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I plead, for what it is worth, contemporary insanity, though I want to know which dwarf are you and can set my laser printer to stun?
Maybe I just meander to a different drummer, the Earth is full, go home, they'll be waiting for you. We are not adults, we are just children that owe money, there are just too many freaks and not enough circuses. Send in the clones! I mean, I may look s**t to you, but this is style.
So, don’t bother me please, I’m living happily ever after. I’m just trying to make sense of it all. Well not all of it, just the tasty bits.
It’s the stress that keeps me sane, I wake up screaming to find that I haven’t fallen asleep yet...sorry what was I saying...I seem to have left train of thought in lost luggage. Good job I kept my receipt.
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Mexican-origin youth in the U.S. are at risk for obesity (Fryar et al., 2018) and mental health concerns (McLaughlin, Hilt, & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2007). One key psychosocial process implicated in this health inequity is family conflict (Conger et al., 1999), which has been associated with both poor mental health outcomes (e.g. Santiago & Wadsworth, 2009) and overweight and obesity (Halliday et al., 2013). However, no research to date has examined the complex interplay of family conflict, mental health problems and body mass indices (BMI) over time. The present study examined cross-lagged associations among child z-scored BMI (zBMI), mental health problems (internalizing symptoms and externalizing symptoms) and family conflict at three time-points over the course of one year during middle childhood. Participants included 104 low-income Mexican-origin immigrant families with children ages 6-10 (Mage = 8.39; 61% female). Questionnaires, anthropomorphic measurements, and observational data were collected at three timepoints over the course of one year. Cross-lagged path analyses were run and equivalence testing was used to examine sex differences in model fit. Of the panel models examined, only one demonstrated significant cross-lagged associations over time: externalizing symptoms, food specific family conflict and child zBMI. Model fit was equivalent for boys and girls across models. Findings suggest that conflict about food choice and eating may be an important area of intervention for school-age youth with overweight or obesity, in particular, in its relationship with externalizing behaviors.
Distel, Laura Margaret Lehman, "Examining the Interplay of Mental Health, Family Conflict, and Body Mass Index among Mexican Origin Families: A Cross-Lagged Model" (2021). Dissertations. 3885.
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This collection of over three dozen essays ponders the essence of creativity. Includes selections from Henry Miller, Federico Fellini, Rainer Maria Rilke, Isadora Duncan, Frank Zappa, and Mary Shelley. A New Consciousness Reader.

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Welcome back to another edition of Hidden Gem! Last week, I covered one of my favorite television sitcoms, so I thought I’d switch gears a bit and bring to light my favorite documentary series.
You’re at a sporting event; your team is down by a lot, you’re eating stale crackerjacks, it’s stagnant outside, and everyone around you is just as disappointed at inevitable outcome of the game. Despite these circumstances, there is one person who will put these factors behind them. There is one person who will go great lengths to hype the discouraged crowd, casting aside the terrible display from their home team. This same person has a name and face, but is hidden behind a façade. This one person is your team’s mascot, and “Behind the Mask” tells you their story.
Whether you’re a fan of sports or not, Hulu’s original series “Behind the Mask” will resonate with you. This compelling documentary series follows the path of four mascots (at every possible level), displaying the rigorous trials and tribulations they endure when taking up the role of your team’s spirit.
The cast of characters in the show do a spectacular job of highlighting what it’s like to be the anonymous morale raiser at every sporting event. At the lowest rung of mascot hierarchy we find high-school mascot Michael – aka “Rooty the Cedar Tree” – of Lebanon High-School in Pennsylvania. Michael, a semi-anti-social train enthusiast, is the epitome of “un-cool” in terms of a high-school mentality. However, when he dons his mascot getup, he transforms into the life of the party. In a school with a terrible athletics department, Michael still finds pride in his school, and its mascot – a tree.
At the next level, we find Jon “Jersey” Goldman, the man behind UNLV’s mustached menace, known as “Hey Reb!” This 5th year college senior truly encapsulates what it’s like to “Van Wilder” your way through college as the school’s renowned mascot. Nevertheless, Jersey’s school spirit burns brighter than anyone of his peers on campus. Watch his story unfold in the series as he attempts to pass his last year of school, and how he has to come to terms with turning over mascot duties after many years of being the man behind Hey Reb!
The show also follows two more mascots at the professional level: Chad Spencer – aka “Tux” – a semi-pro mascot for a minor league hockey team with dreams of going pro, and Kevin Vanderkilk – The Milwaukee Bucks mascot “Bango” – whose high-flying antics seems just as physically demanding as the players on the team’s roster. These two men exemplify the fact that being a professional mascot is so much more than just being a crowd pleaser.
Not just for sports fans.
As I mentioned earlier, you don’t have to have to love sports to fall in love with “Behind the Mask.” Watching the show as a sports fan is like watching 4 athletes at every stage of their career – as each mascot strives to become a professional one day. However, if sports turn you off, the series hardly focuses on the teams or sports each mascot represents, and is heartwarming, funny, and above all, compelling TV.
Various subplots with each character will keep you entertained as the show focuses on the personal lives of each character. You’ll see Michael gussy up enough courage out of costume to ask a girl he fancies to prom, or Kevin struggle with a potential career-ending injury obtained from a risky half-time show performance. These are the real bread and butter aspects of the show – the ones that truly tug on your heartstrings as you find yourself empathizing with each character.
After the amount of success of “Behind the Mask’s” first season, Hulu has decided to renew the series for a second run.
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I recommend this show if you enjoy any ESPN “30 for 30” docs, Morgan Spurlock’s “30 Days,” and even mockumentary shows like “The Office,” and “Parks & Rec.” The show is also great for fans of “mature” reality television (i.e. not the Kardashians). Even if none of these recommended shows tickle your fancy, I still advise you to give this show a whirl, especially if you’re a cord cutter, and are running out of shows to watch.
What did you think of “Behind the Mask?” Let me know in the comments, and be sure to follow me on Twitter for more TV news, and future Hidden Gem pieces.


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On the other costs such as slot machine fees, the commission said no legislative action was needed.
When asked for a response, MGM officials pointed to a previously released statement which included, “We do not expect any particular legislative item will keep us from building MGM Springfield.”
Whether the matter comes before the voters is still in question.
A group called Repeal the Casino Deal gathered enough signatures to get a question on the November ballot asking voters to repeal the casino gambling law.
Attorney General Martha Coakley refused to certify the question, arguing that it would constitute an illegal taking of private property and impair implied contracts between the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and license applicants.
Anti-casino activists appealed to the court, arguing that the state Legislature cannot contract away voters’ power to regulate gambling.
The Supreme Judcial Court heard arguments on the matter in May, and is expected to issue a decision before July 9.
The commission announced this week that on June 10 and June 11, it will return to Springfield for the final community review of the casino proposal. On June 12, it will return to Boston to hold a regular meeting.
On June 13, the commission will return to Springfield with a morning announcement expected relating to whether MGM gets the sole Western Massachusetts license.
In Region A, the greater Boston area, the commission anticipates deciding whether Wynn Resorts' Everett project or Mohegan Sun's Revere proposal will get the sole license by Aug. 29 at the earliest or Sept. 12 at the latest.
In the southeastern part of the state, Region C, the commission expects to wrap up the application process by late September with an eventual license being issued in early 2015.
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Amcinonide as active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) is a corticosteroid or steroid, class of glucocorticoid. It is used topically to treat a variety of skin conditions such as eczema, dermatitis, allergies, and rashes. Amcinonide API works by reducing the inflammation, itching and redness caused by an allergic reaction or irritation. Amcinonide is available as a cream, ointment, or lotion and is applied only to the affected area of the skin.
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RDP has an interface with Jack Rabbit Systems, who allow your rates and availability to show on various “Meta Search” websites, such as Google Hotel Finder, Trip Advisor, and Trivago.
The flow of events is as follows:
Meta-direct has become a very popular method of making reservations, with significant growth in the future. RDP’s Jack Rabbit interface allows your property to share in this powerful channel.
In the search bar, enter hotels in [destination]. (ie, hotels in Vail)
In the hotel results box, pick your dates, or click More hotels.
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Use the map to see the location and other hotels in the area.
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To survive and thrive in the current health care environment, accurate cost data is critical. Responding to feedback from providers, HealthMetrics designed FinHealth as an affordable, user friendly tool for costing services. FinHealth gives managers the ability to:
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FinHealth is flexible allowing managers to choose the RVU scale most appropriate for their services, e.g. RBRVUs or or St. Anthony’s or a site’s actual time and resource utilization data.
FinHealth is a software tool that has everything you need to calculate unit costs of each service quickly. The software identifies cost drivers and can quickly determine if resources are efficiently allocated.

