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How To Soothe Your Sunburn And Fast
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need the sun to get sunburnt; a cloudy day can have the same effect on your skin as a blazing hot day. Without the proper protection, you will burn and even if you can't see it, UV rays can have some serious health effects on your body later in life.
As a milk bottle-looking person, I burn badly. You’d think after burning severely as a child, as an adult, I would have learned my lesson - spoiler alert: I haven't. Only a couple of years ago I got so burnt on holiday I fainted and had to hide away in the hotel room because my body was in so much shock from the pain I could hardly move.
So to help others like me, who unfortunately get burnt to a crisp, I’ve put together a list of ways to soothe your sunburn and fast (tried and tested by yours truly)!
Aloe Vera to soothe
I can honestly say Aloe Vera has saved me so many times I’ve lost count. Back to the time I fainted, my lovely friends ran out to the nearest store and bought me Aloe Vera body lotion, and my goodness I don’t think I would’ve been able to board the flight home without it. Thanks to all the good vitamins and antioxidants in Aloe Vera, my skin was kept hydrated and soothed just minutes after applying. I found using JASON Aloe Vera 98% Moisturizing Gel helped to bring down the inflammation in my legs and kept the burning tingling sensation at bay.
After sun to moisturize
My mother used to smother me in aftersun after every beach journey, regardless of whether I had actually been in the sun or not. I now use Bondi Sands Aloe Vera After Sun Gel Spray after a day in the sun as it keeps my skin moisturized and replenished! I find it’s great for those with mild sunburn who don’t want their skin to peel away like a snake in molting season. Better yet, keep your bottle in the fridge for instant cooling relief!
Kept it cool
When you burn your finger or your hands, the first thing people tell you to do is run it under a cold tap. Well, the same applies to sunburns in the form of ice packs and cool compresses. If you’re looking for instant pain relief, holding a wet washcloth or an ice pack for 10 to 15 minutes to the area will soothe and cool down your skin in a matter of seconds.
Soak in an oatmeal bath
Okay, I know this is a little bit of a stretch, but if you can get your hands on some oatmeal, it can seriously help your burned skin, especially if it’s gotten to the itchy stage. If you can’t find any, then I have the next best thing. Aveeno Dermexa Daily Emollient Body Wash is perfect for gently washing and soothing your tight sunburnt skin. Packed with finely-milled Colloidal Oatmeal, your skin will feel soft, relieved and itch-free!
Take an anti-inflammatory
To reduce swelling, pain and redness taking an anti-inflammatory tablet like ibuprofen can seriously help. For the first few days of my sunburn, I was popping them every six hours to lessen the symptoms, which helped a lot. So I thoroughly suggest you pack some in your bag just in case!
Cool off on the skincare routine
When I was pretty much burnt to a crisp, my face was so sensitive, it stung at just the touch of a strand of my hair. Never did I think I’d be on holiday sporting chin and lip blisters, but there I was in the waterpark practically reminding everyone to put on sunscreen at the sight of me. So it goes without saying that your skincare routine is going to have to halt, which includes your makeup. It’s best to stick to a gentle cleanser and moisturizer for the time being.
It’s important to drink a lot of fluids and try to keep out of the sun. I also recommend wearing loose clothing as your skin will be extra sensitive to materials and honestly, chaffing when your skin is breaking out in blisters is seriously painful (trust me).

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TORG Roleplaying the Possibility Wars Box Set
Everything is possible in the grim and war-torn world of TORG-- Lost World adventure, pulp fiction, heroic fantasy, cyber-mystic, high-tech, horror, and contemporary Earth...
This boxed set contains the Core Rulebook for TORG: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars. It's one all-encompassing roleplaying game system to handle multiple genres, one compelling story to tie multiple realities together. The boxed set contains:
West End Games. 1990. Out-of-Print.CONDITION: Near Mint. Materials have never been played with. Drama Deck Cards still in their original shrinkwrap. Box in Excellent-Near Mint Condition.
- Rulebook with instructions for playing this multi-genre game where realities collide
- World Book describing Eart and invading realms in the Near Now
- Adventure Book explaining how to design and run TORG adventures
- Drama Deck with over 150 cards to enhance your storytelling

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A Virginia woman has been charged after she appeared to threaten school board officials while they met to vote on whether to lift a mask requirement.
The woman, Amelia King, 42, is accused of making an oral threat on school property after she was cut off during a public comment section of the Page County public school board meeting Thursday, the Luray Police Department said in a statement.
“All right. No mask mandates,” King told board members after her three-minute comment period ended. “My children will not come to school on Monday with a mask on. That’s not happening, and I will bring every single gun loaded and ready.”
When a board member again cut off King, noting that three minutes is a policy, she said: “I’ll see y’all on Monday.”
King was arrested Friday and was later released on $5,000 bond, according to Luray police.
She did not respond to a message left Friday on a phone number listed under her name. But later in Thursday's meeting she emailed an apology to a board member saying that she was “only speaking figuratively.”
“I in no way meant to imply ‘all guns loaded’ as in actual firearms, but rather all resources I can muster to make sure that my children get to attend school without masks,” the email said, according to a school board member who read the note aloud. “My sincere apologies for my poor choice in words.”
Bo Cook, chief of the Luray Police Department, said King contacted law enforcement to apologize as well. But her comments "absolutely caused public alarm," he said, adding that other local authorities were also investigating the incident.
In a joint statement Friday, the school district superintendent and board chair said King’s comments “go against everything we wish to model for our students” and “they go against the very nature of how we as a community should interact with each other.”
“This kind of behavior is not tolerated from our students, faculty, staff, nor will it be tolerated by parents or guests of our school division,” the statement added.
During Thursday's meeting, school board members voted 4-2 to lift a mask mandate put in place by former Gov. Ralph Northam last year, the Winchester Star reported. The vote came after Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order making K-12 mask mandates optional. The order takes effect Monday.
Youngkin, a newly elected Republican, signed the executive order on his first day in office, saying that the decision to wear a mask is a "matter of personal liberty; parents should make that decision for their children."

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Theatre NDG is very excited to announce our New Play Reading Series.
Theatre NDG put a call out for local playwrights to send in their work for this monthly event. Theatre NDG selects a play and casts the characters with amateur and professional local actors. The actors receive the play one week in advance to familiarize themselves with it. The night of the play reading the actors read the script, provide feedback to the playwright, while the audience watches. Free admission, refreshments will be served…
Our next script-in-hand reading is a double feature on May 23, 2018 at 7:00 PM, featuring Mary Thaler’s “Down in the Valley” and Karin Murray-Bergquist’s “Frankly, My Lord Admiral.”
Our first script-in-hand play reading was held on April 25th, 2018 at 7:00 PM, featuring local playwright Vitta Morales’ play “Brunch the Musical,” read aloud by amateur and professional local actors.

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Russia is once again in danger of being banned from next year's Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revealed that historical data supplied by the country's anti-doping authority contained "inconsistencies."
WADA said on Monday it had opened compliance proceedings against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) after examining the vast bank of historical testing data finally handed over in January.
The news means RUSADA is in danger of being declared non-compliant by WADA a year after a suspension was lifted, which could put increased pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to exclude Russia from the Tokyo Games next year for failing to ensure that its athletes are clean.
Russia will already miss the world athletics championships for the second time in a row after the sport's governing IAAF extended the ban against the country's federation RUSAF on Monday.
The IAAF confirmed the decision four days before the start of the competition in Qatar after hearing a report from its Task Force (TF) overseeing Russia’s reinstatement efforts.
"We are aware of the allegations of manipulation of the data and that an investigation is ongoing," said Rune Andersen, head of the IAAF Task Force.
"In the light of that the task force recommended that RUSAF not be reinstated and the IAAF council unanimously agreed."
The WADA Executive Committee received a report from its Compliance Review Committee on Monday updating it on the analysis of data from the Moscow laboratory which contained the results of thousands of anti-doping tests undergone by Russian sportsmen and women.
