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Dr. Dominguez is a full-time head investigator at FIVI-INCLIVA through a type I Miguel Servet contract and laboratory manager for the IVI Foundation Research department. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of Valencia in 1998, and obtained his doctorate degree “cum laude” in 2003 in the Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of the University of Valencia School of Medicine. He did his post-doctoral training at the CNIC (Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research) and at the Hospital de la Princesa in Madrid, as well as at the Principe Felipe Research Center in Valencia.
As a researcher, his main focus is the study of the endometrium and the human embryo implantation process, both at transcriptomic and at proteomic levels, without dismissing the embryonic aspect, developing new non-invasive aneuploidy diagnostic systems.
As a researcher, Dr Domínguez has published over 45 original “peer review” articles in leading reproductive journals (Hum Reprod, Fertil & Steril, PLos One, JCEM, etc.) and wrote than 15 book chapters on the human embryo implantation and endometrial receptivity.
He has also participated as researcher in competitive projects both as emerging researcher (Generalitat Valenciana), and as lead researcher (FIS Projects, Miguel Servet contracts), besides acting as regular editor in numerous specialized journals in the field of reproductive medicine. He is presently Associated Editor at Human Reproduction, the first Reproductive Medicine journal and the most influential in its field.
Dr. Domínguez has been involved in teaching since his early career, imparting postgraduate courses since 2003. Presently he is the Coordinator of the Basic Research in Human Reproduction Module from the Master’s Degree in Biotechnology of Assisted Human Reproduction (former doctorate degree of the Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of University of Valencia School of Medicine) given by ADEIT since 2001.
Dr. Domínguez has also worked as Scientific Director at Embryomics, an organization dedicated to the development of non-invasive aneuploidy diagnostic systems, from 2009 until June 2011 and he has received several awards for his research projects, including the ICIRA Award in 2009, the Spanish Fertility Society Award (2000) and the Salud 2000 Foundation Award (2004).
Honores y reconocimientos
|Merck-Serono Award, Salud 2000 Foundation. Clinical investigation Area||2015|
|Merck Serono Award, Salud 200 Foundation. Clinical investigation Area||2004|
|ICIRA Award, to the best IVF innovation Project||2009|
|Spanish Fertility Society Award||2000|
|Associate Editor Human Reproduction||2013|
An artificial intelligence model based on the proteomic profile of euploid embryos and time-lapse images: a preliminary study
Bori L Dominguez F Fernandez E I DelGallego R Alegra L Hickmane C Quiñonero A Nogueirad M F G Rochard J C Meseguera M
Reproductive BioMedicine OnlineIn press, journal pre-proofAvailable online 8 October 2020
Cytokines in embryonic secretome as potential markers for embryo selection.
Bahrami-Asl Z Hajipour H Rastgar Rezaei Y Novinbahador T Latifi Z Nejabati HR Farzadi L Fattahi A Nouri M Dominguez F
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2020 Dec 9:e13385. doi: 10.1111/aji.13385. Online ahead of print.
Tacrolimus Improves the Implantation Rate in Patients with Elevated Th1/2 Helper Cell Ratio and Repeated Implantation Failure (RIF).
Bahrami-Asl Z Farzadi L Fattahi A Yousefi M Quinonero A Hakimi P Latifi Z Nejabati HR Ghasemnejad T Sadigh AR Heidari MH Nouri M MG N Dominguez F
Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 2020 Aug;80(8):851-862. doi: 10.1055/a-1056-3148. Epub 2020 Aug 14.
Copper and lead exposures disturb reproductive features of primary endometrial stromal and epithelial cells.
Pérez-Debén S Gonzalez-Martin R Palomar A Quiñonero A Salsano S Dominguez F
Reprod Toxicol. 2020 Jan 28;93:106-117. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2020.01.008. [Epub ahead of print]
Preeclampsia: a defect in decidualization is associated with deficiency of Annexin A2.
Garrido-Gomez T Quiñonero A Dominguez F Rubert L Perales A Hajjar KA Simon C
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Nov 15. pii: S0002-9378(19)32624-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.11.1250. [Epub ahead of print]
Deregulation of miR-324/Kiss1/kisspeptin in early ectopic pregnancy: Mechanistic findings with clinical and diagnostic implications.
Romero-Ruiz A Avendaño MS Dominguez F Lozoya T Molina-Abril H Sangiao-Alvarellos S Gurrea M Lara-Chica M Fernandez-Sanchez M Torres E Perdices-Lopez C Abbara A Steffani L Calzado MA Dhillo WS Pellicer A Tena-Sempere M
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jan 29. pii: S0002-9378(19)30282-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.01.228. [Epub ahead of print
Follicular fluid and mural granulosa cells microRNA profiles vary in in vitro fertilization patients depending on their age and oocyte maturation stage
Moreno JM Núnez MJ Quiñonero A Martínez S De la Orden M Simón C Pellicer A Diaz-Garcia C Dominguez F
- Palomar A Gonzalez-Martin R Salsano S Pérez-Debén S Quiñonero A Domínguez F O-105 Entosis Occurs in Human Embryo Implantation.. Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver ,Canada, March 10-14, 2020
- Gonzalez-Martin R Palomar A Pérez-Debén S Quiñonero A Dominguez F F-209 Mercury Disturbs Reproductive Functions of Primary Endometrial Stromal Cells (ESC).. Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver ,Canada, March 10-14, 2020
- Pellicer N Buigues A Dominguez F Susana Martinez-cuenca Pellicer A Herraiz S P-787 Autologous stem cell ovarian transplantation (ASCOT) revitalized the aged blood-borne secretome in Poor responder (PR) women. Presented at the 35th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Vienna, Austria, 14-16 October 2019
- Marin L Campos-Galindo I Dominguez F De los Santos MJ Mercader A Simon C Rubio C P-574 Effect of genistein and daidzein levels on ovarian response and embryo quality in PGT-A cycles. Presented at the 35th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Paris, France, 14-16 October 2019
- Meseguer M Bori L Del Gallego R Remohí J Quinonero A Dominguez F P-134: Protein profile of euploid single embryo transfer reveals differential patterns among them.. Presented at the 74th Scientific Congress & Expo of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver, CO, USA, 23-26 June 2019
- Ferrero H Corachán A Quiñonero A Bougeret C Pellicer A Dominguez F . P-315: Inhibition of KIF20A reduces endometriosis implants in a randomized xenograft mouse model. Presented at the 74th Scientific Congress & Expo of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Denver, CO, USA, 23-26 June 2019
- Ferrero H Corachán A Quiñonero A Carbajo-García C Alamá P Tejera A Taboas E Muñoz E Pellicer A Domínguez F NGS of Oocytes from Endometriosis Patients Reveals a Differential Transcriptomic Pattern. Presented at the 34rd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, March 12-16, 2019
- Gonzalez-Martin R Quiñonero A Pérez S Salsano S Domínguez F Acute DEHP Exposure in Endometrial Epithelial Cells Does Not Phenocopy the Alterations Described in Endometriosis.. Presented at the 34rd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, March 12-16, 2019
- Gonzalez-Martin R Telez-Plaza M Domínguez F Association of Blood Cadmium and Lead Levels with Reproductive Lifespan Among Postmenopausal Women: NHANES 2005-2014. . Presented at the 34rd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, March 12-16, 2019
- Gonzalez-Martin R Quiñonero A Pérez-Debent S Salsano S Domínguez F Endometrial Stromal Cells Acutely Exposed to DEHP Do Not Recapitulate Alterations Observed in Endometriosis_. Presented at the 34rd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Barcelona, Spain, March 12-16, 2019
- Pérez-Debén S González-Martín R Quiñonero A Salsano S Domínguez F Copper and Lead, Two Inorganic Metalloestrogens, Disturb Reproductive Features of Primary Endometrial Stromal 2019
- Salsano S Quiñonero A Yañez-Mo Gómez A Pérez S Dominguez F Novel Non-Classic Progesterone P4 Receptor PGRMC1 Interactions and Functionality Reveal a Key Role 2019
- Rivera R Sota N Meseguer M Dominguez F Remohí J Garrido N Differential sperm proteomic profile between sperm samples achieving pregnancy or not in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles in oocyte donation program 2018
- Salsano S Quiñonero A Pérez S González-Ravina C Simón C Dominguez F Non-classical progesterone signaling may be sufficient to induce decidualization in Human Endometrial Stromal Cells (ESC) 2018
- Rivera Egea R Sota N Meseguer M Dominguez F Remohí J Garrido N Differential sperm proteomic profile between sperm samples achieving pregnancy or not in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles in oocyte donation program 2018
- Perez S Salsano S Quiñonero A Dominguez F Phytoestrogens (Soy-Derived Metabolites) May Act Like Endometrial Disruptors Altering Decidualization of Human Endometrial Stromal Cells 2018
- Rivera Egea R Sota N Meseguer M Dominguez F Remohí J Garrido N Differential sperm proteomic profile between sperm samples achieving pregnancy or not in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles in oocyte donation program 2017
- Garrido-Gómez T Dominguez F Quiñonero A Díaz-Gimeno P Kapidzic M Gormley M Ona K Pablo Padilla Genbacev O Perales A Fisher S Simón C Severe preeclampsia is associated with resistance to decidualization 2017
- Salsano S Quiñonero A Pérez S Simón C Domínguez F Non Classical Progesterone Receptor and SERPINE1mRNA (PGRMC1) Binding Protein (SERBP1) Interaction Influences the Human Decidualization Process 2017

