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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Repressed Memories And Abnormalities In The Brain
Running head: POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, REPRESSED MEMORIES 1
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Repressed Memories and Abnormalities in the Brain
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Repressed Memories and Abnormalities in the Brain
Sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder due to the trauma of deceptive memories, or
false memories, can cause the patient great distress even though a real traumatic event did not
happen it doesn’t mean that those feelings of distress aren’t real to that person, in fact those
feelings are very real. The participants of the perspective experiment are adult women who have
repressed, recovered, and continuous memories of being sexually abused as a child were divided
into clinical, subclinical, and control groups. The participants must meet our definition of sexual
abuse, “Sexual abuse involved physical sexual contact ranging from fondling to penetration (e.g.,
anal, oral, vaginal) occurring prior to the participant's sixteenth birthday. The perpetrator had to
be at least 5 years older than the participant” (McNally, 2006, 238). These participants went
through a vigorous process of questionnaires, interviews, the MMPI hysterics scale, and MRI’s
to determine whether the same abnormalities in the brain would be present as a PTSD sufferer.
More research is needed to determine if recovered memories and repressed memories are
eventually going to be accepted by the APA.
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Sexual abuse of children depicts a considerable problem in our society because, “women
who had been abused as children, as compared to those who had not been abused as children,
were more likely to present in the emergency room with problems involving drug abuse, sex,
suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and severe personality disorder, especially Borderline
Personality Disorder” ( Reisner, 1996, 1). Neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry use brain scans
as a tool to diagnosis and understand mental illnesses. But when they diagnosis an individual
they do not solely use the brain scan they do a clinical history and tests to make sure that
everything matches up, that’s why they call it a tool. The use of brain scans can help see if a
PTSD patient is having abnormalities in the brain and maybe what they can do to counteract that.
“Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is an anxiety disorder that affects 7 percent to 8
percent of the population in the United States. It develops after a person experiences a traumatic
event or witnesses something traumatic happening to someone else” (“PTSD”, n.d.). These
events are stressful and outside the normal range of human occurrence. Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder is a multifaceted condition that involves flashbacks, hyper arousal symptoms, limited
affect, avoidance of people/ places/ things that is a reminder of the event, cognitive impairments
which include trouble recalling certain aspects of the traumatic event, poor autobiographical
memory for recall of positive events in their life, and poor working memory, signifying the
disturbance of some of their neural mechanisms distressing precise brain circuits. In 1980 the
APA officially added PTSD to the DSM, in order to get a diagnosis of PTSD specific criteria laid
out in the DSM IV-TR must be met. According to the DSM IV- TR PTSD is present in
individuals, who present these symptoms and behaviors,
“ Post-traumatic stress disorder: 309.81
A.) person has been exposed to traumatic event in which both are present:
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1.) person witnessed, experienced, or confronted an event or events that
involved actual or threatened death or serious injury or threat to physical
integrity to self or others
2.) persons response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror.
B.) traumatic event is persistently reexperienced in one or more of the following
1.) recurrent and distressing recollections of event ( images, thoughts, or
2.) recurrent distressing dreams of event
3.) acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring ( reliving the
experience, illusions, hallucinations, dissociative flashbacks
4.) internal psychological distress at exposure to internal and external cues
that symbolize or resemble an aspect of the traumatic event
5.) physiological reactivity to exposure to internal or external cues to
C.) persistent avoidance of stimuli associated with trauma and general numbing
responsiveness, indicated by 3 or more of the following:
1.) effort to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations associated with
2.) avoid activities, places, or people that arouse recollections of trauma
3.) inability to recall an important aspect of trauma
4.) feeling of detachment from others
5.) diminished interest or participation in significant activities
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6.) restricted range of affect
7.) sense of foreshortened future
D.) persistent symptoms of increased arousal, indicated by 2 or more:
1.) difficulty falling or staying asleep
2.) irritability or outbursts of anger
3.) difficulty concentrating
5.) exaggerated startle response
F.) duration of disturbance must last more than 1 month” (First, M. B., MD, 2000,
Some of the causes associated with PTSD are rape, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional
abuse, soldiers, people who have been assaulted, disasters and people in serious accidents; this is
not a exhausted list of all the possible causes of PTSD. No one exactly knows why some people
develop PTSD and others do not, there are risk factors that makes an individual more prone to
developing this disorder, “Children and adolescents have a higher risk of PTSD than adults, the
longer a traumatic event's duration, the higher the risk that a person will develop post-traumatic
stress disorder, and women are twice as likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder as men”
(“PTSD”, n.d.). Symptoms of PTSD are physiological and psychological impairments that are
the direct consequence from trauma. Post-traumatic stress disorder is characterized by continual
thinking and reliving of the traumatic experience. PTSD can produce nightmares and flashbacks
where the trauma is repetitively relived, and anxiety when encountered with events or objects
that trigger memories of the event. Treatments for PTSD include Trauma-Focused Cognitive-
Behavioral Therapy and Trauma Systems Therapy which integrates psychopharmacology with
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numerous psychotherapeutic techniques. Some medications include clonidine for emotion
regulation and mirtazapine for sleep, but this is not an exhausted list.
“Both of these treatments involve the acquisition of emotional and cognitive coping
skills as well as trauma-processing techniques. The acquisition of coping skills is a
necessary prerequisite for trauma processing, as these skills help to combat much of the
physiological symptomatology in response to traumatic reminders and, over time, allow
for less hesitancy with regard to approaching the trauma. Trauma-processing techniques,
such as the writing of a trauma narrative, enable the adult to process thoughts and
feelings associated with the trauma and begin to ascribe meaning to the traumatic event”
( Kaplow, 2006, 365).