"The ExCo was informed that further investigation... of inconsistencies in Moscow Laboratory data had led WADA to open a formal compliance procedure against RUSADA on 17 September 2019," WADA said in statement.
Jonathan Taylor, chair of WADA's Compliance Review Committee, presented the information to the executive committee in Tokyo on Monday. It also said that 47 potential rule violation cases that had been highlighted and were being acted on were not affected by the inconsistencies.
Alexander Ivlev, chairman of RUSADA's supervisory board, told Interfax: "WADA has given the Russian side three weeks to give explanations regarding the alleged changes in the database from the Moscow laboratory. Such an answer will be presented."
RUSADA director Yuri Ganus could not immediately be reached for comment.
Travis Tygart, CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, said it was "no real surprise" that the Russian authority was in the hot seat.
"Let's hope the hammer now comes down and that the entire process is not a secret back room deal but is open and transparent," said Tygart. "Justice for clean athletes demands it."
Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the president of Russia's Olympic Committee, said the situation was "very serious" and could jeopardize Russia's Olympic participation.
"We have spent vast diplomatic efforts to regain the trust of the international sports community and for Russian athletes to have the right to take part in Olympics without any restrictions," Pozdnyakov said in a statement.
RUSADA had been ruled non-compliant by WADA following the 2016 report that exposed the country's massive state-sponsored doping program.
Last September, the WADA executive committee voted to reinstate RUSADA before it had fulfilled the requirements laid out in a "Roadmap to Compliance," which included giving access to the data stored at Moscow's anti-doping laboratory.
They missed the December deadline but an inspection team was finally allowed to retrieve the data in January, handing over more than 2,200 samples.
WADA investigators performed analysis, targeting a pool of almost 300 of the "most suspicious" athletes before passing on the information to international sports federations to take measures against athletes found to have historical anomalies.
Last month, the International Weightlifting Federation provisionally suspended 12 Russians for doping violations based on data from the Moscow laboratory.


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The new study finds that a number of children taking stimulant drugs (like Adderall or Ritalin) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatment are still growing, but in a slower pace than in the last ten years. Researchers collected data about the United States prescription from 1996 to 2008.
There are about 2.8 million children took ADHD prescription medications in 2008, researchers said. According to the study, the highest stimulants rate of use was among 6-12 years old children. This rate increased from 4.2% (1996) to 5.1% (2008). The usage of ADHD medications became almost twice as large in the group of 13-18 years old children: from 2.3% to 4.9% for the same period. This researched shows, that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is not common only for kids and its symptoms could persist through adulthood. There were some concerns about children being overmedicated, but researchers noticed the decrease of ADHD prescription for kids, who are not older than 5 years old. Only 1 child in 1000 took medications in 2008, compared to 1996 rate of 3 in 1000.
A psychiatrist and researcher at the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Benedetto Vitiello, said that the study documented that stimulants usage was increasing but not as much as it had increased during the 1987-1996 period when the rate of prescriptions had been annually increasing by 17%. He also explained, that now the increase of ADHD drug prescriptions can be explained by a higher amount of adults taking those medications. He also pointed out the concern about medications used by very young children, but data that have been collected shows the low increase.
On September 28, 2011, the study conducted by the Agency for Healthcare research and Quality in collaboration with the National Institute of Health (NIH) was published in American Journal of Psychiatry. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2007 more than 9.5% of children in the U.S. had ADHD. Those children could have hyperactivity, impulsivity, a deficit of attention and they have lower control over their behavior. In most cases, it causes some difficulties during their study. To ease those symptoms and help the child to be more concentrated, parents give them stimulant ADHD medications. Adderall and Ritalin are frequently used for that kind of treatment.
Read a related article about ADHD holidays for children.
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According to studies background, the stimulants usage for ADHD treatment was increased by more than four times: from 0.6% in 1987 up to 2.7% in 1997. During that period, ADHD was not defined, as it is now and that rise of medications prescription rate was provoked by attention-deficit disorder, which was one of the largest issues among children (with or without hyperactivity), according to 1980 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by American Psychiatric Association (APA). Experts said that a lot of children had attention-deficit disorder issues as well as problems with restlessness, but health care professional did not pay enough attention since hyperactivity was not severe in most cases.
Dr. Benedetto Vitiello and his co-author Samuel H. Zuvekas analyzed data from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey in their new study where they have asked parents about prescriptions taken by their children with ADHD diagnoses. (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey is a national survey of United States households). Dr. Vitiello said that boys were three times more likely to be prescribed ADHD drugs and it fits another statistic, which showed that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is mostly diagnosed for boys. Another part of the study showed that ADHD drugs use among white children were 4.4%, among black children – 2.9% and Hispanic – 2.1%.
According to the same study, the highest rate of ADHD drug usage was among 6-12 years old and it can be logically explained, as ADHD symptoms are not a big issue when children are at home. But those symptoms become really problematic when it came to focusing on the study at school. Vitiello explained the increased amount of prescriptions among adolescents by those children who managed to study through elementary but did not manage to study in higher school, when the focus is needed even more.
ADHD age increase
Vitiello said that there was more recognition that ADHD does not disappear with puberty. The symptoms become more evident with increasing of the academic demands increase: tasks become more complex and need more focus to be resolved. So, even if children with ADHD were able to get through elementary and middle school, it does not mean that they could manage to stay focused in high school because their attention is lower than needed.
“There is more recognition that the disorder does not disappear with puberty,” he said. “In adolescents, the symptoms become more evident because the academic demands increase. The tasks they have to do in school become more complex. Even though they were able to get by in elementary school and middle school, in high school, they become more impaired because their attention is not what it should be.”
However, there are some questions are still without answers. One of them is why in the West the rate of prescriptions is lower than in other parts of the U.S.? Vitiello noted, that it could be caused by different way of the school system to handle with children with ADHD or parents who do not wish to treat their children with stimulants. According to the study, about 60% of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are treated with medications. Dr. Vitiello guesses that those children have the most complicated cases with severe symptoms. Experts estimate that about 60 percent of children with ADHD are treated with medication, Vitiello said, probably those with the most severe symptoms.
More information about ADHD medications at www.KidsHealth.org.

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LOUISVILLE, KY. – Starting four true freshmen that were playing in their first-ever ACC Baseball Championship game, the No. 10 seeded Yellow Jackets took the No. 6 seeded Miami Hurricanes to extra innings before an RBI walk-off single by UM in the bottom of the 13th inning allowed the higher seeded Canes to escape with the 6-5 win in ACC Championship pool play on Tuesday at Louisville Slugger Field.
The loss drops Tech to 27-27 overall on the season and ends their chances at making it to the conference tournament semifinals slated for Friday afternoon.
After the Hurricanes took a 5-4 lead in the third, the Jackets’ bullpen took over the game holding Miami scoreless for 9.1 innings before a one-out RBI single in the 13th inning.
Offensively, the Jackets’ Brandt Stallings went 2-for-6 with a double and two RBIs, while freshman Austin Wilhite was 2-for-6 with an RBI and a run scored. Senior Coleman Poje was 1-for-6 with an RBI, while the top two hitters in the lineup in Wade Bailey (1-for-6, BB, run, SB) and Trevor Craport (2-for-7, 2 runs, 2 SB) combined to score three runs in the loss.
The Hurricanes were led by Hunter Tackett who was 2-for-6 with a grand slam and Michael Burns who went 1-for-5 with a solo home run and two runs scored.
Miami jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, as Michael Burns hit a solo home run off the glove of a leaping Ryan Peurifoy at the wall in center field.
Georgia Tech answered back in the top of the second on a two-out double down the left field line by Stallings, which plated both Kyle McCann and Wilhite to put the visitors in front by one at 2-1 midway through the second inning.
