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At the 2007 NHL Draft in Columbus, the Chicago Blackhawks had the first overall pick for the first time in NHL history. They selected Patrick Kane, a five-foot-ten 18-year-old high school senior who made a name for himself in junior league with the London Knights, as well as in the 2007 World Juniors for Team USA. As he ascended the steps to the stage to accept his new jersey, nobody could have possibly guessed what would happen next. Kane started playing for the Blackhawks that fall and won the Calder Trophy that June. Along with Jonathan Toews, Kane is credited for helping the Blackhawks regain popularity in the 2007-2008 season, and it has only gone uphill from there.
Kane has also won three Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks, a Conn Smythe trophy, silver medal for Team USA in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and has most recently became the first American born player to receive the Art Ross Trophy.
His 2015-2016 season was nothing short of historic with his Art Ross Trophy win as well as 26 game point streak, the longest among any American born player (previously held by Phil Kessel and Eddie Olczyk), Blackhawk (previously held by Bobby Hull), and current NHL player (previously held by Sidney Crosby).
Patrick Kane won the Hart Trophy this past season. The last time a Blackhawk won the Hart Trophy was Stan Mikita in 1968. The last American-born player to win the Hart Trophy was in 1925 when Billy Burch of the Hamilton Tigers (Brett Hull does not count since he was born in Canada). Burch received the Hart the second year the trophy was awarded. There are no other American-born Hart Trophy winners of the modern NHL era.
Although Kane has undeniably changed the face of US Hockey, he will cemented his status as an American hockey legend by winning the Hart Trophy. Hockey has always been Canada’s sport, out of the 55 Hart Trophy winners, 46 have been Canadian. With Canadian players being the majority in the NHL as well as some of the most successful, it has led to Team Canada dominating international competitions such as the Olympics and World Championships. Canada has snagged gold at the last two Olympics, as the US received a silver medal in the 2010 Olympics and placed fourth in the 2014 Olympics.
Although, Americans are the second most common nationality in the NHL at 22.4% of players (Canada leads at 51.7), it was nearly impossible for one to name a highly successful American NHL player before Patrick Kane came into the league in 2007. Before Kane joined, American hockey players did not have someone from their country to look up to, possibly contributing to the belief that Americans can’t make it in the NHL. With the spotlight constantly shining on Kane’s success, he is now impossible to ignore, and is admired by many young hockey players, especially Americans.
When one thinks of iconic NHL players, they think of legends such as Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. They also think of current stars like Jonathan Toews and Sidney Crosby. All four are Canadian. For the first time in NHL history, there is a high probability that an American-born player can become a legend. Patrick Kane has already changed the face of US hockey through his outstanding career, and will achieve much more due to his young age. Patrick Kane receiving the Hart Trophy this year cemented his status as an American hockey legend. When Chicago had the first overall draft pick in 2007, they certainly did not take the opportunity for granted and signed a potential future Hall of Fame player.
This, of course not saying that there have not been any good American hockey players, there have been many. Such as; Brett Hull, Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick and Keith Tkachuk. There have been many great, hall-of-fame calibre American hockey players. Patrick Kane is a new era of USA hockey, one that is fun to watch, and is full of talent.
Kane is one of the most talented players in the NHL. He’s exciting to watch. Each and every night he brings that ‘flare’ and tenacity to the game. Hockey has constantly been growing in the USA, and you see that in the box scores too. Especially when they’re beating Canada in the World Juniors. More and more young and coming players are coming from the US. A good example, this past year’s NHL Draft saw Auston Matthews drafted 1st overall. Matthews is from Arizona.
USA Hockey is growing and we can only hope it continues to grow, so that the Canada vs. USA rivalry never dies.


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Authorities in Uzbekistan have restricted the country's doctors from freely traveling abroad to international medical conferences, a think tank in the Central Asian nation said Friday.
Limiting Uzbek doctors' exposure to foreign expertise is likely to further hinder the authoritarian ex-Soviet nation's troubled health care system, which has struggled to deal with outbreaks of HIV and tuberculosis.
The Expert Working Group, an independent think-tank in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, said a recently approved government decree has created strict requirements for medical personnel wishing to leave the country, even if only for personal reasons.
Sukhrobjon Ismoilov of the think tank said the order to limit the movement of medical personnel was in flagrant violation of the country's constitution, which grants Uzbek citizens the right to freely leave the country.
Health workers traveling to medical conferences abroad must provide copies of their speeches to the Health Ministry in advance of departure. The group also said physicians will have to submit a report on their activities overseas to government officials within three days of their return, or risk punitive measures and a travel ban.
Officials at the Uzbek Health Ministry couldn't be reached for comment on the report.
Ismoilov said the new rules were designed to prevent Uzbek medical experts from attending seminars abroad where "authorities have almost no control over them." They also appeared aimed at stopping the steady flow of trained doctors out of Uzbekistan seeking work overseas, Ismoilov said.
Uzbekistan is the only ex-Soviet nation that still makes its citizens obtain exit visas before they can travel abroad — visas that are subject to approval by the country's draconian security services and take a huge amount of time and effort to get.
Health care standards in Uzbekistan are a source of deep concern for international aid organizations, whose operations in the Central Asian nation have been hindered by the government.
Public awareness of health issues is also poor, in part because of the government's tight grip on information in Uzbekistan, where President Islam Karimov has ruled for more than 20 years.
Yevgeny Sklyarevsky, who heads Uzbekistan-based Mirada Software, said Friday the award-winning edoctor.uz online portal faces closure after a Tashkent court ruled it had breached anti-pornography laws by featuring medical terms for male and female genitals.
Last month, Uzbek activist Maxim Popov, who distributed brochures saying condoms and disposable syringes can help prevent HIV, was convicted of corrupting minors by promoting homosexuality, prostitution and drug use. He was sentenced to seven years in jail.
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By Renee Speight and Patrick McSherry
Patrick J. Gaul served as a coal passer aboard the Cruiser OLYMPIA during the Battle of Manila Bay.
Patrick Joseph Gaul was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland on June 26, 1874. Looking for better opportunities than could be found in his home country, he emigrated to the United States on May 12, 1896, taking up residence in San Francisco where his sister Margaret, his brother Michael, and a friend James Hayes, were already living. On September 22, 1896, Gaul enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He soon found himself enroute to join the Asiatic Squadron, more specifically, the squadron’s flagship, the Cruiser OLYMPIA.
Gaul enlisted as a coal passer. Many young men chose to enlist as coal passers rather than serve in the deck crew because the pay was significantly higher - $22 per month for a newly-enlisted coal passer versus $16 for a newly-enlisted landsman. The extra pay was well-earned since the work of a coal passer was among the most difficult, dirty, and dangerous duties in the U.S. Navy.
Frederick Wilson, a water tender in the U.S.
Navy recorded the work of the coal passer as follows:
When on watch, his duties consist of getting out, or passing, coal to his firemen, and in some ships it is no snap to handle 40 or 45 buckets of coal, each weighing 145 or 150 pounds, in a temperature of perhaps 150 [degrees] to 175 [degrees]… & has to haul the ashes from the ash pans and load and send up buckets of ashes. He is put to work also at cleaning bilge strainers when they become clogged up with coal dirt and ashes. At times he has to put on the fires when a fireman plays out. He has to stow coal in the bunkers when they coal ship. Has to go in the boilers and knock off scale and scrape out mud, and scale and clean out bilges in port…scrub paintwork and paint, clean off pumps, polish bright work, and do any work he may be put at…goes in the back connections of the boilers and cleans out the soot and ashes from there and also in the smoke pipe…any old place that is hard to get at and dirty. It is hard an awfully dirty work and it is work that is never done. If he has any time off, he is at drill…”
In addition, coal passers were the first line action against bunker fires, wherein they had to dig into the pile of coal, expose the burning embers, and either shovel the coal to the boiler furnaces or douse the fire with water, while living is a mass of super-heated air, with smoke and other noxious gases. Also, in action, a coal passer was in a bad position. Should the ship founder, his chances of escape were not good, and in many cases, if working close to the active boilers, a hit to the boilers and the tons of boiling water they held meant a horrible death.
Lastly, a coal passer, living among the coal bunkers and the heat, could seldom ever get fully clean. On OLYMPIA, men exited the bunkers and boiler rooms by climbing ladders that led directly to the Firemans’ Washroom, where they would attempt to clean up so as not to carry their dirt and dust out on the clean decks.
Of Gaul’s life aboard OLYMPIA, we have little direct knowledge. He is mentioned twice in passing in the ship’s newspaper, the Bounding Billow. Once, in a column, called “Contortive Cognomens” where the editor regularly made light of the crewmens’ names, he quipped “A good name for the navy – Gaul, P.” Secondly in a joking “Help Wanted” section of the newspaper, Patrick Gaul of Mess 15 reputedly put in a notice that read “Wanted – Assistant cook, must have experience in scrambled eggs, cracker hash and pate de foie gras.” It may be possible that Gaul may have been commenting about the abilities of his mess’ cook, or it may be possible that his messmates had jokingly put in the listing looking to replace him as the assistant cook!
During the Battle of Manila Bay, all of the “black gang” as the coal passers, firemen, men with similar duties were called, had a difficult time. The outside temperature was hot, adding to their usual misery. The noise of the boilers and engines made communications among the men difficult, and, cut off below the ship’s protective deck, they had little knowledge of the progress of the battle. They did not know if they were winning or losing, but could feel the concussion of the ship’s main guns firing. Word was passed down that a torpedo boat was making an attack, a particularly frightening piece of news, since a torpedo was a weapon specifically designed to attack the areas of the ship in which they worked. The vessel, though It was never determined if it was actually making a torpedo attack, was destroyed.
Patrick Gaul’s three year enlistment expired in September of 1899,
which coincided within a week of the OLYMPIA’s
to the United States, amid tumultuous celebrations. It is not known if
Gaul was still aboard the vessel at that time, however.
After the war, Gaul returned to San Francisco. There, in 1900, he married Catherine "Kate" Mary Hayes (the sister of James Hayes, who had travelled to America with Patrick's brother, Michael). As a sidenote, Michael had married Bridget Hayes, also a sister of James Hayes, so the two brothers married the two sisters of their friend. Catherine was, of course, a fellow Irish immigrant, sharing Patrick's immigrant heritage. The Gaul family eventually moved to Vallejo, California, just missing the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The Gauls had nine children.
Mr. Gaul had a variety of occupations, being a sexton for Father O'Brien at St. Vincent's Cemetery, a carpenter at the Mare Island Navy Yard, caretaker for the Gordon Valley Dam, and runing a small dairy on his ten acres in Vallejo. His son and namesake, Patrick Joseph Gaul, Jr., inherited his father’s prized “Dewey medal,” awarded to all crewman in the Asiatic Squadron who took part in the Battle of Manila Bay, and proudly displayed the medal in his living room.
Patrick Gaul died on October 31, 1951, Hallowe'en night. He was buried at St. Vincent's Cemetery in Vallejo, Solano County, California.
“Contortive Cognomens,” Bounding Billow. Vol. 1, No. 1 (Nagasaki, Japan: USFS OLYMPIA:, November 30, 1897)
“Help Wanted,” Bounding Billow. Vol. 1, No. 7 (Manila, P.I.: USFS OLYMPIA:, November-December, 1898)
Reckner, James R., A Sailor’s Log. (Kent: Kent State University Press, 2004) 16.
U.S. Census Records for 1910, 1920, and 1930.