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- By autor: C. Collodi
Paperback: 108 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 21, 2015)
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Great book of illustrations for the time period. Another great Alice Duncan read. Takeaways from the book 1) Distinguish the INTENT of biblical imagery from the MODE of its expression, which can be confusing if taken literally; 2) Read the NT through the lens of preparation in heaven for a future unveiling on earth; 3) Cosmic redemption is NOT the same thing as universal soteriology; 4) Heaven and earth as a cosmic temple. " Valentina Canella, Goodreads"I just started reading this book and I'm already madly in love. The grammatical errors are troubling in a book for professional writers. book The Adventures Of Pinocchio, New Edition Pdf Epub
. Yes, it can serve any of these needs and more. I felt as if there were some overly detailed detours that could have been left out, resulting in a tighter plot and better pace. Goldfarb has been a voice of reason on NPR for many years; anyone familiar with his first rate radio work will easily be able to hear him telling this story he writes the way he talks: the voice is engaging, precise & always lucid. " -Max Byrd, national bestselling author ofJefferson"It isn't difficult to ask a what-if question. ” Growing up in their family’s ancestral home in Wales, Jonathan Anthony and his little sister, Theo, are inseparable. A fun all-ages comic with doses of humour and superhero action. A shrinking school in a dying town. Now, on the surface, this might sound cool, but man, could it get annoying. Kids are encouraged to satisfy their scientific curiosity by using the problem-solving method when preparing science fair projects. Then the end was rushed which was a bummer. I loved both of Efaw's novels and hope she's working on a third,.
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Pinocchio is an Italian children's book that is well worth reading. I have never read this book until now and had only known it from the Walt Disney movie. As with most films, the book is much better. In this case, it is almost an entirely different ...
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“The cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it. And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities which he built in Hamath. Also he built Beth-horon … and Baalath … and the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen …” 2 Chronicles 8:2-8 (KJV)
The words of First and Second Chronicles were written as one book under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by Ezra the scribe and priest and historical Bible scholar according to Jewish tradition. Chapter eight documents Solomon’s expansion of his kingdom. King Solomon spent the first twenty years of his reign building the house of The Lord and his own house. Then he built up the surrounding cities for the children of Israel to dwell there. He then went to war with Hamath-zobah, prevailed against it, and took the land and developed it as his own as store cities. (2 Chronicles 8:1-4) Solomon also built the walled cities of upper and lower Beth-horon. He also built additional store cities, and chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen. He built up Jerusalem and Lebanon and all the cities throughout his kingdom. (2 Chronicles 8:5-6) For laborers to complete all of this building, Solomon used the children of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites which the children of Israel had conquered but did not drive out of the land. But the children of Israel were not servants or workers. Solomon made them men of war, captains, and chiefs, and officers in his army and over the people. (2 Chronicles 8:7-10) King Solomon married the daughter of Pharaoh and built a house for her so that she would not have to stay in the holy house of David where the ark of The Lord had been. (2 Chronicles 8:11) Solomon continued to worship The Lord and he made sure that the people worshiped according to the commandments of Moses. He appointed priests to their service and the Levites to their charges so that there was daily praise and ministry. (2 Chronicles 8:12-16) Solomon also developed a fleet of ships which brought him jewels, and precious metals, and spices, and wood. The sailors of his ships were sent to him by Hiram, the king of Tyre. (2 Chronicles 8:17-18)
Sometimes we pray and ask The Lord God to bless us with more. It is not that we do not have or lack, we just want more. We pray as Jabez prayed, “… bless me and enlarge my territory …” (1 Chronicles 4:10) However, we need to be careful regarding what we pray for because God may grant our request, and it may be more than we can handle. Pray for God’s guidance.

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I need to find the refractive indexes of the core and cladding of an optical fibre by using the specs found here http://www.photonics.byu.edu/FiberOpticConnectors.parts/images/smf28.pdf Then I'm suppose to calculate the Numerical aperture and compare it with the one listed.
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I have tried reading the specs but can't seem to find any that would help me solve the index of refraction. Does anyone have an idea?


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You've heard the warning signs: beware of ultra-processed foods.
And despite the wave of crushed avocado and rainbow salads filling up your Instagram feed, it turns out Brits are the least likely among Europeans to fill up on fresh foods.
A study by the University of Sao Paolo examined 19 different European countries and found that 50.7% of the UK population's shopping trolleys are in fact filled up with ultra processed foods.
The next highest after the UK was Germany whose diets were made up of 46.2% ultra processed foods, but the lowest of the countries surveyed was Portugal who eat only 10.2% ultra processed foods.
Examples of ultra processed foods are items like packaged crisps, instant noodles and packets of cakes and biscuits, as opposed to ordinarily processed foods like cheese or cured meats.
Moreover, with research showing that the synthetic chemicals used in food packaging could be harmful to health over the long term, if you're eating these, you're pretty much delivering your wellbeing a health-risk double whammy.
But we get it; they're hard to avoid. Especially with US research showing that processed foods can cause addictive eating behaviour. Ie. There's a reason why one you pop, you can't stop.
So what's being done about it? Well, Weight Watchers has just revealed plans to remove all artificial ingredients from their foods by 2020. And we're sure they'll be the first of many.
Until then, though, the best game plan is, not necessarily to give up processed foods completely - everyone needs a cheat day, right? - but to be aware of labels and make your choices a little healthier by avoiding the below red flag ingredients as much as you can.
ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS: 7 INGREDIENTS TO AVOID
1. PALM OIL
This one is hard to avoid. Why? Because it's cheap and therefore one of the most common oils to sneak its way into processed foods.
It's high in saturated fat (the bad kind), though, which, according to research from the University of Montreal not only disrupts metabolism and can lead to obesity, but creates inflammation in the part of the brain that controls your mood and the feeling of reward.
Which means? Say hello to feelings of depression and anxiety, and even compulsive behaviours such as addictive eating habits.
2. ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
A 2017 study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that not only are artificial sweeteners associated with long-term weight gain, they are also linked to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
Research also shows that aspartame, the sweetener used in most diet products, actually blocks the gut enzyme that prevents obesity, diabetes and metabolic issues, and actually increases appetite. Diet Coke break? No thanks.
3. MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
Although there's been some debate over this takeaway ingredient - said to be the fifth basic taste 'savouriness', along with sweetness, sourness, saltiness and bitterness - research published in 'The Journal of Head and Face Pain' has found that it can lead to headaches, especially for those who are prone to migraines.
4. HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)
HFCS shows up a lot in processed foods. American researchers found that too much of this sweet sugary ingredient can lead to excess weight gain because it boosts fat-storing hormones in the body. Enter an increased risk of high cholesterol and diabetes.
Keep an eye out for terms like "corn sweetener", "corn syrup", or "corn syrup solids".
5. ARTIFICIAL COLOURS
Not only has artificial food colouring been linked to some types of cancer, American researchers found that certain colours, particularly the caramel colour present in many soft drinks, can pose a cancer risk.
The caramel colour is made up of 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), which is a possible human carcinogen.
Look out for E numbers in ingredients lists of processed foods to swerve this one.
Nitrites, such as sodium nitrite, are used to preserve certain foods, but research shows that there is a possibility that they could react with amino acids and lead to the formation of nitrosamines - chemical compounds that are carcinogenic, i.e. can cause cancer.
Nitrites are mostly used to preserve meat so the fresher the pick, the less likely you are to encounter these, so if you can try to buy local meat or shop at the butchers over buying pre-packaged meat regularly.
7. BHT (Butylhydroxytoluene)
BHT is an antioxidant added to processed foods, mostly breakfast cereals, to preserve them by preventing their fat content from turning rancid.
But a 2017 study carried out by researchers at Cedar-Sinai Medical Centre in the US shows that it may actually lead to weight gain. How?
It interferes with the signals sent between your digestive system and brain that tell you when you're full and should stop eating. Leading to? You guessed it. Weight gain.