The scoring continued in the third, as the Yellow Jackets got a lead-off walk from Bailey, a single by Craport and a double steal by the top-two Tech hitters to put runners on second and third with one out.
After a balk on Miami pitcher Evan McKendry allowed Bailey to score from third, Poje hit a two-out single up the middle to score Craport from third and put the Jackets in front by three at 4-1.
However, in the bottom half of the third the Canes retook the lead by way of a single, a hit batsman, a walk and a two-out grand slam by Tackett to send the game to the fourth with the home team leading 5-4.
The Jackets tied the game up in the fifth, as Craport led off the inning with a base hit and then swiped second. Following a walk to Peurifoy, a wild pitch and a walk to McCann to load the bases, Wilhite lined a one-out RBI single to right field to score Craport and tie the game up at 5-5.
However, Tech was unable to push across another run, as the next two batters flew out and grounded into a fielder’s choice to end the inning and strand three base runners.
While stranding eight runners combined in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, the Jackets rode the right arm of Datoc who gave up just two hits, including striking out the side in the sixth, over the middle four innings to send the game to the eighth inning tied at 5-5.
That’s when the two bullpens took over the game, as Tech’s Datoc and Zac Ryan (3) continued to find ways to get out of trouble and keep the Canes off the scoreboard, stranding five base runners on two hits over the eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th innings combined to give the Jackets’ offense chances to retake the lead over those same innings.
Yet, the Tech offense could not get the bats going against the Miami bullpen, as Andrew Cabezas (5-3) matched Datoc and Ryan, by holding the Jackets hitless and without a single base runner from the eighth inning on until Nick Wilhite drew a walk in the top of the 13th.
In the 13th, N. Wilhite was stranded which allowed the Canes with another chance to score the winning run in the bottom half of the inning.
The Canes did just that, as the home team in the neutral site contest got a one-out walk and then back-to-back singles with the latter one driving in the game-winning RBI to give the No. 6 seeded Canes the 6-5 extra-inning walk-off win.
Datoc threw a career-high 5.0 scoreless innings, giving up five hits, while striking out four over a career-high 66 pitches. Ryan followed with a season-high 4.2 innings of work out of the bullpen, striking out five along the way.
The Jackets stranded a total of 12 base runners for the contest and struck out a total of 15 times at the plate for the 13-inning contest.
Georgia Tech (27-27) will return to the field tomorrow night to take on No. 3 Wake Forest at 7 p.m. ET in the final game of day two of the 2017 ACC Baseball Championship.
* Tech is 2-15 on the season when giving up a big inning (four runs or more) in the game.
* Georgia Tech is 3-1 on the season in extra-inning games.
* The 13-inning contest was the longest game of the season for the Jackets this year.
* Ryan Peurifoy has reached base safely in 22 straight games.
* Kyle McCann has now reached base safely in 11 straight games.
* Wade Bailey has now reached base safely in 26 straight games, a new career high.
* Trevor Craport has posted a team-high 25 multi-hit games on the year.
* Trevor Craport has reached base safely in 15 straight games.
* Nick Wilhite has reached base safely in five straight contests.
* Wade Bailey extended his hitting streak to 16 straight games.
* Jared Datoc threw a career-high 5.0 innings and a season-high 66 pitches.
* Zac Ryan pitched a season-high 4.2 innings out of the bullpen for the contest.

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What is Fear The Spotlight All About
Fear The Spotlight plunges you into a psychological thriller setting, where the stage is not just a platform for performance but a battleground for your sanity. As an aspiring actor, you'll find that capturing the spotlight isn't just about remembering lines or hitting your marks. Here, every action can either illuminate your path to stardom or cast you further into shadows of doubt and fear.
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Around noon we finally persuaded Ben to get dressed and walked up to the ferry. Return journeys across the river for the three of us cost €5, which is modest but not as easy as the free ferries in the Netherlands.
Travemünde seems to consist of three quite separate bits stuck together. The beach is huge, somewhat bleak today, and seems to be lined with construction of new esplanades. The river front is where all the action is, lined with bars and restaurants and slightly tacky shops. And the old town is quiet, pretty and slightly Dutch in appearance, with a handy Rewe supermarket at the far end. There's also the port, with ferries heading for Sweden, Finland, Latvia and even St Petersburg in Russia (three times a week, taking 60 hours), but we haven't explored that.
We stopped at a fast food place immediately across the river from our marina and enjoyed kibbeling. In the Netherlands these are untidy scraps of deep-fried fish. In Germany they are much tidier and neatly shaped, but just as filling.
We did a supermarket shop and headed back to the boat, where the wind is gusting up to 20 knots or so but is still bizarrely warm (24° or so). How can a wind from Russia be so hot?
My current Kindle reading is an old favourite, "One Summer's Grace", Libby Purves' tale of her family cruise around Britain in 1988. It's quite humbling to realise how much things have changed. Not only did she and Paul Heiney have two children, aged five and three, as crew; they also had a 30ft boat with an unreliable Decca as their only electronic position finder. No GPS or chart plotter, no radar or AIS. They had a mobile phone, but most of the time no signal. There was no Internet then, so forecasts were only by radio shipping forecast, VHF or phone, with nothing like the luxury of getting the latest forecasts straight to your iPhone via 3G. Forecasts are also now more accurate and more tailored to sailors. And just to cap it all, tide-free, sheltered Baltic sailing seems so much easier than the exposed coast of Britain. How lucky we are.

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Bulgaria’s PM: The Plans will be Accepted despite the Protests from Miners and Energy WorkersPolitics | September 29, 2023, Friday // 12:17| views
Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov has spoken with the leaders of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITU) and the Confederation of Labor "Podkrepa" (CL "Podkrepa) unions.
The Prime Minister has categorically refused to postpone the adoption of the territorial plans for the coal regions. Despite the protests and blockades in the country, this will happen today at a cabinet meeting.
Denkov was adamant that the government will not allow itself to lose 4 billion leva:
"In addition to 1.4 billion leva, more than that, which are related to Stara Zagora, Kyustendil and Pernik, another 3 billion are related to all other territorial plans. So it should be clear that the government will accept the plans today".
Asked if people would keep their jobs, he commented:
"At the moment, nobody can tell them that until retirement they will keep the same job and salaries. There is no such sector in the world, and there is none in Bulgaria. The way to avoid escalation is to sit at the table and talk".
The Prime Minister added that the plans have been revised:
"It is clear that we are talking about the year 2038. No one is talking about another date at the moment. There were objections to dropping 2026 for "Bobov Dol" TPP - it was dropped. There was a proposal to prepare an agreement. We have prepared a version of the agreement, and we have sent it to the unions. There is time to negotiate".
Regarding the projects of companies that caused misunderstandings with GERB, the Prime Minister said that the texts have already been corrected.
"These are not companies that have been selected. These are companies that, upon a preliminary question, said - we are ready to invest. When the negotiations with the EC are finished, application guidelines will be written next year, a procedure will be opened in which each will be able to apply and there will be a real competition who will invest and can get co-financing. This process is just beginning," said the Prime Minister.
The answers given by Denkov did not satisfy the unions. Local people will decide how the protests will continue.
"I don't think the government should have sent a deputy minister, whose name we don't know, to explain about the territorial plans for a just transition of the coal regions. The two main issues are the replacement power when coal plants are shut down and saving jobs."
With these words, GERB leader Boyko Borissov began his traditional morning statement to the media in the corridor of the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, energy workers from the Staro Zagora region and Kyustendil region have already blocked roads and are protesting.
"The plan, which we have not seen, should solve these issues. I want to call on the government to quickly explain what will happen there, and not to put the cart before the horse with the companies," said Boyko Borissov.
GERB-SDS supports the proposal to postpone the consideration of next year's budget due to the parliamentary vacation:
"We spent years without a budget. In addition, the parliament will be on vacation. More precisely, it will work, but on the ground for the local elections. The committees cannot work, and therefore we will support Asen Vassilev as much as necessary. Today he will present to us, in front of the people who work on the budget. This time we will not make the old mistakes and when the budget is presented, it will be voted on."