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Manistee Fire Department Offers Free CPR Training
Some local first responders teaching a life saving skill today.
The Manistee Fire Department offered free CPR training on Sunday for anyone who wanted to learn.
They held the training at their fire station in Manistee.
They say the use of CPR or a defibrillator can increase a victim’s chance of survival in certain emergency situations.
The fire department wants to make sure as many people as possible know how to give CPR and use a defibrillator.
They say just a few minutes spent learning with them could one day help someone else save a life.
James Henderson, firefighter and paramedic, said the reason they started the program was because they realized the value of citizens helping on the scene before Emergency Medical Services arrive.
Anyone interested in learning CPR can contact their local fire department or EMS service.


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The McCrory Transition Team
Posted November 8, 2012 2:45 p.m. EST
Updated November 8, 2012 7:10 p.m. EST
Following a news conference in Raleigh today, Gov.-elect Pat McCrory unveiled his transition team. Here's the list as it was put out by his, of course, transition press office:
Serving as Honorary Chairmen and Key Senior Advisors to the Transition:
- Governor Jim Holshouser: North Carolina’s 68th governor, serving from 1973 to 1977, and the first Republican governor elected in the twentieth century. Governor Holshouser has served on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors since 1979.
- Governor Jim Martin: Served as governor from 1985 to 1993. Prior to, Governor Martin represented North Carolina for over a decade in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Lt. Governor Jim Gardner: Elected in 1989 as North Carolina’s 30th Lieutenant Governor and the first elected Republican Lieutenant Governor since 1901. Lieutenant Governor Gardner also served from 1967 to 1969 in the U.S. House, where he chaired the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Congressman Charles Taylor: Represented North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District from 1991 to 2007. Congressman Taylor also served in the N.C. General Assembly representing Transylvania County from 1967 to 1975.
- Ambassador Aldona Wos: Served as United States Ambassador to Estonia from 2004 to 2006. A native of Warsaw, Poland, Ambassador Wos earned a medical degree from Warsaw Medical Academy.
- Robert J. Brown: Chairman and CEO of B&C Associates, Inc. Recognized with numerous awards for his contributions to the private sector and service to the community, Robert Brown serves on the boards of a several universities, including High Point University. He was also a Special Assistant to President Richard Nixon.
- Speaker Joe Mavretic: First elected in 1980, Speaker Mavretic served 15 years in the North Carolina General Assembly, including two as House Speaker from 1989 to 1990.
- Jack Hawke: Former Chairman of the N.C. Republican Party, Jack Hawke previously served as President of the John W. Pope Civitas Institute, and has a wealth of past state government experience, including as Special Assistant for Policy to Governor Martin, and Deputy Secretary of Transportation for Governor Holshouser.
Serving as Chairman Overseeing Operations of the Transition:
- John Lassiter: President of Carolina Legal Staffing. Lassiter is a former at-large member on the Charlotte City Council and spent 10 years on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
Serving as Co-Chairs Overseeing Operations of the Transition:
- Ed McMahan: President and CEO of the Little-McMahan Group in Charlotte. Former member of the N.C. House, where he served on education and transportation oversight committees.
- Art Pope: CEO and Chairman of Variety Wholesalers Inc. and Chairman and President of the John William Pope Foundation. Pope served four terms in the N.C. House of Representatives and as Special Counsel to Governor Jim Martin in 1985.
- Mike Smith: President and Chief Operations Officer of Kane Realty Corporation. Smith’s professional experience includes working in the Political Affairs Office of the White House and serving as former Chair of the Wake County Economic Development Department Board.
- Serving as General Counsel to the Transition:
- Johnathan Rhyne: Partner at the Jonas Law Firm practicing civil litigation and family law. Rhyne served six terms in the N.C. House of Representatives and as House Minority Leader from 1989 to 1992. He also served as a member of the Advisory Budget Commission from 1989 to 1990.
Transition Team Staff
Thomas Stith: Program Director for Economic Development for the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC-Chapel Hill. Stith’s past positions include co-founder and President of the Michael Thomas Group and Vice President of the John W. Pope Civitas Institute. His public service includes three consecutive terms on the Durham City Council.
Deputy Transition Director
John Baldwin: Chief of Staff for the N.C. Department of Labor since 2001. Former Chief of Staff to House Speaker Harold Brubaker from 1994 to 1999 and assistant to former Governor Jim Martin between 1987 and 1993.
Kelly Nicholson: Vice President of Health Policy at UNC Health Care System. Former Senior Policy Advisor to N.C. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, Medicaid Policy Advisor for the State of South Carolina, and Health Policy Analyst for the National Governors’ Association.
Assistant Policy Director
Matthew McKillip: Most recently served as Policy and Research Coordinator for Governor-Elect McCrory's campaign and a policy research assistant at American Enterprise Institute. Graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in English.
Economic Development Director
Tony Almeida: Retired vice president for Duke Energy’s Large Business Customers, U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas organization. Former vice president of business relations and economic development for Duke Energy Carolinas and former sales representative for Procter & Gamble. Graduate of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and economics.
Director of Human Resources
Charles Duckett: Director of Boards and Commissions in the office of House Speaker Thom Tillis. From 2005 to 2011, Duckett served as Human Resources Director in the Office of the State Auditor. His past experience includes a post as Deputy Director of Personnel Appointments in Governor Jim Martin’s administration.
Chris Walker: Former Regional Communications Advisor for Mitt Romney for President. Walker previously served as Press Secretary for Senator Richard Burr and as Senior Advisor/Communications Director for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
Deputy Communications Director
Ricky Diaz: Most recently served as Press Secretary of Governor-Elect McCrory's campaign for governor. Former statewide e-Campaign Director for Chris Christie's campaign for governor in 2009. In 2010, Ricky served as Deputy Communications Director for U.S. Senator Richard Burr's campaign before joining the New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's administration as the Director of Media Affairs.
Meredith McCullen: Clayton native and graduate of Appalachian State University and Suffolk University with a Masters in Political Science. Most recently served as Scheduling Director for Governor-Elect Pat McCrory's 2012 campaign.
Lindsey Wakely: Former Legal Counsel for Variety Wholesalers, Inc. A 2011 graduate of the UNC School of Law, Lindsey previously worked as a paralegal and as a law clerk for the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law.