Repressed memories are a controversial issue in the field of psychology, due to the fact
that many people have false memories of a traumatic event happening and then go on to sue the
alleged perpetrator, when in fact these traumatic events never happened. The APA it is not able
to differentiate between true repressed memories from a false memory, without support from
other evidence, since there is not empirical evidence that repressed memories are in fact true
memories. “A repressed memory is a theoretical concept used to describe a significant memory,
usually of a traumatic nature, that has become unavailable for recall, in which a subject blocks
out painful or traumatic times in one's life” (“Repressed memories”, n.d.). According to the
repressed memory theory, repressed memories can be recovered years or decades after the
supposed event, but this is not always the case, repressed memories are unexpectedly, triggered
by a certain smell, taste, or other trigger correlated to the lost memory, this can happen through
suggestion at some point in psychotherapy as well. Along these same lines is recovered memory
therapy, which is used to portray as a wide scope of psychotherapy modalities based on
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remembering memories of abuse that had been forgotten by the individual. Many psychologists
believe that these individuals are having false memories brought on by suggestion through
psychotherapy. “Even when patients who decide that their recovered memories are false and
retract their claims they can still suffer post-traumatic stress disorder due to the trauma of the
illusory memories” (“Repressed memories”, n.d.). I hypothesize that, if a person with repressed
memories exhibits the same behaviors and symptoms as someone who has PTSD, according to
the DSM IV-TR, and remembers the event happening; then when the clinician does a brain scan,
the clinician is going to see the same abnormalities in both brain scans of adults.
The pathophsiology of PTSD are linked to genetics and the environment in which the
individual is immersed in. Reactions to acute stress involve a genetic tendency. Changes in
specific brain systems are directly correlated with early life stress in adult psychopathology.
When childhood stresses are present there is a great chance that there will be long term
alterations in stress reactivity and brain maturity. “Studies have also shown that long-term
neurobiological changes associated with early stress may be influenced by familial/genetic
factors, quality of the subsequent caregiving environment, and pharmacological interventions.
Early traumatic events can lead to a wide range of psychopathological manifestations as well as
into factors associated with vulnerability or resilience” (Jackowski, 2009,6).
The corpus callosum, “contains interhemispheric projections from brain structures
involved in circuits that mediate the processing of emotional stimuli and various memory aspects
core disturbances associated with PTSD. There is a decrease in total white matter brain volume
and has also been reported in adults with chronic, severe PTSD” (Jackowski, 2009, 4). The
hippocampus is, “ gray matter structure of the limbic system that is involved in explicit
(declarative) memory, working memory, and memory for episodic events. The hippocampus is
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rich in glucocorticoids receptors and is vulnerable to petrochemical changes. Chronic stress may
affect the hippocampus through excess release of glucocorticoids, corticotropin-releasing
hormone, and glutamate, inhibition of neurogenesis, impaired long-term potentiating induction,
inhibition of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and alteration in serotonergic receptor
function” ( Jackowski,2009, 3). Adults who have encountered sexual abuse as a child have a
reduced volume in their hippocampus. In cases of severe trauma stress hormones that damage the
hippocampus and other correlated areas of the brain and over time patchy reminiscences of the
traumatic event appear. The Hippocampus size is positively linked with the age the trauma took
place and psychopathology severity especially when it came to the externalizing of Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder behaviors or symptoms. These decreases can be seen in MRI scans of
individuals who a sexual abuse history.
When sexual abuse happens recurring times in childhood there is harm done to the brain
composition that helps coordinate memory.
“According to Freyd's (1996) betrayal trauma theory, children abused by a
caretaker are more likely than those abused by a noncaretaker to
experience amnesia for their CSA. Freyd has maintained that children
abused by caretakers are confronted with a seemingly senseless situation:
The perpetrators are the same individuals on whom they must rely for
shelter, food, and clothing. To resolve this conflict, the children maintain
the necessary bond to the perpetrators by blocking out memories of the
abuse. If we assume that participants were more dependent for caregiving
on parental perpetrators than on other perpetrators (e.g., priests, neighbors,
uncles), then Freyd's theory predicts that parents and stepparents should be
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identified as perpetrators more often in the recovered memory group than
in the continuous memory group” (McNally,2006, 238).
When undergoing stress or trauma the declarative, explicit, and implicit memory systems
become unfasten, these memory systems are usually greatly coordinated. When this uncoupling
happens sensory and affective rudiments become dissociated from any rational semantic memory
system. “The conscious result of this uncoupling is to feel a certain way without knowing why.
Because these memories continue to exist, even in an unintegrated form, they continue to
influence emotion and behavior. Situationally accessible memories cannot be accessed
deliberately, but resurface automatically when the individual is confronted with a
situation/context that has physical features or meaning similar to those of the trauma” (Kaplow,
2006, 369). These individuals that have undergone trauma use a defense mechanism of denial to
block out memory of the traumatizing event.
“The defense mechanism of denial (keeping threatening external information
from entering the conscious cognitive system) versus the defense mechanism of
repression (banishing from consciousness information which has entered
consciousness or which threatens to enter consciousness from the unconscious).
This threatening information must first enter the cognitive system (probably at an
unconscious level) in order to later be "denied." Whether perceptual defense
operates primarily via denial or primarily through repression, in either case
information which has entered the system has been kept from consciousness”
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To keep these memories at bay trauma victims may dissociate where there is a change in
consciousness that is induced by panic, “absorption in one's thoughts to the exclusion of the
external world, feelings of detachment from one's body or self, and memory lapses” (Bower,
1995, 1). Empirical evidence has shown that long term memory is matter that is prone to
distortions or alterations on the basis of experience.
All participants were recruited from a women’s health clinic. Where the first requirement
to participate in this experiment is that you must be a woman who has encountered abuse as a
child or have memories of being abused, whether they are recovered memories does not matter.
There will be a repressed memory group, recovered memory group, continuous memory group,
and finally a control group. The repressed memory group encompassed women who have alleged
non accessible memories of abuse, but still displayed symptoms and behaviors of PTSD. The
recovered memory groups are individuals who state recalling memories of abuse after a period of
time, and show symptoms and behaviors of PTSD. The continuous memory group are women
who never forgot their abuse and display PTSD symptoms and behaviors, and the control group
encompass women who have never been abused.