Borissov expects that support for the government can be confirmed through the results of the local elections:
"The three parties that currently participate in the non-coalition assembly as a bloc should have the most municipal councilors and the most mayors. This will reaffirm the government's power"
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms also supports the later submission of the budget for next year, said MP Delyan Peevski.
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PURPOSE. Does the literature support universal vaccination of adolescents and adults, reducing disease incidence in infants and young children?
DESIGN & METHODS. An extensive literature review and a meta-analysis of four case-control studies, evaluating effects of missed or late vaccine doses, was conducted.
RESULTS. The literature confirms (a) increasing pertussis rates; (b) adults and adolescents are the primary carriers; (c) vaccine effectiveness wanes over time; and (d) pertussis persists despite disease control efforts.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. Missed or late doses mean an increase in likelihood of contracting pertussis, supporting full vaccination for children and boosters for adolescents/adults.


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Can there be a story without me in it? Is it possible to write anything outside of–minus me? Of course not. Right?
But what if I write about the shed? My view of the shed. What if I write about the neighbors? My take on the neighbors. Even if I snap a photo or record a video, I can’t remove myself from the tale-telling entirely.
And then there’s you—the reader, viewer, listener. And you can’t remove yourself either from the way you receive the story. How does anything ever get communicated?
Man #1 states, “Red, red, red, red, red.” Man #2 responds, “Yes, you’re right! Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow.” In walks Man #3. “Finally,” he states, looking relieved. “Green, green, green, green, green.”
Maybe this is not a problem, after all. Maybe all there is to communicate is Each Other. We try to capture a moment outside of us, but all we capture is us. We try to tell a story that happened to others, but what we end up relaying is what is inside of us–our hearts, histories, hopes, dreams, pasts.
But somewhere deep in the center of storytelling, running down the middle like that vein you have to pull out of a shrimp before you cook it, is fact. Pure fact. Somewhere, a woman just got shot. Somewhere, a child’s parent hit him. Somewhere, a storm killed a family while they sat in their house eating dinner.
Who can bear these facts? Perhaps I’ll start to receive the news as poetry, concentrate on what that reporter has contributed to this article, what part of his soul is showing as he shouts into a microphone in front of a burning building.
Maybe all we have to communicate is Each Other.

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Area resident in Leadership Kansas class
A better understanding of the “state’s economic engine” is at the forefront of Kevin Istas’ mind as he prepares to join a select group of business men and women in the 2010 class of Leadership Kansas.
The statewide program, sponsored by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, brings together a mixture of future state leaders and aims to develop and motivate them to be involved in the social, business and political aspects of their Kansas communities.
“We have a very diverse state, so someone from Kansas City may not have the opportunity to have exposure to issues prevalent in the southwest part of the state,” Istas said. “I think the numerous connections I will make with this diverse network of Kansas leaders from all different business sectors will help me understand everything is interrelated.”
Istas, who is senior vice president of operations at Walton Construction in Kansas City, Mo., was nominated for the position by a supervisor. Following an extensive application process, of which the chamber reports it receives nearly 600 applicants every year, Istas was chosen as one of the 40 to participate this year.
While the group hasn’t assembled for orientation yet, Istas, who is a Basehor resident in the Cedar Lakes subdivision, is excited for what the program will bring.
Throughout the six-month program, the 40 class members will be exposed to a variety of experts and educational three-day training sessions in six different Kansas communities, including Garden City, Kansas City Metro, Hays, Hutchinson/Wichita, Manhattan/Junction City and Topeka. Discussion topics will include business, education, agriculture, public policy, societal health and development, economics and government.
“I hope the experience will give me three things: a broader network of business colleagues and resources of leaders from around the state, a better understanding of state and local business issues and to touch on the history and economic engines of various parts of the state,” Istas said of his expectations.
Istas said he thought programs such as Leadership Kansas were important for participants. Instead of focusing on just his own community, Istas said he hoped to acquire a unique look and sense for what the state as a whole is all about.
“Unfortunately, if you do not push yourself, you get somewhat tunnel vision,” Istas said. “You wake up every day going to your industry and the same people you always network with. That tunnel vision I do not think is beneficial. Expanding your zone of comfort and reaching out and learning about the beautiful state we live in can only help long term in your personal and your employer’s growth.”
Since being named to the 2010 class, Istas said he had been inundated with welcome letters from program alumni. From government officials to heads of banks and museums, Istas said the welcome meant so much.
“This program has been in place 32 years,” Istas said. “This just energizes the new class. I’m getting so excited about belonging to this prestigious organization.”


Alke Industrial Frying Machine 60 kg/h
Alke Industrial Frying Machine 50 kg/h
The electric industrial deep fryer includes 2 tanks, 1x1 m, height 0.4 m, completely made of stainless steel 304. Productivity at 50-60 kg / h. Separate temperature controllers, thermal insulation, electric heating. This equipment is designed to produce roasted peanuts in oil.
The history of the ALKE MACHINERY ENGINEERING company totals 135 years in the sphere of confectionery production.
In 1880 the great-great-grandfather of the company’s founders, Mehmet Ali Efendi, begins producing halvah (a sweet, candylike confection of Turkish origin, consisting chiefly of ground sesame seeds and honey) and takhini paste (a paste made from ground, hulled sesame seeds).
In 1910 the great-grandfather, Haji Husain Keskin, starts the production of Turkish Delight, halvah, biscuits, Parvarde sweets.
In 1945 his son, Ali Keskin, opens a factory producing the Ufuk Bisküvileri biscuits.
In 2002 the output of confectionery (biscuits, wafers, cakes, candies) under the leadership of his grandson Erdal Keskin index reaches 80,000 tons a month. Since 2005 the board of directors of the company, taking into consideration long-term experience and knowledge, makes the decision to begin manufacturing of food equipment
The ALKE MACHINERY ENGINEERING company is modern, quickly developing company in which the basic principles of work are based on high professionalism, responsibility before each client and reliability of the guaranteed result.
These principles are realized by the team of highly qualified specialists who work for the benefit of the company and share the general values and purposes.
Our company welcomes and encourages an initiative and creative approach of our employees that, certainly, is one of the most important criteria for success in work with our clients.
The manufacturer undertakes to repair or replace all defective parts within 12 months from the date of starting the equipment, except for electric, electronic and wear-prone parts. The equipment is removed from the warranty, if not used for its intended purpose. In case of repair or replacement, all costs for transportation, accommodation of the technician/s are paid by the buyer.
Installation is optional, not included in the price. The shipment period is approximately 10 days.
The oven should be in the correct position during transport. Thus, the furnace assembly is not included in the base price. If we find out that the best solution is to assemble and install them on site, we can send our technician.
Note: the price does not include packing in a packing wrap on a pallet in a wooden box $400,00
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Mahanati fame Keerthy Suresh is celebrating her birthday today and wishes poured out from all the corners. She is shooting for Miss India in the direction of a debutant Narendra and the film is a women-centric flick. On the occasion of her birthday, the movie unit released a birthday song teaser which showcases some funny moments that happened on the sets of Miss India.
Keerthy Suresh looked dazzling, energetic and surprised everyone in a lean look. Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad and Naresh seemed to be in great sync with the actress. S Thaman composed a classical song with folk touch and released a minute-long song along with the video footage from the sets. Keerthy Suresh is currently busy with a bunch of films and Miss India happens to be her next release. Mahesh S Koneru is bankrolling Miss India on East Coast Productions banner.


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The 94th State Representative contest for the congressional seat currently held by Frankenmuth Republican Ken Horn is one of the pivotal August primary battles. Insofar as Horn's tenure will be term-limited, the vacancy creates an open track to Lansing for all contenders.