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Sony Interactive Entertainment have patented the design of an electronic device believed to be a potential PlayStation 5 development kit.
Patent details reveal a single view of the device, which features a large number of venting fins and a V-shaped notch, which could be an indication toward the Roman numeral for 5, or possibly some sort of docking notch for a peripheral.
The document was filed in the 14.02 classification relating to "data processing equipment and peripheral equipment". A PlayStation 4 patent from 2017 was classified in the same category.
The patent documents (spotted by Dutch site Let's Go Digital) were filed with Brazil's Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) by intellectual property law firm Kasznar Leonardos on May 28 this year, the same representative as the PS4 filing as well.
The filing identifies the designer as "YUSUHIRO [sic] OOTORI" which could refer to Yasuhiro Ootori, director of Sony's engineering department on the PS4, seen here in a 5-minute teardown of the console after its launch announcement in 2013.
As Ootori is an engineer rather than product designer, and given the overall look of the attached design images, we're not sure this is a consumer model of the PS5. If we're being honest, it looks more like a router than a games console. But perhaps that V notch has something to do with VR or AR abilities that Sony has remained entirely tight-lipped about.
Plus, that number of front-facing USB ports would be a game developer's dream with the number of peripherals they need to plug and pull for cert testing, but not really necessary for the end user. However anything with this much air circulation would be a welcome change to the sound of a jet engine taking off in the PS4's lacklustre venting solutions.
There are sure to be hundreds of mock ups of the PS5 final design before we get a look at its actual curves before next year's release, but as far as credibility goes this potential PS5 patent is the nearest thing we have to go on for now. What do you think of the way this potential PS5 devkit looks?

