SAUGET, Ill. — The Gateway Grizzlies' bats were quiet again Friday night in a 5-2 loss to the Southern Illinois Miners at GCS Credit Union Ballpark.
Gateway (33-45) dropped its fourth straight game.
In their first visit to Sauget this year, the Miners (37-36) scored three runs in the fourth inning to take the lead and never trailed.
Audie Afenir hit his first Grizzlies home run in the bottom of the fourth as part of a 3-for-4 performance. Gateway's only other run came in the bottom of the ninth on Jeff Cardenas' RBI fielder's choice.
Mike Elwood (6-7) pitched a solid game, allowed three runs over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and took the loss.
Brent Sakurai had the Grizzlies' only other multi-hit game.
Gateway and Southern Illinois will continue their series Saturday at 7:05 p.m.
ABOUT THE GATEWAY GRIZZLIES: The Gateway Grizzlies are a professional baseball team, located a mere 100-yards from I-255 (10 minutes from downtown St. Louis). The Grizzlies offer baseball fans entertainment, the likes of which are difficult to find - affordable, family, fun in the comfortable GCS Credit Union Ballpark with a great view of the St. Louis skyline. For tickets or general information please visit gatewaygrizzlies.com or call 618.337.3000.
ABOUT THE FRONTIER LEAGUE: The Frontier League is a professional, independent baseball organization. Since its inception, the Frontier League has provided millions of fans to a fun and exciting baseball experience within the American Midwest. Consisting of 12 teams in two divisions and 96 game schedules, the league is recognized for the amount of talented athletes that are picked up by various MLB teams every year.


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"Where are all the celebrities?"
That's a question many supporters of #BlackLivesMatter protests are asking. At this moment of great unrest, some are feeling a lack of leadership from those who have worldwide media platforms.
Many black actors and...
| Sep 29, 2014
| 8:00 PM
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| Dec 22, 2014
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| Dec 20, 2014
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| Dec 9, 2014
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Powerhouse producer Shonda Rhimes and ABC's hit new comedy "black-ish" scored big in major nominations for the 46th NAACP Image Awards, which honor the accomplishments of people of color in television, film and other cultural categories.
| Dec 19, 2014
| 5:38 AM
"What's the point of even sleeping?"
Let it be noted that although 2014 was the year I achieved near-total omniscience over all media, I saw St. Vincent sing that line only three times in the past 12 months. I apologize for that. It was a regretful...
| Dec 4, 2014
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Tyler Perry and Gilele Bekele cruised into the month of December as parents of a new baby boy, according to several reports.
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| Sep 24, 2014
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Tyler Perry, who just turned 45 in style, is reportedly going to be a father.
Perry is expecting a baby with on-and-off girlfriend Gelila Bekele, 28, according to Gossip Cop, which cited a source close to the "Madea" mastermind.
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THE country’s gross international reserves (GIR) surged to a 33-month high of $85.379 billion (P4.37 trillion) in June on the back of higher gold prices, the government’s foreign-currency deposits, and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) foreign-exchange (forex) operations and investment income.
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MANILA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Overseas Filipino workers remitted a total of around 2.9 billion U.S. dollars in May 2019, up 5.5 percent from 2.7 billion U.S. dollars recorded...Xinhua 2019-07-15
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Foreign currency inflow pushed the country's dollar reserve higher in June -- the highest level in the Philippines' history -- which bodes well for the strength of the peso and industries that buy raw and intermediate materials abroad. Initial data show the country's gross international reserve rose by$0.02 billion to $85.38 billion as of end-June 2019 from $85.36 billion as...Inquirer 2019-07-05
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Call for applications to connect Korean artists and artists from Canada
The Canada Council for the Arts has partnered with Arts Council Korea and Global Affairs Canada to support projects that will deepen and diversify creative, collaborative relationships between Korean artists and artists from Canada.
Inspired by 60 years of diplomatic relations, this Canada-Korea edition of Arts Council Korea’s International Partnership in Support of Arts Creation (ISAC) program will include two funding pockets aimed at strengthening connections between the two countries, thereby helping to build a more equitable and sustainable future for the arts.
About Canada-Korea Connections Fund
The Canada-Korea Connections Fund will provide grants of up to CA$10,000 to support creative research and relationship building projects that develop a shared understanding and strengthen artistic relationships, thereby increasing future capacity for potential creative collaborations between people from Canada and Korea.
Special consideration will be given to projects that reflect a commitment to developing capacity around and exploring questions of environmental sustainability and equity, diversity, and inclusion. Artists looking to establish or deepen new or emerging relationships are encouraged to apply.
A separate fund to support Canada-Korea co-creation and collaboration projects will be offered in 2024, the details and deadlines for which will be announced at a later date.
Note that Arts Council Korea will be launching a parallel fund for Korean artists and arts organizations in April. Interested Koreans should visit the Arts Council Korea website for details.
The deadline for Canada-Korea Connections Fund applications is March 8, 2023.
The Fund is open to any artist, arts professional, arts group, or institution from Canada working in any discipline currently funded by the Canada Council for the Arts who:
- is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (though not necessarily living in Canada at the time of application);
- meets the Canada Council’s definition of a professional artist;
- has a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in their creative field;
- has demonstrated capacity for international work and collaboration;
- has existing ties to Korean arts and culture; and
- has identified and secured interest from a professional Korean artist or arts group with whom to work.
Eligible activities include those that:
- invest in the development of Canada-Korea artistic relationships and knowledge;
- build applicant capacity towards potential future Canada-Korea co-creation and collaboration;
- have clearly identified goals and objectives; and
- are feasibly achievable within a one-year timeframe.
Note that travel is eligible, but not required.
Ineligible activities include those in the Council’s general list of ineligible activities, as well as activities that:
- are funded through regular Canada Council or ARKO Art Center programs;
- are funded by ARKO through its parallel ISAC project;
- focus exclusively on presentation; and
- have not identified a professional Korean artist or arts organization to work with.
How to apply
Please submit your complete application by email to email@example.com by 11:59 p.m. (PST) on March 8, 2023.
Applications should be submitted in single email. The maximum accepted file size is 25 MB (this includes all attachments). Late or incomplete applications will not be assessed.
Applications should include a cover letter, a project overview, and support material, as outlined in the application requirements below, and can be submitted in either English or French.
Note that applicants are not required to have a profile on the Canada Council portal in order to submit an application.
If you do not receive a confirmation email within three working days of submission, please contact us.
- A cover letter (600 words maximum) that includes:
- the applicant’s name and contact information (mailing address, phone and email address);
- a description of the applicant’s artistic practice;
- a demonstration of eligibility (professional with 5 or more years of experience, recognized by peers, with a capacity for international work and collaboration and a connection to Korean arts and culture); and
- an identification and a description of the Korean artist or group with whom you intend to strengthen connections. Note that this individual must be a Korean citizen or permanent resident and a professional artist or arts organization.
- A project description (600 words maximum) that:
- demonstrates clear and feasible creative research and/or relationship building goals, including:
- an action plan,
- a timeline, and
- a budget (including in-kind resources). State whether you will draw on additional funding to support your project. The use of any other Canada Council funding must be declared, and you must clearly demonstrate that there will be no overlap of expenses;
- illustrates the potential to facilitate future Canada-Korea collaboration, including:
- a rationale for selecting the Korean artist or group you plan to work with and why this makes sense for you as a professional artist or arts organization,
- a description of what you hope to explore or gain in your work together, and
- an articulation of how the project will help you better address potential challenges commonly encountered in international relationship building, co-creation or collaboration (e.g., cross-cultural understanding, language barriers, geographical distance, time zones, environmental impacts, etc.); and
- explains how the project demonstrates commitment to, develops capacity around, and explores questions of environmental sustainability and equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- demonstrates clear and feasible creative research and/or relationship building goals, including:
- Support material to assist the committee in assessing your application, including:
- a signed letter of interest from a Korean artist or arts organization;
- a one-page list of support material, with a brief (1–2 sentences) explaining relevance to the project, what is demonstrated, and what the assessment committee should be watching for. Please use a separate page from the cover letter and project description;
- up to 10 pages of written or visual material (scripts, reviews, photos, etc.) submitted as an attachment (keeping the 25MB maximum in mind) or available online through a link. (Note: WeTransfer or other file sharing services are not accepted); and
- up to 4 minutes of high-quality video and/or sound on YouTube, Vimeo or SoundCloud, providing any passwords necessary to access the files. Specify which 4 minutes the assessment committee should watch or listen to (start and end times). Please send a link to the files only.
Note that some of the support materials can be used to highlight the Korean artist and arts organization with which you are looking to connect.
The Canada Council for the Arts, in collaboration with Arts Council Korea, will assess applications to ensure eligibility using the information provided.
All the requested information and supporting documents must be provided. You must submit only the required documents. Any additional documents will not be presented to the assessment committee. Choose your supporting documents carefully, as the committee members will have limited time to review each application.
Eligible applications will be assessed by an internal assessment committee composed of Council employees knowledgeable about the relevant artistic areas and fields of practice.
Results will be communicated to applicants by the end of March 2023.
Applications will be assessed based on:
- the clarity and feasibility of goals and objectives; and
- the potential to facilitate future Canada-Korea co-creation or collaboration.
Special consideration will be given to projects that demonstrate a commitment to, develop capacity around, and explore questions of environmental sustainability and equity, diversity, and inclusion.
There are two types of support available to applicants who are Deaf or living with a disability, or who face other barriers and require accommodation.
- Application assistance
You may be eligible for Application Assistance to pay for someone to help you with the application process if you are experiencing difficulty and self-identify as:
- an artist who is Deaf, hard of hearing, has a disability or is living with a mental illness; or
- a First Nations, Inuit or Métis artist facing language, geographic and/or cultural barriers.
To obtain Application Assistance, contact the officer in charge at least 2 weeks before the deadline.
- Support for successful applicants
For selected artists or group members who self-identify in their cover letter as Deaf or living with a disability, an additional contribution to cover the cost of disability-related services and supports specifically required for completing the project may be provided.
About Arts Council Korea
Arts Council Korea (ARKO) is a national organization for the arts of Korea under the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. To make the arts more central to life, ARKO supports arts organizations and artists in Korea and overseas through various services, programs and initiatives, and provides grant-based support.
ARKO was founded with the belief that fine art has the power to change all lives, so that everyone can share in the joy of creation and enjoy a rich life.
ARKO strives to expand the capacity of the Korean arts and raise its international profile by supporting international arts and cultural programs at home and abroad in the private sector, including joint and collaborative research, and invitation projects by artists in the fields of literature, visual art, and the performing arts (dance, theatre, music, and traditional art).
Through programs like the International Partnership in Support of Arts Creation (ISAC), ARKO seeks to accelerate artistic and cultural exchanges between Korea and other countries, working in partnership with arts councils, developing Korean arts at the international level, and creating long-lasting relationships that enable artists from both Canada and Korea to exchange and collaborate.
Please email your questions and/or Application Assistance requests to firstname.lastname@example.org.

