), those are good signs he has parasites.
Update us if he does these things, please! The treatment's pretty easy.
lol he likes to "hug" it alot. he seems really happy!and for some strange reason he loves blowing bubbles. He's even making a bubble nest right now....and i dont know why. There is no female...haha he is just special i guess =)

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Democrats’ dare on debt sets up high-stakes shutdown fight
Democrats are betting Republicans will blink and agree to raise the debt ceiling before it expires, a risky wager after a weeks-long standoff that threatens the health of the financial markets and continued U.S. government operations.
Should market turmoil and a federal shutdown ensue this fall, it could overshadow Democrats’ efforts to push through President Joe Biden’s $4.1 trillion economic agenda and serve a blow to the party heading into next year’s midterm elections.
Democrats last week passed up the chance to muscle a debt-ceiling hike through the Senate on a party-line vote, opting instead to go through the normal legislative process – perhaps attached to a stopgap government-funding bill – that will require the acquiescence of 10 Republican senators.
Democrats have said they shouldn’t have to bear all the burden for a growing debt that is at least in part a result of tax cuts they opposed when Republicans were in charge.
It’s a strategy that strikes some political watchers on the left as ill-advised or even insane. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and most of the GOP oppose the majority of Biden’s spending and tax plans and vow they won’t help raise the debt limit while he’s pursuing them.
Democrats could have, as McConnell suggested, simply included a provision in their budget resolution allowing a party-line debt-limit hike. Instead they are seeking to set a precedent that neither party should hold the debt limit hostage.
Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama during the last debt-limit crisis, suggested in a recent column Democrats should have used the budget process to bypass the GOP on debt and raised the limit high enough that Biden wouldn’t need to come back to Congress before the 2024 presidential election.
They haven’t taken that advice.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned Congress needs to act after returning from the August recess – crunch time for Democrats writing the massive package that Republicans strongly oppose. At the same time, lawmakers must pass stopgap legislation to keep the government open past Sept. 30.
Whether Democrats will put the debt-limit suspension on the needed government-funding legislation or take a more complex route is something Zach Moller, a former Democratic Senate staffer who works for the centrist researcher Third Way, is watching closely.
“I am not totally sure where this is going to end up,” Moller said.
A decade ago, just getting close to a historic debt default rattled financial markets, resulting in the first-ever credit downgrade of federal debt and tanking stocks, consumer confidence and approval ratings for both then-President Obama and Congress.
Unlike the 2011 fight, which happened after Republicans took the House in a tea-party-inspired wave, Democrats are in charge of both chambers of Congress and the White House. And they are heading for a midterm election in which Republicans have already returned to warning about debt, deficits and inflation – concerns they shelved under former President Donald Trump.
Without those special budget protections from a filibuster, Democrats have no easy way to avoid a default on bills racked up by Congress without at least some GOP help.
Efforts toward a possible compromise have so far sputtered. Top Senate Budget Committee Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina dropped plans to propose attaching GOP-backed budget process reforms to a debt hike. Instead, he signed on to a letter with other Republicans and McConnell saying they wouldn’t back increasing the debt limit.
There’s been no hint either of a budget deal that would tie Republican spending priorities – like higher defense spending – to a debt-limit increase.
There is at least one other option – the so-called nuclear one.
Democrats have yet to float it, but there might not be a starker moment to end the Senate’s 60-vote rule than to prevent a catastrophic government default.
At least two Senate Democrats, Kyrsten Sinema or Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, have said repeatedly they would not end the filibuster. A default, however, would make that position tougher to hold.
Changing the Senate’s filibuster rule would require just a simple majority via a process known as the nuclear option. Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, deployed it to nix the 60-vote rule for most nominations. McConnell extended it to include Supreme Court picks.
Forty-six GOP senators signed on to a letter saying they would not vote to increase the debt limit, but the letter – and Senate procedure – leave Republicans some slim wiggle room.
It’s rare – but not unheard of – for senators to vote to end a filibuster but against the final bill. That very maneuver happened in 2014 during a previous debt limit fight, averting a crisis.
But that came in Obama’s second term, when Republicans didn’t have the leverage of threatening to tank the economy prior to his re-election.
There are, meanwhile, still some Republicans talking about a compromise.
Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana said he never thought Schumer would pursue the debt limit as a Democrat-only package, and said he’s working on a proposal that would seek to pair an overhaul of the budget process with a debt-limit hike.
Democrats, however, aren’t inclined to sign on to such a deal. They didn’t demand concessions under Trump over the debt, and they insist Republicans return the favor.
If Republicans don’t blink, and Washington instead plunges into a shutdown scenario in the middle of a pandemic and a historic debt default, there are various break-glass strategies that could be employed. Each has its drawbacks.
Democrats could try to amend the budget resolution after the fact – something that would be extremely messy procedurally, and, at minimum, require yet another all-night vote-a-rama with unlimited, politically-fraught amendment votes and precious wasted time.
Kick the can
Another potential outcome this fall could be simply kicking the can down the road. Citigroup Inc., for one, has penciled that in as the “base case.”
“Congressional action to avoid a destabilizing issue whereby the Treasury cannot fulfill its obligations” is expected, Citigroup economists led by Andrew Hollenhorst wrote in a note to clients Friday. “The simplest solution might be a short-term suspension of the debt limit to the end of the year, paired with a deal to keep the government open” in a stopgap spending measure, they wrote.
“A longer-term compromise could be worked out over that period,” Citigroup suggested, without outlining what that could be.
Or the White House could again look at untested maneuvers to raise the debt limit, which Obama considered and rejected the last time around. One would have relied on the 14th Amendment provision saying the federal debt cannot be questioned.
Another would have exploited the ability of the Treasury to mint platinum coins of any denomination – say, $1 trillion each – and deposit them into the Federal Reserve. (The #MintTheCoin hashtag periodically gets some play on Twitter in reference to the scheme.)
Obama himself has called the debt-limit crisis the scariest night of his presidency.
It remains to be seen if this one will be Biden’s.


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Vividly do I remember spending a few days at Greeba Castle shortly after the time when the publication of a story of his, that was running serially in a ladies’ paper, was suddenly and dramatically stopped by the editor of that paper on the score of its alleged immorality. The story was about to be produced in book form and, of course, the editor’s action had provided a fine advertisement; this fact, however, did not appear to console the novelist in the least. The most sensitive of men, he was crushed by this very public charge of writing immoral literature.
“Oh, but you are, Gerald. Well, perhaps you’re not. Only in your case it doesn’t seem to matter. You are so full of affectations—jolly little affectations, I admit, but still....”
"This is the gendarme I was telling you about," said our guide quietly, and continued speaking about the man just as if he were not present.
The camelopards were stabled, ready as the steeds of any march-patrolling cavalry troop. The dartsmen, and those of the women who'd shown skill in handling the blowgun, were trained and eager. The path through the pass had been memorized in infinite detail by every one of the guerrillas. The squad of sappers responsible for check-mating the troopers had prepared their levers, their blocks and skids. Nothing remained now but to coax the enemy into the battlefield of the Kansans' choosing.
Poirot drew an enormous watch from his pocket.
When his wife was at home he never seemed to notice the family portraits or the old furniture. Leila carried off her own regrettable origin by professing a democratic scorn of ancestors in general. “I know enough bores in the flesh without bothering to remember all the dead ones,” she said one day, when I had asked her the name of a stern-visaged old forbear in breast-plate and buff jerkin who hung on the library wall: and Delane, so practised in sentimental duplicities, winked jovially at the children, as who should say: “There’s the proper American spirit for you, my dears! That’s the way we all ought to feel.”
Lee had tak-en his ar-my a-cross the Po-to-mac and was in Penn-syl-va-ni-a.
two novels and a long poem in which the Cave serves as a background. Viewed from the standpoint of today their plots have the consistency of a dime novel. Browsing in the field of fiction also led to the discovery of the one time celebrated romance of Harpe’s Head.
“Monsieur Poirot?” said Lord Estair interrogatively. My friend bowed. The great man looked at me and hesitated. “My business is private.”
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Creativity is at the core of building quality in design. People rarely innovate when they simply follow instructions. This led me to think more about creativity – the act of doing something in an unconventional way, the act of creating something meaningful that changes you and hence the world. Traditionally (in an industrial world), only artists were meant to be creative – painters, dancers, poets and so on. In the knowledge world, every professional has an opportunity (and a need) to be creative – to see patterns that others don’t see, to create and initiate.