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Shift in power steadied Henrico’s future
Henrico County was on the verge of becoming an urban county in the early 1930s, but its government was not organized enough nor properly equipped to handle the growing daily demands it faced in order to operate efficiently, a state auditor wrote at the time. County residents took note, and a grassroots effort began to change the system.
The result: voter adoption in 1933 of the county manager form of government – a form that in the years since has proved a model for nearly all other county governments in Virginia but one that remains the only specific one of its kind in the state.
"That decision to go to the county manager form of government with a professional person heading the county on a day-to-day basis is what has led the county where it is now," said Bill LaVecchia, who served as county manager from 1984 to 1992.
For the impact it has had on Henrico's advancement through the 20th and 21st centuries, the establishment of the county manager form of government ranks No. 5 on the Henrico Citizen's list of the most significant moments in the county's 400-year history.
Several key factors prompted county voters in September 1933 to adopt the county manager form of government, author and county historian Nelson Wikstrom wrote in his 2003 book County Manager Form of Government in Henrico, Virginia: Implementation, Evolution and Evaluation. Among them: concern among citizens about the way their government was run and its financial situation; a report by the state auditor criticizing the management of the county's Board of Supervisors; and the popular displeasure with the idea of allowing the state to maintain county roads.
A grassroots effort among citizens in favor of the county manager form of government ensued, Wikstrom wrote, led perhaps most prominently by Henrico Citizens' League chairman J. Randolph Tucker. In a Sept. 19, 1933 referendum on the issue, voters narrowly approved the plan by a margin of 364 votes – 1,685 to 1,321.
There was controversy in the aftermath. The vote had prompted a new election that November for the four spots on the Board of Supervisors, whose sitting members originally were to serve through 1935. None of the four ran in the 1933 election, but they refused to surrender their seats to the newly elected members Jan. 1, 1934 and instead filed suit to stay in office, arguing that they should appoint the first county manager. A Henrico Circuit Court judge agreed with them but later was overruled by the Virginia Supreme Court, which authorized the newly elected supervisors to take office
and appoint a county manager.
Implementation of the county manager system allowed Henrico to implement a more professionally run government at a time when such organization was critical, former longtime deputy county manager Harvey Hinson said.
"It certainly has had a lot to do with the success that Henrico's had," said Hinson, who retired several years ago.
Prior to 1934, elected supervisors held control of the county and had the ability to make appointments and name department heads – a reality that in the minds of many created a system too politically based. The adoption of the county manager form of government transferred those powers to the county manager, who serves at the pleasure of the board as a whole and for whom political ties are less likely to cloud decision-making, supporters of the format reasoned.
Once the system was in place, the way Henrico functioned as a locality changed.
Henrico's first county manager, Willard Day, "had a keen interest in urban planning," Hinson recalled. "He came with the [necessary] background and he almost immediately started to have an impact on the Board of Supervisors and made them aware that they needed to come up with a Comprehensive Plan."
The county began working on planning regulations in the 1940s "when most in the country didn't even know what the word planning – as we know it and understand it today – was," said LaVecchia. "The county had zoning and subdivision ordinance in the 1950s, which was unheard of back then except in new York City and a few other places."
Though simple in nature and scope compared to the type of ordinances and regulations that exist today, those early documents nonetheless created a framework for future growth that most other localities lacked.
"The county has pretty much, from the day it formed the county manager form of government, been ahead of the curve," LaVecchia said. "They rank up there with the best."
Only seven men have served as county manager in the 77 years since the form of government was implemented. Edward Beck, who served from 1952 to 1977, held the position longest. Current county manager Virgil Hazelett, who has served in the position since 1992, is the second-longest tenured. All seven were civil engineers – a fact that
helped each navigate the challenging landscape of infrastructure demands for a growing urban county, Wikstrom wrote.
In the same vein, Hinson credited a little-recognized decision early in the county manager form of government that appointed the county manager to sit – with voting privileges – on the four-member Planning Commission (at the time there was no Three Chopt District).
"He had the deciding vote, if needed," Hinson said. "And the changes in this time period were very significant."
The county manager's influence as a professional on a body of appointed officials undoubtedly factored into some of the critical land use recommendations and decisions being made by the commission, Hinson said.
To Hinson, it was no surprise that Henrico chose to be unique, and a leader, in the way it organized its government.
"I've always called it the Henrico way – the culture of Henrico and its citizens," he said. "History has proven that they always do things that seem to be – and history proves it out – the right decisions."
The 20 public gardens nominated are:
• Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, Wash.
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York
• Buthcart Gardens, Victoria, B.C.
• Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Ga. > Read more.
Photo by Patty Kruszewski/Henrico Citizen 02/24/2014
The Fifth Annual Henrico Police Athletic League (PAL) Award Banquet, held Feb. 6 at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, honored HPAL’s top volunteers and employees, including Morgan Lewis, Youth of the Year; Dale Alexander, Volunteer of the Year; Lowell Thomas, Employee of the Year, and Victor Williams, Board Member of the Year. Also honored for their support were Jim and Christi Dowd of Richmond BMW and Josh Davis of Henrico County Public Schools Pupil Transportation.
Keynote speaker for the banquet was Tim Hightower, a University of Richmond alumnus and former NFL running back. Hightower was introduced by Billy McMullen, former NFL player and a Henrico PAL board member. > Read more.
The National Society Daughters of American Colonists is a women’s genealogical and patriotic society whose members are descended from a man or woman who rendered civil or military service in any of the American colonies prior to July 4, 1776. > Read more.
But animated South African film has its moments
You might have seen something called Khumba while clicking through a Redbox recently (or perhaps it was nestled in some hidden corner of a DVD sale shelf). And chances are, you passed it by without much of a thought. Makes sense; that goggle-eyed cartoon zebra on the cover (a zebra that’s dangerously close to becoming Madagascar copyright infringement) doesn’t inspire much confidence.
But when Khumba starts up, it looks nothing like you’d expect. The camera gazes across the savannah and the soundtrack swells with triumphant South African vocals. > Read more.
If you’re looking for a date night with someone special, Henrico is the place to be! Check out a classic 90s movie, “My Girl,” at Henrico Theatre; Circa, an innovative circus from Australia, will dazzle at the University of Richmond; and celebrate TGIF at Keagan’s Restaurant where the PJ Bottoms Band is performing. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
“I am not attempting to abstract the physical world," she said. "I draw my subject matter from inside of myself hoping to create a constant conversation between the viewer and the painting, especially since abstracts do not seem to answer but ask.” > Read more.
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Gladiator, it is time to go underground! For the first time ever, you shall step beyond the arena sands and into the dark dungeons of the world.
Swords and Sandals 5 Redux: Grail of Antares, the latest thrilling installment in the world’s greatest gladiator game series, has arrived! A unique mix of turn based gladiatorial arena combat and roguelike dungeon crawling, Swords and Sandals 5 Redux also boasts an epic 20 hour adventure in which our gladiator hero will journey to the frozen frontier town of Suul’s Gateway – the home of Brandor’s most terrifying beasts and hardiest gladiators.
Rumours swirl that the dread Emperor Antares, once thought vanquished in the gladiator arena, has returned. They say his soul lies in wait, under the vast mountain. Will you find the Grail and destroy him, saving the realm? Or will you take his place as a new evil overlord?
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* Fast-paced turn based gladiator combat. Do battle against wily gladiators using hundreds of different weapons and armour sets. Use powerful new skills to vanquish your foes.
* For the first time, procedurally generated roguelike dungeon crawling! Explore vast pyramids, ancient tombs and frozen caverns on your search for the grail.
* A living and breathing, interactive game world. Pick locks, disarm traps and pray at shrines. Drink in taverns, talk to shopkeepers. Eat hamburgers found in dungeons!
* An epic, 5 Act gladiator story that spans many chapters. Beloved characters and despised villains from Swords and Sandals games past shall guide and hinder you.
* Fight all new arena champions – not just human gladiators, but mighty beasts. Take down a 40 foot tall giant spider. Dodge the flames of an ancient dragon!
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* Five character classes to choose from. Noble knights, crafty rogues and more – each with their own unique abilities for surviving the dungeons.
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Substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), is prevalent among pregnant and parenting women, and these women have unique and often un-met treatment needs. Despite significant efforts, states report that access to treatment continues to lag for this population. In 2014, half of pregnant women with OUD who were enrolled in publicly-funded treatment programs received medication-assisted treatment (MAT) – considered the standard of care for people with OUD. New mothers are also at increased risk of relapse and overdose during the postpartum period.
Recognizing the needs of this population, Congress recently passed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, which orders a Government Accountability Office study into the coverage gaps that persist for pregnant and postpartum women with SUD who were eligible for Medicaid during pregnancy. And last week, the federal Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation announced the Maternal Opioid Misuse Model, which will offer cooperative agreements to up to 12 states to transform their delivery systems for pregnant and postpartum women with OUD and reduce fragmentation in delivery of care.
As SUD impacts mothers, it also affects their children. Between 2000 and 2012, rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), caused by opioid exposure during pregnancy, rose five-fold, accounting for $462 million in Medicaid hospital costs in 2014. Exposure to other substances, such as alcohol, can also affect child development and parental substance use is linked to increased risk of child welfare involvement and childhood trauma.
A new National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) report, State Options for Promoting Recovery among Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid or Substance Use Disorder, supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Women’s Health, identifies promising strategies from Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Texas to support pregnant and parenting women with SUD. These states:
- Support access and coverage through early identification of substance misuse by expanding postpartum coverage for SUD treatment, and by facilitating transitions between care settings. In Texas, a state that has not expanded Medicaid, women may become ineligible for Medicaid coverage 60 days after giving birth. As a result, they face challenges continuing SUD treatment beyond 60 days postpartum. To address this issue, Texas expanded state-funded SUD treatment slots for postpartum women. Under this initiative, when a woman’s Medicaid coverage ends after giving birth, she can seamlessly transition to a treatment slot funded by state general revenue without being on a waiting list, and experience no change or disruption in her providers or services.
- Implement innovative care delivery models that consider the unique needs of women and families, such as integrating reproductive health care and SUD treatment, family-centered care models, and supports for social determinants of health. For example, Pennsylvania offers a Centers of Excellence (COE) program, funded by Medicaid and state general revenue, which provides coordinated and team-based care to individuals with OUD. Six COEs focus on meeting the unique needs of pregnant and postpartum women. These COEs coordinate services including SUD treatment, obstetric and postpartum care, and services that address social determinants of health, such as housing and transportation.
- Promote cross-system financing and collaboration to develop alignment across policies and programs and to leverage multiple federal and state funding streams. For example, Colorado’s Special Connections program offers comprehensive and coordinated SUD treatment services for Medicaid enrollees who are pregnant and the services continue up to 12 months postpartum. The program is administered through a partnership between the state’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and Office of Behavioral Health. The program weaves together funding from Medicaid (authorized under the Medicaid state plan and a 1915(b) waiver), the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, and state general funds.
To learn more:
- Read NASHP’s new issue brief, State Options for Promoting Recovery among Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid or Substance Use Disorder.
- Listen to a recording from an Oct. 24, 2018 webinar that explores how Colorado supports pregnant and parenting women with SUD.
- Read NASHP’s issue brief State Strategies to Meet the Needs of Young Children and Families Affected by the Opioid Crisis, and listen to a NASHP webinar on the topic.
- Read presentations from NASHP’s preconference Turning the Tide: State Strategies to Meet the Needs of Families Affected by Substance Use Disorder.


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Calcichew 500 mg Chewable Tablets are orange flavoured chewable tablets containing the active ingredient calcium. Calcium is found in the diet and is an important substance in bone formation.
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Calcichew 500mg Chewable Tablets are orange flavoured chewable tablets containing the active ingredient calcium. Calcium is found in the diet and is an important substance in bone formation. This supplement may also be prescribed or recommended for certain bone conditions, for example osteoporosis, or during pregnancy.
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Rubber composites based on graphene nanoplatelets, expanded graphite, carbon nanotubes and their combination: A comparative study
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Solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) composites reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets (GnPs), expanded graphite (EG), and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were prepared and the electrical and various mechanical properties were compared to understand the specific dispersion and reinforcement behaviours of these nanostructured fillers. The electrical resistivity of the rubber composite gradually decreased with the increase of filler amount in the composite. The electrical percolation behaviour was found to be started at 15. phr (parts per hundred rubber) for GnP and 20. phr for EG filled systems, whereas a sharp drop was found at 5. phr for MWCNT based composites. At a particular filler loading, dynamic mechanical analysis and tensile test showed a significant improvement of the mechanical properties of the composites comprised of MWCNT followed by GnP and then EG. The high aspect ratio of MWCNT enabled to form a network at low filler loading and, consequently, a good reinforcement effect was observed. To investigate the effect of hybrid fillers, MWCNT (up to 5. phr) were added in a selected composition of EG based compounds. The formation of a mixed filler network showed a synergistic effect on the improvement of electrical as well as various mechanical properties.