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Originally published 03/25/2014
Christopher P. Whitaker
Russia justifies its annexation of Crimea by pointing to NATO intervention in Kosovo. But the Kosovo War came after years of international buildup, and Kosovo wasn't annexed by another country immediately afterward.
Originally published 09/05/2013
James P. Rubin
Russia and China were also opposed to intervention in Kosovo. But that's where the similarity ends.
Originally published 05/06/2013
Photo credit: Flickr/_Matt_T_After protracted, months-long negotiations, Kosovo and Serbia recently agreed to a compromise on sovereignty and autonomy that would end two decades of conflict. In extinguishing the last embers of war in what was Yugoslavia -- the volatile, ethnically divided nation where the assassination of an Austrian archduke launched World War I, and where civil war throughout the nineties led to ethnic cleansing and other atrocities -- Europe is nearing the end of its long journey to overcome its tribal enmities and build a cohesive, peaceful civilization.
Originally published 12/17/2013
Full article: http://hnn.us/article/41490
- Presidential Inauguration History: From Grand to Fatal to Downright Awkward
- Nazi Doctor Mengele Now Himself Object of Medical Study
- Critics Attacked, History Revised as China Nationalism Rises
- Unpopular out of the gate, Trump making history one more time
- A New Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Divides a Virginia Town
- Kevin Starr, California’s premier historian and USC professor, dies at 76
- Secret WWI telegram holds lessons for today, historians say
- Antisemite, Holocaust denier … yet David Irving claims fresh support
- Timothy Garton Ash says liberalism failed in 2016 because it had succeeded
- Tim Naftali calls on Obama to declassify US intelligence community's assessment of Russian intentions and activities in the 2016 presidential election

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There are so many posts on this issue. Even still, it took me awhile this afternoon to get the row count on my table. Sharing this forward in case it can be a quick solution for someone else.
Repository element RxPath
public static int TableRowCount(Adapter element)
TBodyTag tbody = new TBodyTag(element);
int rowCount = tbody.Children.Count;
Report.Info("User", "Table size: " + (rowCount - 1).ToString());
// header is first row so subtract 1
return (rowCount - 1);
The KEY thing is to add '/tbody' to your RxPath.
Hope this is helpful!
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What is Candida (albicans)?
Every year thousands of people are affected by a condition called candidiasis. It is caused by Candida albicans. This microorganism is often referred to as simply candida. Find out more about its nature and the forms in which it grows.
This is a type of fungus belonging to the family of eukaryotic microorganisms. It lives in the human body. It is found in the gastrointestinal tract, in the mouth and on the skin. It is part of the intestinal flora. The intestinal flora is a system of different types of microorganisms. The role of these microorganisms is to aid metabolic processes in the body. They have a commensal relationship. This means that the microorganisms of the intestinal flora do not have an adverse effect on the human body and that it does not have such an effect on them either.
Candida has a simple structure and grows via budding. New cells grow as a result of the division of existing cells. This is the typical method of reproduction of microorganisms. It is very basic, but highly effective. The growth process can be speeded up depending on the conditions of the surrounding environment.
In the case of candida, there are several factors which can stimulate the growth process and increase its rate. The first one is temperature. When the temperature increases up to a certain threshold, the growth rate of these microorganisms rises accordingly. Another stimulating factor of the environment is moisture. In general, these fungi live in moist environments. The major factor that speeds up the growth rate of these microorganisms is the lack of acid. When the environment which they are in becomes less acidic, they multiply more rapidly.
There are two forms in which candida grows. The first form involves multiple individual cells that create small clusters. These fungi can also have filamentous cell growth. They form the so called hyphas. These are long structures with a long main branch and many smaller ones coming out of it. When looked under a microscope, these structures look very similar to tree branches.
This condition, which is formally known as candidiasis, is caused by overgrowth of the fungus in the human body. As explained earlier, overgrowth occurs due to temperature increase and drop in the acidic level. That is why infection typically occurs in the mouth and throat or in the genital area of the human body. Less often, particularly in babies, it occurs on the skin around the bottom area. In such cases, it is commonly known as diaper rash.
In general, the human body has its own natural ways of controlling the overgrowth of yeast. When it is weakened, these control functions are not performed as effectively as usual. That is why the condition is more likely to affect people with impaired immune system. In such cases, it is typically harder to treat as well.
Although candida plays a role in important metabolic processes in the human body, it can be dangerous in the case of overgrowth. That is why it is important for people to look after their health so that the optimal balance of these and other microorganisms in the body can be maintained.