The materials that are needed for this experiment are as follows; - Dissociative
Experiences Scale, which tapped dissociative symptoms, Absorption Scale, which tapped
proneness to become engaged in imaginative experiences—a correlate of fantasy proneness,
Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire, which served as a measure of imagery ability, Beck
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Depression Inventory, which measured depressive symptoms, Short form of the Manifest
Anxiety Scale, which measured trait anxiety, Shipley measures of verbal and nonverbal cognitive
ability, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, to observe abnormalities in the brain.
Behavioral scientists will use questionnaires to assess psychological distress and
personality. The second procedure will be a series of interviews to, “elucidate the character of
their abuse memories (e.g., kind of abuse, relationship to perpetrator) and to determine whether
they qualified for PTSD or depression” (McNally, 2006, 238). The interviews will be designed
to see if they qualify for PTSD according to the DSM, the PTSD symptom scale Interview will
be used, a clinical Interview for DSM IV, and participants will be assessed for Axis I mental
disorders. After going through the questionnaires and the interviews the participants who meet
all criteria will be given an MRI to determine if they have abnormalities in their brain.
Structural MRI has been successfully used to study the neural basis of PTSD”
(Jackowski, 2009, 5). MRI’s have referred to the fact that contact with severe emotional trauma
can cause changes in brain structure. This suggests that women who have the smallest
hippocampal volume tend to score higher on the standard dissociation scale. When comparing
women who have repressed memories, recovered memories, and continuous memories the
women who have never forgotten their abuse were identical to women who had never been
abused on depression, posttraumatic stress, dissociation, personality, and who are negative
emotionally. Although the repressed memory group will tend to state more distress and score
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higher than the recovered memory group and the continuous memory group. The repressed
memory group will also state more anxiety and dissociative symptoms and depression than the
other groups. Although the continuous, recovered, and repressed groups scored higher on
amnesia, absorption, derealization, and depersonalization than the control group did on all these
The “False memory perspective implies that participants reporting either
repressed or recovered memories of CSA should score higher than those reporting
continuous memories on measures empirically or theoretically linked to false
memory formation, but , inconsistent with the prediction that the repressed and
recovered memory groups would score higher than the continuous memory group
on absorption (related to fantasy proneness), all three of these groups were
statistically indistinguishable; however, they did score higher than the control
group” (McNally, 2006, 240).
Behavioral neuroscientists have revealed that a release of stress hormones throughout
extremely negative emotional events can reinforce memory for the experience, and this
course may cause the memorability of the trauma.
The participants in this study might skew the results due to the fact that, “individuals who
meet researcher-defined criteria for having been sexually abused may reject the label of sexual
abuse survivor because they regard it as stigmatizing. However, members of our repressed
memory group embraced the label of abuse survivor despite not having any memories of abuse.
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Finally, rejection of the victim identity may signify psychological resilience rather than stigma
avoidance” (McNally, 2006, 241).
And even though the controversy of false memories and repressed memories is about the fact
that, “those experienced as overwhelmingly terrifying and perceived as life threatening—are
seldom forgotten by victims” (McNally, 2006, 237). It doesn’t matter unless the individual who
is having the false memories is bringing the perpetrator to court for alleged abuse. Once these
individuals, who have repressed memories, have memories of abuse the stress hormone will still
be released and decrease the size of the hippocampus leaving them vulnerable to PTSD
symptoms, just like individuals who meet the DSM IV-TR criteria for PTSD. Individuals who
have repressed memories still experience PTSD symptoms, therefore those memories are very
real to them and the symptoms they experience are as well. Even though the memories of these
individuals might be false, physicians shouldn’t deny them of a PTSD diagnosis, because to the
individual it is very real and distressing in every aspect of their life.
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Palm Beach County School Board member Debra Robinson violated the board’s ethics code when she vowed in August to punish a Haitian-American radio station during a profanity-laced tirade caught on video, a newly released investigation finds.
The investigation — conducted on the school board’s behalf by Pinellas County’s inspector general — recommends that board members call for Robinson to take an ethics class, issue an official apology and recuse herself from “media-related discussions and/or votes” during board meetings.
The findings are the culmination of a review launched after Robinson’s vow to punish the small radio station was broadcast live on Facebook, apparently without her knowledge, during an Aug. 28 election night celebration.
The school board’s longest serving member was celebrating winning a sixth term when she said that Haitian Creole-language station WPOM 1600 AM, which had grilled her on the air a day earlier, now was “not getting business” from the county’s public schools.
"1600 AM already got shut down," she told about a dozen supporters in a recording of the event obtained by The Palm Beach Post. "I said not only are they not getting business from the school district, they get negative business."
RELATED: After election win, school board member vows to cut off ‘business’ to Haitian radio station
A moment before singling out the radio station, she appeared to indicate that others who had not supported her campaign would face retaliation as well.
"I keep saying I'm making a list and checking it twice, and I'm writing that [expletive] on the wall," she said.
In its investigation, the Pinellas inspector general’s office concluded that Robinson “verbally threatened the radio station and used profanity, as captured in the video evidence and confirmed by (Robinson).”
WPOM 1600 AM, based in West Palm Beach, receives money from the school district to advertise adult education programs to its Haitian Creole-speaking audience. The station's co-owner said after the incident that he worried Robinson's threat might prompt the district to reduce its business.
But the investigation concluded that, since the incident, there had been no decrease in business from the school district or other "negative financial effect" to the station.
Hector Collazo Jr., the Pinellas inspector general, wrote in his report that Robinson’s actions broke no laws but violated the school board’s ethics code.
The board's code of ethics calls for board members and school district employees to “create a culture that fosters trust, a commitment to excellence and responsibility, personal and institutional integrity, and avoids conflicts of interest and appearances of impropriety.”
RELATED: Read the inspector general report
Robinson disputed that her actions violated the ethics code.
In a written response included in the report, Robinson said that her actions broke none of the ethics codes’ specific rules, which prohibit such things as falsifying official records or engaging in sexual behavior with students.