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Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians -- Luminous Groove (Yep Roc)
There’s a time when I might have said that Robyn Hitchcock is a true immortal, someone who belongs up there in the pantheon of all-time greats. His surreal lyrics and keen melodic sense, combined with his mastery of all things Barrett, Dylan, Beatles and Byrds certainly bears the stamp of a classic artist.
But as time went on, he released some duff efforts, and the narrowness of his artistry became all the more apparent. By the time Robyn and The Egyptians came out with Perspex Island, I found myself a bit less interested. His earlier brilliance was unquestioned, but he didn’t seem to have much more to say.
However, Hitchcock has proven me wrong. No, his more recent work doesn’t fully rank with the brilliance displayed on his earliest records, but the narrowness of Hitchcock’s approach has turned into an asset. His odd insights and sublime chord changes still work. When you’re an original (even one who is musically derivative) you can wear really well.
Getting the latest Yep Roc Hitchcock box set has me feeling all warm and fuzzy yet again for Robyn. This time, we get the first three albums he did with The Egyptians, a band that was somewhat of a Kimberley Rew-less Soft Boys reunion. Some of the edge was taken off The Soft Boys approach, with Hitchcock venturing into glistening quirky pop and glistening quirky quirk, among other things.
Fegmania!, Gotta Let This Hen Out and Element Of Light are all very strong albums, and have aged much better than the music of some of the band’s contemporaries. Fegmania! is littered with exceptional songs, from the beguiling opener "Egyptian Cream" to the effervescent "Strawberry Mind"; the silly psych-stomp of "The Man With the Lightbulb Head" to the soaring pop perfection of "Heaven". The album was a great roll out for the Egyptians, whose provided texture and color to Hitchcock’s fabulous songs.
This crack unit then got the chance to attack some of Robyn’s best solo tracks to date, and some Soft Boys chestnuts, on the live Gotta Let This Hen Out. This is one of the better live albums ever released, as the band infuses the solo songs with power, and plays with such fluidity. Songs like "America" and "Sometimes I Wish I Were A Pretty Girl" realize their full potential (and the studio versions weren’t shabby), and the performance of "Heaven" is definitive.
The third album, Element Of Light, was not quite as well-regarded as the other two, but damned if I can figure out why. The album is less aggressively whimsical as portions of Fegmania!, and shows real growth and ambition. The drama of "Lady Waters & The Hooded One" and the sighing languid "Winchester" were great additions to Hitchcock’s bag of tricks. Whether the outright John Lennon ripoff "Somewhere Apart" was necessary is up for debate, but it’s still a fun song. And "Raymond Chandler Evening" is one of Hitchcock’s most poignant numbers.
All of these albums have been reissued separately with a slew of bonus cuts. But for only a few bucks more, if you’re fan enough, this box is the way to go. Bad Case Of History is a two-disc set -- one disc of studio outtakes and one disc of live stuff. The live disc is fantastic, because it covers a lot of Robyn and The Egyptians’s major label work. That A & M period yielded the solid and accessible Globe Of Frogs, the uneven, but intriguing, Queen Elvis, the too slick Paul Fox-produced Perspex Island, and the sadly overlooked gem (and swansong) Respect.
There are some great renditions of songs from all of those albums, such as a lovely "Wax Doll", the hyper-poppy "So You Think You’re In Love", the sad "Railway Shoes" and "The Wreck of The Arthur Lee", one of Hitchcock’s most dazzling compositions. There are also a couple of covers -- The Byrds’ "Eight Miles High" and Bob Dylan’s "Chimes of Freedom". The live disc is a winner.
The studio side also yield some gems and, perhaps just as importantly, no real embarrassments. For the most part, as borne out by both this disc and the studio outtakes on the Fegmania! and Element Of Light discs, Hitchcock does a pretty good job of figuring out what should go on an album and what shouldn’t. Maybe "Hanging Out With Dad" and "Live Man Die" were worthy, but maybe they didn’t fit within a particular album’s structure.
While listening to this disc, I was struck how fine the line can be between a good song and a merely listenable one. A number of these outtakes superficially sound swell, but they lack an extra twist, a bit better melody, or a hook with enough...hook to be really terrific. Maybe Hitchcock has been too free with releasing his rejects, but they really put the creative process in perspective. And they only increase my admiration for his consummate songwriting talent.

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Posted April. 09, 2010 06:24,
Japans Education Ministry yesterday released the results of a survey of 6,200 high school students in Korea, the U.S., China and Japan on their attitudes in class.
Conducted from spring to fall last year, the study found that 32.3 percent of Korean students admitted to frequently or occasionally dozing off in class, lower than the figure for Japanese students (45.1 percent). The corresponding figure for American students was 20.8 percent and that of Chinese students 4.7 percent.
In addition, 68.1 percent of Korean students said they write down what is said in class, lower than in Japan (93.1 percent), China (90.1 percent) and the U.S. (89.1 percent). In addition, 16.3 percent of Korean students said they actively participate in class, lower than that of the U.S. (51.5 percent) and Japan (46.2 percent).
By contrast, 45.8 percent of Japanese students and 59.4 percent of American students said they are absentminded in class. American students were found to be the most distracted in class: 64.2 percent said they socialize in class; 46.9 percent said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9 percent said they send e-mails or read unrelated books in class.
Chinese students were found to actively participate in class and conduct themselves well.


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Theoretically anchored and historically informed,Six Children is a book about the nuances of child psychoanalysis as these unfold in the encounter with different forms of early life anguish. Addressing autistic, homeless, and hopeless children on the one hand, and greedy, betrayed, and angry children on the other, the book attempts to integrate developmental deficits, intrapsychic conflicts, and constitutional givens in evolving a deeper understanding of both severe and milder psychopathology. Ample clinical illustrations are provided and technical interventions pertinent to each of these situations are carefully fleshed out. Equal attention is given to holding and interpretation; family intervention and individual focus, and affect management and mentalization. The fact that the six main chapters of the book are sandwiched between a careful review and update of the field of child analysis makes the book especially suited for being used as a teaching tool in didactic curricula. A comprehensive and carefully selected bibliography imparts the book a scholarly quality, which exists alongside the text's literary and humane cadence.
About the Author:
Ann G. Smolen, PhD, is a supervising and training analyst in child, adolescent, and adult psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. She is in private practice in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Alexandra M. Harrison, MD, is a training and supervising analyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She is also a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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I haven't been posting about this show, but I have been watching pretty regularly. I did miss several of the early/middle episodes, though, so I seem to have less trouble with Bori than a lot of people do.
I mostly watch because I like the actors; the plot and characters are quite acceptable, though..
I'm still watching too. I'm familiar with some of the actors also....and I'm interested in Bori and Dong-ho's future. they are the most interesting part of the show. The other storylines are ok....but I want to know what will happen with the baby.