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Worst Ideas Ever: A Celebration of Embarrassment
From memorable disasters such as New Coke, the XFL, and Tiger Woods’ marriage to less-remembered failures such as Yugo, Cop Rock, and Microsoft’s BOB, Worst Ideas Ever revisits history’s biggest blunders. Whether it’s a pop culture failure the likes of Dennis Miller’s disastrous run on Monday Night Football, a political one such as John Edwards’ odd decision to run for president while cheating on his cancer-stricken wife, or a technological misstep such as Apple’s Newton OS, Worst Ideas Ever uncovers the ridiculous stories behind mistakes so huge, you’ll have to constantly remind yourself that they actually happened.
Moving from Mariah Carey’s “performance” in Glitter to the Minnesota Vikings decision to trade away their future for an aging Herschel Walker, Worst Ideas Ever offers the real stories behind some of the dumbest things ever done. Whether it was ego (Michael Jordan leaving basketball for baseball), greed (nobody questioning their impossibly high returns when investing with Bernie Madoff) or simple stupidity ( Jay Leno moving to 10 p.m.), Worst Ideas Ever brings it all back in hilarious detail.


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We have all heard this artist’s unique style and production in two of his biggest tracks ‘Don’t Worry’ and ‘Roll On you’. These tracks have gained supports from all around and are some of his greatest achievements so far.
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text: The English school of painting was officially recognised at the beginning of the 18th century through the work of William Hogarth. It includes works by the most famous English artists, such as Thomas Gainsborough, Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Constable, Edward Burne-Jones, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This subject is introduced with a very unique text, published in 1882: a French study of English pictorial art. The author, Ernest Chesneau, was highly-cultured, an art historian and inspector of Fine Arts. He explains the beginnings of this school which excels in portraiture and landscapes, and reminds us of the English brilliance regarding watercolours, not forgetting to include the work of the Pre-Raphaelites.

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Dr. Angela Y. Roberts
Dr. Roberts is a native of Long Island, NY. She attended Columbia University in New York City where she earned a B.A. in Psychology with a Pre-medical concentration. She received her M.D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Dr. Roberts is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Dr. Roberts is currently accepting new patients.

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Come meet Lulu & her friends; Milky, Bob, Max, Toby, Jill, Lucy, Rudy and tom. All of Lulu's friends are recyclable consumer goods that represent a part of the life cycle of environmentally friendly products.
Use your crayons to color the Lulu book, or simply pick the page in Lulu's coloring book that you want to reproduce on your device and scan the QR Code on the top right-hand or left-hand side of that page. It's that easy!
Your device will open Painting Lulu's web app page and display a digital version of the page you scanned. Use the digital crayon stylus included with Lulu's coloring book and color away!
- Great for inspiring creative expression and exploring color
- Get full access to the official Painting Lulu App - Perfect for travel and on-the-go
- Revolutionary patent pending technology, scan colored pages and watch it magically appear in the App!
- Free digital crayon stylus inside - The magic of color without the mess
- 100% recycled paper with 32 pages
MarksvilleandMe reviews 3-in-1 Coloring Book - Meet Lulu: Activity Book & Kids Stylus & Coloring App
First of all besides using the computer I don't really use Apps, so I had to teach myself how to download and use one. My husband and children are quite comfortable engaging in Apps but I am a bit late in learning. Once I figured out my tablet which is brand new could not support that App (time for an upgrade) and that my much older smartphone could, I was ready to let my 6 year old daughter take the reins and give Painting Lulu a go.
The 32 page coloring book can be used as is or digitally uploaded through a scan code unto your compatible smartphone or tablet. Also included is a crayon stylus, very kid friendly.
The Painting Lulu App comes with one picture and is free* so you can try it without buying anything else you would just have to use your finger to color with instead of the stylus that comes with the coloring book. I did find two other coloring books you can download and they are .99 *.
This kept my 6 year old daughter very occupied for a long time, will be downloading the other two coloring books soon. I know this will be great for my grand daughter who also loves to color, but often colors on the walls instead, no mess this way, which means no more lost crayons, markers, or pencils in my vehicle either. My 11 year old was happy that both her and my younger daughter can color the same pages, and then either share them with family on facebook, or print them out. Sure hope Painting Lulu comes out with more coloring books.
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Apple debuts new, higher-resolution iPad
Apple Inc. on Wednesday confounded the prognosticators by announcing its newest iPad -- without a new name.
Widespread speculation had been divided between iPad 3 and iPad HD as a name for the new product, but Apple referred to the newborn of its line of tablet computers simply as "the new iPad."
Despite lacking a fancy moniker, the new tablet does have several impressive new features, the most notable being a dazzling new screen reportedly sporting better resolution than an HD TV.
Apple's Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said the new screen with 264 pixels per inch has 1 million more pixels than an HD TV. The screen will display 1080p high definition video.
The new tablet is slightly thicker and heavier than the iPad 2 due to the increased battery power needed to drive the screen.
A second improvement, one that fixes a major deficit compared to Android mobile devices, is the ability to operate on cellular carriers' 4G high speed cellular data networks. Connectivity with the high speed networks is particularly important for smooth streaming of video over a cellular link.
Other improvements in the new tablet:
• Faster processor for graphics, twice as fast as the iPad 2.
• 5 megapixel rear camera and new software borrowed from the iPhone4 S.
• 1080p high definition video recording.
• Voice dictation, thanks to a microphone button on the iPad's virtual keyboard, but no Siri at this point.
Apple's new CEO Tim Cook revealed the new iPad at an afternoon event in San Francisco. He opened the presentation talking about the "post-PC future," referring to the personal computers that dominated the industry for years, and saying Apple has three post-PC products -- the iPad, iPod and iPhone -- that make up 76 percent of its revenue.
"Apple has its feet firmly planted in the post-PC future," he said.
A new version of the Apple TV video streaming box also was announced, featuring the ability to display 1080p video.
The new iPad will go on sale March 16, as will the new Apple TV. The iPad will start at $499, the same pricing structure as the iPad 2. Price on the Apple TV will remain at $99.
Apple also announced improvements to its iCloud Internet storage and sharing scheme, which will now support movies in addition to music and TV shows. Movies and TV shows will be available in 1080p.
Mr. Schiller said Apple's iWorks applications are being updated and iPhoto, photo editing software, is being brought to the iPad for the first time.
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Healing Equine Assisted Learning and Psychotherapy program (HEAL)
Our team of nine co-facilitators are sensitive and feel subtle changes in the environment and in people. Equines are great supporters of the healing process for those struggling with conditions such as anxiety, depression, trauma, poor communication and interpersonal skills, low self-esteem and self-confidence, those that have suffered domestic violence, grief and loss.
Over 8 sessions you will work with co-facilitators of the human kind and also the four-legged kind, our horses and donkeys.
As you engage with the environment and the horses you will learn about yourself and how you interact with and experience the world. It’s through these interactions and understandings that you will be assisted to build new strategies to deal with life’s challenges and also to assist you to set new boundaries and ways to communicate effectively with those around you.
Traditional Talk Therapy
As a qualified youth and family counsellors, we offer counselling to support and strengthen your relationships as a family. We can help identify alternative strategies and tools to use at home that can be helpful in times of challenge.
Individual counselling sessions are also available. This option provides the opportunity to be able to have a conversation with a professional in a safe, private, non-judgemental and confidential environment.
Mindful Body Breath Movement sessions
The natural environment at Heal@Millbrook is perfect for unwinding, connecting and becoming more grounded.
Attend the Mindful Body Breath Movement sessions to learn the importance and power of being “in the moment”.
These sessions, focussing on breath and body awareness, have the potential to help regulate your emotions and find clarity in times of stress.
This unique practice supports those of any ability or age, through gentle and restorative exercises.
The purpose of this practice is to release physical and emotional tension and incorporates Qigong (chi gong). Qigong is a form of energy work and incorporates co-ordinated body movement, breathing and meditation.