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I'm already short with a smaller position from this idea :
So I'm just going deeper in this short trade. We have a nice devergence on the daily and TSI is starting to cross over.
is extremely overbought.
Firs we will test the previous intermediate cycle top at 55$.
The next level is the 200 at 50-51$. That is the first possible level to print the ICL. But I think we will break below the 200 and maybe tag the first DCL at 45-46$. Time will tell.
America crude oil exports remain near record levels, averaging 1.45 million barrels per day over the past 13 weeks and crude oil inventories continue to draw down. Increased export capacity coming online in 2018.
The latest; EIA report, U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 6.9 million barrels from the previous week. At 412.7 million
barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are in the middle of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 3.6 million barrels last week, and are
in the middle of the average range. Both finished gasoline inventories and blending components inventories increased last week. Distillate fuel inventories decreased by 3.9
million barrels last week and are in the lower half of the average range for this time of year. Propane/propylene inventories decreased by 3.7 million barrels last week, and are in
the lower half of the average range. Total commercial petroleum inventories decreased by 13.8 million barrels last week.
HFI research; We are looking at a global oil draw of approximately 1 million b/d with an upside to WTI to $80 this year.
I entered a small short at $64.80 and will add to the position between $65 - $70 looking to exit the short at $60 -$62
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While I was reading through Action Asia today for the first time in many years, I was struck by just what a good magazine this is. It has lots of insightful articles, introduces a lot of places, and is full of thrills and excitement. It certainly lives up to its name.
One of the articles that had me rather tickled was written by a diver, talking about sharks. It was pretty funny how he kept referring to getting bitten in a very off-hand manner, while wondering why people are so afraid of sharks. I thought the humor of it was great.
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First Amendment Attorney to Receive First Meskis Free Speech Award
- By Chris Finan
The American Booksellers Association has created a new award to honor those who have provided extraordinary service in defense of the First Amendment rights of booksellers and their customers. The Joyce Meskis Free Speech Award, which is named for the owner of Denver’s Tattered Cover Book Store, will be presented to Michael A. Bamberger, the general counsel of Media Coalition, on May 31 during the Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch at BookExpo.
Bamberger has represented more than 40 bookstores in two dozen lawsuits challenging censorship laws since 1977, when he joined Media Coalition, which defends the First Amendment rights of businesses that produce and distribute books, magazines, movies, videos, recordings, and video games. He is senior counsel in the New York office of the law firm Dentons.
One of his most significant cases was a 1985 challenge to an Indianapolis ordinance that would have forced bookstores to pay damages to victims of sexual assaults who were allegedly harmed by the sale of books or magazines with sexual content. The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld lower court rulings that the law was unconstitutional.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Bamberger successfully challenged dozens of state statutes that banned the display in bookstores and on bookstore websites of constitutionally protected material that is “harmful to minors.”
In his most recent case, he represented five Arizona booksellers who sued over a state law that purportedly banned the sale of “revenge porn,” which would have made it illegal to sell any book with a nude image unless the person depicted had granted permission, including books with historical images. The law was struck down as unconstitutional, and the state decided not to appeal.
In addition to filing lawsuits, Bamberger has written friend-of-the-court briefs in significant First Amendment cases affecting booksellers, including many that reached the Supreme Court.
Meskis said she is delighted that Bamberger is receiving an award. “Michael Bamberger has been a true and steady protector of the First Amendment, a stalwart colleague and wise counselor to booksellers across the nation in his many years of service to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, ABA, and its member stores,” she said.
ABA CEO Oren Teicher said it was easy to name the new free speech award. “It is entirely appropriate that the award should be named after Joyce, who has spent her entire career fighting for free speech,” he said.
ABA recently posted a video of Meskis discussing some of her battles on behalf of free speech and the First Amendment, including her victory in suppressing a search warrant seeking information about the books purchased by a Tattered Cover customer.

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Heisenji Hakusan shrine and stone pavement of the medieval period
The base of Hakusan Worship.Hakusan Heisenji Shrine developed sophisticated technique of utilizing stones for town planning earlier than any other city in Japan and developed into one of the largest religious cities in Japan in the medieval period equipped with stone-paved paths and stone walls constructed in a planned manner. Their technique was introduced to the castle town of Ichijodani by Asakura clan, a warrior family.
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In the city area of Katsuyama City spreads a river terrace of the Kuzuryu River. In the Edo period, "Shichirikabe", stone walls built by piling up river stones at the cliffs of the river terrace, was constructed by utilizing the terrace. Utilizing Shichirikabe as a boundary, a castle town was built by dividing samurai residences and townhouses or temples methodically.
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Oshozu refers to underflow water that gushes out on the lowest terrace surface of the river terrace spreading in the city area of Katsuyama City. Pure water used to gush out everywhere. Today, however, Oshozu is the only place where spring water comes out. Oshozu is loved by the people of Katsuyama City together with its elegant view created by the stone wall made of round river stone.
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This is a garden of a villa of the Matsudaira family, the feudal lord of Fukui domain with a grove that features a path around a central pond and spring. Famous stones produced in Echizen are used in various places in the garden such as a stone bridge made of a huge natural stone with 5 meters in length and 90 cm in width, kageishi, a type of stone used in the landscaping of Japanese gardens, vertical stones, a washbasin set called Tsukubai made of Shakudani stone, etc. We can enjoy beautiful landscape created by water and stones while walking around the garden in a relaxed manner.
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This is a city in the medieval period built by Asakura clan, a warring lord. The ruins of the castle gate built by piling up huge stones to preventinvasion by the enemy give a full impact on us.

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- No water, electricity for post mortems in Mussoorie Civil Hospital
When 60-year-old Hans Raj walks down the uneven stairway to the only mortuary in Mussoorie, he has an extra burden to carry. Thanks to no water supply at the Civil Hospital, the cleaner who also doubles up as the post mortem person has to carry at least five liters of water with him for the post mortem
- SIC penalises Bijnor CMO for not providing information under RTI
Bijnor: Uttar Pradesh information commission has slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on the chief medical officer (CMO) of Bijnor for his alleged failure to furnish information under Right to Information Act (RTI) to an activist. State information commissioner Hafiz Usman passed the order on February 17 and the copy of the order reached here on Monday
- City posts most gripes to CMO handle, government response not bad
The city has been ranked among the top three performers in Haryana in ‘social media grievance tracking and disposal’ even though it received the highest number of online complaints with regard to broken roads, poor policing and medical negligence, among others.
- Champawat ADM resigns under ‘work pressure’, rolls back decision after CMO intervention
Additional district magistrate (ADM) of Champawat Hemant Kumar Verma who resigned from his post on Saturday citing “undue pressure being exerted on me” rolled back his resignation on Sunday after requests from senior government officials. Sources said that the chief minister’s office also intervened in the matter. Verma was believed to be unhappy at pressure being put on him by an NGO that the district administration was partnering with for a sustainable development programme
- Get your own anaesthetist for surgery: Dehradun hospital to patients
In a bizarre order, the Coronation Hospital, a government hospital in Dehradun, has asked patients in need of surgery to arrange their own anaesthetist. This has left patients, most of whom belong to economically weaker sections, in the lurch, with many of them saying that they can’t afford to pay fees charged by an anaesthetist. As a result, hundreds of surgeries have been put on hold.