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A third of adults in Ireland take long-term medication, a figure that increases to two thirds amongst over-65s. Taking your medication regularly is important if you want to remain healthy. Sometimes, however, it can be hard to keep track of when you need to take your medication. This is where a medication dispenser may come in handy.
What is a Medication Dispenser?
Also known as pill dispensers, medication dispensers are pieces of equipment that help people to take their medication at the correct times. Some are electronic, sounding an alert at pre-arranged times and giving access to the medication. Others are simple boxes that are marked with times of day.
Most are designed to contain a week’s worth of medication. Some medication dispensers are split into days; others are further split into times. An electronic dispenser, depending on the model, will unlock itself when it is time to take the pills.
Benefits of Medication Dispensers
Research suggests that 71% of Irish adults forget to take their medication. This may be due to busy schedules or poor memory. Opting to use a medication dispenser can help you adhere to a regular routine, reducing the likelihood of missing any medication.
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A medication dispenser makes taking your medication easy. Rather than getting the precise dosage out of the bottles or packs every time, the correct amount of medication is measured out in advance. With an electronic dispenser, it is reasonably straightforward to set up. It also means you do not have to read your prescription every time, which can sometimes be difficult, especially when the writing is small.
Some electronic dispensers also have an alert that will remind you to refill. This can be a great help when it comes to adhering to your medication times. Furthermore, depending on the brand of dispenser you purchase, it may be able to contain up to a month’s worth of medication.
Not all medication comes in glass bottles with childproof caps. Many powerful painkillers, for example, are available in cardboard boxes. Opting to use medication dispensers can help to keep your pills secure. This may be especially useful if you have pets or visiting grandkids.
There is always the risk of medication boxes being knocked over. Lost pills could turn up later, only to be accidentally eaten by a pet or young relative. Electronic dispensers, especially, usually come fitted with timed locks.
If you are attended by carers, a medication dispenser can help them to support you with your medication. It may be that your carers come in when it is time to take your prescription. Having your medication pre-prepared can save time, making it easier for your carer to support you. Storing pills in a medication dispenser also helps your carer know whether you have had your pills for the day.
Pill dispensers reduce the risk of accidental overdose, as they make it clear whether the dosage for the day has been taken.
In later life many older adults want to maintain their independence. Relying on another person to sort and provide medication can leave people feeling somewhat out of control of their own lives. A pill dispenser provides the opportunity for elderly people to control their own prescriptions.
Using the pill dispenser helps you to keep track of how much medication you have and whether you have taken your pills for the day.
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Mat Ryan suggests the race to be Australia's number one goalkeeper is on following the shock retirement of Mark Schwarzer.
The 41-year old veteran, who is the Socceroos most capped player in history, has called time on his international career leaving Club Brugge youngster Ryan and Borussia Dortmund back-up Mitch Langerak to fight it out for the number one jersey.
"The retirement of Schwarzy came as a shock," Ryan said.
"The spot is now up for grabs heading into the World Cup and both myself and Mitch are going to be trying to grab it.
"I think I've been making my case in Belgium with making some important saves and performing consistently each week and hopefully that can play into my favour when it comes to the national team.
"At the top level, in my opinion, you need to be getting regular game time to be at your best and maybe that's to my advantage a little bit right now.
"By the same token, when Mitch has stepped up for Dortmund in some big games he has done well and shown he can handle that pressure also.
"Hopefully we can bring out the best in each other and the national team will benefit from that over the coming years.
"Things have opened up now - and I just now need to showcase to Ange Postecoglou what I can do when I come into camp next week."
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From The Pueblo Chieftain (Matt Hildner):
Too much water has become a bad thing in the Rio Grande basin. That might seem like nonsense in a region that has seen below-average stream flows for most of the last 12 years, but inaccurate stream forecasts coupled with the demands of the Rio Grande Compact have put water managers and users in a pinch. The compact governs how much water Colorado must send downstream and includes separate delivery schedules for the Rio Grande and Conejos River.
Those deliveries run on a sliding scale with the highest demands in wet years and the lowest ones in dry times. Each spring, the state engineer’s office relies on stream forecasts from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to balance how much runoff can be diverted by irrigators with how much must go to New Mexico.
The service draws that forecast partly from the eight automated snow gauges and a string of manual snow survey sights in the basin. But this year’s projections were low by roughly 50,000 acre-feet on the Conejos and almost 150,000 acre-feet on the Rio Grande, Division Engineer Craig Cotten said. That has left Cotten and his staff in the position of curtailing or limiting the amount of water that irrigators would otherwise be entitled to according to their respective water rights.
“The most senior water rights on both rivers are being curtailed dramatically in order to meet the compact,” Steve Vandiver, director of the Rio Grande Water Conservancy District told the basin’s roundtable earlier this month.
Moreover, the service’s snow measurement and forecasting program may have an uncertain future. Last year, the service proposed eliminating 47 of the 110 manual snow survey sites in Colorado to meet agency budget cuts. While those sites were saved, the threat of future funding cuts along with the inaccuracies plaguing the forecast have led officials in the Rio Grande basin to look at other options.
The Conejos Water Conservancy District is in the middle of a $237,000 project that will install a temporary radar system, six weather stations and a string of new stream flow gauges. The aim is to get a more accurate forecast that will reduce curtailments for water users. In 2012, the Conejos district estimated that those curtailments cost water users in the basin up to $13,000 per day.
“We can’t realistically blame Craig because it’s the forecasting error,” said Nathan Coombs, the district’s manager. “We don’t have anything else that helps us.”
The Conejos basin is home to two of the automated snow gauges run by the service.
The radar, which will be located either at Antonito or Alamosa, will give officials a clearer picture of where storms are happening, while the six weather stations will allow them to determine how much the storms are depositing.
Moreover, the project will add flow gauges to key tributaries of the Conejos such as Elk Creek and the South Fork of the Conejos.
“If we can start measuring better what these tributaries are doing, that will give us an indication of what these sub-basins are looking at,” Coombs said.
The snowpack and stream flow data gathered by the district will be turned over to researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Severe Storms Laboratory. In turn, those researchers will try to use that data to create a forecasting model. Coombs said the district will stack up that end product with the service forecasts.
“If there’s enough discrepancy to pursue it, that’s how we’ll go,” he said.
The Colorado Water Conservation Board played a role in funding the Conejos project and also has pursued the use of satellite technology to help increase the accuracy of snowpack measurement.
“We’ve had this conversation a lot,” Travis Smith who represents the Rio Grande on the board, told The Chieftain. “Forecasting drives our compact decisions.” Smith, who has been heavily involved in fire recovery issues in the Rio Grande’s headwaters, said temporary radar near Wolf Creek Pass that’s been installed to warn of late summer and fall monsoon storms, may end up playing a role for winter snowstorms as well.
But moving state officials toward improved forecasting can be difficult given that two of the biggest water management organizations in the state — Denver Water and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District — do their own forecasting independent of the service.
Still, Smith sees a potential ally in the Arkansas River basin, where water managers are dependent on service forecasting for its voluntary flow management program and reservoir operations.
Mike Gibson is chair of the Rio Grande Basin Roundtable, which also divvies up state funds for water projects and funded a portion of the Conejos pilot project. He wants all options left on the table.
“I personally feel we need to pursue all avenues available until we come up with a better system than we have now,” he said.
More Rio Grande River Basin coverage here.


Americans are having less sex and less relationships
- Author: Lila Blake Mar 10, 2017,
Mar 10, 2017, 0:27
Overall, American adults are having less sex than they did a quarter century ago, with married people showing the most dramatic decline of all. "What you need for a sex life is energy, focus, and time and the right mood", reasons Schwartz, adding, "If I've just run a marathon, is the first thing I want to do have sex?" Unpartnered people tend to have sex half as frequently as people who are in couples, says the study. They're also marrying later.
The result? Today's older people may be having less sex overall, but they're having a lot more sex for their age than younger generations are.
In the case of married people, the average number of times that married Americans had sex was 73 times per year. That number is even below the frequency for never-married people, who have sex an average of 59 times a year.
"As the boundary between work and home life continues to erode through technology and increasing expectations of availability, employers would be wise to consider practices, such as limiting urgent-response emails in the evening, when employees may be engaging in physical intimacy, which appears to positively affect work behavior the following day", the authors write.
Sex in America has declined, especially in the past 10 years, says researcher. The study indicates that married couples had less sex for an annual average of 56 times in 2014 as compared to the data from 1989 which has married couples enjoying an advantage of 67 sexual frequencies for that year.
The study, put out by researchers at Widener University in Pennsylvania, examined 30,000 US adults and also found that the rate of sex plunged from 64 times per year in 2002 to 53 by 204. The bottom line: Fewer young adults are in committed relationships, which could be contributing to the decline in sex frequency for that age cohort. It may also be that millennials don't feel like they need to have sex and are more interested in doing other things with their spare time.
"In a previous paper, we found that the happiness of adults over age 30 declined between 2000 and 2014", said Twenge.
That's according to a new study published this week, which found that Americans are having less sex now than in generations past - which includes Millennials having less than those at the same age of the previous generation, a conclusion from a previous related study. Another factor, the study notes, is that there might be differences in what is considered as sex between generations. Comparing the numbers to 1990s, the number of intimate encounters in 2014 has reduced by 16 times a year.
Is it possible to be happy when having less sex? "People aren't looking around saying, 'Hey, it's ten o'clock, what are we going to do?'"
The study showed that the decline has occurred regardless of people's gender, race, work or marriage status, education level and living region.