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A molar pregnancy is where a foetus doesn’t form properly in the womb and a baby doesn’t develop.
A lump of abnormal cells grows in the womb instead of a healthy foetus.
This growth is called a “hydatidiform mole”, which can be either:
- a complete mole, where there’s a mass of abnormal cells in the womb and no foetus develops
- a partial mole,where an abnormal foetus starts to form, but it can’t survive or develop into a baby
A molar pregnancy can usually be treated with a simple procedure to remove the growth of cells from the womb, but cells are sometimes left over and further treatment is needed to remove them.
Symptoms of a molar pregnancy
There are often no signs that a pregnancy is a molar pregnancy.
Some women with a molar pregnancy have:
- vaginal bleeding or a dark discharge from the vagina in early pregnancy (usually in the first three months) – this may contain small, grape-like lumps
- severe morning sickness
- an unusually swollen tummy
But some of these symptoms are fairly common in pregnancy and aren’t necessarily a sign that anything is wrong with your baby.
When to get medical help
Contact your midwife or GP if you have any worrying symptoms, such as vaginal bleeding, while you’re pregnant.
They may refer you to an early pregnancy assessment service for an ultrasound scan to rule out any problems with your baby.
If you’ve had a molar pregnancy before and think you might have another one, you can go to an early pregnancy service directly without contacting your midwife or GP first.
Treatment for a molar pregnancy
If an ultrasound scan shows that you have a molar pregnancy, treatment to remove it will be recommended.
Three main treatments can be used:
- Suction removal – the abnormal cells are sucked out using a thin tube passed into your womb through your vagina. This is usually done under general anaesthetic (where you’re asleep).
- Medication – if the growth is too large to be sucked out, you may be given medication to make it pass out of your vagina.
- Surgery to remove the womb (hysterectomy) – this may be an option if you don’t want to have any more children in the future.
Most women are successfully treated with suction removal and can go home later the same day.
Speak to your doctor about the benefits and risks of the different options.
Monitoring after treatment for a molar pregnancy
Some abnormal cells may be left in your womb after treatment. These usually go away on their own within a few months, but further treatment may sometimes be needed to remove them.
To see if you might need further treatment, you’ll be asked to have regular blood or urine tests to measure the level of the hormone hCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin).
The amount of this hormone in your body increases during pregnancy. If it doesn’t go down after treatment for a molar pregnancy, it might mean some abnormal cells are left in your womb.
Most women need to have regular blood or urine tests for around six months after treatment.
See further problems after a molar pregnancy for information about what happens if your hCG level doesn’t go down.
Sex, pregnancy and contraception after a molar pregnancy
You can have sex as soon as you feel physically and emotionally ready. If you have any bleeding after your treatment, don’t have sex until this stops.
Having a molar pregnancy doesn’t affect your chances of getting pregnant again, and the risk of having another molar pregnancy is small (about 1 in 80).
It’s best not to try for a baby until your after-treatment monitoring has finished, in case you need further treatment to remove any cells left in your womb.
Use contraception until your doctors say it’s safe to get pregnant again. You can use any type except implants that go in the womb, which should only be used once your hCG level has returned to normal.
Further treatment after a molar pregnancy
In a few cases, abnormal cells left in the womb after treatment don’t go away on their own. This is called persistent trophoblastic disease (PTD).
The chances of this happening are about 1 in 7 (15%) if you had a complete mole and about 1 in 200 (0.5%) if you had a partial mole.
PTD can be serious because the abnormal cells can regrow or spread to other parts of the body, similar to cancer, if it’s not treated.
Treatment involves taking medication to kill the abnormal cells (chemotherapy) for a few months. Most women have a combination of:
- injections of a medicine called methotrexate
- tablets of a medicine called folinic acid
With treatment, almost 100% of women are cured.
You can usually get pregnant after treatment if you wish, but you will be advised not to try for at least a year because there’s a chance (about 1 in 30) PTD could come back during this time.
Cause of molar pregnancies
A molar pregnancy isn’t caused by anything you or your partner does.
It happens if there amount of genetic material in a fertilised egg isn’t right – for example, if an egg containing no genetic information is fertilised by a sperm, or a normal egg is fertilised by two sperm.
It’s unclear why this happens, but the following things can increase the risk:
- Age – molar pregnancies are more common in teenage women and women over 45.
- Ethnicity – molar pregnancies are about twice as common in women of Asian origin.
- Previous molar pregnancy – if you’ve had a molar pregnancy before, your chance of having another one is about 1 in 80, compared with 1 in 600 for women who haven’t had one before. If you’ve had two or more molar pregnancies, your risk of having another is around 1 in 5.
More information and support
It can take time to recover emotionally from a molar pregnancy.
You may find it helpful to:
- Talk to your partner, family or friends about how you feel.
- Ask your care team what support is available. They may refer you to a counsellor who specialises in support for people affected by molar pregnancy.
- Contact a support group, such as the Molar Pregnancy Support Group or MyMolarPregnancy.com. They may be able to put you in touch with other people in a similar situation.
- Read advice about coping with grief and loss.
Specialist NHS services
There are two NHS centres in England that specialise in the care of women with molar pregnancies and persistent trophoblastic disease:
There is also a Scottish Hydatidiform Mole Follow-up Service in Dundee.


Tunnels to explore in France
France, including its overseas territories, has the most number of time zones with a total of 12 time zones. France has long been a global center of art, science, and philosophy. It hosts the world's fourth-largest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is the leading tourist destination, receiving around 83 million foreign visitors annually.
The Mont Blanc tunnel is 11.6 km long and connects France and Italy under the highest peak in Europe. It is used by 5,000 vehicles per day on average, 68% being light vehicles. More than a structure, the Mont Blanc Tunnel is an amazing human and technological feat. It took six years, from 1959 to 1965, from the start of work to the inauguration of the Tunnel. One of the architectural wonder in this area which attracts a lot of people.


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- Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: Swimming can reduce stress levels and improve emotional health
- Physical Health: Cycling and dancing can improve physical heath and brain functioning
- Knowledge and Skills: Learning can offer individuals and group activities to explore experiences and develop coping mechanisms.
- Social Relationships: Socialising can help people build confidence in a range of social situations
Information on Stress, Anxiety, Wellbeing
Stress: Stress is defined as the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other parts of demands placed on them http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/encyclopaedia/s/article/stress/
Anxiety: Anxiety is defined as prolonged symptoms of stress which affects the quality of a person’s life. http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anxiety/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Mental Wellbeing: Feeling positive about the present and being hopeful about the future; Feeling confident about having the ability to handle stresses and problems; Having an overall sense of fulfillment and reward in life. Five steps to achieving mental wellbeing: https://www.getselfhelp.co.uk//clean.htm.
Mental health and behavioural problems (e.g. stress and anxiety) are reported to be the primary drivers of disability worldwide (WHO 2015)
8% of Britain’s population suffers from some form of undiagnosed and untreated social anxiety (Social Anxiety Institute, 2016).
More than a third of sickness absence days are due to stress, anxiety and depression, making these conditions more common causes than musculoskeletal disorders or infectious diseases – Greater London Authority ‘The Invisible Costs of Mental Ill Health: London Mental Health, 2014.
Mental health remains one of the biggest threats to the wellbeing of society and the economy in the UK and elsewhere today. It is estimated to cost the economy around £100bn a year and around £70m working days are lost annually (Channel 4 news 2014).
Numerous studies have shown that regular physical activity has been associated with a greater sense of well-being and lower rates of depression and anxiety across all age groups – http://depressionanxietydiet.com/exercise/.