Instead, Robinson said, the inspector general wrongly relied on “aspirational language” in the ethics code’s introduction to conclude that she had violated it.
“The report fails to cite a violation of any ethical standard of conduct,” she wrote.
Robinson also pointed out that she had already provided a written apology for her comments to media outlets who covered the controversy in August, in which she apologized for “making distasteful comments at a victory party due to frustration, exhaustion and exhilaration.”
The investigation resulted from an anonymous complaint filed after The Post published an article about the video in late August.
The complaint went originally to the school board’s inspector general, which forwarded it to the Pinellas inspector general in keeping with a policy of delegating complaints regarding high-level officials.
Although the report calls for board members to sanction Robinson, the school board’s chairman appeared to rule that out Tuesday, saying that he did not think it was the board’s role to chastise one of its own members.
“I don’t believe the board has authority to sanction or require any one of its colleagues to do anything,” School Board Chairman Frank Barbieri said. “I believe it’s up to Dr. Robinson as an elected official to comply with the code of ethics, and I’m sure she will.”
Robinson declined Tuesday to comment on the inspector general’s recommendations, referring a reporter to her written rebuttal included in the report.

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Since the release of the first renditions more than a year ago, certain design elements of the Treudd (Trident) has generated a lot of comments, discussion and engagement. The watch released, our founder’s limited edition (ref. KA1F) continued to engage. Here are the five most frequently asked questions and their answers.
Does the watch have the golden trident on the dial?
Answer: No. Treudd (ref. KA1F) comes without the golden trident. Instead we’ve added the water resistance in the Swedish fathoms (famnar). 1 famn = 1.78 m.
As related, we ended up dropping the golden trident that was featured on the first renditions and prototype. In short, there were three reasons for that. First, the golden trident made the dial too busy. Second, it didn’t give the other two tridents (case back and crown) justice. Third, it overshadowed the other design elements and didn’t go well with the blue bezel insert.
What does Treudd mean and how do you pronounce it?
Answer: Treudd is Swedish for Trident. It is a dedication to the Swedish combat divers and coastal rangers.
It is pronounced “Treh-uddh” with emphasis on the first syllable. Since our concept is high spec, high quality watches with dedication to Swedish traditions and icons within aviation, military and industry, we wanted to dedicate our professional diver’s watch to the ones mentioned above. Their insignia is a golden trident.
Does the watch come on bracelet or strap?
Answer: Both. At delivery, the Treudd is mounted on bracelet and has a two-piece nylon strap on the side.
All our watches are delivered with a complimentary strap and the necessary tools to change. The reason for this is that Celegin Precision Timing is founded and run by watch enthusiasts. As such, we want to inspire personalization of the watch. The best way to do that is to change straps and that’s why we add a secondary strap as a starting point.
Are there any Treudd left on stock?
Answer: Not many. As long as it’s available in the webshop, there are pieces left on stock.
We aren’t huge fans of making limited editions. However, as part of the inception of Celegin Precision Timing, we decided to offer our first two productions at a very favourable price as so called “founder’s limited editions”. Our coming, regular productions won’t be limited although the batches are limited in production. This means that when sold out, it may take a few months or even up to a year before we have it on stock again.
What about a no-date version/different color/different size (etc.)?
Answer: In due time. By altering 10 common features of a watch, with a few options on each, you quickly end up with tens of thousands of different permutaions.
The Treudd concept is something we really like and see has many interesting paths. Our current plan is to release 1-2 versions of Treudd within the coming year and both will be quite different from the KA1F.


The county's computer systems have fallen into a political turf battle that Chief Judge Daniel Hurley fears might cripple county government.
Hurley criticized the abrupt action of Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Rebecca Walker and Tax Collector Allen Clark, who said last week they will split from the county's system on Oct. 1.
"This is wrong and it ought to be stopped," Hurley told elected officials on Wednesday during an emergency meeting of the committee overseeing the county's $13 million computer department.
"Nobody should have the authority to come in and do that," Hurley said. "It will not withstand public scrutiny. ... It's not right that public policy decisions are done that quickly."
Hurley said even the slightest disruption of the computer system, such as an inability to get out notices to prospective jurors, could cause havoc to court operations.
Walker has said the break-up will not affect computer operations.
Other elected officials and their representatives, who oversee the operation of the department as members of the Users Advisory Committee, agreed with Hurley.
The committee recommended that commissioners prevent the dismemberment of the computer department for 90 days while the consequences of a possible separation are investigated. The department is known as Automated Information Management.
Walker, who manages the department, notified members last week that she will resign on Oct. 1 and start up a separate computer operation with Clark.
Walker's decision came after the committee said it wanted to review the county's policy of having an elected official manage a department she also uses. Commissioner Mary McCarty said it is like having a commissioner serve as county administrator.
"I think we are seeing today the danger of a user also serving as manager," McCarty said. "In effect, Mrs. Walker, if she cannot be in charge, will not allow her system to continue to be part of it."
Walker was sick and could not attend Wednesday's meeting, according to her legal counsel, Willa Fearrington. Clark, who has cancer, was in the hospital and unable to attend the meeting.
Fearrington said a cost analysis shows the split will save money, but she did not provide the analysis to the committee. Walker has said the cost of hiring an outsider to manage the department, something she does at no extra charge, could add more than $100,000 to the department's budget.
Hurley questioned the cost savings. During the past several years, the county has been moving toward a consolidated computer system as a cost- reduction measure.
Even though the advisory committee opposes the split, it cannot force Walker to stop her ongoing effort as manager to take away about 30 of its employees and the equipment she needs to set up a separate department. Fearrington questioned if commissioners have that power.
Over the weekend, Walker and Clark had a new computer installed at a cost of about $20,000, Automated Information Management Director Dennis Wetzel said. Wetzel plans to leave the department and take charge of Walker and Clark's new operation.


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May 5, 2020 |
Mexican telecommunications company América Móvil sold $1 billion worth of 10-year bonds on Monday, almost two weeks after settling a buyback for €1.32 billion ($1.44 billion) in convertible notes.