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Christopher Paul Stelling is a singer-songwriter and guitarist currently based in Brooklyn, New York. There is a fearless quality to his music of Christopher and a voice that sounds both old and young, an effortless yet intricate finger-picking guitar style and lyrics that are both dramatic, and intensely confessional. It’s a sound that channels the restless spirit of a young man who left home to travel the country, haunting and impassioned songs formed by endless nights alone on stage with a guitar, playing to packed houses, other times to nearly empty rooms. Stelling estimates that he’s played over four hundred shows in just the past three years. It places him within a longstanding tradition that serves to nurture ones character and art.
“It takes a lot of work to stay on the road,” he says. “You learn to rely on your songs as a sort of resting place amidst all of the unfamiliarity. You fill your head full of places, and sounds, and ideas — and it all comes spilling out. When the things around you change constantly, you change too. And the things that stay the same become who you are. It’s nurtured my songwriting, knowing that the inspiration is all around you. If you aren’t seeing it, then look harder, and if you still don’t see it, then turn the corner, and if you still don’t see it then look at things differently, because it’s right there in front of you.”
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So every day at noon The Chew comes on http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-chew...if you've never watched the show you're missing out. They make some amazing foods, always have a great guest on the show, and can make me laugh, things I like in a cooking show :) Anyhow so Monday they had this amazing dish and just in watching the previews C said he wanted me to make it http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/Ginger-Orange-Chicken-Coconut-Rice-Clinton-Kelly I finally picked up everything on Wednesday and told him I'd make it. So last night, after having to adjust because I don't own a dutch oven and didn't have white wine on hand (i used chicken broth), I got this baby in the oven and cooking. When all that was done I had to toast my coconut for the rice...TOAST my coconut, not scorch or fry, or start a fire with my coconut, TOAST!!!
Here's what happened. First I spread a thin layer of coconut on a small baking pan, turned the oven on broil, and popped it in there. The directions said for 3-5 minutes so I went about rinsing my rice with cold water like I should, when I turned around i could smell the burning, when I opened the stove flames evolved. Ya...flames. So many flames that the alarm on the oven went off notifying me of the said fire that I already knew was going on in my stove. I wish my phone hadn't died or I'd have at least gotten some pictures of the catastrophe. Josh ended up smothering it with another baking pan after a few minutes debating what to do since we may be the only family without an extinguisher, and all was well, but I avoided trying to toast it again and just threw the darn coconut into my rice as it was....sigh
In the end it was still pretty good. I would use wine next time because the broth ended up making it taste too chicken-y and I probably wont use the coconut milk again, the kids didn't like how sweet the rice was, actually I didn't either.
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Inquiry and research are at the heart of learning in all subject areas in the Ontario curriculum. Beyond being a resource place and tech lab, what role do teacher-librarians and school libraries play in moving K to 12 schools forward with inquiry? How do we compete with, collaborate and even enhance the learning happening in GAFE (Google Apps for Education) environments? This session will share: a modified OSLA inquiry model integrated within a virtual library redesign; and examples of teacher-librarian programming and collaboration with classroom teachers that embrace an inquiry-based approach.
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ArenaNet desires to make Guild Battles 2 unlike any type of various other massively-multiplayer online role-playing video game out there, and also that all beginnings with personality development. Obtaining a mechanic formerly seen in video games like Bethesda’s Senior Scrolls collection, as soon as you select a course as well as race, you’ll be offered with a collection of individual inquiries to aid fill-out your personality’s bio.
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Manny PacMan Pacquiao is in the UK this week ahead of a planned speech at Oxford and Cambridge and took time out to have a meeting with promoter Eddie Hearn.
Hearn was recently in the running to sign Pacquiao for new streaming platform DAZN in the US but in the end Pacquiao chose to sign an adviser contract with powerful manager Al Haymon.
That said, he didn’t sign a promotional contract with anyone and in most of the press releases so far he’s been saying that his own promotional company, M.P. Promotions will stage his next fight against Adrien Broner expected to take place next January.
Who’s to say thought that a deal with Hearn to promote an event of his in the future on DAZN won’t happen down the line.
Anything is possible in this crazy old game.
Here’s the two meeting earlier on and some of the fan reaction so far to the meeting:
Ain’t he already signed to PBC?
— Hasan Ashrafi (@HasancAshrafi) November 5, 2018
Haymon yes but he isn’t supposedly a promoter ?
— Tony Gittins (@gittins_tony) November 5, 2018
Pacman V Brook or Khan?
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Hurry up & buy
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Pacquiao’s expected next fight against Adrien Broner is thought to be getting lined up for January 19th in Las Vegas.


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It's long been a guiding principle of our programming at Unbound that the festival should be as interactive as possible. We want audience members to participate fully in events, and every talk will include significant opportunities for Q and A. Another important facet of this is that, where possible, events will be in interview format. Rather than formal monologues, there will be conversations between writers.
In view of this, an obvious question that we have been considering since we confirmed Michael Ondaatje's appearance at the festival on Friday night is: who should be on the stage of the Missouri Theatre to interview him?
We're thrilled to answer that question. It's Mark Doty.
Doty, one of America's most acclaimed and beloved poets, is the winner of numerous awards including the National Book Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize, and is the recipient of a Guggenheim "genius" grant. He has also written bestselling memoirs.
Michael Ondaatje, in addition to being a world-renowned novelist, is also an acclaimed poet and memoirist.
How could we resist?
We cannot wait to see and hear these two literary giants together in conversation at the Missouri Theatre on April 22. There won't be a more fascinating bookish event going on anywhere in the country that night. Tickets are free, but you must register ahead of time. Click here to go to the event page.


Palestinian-American congresswoman Rashida Tlaib accused Israel of denying Palestinians access to the COVID-19 vaccine, when in fact, it is the Palestinian Authority’s responsibility to get their citizens inoculated, under the Olso Accords.
“I think it’s really important to understand Israel is a racist state and that they would deny Palestinians, like my grandmother, access to a vaccine, that they don’t believe that she’s an equal human being that deserves to live, deserves to be able to be protected by this global pandemic,” the Michigan Democrat said in an interview for the “Democracy Now!” TV show.
Contrary to her statements, Israel is not blocking vaccines from getting to Palestinians. Israeli officials have stated that the country must take care of its citizens first just as the PA is responsible for vaccinating its own population. It is a lie that Israel “would deny Palestinians access to the COVID-19 vaccine.” Israel simply doesn’t feel it is her responsibility. The Palestinian Authority is its own government with a budget, a police force and medical facilities.
But that didn’t stop Tlaib.
“It’s really hard to watch as this apartheid state continues to deny their own neighbors, the people that breathe the same air they breathe, that live in the same communities,” she said.
This is another lie. The only Arabs that “live in the same communities” as Jewish Israelis and are the more than one million Arab Israelis, who have the same access to the vaccine as Israeli Jews. If there was some sort of racism or apartheid, why is Israel making sure their entire Arab population is vaccinated? In fact, the government has profusely promoted the vaccine in Arab communities with several officials visits by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein encouraging Israeli Arabs to get vaccinated.
Israel is leading the world in its vaccination campaign, having already inoculated some 30 percent of the eligible population.
But Tlaib was bouncing off the organization Human Rights Watch and others that have called on Israel, as the “occupying power,” to provide vaccines to the 4.5 million Palestinians as well, rather than put the onus on Fatah and Hamas to do so.
Israel has “the power to distribute that vaccine to the Palestinian people, their own neighbors, again, feet away from where they live, many of which, again, could expose them and their family. And it doesn’t. If anything, it just reiterates what the Palestinian people and even human rights groups have been telling us, is that this is an apartheid state,” Tlaib insisted.
And even if Israel wanted to help the Palestinians, how would they do that? The PA has not formally requested aid from Israel regarding the vaccine. Ramallah is waiting for shipments of the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V, and the first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines to arrive in February.
Tlaib also failed to mention that Israel is paying $47 a dose, which is higher than most countries, and that the Jewish state promised to pass along the medical records of its citizens to Pfizer in exchange for the the vast and quick supply of vaccines it has received.