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CAU@Hannover Messe: Human-centered machine intelligence for a brighter future
Caption: Robots are our future, says the renowned robotics researcher, Professor Sami Haddadin, from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
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Science contributes significantly to economic and social development in the state. Kiel University (CAU) and its partners will be demonstrating this from April 23 to 27 at the Hannover Messe 2018. On Schleswig-Holstein Day (Monday, 23 April) the programme contains a keynote speech by one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of robotics and machine intelligence. At 2.30pm, Professor Sami Haddadin, Director of the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), will be speaking at the CAU booth C07 in Hall 2 about "Human-centered machine intelligence for a brighter future”. Anyone who is interested is very welcome to attend. Free tickets to the trade show are available online at www.uni-kiel.de/hannovermesse/en.
In light of rapid scientific and technical advances, robotics and artificial intelligence are facing a technological quantum leap, and their unification into the discipline of Machine Intelligence. This embodiment of the digital revolution will change our society forever, and it will do so equally from industry and public health through to the private sector. As part of this development, placing people at the core of technology is vital, so that connected and adaptive machines can make our future everyday lives easier as useful tools.
The fact that these days, we often see that people are unable to cope with using the Internet, or the application of artificial intelligence and smart devices, thereby underlines the necessity and the importance of this people-centred approach. The introduction of adaptive, connected robot assistants that anyone can operate recently initiated the democratisation of industrially flexible automation. As the household devices of the future, geriatronic robot assistants, for example, will enable older people to stay living at home and counteract the lack of specialist doctors in rural regions as a key technology in telemedicine. Additional social and highly-relevant areas in which artificial intelligence can be applied include operation in crisis regions and scenarios of catastrophes (think “Deepwater Horizon” and “Fukushima”), as well as in environments that are very difficult for people to get to, such as the open oceans, deep seas or space (think “plastic pollution in the oceans” and “space debris”).
Media representatives are very welcome to attend CAU@Hannover Messe. Press accreditation at www.hannovermesse.de/de/teilnahme-planung/fuer-journalisten/akkreditierung-presseausweis. For further details or arrangements, please contact Kiel University’s Press Office at 0431/880-2104 or email@example.com.
About the speaker:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sami Haddadin is the Director of the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and holds the Chair of Robotics Science and System Intelligence. The engineer and computer scientist has written more than 130 scientific articles and received numerous important international prizes and awards from the scientific community. Sami Haddadin holds the IEEE/RAS Early Career Award, the Alfried Krupp Award and the Deutscher Zukunftspreis (the German President's Award for Innovation in Science and Technology).
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The Wall Street Journal just sent Dr. Anthony Fauci scurrying back under the rock he crawled from to do so much damage to this great country and confirmed a bombshell report about the origins of COVID.
Michael Shellenberger first broke the story and said: “The Wall Street Journal has confirmed our reporting that the Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists who were sickened in November 2019 were working with SARS-like coronaviruses and being funded by the US.
“Never forget that senior US government scientists ran a disinformation and censorship campaign to prevent a proper investigation into the lab leak. The people who ran this campaign have not yet been held to account.”
The WSJ reported: “A prominent scientist who worked on coronavirus projects funded by the U.S. government is one of three Chinese researchers who became sick with an unspecified illness during the initial outbreak of Covid-19, according to current and former U.S. officials.
“The current and former U.S. officials told the Journal the three who fell ill were Ben Hu; Yu Ping, a Chinese scientist who wrote a 2019 thesis on SARS-related coronaviruses found in bats; and another scientist named Yan Zhu.
“The researchers’ names were noted last week in an article in Public, which publishes on the Substack platform, and were independently confirmed by the Journal.
“Hu is noteworthy, current and former officials say, because of his central role in coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
“Further, some of the projects he worked on were funded by U.S. government grants, according to documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act by the White Coat Waste Project, a nonprofit that opposes taxpayer funded research on animals,” the WSJ said.
Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi reported earlier: “After years of official pronouncements to the contrary, strong new evidence has emerged suggesting the virus known as SARS-CoV-2 escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
“According to multiple U.S. government officials interviewed as part of a lengthy investigation by Public and Racket, the first people infected by the virus, “patients zero,” included Ben Hu, a researcher who led the WIV’s “gain-of-function” research on SARS-like coronaviruses, which increases the infectiousness of viruses.
“More than three years after the pandemic’s outbreak, many around the world had given up on learning the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the highly infectious respiratory virus that has killed millions, and the response to which shut down businesses and schools, upended societies, and caused enormous collateral damage.
“Public officials in the U.S. and other countries have repeatedly suggested that uncovering the pandemic’s origin may not be possible. “We may never know,” said Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who oversaw pandemic response for two administrations.
“Now, answers increasingly look within reach. Sources within the US government say that three of the earliest people to become infected with SARS-CoV-2 were Ben Hu, Yu Ping, and Yan Zhu. All were members of the Wuhan lab suspected to have leaked the pandemic virus.
“As such, not only do we know there were WIV scientists who had developed COVID-19-like illnesses in November 2019, but also that they were working with the closest relatives of SARS-CoV-2, and inserting gain-of-function features unique to it.
“When a source was asked how certain they were that these were the identities of the three WIV scientists who developed symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in the fall of 2019, we were told, “100%”
“Ben Hu is essentially the next Shi Zhengli,” said Alina Chan, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Shi is known as “the bat woman of China,” and led the gain-of-function research at the WIV. “He was her star pupil. He had been making chimeric SARS-like viruses and testing these in humanized mice.
“If I had to guess who would be doing this risky virus research and most at risk of getting accidentally infected, it would be him.”
“Hu and Yu researched the novel lineage of SARS-like viruses from which SARS-CoV-2 hails, and in 2019 coauthored a paper with Shi Zhengli that described SARS-like lineages they had studied over the years.
“Jamie Metzl, a former member of the World Health Organization expert advisory committee on human genome editing who raised questions starting in early 2020 about a possible research-related pandemic origin, said, “It’s a game changer if it can be proven that Hu got sick with COVID-19 before anyone else. That would be the ‘smoking gun.’ Hu was the lead hands-on researcher in Shi’s lab.”
“Sources tell Public and Racket that other news organizations are chasing aspects of this story. On Saturday, The Times of London quoted an anonymous U.S. State Department investigator saying, “It has become increasingly clear that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was involved in the creation, promulgation, and cover-up of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
“Public and Racket are the first publications to reveal the names of the three sick WIV workers and place them directly in the lab that collected and experimented with SARS-like viruses poised for human emergence.
“Next week, the Directorate of National Intelligence is expected to release previously classified material, which may include the names of the three WIV scientists who were the likely among the first to be sickened by SARS-CoV-2.
“A bill signed by President Biden earlier this year specifically called for the release of the names and roles of the sick researchers at the WIV, their symptoms and date of symptom onset, and whether these researchers had been involved with or exposed to coronavirus research.
“On Dec. 29, 2017, two years before the pandemic began, Chinese state-run television aired a video that includes a scene of Ben Hu watching a lab worker handle specimens. Neither are wearing protective gear.
“The same video shows WIV scientists hunting for bat viruses with little protective gear. “If they were worried about being infected in the field, they would need full body suits with no gaps” to be safe, said Chan. “That’s the only way.”
“The WIV research with live SARS-like viruses was performed at too low of a safety level, “BSL-2,” explains Chan, “When we now know that the pandemic virus is even capable of escaping from a BSL-3 lab and infecting fully vaccinated young lab workers.”
“While scientists justify such research as necessary for developing vaccines, President Barack Obama banned federal funding for gain-of-function research of concern in 2014, because experts had come to the consensus that it was too dangerous.
“However, the National Institute of Health and NIAID headed by Francis Collins and Fauci, and a major U.S. government grantee, EcoHealth Alliance, deemed their work on SARS-like viruses as not falling under the gain-of-function research of concern definitions and funded this project in China and Southeast Asia,” the report says.
The Wall Street Journal has confirmed our reporting that the Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists who were sickened in November 2019 were working with SARS-like coronaviruses and being funded by the UShttps://t.co/kJG1q5HndA— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) June 20, 2023
Never forget that senior US government scientists ran a disinformation and censorship campaign to prevent a proper investigation into the lab leak. The people who ran this campaign have not yet been held to account. https://t.co/O8wbpHrQBn— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) June 20, 2023