According to a source involved in the deal, América Móvil priced the new 2.875% 2030 notes priced at 99.853 to yield 2.892%, or 225 basis points over US Treasury bonds. BBVA, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley were the lead underwriters. Settlement is scheduled for May 7.
Mexican telecom prints new 10-year notes almost two weeks after a buyback of $1.4 bln in convertible notes


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DIY retailer Wickes anticipates a punishing big-ticket market for years to come as consumer confidence dips and the outlook for mortgage approvals is weak.
Wickes managing director Jeremy Bird cautioned that kitchen and bathroom sales, which represent 22% of Wickes’ turnover, will get more “difficult”. He said: “We don’t think it will get better as it’s linked to housing transactions. We’ll have a very difficult market for a few years.”
Bird observed that while mortgage approvals are up this year, they are “still down on the peak market”. He said: “We’re not thinking approvals will continue to grow, and consumer confidence is starting to decline again. There is no room for optimism in the market. Our growth will not be market-driven”.
He maintained that Wickes still has “room to grow” in the kitchen and bathroom markets. “Our strategy will be to tell more people about us,” he said.
Wickes last week revealed a revenue increase of 1.7% in the six months to June 30. Like-for-likes per trading day slipped 0.5%, with core products down 3.3% and kitchens and bathrooms up 11.6%, reflecting its “effective” ad campaign and the introduction of new bathroom ranges.
However, trading has toughened. Wickes’ core like-for-like sales declined 1.5% in July, while kitchen and bathroom ordered sales fell 1.1%.
Across parent Travis Perkins’ retail division - which includes Tile Giant and Toolstation - revenue came in at £502.1m and operating profit at £26.3m in the first half.
Bird said that, although the outlook was uncertain, Wickes increased market share in the period through focus on price and service.
Operating margin came in at 5.2% - 2% lower than last year, as a result of investments in fields such as multichannel and IT, as well as the opening of its new fascia, Wickes Kitchens & Bathrooms. There are three such stores at present and plans for two more in the second half.
The 200-store retailer intends to open 100 more Wickes shops in the “next few years” according to Bird, who said it will continue to focus on a smaller format measuring 20,000 sq ft or less.
Travis Perkins reported a 24% surge in first-half adjusted pre-tax profit to £112m.


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The Proud Roar of Trondheim
A quaint wooden house on Carl Johans street, typical to Trondheim’s midtown, is not only home to one of the city’s cherished restaurants. It is also home to one of its most staunch apostles, Roar Hildonen.
You need not go further back than 2018. If asked what Trondheim had to offer visitors, most locals would be quick to recommend the majestic Nidaros Cathedral or the Trampe bicycle lift. But as swiftly as the electric bicycle conquered the city’s uphills, so did Trondheim rise to Michelin stardom. With the outside acclaim came a newfound culinary self-confidence. Today locals will be as likely to suggest visitors try the mussels as the museums.
Acclaim may sometimes come at the speed of starlight. But make no mistake! A city that deserves it is not built overnight. Long before Michelin and the world’s foodies discovered Trondheim’s culinary qualities, Roar Hildonen was one of the city’s most staunch apostles, championing both people and produce. Be it a young apprentice, a local creamery or even a competing restaurant, Hildonen has long recognized and given them their well deserved prominence. For 40 some years he has worked his way up in the city’s restaurant industry –busboy to restaurateur – building his own career brick by brick and Trondheim as a distinguished food region stone by stone. The besuited, sociable and esteemed nestor has made it his life’s mission to spread the good word.
“Twenty-five years ago I had colleagues in Oslo who urged me to move down there. They could not wrap their heads around why I worked in this–in their eyes–culinary hillbilly town,” Hildonen reminisces with a chuckle.
“I told them they would be wise to move up here instead. To where we have the world’s best produce!”
Yes, Hildonen characterizes the Trøndelag region just like that. Without a pinch of humility, but an inescapable aura of authority.
“Trondheim has world class shellfish two hours west. It has world class reindeer two hours south. And it has farmlands, forests and mountains with world class everything else in between. We have kept on telling people that. And after shaking that ketchup bottle for many years, it seems like everything is suddenly coming out at once. Today the Oslo-papers are writing articles about how Trondheim is the place to be.”
They are not alone in directing their attention to Trondheim. Media outlets and bloggers from around the world have started spreading the good word about the original viking capital and its blooming restaurant flora. Places such as sustainability leader Credo, Fagn, Røst, Speilsalen, Bula Neobistro, Kraft Bodega, Spontan and Sellanraa are just some of those who have raised both the standard and caught the attention of the outside world. Aside from Credo, they have all opened their doors in only the past five years, though. Twenty years ago the groundwork for them to succeed was in large parts laid by one establishment in particular.
Two Rooms and a Kitchen
By its straightforward name it may sound like an establishment that is neither more nor less. But describing Hildonen’s classic Nordic-French restaurant, To Rom og Kjøkken (Two Rooms and a Kitchen) as merely an eatery does not do it justice. In 2005 his co-partner, Aleksander Skjefte and Hildonen opened the restaurant with an outspoken goal of adding a new type of high-end restaurant to Trondheim, with emphasis on local ingredients and fostering new talents in a competitive environment.
“Two Rooms and a Kitchen was one of the pioneers in Trondheim when it came to cooking with local produce. There is no doubt that it played a central part in strengthening Trondheim and the whole region,” says former apprentice Adrian Leer Breiby.
If you ask anyone with a foot inside the industry today, they will describe Two Rooms and a Kitchen as an institution. A new generation of talented chefs, waiters and sommeliers–even a few restaurant owners–has sprouted from that quaint wooden house. Many of them can not even remember the city without it.
“I do not think there are many restaurants in Norway that has bred as many apprentices,” says restaurant manager, Oskar Sköld of Spontan Vinbar.
“Pride in vocational education is important, yet too scarce. Roar and his team work every day to promote exactly that.”