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Every plant association has a characteristic appearance, due to the preponderance of one particular species which has been more sucoessful than the others in the struggle for the necessities of life. This species is called the dominant of the association. Thus the ling may be the dominant in a heath association, the reed grass in a swamp and the oak, beech, or ash in a wood, according to the nature of the soil. Generally the dominant is of greater size than the subordinate species, and this tends to produce
I different layers of vegetation. Thus in an oak wood there is a tree layer, a shrub layer in which hazel, briars and brambles occur, a herb layer occupied by such plants as bracken, woodand wood sorrel, and sometimes a layer of moss and liverworts is found beneath these herbaceous plants.
There is also a zonation in thesystems of an association. Such zonation is well shown in a dry oak wood where the bluebell, soft grass and bracken grow together. The soft grass is shallow rooting, and its rhizome runs in the surface soil. Below it the bracken rhizome is found, and beneath this lie the bulbs of the bluebell. In this way these plants utilize the same area of ground and yet avoid competition for water and salts in the soil.
Where different layers of vegetation are competing with each other for light, as in a wood, there are seasonal differences in the time of greatest activity and in the time of flowering. This seasonal variation is well shown by the oak woods which occur on damp clay soils. The lesser celandine and dog ’s mercury are small plants which grow in the most shaded part of the wood, and put forth theirin February and March. In this way they avoid the shade cast by the oak trees, which do not develop their until later in the spring. The celandine and dog ’s mercury flower in March and May and their leaves wither and die early in the summer, when they are shaded by the oak trees and by taller herbaceous plants. The food manufactured by the leaves before withering is stored by the tuber of the celandine and in the rhizome of the dog ’s mercury, and by means of these storage organs the plants perennate until the following spring. The wood grows up later in the spring and is found chiefly in the better lit areas of the wood, but its leaves also wither early in the summer. In the summer, plants such as herb robert, wood avens and the common bugle, which are able to live in the shade cast by the oak foliage, grow up and flower. In the autumn and winter, when the herbaceous plants have died down, toadstools show their maximum development.

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – On a 95 degree spring day in central Florida, less than half a mile from the gate to Disney World, KDKA-TV’s Jory Rand found a group of NFL players hard at work.
Among them were Ike Taylor, William Gay and James Farrior.
“Yeah, it’s pretty brutal,” Farrior said. “It hurts now, but it will help for later.”
The gathering has nothing to do with the NFL lockout. In fact, most of the players have been going there for years.
“Since the 7th grade,” Ike Taylor said.
Taylor came to work with Tom Shaw, a former track coach who was been working with NFL Pro Bowlers and Hall of Famers for more than 20 years.
“That’s probably the biggest compliment I have,” Shaw said. “When you have guys coming from Pittsburgh and different teams, and they say what’s James doing? And what’s Ike doing? And then you get those guys that come down.”
It’s not just Steelers that are in attendance. Guys like 2004 Pro Bowl wide receiver Javon Walker and Patriots running back BenJarvis Green-Ellis joined the Pittsburgh contingent.
“Once we get on this field, we’re all trying to help each other get through it. It doesn’t matter what team (you’re from), we’re trying to get through this workout, because we’re working in this heat,” Taylor said.
Even as they work, the pall of the lockout, and the possibility of there being no season at all, hangs over the players’ heads.
“There’s still some stuff in the air we need to get worked out,” Farrior said. “But I’m positive there will be a season this year. I pay attention — we have to pay attention. I’m in the house with two free agents right now so, they keep me updated with what’s going on.”
One of those free agents is Taylor, who may see his eight-year run with the Steelers come to an end. If it does, it won’t be due to a poor relationship with his bosses.
“I call him (Steelers Chairman Emeritus Dan Rooney) pops,” Taylor said. “I don’t even call him Mr. Rooney. In my phone, I’ve got him under Papa Rooney. A Hall of Fame guy, a guy of that stature…if you hear from guys on other teams, you can’t talk to the owner.”
“Mr. Rooney, out of respect comes down to the locker room. (His) door’s always open. And if you come in from somewhere else, and don’t know Mr. Rooney, you wouldn’t know he’s the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers. That’s the type of guy and family over there. They say players first and they run their organization like a players’ first mentality. And that’s why you win.”
However, it wasn’t all business on the trip. Farrior touched on Ben Roethlisberger’s upcoming wedding.
“Totally excited man,” he said. “I’m looking forward to it. Should be a good event.”
He also talked about Hines Ward’s dancing ability.
“I never knew he had it in him. I don’t know if anyone did. I don’t even think he knew himself, but we got a chance to go out there and see him live, and he did a great job. And he’s been doing phenomenal the whole time, and I think he’s working his way into the finals,” Farrior said.
“I never thought I’d be watching that. I’m not really into dancing and you know it’s not something I watch on [television], but I have to support my teammate.”


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The goal of Engaged Teaching in Theology and Religion is to guide a process of self-reflection for scholars and teachers of theology and religion that leads to intentional, transformative teaching, dialogue, and reform in theological education and religious studies. Effective teaching approaches must address the selfhood of the teacher, as well as pedagogy, course content, and community engagement. This book sets itself apart from other works in the field because of this holistic approach. In addition to addressing these four areas, Harrison and Knight provide a variety of practices for teaching that take seriously students' cries for a more socially and personally relevant pedagogy and curriculum in a rapidly changing transnational world. The volume provides a well-reasoned and accessible re-thinking of teaching theology and religion so that schools of theology and departments of religion might better live out their stated goals of forming transformative, courageous, and thoughtful leaders and teachers in the twenty-first century.
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The toolkit is designed for distributed machine learning, and it contains a parameter server-based programming framework that makes machine-learning tasks scalable, according to the blog. It also allows developers to fix machine-learning problems faster.
The toolkit also allows APIs to reduce the barrier of distributed machine learning, which developers can use it to focus on machine-learning tasks like data and model training.
ASUS to develop a HoloLens
ASUS has confirmed it will be building a version of the Microsoft HoloLens, CNET reported. According to CNET, ASUS is the first non-Microsoft company to build a version of the HoloLens.
Microsoft is expected to release its developer version of the device early next year.
Windows 10 gets its first major update
Microsoft has announced that the first major update for Windows 10 is available for PCs and tablets. Features include improved performance in everyday tasks such as boot time; the ability to use the device’s pen to scribble a note in Cortana Notebook; Cortana availability in Australia, Canada, India and Japan; and improvements to performance and security in Microsoft Edge.
In addition, Microsoft announced two free services for IT workers (Windows Update for Business and Windows Store for Business), as well as new mobile-device-management and Azure Active directory join capabilities.
“With this update, there are improvements in all aspects of the platform and experience, including thousands of partners updating their device drivers and applications for great Windows 10 compatibility,” wrote Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Windows and devices at Microsoft, in a blog post. “Windows 10 also starts rolling out to Xbox One today and select mobile phones soon.”
OpenHPC Collaborative Project announced
The Linux Foundation has announced its intent to create a project that will provide a new open-source framework to sophisticated High Performance Computing environments. The OpenHPC Collaborative Project will work to create a stable environment for testing and validation; reduce expenses in implementing and operating HPC installations; and provide an open-source software stack and a flexible framework for configuration.
“The use of open-source software is central to HPC, but a lack of a unified community across key stakeholders—academic institutions, workload-management companies, software vendors, computing leaders—has caused duplication of effort and has increased the barrier to entry,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation. “OpenHPC will provide a neutral forum to develop an open-source framework that satisfies a diverse set of cluster environment use cases.”
How many bootcamp-goers are women?
A new survey from Course Report revealed that women are a greater percentage of bootcampers than computer science undergraduates in college. According to the report, 35% of bootcampers are women compared to 14.1% enrolled in undergraduate computer science.
The report also reveals that 66% of bootcamp graduates have full-time jobs with an average salary increase of 38%. In addition, the typical bootcamper is 31 years old, and has 7.6 years of work experience (or at least a Bachelor’s degree), but has never worked as a programmer.
The full report can be found here.