Candidates for this office consist of Republicans Ann Doyle, Tim Kelly, Ryan McReynolds, and Democrat Judith Lincoln. This race also arrives at a critical and contradictory juncture for Michigan and the Great Lakes Bay region, with Michigan's per capital state income levels 11 percent below the national average, while a recent Bloomberg financial study ranks Michigan's economic health since the advent of the Snyder Administration as the second best in the country.
Additional concerns and serious issues have surfaced since the 2012 elections on a variety of topics ranging the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Great Lakes, to attempts by the legislature to severely alter the intent of Michigan's voter approved Medical Marihuana Law, to most recently the disquieting sideshow that occurred when two female representatives were censured for using the word 'vagina' while trying to speak out against a bill containing the most regressive abortion laws in the country.
In the interest of providing an in-depth forum whereby fully informed electorate can better distinguish the differences and positions between candidates seeking this office, we present the following candidate forum for your deliberation and review.
Review: Please explain your background & education in terms of how you feel it will strengthen your ability to effectively serve as our next State Representative.
Doyle: I have been a small business owner with my husband, Steve, for over 19 years and currently have 25 employees. I have constant contact with many departments in Lansing. Of those that I work with, I have learned which ones should be merged, which need customer service improvements and which departments are not operating efficiently. Government exists to provide service to the citizens and my experience will help me to hit the ground running when reviewing each department and reforming as needed, even eliminating if the department is no longer providing a service that is needed.
I am in my eighth year as County Commissioner. During this time, I have cut the budget every year except one. I am in my sixth year as chair of the Legislative Committee. I led the way in eliminating benefits for County Commissioners that included mileage, longevity pay and more. I have voted to reform legacy costs so that eventually it will be zero. I have voted to allow the citizens to decide which services they want in the Sheriff's department. My belief is that the County must provide the Michigan Constitutional services and everything else is optional. With a poor economy, I have voted to either eliminate or reduce funding for many of these optional services in order to balance the budget. Since being first sworn into office as commissioner, I have served on 15 committees such as Human Services, Courts & Public Safety, County Services and 9-1-1 Authority.
Prior to serving as Chairwoman of the Saginaw County Republican Party, I worked for Representative Jim Howell in Lansing part-time and as his District Liaison in the 94th District for almost three years. I had the privilege of working with many constituents and helping to solve the issues they had. During this time I learned the duties of a State Representative, how work-group meetings were administered, and how each Representative's office is operated. Rep. Howell has been a mentor over the years and I think I have learned from one of the best.
I graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. I also earned an Associate Degree from Delta College in Law Enforcement. My high school years were focused on business as I was in Junior Achievement, DECA and manager of the school store.
Community volunteering is a way of life for my family and me. I have been a Boy Scout leader since 1989. I am a Board member of the One Hundred Club and past board member of Habitat for Humanity. I am a member of many organizations that include Saginaw Field and Stream.
Kelly: I moved to Saginaw from Indiana in 1995, when I took a position with Governor John Engler as his Education Policy Advisor. I also helped create, organize and administer, the Michigan Department of Workforce Development, as the Special Advisor to the Director of the DWD. Prior to that, I held various positions in economic and workforce development with the Bayh administration in Indiana, including the Executive Director of the Indiana Human Resource Investment Council, the Executive Director of the Indiana Council on Vocational Education, and as a Business Development Specialist with the Indiana Department of Commerce.
Before that I worked in the private sector for my family's emulsified asphalt materials company, beginning as a Production Assistant in Indiana, and ending as a Sales Manager in Texas and Colorado prior to the sale of the company in the mid 80's. I have been married for almost 17 years to my wife Deenie (Harvey), a native of Saginaw, and we have two teenage sons Sean and Stone.
I have a BA in Mass Communications from the University of Denver. I was elected as a Saginaw County Commissioner in 2010, representing portions of Saginaw Township. I believe that my past experience working in the relevant areas of economic development, education, and job training has uniquely prepared me to be an effective legislator in helping to restore Michigan's economy.
Lincoln: Coming from a middle class background, I worked as a secretary and legal assistant to support my children and family and decided to go to law school later in life. I continued to work fulltime and care for my family while completing a college degree before I entered law school. At age 39, I returned to the law firm where I had worked for years and eventually became the first female partner. I retired from active practice in 2008 when I decided to run for County Commission. Since March 2011, I have worked as public policy analyst at the Center for Civil Justice where I research and analyze laws and regulations and interact with elected officials at the state and federal level, their staffs, bureaucrats, advocates and the people they serve.
I became interested in public education as my children were growing, and I represented school districts and students and their families on a wide variety of educational issues including special education, labor relations, athletic access, and student discipline. I was elected to the Saginaw Township School Board in 1998 and was re-elected in 2002 and 2006. I was known as a vocal advocate for a quality curriculum, students, local businesses, and working people. I understand public education from many perspectives. A major accomplishment during my tenure on the Board of Education was the District's success in maintaining financial stability in the face of inconsistent and ever-changing state funding.
I ran for and was elected to the Saginaw County Commission and served a two-year term from January 2009 through December 2010. During my tenure as a county commissioner, I was actively involved on the Saginaw County Convention and Visitors Board of Directors, the Saginaw County Consortium of Homeless Assistance Providers, the FEMA Board and many other committees and boards. I understand the challenges of local government when funding that has been promised from Lansing is not forthcoming, especially when property values are decreasing and property taxes produce lower revenue.
I have always been an active community volunteer and served on the Board of Directors of many non-profit organizations. I have devoted countless hours to organizations to review applications for funding and scholarships in order to help determine the best use of community resources. I have served for several years on the leadership team of the Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination Community Advisory Group. I understand the needs in our communities and the many competing interests.
My husband, Herb and I have 6 children and 10 grandchildren. Herb is a bricklayer who has carried a union card and has owned a small business. Several of our children and their spouses own small businesses. Others work in fields where they are proud members of unions.
McReynolds: That is a good question which I am happy to answer, I am an individual with high functioning autism, as a result of that, I had to take special education classes for certain school subjects, especially when you consider which school subjects I was able to handle without any specialized help, and ones in which I did need help and assistance.
I also attended a special education school in the afternoon during my middle and high school years called Millet Learning Center. During that time I would go to the regular school in the morning and Millet Learning Center in the afternoon, in the vocational/work experience program, which involved getting to go out to job sites to learn job skills.
When I was in school, there was unfortunately a lack of knowledge of autism in the regular schools and even some of the special education teachers in the regular schools had a lack of knowledge as well.
I went onto transferring to another special education school which was Post Secondary Transitional Program in Carrollton, Michigan and indeed various disabilities were among attendees, although how many like me were on the autism spectrum is a good question, but I have no doubt that both Millet Learning Center and Post Secondary Transitional Program have more autistic attendees than when I was a student at those very schools, especially considering the massive increase in the number of autistic people in this nation.
I feel I can help represent the interests of people with autism and other disabilities in the education department, such as making sure the parents have options to choose from on which school to send their child to, especially if the public school in their home district is not of good quality and the parent is wanting to find a better quality public school district or wishing to place the child in a private/parochial school, or a charter school, or if the parent wishes to home school their child instead, I wish to make sure that option is also open.
Review: What is your position and what specific policies would you advance on key issues such as the economy, our environment, and health care that you feel would improve our region and state?
Doyle: Less regulation and limiting or eliminating unfunded mandates are a must for the economy to recover. Michigan is well under-way to becoming a state that is business friendly, which will in turn grow the economy. I want to continue what has been started in the elimination of unnecessary regulations. All future mandates should be funded or made optional if there is a cost to implement them. Too many are struggling and additional mandates/regulations oftentimes add a financial burden. One of my first goals is to work with local governments, schools and businesses to clean up the over-regulation.