Taking in apprentices is one thing; it is always good to have an extra pair of eager hands. But the fact that all apprentices from the restaurant passed their exams, and that ten of them did so with merit, now that is a true testament to a nurturing and motivating environment.
Hildonen cares about local food and produce with great passion. But his ability to make others care will likely be as important a legacy.
Sharing the love
It is not only those seeking a career path who get to develop their skills at Two Rooms and a Kitchen. Every Saturday at noon, chefs from the restaurant hold food courses that are open to both curious novices and keen enthusiasts. A course is often on a preset topic–game, sauce, sheep, seafood and so on–and at the end participants get to enjoy a three course meal. There are also wine courses for those who are interested in grapes, soil, climate and of course tasting.
Beyond just being another item on the menu, the food- and wine courses also play an important part in Hildonen’s greater mission. A food destination can not base itself on visitors alone. Hildonen explains:
“I want Trondheim to be a great place to live, not just visit. When people appreciate good food and go out more, they have higher expectations. In turn, that leads to better competition and a wider range of cafés, bars and restaurants. We all gain from that, I believe.”
True to Concept
Hildonen has certainly gotten his long called for competition. And with more restaurants popping up each year, even a cherished favourite needs to adjust in order to stay relevant. Their style of cooking is more in tune with the New Nordic Cuisine today, than what was the case 15 years ago. Yet still: The wave of exposed concrete, monstera plants and food served on pieces of driftwood has not hit Two Rooms and a Kitchen. They have adjusted while staying true to their core philosophy. And all of a sudden an old classic has become the new outsider.
“We have held onto the white table cloths and smartly dressed waiters. That is how we stand out. Since our guests still dress up before coming to us, it is natural that we greet them in an equal fashion.”
Staying true to concept for 15 years might not make you the hottest on Pinterest. But carefully maturing a quality product for that long will result in something else. At Two Rooms and a Kitchen that something else is a classic and complete restaurant experience, for all the senses. Great quality food and wine, well thought of acoustics and lighting, skilled and friendly staff, plus the jovial grand old man of Trondheim’s restaurant industry, all do their part in making your experience one to come back to.


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HAIRY cakes, not Fairy cakes! - Coffee and Walnut Sponge
This deliciously moist, old fashioned coffee and walnut cake should ideally be made with Camp coffee essence, but if you can’t track it down in your local stores, use very strong black coffee instead.
65g walnut halves (ideally from a freshly opened pack)
225g softened butter, cubed, plus extra for greasing
225g caster sugar
4 medium eggs
225g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp Camp chicory and coffee essence
For the icing
150g softened butter, cubed
300g icing sugar, sifted
4 tsp Camp chicory and coffee essence
12 walnut halves
To make the cake, preheat the oven to 190C/fan oven 170C/gas mark 5. Butter two 20cm loose-based sandwich tins and line the bases with discs of baking parchment. Put the walnut halves in a food processor and blitz to a fairly fine crumb, but don’t worry if there are a few larger pieces of nut remaining. Tip into a bowl.
Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder and coffee essence in the food processor and blend on the pulse setting until well combined and creamy. You may need to remove the lid once or twice and push the mixture down with a rubber spatula. Do not overblend or you will end up with a heavy sponge. (If you don’t have a food processor, finely chop the nuts and tip all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl then beat like hell!)
Add the blitzed walnuts to the batter and mix until just combined. Spoon the mixture evenly into the two tins and smooth the surface. Bake on the same shelf in the centre of the oven for about 25 minutes or until well risen and just beginning to shrink back from the sides of the tin.
Remove the tins from the oven and leave to cool for 5 minutes before running a knife around the edge of the cakes and turning out on to a wire rack. Peel off the baking parchment and leave to cool completely.
To make the icing, put the butter in a food processor, or mixing bowl, add the icing sugar and coffee essence. Blend until the icing is smooth and creamy. Add a little more coffee essence to taste if you like.
Place one of the sponges on a plate or cake stand and spread with half the coffee icing. Top with the second sponge and spread with the remaining icing. Use the back of a spoon or a rubber spatula to create soft swirls and peaks. Decorate with the walnut halves. Leave to stand for at least an hour before serving if possible to allow the icing to become a little firmer. Serve the cake in wedges, making sure everyone gets a walnut on their piece!


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This summer, the Mexican Congress is finally expected to approve the secondary legislation tied to Mexico’s energy reform. Prior to the announcement of energy sector reforms, Mexico was characterized by a very closed oil sector regime alongside a rudimentary electricity sector. While most industry observers focus their attention on the oil sector – conceiving Mexico’s energy reform as a means to reverse the steady decline in its oil production and to pursue the development of its domestic shale deposits – a look at the key elements of Mexico’s energy reform also unearths the promotion of sustainability and environmental protection as a main objective:
“The State will promote the environmental protection through sustainability criteria, establishing obligations for participants in the electric power industry to generate with clean energies and reduce polluting emissions.”
At the 37th annual International Association for Energy Economics International Conference – currently taking place in New York – Jose Maria Valenzuela, Director for Energy Sustainability at the Mexican Secretariat of Energy (SENER), addressed his country’s clean energy goals noting that Mexico aims to increase the percentage of renewables in its energy mix from its set baseline year of 2012 from 14 per cent renewables to 25 per cent renewables by 2018, to 35 per cent by 2024 and eventually to 50 per cent renewables by 2050. Interestingly, new renewable energy instruments are currently under discussion in the Mexican Congress.
Mr. Valenzuela made three very important points regarding the prospective expansion of renewables in Mexico. First, Mexico used in its baseline year of 2012, 83 per cent fossil fuels for its electricity generation. Here is noteworthy that this percentage included both a surprisingly high share of heavy fuel oil (18 per cent) and a surprisingly low share of coal (11 per cent). The heavy fuel oil consumption has to be curtailed and ideally replaced with renewable energy because it’s a dirty and expensive way to produce power.