Around the same time I was thinking about creativity, I stumbled upon a great book titled “Creativity – Unleashing the Forces Within” written by 20th century spiritual teacher Osho. I read the book with great interest and gained some very enlightening insights. Here are a few:
Ego is the enemy of creativity. You are at your creative best when you do things because you find joy in doing it, because it has an intrinsic value to you. When you do things with a purpose of gaining recognition (and hence satisfy your ego), creativity is limited. Our need for external validation for our work stops us from being receptive, open and curious.
Creativity is a paradox. The more you try to be creative, the less creative you will be. Conscious effort to be creative comes in your way to be creative – that is because creativity flows. I wrote earlier that constraints help us become creative – but being in a state flow, being with the work, being in the work is the key to be creative. The book says, “It is not a question of what you do, it is the question of how you do it. And ultimately it is a question of whether you do it or you allow it to happen.”
Creativity means letting go of past. Too much reliance on our past stops you from being creative. Creative person is the one who lives in the moment, understands the context and looks at possibilities. As Osho rightly says in the book, “To bring intelligence into activity, you don’t need more information, you need more meditation. You need to become less mind and more heart.”
Creativity is an inner game. It stems from your love for the subject. It stems from your passion to practice, courage to try and learn by doing. Osho says, “If your act is your love affair then it becomes creative. Creativity is the quality you bring to the activity you are doing. It is an attitude, an inner approach – how you look at things. Whatsoever you do, if you do it joyfully, if you do it lovingly, then it is creative”
Creativity demands a lot of courage. Because doing something unconventionally requires you take risks, be prepared for failure, and learn from it. Osho observes that once you recognition and respect (external validation) keeps us from experimenting, because we are too afraid to fail.
Creativity isn’t always about doing something that no one has done before – but in my view, it is always about executing your ideas with great love, great joy and a deep interest. If world recognizes it, you will be grateful. If not, you will still find intrinsic joy and happiness. Being creative is a selfish act!
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Related Posts at QAspire:
– The Creative (Process) – A Few Thoughts
– Engaging in Alternative ‘Creative Pursuit’ to Be More Effective
– Managers, Nurture Creativity. Don’t Kill It!
– Creativity, Effectiveness and Constraints


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KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to introduce police and jail reforms by taking drastic measures in the light of reports prepared by federal ombudsman Salman Farooqui.
This decision was taken by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah during a meeting with Mr Farooqui at CM House on Friday. On the occasion, the chief minister recalled that he had planned to introduce the reforms just after taking over but as the problems were enormous, work on reforms had been delayed but must be done.
During the meeting the ombudsman presenting the reports to the chief minister said that his establishment had conducted a detailed survey of the facilities and issues in the prisons of the country, including Sindh. “There must be some separate treatment and dealing for juvenile and first time offenders,” he said.
Mr Farooqui also said that the reports on police said that police stations have never been given the funds allocated to them.
Those present at the meeting include former IG Malik Asif Hayat, former ambassador Aneesuddin, former chief secretary Shakeel Durani and secretary to the federal ombudsman Pir Bux Jamali while the chief minister was assisted by his adviser on law Murtaza Wahab, IGP A.D. Khowaja, home secretary Shakeel Mangnijo, and IG for jails Nusrat Mangnijo.
Vacation of 1,000 apartments ordered
The chief minister, who also presided over another meeting regarding the issues of workers at the New Sindh Secretariat, directed the divisional administration to vacate 1,000 apartments built for labourers and occupied by mafias.
In an earlier briefing, the chief minister’s adviser on labour Saeed Ghani said that around 1,000 apartments had been constructed at Gulshan-i-Maymar for industrial workers. Those apartments had been allotted to workers through balloting but possession to the worker had not been made as certain officials of the police, and other departments and private organisations had illegally occupied them.
The chief minister directed Karachi commissioner Aijaz Ali Khan to take necessary action and get the apartments vacated and report back to him. “This is not acceptable. The flats meant for workers must be given to them,” he said.
Secretary for labour Rasheed Solangi said that there were 765,000 registered / secured workers in Sindh. He added that these workers and their dependents were being provided health facilities through five hospitals, five medical centres and 39 dispensaries.