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Dubai Ice Rink Tickets
Enjoy the thrills of ice skating in the middle of the desert at the fun-filled Dubai Ice Rink!
- Cool off from Dubai's scorching heat at the unmissable Dubai Ice Rink, located at the Dubai Mall.
- Enter the Olympic-sized skating rink and throw on your skating equipment for a thrilling 90-min session.
- This outing is perfect for all age groups, novices, and absolute beginners.
- Bring along your friends and family for a fun day out at the Dubai Ice Rink, a popular social hotspot in Dubai.
- The Dubai Snowfall allows you to enjoy a romantic skate while a white blanket of snow envelops you.
- Enjoy the arcade games and classic concession food counters in between your ice-skating sessions.
- Choose to have a party atmosphere while you skate when you pick the DJ Sessions ticket.
- Dubai Ice Rink admission ticket (90 minutes of skating to snowfall and music)
- Complimentary helmets for children
- Skate rental
- Locker hire
super flexible cancellation policy
Get a full refund on canceling this ticket up to 24 hours before the schedule.
Escape the heat of Dubai at the Dubai Ice Rink, a place suitable for first-time and amateur ice skaters alike! Located conveniently at the Dubai Mall, you won't have trouble getting here. This Olympic-sized ice rink has become a social hotspot in Dubai, with public skating and Disco sessions running every two hours. The rink has also launched the Dubai Snowfall, allowing you to experience skating under a gentle flurry of snow with your loved one. The Dubai Ice Rink uses the latest technology to maintain ice consistency and quality. With Ice Marshals all around, your safety is guaranteed. Check out the chill-out zones, populated by arcades games, and classic concession food counters in between your ice-skating sessions!
know before you go
- The ideal age to begin ice skating is 3 yrs. Children under 100cm must be accompanied by an adult at all times and will be given a complimentary helmet for their safety.
- Please dress for winter and ensure your arms and legs are covered.
- Due to the nature of ice skating being an extreme sport, long dresses, national dresses, or any trailing clothing aren't allowed.
- Guests should wear comfortable warm clothing, thick socks and gloves.
- Pregnant ladies are not permitted to ice skate.
- Children under 3 can enter for free.
- English and Arabic are languages used at the rink.
Choose from the following variants:
- Public Sessions
- Ice Rink Peak
- Ice Rink DJ Session
Please note that the ticket is valid for the time slot selected only.
- Mon to Thur: 10am - 10pm
- Fri to Sun: 10am - 12am
Please confirm the timings before your visit.
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly
- Please display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the venue
Ticket Redemption Point
- You can redeem the tickets directly at the entrance of the attraction: Dubai Ice Rink
- Address: Downtown Dubai - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
- It is conveniently located inside the Dubai Mall
- Closest bus stop is The Dubai Mall, a 2-minute walk to the mall
- Bues 27, 28, 29, 50, and more will bring you here
These tickets are valid for the date and time selected during checkout.
ratings & reviews
You may upgrade your tickets on the spot for other sessions.

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Celebrating our small parts, in 'Song of the Cell'
Sure, we can replace hips and knees and eye lenses and more. But think small if you want to understand medical successes, because science has been able to effect change right down to the level of the cells in our bodies, and frequently smaller than that.
It was quite an accomplishment, figuring out that all organisms (above the single-celled) are made up of many little bitty parts. Physician and Pulitzer-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee takes us down to that level of existence for his latest book The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human.
New human? Well, sure... when we understand the building blocks, we can build new structures, right? We learn this and more in our visit with the author.


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Your search for "capn9" returned 443 TaqMan® SNP Genotyping Assays
Calpains are ubiquitous, well-conserved family of calcium-dependent, cysteine proteases. The calpain proteins are heterodimers consisting of an invariant small subunit and variable large subunits. The large subunit possesses a cysteine protease domain, and both subunits possess calcium-binding domains. Calpains have been implicated in neurodegenerative processes, as their activation can be triggered by calcium influx and oxidative stress. The protein encoded by this gene is expressed predominantly in stomach and small intestine and may have specialized functions in the digestive tract. This gene is thought to be associated with gastric cancer. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
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Video demo for the upcoming sticky side scrolling shooter Blast Works: Build Fuse and Destory from Majesco Entertainment. Pete shows off the insane madness of the campaign mode along with the fully featured level building and ship editor.
you can download a game of this for teh PC it only has 5 levels buts its crazy, This isnt for the casual, it looks simple buts its damn hard. " Fuse and Destory" WHAT? destory ?XD
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text: Dairy cows emit large amounts of the greenhouse gas methane due to microbial fermentation in their stomachs, which poses an environmental problem. It also decreases the cows’ growth efficiency, as some energy from feed is lost as methane. The supplement 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP) can help reduce methane emission by inhibiting a methane-forming enzyme, but 3-NOP’s effects on the microbiome in the rumen (the stomach compartment where fermentation occurs) haven’t been investigated. It’s also unclear why hydrogen gas (H₂) accumulates less than expected when methane production is blocked by 3-NOP. To learn more, researchers recently characterized the rumen microbes in 3-NOP-supplemented dairy cows. 3-NOP reduced the abundance of Methanobrevibacter species, which make methane from carbon dioxide. To a lesser extent, it also reduced the abundance of Methanosphaera species, which make methane from methanol. Fluctuations in rumen H₂ concentrations in 3-NOP-treated cows were accompanied by changes in the expression of [FeFe]-hydrogenase enzymes, which regulated H₂ production. In addition, genes encoding butyrate-pathway enzymes were upregulated after 3-NOP supplementation, supporting removal of excess H₂. Although further research is needed, this study clarifies the effects of 3-NOP on the rumen microbiome, helping to characterize the mechanism of this effective “methane mitigator” in dairy cows.

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3mm Macramé Cord is an exceptionally soft product. Its size gives you the possibility to create smaller, more discreet patterns.
It is perfect for macramé and weaving. You can create beautiful wall decorations, but also handbags and jewelry. Combine and mix different colors and you wil see what amazing effects you can get!
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Title DIXIE LULLABY: A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a new South
Book Condition Fine in a fine dust jacket. 296 pages; 34 photos on b&w plates; notes on sources; bibliography; acknowledgments; and index.
Edition First edition, first printing: Review copy, with publisher's materials laid in.
Publisher New York: Free Press, (2004).
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Veteran music journalist Kemp blends personal narrative with social and musical history to provide an inside look at both the rise of the southern rock movement and its healing and unifying impact on an entire generation of Southerners.
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The Metalinguistic Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning
Ganem-Gutierrez, Gabriela Adela
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The metalinguistic dimension refers to the way in which learners bring to bear knowledge about language into their learning of a second language, the "L2". This book brings together new research on the metalinguistic dimension, given its increasing importance in the study of L2 acquisition.
In applied linguistics it is widely accepted that L2 learners develop and use knowledge about language when engaging with the challenging task of acquiring a new language; this applies to...


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TODD MYERS: As a child growing up in California, my dad sat me down and gave me insight on drought that rings true to this day. He said, “Son, California is the land of surf and sun. We don’t flush for number 1.” Those words still echo in my ears.
In early April, we noted a story in the Seattle Times insinuating a link between a nine-year-old timber harvest and the Oso landslide. One of the sources quoted regarding the inadequacy of the analysis of the timber harvest and the underlying watershed analysis was geologist Paul Kennard.
During the last week, there has been a great deal of attention to a study claiming pesticides are responsible for an increase in honeybee hive death. Known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), beekeepers and scientists have been working to find out what is to blame for the trend.
Three things stand out about the Executive Order Governor Inslee issued today.
First, the Executive Order contradicts itself. Governor Inslee calls for an emphasis on the environmental effectiveness of various strategies, then he orders the expansion of two strategies the Governor’s own analysis shows are the least effective: solar panels and so-called “coal by wire.”
"Already, according to the Global Footprint Network, if everyone were to suddenly consume as Americans do, we would need four more planets to provide the resources and absorb the wastes. Technological improvements alone will not change this; we need to consume less." - John de Graaf, Bellingham Herald.
Earlier this week, Governor Inslee, speaking at the University of Washington, explained his support for imposing a cap-and-trade system in Washington state to reduce carbon emissions.
Cap-and-trade, the system used by Europeans and others as part of the Kyoto Protocol, has two key elements. First, it sets a total cap on the amount of carbon emissions allowed, typically over the course of a year, by covered entities in the state. Second, covered entities are allowed to buy and trade permits to emit carbon.
Who was really underneath those black masks violent protestors wore during the 1999 WTO riots in Seattle? The founder of the Rainforest Action Network Randy Hayes thinks they may have been Seattle police.
Yesterday, the Governor's office released an analysis of the potential cost of a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), arguing the cost is as low as four cents per gallon. The purpose was to respond to analyses, like ours, showing the potential cost was much higher.
The analysis, however, suffers from a number of shortcomings.
Imagine a friend telling you his goal in life was to end all jaywalking. You might wonder if there wasn’t something more important he could do with his life.
Now imagine someone telling you he is working to save the planet from imminent destruction – for people, for wildlife, for future generations. Suddenly, they seem more righteous, more important. Environmentalists seem to believe, like Jebediah Springfield, that tackling a potential catastrophe "embiggens the smallest man."