In contrast, clean energy accounted for only 17 per cent of power generation with wind (1 per cent), geothermal (2 per cent) and nuclear energy (3 per cent). The largest clean power contributor was hydro-electric with 11 per cent. Second, given this power generation scenario Mexico relies on hydro for peak demand, which means that it is Mexico’s main flexibility instrument, which, in turn, opens up opportunities for intermittent renewables – especially the integration of wind along Mexico’s eastern coast in the Gulf of Mexico. Lastly, the expansion of renewables can have a swift and substantial impact in terms of reducing carbon emissions from two sources: fugitive emissions from oil production as well as emissions from power generation.
However, the energy reforms are no easy undertaking as evidenced by Mr. Valenzuela’s list of major gaps related to markets in Mexico:
- Absence of wholesale energy prices
- Absence of ancillary services price reference
- Absence of transmission expansion index
- Absence of defined competitive renewable energy zones
Still, this will not cloud the overall positive outlook for the Mexican energy reforms. “We do not need to make the mistakes ourselves, we can learn from other countries,” said Valenzuela.
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- Can a samurai sword cut someone in half?
- Do samurai swords get dull?
- Why do samurai wear their swords upside down?
- What was the sharpest sword ever made?
- Why are samurai swords so sharp?
- Do katanas break easily?
- Can a sword cut off a limb?
- Can a sword really cut through bone?
- Can a katana cut off a head?
- Why do Samurai have 2 swords?
- How many times is a samurai sword folded?
- Why are Japanese swords curved?
- What Steel holds the sharpest edge?
- What is the strongest sword?
- Can a sword cut through chain mail?
- Can samurai armor stop bullet?
- Can a sword stop a bullet?
- What is the greatest sword ever made?
- Can a samurai sword cut through metal?
- Can a katana cut a bullet in half?
- Can a magnet catch a bullet?
Can a samurai sword cut someone in half?
This myth has been carried over from a story about a Damascus blade owned by Saladin.
A katana can chop a regular sword in half.
Fact: Any steel sword can break if it’s struck at the wrong angle.
Chopping one in half, however, is highly unlikely..
Do samurai swords get dull?
Samurai Myth No. In fact, cutting any material has the potential to dull a blade. Every blade is affected differently by cutting paper, and some dull more easily than others.
Why do samurai wear their swords upside down?
Perhaps the most important reason for wearing the katana with the cutting edge up is that it allows for a single motion to unsheath and strike an opponent. When wearing a sword with the cutting edge down, the samurai warrior must draw his sword and then perform the striking motion.
What was the sharpest sword ever made?
Damascus Steel swordDamascus Steel sword is the sharpest sword in the world. One may refer katana for the title but Damascus Steel is known for cutting rifle barrels and falling hair on blade.
Why are samurai swords so sharp?
They’re special mainly because of the damascene process by which they’re forged, with the steel of the blade (which starts off with both brittle, high-carbon steel which is extremely sharp but inflexible; and softer, lower-carbon steel which is more flexible).
Do katanas break easily?
And steel can break. Katana were probably the hardest swords in the ancient world, but they were also brittle compared to other blades. Katana would hold up to cutting soft objects with little wear, but over time, the compressive force from hitting hard objects could lead to chips and cracks.
Can a sword cut off a limb?
You can most definitely cleave limbs. Cutting torsos in half, however, is a rare at best. Generally swords are only “best” at cutting with the final few inches of the blade. … This is more than enough to make debilitating cuts and even to occasionally lop limbs off, potentially even legs.
Can a sword really cut through bone?
Modern arts that practice sword technique in isolation often lose this important distinction. Swords are curved to increase their cutting or slicing ability. … This makes cutting almost effortless, although they’re not ideally designed for really deep cuts through bone.
Can a katana cut off a head?
The answer is quite obvious for all the people who always claim that a katana can cut through anything. Luckily for them, a katana can cut off the arm (or head) of an opponent. … As katanas are forged from very high carbon steel they can certainly take and keep a very sharp edge.
Why do Samurai have 2 swords?
Samurai carried two swords, a main tachi or katana and a shorter wakizashi. Both together are collectively known as daishō . The wakizashi was used when the main katana was lost, for close-quarter combat and for ritual seppuku suicide. … Through an act called seppuku.
How many times is a samurai sword folded?
Originally Answered: How many times do they fold a samurai sword? The shita-kitae process of folding the steel is repeated from 8 to perhaps 16 or 17 times. More folds than that tend to exceed the level where the carbon balance can be enhanced.
Why are Japanese swords curved?
The name of the curved blade swords which replaced them was Tachi. … The reason for this transformation was samurai found that a curved sword could be drawn from the scabbard more swiftly and provided a far more effective cutting angle. The point of a samurai sword is called a Kissaki.
What Steel holds the sharpest edge?
Carbon steel bladesCarbon steel blades are among the sharpest blades available and are much easier to sharpen than stainless steel blades. The lack of chromium in the blades means that it is highly susceptible to rust and corrosion and requires careful cleaning after each use.
What is the strongest sword?
Cutting Edge: The 15 Most Powerful Power Swords1 TWILIGHT SWORD. The Twilight Sword is by far, one of the most powerful swords in the Marvel Universe.2 ODINSWORD. The Odinsword is the most powerful weapon in the arsenal of the Norse gods of Asgard. … 3 THE SWORD OF SUPERMAN. … 4 EXCALIBUR. … 5 THE SWORD. … 6 EBONY BLADE. … 7 THE PHOENIX BLADE. … 8 THE SWORD OF POWER. … More items…•
Can a sword cut through chain mail?
Swords do not cut through maile even a razor sharp katana will not cut through a vest or hauberk even with just butted mail simply because mail is flexible and will move giving the edge no resistance in order to cut with, now if you use the point of the sword then you can possibly penetrate the maile depending on what …
Can samurai armor stop bullet?
Bullet resistant armours were developed called tameshi gusoku (“bullet tested”), allowing samurai to continue wearing their armour despite the use of firearms.
Can a sword stop a bullet?
Simply put, a sword, no matter how resilient it is, can practically take a bullet at most but the second one will definitely break it and possibly deflect the tip of the blade right in your head.