Public Safety is important for a healthy and vibrant community. Citizens must feel safe and the efforts being put forward currently by Michigan are welcomed. I have seen a positive difference of having the state police present in Saginaw County and from the collaboration between departments. I want to work with Law Enforcement to make ensure that not only the citizens are safe, but the officers are as well.
Public Safety includes more than just Law Enforcement. It includes the courts, the prosecutor, the jail and prisons and it also includes the Health Department.
I am a strong believer that people should be able to cross state boundaries to buy health care insurance. The more availability there is of different companies and policies, the more competition in prices and products. I also believe that individuals and businesses should have options of what coverages are in the policies that are purchased. For example, at my age, I don't need pregnancy, birth control and well baby coverage.
When it comes to the environment, we should all be careful. At the same time, we need to make sure that we are following good science and not emotions when deciding what actions are to be taken over various issues. In the area that I live in it is exciting to see the Eagles flying along the river and the wild life flourishing.
Kelly: First of all I support many of the reforms of the Snyder Administration in getting our economy back on track. The pro-growth strategy led by the Republicans in Lansing has already turned a $1.5 billion deficit into a $450 million surplus. Real reform is necessary to curb the ever-growing presence and intrusion of government on the lives and livelihood of individual citizens and their families.
Increasingly, government programs that transfer wealth from one sector of the population to another, and burdensome regulations that stifle job creation and reinvestment, reduce funding investments in critical areas like education and infrastructure. Michigan needs to strike the right balance of taxation and oversight to grow jobs and long-term prosperity.
Lincoln: The economy will continue to struggle until middle class families, seniors/retirees, and low wage earners have money to spend on more than basic necessities. This will require an organized, well-designed, and closely monitored program for job creation and must include jobs along a continuum of wage levels. Cutting taxes for corporations did not and will not create jobs, and the Governor has admitted this on several occasions. The $1.6 billion tax cut for corporations pushed through last year has not been directly linked to the creation of a single job. The tax increases placed on pensions and caused by reduction in income tax credits for low-wage earners and property taxes paid by senior citizens actually interfered with economic recovery, as did the large-scale lay-off of public employees.
For every $1 they could not spend because of increased taxes or unemployment, the economy lost an opportunity to grow by $1.78. I will work with anyone to create a program to support job creation with emphasis on small businesses that are the real job creators. This program must be designed and monitored to reward businesses that actually do create jobs that are sustainable. I will also work to curb the flood of public sector layoffs including police, fire and other public safety employees.
McReynolds: First of all for the economy, I would fight to reduce business taxes so that businesses will stay in the state instead of departing from the state or nation due to the fact that other states and foreign nations are willing to offer less taxation. I would also fight for right to work; and to any naysayers who refer to right to work as being anti-union, that is not what right to work is about.
The right of unions to exist is guaranteed by federal law and I will fight for the right of unions to still exist in this state. I feel a person should have a right to decide if they wish to join a union or not. I would also fight for people to be allowed to change their mind down the road - if a person who chooses to join a union wants to depart, let that person depart and still keep the job; if a person who said no to joining a union decides he/she wants to be in union, let that person join and still keep the job.
I feel if right to work passes, the unions will be controlled by the memberships instead of by dictators like James Hoffa, the dictator of The Teamsters Union. Furthermore I also feel more jobs will be created in this state and more jobs would allow increase in union memberships considering how many applicants will for sure join the unions.
As far as the environment, I would fight to make sure that children are not exposed to toxic chemicals, I would fight to make sure firefighters all over the state who are not trained in hazardous materials would get such training, especially considering there are areas in this state where hazardous materials abound.
As far as health care, I am pleased that autism insurance reform has passed in Michigan, as autism does need insurance coverage for sure, especially if the autistic individual has medical issues that warrant a need for insurance.
However I am not pleased with Obamacare, that man we know as Barack Hussein Obama and his ilk including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, would like us to believe that Obamacare would guarantee that all Americans are insured, but actually this bill requires every American citizen to have insurance, even if they don't want to be insured, even if they cannot afford insurance policies to begin with.
There are rich individuals like Andre Marrou the 1992 Libertarian candidate for President, that refused to buy health insurance, Andre Marrou said he did not need it cause he does not smoke and watches his weight, and takes care of himself. He can afford health insurance but he refused to buy it, and why should he be forced to buy it if he doesn't want it?
While some poverty stricken individuals do wish they did have health insurance, some have been ok with not having it, especially if they know how to scrimp and save for medical emergencies, or if they can find a doctor who will charge only the rich and middle class for services, but allows the poor to get free services or payment plans. A good example is Congressman Dr. Ron Paul who in his years as a doctor willingly treated poverty stricken patients for free; but Obamacare would make it even harder for doctors like Dr. Paul to even be able to do such a thing.
Review: Do you offer any proposals for education reform, either at the K-12 or Higher Education levels; and do you support linking teacher pay to student performance and recent moves in the legislature to reform teacher tenure and require annual evaluations of schools?
Doyle: All public schools should be evaluated. The standards used must fit ALL publicly funded schools: traditional public and charter schools. The evaluation used must be fair to all types of public schools so that it is not weighted towards one type. Being transparent is important and the results should be posted on the schools webpage and/or a state web page that compiles all school results. I am not an education expert, but I have many people that I can turn to for advice when having to make a decision. I am also a parent of two sons who graduated from public school as well as my husband and me.
From what I have heard from teachers while going door-to-door, annual evaluations are not opposed. Fairness, however, is the worry. Teachers would like to be represented at the table when deciding as to how the reviews will be designed and administered. They also would like to have their legislator job-shadow a teacher for half a day or a full day to get an idea of what a teacher's day is like. A teacher's day does not end when the bell rings. I think we have a lot of good teachers and if their annual review is linked to the classroom, it should not be their entire review, but rather a percentage of it. There are many variables in a classroom that will affect the outcome of the review. Unfortunately, there are students who refuse to learn and parents who just don't care and teachers should not be punished when all attempts have been made but without success.
I do like the idea of encouraging teachers to be creative in teaching. One idea that appears to be working is Flip Teaching. Flip Teaching is where the student first listens to the lecture at home on the computer and then comes into the classroom to do the work. The teacher records his/her lectures for at home reviewing and then assists the students in the classroom as they apply the lessons learned. This method allows students to work through problems as they get 'stuck' and when it is fresh in their heads, rather than waiting for the next class when answers are traditionally reviewed. Sometimes I think funding education is backwards. Currently, 'x' amount of money is given to schools and if schools reach desirable outcomes, more money can be earned. Perhaps we should be funding schools at a certain level and if desirable outcomes are not reached, penalties are applied in loss funding, thus promoting change to get back to being fully funded.
The unfunded liabilities are being worked out currently in Lansing. I support the efforts being made to address and to resolve this issue. As a County Commissioner I have voted in changes for current and new county employees that have addressed this very issue and as the county goes forward, the unfunded liabilities will eventually become zero.
Kelly: As a former education policy advisor to Governor Engler, I'm extremely interested in the critical role that education plays in growing and maintaining a strong Michigan economy. I don't believe that K-12 education in Michigan is an under-funded enterprise, however I do believe that for too long we have placed a higher priority on serving the interests of adults rather than those of the student.
For those reasons I support the efforts to reform tenure, healthcare, and retirement. If we do nothing to curb the growing costs associated with the status quo, there will simply not be enough money to fund the basic functions of teaching a child to read and write.
I believe that we are on the threshold of massive change in education, in that technology will soon eclipse the traditional platform of a teacher-led classroom full of kids. This change is already pushing the envelope of acceptability for cyber schools and other advancements in education. This will inevitably lead to further consternation and tumult over the traditional role of bricks and mortar school buildings and even the need for the number of teachers and school administrators we currently have today.
I am deeply concerned about the rising cost of higher education and the impact that will have on increasing the education level of Michigan residents. While we know that there are a good many jobs that go unfilled here in Michigan that do not require a four years of college, lifelong debt should not be the reward for attaining a college degree.