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For those who do not plan to have biological children, treatment may be unnecessary if the underlying cause of the amenorrhoea is not threatening to their health.
Unless receiving eggs from an egg donor or in vitro fertilization, a woman is unable to conceive while she is amenorrhoeic. On the other hand, 'athletic' and drug-induced amenorrhoea has no effect on long term fertility as long as menstruation can recommence. The best way to treat 'athletic' amenorrhoea is to decrease the amount and intensity of exercise. Similarly, to treat drug-induced amenorrhoea, stopping the medication on the advice of a doctor is a usual course of action.
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Bitcoin (COIN) has more than made its entrance known to businesses and investors alike. With just over 16 million coins in circulation at a current price of about $2750 per coin, BTC currently commands a market cap of over $45 billion, on par with the likes of Ford (NYSE:F), Sony (NYSE:SNE), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), and Activision (NASDAQ:ATVI) to name a few. It's without a doubt that Bitcoin is on the rise and is being incorporated into the investment portfolios of the bold. Bitcoin has its strong selling points, however a large point of contention is looming quite heavily over the cryptocurrency.
Currently, Bitcoin's network can only process a maximum of 7 transactions per second. In reality, the network only handles around 2 to 3 transactions per second, as 7 transactions per second is only a theoretical maximum under optimal conditions. Compare Bitcoin's limitations to VISA or PayPal. Visa handles on average around 2,000 transactions per second, with a daily peak rate of 4,000 transactions per second. VISA has a peak capacity of 56,000 transactions per second, however they never actually use more than a third of this even during peak shopping periods. PayPal handles on average 10 million transactions per day for an average of 115 transactions per second.
Additionally, bitcoin transactions are happening at an increasingly rapid rate. The estimated Daily USD Transaction Value is a good indicator of the number of transactions that occur on a daily basis, and the Daily Transaction Value has shot up to around $2 billion per 24 hours in the 2017 year, compared to the average of under $100 million per day in 2016, an increase of 2000%.
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Consequently, as a result of Bitcoin's relatively low maximum transaction speed and its increasing amount of daily transactions, Bitcoin keeps a large backlog of unconfirmed transactions, at one point during the week of May 18th, 2017 reaching a backlog of over 200,000 unconfirmed transactions. This is shown in the size of the mempool, which represents the summed size of the chunks that need to be mined in order to confirm the remaining transactions. The larger the mempool, the more transactions are waiting to be confirmed.
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With the increase in unconfirmed transactions, the cost per transaction of bitcoin has shot up. Miners, who are the ones using their computer's processing power to confirm the transactions, need an incentive to pay for electricity and hardware costs. Currently, miners are paid through a combination of Bitcoin's block reward and transaction fees. Currently, each transaction confirmed earns the miner $23. Bitcoin currently rewards 12.5 bitcoins per block, and the average number of transactions per block hangs around 2000. meaning that $17 dollars of the miner's earning for each transaction comes from the mining reward built into the system. This leaves an average cost of around $6 per transaction that users are paying the miners out of pocket for each transaction. $6 is unbelievably high, and eliminates the option of using Bitcoin for microtransactions. Who is going to buy a cup of coffee with Bitcoin when the transaction fee is more than double the cost of the drink!
The way that bitcoin mining works, miners choose which transactions to add to each block that they mine. Transaction fees are actually optional, as in users can select to pay no fee if they so choose. However paying a fee for the transaction gives incentive to the miners to process the transaction as the miner receives the payout from the fee upon completion of the block. With such a large backlog of unconfirmed transactions, users are then incentivized to add larger transaction fees so that their transaction is chosen by miners and not left to fester in the mempool. Essentially, people are willing to pay more to get their transactions confirmed faster. This upward trend in the transaction fee will only continue if the transaction speed bottleneck isn't fixed.
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As usage increases, these problems will only exacerbate. If bitcoin wishes to reach widespread adoption, this issue needs to be addressed. Two of the most likely possible solutions are SegWit, which stands for Segregated Witness, and Bitcoin Unlimited.
SegWit is designed to separate signature data from Bitcoin transactions. Regarding scalability, SegWit shrinks the size of each transaction, without changing the transaction size limit of 1 megabyte. This effectively increases the block size limit to around 2 to 3 megabytes per block. However, implementing SegWit requires that 95% of current miners (as in 95% of the total hash power) signals their support for SegWit. If support for SegWit is insufficient, it may result in a contentious fork where a significant part of the network switches to the new SegWit client but some decide to keep using the old one, which results in two cryptocurrencies with different sets of rules competing with each other for users. This would have a strong negative impact on the value of both the currencies. To avoid this, the developers of SegWit have set a specific rule in the software that it will only activate if it receives over 95% support from the network. SegWit has also already been implemented in various other cryptocurrencies and has a proven track record. The problem lies in that SegWit is a temporary solution. The effective increase of each blocksize to 2 to 3 megabytes will be enough for the near future but further down the line, if bitcoin continues its growth, SegWit will not be enough to support the network and congestion in the transaction pool will arise once again.
Bitcoin Unlimited on the other hand is a full node software client for the Bitcoin network. Compared to the Bitcoin Core client (which is what is currently in use) which hard codes the block size limit to 1 megabyte, Bitcoin Unlimited removes the limit and allows users to determine the block size by consensus, allowing the block size to be configured to the preferences of the majority of the miners. Implementing Bitcoin Unlimited presents its own problems, mainly in that it requires Bitcoin to undergo a hard fork, which is irreversible. This means that if any unforeseen bugs or problems arise with Bitcoin Unlimited, the network cannot be reverted back to Bitcoin Core. Unfortunately, unforeseen bugs are a very real possibility on account of the questionable track record of Bitcoin Unlimited's small development team. Currently, around 12% of the entire Bitcoin network is running Bitcoin Unlimited, and if you have been paying attention to cryptocurrency news, Bitcoin Unlimited has been targeted with DoS attacks on more than one occasion, originating from a bug in the Bitcoin Unlimited software that left an opening for the attack.
Either way, neither solution is truly permanent. As Bitcoin continues to grow, it needs to simultaneously and continuously address its need for greater scalability. Without the necessary changes, Bitcoin will eventually fall off the main stage.
I will be covering the upcoming events of August 1st in my next article.
Disclosure: I am/we are long BTC.
I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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The Library of Congress has been digitizing unique primary source collection materials since the 1990's. The following digital collections focus on the Lomax family from the perspective of collectors, donors, performers, and administrators.
The Alan Lomax Collection includes ethnographic field documentation, materials from Lomax’s various projects, and cross-cultural research created and collected by Alan Lomax and others on traditional song, music, dance, and body movement from around the world. Lomax conducted fieldwork in the Bahamas, the Caribbean, England, France, Georgia (Republic), Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain, the United States, and Wales from the 1930s-1990s. The collection contains approximately 650 linear feet of manuscripts, 6400 sound recordings, 5500 graphic images, and 6000 moving images.
In 1938 the Library of Congress dispatched the pioneering folklorist and song collector Alan Lomax—already a seasoned field worker at age 23—to conduct a folk song survey of the Great Lakes region. He traveled in a 1935 Plymouth sedan, toting a Presto disc recorder and a movie camera. When he returned nearly three months later, having driven thousands of miles on barely paved roads, it was with a cache of 250 instantaneous discs and eight reels of film documenting the incredible range of ethnic diversity and expressive traditions primarily in Michigan.
The Bess Lomax Hawes collection is comprised of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax Hawes, most from 1960-2001. It includes work produced by Hawes when she was a professor at San Fernando Valley State College in Northridge, California, and as head of the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program in Washington, D.C. This presentation includes approximately 12,000 manuscripts including writings, correspondence, and business records.
John A. Lomax, Sr., and his son Alan Lomax became stewards of a nascent Archive of American Folk-Song in September 1933. Their tenure lasted until Alan separated from the Library of Congress in October 1942. During that period, they administered an archive that grew in scope and volume. The resultant manuscript material—correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and writings—was decades later collated into the John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax papers (AFC 1933/001), the focus of this digital collection.
The January 1941 launch of the Radio Research Project marked the Library’s initial foray into broadcast media. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and supported by Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish, the project created numerous and diverse radio programs primarily relating to American history and folklore, and utilized groundbreaking recording and production techniques. In just over a year of operation, the project staff of Philip Cohen, Joseph Liss, Alan Lomax, Arthur Miller, and Jerome Wiesner wrote and produced the Hidden History series (twenty-six programs, 1941), the Report to the Nation series (two programs, 1941), the Books and the News series (six programs, 1941), The Ballad Hunter series (ten programs, 1941), the documentary series Americans Talk Back (six programs, 1941), "December 9, 1941" (1941), the Regional Series (seven programs, 1942), "Dear Mr. President" (1942), and "Lincoln Speaks to the People and to the Soldiers" (1942).
This recording trip is an ethnographic field collection that includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through the southern United States. Beginning in Port Aransas, Texas, on March 31, 1939, and ending at the Library of Congress on June 14, 1939, John Avery Lomax, Honorary Consultant and Curator of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the American Folklife Center archive), and his wife, Ruby Terrill Lomax, recorded approximately 25 hours of folk music from more than 300 performers. These recordings represent a broad spectrum of traditional musical styles, including ballads, blues, children's songs, cowboy songs, fiddle tunes, field hollers, lullabies, play-party songs, religious dramas, spirituals, and work songs.