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Rethinking your automation approach
As automation grows in scope and ability, more and more businesses look at how it could help them. But commonly, their automation approach is wrong. That is, they’re starting their automation journey with the wrong mindset.
An automation tool can automatically run your processes, but it doesn’t follow that it will automatically improve them. So, as counterintuitive as it may seem, automation itself should not be the starting point of your automation approach.
Instead, you need to go back to your processes. A successful approach analyses before it automates – and that requires more of a mindset change than you might first imagine.
The common automation approach
Your business has more tasks than it has people to handle those tasks. Those tasks mount, and this leads to questions of who will do them. Who should be responsible for all the unassigned jobs that need doing?
Presumably, you don’t have the budget to hire unlimited personnel. So, most businesses turn their attention to business process automation software. A logical and legitimate conclusion, right?
The problem is that starting with ‘who’ is fundamentally the wrong way of looking at the resource problem. You’ve arrived on automation as the solution, but you’ve done so from an unhelpful angle.
It’s more beneficial to forget the ‘who’ element of your resource challenges. Go back to the drawing board and start with ‘how’. That is, ask yourself how you should get those draining processes done. You’ll still land on automation as the answer to your problem, but you’ll do so in a way that paves the way for business process improvement.
Shifting the view
Asking ‘how’ splits your business workflows up into the individual processes and tasks they comprise. This gives you the opportunity to review the workflow from end to end and find areas both to automate and to optimise. (Or even oust altogether.)
Then, when you’ve reviewed the workflow, you can see how automation will best work across it. It might be the case that your automation tool can handle the entire workflow. Or it might make sense to use automation to handle some of the more routine tasks within that workflow. That is, the repetitive and manual-intensive processes that eat into employee time.
This automation approach is a more effective fit for your business. Rather than automated silos, automation weaves its way in and out of your workflows — in a way that’s both better planned and more holistic.
Change your automation approach
Daily workflows across every department are full of small repetitive tasks. Your teams perform them every day, as part of a bigger workflow process and more complex daily challenges.
When these tasks expand and burden your team, don’t ask who should be handling them. Focus on how to handle them. In other words, a good automation approach will start by assessing your company work and how best it should be done.
In short, improving your business processes isn’t a ‘who’ question, it’s a ‘how’ question.
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Last November Lancaster Castle finally opened its doors to the public, uncovering months of careful restoration work to this 1000 year old monument.
Last week we hosted some of north's finest baristas at our Manchester café for the Northern Heats of the World Aeropress Championships.
With Summer now in full swing iced coffee and tea has been flying out of the cafés to regulars eager for their coffee fix while needing to keep cool!
What do we mean by Relationship coffee? Well, although thousands of miles away, we often have a lot in common with those back at origin.
The Mountain Dripper is a porcelain pour over dripper designed to accommodate coffee brewing for either a cone or flat bottomed paper filter.
Like with many other fresh foods there are a lot of benefits to buying seasonal coffee, but seasonality in coffee can be confusing.
Four years ago Las Nubes made what must be the biggest investment of them all, buying their own dry mill and warehouse.
Earlier this year we saw another great addition to Manchester’s burgeoning coffee scene as Kin Bakehouse & Kitchen opened their doors to the people of Urmston.

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About the Book
Book: The Green Dress
Author: Liz Tolsma
Genre: Christian Historical Suspense
Release Date: June 2020
Death Seems to Follow Harriet’s New Friend
Book 6 in the True Colors series—Fiction Based on Strange-But True History
When Harriet Peters came to Boston in 1882, the Robinson family took her in like one of their own, and Harriet became closer to Lizzie Robinson than her own siblings. Now, four years later, Lizzie is deathly sick, failing quickly just like several others in her family have done over the past few years. How can so many in one family die from the same mysterious illness? Harriet doesn’t have answers, but she is determined to help the family, bringing in a new-to-the-neighborhood doctor, Michael Wheaton.
As Harriet and Michael close in on the answer, putting their own lives at risk, can the cause be found before anyone else dies?
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About the Author
Liz Tolsma is a popular speaker and an editor and the owner of the Write Direction Editing. An almost-native Wisconsinite, she resides in a quiet corner of the state with her husband and is the mother of three. Her son proudly serves as a U.S. Marine. They adopted all of their children internationally, and one has special needs. When she gets a few spare minutes, she enjoys reading, relaxing on the front porch, walking, working in her large perennial garden, and camping with her family.
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We’ve all been there—started a letter or an email or even a list, didn’t like what we had, crossed it out or hit the delete button, and tried again. Now imagine that happening when you’re writing a novel.
That’s what occurred with The Green Dress. Finding the perfect place to start a novel can be tricky, but when you’re trying to balance fact with fiction, it’s even harder. I needed the fictional heroine, Harriet Peters, to have a good reason to come into contact with and become close to the factual Robinson family. And I needed for the hero, Michael Wheaton, to meet Harriet early on. So I dove into the story. Five chapters later, the hero and heroine hadn’t yet met. The book wasn’t working.
I scrapped those chapters and started at a different point. At first, it seemed to be going better. I was happy. Until I got to the fifth chapter, when I realized again that the book wasn’t working. Frankly, it was boring. So those ended up in the virtual trash bin. Meanwhile, the clock was ticking on my deadline. I was desperate to find the right starting point, at a place with high tension. Finally, I had an “aha” moment, and the story flowed from there. That’s how the first five chapters (and the rest of The Green Dress) came to be.
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LEWISTON — Chip Morrison is back in business.
Morrison, who retired as the longtime head of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce this spring, is a new business development officer for Androscoggin Bank.
Morrison said he liked that the part-time role will have him working with businesses and municipalities, tapping into his other roots. He’s also the former Auburn city manager.
“That kinds of melds a piece of my background that’s been dormant for a while,” he said. “The government that’s closest to the people, which is municipal, does the best job, and helping them do their job is what the bank does as just one little piece.”
He’ll be based in Lewiston but cover the state from Augusta to the south, working on everything from loans to cash management.
In a news release, Paul Andersen, president and CEO of Androscoggin Bank, said he was excited to see Morrison join the Androscoggin team.
“His personal and professional mission to help area businesses and organizations prosper is a perfect fit,” Andersen said.
The new position starts in two weeks. Morrison is just wrapping up his role as the temporary head of the state’s Make-A-Wish chapter and is still working on his idea for a company that specializes in supplying temporary executives for nonprofits.
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Oink! (Primary Production)
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Absolutely Ideal for the Small Primary School
Ideal Year 6 Musical Production
A Pig of a Tale
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Editable Word Doc Script available
40 speaking roles
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Both these CDs include Overture, ALL Songs, Special Effects, Play Ons and Play Offs in the order you need them enabling production and direction to take place without specialist musical expertise.
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OINK! is based upon the well known tale of The Three Little Pigs, but you can be sure you have never heard this version before! When little Frank Trotter and his big, greedy brothers Monty & Welly are caught stealing the harvest feast, they are banished from the farmyard and sent out into the big wide world. At the same moment, infamous carnivore BB Wolf is being released from prison, apparently cured of his granny-eating ways by a mad professor. Unfortunately, his vegetarian days are short lived and BB is soon on the prowl for a sausage sandwich! This hilarious take on the well known story is full of wonderful characters, superb songs and loads of laughs, making it a sure hit for performers and audience alike. With parts for between 26 and 50 children, plus unlimited chorus opportunities, this show will suit any size school or group. A CD featuring dazzling fully orchestrated backing tracks with AND without vocals is available for rehearsals and performances.