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in most regions of the country, that means securing support posts to the foundation with code-approved metal connectors, or having the ends of posts set on concrete deck blocks buried at least 12 inches below grade the top of the soil .
if you are doing a wood deck and the ground is flat, why can you not just pour a concrete 'slab', say 5' concrete with minimal grade beams and build the deck on top of the concrete. shoot down 2x4 treated screeds and put your decking on top of the screeds. you have no wood in the ground, no drainage issue under the deck, no joists,
up vote 1 down vote. if you can dig down 4 feet, it's really easy to put a sonotube down and fill it with concrete and put the 6x6 you might only need 4x4 depends on deck dimensions on that. source: that's what i did.
deck footings or piers and their posts not only support normal loads, they also help provide the needed uplift resistance. concrete footings, at or below the locality's frost line, can be as basic as a pad in the bottom to support the column, with stone backfilled around it, or a solid-concrete pile with an anchor bolt installed on top to hold the column in place figure 5 .
re: 6' by 6' cedar posts and risk of rotting when sitting them on to of concrete foot. the posts should not be in direct contact with the concrete, as they will wick moisture from the concrete and rot from the bottom up. typical post bases have a metal plate that holds the posts 1' above the concrete so that they stay dry.
whether you're building a cover for a concrete patio, mounting posts on concrete steps or installing a railing around a concrete porch, you have to attach the 4x4 posts so they remain upright and rigid. depending on the project and design, you can choose from one of three methods to attach the posts. surface mount posts.
a badly damaged concrete deck slab this was the ultimate bad patio: severely cracked and cratered, some areas raised by frost, others sunken after 50 years of settling. originally, it was tiled, then the tile was chiseled off and the pockmarked surface got a coat of paint.
re: deck post, in ground or on a pier? you are only 26' high, so i would do a concrete or paver patio instead of a deck do it once and be done. if you want a deck i would pour concrete piers and run steel beams or treated 2' x 12' 's across the piers for the joist to sit on. i would not put my posts in the ground they will rot off.
what type of post base connection should i use while building a deck? gregvancom. pour a concrete slab over a concrete slab, how to attach a beam to a post for a deck - duration:
if you are building a deck, you will need to mount the wood posts on concrete piers. first the concrete piers must be in the proper location or the support beams won't be lined up. the deck must also be supported for side forces and uplift forces.
the photo on the left shows a post set in a bracket that has been mounted to the top of a footer. the photo on the right shows a post that has concrete poured around it, which can lead to a crack like you see here. when concrete is poured around a deck post in this way, the post will rot due to moisture buildup by the
then, pour the concrete around it. this gives you post connectors exactly where they need to be. after the concrete sets, just remove the beam, put the posts in, and put the beam on top of them. simple. if the posts are all the same height you can put short pieces of post between the deck and the beam.
if you have room, use a ledger and posts, to raise the deck up a bit, to allow cleaning, air and ventilation under it. otherwise, build it up, with tile, stone, bricks or more concrete. putting deck joists on top of a slab is a bad idea.
deck posts on existing concrete patio slab installing a 13' l x 12' w x 2' h deck. 6 deck posts will be installed on concrete footings and piers, while the remaining 4 posts would be anchored to an existing 4' think concrete patio slab.
fill that post hole with concrete when youre building a deck, a fence, a pole building or whatever, everyone thinks that the hole must be filled with concrete. i did a little research and on this subject and surprisingly there are a couple websites where this question has been asked with varying answers.
overall, pier blocks are best suited for low- or ground-level decks, where smaller framing materials are common, and additional posts and blocks are not an eyesore. uplift and lateral forces on the posts are also of less concern in ground-level decks. the deck foundation blocks can be purchased at most home and garden stores.
its a hot-dipped galvanized plate that when combined with ozcos post anchors creates a solid foundation so you can build a solid deck without digging holes or pouring concrete. contact ozco to find out more about the oz-deck foundation system and other building breakthroughs from ozco, or locate a dealer near you.
the deck posts are mounted on the outside of the joists and while replacing deck boards, i would like to replace the deck posts and put them inside of the frame. one technic is by cutting a two inch slab at the bottom so half rests on the frame while the bottom bolts into the frame.
i'm curious as to how you all handle your deck posts and footings. i've always poured the footings to grade and then attach the posts to the footers with some type of post base. but i've seen as late as yesterday a builder placing the post in about a foot of concrete in the footer hole and then filling the remainder up with dirt.
the main difficulty in using deck blocks with posts is that the indentation for the posts is slightly larger than the post itself. this allows a high degree of movement until the beams are fastened to two posts, tying them firmly in position.
placing beams directly on footings. by malcolm. toronto, on i'm planning to build a low 16' deck with beams resting directly on the titan deck foot anchor no posts . for your product, since it rests directly on grade, i would therefore have to ensure that the ground is perfectly level to get level beams.
when concrete is poured around a deck post in this way, the post will rot due to moisture buildup by the the photo on the left shows a post set in a bracket that has been mounted to the top of a footer.
however, i know several reputable deck builders that do embed the post in the ground--not necessarily in concrete, but on a buried concrete footing and then fill around the post. your source for: bergendecks.com : decks porches railings pergolas in bergen county new jersey
for structural or load-bearing applications, such as concrete footings for deck posts, or for securing any post in sandy soil, follow the steps on pages 59 to 60, using concrete forms to build the footings or set the posts.
replacing the concrete deck with wood could have been done in one of two ways: completely demolish the concrete porch and build a 100% wooden one in its place, or use the concrete as a base and just add wood on top of it. since our concrete was in good condition and would offer a solid base we decided to keep it and just cover it all with wood.
we arent allowed to sink deck posts in the ground. we usually use a concrete footer with a simpson post bracket set in the concrete wet. on a low deck, we might wedge bolt or epoxy a post bracket to the top of the dry pier. that said, the post anchors job is to hold the post down to the ground, not to add much lateral stability.
as long as the beam can sit directly on top of the post bracket, i will level those bracket and just plan the post hole accordingly. it all goes back to the first image where i do the stacking of bracket, beam, joist, deck board, i just have to recalculate everything.