Saeed Ghani said that under ILO Conventions, universal social security may be provided to all workers/labourers even if they are self-employed such as pathara holders and push cart operators. He proposed to collect three per cent minimum wage from them to provide them with health and education facilities.
Discussing the mechanism of the implementation of the plan, he said that a ‘Benazir Card’ issued by Nadra would be given to the registered workers for availing health and education facilities. The self-employed workers would be encouraged to avail the facility through different campaigns. Since it would be to their benefit, they would prefer to contribute.
During review of the functions and objectives of Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution, provincial EOBI and Workers Welfare Fund, which were similar, Senator Ghani suggested that all be merged into a single institution to avoid unnecessary duplication.
It was also pointed out that Rs10.39 billion of Workers Profit Participation Fund were deposited in the office of the Nazir due to some petitions filed in the high court. The chief minister directed Advocate General Zamir Ghumro to get the amount released so that the same could be transferred to workers Welfare Board for welfare of the workers.
The adviser on labour drew the attention of officials towards the need to develop two more labour colonies one at Ghaggar, Karachi and other one at Daharki.
The chief minister directed the labour department to send a detailed proposal to him.
Published in Dawn, October 22nd, 2016


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Putin Signs Law Listing International Media Outlets as ‘Foreign Agents’
Russian president says move is response to U.S. pressure on his country's media.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has effectively launched a Cold War with U.S. media.
On Saturday, Putin signed a new law allowing Moscow authorities to list international media outlets as “foreign agents” — apparent retaliation for U.S. pressure on Russian media as accusations fly over possible interference during the U.S. presidential election last year.
U.S. intelligence officials reported that Russian media organizations and hackers were conscripted by the Kremlin to spread misinformation to influence American voters. That’s a charge that Putin and his government have repeatedly denied.
Never-the-less, Washington forced Russian state broadcaster RT to register a U.S.-based affiliate company as a “foreign agent,” a move that sparked outrage in Moscow.
Among the outlets that could be affected is the U.S. government-sponsored Voice of America.


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- Thai deal for former Japan mentor Nishino July 18, 2019
- Coaches react to latest Qatar 2022 Asian qualifying draw July 17, 2019
- Mane versus Mahrez July 17, 2019
- Asian hopefuls begin mammoth campaign for Qatar 2022 July 17, 2019
- Cristiane’s header voted Hyundai Goal of the Tournament July 17, 2019

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By Jarrett Renshaw
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - In Joe Biden's childhood hometown of Scranton, signs of affection for the U.S. president are hard to miss.
Two streets and an expressway into the city bear his name, and personal letters from Biden that invoke the "Scranton values" of hard work and common decency that he frequently flags are proudly displayed in living rooms and offices of some supporters.
Two residents told stories about Biden making surprise calls to their moms during one of his visits. Business owners credit Biden's programs for their financial survival through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite those strong ties, interviews with about two dozen Scranton voters show many harbor deep concerns about Biden running again. Biden, 80, is already the oldest sitting U.S. president and would be 86 at the end of his second term, if re-elected.
“I worry about his age and his health," said Jenn Saunders, 57, who owns a downtown coffee shop, and voted for Biden in 2020.
The interviews provide a window into voters' attitudes toward Biden's re-election bid, set to be formally announced in coming weeks. National polls show Democrats want a younger candidate, and the lack of fervor in Scranton may be an early warning sign for the party. Biden's approval rating remains quite low but it edged up to 42% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll this month.
Many Scranton residents say they might back Biden again in 2024, albeit without much enthusiasm. They expressed frustration at the Rust Belt town's long economic slump and the apparent lack of options in 2024.
“I think it's kind of what he's supposed to do, run again, right? That's really what he’s supposed to do. Is there a president that didn't go for a second run at all? But who else is there?” Kimberly Smith, 45, a manager at the city's Glider Diner, said. “We just need someone fresh.”
With lower voting rates than many other democracies, enthusiasm plays an important role in deciding U.S. elections. An average of 57% of voting age eligible voters cast ballots in the last four presidential elections.
Biden aides say they welcome a possible rematch against Donald Trump, arguing it will help energize a base angered by the former president. However, polls show the American public doesn't feel the same way.