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This week, Kayden Kross and Manuel Ferrara are joined by the sexy and dynamic Ponce De Leon of alt porn, Joanna Angel, the adult film star and entrepreneur behind BurningAngel.com. Discussions include the types of sex toys everyone loves… and hates and the types of porn women search for on the web. Plus, Amanda from Fleshlight drops by with a gift: free Fleshlights for the winners of our first contest: write the tag line for a yet to be produced sex toy. That sex toy? The Manuel Ferrara Plastic Butt Hole.
To enter, tweet us at @getsexxxtonight & @fleshlight with your best tag line (or slogan) for the Manuel Ferrara Plastic Butt Hole (a sex toy that doesn’t exist. Yet.) Winners announced week of May 28th, 2015. You could win the Joanna Angel… OR… Kayden Kross Fleshlight!
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Characteristics if the TIGGE multi model ensemble prediction system in representing forecast variability associated with Extratropical Transition
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POLLOK, TX (KTRE) - Two people were injured, one seriously, in a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. Highway 69 North, near Central High School, Tuesday evening.
According to DPS Trooper Rodney Tucker, Willie Joe Regan, 86, of Lufkin, was traveling northbound in the left hand lane around 5:30 p.m. in a Grand Marquis, when he slowed down to make a U-turn. Ralph Myers, 75, who was traveling with his wife, Grace Myers, 73, both of Tomball, drove his silver SUV into the back of Regan and flipped over the car.
The couple were trapped in their vehicle for about 25 minutes. A helicopter transported Ralph Myers, who is in stable condition with lacerations to the head and a hand injury to a Tyler hospital. Grace Myers was taken by ambulance to a Lufkin hospital.
The accident follows a high-speed pursuit, where several Angelina County Sheriff's deputies were seen traveling down U.S. Highway 69 North looking for a specific truck believed to be connected to a shooting in Pollok.
Witness John McIntyre lives off Highway 69 North. He said he didn't see the accident, but he heard it.
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We'd be very surprised if you haven't heard of either The Piano Guys or 2CELLOS. Both are youtube musical sensations with videos that reach millions and millions of views. The Piano Guys features a piano and often times a cello and the group does covers and mashups of popular songs both new and old. 2CELLOS is essentially the same thing except it's just two guys and their two cellos.
The song that brought The Piano Guys youtube fame was their cover of One Direction's hit, "What Makes You Beautiful."
We thought 2CELLOS' cover of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" was pretty ridiculous (in a good way).
Imagine what these two groups could do with their powers combined? It would be an epic duel that youtube has yet to see!
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The Indian team has been playing for a while, losing 5 wickets in the first innings of the first Test against New Zealand.
Indian team is playing a 2-match Test series against New Zealand. The Indian team is playing in the first match today at Basin Reserve Ground in Wellington.
The Indian team stunned at the start of the match and shocked the fans. Prithvi Shah and Mayank Agarwal were the opening pair, with only two fours to spare, while Prithvi Shah was dismissed for a disappointing 11 runs.
The much-awaited Captain Kohli, who scored only 2 runs, shocked the fans. They were followed by Mayank Agarwal (34) and Vihari (7). He has now scored 122 runs in 55 overs. Rahane with 38 and Rishabh Pant with 10 were the standout players.


The GCH Bulb & Plant Mart began on the steps of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 79 years ago as members sold bulbs and plants from their own gardens. Today, the Mart offers top-quality bulbs. Examples of bulbs offered for sale include: Amaryllis, Anemones, Crocuses, Daffodils, Freesias, Hyacinths, Irises, Ranunculi, and varieties of Tulips and Watsonias.
Experienced and beginning gardeners alike will find an expanded collection of hard-to-find and unusual Crinums, Daylilies, Gingers, perennials, trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and citrus plants, including exclusive offerings grown specifically for the Mart from the gardens of GCH members. The Plants that Merit Attention Booth will be featured on Saturday morning and will offer noteworthy selections collected specifically for the Mart. Additional special exhibits will include the live butterfly tent from The Museum of Natural Science Cockrell Butterfly Center and the Conservation Booth, which will feature a variety of native and drought tolerant plants curated by experts in ecological conservation and education.
The proceeds from the Mart are used for the purposes of stimulating the interest in and knowledge of gardening, enhancing the beauty of our city, and protecting and restoring our fragile ecosystem. Our seven ongoing projects and the recipients of last year’s Community Contribution Grants can be found on the Community page.
We enjoy sharing our love of gardening with you. Thank you for your support of The Garden Club of Houston.


CourtTrax Unveils King County, WA Superior Court Names Index Hybrid Solution
When the King County Superior Court’s court records system switched from Washington State’s legacy SCOMIS system to the King-County-only JAMS system, the switch effectively terminated all new King County case data from being entered into the statewide SCOMIS Names Index. CourtTrax provides access to this Names Index using the Superior – Index tab on the Washington State search form.
The Washington State Superior Court (SCOMIS) Index, is a statewide database of names and case numbers, updated on a weekly basis, for the Washington State Superior Court System. CourtTrax offers the SCOMIS Index as a faster, more affordable solution when conducting multi-county Name Searches in Washington State. With King County no longer adding data to the SCOMIS Index database, it resulted in a significant loss of information both to our users, and the public at large.
To resolve this name/case information gap, CourtTrax created and now includes a live search of the JAMS system with any query of the SCOMIS Index that includes King County. Our users now can be assured they are getting as complete picture as is possible of Superior Court case activity in Washington State when using the Index. This enhancement does not involve any increase in cost to our customers for an Index search.
The Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts tells us that their solution for updating the SCOMIS Index with the JAMS system data is in the works, but likely will not be available until sometime in 2019. Until then, the CourtTrax Hybrid Index solution is available.
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2393 Črna na Koroškem
Not far from the Božič farm, above Črna na Koroškem, flows a stream which forms quite a high waterfall. In the upper section the waterfall flows in a single mass, whereas in the lower section it branches into fine 'hair-like' streams of water. The waterfall is easily accessible and an outing here is suitable for everyone. There is a lot of water in the spring and autumn, but in the summer the waterfall is merely a moist wall. The waterfall is accessible from Črna na Koroškem – Božič farm. It is easy to reach from the road Črna–Javorje: after 2 km on the road to Javorje there is a fork to the right which leads to Najevska lipa, follow this fork a further 2 km uphill along a well maintained dirt road towards Božič farm. Božič waterfall can be seen from the road.

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Tue, 08 May 2018 14:42
Movenpick marks family day
Movenpick Hotels & Resorts marks the United Nations International Day of Families on May 15 with a special programme designed to build closer relationships between kids and their parents.
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:57
Family Day for Krabi’s 111 year old granny
The house of the oldest citizen in Krabi, 111-year-old Pliew Petchpuang, in Plaipraya district, was filled with the buzz of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren as they gathered for Family Day and Thai New Year on Monday.
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Family day to help rehabilitate street racers
THE BAN METTA Juvenile Remand Home organised a family rehabilitation activity yesterday for 84 juveniles recently apprehended for street racing in Bangkok under the "Ratchapreuk Model" operation.
Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:00
Institution of family honoured, though break-ups increase
AS THAILAND reflected on National Family Day yesterday, the state of the family institution looked fragile, with more breaking up under the stress of contemporary lifestyles.
Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:00
Divorce rate up 27 per cent over past decade
While many Thai families continue to celebrate Songkran and enjoyed National Family Day yesterday, the Public Health Ministry highlighted the fragile state of some families after revealing the divorce rate had risen 27 per cent over the past nine years.


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News and Articles About Payments
On the last day of the public comment period over the proposed equity crowdfunding rules, a slew of stakeholders wrote into the SEC on the topic of liability in the case of fraud.
The Mission Main Street Grants Program disperses money and a trip to Google Headquarters to 12 winning small-business owners.
The new reader is compatible with more devices and is available to new users for free.
University of Nicosia in Cyprus announced today that it will accept the digital-only currency as legal tender for tuition and fees.
The owner of a Subway shop in Allentown, Pa., is now accepting the virtual currency as payment for sandwiches.
The virtual currency skyrocketed above $600 on the Mt. Gox exchange as a Senate panel prepares to discuss Bitcoin regulation.
With Coin, a person can consolidate this or her wallet into one, simple, digital card.
A DIY crowdfunding app cuts out the middleman.
The San Francisco-based publishing house known for its snark and devilish sarcasm has challenged the idea of what it means to succeed with a crowdfunding campaign.
For our series College Treps, entrepreneur Dwight Peters gets 10 successful Kickstarter creators to open up about what made their campaign a hit.
Doing business with big companies means it might be a while before you're paid. Here are three key people to know to speed up the process.
You need a crowd to fund your idea. Here are the sources you should tap to spread the word about your crowdfunding campaign.
The company's new program, Startup Blueprint, provides free transaction services and support to tech startups making less than $3 million a year.
Users of Australian crowdfunding platform Pozible can raise money for their venture using the online-only currency.
During a six-month high in the value of Bitcoin, a venture-backed startup has released an iPhone app that lets you buy, sell and trade bitcoins from your mobile phone.
Tax reform is happening. Kind of. And slowly. Here are some predictions of how it might all play out.
Not all of your customers will be ready to buy the first time you meet them. Here's how to turn prospective buyers into loyal customers.
With Square Cash, peer-to-peer transfers link to users' checking accounts and debit cards and are free to use.
PayPal's latest rollout, which allows merchants to accept payment through an application that scans QR codes, is one in a string of developments aimed at overhauling the way customers pay for goods.
About 250,000 people use Dwolla, a payment network that charges just 25 cents for transactions of $10 or more. Dwolla's transactions on pace to total $1 billion in 2013.
Stealth startup Clinkle announced Branson would be added to the long list of investors banking on its mysterious product being a grand slam.
New service can save business owners the time and hassle of manually feeding accounting data into QuickBooks.
The revamped app comes with more payment options and social features, among others.
From bartering to bitcoins, this fun graphic takes a look at the long evolution of how customers pay for what they want.
Virtual currency Bitcoin has been making headlines recently. Don't worry if you still don't know what it's all about. This motiongraphic breaks it down.