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Apr 22, 2014, 3:20 PM EDT
MLB has handed out suspensions for the Easter afternoon brawl between the Brewers and Pirates.
Apr 21, 2014, 7:10 PM EDT
Pirates catcher Russell Martin isn’t ready to move on from Sunday’s benches-clearing brawl with the Brewers.
Apr 21, 2014, 11:31 AM EDT
Someone needs to explain to 1995 Jim Thome that this is NOT how baseball is meant to be played.
Apr 21, 2014, 9:23 AM EDT
Lighten-up, baseball. It’s a fun game. Let’s let people actually have fun out there.
Apr 21, 2014, 6:39 AM EDT
The Unwritten Rules strike again. Plus, I wish you all a happy Spring Thanksgiving.
Apr 20, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
Chipper Jones is not a fan of Carlos Gomez.
Apr 20, 2014, 3:07 PM EDT
A pretty vicious brawl just went down at PNC Park after Carlos Gomez of the Brewers went into home run celebration mode after slugging a Gerrit Cole pitch to the top of the center field wall …
Apr 11, 2014, 10:15 AM EDT
Left-hander Jeff Locke is recovered from an oblique injury and off the disabled list, but rather than adding him to the active roster the Pirates have demoted him to Triple-A.
Mar 30, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT
Travis Sawchik of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review wrote an intriguing column about the rise in fastball velocity across Major League Baseball. In 2008, the average fastball in the Majors registered at 90.9 MPH; in 2013, it was 92 MPH. A change of 1.1 MPH over a six-year period may seem small, but when hundreds of thousands of fastballs…
Mar 26, 2014, 11:29 PM EDT
Between now and Opening Day, HardballTalk will take a look at each of baseball’s 30 teams, asking the key questions, the not-so-key questions, and generally breaking down their chances for the 2014 season. Next up: The Pittsburgh Pirates. The Big Question: Is regression inevitable? The Pirates’ long-term trajectory looks good. 2013 National League MVP Andrew McCutchen is…
Feb 13, 2014, 11:19 AM EDT
Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com has a follow-up to A.J. Burnett signing a one-year, $16 million deal with the Phillies, reporting that the free agent right-hander turned down a one-year, $12 million deal from the Pirates. At the beginning of the offseason Pittsburgh chose not to make Burnett a one-year, $14.1 million qualifying offer that would…
Feb 9, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe passes this report along in his always-info-packed weekly Sunday notes column: Kendrys Morales, 1B/DH, free agent — Morales fits what the Pirates need, a first baseman/middle of the order hitter. There’s mutual interest, but while the Pirates would love him on the right contract, they may also pursue a…
Jan 22, 2014, 9:25 PM EDT
The Yankees made headlines when it was announced that they had signed Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka to a seven-year deal worth $155 million. They were in need of rotation help and satisfied that need in a big way by signing the best free agent pitcher on the market. That the Yankees signed him came as…
Jan 9, 2014, 9:40 AM EDT
Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage was interviewed on 93.7 radio in Pittsburgh and indicated that he expects free agent A.J. Burnett to retire, saying: I’m on that percentage point where he’s not going to come back. Right now I’m leaning that way, where he’s going to retire. Burnett was one of the best pitchers in…
Oct 9, 2013, 11:01 PM EDT
The St. Louis Cardinals are headed to their eighth NLCS since 2000 and their ninth since 1996. Adam Wainwright did his Adam Wainwright thing, allowing just one run in a nine-inning complete game effort as the Cardinals ousted the Pirates from the postseason with a 6-1 victory in NLDS Game 5 on Wednesday night at…
Oct 9, 2013, 8:43 PM EDT
Cardinals postseason legend David Freese has struck in this loser-heads-home NLDS Game 5. What looked like a brewing pitcher’s duel suddenly turned into an early 2-0 lead for host St. Louis when Freese launched a two-run homer to left field with two outs in the bottom of the second inning, setting off a round of…
Oct 9, 2013, 6:08 PM EDT
It’ll be an all-hands-on-deck night in St. Louis. According to beat writer Travis Sawchick of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said in his pregame press conference Wednesday that left-hander Francisco Liriano will be available out of the bullpen in Game 5 of the NLDS against the Cardinals. Liriano will either be brought in…
Oct 9, 2013, 4:16 PM EDT
Lineups for the entire collection of marbles in St. Louis … Pirates: LF Starling Marte 2B Neil Walker CF Andrew McCutchen 1B Justin Morneau RF Marlon Byrd 3B Pedro Alvarez C Russell Martin SS Clint Barmes SP Gerrit Cole Aside from a one-game switch from Clint Barmes to Jordy Mercer at shortstop Pirates manager has…
Oct 8, 2013, 9:23 AM EDT
Maybe it’s the cold medicine talking, or maybe my mind has just been altered by the Braves loss and I’m willing to accept anything at the moment, but this quote from Adam Wainwright in Jesse Spector’s article previewing tomorrow’s Cards-Pirates showdown makes a lot of sense, regardless of the syntax. Wainwright, who faces off against…
Oct 7, 2013, 6:35 PM EDT
It’s not a surprise now, but it would have been a week ago: the Pirates will go to Gerrit Cole over A.J. Burnett in Wednesday’s decisive Game 5 against the Cardinals. Burnett has won 26 games with a 3.49 ERA in his two seasons with the Pirates, but that’s all been undone by one hideous…
Oct 7, 2013, 6:25 PM EDT
With their backs against the wall, the Cardinals turned to rookie right-hander Michael Wacha this afternoon to keep their season alive. And he delivered in his first career postseason start. Wacha took a no-hitter in the eighth inning as the Cardinals defeated the Pirates 2-1 to force a Game 5 in the NLDS. The 22-year-old…
Oct 4, 2013, 4:33 PM EDT
Partly because they were worried about his innings count, the Pirates seriously considered putting Gerrit Cole into the bullpen for the postseason. It’s a very good thing they didn’t. Cole pitched six innings of one-run ball and singled in the first run of the game as the Pirates beat the Cardinals 7-1 to even up…
Oct 4, 2013, 2:32 PM EDT
NLDS Game 2 between the Pirates and the Cardinals is, as I write this, in the top of the fifth inning. And the story today is very different than it was yesterday. Pittsburgh leads 5-1 at the moment, and Pirates fans can thank Gerrit Cole for much of that margin. Cole is dealing, having sailed…
Oct 4, 2013, 12:16 PM EDT
Pirates and Cardinals lineups for the first of four playoff games today … Pirates: LF Starling Marte 2B Neil Walker CF Andrew McCutchen 1B Justin Morneau RF Marlon Byrd 3B Pedro Alvarez C Russell Martin SS Jordy Mercer SP Gerrit Cole Pirates manager Clint Hurdle made just one change from Game 1, benching shortstop Clint…
Oct 3, 2013, 8:23 PM EDT
Despite another strong season in which he posted a 3.30 ERA and finished fifth in the NL with 209 strikeouts, free-agent-to-be A.J. Burnett is contemplating retirement this winter. It’s hard to imagine that he’ll want to go out like that, though. Burnett was blasted for seven runs in two-plus innings Thursday in the Pirates’ Game…
- Albert Pujols becomes 26th member of 500 home run club 20
- MLB suspends Martin Maldonado, Carlos Gomez, Travis Snider, and Russell Martin for Easter brawl 44
- “Respect the Game?” Phooey. 101
- The MLBPA is serious about investigating leaks to reporters regarding Stephen Drew, Kendrys Morales 31
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June 4, 2019
Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force Path to Public Safety
FACT SHEET: Warrant Service Officer (WSO) Program
What is the WSO program?
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the launch of the Warrant Service Officer (WSO) program on May 6, 2019. ICE called the WSO program “a new collaborative program intended for local law-enforcement that wish to honor immigration detainers but are prohibited due to state and local policies that limit cooperation with the agency.”
Widely seen to represent a “workaround” to counter so-called sanctuary policies, the WSO program involves the federal government training and deputizing local law enforcement officers to process ICE administrative warrants.
Pinellas County, Florida, is the first locality to agree to partner with ICE through the WSO program.
How does the WSO program work?
Participation in the WSO program is voluntary. Localities that wish to cooperate with ICE will sign a WSO Memorandum of Understanding, which will permit the locality to nominate officers to receive training and be deputized as WSOs. Deputized WSOs will serve ICE administrative warrants and execute arrests on behalf of ICE, permitting localities to hold a noncitizen in custody for 48 hours past the time of his or her scheduled release. ICE will not reimburse localities for the costs of the WSO program.
Under the program, WSOs have limited federal immigration enforcement responsibilities, and will not question individuals about their citizenship, nationality, immigration status or removability. Nor will WSOs process undocumented persons.
What is ICE’s authority to create WSO?
According to ICE, WSO is an extension of the 287(g) program, under which local jurisdictions voluntarily enter into agreements with ICE to carry out immigration enforcement actions. Under 287(g), select officers from the locality undergo an extensive four-week, off-site federal training and are then deputized to investigate, arrest, and detain noncitizens for violations of immigration law. Deputized officers taking part in the program must also undergo a one-week refresher training every two years to ensure their knowledge of immigration enforcement is up-to-date.
In contrast to the 287(g) requirements, WSOs receive a single day of on-site training and have fewer responsibilities.
Law enforcement agencies in states that place limits on agencies’ ability to sign-up for the 287(g) program will likely be prevented from taking part in the WSO program.
Does WSO solve the legal problems surrounding immigration detainers?
Probably not. Multiple federal courts have found immigration detainers to be legally problematic in the absence of a warrant, potentially creating civil liability for jurisdictions that elect to honor them.
In the absence of a warrant or court order issued by a judge, immigration detainers raise significant Fourth Amendment issues for localities that honor them. According to ICE, administrative warrants issued by WSOs will address these concerns. ICE asserts that these administrative warrants have the force of law and will permit many jurisdictions that do not honor warrantless immigration detainers to cooperate closely with ICE. However, this step is likely insufficient. Because an ICE administrative warrant is not issued by a judge or neutral magistrate and does not require probable cause that a crime has occurred, it likely does not satisfy Fourth Amendment requirements.
However, the WSO program may potentially shift liability for Fourth Amendment violations from local law enforcement agencies to the federal government (ICE), depending on whether judges determine that WSOs are acting in a federal or local role. ICE argues that the issuance of the administrative warrant and the detention by the deputized WSO would be considered holding someone in ICE custody, extinguishing the liability of the locality. This question will likely be the subject of future litigation.
What other objections have critics raised concerning the WSO program?
Critics have argued that the WSO program entangles the roles of federal and local law enforcement in enforcing federal immigration law. Because immigration enforcement has traditionally been a federal responsibility, deputizing local law enforcement officers to serve as federal WSOs may lead immigrant communities to conflate local law enforcement agencies with ICE, undermining community trust and making them less likely to report crimes.
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The Colosseum is a stunning achievement that remains a symbol of the Roman Empire.
Today Colosseum is perhaps the most famous amphitheatre in the world. When the arean was built under Emperor Vespasian, it was called the Flavian amphitheatre. The monumental Roman Colosseum was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980 and currently welcomes visitors who can enjoy spectacular views of the city of Rome. Although parts of its original marble facade were stolen to construct buildings such as St. Peter's Basilica, the Colosseum remains remarkably intact.


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Jangman Park v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
||United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
||September 11, 2012
||California Central District Court
||Marc L. Goldman
||Andrew J. Guilford
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The Transportation Department’s Federal Highway Administration on Thursday proposed a rule that would require states to track on-road carbon dioxide emissions and set reduction goals aimed at achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
However, critics of the proposal quickly pointed to last week’s Supreme Court ruling limiting EPA’s climate authority over power plants, arguing that the same legal reasoning would indicate the climate goals being proposed are beyond FHWA’s authority.
Background: Several Obama-era laws authorized FHWA to set new performance management measures for the nation's highway system. Prior rules required state and metropolitan authorities to assess and report various metrics on highway safety, road and bridge infrastructure and system performance such as traffic congestion and on-road emissions of conventional pollutants.
The Obama administration also established a greenhouse gas performance measure, but the Trump administration repealed it.
On-road carbon dioxide emissions make up over 80 percent of emissions in the transportation sector, the biggest U.S. contributor to greenhouse gases.
Details: The agency says it has reconsidered and believes the sector's contribution to climate change and its harmful effects on transportation infrastructure justify the performance measures.
It would require state and metropolitan authorities to track emissions and to establish "declining targets" to reduce CO2 emissions from on-road sources relative to 2021 with an eye toward reaching an economy-wide net zero goal by 2050.
“State DOTs and [metropolitan planning organizations] would have the flexibility to set targets that work for their respective climate change policies and other policy priorities, so long as they are in line with the net-zero goals by 2050 set forth in this rule,” the rule reads. “The proposed rule also would require State DOTs and MPOs to report on their progress in meeting the targets.”
The rule would cost up to $12.9 million a year over the first decade, FHWA estimated. It did not quantify the benefits “because they are difficult to forecast and monetize,” but calculated that breaking even would require reductions of up to 984,000 tons over the next decade, or 0.006 percent of total transportation sector emissions.
Reaction: Environmental groups quickly praised the proposal.
“By measuring emissions and developing plans to cut them, states and localities can determine how to build a resilient and efficient transportation system that will serve us all for decades to come,” said Deron Lovaas, a senior advocate at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
“We know what’s needed to reduce these emissions,” said Lisa Frank, executive director of Environment America’s Washington Legislative Office. She urged states to expand public transit and emphasize walking and biking, and to install electric vehicle charging stations.
But Republicans and transportation industry groups pounced on the proposal as overreach, especially in light of the recent Supreme Court decision.
This regulation was not one of the transportation resiliency measures included in last year's bipartisan infrastructure package, EPW ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said. “Unfortunately, this action follows a common theme by both DOT and the administration, which is implementing partisan policy priorities they wish had been included in the bipartisan bill that the president signed into law,” she said.
Nick Goldstein, vice president of regulatory and legal issues at the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, said that at first glance the proposal appears similar to the Obama-era rule they opposed and that was repealed.
He also argued that it runs afoul of the standard set by the Supreme Court last week in its ruling limiting EPA’s authority over power plant carbon dioxide emissions. That ruling said EPA’s sweeping Clean Power Plan had strayed too far into energy policy overseen by other agencies.
“Here, the Department of Transportation is swinging into the EPA space,” Goldstein said. “And I think what West Virginia v. EPA tried to do is say that agencies need to stay in their lane as established by Congress. And I think our initial concern with this rule is that it's outside of FHWA’s lane.”
What’s next: Comment on the proposal, Reg. 2125-AF99, will be open for 90 days after publication in the Federal Register, which FHWA said it expects to happen next week.