"The idea of a Biden-Trump rematch makes me cringe," said Donald Banks, 83, a retired teacher and Scranton native. Saunders said choosing Biden over Trump might end up being "the lesser of two evils once again."
Scranton, where European immigrants once flocked to local coal mines, has long been the foundation of Biden’s origin story, even though he left around the age 10. The region was for years dominated by Democrats, but Trump upended that dynamic with his support among white, working-class voters.
Biden won the Democratic stronghold of Lackawanna County, due in large part to Scranton, by nine points in 2020, outperforming Hillary Clinton in 2016 who won the county by under four points.
Biden often peppers speeches with references to the lessons learned in his town in northeastern Pennsylvania, now a swing state in presidential elections. Biden has visited Scranton twice as president and several times on the campaign trail.
"I am proud to fight for the Scranton values that we were raised on," Biden wrote in a 2021 letter to former mayor Jim Connors. The letter hangs in Connors' living room, along with other Biden photos and a newspaper clipping showing a 13-year-old Biden at a Scranton parade for former president Harry Truman.
Connors, 76, says the president embodies the underdog mentality embraced by working-class cities like Scranton. He says he is proud of Biden for leading the global fight against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which he visited recently.
“He went over there to help. He's from Scranton. That's what we do. They call this place the friendly city. That's not just hype,” Connors said. “That's how Joe was raised.”
He added: if Biden wants to run again, “let somebody step up and beat him.”
Few residents, though, said life has improved under Biden.
Glyn Johns, 29, is a local Black activist who had hoped having a Scranton native in the White House would illuminate the problems facing Rust Belt cities. Roughly one-in five people in Scranton are in poverty, twice the national rate, and the school district sits near the bottom of national and state rankings.
Johns says she is disappointed so far.
“I still think there should be more than street names that are changed and highways that are renamed for you. Because those highways still have potholes. People that are on Biden Street are still struggling with their businesses,” said Johns.
Black voters were credited for helping deliver the White House to Biden, but Democrats fear some Black people are growing disillusioned and souring on the idea that politics offer solutions to their problems.
Paige Cognetti, the current mayor of Scranton, says the city has flourished under Biden, even if that has sometimes gone unnoticed. She said the city and region benefited from millions of COVID-19 stimulus dollars, including paying for a new fleet of electric vehicles.
Scranton has tapped into federal funding to help boost local wages and support small businesses. Biden is also supporting a plan to build a new rail line from Scranton to New York City.
“So, when I think about President Biden, I don't just think about President Biden being our hometown son," Cognetti said. "I think about him ushering through an era of funding for the things that cities like Scranton need."
(Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by Heather Timmons and Alistair Bell)


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Bontle Modiselle’s Fans Surprised After She Shared A Bald Photo
Bontle Modiselle who is a lover of locks has recently taken to social media to share a snap of herself going bald.
According to the post, Bontle shared a throwback picture of her bald state as she decided to join the #ChiskopChallenge.
Bontle captioned: “If ever… #ChiskopChallenge Mara jealous down, le ka chiskop ke motle shem! This is also me assuming the shape of my head is something like this .P.S – I’m nowhere near this point, so I won’t be chopping my locs anytime soon. Still loc’d and loaded.”
Bontle’s fans fell for it thinking she did it but in her caption, she mentioned she is no where near the point and she is not chopping off her locs anytime soon.

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Should Congress cut aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it ceases payments to terrorists and their families? In the new issue of National Review magazine, Elliott Abrams argues that Congress should pass the Taylor Force Act, cut the aid, and try to force a change in Palestinian political culture.
How did a tough general like Yitzhak Rabin come to offer the Golan Heights to Hafez al-Assad and to make a deal that brought Yasser Arafat back from exile to rule the Palestinian Territories? Elliott Abrams's review of Itamar Rabinovich's new biography of Rabin raises these and other issues.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington demonstrated that the tensions in U.S.-Israeli relations during the Obama administration are over and that the Trump administration intends to pursue a peace process.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is visiting Washington this week. In The Weekly Standard, Elliott Abrams discusses how he and President Trump will handle Jerusalem, Iran, and the "peace process" when they meet.
How did the Obama administration become obsessed with freezing Israeli settlements, leading to the UN vote and Kerry speech that have brought such widespread condemnation? Elliott Abrams explains the history in National Review.