The new Task is based on the previous HEV tasks 30 “Assessment of Environmental Effects of Electric Vehicles” (2016 – 2021) and expands its focus on passenger vehicles to further UNECE-classes like two-wheelers, bus, heavy and delivery trucks, and other working machines with its necessary charging infrastructure. The main emphasis of the internationally agreed topics is the elaboration of a common LCA approach for this vehicle classes among the participating countries. This common approach will give the IEA as organization as well as the participating partner countries a better, fact based comparison of environmental effects of alternative propulsion systems based on electricity, which are battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and e-fuel vehicles with an internal combustion engine in comparison to conventional fuels.
2022 - 2024
Project: LCA of Electric Trucks, Buses, Two wheelers and Other Vehicles (IEA-HEV, task 46)
IREC Role: Partner
Main IREC Group: Energy System Analytics, Gabriela Benveniste
Other PI: Victor Jose Ferreira Ferreira


Jacksonville, FL — UPDATE, 9/20/21: Feds: Former Jacksonville police dispatcher accused of distributing child sex abuse images, video
Original story from 9/17/21 below:
Investigators with the FBI and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office are at a Southside Estates home right now.
Details about why they are there are vague at the moment, but the FBI tells Action News Jax there is no threat to the community.
The home is located near Sunrise Drive and Bradley Road.
We have a crew at the scene.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
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GRAND RAPIDS -- Traffic is backing up on northbound U.S. 131 because of a crash near Burton Street.
The backup was stretching nearly two miles at 8 a.m., with speeds running under 30 mph. The left lanes were blocked.
I-196 also had crashes and slideoffs, including a two-car accident on a ramp in Zeeland, and a Jeep that hit a tree in Holland Township.
Rural roads also had numerous slide offs or problems from ice this morning, including a Jeep Cherokee that hit a tree on 48th Avenue near I-196 in Jamestown Township.


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Gaming at 4K monitors will strain all GPU's and typically will not allow for a solid 60fps experience at the moment, however, 4K divides beautifully into 1920x1080 resolution and modern GPUs work very nicely at that resolution. Regardless of whether it is a VA panel, you'll probably still get a good image from it.
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The Dell UltraSharp U2717D is a decent 27 inch IPS-type LCD monitor with great ergonomics and a wide viewing angle. Its picture quality is decent, and it gets bright enough to suit most environments. Unfortunately, though, it isn't the best monitor for gaming due to its relatively high input lag at its native resolution.
The Dell S2716DG/S2716DGR flat panel display has an active matrix, Thin-Film Transistor (TFT), Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and LED backlight. The monitor features include: May 23, 2016 · So, Dell has a gaming and S-line, where the new 27-inch model with maintenance for NVIDIA G-Sync was recently presented. Design. Frankly speaking, the monitor does not look like “gaming” – Dell does not vary its traditions and uses stringent style in almost all of its models, comprising the S2716DG. The smaller Inspiron Mini 9 netbooks support up to 1024-by-768 pixels, Inspiron Mini 10 models can support up to 1366-by-768 and Inspiron Mini 12 models can support up to 1280-by-800. More items can fit on the screen with a higher resolution, but they will appear smaller. Windows allows you to test different screen resolutions... Excellent!! it's a perfect dream both 27inch and true 1440p resolution!! This monitor is a fantastic bit of kit, the quad HD resolution with the 144hz makes any game look amazing. The games look so clear in 2560x1440 I mainly play rocket league these days and the difference in refresh rate and resolution is big. Model number Dell S2240M monitor Dell S2340M monitor Scan range Horizontal Vertical 30 kHz to 83 kHz (automatic) 56 Hz to 76 Hz (automatic) 30 kHz to 83 kHz (automatic) 56 Hz to 76 Hz (automatic) Maximum preset resolution 1,920 x 1,080 at 60 Hz 1,920 x 1,080 at 60 Hz Electrical Specifications Model number Dell S2240M monitor Dell S2340M monitor
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Gaming at 4K monitors will strain all GPU's and typically will not allow for a solid 60fps experience at the moment, however, 4K divides beautifully into 1920x1080 resolution and modern GPUs work very nicely at that resolution. Regardless of whether it is a VA panel, you'll probably still get a good image from it. .
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There is an old Zen story which goes as follows:
A young monk was hurrying on his way one afternoon when he reached the banks of a huge river. A powerful current surged past him and there appeared to be no visible means of crossing if he wasn’t to be swept away.
He walked up and down the bank with a heavy heart, frantically searching for a way of getting to the other side. He was about to give up when he saw an old Zen master on the far bank. He waved his arms to attract the man’s attention and shouted across to him.
“Sir, please tell me, how do I reach the other side?”
The old man looked thoughtful for a few moments, then shook his head and replied:
“My friend, you are on the other side.”
I expect there are several interpretations of this story, but when I first heard it the one that occurred to me was this: that our lives are such a constant quest to get somewhere that sometimes we fail to appreciate where we are.
For about five years of my life, once I realised how much I enjoyed high altitude mountaineering, I had an ultimate ambition of reaching the summit of Everest. I did a few easy hikes and climbed some trekking peaks purely for the enjoyment of being in the mountains, but I also did some tougher expeditions which were the next step on the path to achieving that ambition. They may not have been my first choice of holiday, but they were challenges which I knew I needed to overcome if I were to progress. Luckily I enjoyed them, too.
In May 2012 I finally achieved my ambition, and when I returned to base camp safely, and posted some messages to let friends and family, and all the people who had been following my adventures, know I had reached the summit of Everest, I received many kind messages of congratulation. By far the most popular comment, however, was a simple two word question:
It was a question that was impossible to answer. I was exhausted, and for the last few weeks I had only one goal in view. I had finally achieved it and returned alive. The achievement was only beginning to sink in, and it would be a long time before I fully appreciated it.
Over the following months many people asked me about my story, and were keen to find out what it felt like to climb Everest. After I told them, nearly all of them wanted to know what I was going to do next. Many of them didn’t even want to hear the story at all, but they still asked the same question. “Oh, you’ve climbed Everest, have you – so what’s next?”
Wasn’t climbing Everest enough for these people? I thought to myself. Why does there have to be a next?
Of course, there’s always a next. It’s nice to have something to aim for to give life a purpose, but the next is never as important as the now. It’s the now that we live in, after all. And when I look back on the last few years, I feel lucky to have had some unbelievable experiences, and I realise that the next isn’t so important, either. Most of you have achieved something with your lives, and have a wealth of experience to draw upon. That experience is surely much deeper and more meaningful than what you might potentially do in the future?
I found something to do after Everest, of course. I’m gradually working my way through the Seven Summits. I’ve climbed four of them now, and tried and failed to climb a fifth one, Denali, last month. I’m also working on a full length book about my journey to the summit of Everest, but don’t hold your breath, as it’s going to take me a while. But most of the peaks I climb won’t be connected with these goals at all. I will simply be climbing them to enjoy that feeling of being in the mountains. Life is all about living in the moment.
I’m sure I’m not the only person who gets asked that same two word question on a regular basis.
I think it must be the mountaineer’s most frequently asked question. I expect many of you reading this get asked quite a lot, too.
It’s probably the most frequently asked question for anyone who travels a lot, and if you meet a well-travelled person today, please don’t ask them where they’re going to. Ask them where they’ve been. You will surely hear a much more interesting story.
And if you still want to know where I’m going next, thank you for asking, but since I’ve gone to the trouble of writing them I’d appreciate it so much more if you resisted and read about my past adventures instead.
Alternatively I could collect a dollar for every time I get asked the question. You never know, I might just be able to retire.
How about you?
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Life is all about living in the moment. I can take great joy in achievement in other things such as the smile of my children or them telling me that they love me. I also take great joy in seeing my dogs every day especially my little rescue dog who is unabashedly the sweetest dog on the planet! As an arm chair climber and reader of you blog and books I also take great joy in reading about other achievements such as yours.
The only answer I want from you Mr Horrell is ‘go straight to Mike’s VirginGiving page and sponsor him’
Very well, I’m prepared to strike a deal with you, Mr Collins. If you would like to make a donation to CHANCE at http://www.educationfornepal.org/how-you-can-help/donate/ then I will match it for whatever cancer charity you are supporting with your JustGiving page (or is it the Hadrian’s Wall Support Fund?).
CHANCE is the Nepali educational charity I’m a trustee of. We have just been appointed National Award Operator for the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award in Nepal, and our main campaign at the moment is to introduce it into schools and scout groups across the country. We’re happy to accept donations that have been obtained from grumpy archaeologists by means of mutual backscratching, and unlike JustGiving’s online donation service, nobody takes a 5% cut and every penny will go to our charity. 🙂
You can read more about my involvement with CHANCE here:
Feel free to post the link to your JustGiving page here. Don’t forget to let me know how much you’ve donated so that I can return the favour.
Yes, I use VirginGiving for precisely the same reason you use the BT/Openreach system, namely that no-one takes a cut of the donation (don’t think I’ve ever mentioned JustGiving, but don’t you let facts get in the way of a good wind-up:))
Having called your bluff and sent a tenner to your good cause (does this mean that you can’t check? in which case just assume that a donated £100), you can donate to my (Oxfam) Great North Run page at:
I appreciate that the other reader of your blog won’t necessarily want to read our bickering, but if it raises more money then I couldn’t care less (incidentally who is the grumpy archaeologist you refer to…..are they the mysterious other reader?)
All done. The grumpy archaeologist will be that little bit more cheerful this afternoon.
Oh, and thanks for the donation. Our finance man Bill will be able confirm!