I would suggest that tuition increases are a direct result and unintended consequence of the influence of massive amounts of federal assistance, in the form of low interest loans and grants, that push colleges to add more seats which inevitably leads to higher administrative costs and operation of the schools.
Lincoln: I am opposed to recent expansion of charter school and cyber schools, neither of which has standards close to those imposed on traditional K-12 school districts. If charter and cyber schools have access to the same funding, they should be held to the same standards as public school districts.
Educational reform must start with adequate funding and programs for Birth to 5. Research has demonstrated that so much readiness for learning is developed before children enter Kindergarten that the achievement gap is almost impossible to overcome beginning at Kindergarten. Not only does this include preschool access for everyone, but support and training for parents to engage their children in learning activities from infancy.
I support opportunities for high school students who have mastered subjects and completed classes available at their high school to dual enroll in college programs. As for Higher Education, it is imperative that tuition assistance be enhanced and this includes reinstituting the Michigan Promise program.
I agree with the concept that all school district employees, including teachers, should be evaluated on an annual basis, but I do not believe it should be legislated as it was recently. From the perspective of a school board member, I have seen annual employee evaluations work to make improvement in quality of education and teacher performance. I do not believe the changes in teacher tenure laws will result in better teachers. It is still incumbent on administrators to properly document, address and monitor issues. Those administrators who used the prior teacher tenure law as an excuse not to follow proper procedure and process will most likely also fail to follow procedure and process under the new law.
McReynolds: Education indeed needs reform. The teachers who actually do their jobs, I greatly respect, but unfortunately there are teachers who care more about money than about doing their jobs. Sadly some teachers do not even want to help out any special education students that need it because the teacher cares more about the money than about the best interests of the student.
For example when I attended Marshall Greene Middle School in Birch Run, my special ed teacher and the lady who was my social worker at the time were super opposed to me going to Millet Learning Center in the afternoon. They did not care about my best interest, they cared only about the money they would make off my being a student in the Birch Run Area School District and me going to Millet Learning Center in the afternoon meant that the district would make less revenue off me.
I think the only teachers that deserve raises are those who actually do their jobs, as well as taking up the incentive to care about the best interests of the students. Teachers who care more about cash than the best interests of the students do not deserve a raise, nor do they deserve to teach to begin with.
Review: On May 31st the Michigan Supreme Court unanimously overturned a decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals that would have severely restricted rights of patients & caregivers under the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, which was approved by a majority of Michigan voters. What is your position on Medical Marijuana and do you support efforts to make medical marijuana access better and safer for patients?
Doyle: The Medical Marihuana Act was voted in by the people of the State. I don't believe the majority of those people intended for it to be loosely regulated so that anyone could get it, even if they were not sick or in severe pain. The original language was written very vaguely and it was causing problems in the courtrooms and at the enforcement level. I agree with the recent bi-partisan legislation that has cleared up the problem areas.
Kelly: I support efforts to make medical marijuana access better and safer for patients.
Lincoln: The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act was initiated by citizens and passed when a significant majority of voters supported it. Since its passage, some elected officials in Lansing have sought to impose their opinions and values on Michigan's law regarding medical marijuana regardless of the clear vote of the people. In addition to the actions of the Attorney General, bills have been introduced in the House. Any bill that would directly change the MMMA requires a vote of ¾ of both the House and the Senate, and the Governor's signature to become law. Although bills have been introduced, none have become law.
In its opinion, the Supreme Court focused primarily on the language from the ballot when the MMMA was passed. This approach was very different than that taken by the Court of Appeals. As the MMMA is currently the law of the State with respect to medical marijuana, I believe the Supreme Court's decision was correct.
I understand the research and anecdotal evidence of the benefits of medical marijuana for some conditions and diseases. If it is the treatment that provides the only or most effective relief, I would have no reason to disagree with the majority of voters who passed the MMMA. In light of the Supreme Court's recent decision, it is time that resources are devoted to properly regulate within the language of the Act rather than even greater resources being devoted to crack down on people with legitimate need for this substance as a medical treatment.
McReynolds: I think Marijuana needs to be decriminalized period, regardless of the fact we have the Medical Marijuana Act. First of all I am not a fan of using Marijuana, but I also feel it is terrible that people have their futures ruined all because they were prosecuted and convicted just cause they chose to smoke or even try Marijuana to begin with.
I think one should be allowed to smoke Marijuana in the privacy of their own home without fear of arrest, regardless of whether or not the person is using Marijuana for medical or recreational use.
Review: The fresh water of the Great Lakes is one of Michigan's most valuable resources, yet a few years ago a State of Michigan mineral rights auction opened an unprecedented amount of acreage to the process of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas - - a little regulated and immensely controversial technique that has been linked to massive ground water contamination in states ranging from Colorado to Kentucky. Current legislation exempts regulation of this practice, as well as identifying the chemicals, from regulation under The Halliburton Loophole in the Safe Drinking Water Act. Are you in favor of supporting legislation to either ban hydraulic fracturing or make the companies utilizing the practice pay for 24-hour monitoring by State regulators, or impose a moratorium on this practice as other states like New York and Pennsylvania have recently done?
Doyle: Currently, I am not supportive of a state ban or a state moratorium. Just this last March, the EPA backed out of a lawsuit in Texas stating its own claims of water pollution from fracking could not be supported. (Editor's Note: This was due to the fact companies are not required to disclose the chemicals injected into the wells.) The EPA has agreed to retest in Wyoming after its methods were questioned. The U.S. Geological Survey will be conducting its own independent test. A flaw in the EPA's testing was that it was done in an area where water has been undrinkable for many decades, way before fracking was invented. It is suspected that areas like the ones that the EPA tested have had the gas naturally migrating into the water table.
The EPA did release new rules for air pollution that they say is the result of fracking; however, my understanding is that companies have until 2015 to implement the new pollution control equipment and in the meantime can utilize the method of flaring the natural gas to burn off emissions. Per the EPA, the use of the technique is almost as effective as the equipment to be installed. It would be interesting to know just how close the two are in effectiveness with each other and if the cost of the equipment is truly justified.
It is imperative that good science be used when determining if a process is causing pollution. Once it is proven to be doing so, then the Federal regulations will most likely be sufficient, but that can't be determined until the data is in and analyzed.
Kelly: I do not support a ban or a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.
Lincoln: Yes. The environment is critical to our quality of life and to our local and state economies. We must do all we can to preserve it while balancing the realities of manufacturing in our state. First, fracking must not be permitted unless and until the real consequences of this process can be determined. This requires full disclosure of all chemicals, compounds, and other materials introduced during the process, as well as extensive study of the risks of the process itself.
Second, we must protect the water in the Great Lakes, as well as ground water and surface water. Controlling fracking is part of this, but we must also include adequate funding and supporting activities of the DNR to identify and hold polluters (industrial, agricultural, individual, etc.) responsible. Likewise, I will work to prevent significant diversions of the water of the Great Lakes.
McReynolds: On the one hand I would like to see more oil reserves opened in this nation, and see us stop depending on foreign oil. However I do think our Great Lakes is a bad location to do this in. I would rather pump on land or at sea as well but the Great Lakes itself, I say no way. If we are going to pump natural gas in Michigan, we need to pump on land, not in the Great Lakes.
I would like to have a moratorium on this and tell the companies to pump in land instead of in the Great Lakes, but if hydraulic fracturing ends up allowed - whether we like it or not, I would for sure be favoring making the companies pay for 24 hour monitoring by state regulators.
Review: The Financial Crisis of 2008 and resulting taxpayer funded bailouts of Bank of America, Citicorp, and Goldman Sachs represented the largest transfer of wealth in our nation's history and has crippled the middle class along with state and local infrastructures. Would you be in favor of a .01 percent tax on all trades of stocks, bonds and derivatives that would generate enough revenue to pay back the bailouts and reduce government deficits?