Last week the Obama administration abandoned Israel at the United Nations, allowing the passage of a damaging and hostile Security Council resolution. In an op-ed entitled “The United States Just Made Middle East Peace Harder” in The Washington Post, Elliott Abrams explained his views.
The Obama obsession with Israeli settlement activity ruined his policy toward Israel, prevented the negotiations he wanted, and was not based on the facts. The Trump administration should take a very different approach, Elliott Abrams argues in Foreign Policy magazine.
“The U.S.-Israel relationship is in trouble,” warn Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellows Robert D. Blackwill and Philip H. Gordon in a new Council Special Report, Repairing the U.S.-Israel Relationship. Significant policy differences over issues in the Middle East, as well as changing demographics and politics within both the United States and Israel, have pushed the two countries apart. Blackwill, a former senior official in the Bush administration, and Gordon, a former senior official in the Obama administration, call for “a deliberate and sustained effort by policymakers and opinion leaders in both countries” to repair the relationship and to avoid divisions “that no one who cares about Israel’s security or America’s values and interests in the Middle East should want.”
While Donald Trump was getting himself elected president, various factions of the American Left were fighting over just how much to boycott Israel. Elliott Abrams explains their ludicrous debate in The Weekly Standard.
President Obama and his defenders are trumpeting the new aid agreement with Israel as proof that he is the best friend Israel ever had in the White House. In fact, it’s a bad deal and should be treated the same way Obama treated prior agreements he didn't like: It should be forgotten by the next president.
New polls of Israelis and Palestinians prove that peace is not at hand, and views on a peace deal are very far apart. But they also contain some interesting data, as Elliott Abrams explains in National Review.
The 2016 Republican Party platform contains no references to the two-state solution. Is this a crisis? Elliott Abrams writes in National Review that, after years of failed attempts to broker a peace agreement, the United States should seek to promote the goal of peace without dictating one sole path forward.
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Contributors to Foreign Affairs' July/August issuediscuss the profound changes Israel is undergoing, and what they mean for its politics, society, and relationships with the United States and other Middle Eastern countries.
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I'm trying to write a script which prevents the concerned user from opening programs (mostly internet browsers) from being run during a certain time (like 1000 to 1200 hrs). This is like a productivity suite. I don't have much problems implementing the timing problem or the user problem. My problem lies in the prevention of task execution.
My question is: How do I stop a process before it starts?
Right now, I have an infinite loop implementation with a pseudo-code as :
while(1) killall midori killall firefox sleep(60s) end
But this is taxing on the computer and I don't want to stop a task if it starts, I want to prevent the task from starting in the first place.


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Swedish graphic designer and director Jon Noorlander's new series of 3D digital artwork is entitled 'Knitted' and it truly lives up to its name.
While at first glance these 3D digital artworks look like different-colored threads thrown together and shot with a camera, they are actually composed on computer software. The digital photos are extremely bright and showcase movement and chaos in their unique composition. With varying color schemes, these designs look like 3D knitted sculptures rather than digitally composed images.
Each image invokes the imagination -- with the bright multicolored images looking like capillaries in the human body, and the blue and orange images looking like an ocean wave or something you would find under the sea. It is clear that the artist took great pride in the level of detail it required to create these images.


What is pH?
pH is the measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a scale of 0-14. Values between 0-6.9 are considered acidic, 7 is considered neutral, and 7.1-14 is considered alkaline. Cannabis plants require a pH range between 6.0-7.0 to absorb nutrients effectively.
Why is pH Important for Cannabis Cultivation?
Maintaining proper pH levels is crucial for cannabis plants because it affects the absorption of nutrients. If pH levels are too high or too low, some essential nutrients may become unavailable to the plant, leading to deficiencies, stunted growth, and reduced yields. Additionally, pH imbalances can cause nutrient lockout, where the plant cannot absorb nutrients even if they are present in the soil. This can lead to nutrient toxicity, where too many nutrients build up in the plant, causing damage.
pH pens are handheld devices that measure the pH levels of liquids quickly and accurately. They are small and easy to use, making them a popular tool for cannabis growers. pH pens use a sensor to measure the hydrogen-ion concentration of the solution and convert it into a pH value. Most pH pens have a range of 0-14, making them suitable for testing a wide range of solutions.