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Bomb blasts killed scores of people in Jableh and Tartous on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Monday and wounded many others in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, mon
Bomb blasts killed scores of people in Jableh and Tartous on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Monday and wounded many others in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, monitors and state media said.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks in the cities that have up to now escaped the worst of the violence in the five-year-old conflict, saying it was targeting members of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 148 people were killed in attacks by at least five suicide bombers and two devices planted in cars. State media said 78 people had been killed in what is Mr Assad’s coastal heartland.
The attacks were the first of their kind in Tartous, capital of Tartous province and home to a Russian naval facility, and Jableh in Latakia province, near a Russian-operated air base.
The Kremlin said the bomb blasts underscored the need to press ahead with Geneva peace talks after a February 27 ceasefire collapsed in April as violence intensified in a war that has killed at least 250,000 people.
“This demonstrates yet again just how fragile the situation in Syria is. And this one more time underscores the need for new urgent steps to continue the negotiating process,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with journalists.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his readiness to fight with the Syrian government against “the terrorist threat” sent his condolences to Mr Assad, the Kremlin said.
One of the four blasts in Jableh hit near a hospital and another at a bus station. The Tartous bombs also targeted a bus station, the Observatory and state media reported.
Younes Hassan, a doctor working at the Jableh hospital, said he heard an explosion at the bus station, followed less than a minute later by the blast at the hospital.
“Everything went into emergency mode, wounded people began arriving,” he told Reuters by phone.
The Tartous explosions also occurred in quick succession, no more than 10 seconds apart, a driver at the bus station said.
“People began running but didn’t know which direction to go, cars were on fire, there was blood and bodies on the ground,” Nizar Hamade said.
Footage broadcast by the state-run Ikhbariya news channel showed several twisted and burnt-out cars and minivans.
Islamic State claimed the attacks in a statement posted online by the group’s Amaq news agency, saying its fighters had targeted “gatherings of Alawites”.
Syria’s Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said in an interview with Ikhbariya that terrorists were resorting to bomb attacks against civilians instead of fighting on the front lines, and vowed to keep battling them.

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FBI Raids Jake Paul's Home And Discovers A Cache Of Illegal Firearms
Page Six reported today that federal agents discovered a swath of firearms in the house of the notorious YouTuber, Jake Paul. The outlet says the FBI raided the YouTuber's home on Wednesday and found the weapons at the star's LA mansion.
KABC-TV reported that the police were spotted grabbing guns, including one long firearm that was pressed up against a hot tub in the back yard. The media organization says the FBI took other firearms from his Calabasas home in the early hours of Wednesday.
The LA Times also reported that the authorities were seen leaving the property in a SWAT truck as well as a dark van. A few of the agents were dressed in military gear. Reportedly, the FBI confirmed they had obtained search warrants for his home, however, it's not clear why they investigated him.
There haven't been any arrests thus far. This all comes at a troublesome time for Jake Paul, who was criticized for throwing a massive house party this past month . The house party was obviously in defiance of the social distancing rules.
As it was previously reported, Paul came under fire again this year when he was slapped with criminal trespassing as well as unlawful assembly. He was illegally inside of an Arizona mall where other people were looting and rioting amid the Black Lives Matter protests.
It wasn't a particularly good look for Paul, who was accused of egregiously looting a mall despite his fortune and fame. His brother, Logan, later came out to defend him and said he didn't think his brother would do something like that.
Logan, of course, has been viciously criticized on the internet as well. Paul was in the headlines when he filmed a dead body in the Suicide Forest of Japan and uploaded it to his YouTube account for his young fans to see.
Paul was accused of profiting from the death of a suicide victim and lost many endorsement deals and partnerships with other organizations, including YouTube Red.

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The highly anticipated production of OlaBola The Musical has finally made its debut at the newly renovated Istana Budaya. The musical will open to public on Thursday, 8th February and run until 11th March 2018.
OlaBola The Musical follows the journey of “Tauke” Chow Kwok Keong, the team Captain who is determined to lead the Harimau Malaya team to Olympic glory, and his best friend, the very affable wannabe-sports commentator Rahman.
The musical also features the team goalkeeper Muthu, team star striker Ali and the rest of the colourful team, as the audience is immersed in a captivating story of the young team’s dreams and challenges of their journey to the Olympics, where the nation learns of a time when Malaysia believed in dreaming big.
Re-imagined for the stage by Tiara Jacquelina, through heart-tugging lyrics, fascinating choreography and stellar acting, the musical starts off on a light-hearted note with the very personable Harimau Malaya team who continue to train passionately despite their failure to reach the 1976 Olympics.
The star-studded cast includes Iedil Putra as Rahman, Stephen Rahman-Hughes as Coach Harry Mountain, Altimet as Sergeant Ahmad, Melissa Ong as Chow Mei Ling and Douglas Lim as Mr. Wong (Kopitiam owner).
For more information and full ticketing details, visit the website.