Doyle: No. I was opposed to the bailouts and believe the bailouts should be treated like loans. The recipients ought to have to pay all of the money back with interest. Government deficits can be reduced and/or eliminated via the elimination of waste at the Federal level and with reform.
A big part of the problem is that the U.S. Senate doesn't want to pass a budget and doesn't want to make real cuts and the President is not leading with this issue. The current Federal Administration says it is for the middle class. I am middle class and I wish they would advocate for someone else - enough damage has been done to the middle class! When government gets out of the way and stops meddling, the economy will grow. The federal government's job is the same as state government in that it exists to protect its citizens and to provide services as outlined in the Constitution.
Kelly: I fundamentally disagree with the assumption/assertion that the financial crises of 2008 was caused entirely by any unscrupulous acts of Wall Street banks, brokerage houses, or other financial institutions, which therefore warranted the subsequent tax-payer bailouts administered by both the Bush and Obama Administrations.
I adhere to the construct that leaders in Washington DC, from both the Republican and Democrat parties, should be held responsible for foisting the idea on Wall Street institutions and their overseers, that easy money and credit should be extended to unqualified borrowers simply to push home ownership as a gateway to the middle class.
It was indeed that toxic combination of social justice politics and crony capitalism which led to the housing bubble and misguided federal bailouts. We will never know if doing nothing would have been the right course of action and of course the addition of $5 trillion in debt added in the last three and a half years will play havoc on family, local, state, and federal budgets for decades to come.
Lincoln: This does not appear to be a topic to be legislated at the state level, but more appropriate for the federal level. I would not be in favor of taxing further the people who make trades of stocks, bonds, etc., to generate revenues. That would be taxing people who already paid for the bailouts to pay back the bailouts. I believe the people and institutions benefited by obscene profits, large salaries, bonuses, and dividends over the years should be required to pay back the bailouts. This is especially so in light of the profits these institutions continue to make. Their profits should be taxed - before any of it goes to pay dividends or salaries and bonuses to its employees and corporate boards.
McReynolds: I think the government needs to quit doing these bailouts. The bailouts did not even improve our economy. We are still having problems today and a raise in taxation would mean more money for the government to waste.
Bolivia had a massive financial crisis in the 80s, yet the government kept on printing worthless paper money and that did not help. Bolivia solved their crisis when all parties in the Bolivian legislature agreed that if the government rakes in only One Peso, that is what is spent; rake in Two Pesos that is what they'll spend. Bolivia in that time frame learned how to balance the budget and the USA needs to do the same.
Increasing taxes is not going to help with budget balancing at all. This nation is officially bankrupt already, but our government is still in denial about it.
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Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars -- the ballroom dancing competition's first all-stars edition in fifteen seasons -- will feature 12 returning contestants selected by the show's producers and an additional thirteenth celebrity who will be determined by viewer voting.
Dancing with the Stars viewers will get to chose between three celebrities -- Sabrina Bryan, Carson Kressley or Kyle Massey -- for the thirteenth slot on Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars, which will premiere Monday, September 24 at 8PM ET/PT. Voting for the "Viewers' Choice: All-Star" began last late month and will continue through August 24.
Ballas will be partnered with Palin, whom he was originally finished third with on Dancing with the Stars' eleventh season in 2010. He previously won Dancing with the Stars' sixth season with Kristi Yamaguchi, its eighth edition with Johnson, and is returning for his eleventh season.
Dovolani, who is back for his fourteenth season, will dance with Rycroft, whom he finished third with on Dancing with the Stars' eighth season in 2009.
Hightower, a former So You Think You Can Dance contestant who will be participating in her seventh Dancing with the Stars season, will be paired with Castroneves. Castroneves won Dancing with the Stars' fifth season in 2007 with Julianne Hough, however Hough has not competed on the show since she was paired with then-boyfriend Chuck Wicks for the eighth season in 2009.
MacManus will be partnered with Anderson, who finished in sixth place with partner Damian Whitewood on Dancing with the Stars' tenth season in 2010. Whitewood has not competed on Dancing with the Stars since the show's tenth season.
Murgatroyd will dance with Marini, who finished in second place with Burke on Dancing with the Stars' eighth season in 2009. Similar to Johnson, Marini will still be in good hands as Murgatroyd won Dancing with the Stars' fourteenth season with Donald Driver this past spring despite competing in her only her second Dancing with the Stars edition.


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Seared Scallops with Orange Sauce and Broccoli-Cauliflower Saute
- 10 ounces large scallops
- 1 pound broccoli florets
- 1 pound cauliflower florets
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- Cooking oil spray
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- Salt and cracked black pepper to taste
1. Coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat the skillet. Add the scallops and season with the curry powder, salt, and pepper. Cook until scallops are golden brown.
2. Add the broccoli, cauliflower, and orange juice. Cook until the broccoli is bright green and tender to the fork.To serve:
3. Spoon the scallops and vegetables into shallow bowls. Drizzle with the orange sauce.
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Rossinelli, D; Bayati, B; Koumoutsakos, P (2008). Accelerated stochastic and hybrid methods for spatial simulations of reaction-diffusion systems. Chemical Physics Letters, 451(1-3):136 - 140.
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Spatial distributions characterize the evolution of reaction-diffusion models of several physical, chemical, and biological systems. We present two novel algorithms for the efficient simulation of these models: Spatial т-Leaping (Sт -Leaping), employing a unified acceleration of the stochastic simulation of reaction and diffusion, and Hybrid т-Leaping (Hт-Leaping), combining a deterministic diffusion approximation with a т-Leaping acceleration of the stochastic reactions. The algorithms are validated by solving Fisher’s equation and used to explore the role of the number of particles in pattern formation. The results indicate that the present algorithms have a nearly constant time complexity with respect to the number of events (reaction and diffusion), unlike the exact stochastic simulation algorithm which scales linearly.
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Does sisterhood exist? A still from Veere Di Wedding
by PRIYA MULJI
THERE have been recent debates about sisterhood and when asked to write about the topic, I was torn. A part of me thought, no it absolutely does not and people just think about themselves. Then another thought was that it was something very powerful. When I put this out to my social media followers, my thoughts began to change. I now believe that true sisterhood does exist, but that a lot can be done to improve how women support each other.
Let me tell you about an ex-work colleague who I didn’t ever have the courage to stand up to. I feel like this person was constantly trying to show me up, get ahead of me and be one step ahead. I always wanted to tell her that work wasn’t a race and that we can help each other. I was never able to tell her how I felt, but I hope one day that person understands what sisterhood really means.
There are so many ways we can integrate sisterhood into our lives and this needs to begin from a young age. Whilst on a holiday in Greece, my friend told me that her friend, who has young twin girls, makes sure she takes them along whenever she is out for dinner with her girlfriends. It encourages her daughters to recognise sisterhood and will engrain the notion of being around your friends, and supporting one another from a young age.
We also need to make sure that we intensely support our female friends and family members whenever they need something. They should know that you’re going to be there regardless of the situation and be there to show support whether it is with a key decision, new venture or helping them through difficult times.
If you want to understand sisterhood, I urge you to watch chick-flick The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. It follows the journey of four girls one summer who visit different parts of the world. They are all different women, but are connected by one pair of shared jeans, which fits them all.
I think what summed the term sisterhood for me perfectly was something that talented New York-based writer Sweta Vikram said to me, which was “you have to find your tribe.” This means the following to me; sisterhood is to want the best for someone without trying to compete with them, outdo them or show them up. It’s about having respect and supporting a friend, work colleague, family member or a mutual individual.
I’ll leave you with a quote from Ntozake Shange. “Sisterhood is important because we are all we have to stand on. We have to stand near and by each other, pray for one another, and share the joys and the difficulties that women face in the world today. If we don’t talk about it among ourselves, then we are made silent by the patriarchy, and that serves us no purpose.”
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