Pros of pH Pens
pH pens are a convenient way to measure the pH levels of solutions. They are portable and easy to use, allowing growers to test their plants quickly and accurately. Additionally, pH pens provide readings in real-time, allowing growers to make adjustments immediately if necessary.
Cons of pH Pens
One limitation of pH pens is that they require regular calibration to ensure accuracy. pH pens can also be sensitive to temperature, which can affect the readings. Lastly, pH pens are battery-powered, so growers need to ensure they have a backup battery on hand in case the device runs out of juice.
Test kits are a more traditional way of measuring pH levels. They typically come with test strips or drops that change color to indicate the pH level of a solution. Test kits are often less expensive than pH pens and can be used for multiple tests.
Pros of Test Kits
Test kits are an inexpensive and easy way of measuring pH levels. They are also convenient, as they can be used for multiple tests. Test kits are ideal for growers on a budget or those who don’t need to test pH levels frequently.
Cons of Test Kits
One limitation of test kits is that they are not as accurate as pH pens. Test kits can also be affected by factors such as lighting, which can affect the color interpretation. Additionally, test kits may take longer to provide results than pH pens.
Using pH Pens and Test Kits
To use pH pens and test kits, growers need to follow the manufacturer’s instructions carefully. Depending on the tool, growers will need to measure the pH level of water, soil, or nutrient solutions. After taking the reading, growers need to adjust it to the optimal range for cannabis plants. This can be done by adding chemicals to the solution to adjust the pH level or by using natural remedies such as compost. The optimal pH level for cannabis plants is between 6.0-7.0.
Ensuring that the pH levels of soil, water, and nutrient solutions are within the optimal range is one of the most critical aspects of cannabis cultivation. pH pens and test kits are convenient and accurate tools that can help growers monitor the pH levels of their plants. While pH pens are more expensive than test kits, they provide more accurate and real-time readings. Test kits are a less expensive alternative but may be less accurate and may take longer to provide results. Ultimately, choosing the right tool depends on the grower’s budget, the frequency of testing, and the level of accuracy required. By investing in pH pens or test kits, growers can produce healthier, more potent cannabis products and increase their yields.
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Analysis of alternative splicing events for cancer diagnosis using a multiplexing nanophotonic biosensor
C. S. Huertas, S. Domínguez-Zotes, L. M. Lechuga
Scientific Reports, 7, 2017, 41368 - DOI: 10.1038/srep41368
Abstract: Personalized medicine is a promising tool not only for prevention, screening and development of more efficient treatment strategies, but also for diminishing the side effects caused by current therapies. Deciphering gene regulation pathways provides a reliable prognostic analysis to elucidate the origin of grave diseases and facilitate the selection of the most adequate treatment for each individual. Alternative splicing of mRNA precursors is one of these gene regulation pathways and enables cells to generate different protein outputs from the same gene depending on their developmental or homeostatic status. Its deregulation is strongly linked to disease onset and progression constituting a relevant and innovative class of biomarker. Herein we report a highly selective and sensitive nanophotonic biosensor based on the direct monitoring of the aberrant alternative splicing of Fas gene. Unlike conventional methods, the nanobiosensor performs a real-time detection of the specific isoforms in the fM-pM range without any cDNA synthesis or PCR amplification requirements. The nanobiosensor has been proven isoform-specific with no crosshybridization, greatly minimizing detection biases. The demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity make our nanobiosensor ideal for examining significant tumor-associated expression shifts of alternatively spliced isoforms for the early and accurate theranostics of cancer.


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I just found out that Comic Arts Brooklyn is happening tomorrow (11/9) and I felt morally and ethically obligated to let you know about it. Because it looks awesome–I would even venture to say, epic. The reason this is really new news (the newest of the news), is that this is the first annual event of its kind to grace our little neighborhood…and best of all, it’s free for everyone.
The fest is hosted by local indie comics shop, Desert Island and will take place from 11am-7pm at both Mt. Carmel Church (275 N 8th St) and the Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan) in Williamsburg. There are also some events at nearby stores, galleries, and theaters, as well as an after party at Union Pool. Consult the schedule for all the details.