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Gozney Roccbox is the world’s only restaurant-grade portable outdoor pizza oven, reaching an incredible 500°C and cooking a Neapolitan pizza in just 60 seconds! What’s more, when it comes to aesthetics this little culinary beauty really rocks! However, Gozney is positioned in an ever more competitive marketplace and wanted to maintain its market leading position, which is why Brandnation, following a competitive pitch, was tasked with managing the brand’s PR, advertising and influencer activity for a special Christmas campaign targeted for the all-important seasonal sales period.
Brandnation’s creative team got busy on the advertising concepts to sell the Roccbox to outdoor chefs that might be tempted to cook out year round – not just over the summer BBQ season. What’s more, the Roccbox’s dual fuel, enclosed design and quick cooking times made this new concept entirely feasible.
For the ad executions that run in a variety of publications including The Guardian, Olive, BBC Good Food and Delicious, home cooks were invited to ‘Bring Out The Chef In You’ accompanied by enticing Christmas, cook out themed photography.
Meanwhile Brandnation’s PR machine got into action securing quality reviews and editorial in major titles such as The Telegraph and Sunday Times. It made the ‘objects of desire’ sections as well as ‘best gifts to give cooks for Christmas’ listings.
Gozney made its name via its market leading range of professional ovens, used by some of the world’s best chefs and restaurants. The company then set its sights on the consumer market with its Roccbox range, built using the same design, engineering and professional grade materials as for its pro ranges.
The Gozney Roccbox redefines outdoor cooking on the go. It is set up in minutes and cooks in seconds. It has a thick stone floor, unique rolling flame and dense insulation that ensures unrivalled heat retention and cooking consistency, the perfect conditions for restaurant quality pizza at home.
Portable, safe to touch and easy to assemble, Gozney Roccbox comes complete with a detachable gas burner for maximum convenience and minimum down time. Simply hook up to a standard Propane LPG patio gas bottle and cook pizza after pizza all day.
With a built-in thermometer, retractable legs and detachable gas burner, Gozney Roccbox is easy to transport and assemble. It quickly Reaches up to 500°C – to quickly cook pizzas, steaks, fish and a host of other goodies.
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Epidermal Nerve Fiber DensityRequest a Kit
Arkana Laboratories now offers Epidermal Nerve Fiber Density (ENFD) Testing. ENFD testing is widely used by neurologists in the United States and Europe to evaluate for small fiber neuropathy.
Specimen Handling and Transport:
It is essential that skin biopsy is immediately-fixed in the provided fixative (Zamboni’s) for evaluation (see additional instructions below).
Skin Biopsy Specimen Collection:
- Distal lower leg – 10.0 cm above the lateral malleolus (most common site)
- Distal Thigh – 7.0 cm above the knee, lateral
- Proximal Thigh – 20.0 cm below the anterior iliac spine, upper lateral thigh
Biopsy of proximal and distal sites allows for assessment of length-dependent processes.
Alternative biopsy sites are best evaluated by also submitting a punch biopsy from a similar location in the opposite non-affected limb to serve as a reference control.
Biopsy Handling Protocol:
- Clean the biopsy site with alcohol swabs and numb the area(s) with local anesthesia (for example 1% lidocaine or 1% lidocaine with epinephrine).
- Use provided 3.0 mm biopsy punch; rotate with light pressure to 2/3 of its depth (2 to 3 mm).
- Use forceps and scissors to carefully remove the biopsy specimen (do not grasp or pinch the epidermis when removing the punch biopsy as this will crush the small nerves we are measuring).
- Immediately place the removed biopsy into the appropriate labeled specimen vial containing Zamboni’s fixative and tightly close the lid.
- Label specimen containers with biopsy site and two patient identifiers (e.g. name and date of birth).
Please only transport specimens Monday-Thursday.
Optimal results are obtained when the specimen is not fixed for more than 24 hours. Results are final within 3-5 days.

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Need a little joy in your life? Then you've come to the right place! Join Nick and Martin every week as they take a seat on the comfy couch for an in-depth discussion at all things nerd as they dive into subjects ranging from tv, movies, comics, tech and more!
Welcome to another episode of The Nerdy Legion, where this week we finally tackle the epic sci-fi series by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, Descender Vol 1, covering issues #1-6 of the ongoing series. Martin, Rob and Nick start discussing our growing comic book to-read list, and DCBS before diving into the series. Be sure to leave us a rating on iTunes and if you need to get in touch with us, you can email us firstname.lastname@example.org
The Nerdy Legion is your weekly source for geek culture discussion and this week we discuss the recently released Netflix original series, Jessica Jones, based on the comic book Alias which we discussed last week. We only watched the first three episodes in preparation for this conversation and kept it pretty much spoiler free so do not be afraid to listen. Have you watched the show yet? What are your thoughts? Let us know!
Welcome to another episode of The Nerdy Legion, the show that tackles any nerdy topics we feel like discussing. This week, Nick and Martin discuss the first volume of Alias, the comic book series featuring Jessica Jones, a character who is getting her own Netflix series this week. Written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Michael Gaydos, this book certainly sparked some great conversation about what it means to be a hero and the interesting direction the show could take based on the dark subject matter of the source material. If you haven't read it, pick up a copy of volume 1, collecting issues #1-9, on Amazon. As always, be sure to let us know what you think!
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Dec 27, 2013, 3:07 PM EDT
Pegged by many as a movable asset for the Sabres at the trade deadline, Matt Moulson might end up staying in Buffalo beyond Mar. 5.
“Definitely, I think there is,” Moulson told CBC when asked about the possibility of re-signing in Buffalo. “I don’t know what they think of me. I love playing for Teddy [Nolan].”
Acquired from the Islanders in late October for as part of the Thomas Vanek deal, Moulson has performed well for the Sabres, scoring six goals and 15 points in 24 games.
(Comparatively, Vanek has nine goals and 17 points in 22 contests.)
When the trade first broke, Moulson — a UFA at season’s end — looked like he’d be on the move soon again. The Sabres were losing, the youth movement was underway and it seemed like a full-scale rebuild was on, hardly the kind of situation 30-year-old free agent longs to be in.
But, things changed.
The Sabres turfed Ron Rolston and Darcy Regier, hired Nolan and Pat LaFontaine, sent a crop of youngsters back to the AHL/Juniors and, over the last two weeks, actually started playing some good hockey — Buffalo is 4-4-2 in its last 10, pulling off impressive victories over the likes of Boston and Phoenix.
“From where we were to where we want to be is obviously a process,” Moulson explained. “But I think we’ve made some huge strides.”
Moulson — in the last of a three-year, $9.4 million deal — isn’t the only key veteran UFA Buffalo has to deal with. Goalie Ryan Miller is still twisting in the wind, and has remained noncommittal about his future.
“I think they’re trying to figure out guys they want to hang on to and they think they can build a core around,” Miller said, per the Buffalo News. “We’ll see how it goes.”
Wherever Miller ends up signing, it doesn’t sound like he’ll be doing it for cheap. Not after Henrik Lundqvist got a seven-year, $59.5 million extension with the Rangers, a deal that Miller feels “sets the standards” for goalies.
At 33 years old, the next contract Miller signs figures to be his last big one. If it’s going to be with the Sabres, he wants more than promises that the team will be back out of the NHL’s basement soon.
“I’ve heard a lot of talk over my time,” he said “It’s about actions at this point. I’m not going to sit around and let promises get thrown around.”
Oct 1, 2014, 12:08 PM EDT
The second overall pick in the 2014 draft has gone pointless in three preseason games.
Oct 1, 2014, 11:54 AM EDT
Oct 1, 2014, 11:30 AM EDT
Pending RFA forward’s deal is up at the end of the season.
Oct 1, 2014, 11:07 AM EDT
Alex Goligoski is the team’s No. 1 d-man. And that’s a concern.
Oct 1, 2014, 10:56 AM EDT
“It was clicking on full cylinders there.”
Oct 1, 2014, 9:55 AM EDT
One of them was rusty.
Oct 1, 2014, 9:03 AM EDT
He was a restricted free agent, but was still taking part in training camp.
Oct 1, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT
No, this post doesn’t just include the word “everything.”
Oct 1, 2014, 7:55 AM EDT
Wednesday’s collection of links.
Oct 1, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
Apparently they won’t hand him Cody Eakin’s two-year, $3.8 million deal.
Sep 30, 2014, 11:31 PM EDT
Here are some assorted goals for entertainment purposes.
Sep 30, 2014, 10:23 PM EDT
He’s reportedly asking for a hefty six or seven-year deal.
Sep 30, 2014, 9:25 PM EDT
Updated with GM Craig MacTavish’s comments.
Sep 30, 2014, 9:10 PM EDT
Buffalo was fearing a broken jaw, which would be even worse.
Sep 30, 2014, 7:27 PM EDT
It looks like the transition from Charles Wang’s ownership will ramp up soon.
Sep 30, 2014, 7:13 PM EDT
What a difference injuries and a nearing regular season makes …
Sep 30, 2014, 6:40 PM EDT
He says the “progress has been really good.”
Sep 30, 2014, 5:28 PM EDT
Will this be another season to forget for Toronto?
Sep 30, 2014, 4:26 PM EDT
Called him “the best defenseman on the ice.”
Sep 30, 2014, 4:12 PM EDT
Buffalo trims training camp roster to 30.
- PHT Morning Skate: Flyers bringing back Ice Girls 3
- Dillon’s agent: Discussions with Stars are ‘frustrating and disappointing’ 6
- NHL shoots down Tkachev’s contract with Edmonton 8
- NHL Board of Governors approves Islanders sale 6
- Johansen, Blue Jackets talks haven’t just resumed, they’re ‘very polite’ 14
- Speedy recovery: Giroux (lower body) to play vs. Rangers tonight 12
- Risk Factors: Boston Bruins edition 13
- Hello Johansen? Boone Jenner out with broken hand 5
- Bruins release Leino; Boychuk staying put? 18
- Babcock doesn’t think this will be his last year with the Wings 9
- Jordan Subban has ‘moved on’ after ‘unfortunate’ photo caption by Vancouver papers (52)
- Players pushed for coaching fines because they were ‘encouraged’ to dive (34)
- Sabres’ Nolan, Avalanche don’t believe in analytics (32)
- Ouch: Datsyuk (separated shoulder) out 4-5 weeks (27)
- Spooner scores, but coach Julien’s not happy (23)