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Feminism In America
The pay gap isn’t expected to close for another one hundred years! It is a well-known fact that women make seventy nine cents to a male’s dollar. The gap increases for women of color. This show that this problem is more than a gender issue. The problem is relevant as far as ethnicity also. Even with increased education females still in this country will not be able to close the pay gap as easily as they think. This pay gap resides in nearly every occupation available. The pay gap may vary by state. The increased education of females has diminished the pay gap significantly since 1970. In 1974 women made fifty nine cents for every dollar earned by males. This is progress, but still isn’t what is needed in this country. Utah has the most significant pay gap, where females make sixty seven percent of a male’s dollar. The greatest ethnic gap is in Caucasian women, who make seventy nine percent of their male counterparts, while African American women make ninety percent. Those statistics are women compared to males of the same race. The gap increases when compared to Caucasian men. Although a great deal of anti-feminists believe the line stops here, it proceeds on. The hooked edge of female oppression cuts much farther than political and economic agendas. There is a social issue as well.
The political and economical examples of injustice are just a thin layer at the top of the cake. These issues are applicable in social settings as well. The assemblage who dispute the legitimacy of feminism believe that the social issue is a result of a mass number of women complaining. They find the idea of an authentic social dilemma senseless. They believe that the 1 in 5 women that will be raped in her lifetime don 't hold any weight in our American


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Canadian prog rockers, Diatessaron, take the Ticketmaster blog behind-the-scenes at Bloodstock Festival 2015, as they share their photo diary from the New Blood stage.
Taking our aggressions out in the pit. The bumper car pit.
Getting pumped up for the big show with the Total Rock team.
Backseat livin’ in Big Red, the Mail Courier Band Delivery System.
Erik drinks a toast to the Gods of Metal from the Horn of Adult Juice.
Game faces on the Hobgoblin New Blood stage.
Simon, Carl, and Gnoma Jean rocking the crowd.
Tent City, official Bloodstock HQ for Diatessaron.
Look at this happy fellow smiling down on the revelry.
Bringing traditional Canadian van tipping to Bloodstock.
Zakk Wylde sang Carl a sweet lullaby.
The Slingshot: the official exit vehicle of Bloodstock.
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About Volunteer Montgomery
MISSION: Volunteer Montgomery serves to strengthen our community by empowering volunteers to utilize their time and skills.
VISION: A thriving community built by empowering citizens to utilize their time, skills and willingness to serve.
Volunteer opportunities include assisting area non-profit organizations, visiting nursing homes, bake sales and specialized events throughout the year.
Volunteer time commitment is up to each individual and their availability. Volunteers must be willing to serve without compensation. Minors (under 18 years of age) must have a parent/guardian accompany them on all Volunteer Montgomery activities. Parent/guardian must also complete a Volunteer Enrollment Application.

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Barbados is a prime example of a small but dynamic country with a well recognised brand image – top of the small developing country pile, well governed with a stable economy, and carefully balancing the preservation of its culture with the need to share it with curious but well-heeled visitors.
It has always attracted eminent citizens of the Western world – from George Washington in 1751 (he and his brother spent seven weeks here) to Presidents Reagan and Clinton; from British royalty to prime ministers – SirWinston Churchill, Anthony Eden and Tony Blair and not to forget the fabulously wealthy uncrowned heads of Britain and North America. As a result, there is a need to balance the protection of much of the rock for the use and enjoyment of our own citizens and their descendents, while permitting the carefully controlled development of real estate for the maximum economic return that will support the very use and enjoyment of our heritage by both our own citizens and our much appreciated guests! And there’s the rub: controlling development to protect our heritage.
The architectural heritage of Barbados is one of the richest in the Caribbean.While parts of Willemstadt in Curacao comprise dense pockets of historical buildings of considerable architectural value; while Old San Juan, Havana and Old Santo Domingo have splendidly preserved old town centres; while Port of Spain contains some splendid examples of century-old architecture; and while Jamaica boasts varied, scattered architectural gems, there is no English speaking Caribbean country that boasts the rich and dense architectural heritage of Barbados. The profusion of historic churches, plantation great houses, sugar industry relics and iconic chattel houses, historic Bridgetown’s core and its unique garrison of 80 buildings on 141 acres all present a unique tapestry of almost 400 years of colonial history. In fact, Barbados has recently submitted the nomination of historic Bridgetown and its garrison as a World Heritage site. If this accolade is achieved it will project our country into the forefront of heritage tourism destinations, for only the Pitons of St. Lucia and the unique Brimstone Hill fortifications of St. Kitts have achieved the status of World Heritage sites.
Fame and fortune, of course, are usually linked. But with fame (and influence) comes responsibility. And to justify that reputation as a site of historical and architectural integrity Barbados must ensure the protection of the important historic structures and architecturally important buildings and streetscapes, while promoting appropriate development, use and enjoyment. The concept of historic preservation within major re-development programmes is nothing new, of course, but it is relatively new in the Caribbean, and particularly in the context of contemporary real estate development and tourism marketing – both short traditions of more or less fifty years, because the first modern housing developments began in the 1940s and 50s and the first Barbadian Board of Tourism in the late 50s!
Several aspects of real estate development should be considered in the attempt by developers, individuals and the Town and Country Development Planning Office to maintain the historical integrity of the island as a whole and of the important historical districts. These are the historic Bridgetown core and its garrison, and the “satellite” districts of Strathclyde and Belleville, Bay Street and Hastings, Speightstown and Holetown. These areas have been recognised as conservation areas, although not yet finally or rigidly defined, and the delay in achieving this has contributed to the ambivalence about preservation and decay of many fine buildings. But outside of these areas of high density of ancient and important buildings and streetscapes are the fifty or more historic churches, the several hundred plantation great houses, windmills and other sugar plantation buildings, traditional shop houses and chattel houses, signal stations, et cetera. And the 350 past years of real estate development have produced an equally important landscape of farmland, wooded areas and community organisation, which deserves respect.
Many developers take the approach that old buildings and even trees and inconvenient land masses should be removed to provide the architect with a clean slate. Examples of this include the mass destruction of mature mahogany trees at Maxwell some years ago, and the rape of the landscape, magnificent Ficus trees, topsoil and all at Paradise in recent times (Rape in Paradise). In contrast, there are also many examples of houses and buildings “fitting” snugly into a landscape where mature trees are preserved and the structure designed to complement the terrain rather than abuse or sacrifice it.
It is the rich architectural heritage, landscape and townscapes of Barbados which distinguish it from many other sun, sand and sea destinations. It is therefore imperative for development to not only safeguard that heritage but to utilise it, protecting, preserving, and where appropriate embellishing it. Again there are a number of fine, sensitive and successful examples of such adaptive reuse, but perhaps none better than five very recent gems, listed in order of their completion: the restoration of Tyrol Cot and creation of the Heritage Village alongside; the restoration of the Nidhe Israel Synagogue and the creation of the Jewish Museum in Bridgetown; the restoration and creation of the George Washington House Museum; the restoration of Arlington House and creation of the Museum of Speightstown; and the restoration of Sweetfield Manor Historic Inn and Bed and Breakfast at Brittons Hill.
In each case a building of considerable beauty and historic interest has been restored and adapted for productive use; only in the case of the Jewish
Synagogue was the original use invoked – worship – alongside its enormous interest as a historic and tourist site, with the important archaeological discovery this year of the original mikveh – the bath of purification – 12 feet below the car park! At Sweetfield Manor, a dilapidated merchant’s mansion house overlooking the historic Garrison Savannah has been restored to its nineteenth century grandeur, along with its stables and carriage house, and filled with sumptuous antiques and art, to produce an award winning historic inn – the “Top Caribbean Pick” according to Islands magazine. Transformations like this are perfect models of converting history into hospitality and hard cash, and belie the contemporary Caribbean culture that new is best.
In the past few decades many plantation great houses have been rescued and restored – gems such as Fustic House in St. Lucy, Clifton Hall and Belmont in St. John, Valley in St. George, and of course the great show houses, St. Nicholas Abbey and Sunbury. Yet others, like Newcastle Great House and Buckden have gone to ruin and back to nature. Some, like Cliff in St. John and Lamberts in St. Joseph, are now on the market. Some gems are on offer and ripe for restoration and adaptive reuse around the Garrison, Belleville, Bay Street and
Speightstown, as well as in historic Bridgetown, such as the splendid Masonic Lodge Building (old Harrison College, circa 1735) and the northern remaining portion of the once great Marshall Hall. Development in these areas can successfully utilise restored old buildings, and where appropriate combine sensitive complementary structures.
Similarly, rural developments should be sensitive to the landscape, retaining mature woods and trees, and confirming to the best of traditional Barbadian vernacular styles and restrained tastes, rather than attempting to make every structure a striking individual architectural statement – too often a gauche mix of many styles and periods! Our country is too small to be the victim of an explosion of buildings in carnival style costumes, a description recently applied to some of the concretions appearing along the platinum coast of Barbados. This article can only end with a plea for a combination of good taste and good sense, a sense of history and respect for posterity, among architects, clients, developers and our Town and Country planners.
N.B: Prepared for Terra Caribbean’s The Red Book 2010 Pink Pages by Professor Henry S. Fraser – President Emeritus, The Barbados National Trust.