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“He leaves later than any other player,” David Beckham praises Lionel Messi’s professionalism at Inter Miami
David Beckham says he was in tears when Messi scored a 94th minute winner against Cruz Azul, causing his wife to drive them home.
Lionel Messi and David Beckham (via SportBible)
The entire football world was shocked when Lionel Messi left Europe to play in the United States of America. He joined David Beckham’s Inter Miami, which the English icon claimed was an effort that took over 3 years. He has now been crowned as the Athlete of the Year by Time Magazine and David Beckham revealed how professional the Argentine has been.
Talking to Time Magazine regarding Messi’s milestone, David Beckham revealed how Messi was always the first one to arrive in training and the last one to leave. he also spoke about the time the Argentine spoke with the academy kids, where he advised them to always walk during the match, as that would let them examine the match closely.
From day one, Leo arrives early, and he leaves later than any other player. He’s the most professional player on our squad.David Beckham on Lionel Messi
The Inter Miami owner also recounted how Messi’s goal in injury time won them a Leagues Cup match against Cruz Azul. Messi converted a free kick in the 94th minute to ensure his club topped their group in the Leagues Cup. Returning home from the match, Beckham was in tears and asked his wife, Victoria Beckham, to drive as he wasn’t sure if he could. He said that goal couldn’t have been written better and added that it was essential for the future of Football in America.
Lionel Messi reveals he wanted to return to Barcelona
While being interviewed by Time Magazine, Lionel Messi admitted that the move to Miami was not his first choice. He said the choice of moving to Miami was hard as he had various offers from various clubs. His first choice was to return to Catalunya to play for Barcelona, but due to their financial problems, it was not possible.
Clubs from Saudi Arabia were also in the mix, and he was considering it as he is a tourism ambassador of the country and he had enjoyed his previous visits. He also acknowledged their effort to improve the standard of football in the country, referencing the league bringing in stars from Europe.
Messi admitted that the final two choices were either a move to Saudi Arabia or a move to the MLS. In the end, he picked the MLS, where Inter Miami are paying him a whopping $20 million per year. Along with that, he was granted a stake in the club after he retired from professional football. American tech giant, Apple, was also paying the Argentine a share of their media revenues.
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Mobile joins the likes of Seattle, San Francisco and Chattanooga, Tenn., in the September issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine as one of the "50 next great towns" in which to live and play.
Magazine editors said their annual choices "aren't just on prime relocation spots now, but smart choices for the future."
National Geographic asked the Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau for its recommendation of interesting, offbeat local destinations, according to bureau President Leon Maisel. Editors made their choices after visiting the various locales.
In Mobile, tours of the local river delta system were a major draw, Maisel said.
The magazine's September issue features Australian transplant Kristian Aboud, who owns Five Rivers Delta Safaris, a tour boat business that operates out of the state-owned Five Rivers Delta Center on the Causeway between Mobile and the Eastern Shore.
The 30-year-old entrepreneur, also co-owner of the Mobile wine shop Taste!, said he initially came to Mobile because of his work as a wine distributor, but the area's natural beauty and "rugby scene" eventually led him to make Mobile home.
For the last four years, he's been dividing his time between Mobile and Monterey, Calif., where his Navy wife is stationed. Aboud said returning to Mobile is "like coming home," and its unique beauty rivals that of Monterey or any other destination.
His safari business, plus a cafe at Five Rivers that will open in a couple of weeks, should benefit from the National Geographic Adventure article. Aboud hopes not only for new residents to the area, but more visitors.
"We've been steady through the summer, and we're looking for a nice little boon in the fall," he said. "Definitely, people who are outdoors-related are going to see it."
Mobile was the only Alabama site among the magazine's 50 choices. Most of the areas were in the western part of the United States.
Tourist spending is big business in Mobile, according to the Convention & Visitors Bureau, which put 2007 tourism spending at $888.6 million in Mobile, which welcomed an estimated 2.6 million visitors.
Other Mobile highlights in the top-50 list included the outdoor patio at Cafe 615 on Dauphin Street and the Kate Shepard House bed and breakfast.
B&B co-owner Wendy James said mentions like the one in National Geographic are invaluable to boosting business, especially during slower summer months when her business typically is only half full.
The Mobile area has been in the pages of other National Geographic publications, including an article earlier this year in National Geographic Traveler that focused on the Eastern Shore on Mobile Bay.


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Mrs. White and Herbert react to the story of the monkey's paw with humor. Neither appears to quite believe in the power of the paw when Sergeant Major-Morris tells them of its power. Mrs. White says the paw sounds like an enchanted item out of the Arabian Nights and jokingly says they should wish for more pairs of hands for her. When Mr. White later claims the paw moved in his hand when he made a wish, Mrs. White doubts this. Her skepticism is gentle but ever-present in these first scenes, illustrating her sensible and maternal characterization.
Herbert assumes an even less reverent attitude, coming off as flippant when talking about the paw with both Morris and his parents. He makes clever comments while Morris is sharing his story and continues to joke about the paw once it is in the possession of the family. It is he who suggests they wish for money. When the wish is not immediately granted, Herbert heaps scorn upon the legend of the paw, claiming they will never see a single scrap of the money. Even when his father claims the paw moved, Herbert does not relent in his irreverence:
"As I wished, it twisted in my hand like a snake."
"Well, I don't see the money," said his son as he picked it up and placed it on the table, "and I bet I never shall."
"It must have been your fancy, father," said his wife, regarding him anxiously.
He shook his head. "Never mind, though; there's no harm done, but it gave me a shock all the same."
They sat down by the fire again while the two men finished their pipes. Outside, the wind was higher than ever, and the old man started nervously at the sound of a door banging upstairs. A silence unusual and depressing settled upon all three, which lasted until the old couple rose to retire for the night.
"I expect you'll find the cash tied up in a big bag in the middle of your bed," said Herbert, as he bade them good-night, "and something horrible squatting up on top of the wardrobe watching you as you pocket your ill-gotten gains."
Ironically, the money does eventually come, but in the form of compensation for Herbert's death in a work-related accident, making both his and Mrs. White's initial skepticism tragic.

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I'm interested in doing a segmented co-op run of this game. It's a fairly straight forward game and having two players will significantly speed things up. Although, there are slightly more enemies with two players than in single player.
Things that are important for this run:
1.) The mototank and the rattler have the ability to shoot through walls when pressed up against them. This is especially helpful in the drive in movie theater level and the Eiffel Tower level 2.) A guided missile to the back of the other player gives them a boost of speed 3.) Mototank is slightly faster than the hovertank 4.) It is entirely possible to dodge mine fields with some tight maneuvering in the mototank 5.) Teleporters will be a tremendous asset 6.) Using a control scheme that allows isolation of the control of the tank's turret from the movement of the tank
We have run into some problems though. In the two convoy levels, is there any way to speed up the movement of the convoy? Shooting and pushing them in the back doesn't work. The only thing we can do to minimize time is make sure one of the front two convoy vehicles survives and make sure tank scraps from enemies and whatever else don't block their way.
One of the biggest problems however is the seventeenth level where you're protecting San Francisco from 80+ tanks spawning from four landers. No matter how quickly we kill the enemies, they seem to spawn at preset times. Numerous practice runs have consistently given us times in the 9:13-9:20 range for this level even though we use different strategies. This time is absolutely horrendous considering the entire run will end up being roughly about 22 minutes long. Staying on the rail with the Goliath doesn't affect the spawn times any. My friend thinks that the landers are in fact the orange indestructible bunkers reskinned as boats. So if there were some trick to exploit those then we could apply that same principle to this. We're almost out of ideas so any help would be great.

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I noticed today that I'm developing a crack in the circular top rail in the back corner of my boat. I have attached a rough drawing to illustrate the location. Actually I have one on both sides, but the one on the left has grown much farther than the one on the right. This is an obvious concern for me because I'm sure that it has grown in a short amount of time. It is probably due to the new rod rack that I bolted onto the two triangular flanges and just the vibrations from trailering. I put the rod rack on about a month ago and I have only taken it out about 4 or 5 times since then. So it is growing kind of quickly. My question is if anyone has had this happen to them and how they fixed it or if anyone knows any product that will stop the crack from growing? I cannot weld and from what I've read in other posts, its hard to find someone who can weld alluminum anyway. Besides the crack started at the edge of the weld where it is the weakest, so if I got it welded again it would probably just start a new crack just in front of the new weld. Right now I'm thinking that I'm going to have to get rid of the boat if there is no way to fix it.... what do you guys think, do I have any options?


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HVS Interviews with Leaders - Mr. Ludwig Bouldoukian, Regional VP of Development, Middle East and North Africa, Hyatt Hotels
November 8, 2018
1. What is Hyatt Hotels Corporation’s brand portfolio, market presence, and pipeline across the Middle East?
Hyatt currently operates 17 full service...