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In the last few days, the Small Business Administration (SBA) provided additional answers to frequently asked Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) questions and published yet another interim final rule on the administration of PPP loans. Applicants and borrowers should be aware of these updates to ensure compliance with the latest program requirements and avoid any non-compliance issues that may arise.
SBA Limits Eligibility Based on Corporate Groups
Under the latest interim final rule, businesses that are “majority owned, directly or indirectly, by a common parent” are considered a single corporate group and may not receive more than an aggregated amount of $20 million in PPP loans. This limitation is immediately effective for all loans that were not disbursed as of April 30, 2020.
Additionally, the onus falls on a PPP loan applicant to notify its lender if the group has applied for or received loans exceeding this limitation. If it has, the applicant must withdraw its application or request cancellation of a pending or approved application. If the applicant fails to do so, the loan will be ineligible for forgiveness.
The rule makes clear that SBA’s affiliation rules and any waiver of the affiliation requirements authorized by the CARES Act continue to apply independently of this corporate group limitation. So, while a business may be eligible under the expanded criteria set forth in the CARES Act, it may be unable to obtain a loan if other entities within its corporate group have received PPP loans that encroach on this new limit.
SBA and Treasury Loan Review
Also, on April 29, SBA published additional answers to frequently asked questions about PPP loans. In Question 39, SBA explained that it and the Department of the Treasury will, following the lender’s submission of the borrower’s loan forgiveness application, review all PPP loans of more than $2 million, as well as any other loans as appropriate, to ensure that loans are limited to eligible borrowers in need. In doing so, SBA referred to its prior guidance in Question 31 about applicant liquidity and the importance for “all borrowers [to] review carefully the required certification that ‘[c]urrent economic uncertainty makes this loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Applicant.”’ As a reminder, any borrower that applied for a loan prior to issuance of SBA’s April 23, 2020, answer to Question 31 of the frequently asked questions and repays the loan in full by May 7, 2020, “will be deemed by SBA to have made the required certification in good faith” and reportedly can avoid any liability.
SBA’s latest guidance and interim final rule not only reflects an effort to impose some limitation on loan eligibility in the present, it also indicates a forthcoming wave of compliance review. Borrowers should be prepared to respond and should take efforts to clearly document the business conditions that existed at the time a PPP loan certification was made.
If you have questions on these latest updates to the Paycheck Protection Program or how best to ensure compliance with the program’s requirements, please contact Aron Beezley, Elizabeth Boone, Frederic Smith or Alex Thrasher.


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Izumi Curtis is the alchemy teacher of Edward and Alphonse Elric. An incredibly skilled fighter, alchemist, and proud housewife. She lost several organs when she failed to resurrect her unborn child.
Homemade Movies take a well known scene or trailer and convert it to a homemade look. Check out how their work compares to the original and some behind the scenes of how they do it all.
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Interesting job on this one.....In the past two weeks, there have been several times where I have chosen to stay on the crane while under load. This White OAk fell over, lodged against a Poplar and landed on some phone transmission lines. We set up the 4 part block on a 50 ton crane. I tied in to the boom while the crane held the tree. I climbed out and cut limbs from lines. 21k lift.


text: Several lines of evidence indicate that alterations in axonal transport play a critical role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology, but the molecular mechanisms that control this process are not understood fully. Recent work indicates that presenilin 1 (PS1) interacts with glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta). In vivo, GSK3beta phosphorylates kinesin light chains (KLC) and causes the release of kinesin-I from membrane-bound organelles (MBOs), leading to a reduction in kinesin-I driven motility (Morfini et al., 2002b). To characterize a potential role for PS1 in the regulation of kinesin-based axonal transport, we used PS1-/- and PS1 knock-inM146V (KIM146V) mice and cultured cells. We show that relative levels of GSK3beta activity were increased in cells either in the presence of mutant PS1 or in the absence of PS1 (PS1-/-). Concomitant with increased GSK3beta activity, relative levels of KLC phosphorylation were increased, and the amount of kinesin-I bound to MBOs was reduced. Consistent with a deficit in kinesin-I-mediated fast axonal transport, densities of synaptophysin- and syntaxin-I-containing vesicles and mitochondria were reduced in neuritic processes of KIM146V hippocampal neurons. Similarly, we found reduced levels of PS1, amyloid precursor protein, and synaptophysin in sciatic nerves of KIM146V mice. Thus PS1 appears to modulate GSK3beta activity and the release of kinesin-I from MBOs at sites of vesicle delivery and membrane insertion. These findings suggest that mutations in PS1 may compromise neuronal function by affecting GSK-3 activity and kinesin-I-based motility.


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Arm yourself with turrets and stand your ground in the tower defense dungeon crawler Dwerve, coming to Nintendo Switch soon.
You can view the announcement and trailer below:
Half Human Games is thrilled to announce the Nintendo Switch today and Epic Games Store release date for their action-adventure Dwerve – October 12! We call upon brave tinkerers to arm themselves with turrets and prepare for the battles to come! To sate your burning anticipation for the game, behold this release date trailer and discover this newly crafted genre…
“Dwerve draws an abundance of inspiration from classic Zelda games like A Link to the Past. Dwerve adventures through a whimsical fantasy world full of danger and excitement, a beautifully crafted pixel-verse brimming with wonder. Being a nostalgic SNES-inspired action-adventure with innovative tower-defense combat, Dwerve is a perfect fit for the Nintendo Switch.” — Percy Legendre IV, co-founder of Half Human Games.
- Tower-defense combat! Build turrets and traps to fend off swarms of monsters!
- Dungeon-crawling! Explore a ruined kingdom brimming with hidden secrets and puzzles!
- Upgrade your turrets and traps! Each has its own upgrade tree with 100+ upgrades in all!
- Fight epic boss battles! Use strategy, wit, and fast reflexes to outmaneuver massive monsters!
- Discover powerful artifacts! Dragonfire Boots, Lionheart Shield, Gurrakk’s Hammer, and more!
- Embark on an adventure! Meet friends, travel throughout the mountain, stop the Witch-Queen!

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UPDATE: June 1, 2023, 1:00 PM
This model is from the Environment and Climate Change Canada Twitter account for Saskatchewan.
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.
Thunderstorms are developing today as an upper level disturbance tracks through southwestern portions of the province. Some of these thunderstorms are likely to become severe.
Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads.
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.
ORIGINAL: June 1, 2023, 10:00 AM
The following advisory came in from Environment Canada shortly after 9:00 AM this morning:
Conditions will be favourable for the development of funnel clouds today.
These types of funnel clouds are generated by weak rotation under rapidly growing clouds or weak thunderstorms. This weak rotation is normally not a danger near the ground. However, there is a chance that this rotation could intensify and become a weak landspout tornado.
If conditions become more favourable for the development of landspout tornadoes, watches and warnings will be issued by Environment Canada.
Landspout tornadoes do not usually cause significant damage but can still be dangerous. They can be strong enough to topple trees, damage roofs or toss debris short distances.
Treat any funnel cloud sighting seriously. Should a funnel cloud develop nearby, prepare to take shelter. These funnel clouds usually appear with little or no warning.


Nope, not sapphire (though I did choose the yarn for its resemblance to my birth stone), but Safire. After SAFIRE, the Submillimeter And Far InfraRed Experiment. Though having nothing to do with the submillimeter and infrared, this sweater was my own experiment...in designing from the top down (dorky enough sentence? :) ).
Pattern: Safire, my own.
Yarn: Tess Yarns Superwash Merino, one honkin' skein of deep sapphire blue (560 yards)
Needles: US 6 and 7 32" circulars
Notes: Oh how I love how little planning it takes to knit something from the top down. The only measuring and calculating I did was at the very beginning to decide how many stitches to cast on (54 -- 2 for each front, 10 for each sleeve, and 30 for the back), then from there it was all making decisions solely based on how well it fit. The only increases made were at the raglan lines until I put the sleeve stitches on holders, at which point I began increasing one stitch at each end (the edges of the collar) every other row until the two fronts met. I began the ribbing a couple of rows later, just under my bust. The collar is of the short row variety -- after picking up stitches around the collar, I worked the 2x2 rib to 10 stitches before the end of the other side, wrapped and turned, ribbed to 10 stitches before the end of the other side, w&t'ed, ribbed to 10 stitches before the previous w&t, etc. etc. until I was about to run out of yarn, at which point I worked two rows normally to pick up the wraps, and bound off. I may attempt to write a multi-sized pattern for practice, but I always say that and then I get lazy.
The yarn was absolutely delightful to work with. It was squishy and soft and gave off the most pleasant and delightful scent. Strangely enough, it turned my bamboo needles blue, but none ever came off on my hands, and there was very little color-bleeding when I gave the sweater its blocking bath.
I'm happy with the sweater itself, but I'm finding that raglans fit me strangely, with funny bunching in the armpits. I may try some strategic blocking, but I'm really enamored of the variegated sapphire (SAFIRE) blue, and in this case, color trumps fit and it has already seen much wear.