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Howard Honigsfeld starts his workday in a public school gym, scanning the faces of elementary school children to see if any of them seem sad or out of sorts so that he can talk to them before they make their way to class. Cassandra Collins, whose to-do list at a family services agency never looks the same from one day to the next, spends a Tuesday driving to three separate home visits, facilitating a birth visit, and completing paperwork in her office. Carla Van Hoose welcomes four to seven clients into her office every weekday, counseling them on issues ranging from mindfulness skills to phobias to abuse to addiction recovery.
Each of these professionals lives out an answer to the question “what do social workers do?” While they spend their days in different settings and carry out unique tasks, each of these social workers has chosen a career path that seeks to improve the lives of people and their communities.
That desire to meet crucial needs with meaningful guidance and support is at the heart of the social work profession. Building on the foundation of that commonly held value, social workers branch out into a wide range of organizations and institutions where they meet a range of needs.
The job of a social worker
Social workers serve individuals, groups, and communities by helping people address the problems they face in their everyday lives. Clinical social workers, who must earn a master of social work degree and pursue state licensure, can diagnose and treat mental illness, behavior issues, and emotional problems.
These are some of the fundamental duties of the social worker:
- Identify individuals and groups in need of support
- Assess the needs, circumstances, and support systems of clients
- Work with clients to determine achievable, actionable goals and plans to meet them
- Intervene in crisis situations involving abuse, mental health emergencies, or trauma
- Maintain client records, case files, and paperwork
- Connect clients to community resources like healthcare and food assistance
- Develop and strengthen programs and services that benefit clients
- Provide psychotherapy services if a licensed clinical social worker
Social workers perform all of these duties and more in many different contexts. Consider some of the settings where social workers provide services to people in need.
What can you do with a master’s in social work?
To put it simply, social workers work where the people are. Many find employment in schools, others in hospitals, and still others in nursing homes or hospice centers. Social workers are typically categorized as either:
- Child, family, and school social workers
- Healthcare social workers
- Mental health and substance social workers
Here are some insights into the specific job roles for each of these categories.
Child, family, and school social workers
These social workers may have jobs within individual schools or at the school district level. They also work for family services agencies, community nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Residential facilities, such as those designed for formerly incarcerated parents reuniting with their children, also hire child, family, and school social workers.
Job titles for a child, family, and school social workers may include:
- Adoption social worker
- School social worker
- Child welfare counselor
- Family caseworker
- Family intervention specialist
- Foster care social worker
- Public housing services advisor
- Youth services specialist
In each of these settings and roles, child, family, and school social workers seek to determine the needs of the client population they serve and help facilitate the meeting of those needs through guidance, resources, and support.
Healthcare social workers
Healthcare social workers may work in hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, or nursing homes. Others find employment in hospice centers, doctors’ offices, outpatient clinics, and home health agencies. Healthcare social workers often spend their time connecting people to the medical care, supplies, and support they need. They may also educate patients on how to make healthcare decisions, how to access their medical information, and how to access care when finances are strained
Some of the job titles given to healthcare social workers include:
- Case manager
- Disability coordinator
- Geriatric care manager
- Home health care social worker
- Hospice social worker
- Long term care social worker
- Medical case manager
- Pediatric social worker
- Public health social worker
Whether they work on the oncology unit of a hospital or spend their days driving from home to home visiting elderly patients, healthcare social workers improve the lives of clients through compassionate and practical support that meets their physical — and often their mental and emotional — needs.
Mental health social workers
Mental health social workers are the largest group of mental health service providers in the United States. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), there are over 200,000 clinically trained social workers, which outnumbers psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric nurses combined.
From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to the American Red Cross, many mental health social workers work for the major government or nonprofit entities. Others work in hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, addiction recovery centers, and community health organizations. Still, others establish private practices where they provide therapeutic services to individuals seeking mental health support.
Job titles for mental health social workers may include:
- Addictions counselor
- Behavioral therapist
- Clinical director
- Family therapist Intervention coordinator
- Mental health specialist
- Substance abuse counselor
Whether they are recovering from acute trauma, processing life changes, or struggling with mental illness, people rely upon mental health social workers to help them cope with the challenges they are facing. And the need for social workers who can do just that is only growing.
Why is there a growing need for social workers?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that jobs in social work will grow by 12% between 2020 and 2030. That’s faster than the projected average rate for all occupations, which is 8%. But why is this the case?
First, school employment numbers are expected to rise, which leads to the need for more child, family, and school social workers. Second, as the Boomer generation ages and requires more medical care, healthcare social workers will be called upon to assist aging individuals and their families as they adjust to new factors like medicines, treatments, and lifestyle changes.
While schools and healthcare both expect to see a rise in the need for social workers, the primary increase is expected to occur among mental health and substance abuse social workers. The BLS projects that this subset of social workers will increase by 15% between 2020 and 2030 for a few reasons:
- More people are seeking treatment for mental illness and substance abuse than they have in the past. Nine out of ten therapists reported that calls seeking support have increased during the pandemic, and most of those therapists have struggled to meet the demand
- Judges are sending more drug offenders to rehabilitation facilities rather than jail than they used to do
- Individuals and communities need help processing the mental and emotional toll of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on individuals, families, and society
Across all sectors where social workers assist people, and especially in the mental health field, the job outlook for social workers is positive. More social workers also represent more trained professionals spending their careers improving the lives of others, which can be a transformative force in the lives of individuals and whole communities.
How have social workers made an impact in the world?
While it would be impossible to note the millions of ways that social workers have benefited individuals, families, and communities, looking at a few specific examples can help us understand the types of change and growth that social workers can create. Here are just some of the ways that notable social workers have made a positive difference in the United States:
- Jane Addams, the “mother” of social work, co-founded one of the most famous settlement houses in American history in 1889, advocated for women to have a voice in community decisions, and co-founded the ACLU in 1920.
- Margaret Daniel pioneered groundbreaking mental health social work services within Veterans Affairs in the mid-twentieth century.
- Bernice Harper developed long-term program policies regarding continuity-of-care and psychosocial factors for those facing critical illnesses like leukemia.
From major changes in government policy to the quiet, critical work of supporting an individual’s mental health, the impact of social work on society cannot be understated.
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What causes tub not to fill-water just runs into tub- and where is the water going?
Answer Hello Al. It sounds like the unit is siphoning out the water in the unit. Check and make sure there is only 6" of drain hose in the drain pipe. Also, make sure the drain pipe is 36" off the floor in height. You will need to check and make sure the drain hose has an air gap going into the drain pipe. If it is air tight, it will siphon.
Washer 2 years old. Will not agitate or spin. Belt is ok. Fills ok and drains , goes thru cycle just does not agitate or spin. What are the common parts that this could be?
Answer Hello Jack. Check and see if the pulley has fell off the bottom of the unit. If so, when installing back onto the unit, use some loc-tite on the threads to secure the nut.