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Vance says the suspects are facing a host of charges including armed robbery, kidnapping, larceny and burglary. Their bonds range from 750-thousand-to one-and-a-quarter-million-dollars. More arrests are expected. Vance says anyone with any additional information should call state police at the Troop C barracks. The number is (860) 896-3233.


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Adrene Ashford was born in Los Angeles and went to school at Clark Atlanta University. With her family being almost 3,000 miles away it was a struggle for Adrene financially. Her mom had invested in her education but unfortunately after her sophomore year she had trouble with paying for school. She called her mom asking for more but that drew great disappointment. She told Adrene that she would not help her because she got into the financial slump because her priorities were out of wack. Ashford’s love of clothes got her into debt after she spent her refund check on shopping. Her apartment was filled with brand new clothes that were never worn and credit card bills.
That summer Adrene threw fashion parties in her tiny apartment and sold her unworn clothes. By the end of the semester she had enough to pay for classes. Adrene took her love of clothes from being a burden to a hustle. She began doing costume design for independent movies and a made television film “Love the One You’re With” in 2014. Adrene began contemplating finishing school to get her law degree with her money or investing in her new found creativity. She opened her first shop in East Atlanta selling her own designs called “Pieces of Adrene”.
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How can social services-led programmes support the most vulnerable to find employment?
We recently published a toolkit with our proposal for an inclusion strategy for people furthest from the labour market, including our approach, guidance and practice examples. An innovative element of this toolkit is that our activation approach is led by and for senior social services professionals. They work with colleagues from other sectors to provide care for some of the most vulnerable people across Europe.
Over the past 10 years, there has been an emphasis on activation policies at national and European levels, promoting employment as the solution for social inclusion. However, the link between entering work and making ends meet has become increasingly frayed in 21st century Europe. Eurostat statistics tell us that nearly one in ten workers in the EU are at risk of poverty after social transfers. This should be a wakeup call for policy makers as it means that work alone is not a route out of poverty anymore.
Adding to the mix changes such as new working patterns, zero-hour contracts or digitalisation we are left with social protection systems in Europe that are not always able to support the most vulnerable. Unsurprisingly, inequality has been on the rise. As highlighted at a recent European conference on the future of work, promoting training and skills is crucial to ensure that no one is left behind. But, for many activation is not enough.
From Activation to Inclusive Activation
At ESN, we have highlighted the limitations of the activation model for those in situations of exclusion. They may not be able to participate fully in activation programmes and require more personalised support. We call this approach ‘Inclusive Activation’.
This approach means that people furthest from the labour market are supported in a more holistic manner which is adapted to their needs, where social, health, education, housing and employment services are all considered relevant in promoting social inclusion.
The concept of Inclusive Activation, as implemented by many ESN members working in public social services, is built on a series of principles, including: a holistic assessment of the needs of people using services, an integrated service, and a personalised plan which includes adequate income support and access to quality services.
While employment can be crucial for inclusion, millions of European workers have been swept into working poverty. We have to acknowledge that for many activation has not had the desired outcome. Our Inclusive Activation approach, which is grounded on frontline practice, responds to the multiple causes of social exclusion in a holistic manner, promotes service personalisation, and encourages the empowerment of people using services.


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Sanders holds a signature rally on June 9, 2016.
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Bernie Sanders held a press conference on Tuesday calling for reform of the Democratic party -- starting with the ouster of Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz -- and said he would remain in the presidential race until the end.
Speaking ahead of a planned meeting with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Sanders said, "The time is now -- in fact, the time is long overdue, for a fundamental transformation of the Democratic party."
"We need a party which is prepared to stand up for the disappearing middle class, for the 47 million people in this country who are living in poverty, and take on the greed of the powerful special interests that are doing so much harm to this country, who have so much power over the political and economic life of our country," he said.
"We need, obviously, to get rid of superdelegates," he added.
The news conference also precedes a speech that Sanders plans to deliver to his supporters on Thursday via an online video address.
"When we started this campaign, I told you that I was running not to oppose any man or woman, but to propose new and far-reaching policies to deal with the crises of our time," he stated in an email advertising the event. "And for the past fourteen months, through the entire primary process, we've sent the establishment a message they can't ignore: we won't settle for the status quo."
"After today, the voting is done, but our political revolution continues," he wrote, referring to the primary taking place in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Over the past year, political revolution has become Sanders' signature call to action; as he and Clinton prepare to meet, observers noted the significance of his campaign in influencing Democratic platforms and breathing new life into the electorate at large.
As author and activist Naomi Klein wrote on Tuesday:
"The evidence is clear: The left just won. Forget the nomination -- I mean the argument. Clinton, and the 40-year ideological campaign she represents, has lost the battle of ideas. The spell of neoliberalism has been broken, crushed under the weight of lived experience and a mountain of data.
"What for decades was unsayable is now being said out loud -- free college tuition, double the minimum wage, 100 percent renewable energy. And the crowds are cheering. With so much encouragement, who knows what's next?"
To that end, Sanders is expected to push for progressive reforms to the DNC's platform in his meeting with Clinton as the two candidates carve out an action plan following her win in California, clinching the Democratic nomination.
According to CNN, the concessions he is likely to ask for include a change in DNC leadership, more open primaries that make it easier for independents to take part, and a roll call vote at the party's upcoming convention in Philadelphia that would allow his delegates to speak before a nominee is chosen.
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