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FirstEnergy stock: buy or sell?
October 18th, 2019
FirstEnergy Corp., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Distribution, Regulated Transmission, and Competitive Energy Services segments.
Should I buy FirstEnergy stock?Trading stocks requires experience and discipline, and your buying and selling decisions must come following a methodology. Following a trading plan helps to make decisions easier, quicker and with less hesitations. There are thousands of trading strategies for you to choose, but at Stocks2.com we prefer those that are simple but successful.
None of our preferred buy setups matches with FirstEnergy stock situation right now, therefore this is not a suitable entry point.
|New all-time high||No|
|New 52 week high||No|
|Price crossing up 200d MA||No|
|100d MA crossing up 200d MA||No|
Is FirstEnergy stock a buy?
Everyday, hundreds of stock ratings are posted by financial analysts to indicate a particular stock's attractiveness.At Stocks2.com, we collected 7 ratings published for FE stock in the last month. The general sentiment of these ratings is bullish for FE stock, with 6 positive ratings.
|Date||Analyst / Broker||Previous rating||Current rating|
|2019-3-28||Bank of America||n/a||Buy|
FirstEnergy stock analysis
FirstEnergy shares stepped up 0.56% to $48.38 on Oct 18th.
On Sep/26, FE hit new all time highs, pushing higher previous ATH of $49.02 recorded . New ATHs are usual entry points for many trading setups as there aren't higher resistences. FirstEnergy shares stepped up 0.56% to $48.38 on Oct 18th. Since price and SMA50d lines crossed up on June, FE climbed $7.50 (18.35%).
FirstEnergy stepped up a tiny 1.02% this week.
Not so far away is the last price record FirstEnergy marked late September. FE shows a long term strength with several rising tops and rising bottoms. It left a new bottom at $47.12 late September. Previous top ($49.07) will play as a resistance in possible new gains. Early January FE price bounced up over the SMA of 20 weeks that acted as support stopping new slides.
FirstEnergy stock price history
FirstEnergy IPO was on November 10th, 1997 at $9.43 per share1. Since then, FE stock grew a 413.00%, with a yearly average of 19.70%. If you had invested $1,000 in FirstEnergy stock in 1997, it would worth $4,130.00 today.
1: Adjusted price after possible price splits or reverse-splits.
FirstEnergy stock historical price chart
FE stock reached all-time highs on Sep/26 with a price of $49.07.
FirstEnergy stock price target is $45.60Predicting the price evolution of a stock or any financial instrument in a reliable and repeatable way is probably impossible. However, financial institutions invest time and resources to provide the most accurated estimations to help investors to make their decisions. The accuracy of these stock price predictions is not very high, and you should not blindly believe and make decisions only based on what this ratings or price target predictions say. We found 7 price forecasts for FirstEnergy stock published in the last month:
|Date||Analyst / Broker||Action||Previous target||Current target||Diff|
|2019-4-5||Morgan Stanley||Set Price Target||n/a||$44.00||-|
|2019-3-28||Bank of America||Raises Target||$41.00||$46.00||12.2%|
|2019-2-12||Morgan Stanley||Raises Target||$41.00||$43.00||4.9%|
Financials and fundamental analysis
Earnings date and Earnings per ShareFirstEnergy reported slightly fine results for 2018-Q4 on February. FirstEnergy appreciated Earnings per Share (EPS) by 4.20%, beating experts of $0.48. FirstEnergy posted $0.50.
|Quarter||Reporting date||Estimated EPS||Actual EPS||Surprise|
Annual financial resultsIn 2018, FirstEnergy annual sales inched a fine 3.05% to $11,261.00 M USD from $10,928.00 marked in 2017. Slightly better, its earnings margin (compared to revenues) skyrocketed to 11.97%, that is $1,348.00 million.
|2013||$14,850 M||-||$375 M2.5%||-|
|2014||$15,049 M||1.34%||$299 M2.0%||-20.27%|
|2015||$15,026 M||-0.15%||$578 M3.8%||93.31%|
|2016||$14,562 M||-3.09%||$-6,177.00 M-42.4%||-1,168.69%|
|2017||$10,928 M||-24.96%||$-1,724.00 M-15.8%||-72.09%|
|2018||$11,261 M||3.05%||$1,348 M12.0%||-178.19%|
Quarterly financial resultsFirstEnergy reported $2,710.00 M in sales for 2018-Q4, a -11.55% less compared to previous quarter. Reported quarter earnings marked $138.00 million with a profit margin of 5.09%. Profit margin climbed a 20.04% compared to previous quarter when profit margin was -14.95%. When comparing sales to same quarter last year, FirstEnergy sales marked a chilling loss and plummed a -53.03%.
|2017-Q2||$3,290 M||-||$174 M5.3%||-|
|2017-Q3||$3,710 M||12.77%||$396 M10.7%||127.59%|
|2017-Q4||$5,770 M||55.53%||$-2,499 M-43.3%||-731.06%|
|2018-Q1||$2,976 M||-48.42%||$1,369 M46.0%||-154.78%|
|2018-Q2||$2,704 M||-9.14%||$299 M11.1%||-78.16%|
|2018-Q3||$3,064 M||13.31%||$-458 M-14.9%||-253.18%|
|2018-Q4||$2,710 M||-11.55%||$138 M5.1%||-130.13%|
|2019-Q1||$2,883 M||6.38%||$320 M11.1%||131.88%|
FirstEnergy ownershipWhen you are planning to invest in shares of a company, it's always worth to review its ownership structure.
FirstEnergy shares owned by insiders (that is, founders, CEO, CTO, main executives or other management staff) currently counts a 4.24% of all shares.
In case of FirstEnergy stock, 0.00% of its shares are held by institutions (mutual funds, pension funds, big banks and other large financial institutions). Bearish positions for FE stock account 0.00%, no big difference from last month.
The following table compares ownership indicators for other stocks related to FirstEnergy:
|Market cap||$26.1 B||$46.5 B||$66.0 B||$30.4 B||$43.4 B|
|Total shares||540.0 M||493.8 M||803.4 M||332.1 M||971.6 M|
|Float shares||530.2 M||493.2 M||800.7 M||331.5 M||969.3 M|
|- Institutional holdings (%)||0.0%||75.8%||60.2%||61.4%||81.6%|
|- Insider holdings (%)||4.2%||0.0%||0.3%||0.2%||0.2%|
|Shares in short selling||0.0%||0.0%||0.0%||0.0%||0.0%|
|Friday, October 18th, 2019|
|Day range||$47.83 - $48.52|
|Average true range||$0.58|
|50d mov avg||$46.84|
|100d mov avg||$44.93|
|200d mov avg||$42.36|
FirstEnergy performanceStocks performance is always measured in comparision to the market or competitors and related stocks in the same industry. We picked American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Consolidated Edison, Exelon, NextEra Energy, NRG Energy, Public Service Enterprise, PPL and Southern as the bechmarking frame for FirstEnergy stock.
|PEGPublic Service En...||4.30%||7.47%||17.15%|
FirstEnergy competitorsWe picked a few stocks to conform a list of FirstEnergy competitors to watch if you are interested in investing in FE:
- American Electric Power (AEP)
- Dominion Energy (D)
- Consolidated Edison (ED)
- Exelon (EXC)
- NextEra Energy (NEE)
- NRG Energy (NRG)
- Public Service Enterprise (PEG)
- PPL (PPL)
- Southern (SO)
Latest FirstEnergy stock news
- InvestorPlace3 Big Stock Charts for Thursday: FirstEnergy, Boston Scientific and MondelezFebruary 7, 2019