Now, I’m not a huge comic aficionado, but even I recognize a lot of the brilliant authors, artists, and graphic novelists that will be making an appearance tomorrow. I have great admiration for the graphic novel as a medium, and if you haven’t gotten into this genre yet, I heartily suggest you dive in, especially as these winter months set in and you have more time to sit inside and get lost in some expertly crafted illustrations.
Most notably, the fest will feature appearances by Paul Auster, famed absurdist crime novelist (of my personal pick, The New York Trilogy) and City of Glass, as well as cartoonist/self-publishing superstar, Jeff Smith. Art Spiegelman, comic artist and Adrian Tomine (I am in awe of him), graphic novel author (Shortcomings & Summer Blonde) and frequent contributor to The New Yorker, will also be in attendance. There are more featured special guests here that I haven’t heard of (please don’t judge me), but I’m sure they are fantastic.
The fest will also feature a variety of exhibitors, who I am assuming, will be selling indie books, illustrations, and comics, as well as most likely signing some of these items.
Comic nerds (you’re so much cooler than the rest of us): this is your moment.

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WOLFE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - It was a happy ending to what team members with Wolfe County Search and Rescue call a very difficult mission. Now, they are hoping to make it even better by reuniting the dog they saved off of a cliff with his owner.
The rescue happened in Muir Valley, a popular area for rock climbing. Team members say for several days climbers had reported hearing barking but did not realize it was a dog calling out for help.
"Then another report came in about the same dog so the rescue team was called out to locate him," said Michael Hackett.
The hound dog was found just before dusk on Friday. The first ones who found him say he was unable to bark anymore and was trying to drink water off of the leaves.
"Reliable reports and based on his condition he had been up there at least a week," said Hackett.
The dog was trapped about 20 feet below the cliff the team was standing on, however they say there was not any easy access to him.
"He was where 2 cliffs come together and he was on the other side. There was no access to him from there. So we lowered our rescuer down about 15 feet then he traversed to the other side, going across a dirt path that was about a 75 degree angle," explained Hackett.
Once to the dog, rescuers say he immediately came to them smelling some food they had put in their pockets for him.
They say the lift back up was also difficult ...in all the rescue taking around 2 hours in the pouring rain.
This mission, just like all of their others, even while risking their own safety ... there was never any hesitation.
"You can't see an animal stranded like that and not help," said Hackett.
Unfortunately, the dog did not have a collar on. A team member is taking care of him as they now search for his owner
If you know who the dog belongs to you are asked to contact the Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team.


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Letting elderly people end up in the care of nursing homes is becoming the norm. In the United States, the elderly population has been growing over the last five years. In 2010, the census recorded that there are 40.3 million people aged 65 and above in the U.S., comprising 13 percent of the total population.
The NCEA predicts that by 2050, the elderly population will comprise 20 percent of the total population. Nursing homes are taking on more patients because of this growing number. While family members are comfortable leaving their loved ones in what they think are homes outside of their own, many elderly suffer from neglect in the nursing homes. While 24/7 home care services, like those offered by CareBuilders at Home in Minnesota, are already available, many still choose to send their elders in nursing homes.
A recent study from the NCEA cites that 7.6 to 10 percent of elders suffer from abuse and neglect. Cases of neglect in the nursing home stem from the lack of concern of the staff towards the elderly patients. Some of them are often ignored, leaving them lonely. Other patients lose weight and get even more sickly because their caregivers failed to feed them or give them proper hygiene care.
Some signs of nursing home neglect are bed sores, malnutrition, weight loss, dehydration, disorientation, and lack of interaction with fellow patients or other people. Having family members and friends around may work positively for the patients.
Not only will the presence of the family be uplifting to the elders, but professional care will also be provided to them. Elderly neglect can happen anywhere. But, with the family and the caregivers working together, a healthy and happy home may just be within reach for the elderly. In their twilight years, the comfort of home, professional care and family is all the elders need.


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CHAPEL & PASTORAL CENTER FOR THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE
Headquarters for the Catholic Diocese of San Diego
This project renovated an existing 80K SF, 3 story convent into the main offices & a chapel for the Catholic Diocese of San Diego. Work included asbestos abatement, new MEP/fire systems, a central plant, a new elevator, a commercial style kitchen & decorative finishes. Rich Johnson was the PM on this project while employed at Roel Construction Co., Inc.