What is the greatest sword ever made?
Honjo MasamuneThe “Honjo Masamune”, a symbol of the Tokugawa shogunate and passed down from shōgun to shōgun, is perhaps the best known Masamune sword. Signed works of Masamune are rare.
Can a samurai sword cut through metal?
As the blade is quite sharp, it can cut through many things if it has enough force, but that same force will also be applied to the blade itself. … Thus, wielded properly and with a very sharp edge, they could cut through many things, including metal armor. But if held too tight, the katana would break instead…
Can a katana cut a bullet in half?
First, the sword. A katana can and will cut a bullet in two if the sword’s blade is positioned correctly. It has to be a legit katana (no crappy made in China stainless steel ones) and even then it’s edge will most likely be cracked, but it will cut it in half or into pieces.
Can a magnet catch a bullet?
Typically, no. Most bullets aren’t ferromagnetic – they aren’t attracted to magnets. Bullets are usually made of lead, maybe with a copper jacket around them, neither of which sticks to a magnet. … The magnet might impart some force on the bullet via Eddy Currents.


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Earlier last year, Post also introduced Cupcake Pebbles which filled a void the breakfast world had been calling out for - Cupcake flavored cereal! This stuff tastes like dumping one of those little sugar packets down your throat! But, again, the packaging is really cool - this time giving Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm the spotlight.
The back of the package features the whole gang and little place cards you can set out at your party along with a cut out game "Pin the Tail on Dino!" I can't imagine anyone hosting an actual party and using cutouts from a cereal box, but hey who am I to judge? Here's also a print ad for the Cupcake flavored cereal featuring suggestions for other things to do with the breakfast product besides actually eating it for breakfast.


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June 23, 2013
John Muir’s 1872 earthquake and Sierran rockfalls
When you gaze upon the breathtaking vistas in Yosemite National Park the mind reels trying to take in and process the breathtaking natural beauty in front of you. At the same time, it strains and cringes as hordes of tourists unloading by the bus-full elbow to carve out their own little section of the crowd in which to pose for a stranger-free shot of the stunning natural scenery. It’s the …


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So many reasons to visit Sri Lanka – UNESCO heritage sites like Sigiriya, ancient ruins of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, National parks like Yala and Kaudulla, sandy beaches all over the country, misty hills and tea plantations in Nuwara Eliya, car-free colonial fortresses like Galle to roam around in.
For our travel to Sri Lanka, we stuck to the developed areas during the 10 days spent in this beautiful country and did not venture in the north or east side, ravaged by 40 years of war. The north and east side are pristine and worth travelling to. Plan a trip and take your kids with you!
If you are looking for a vacation on unspoilt beaches and are on a luxury budget, Amanwella in Tangalle doesn’t disappoint.
This is a classic Sri Lanka itinerary that gives you a mix of top attractions, cultural sites and ancient ruins, wildlife safaris and beach, suited for family travel.
With more than 3000 years of ancient civilization and Buddhist influences, there exist a large number of cultural and religious sites in Sri Lanka. The most famous of them are in the central heartland of the country, popularly known as the Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka.
For a small country, Sri Lanka offers a very diverse set of experiences. Visit this compact country for varied wildlife, fine sandy beaches, lush tea plantations, Buddhist monuments and colonial towns. So many beautiful places to visit in Sri Lanka.

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Intense Turquoise Colors of Apatite-Type Compounds with Mn5+ in Tetrahedral Coordination
Elena A. Medina, Jun Li, Judith K. Stalick, M. A. Subramanian
The solid solutions of chlorapatite compounds Ba5Mn3-xVxO12Cl (x=0-3.0) and Ba5Mn3-xPxO12Cl (x=0-3.0) have been synthesized through solid state reactions and Pechini or sol-gel method using citric acid. The colors of the samples change from white (x=3.0) through turquoise (x=1.5) to dark green (x=0) with increasing amount of manganese. Optical measurements reveal that the origin of the color is presumably a combination of d-d transitions of Mn5+ and cation-anion charge transfer from transition metals to oxygens. Near IR reflectance measurements indicate that synthesized compounds are promising materials for "cool pigments" applications. Magnetic measurements verify that manganese has two unpaired electrons and exhibits 5+ oxidation state. The IR spectra change systematically with sample compositions and the fingerprint region (700 cm-1 to 1100 cm-1) indicates characteristic bands belonging to (MnO4)3-, (VO4)u3-^ functional groups. Structure refinements using neutron data confirm that Mn5+ and V5+ and P5+ cations occupy the tetrahedral sites in the apatite structure.
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Intense Turquoise Colors of Apatite-Type Compounds with Mn5+ in Tetrahedral Coordination, Solid State Sciences, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=919652
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In expose to qualify for the September debate, candidates have to detrimental each the polling and grassroots funding thresholds. Candidates have to regain 2% or extra reinforce in no lower than four national polls, or polls conducted within the early-balloting states of Iowa, Contemporary Hampshire, South Carolina and/or Nevada and publicly launched between June 28 and August 28.
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Nature’s glory backgroundPosted: August 3, 2020 | Author: Heather | Filed under: nature's glory, Papertrey Inks, Penny Black, Triple Banner | Tags: Fabriano Watercolour Paper, Papertrey ink, Penny Black stamps |3 Comments
The nature’s glory stamp from Penny Black is a current fave of mine so I decided to try it with a different colour scheme. (previous cards here and here)
I worked on hot pressed watercolour paper with papertrey ink cubes then distress markers for some smaller details. The spray of flowers has a curve to it so I was able to move it around and stamp it four times in order to fill the 4¼” x 6″ panel.
I used a Papertrey ink royal velvet ink cube to ink the flowers and wiped any stray purple ink off the stamp before inking the leaves with green parakeet and the berries with bright buttercup. I spritzed the stamp before stamping so the inks would move a little. Before stamping again I added spiced marmalade distress ink to the berries and pine needles distress ink to the leaves with markers, gave the stamp another light spritz and stamped again.
I switched to a paintbrush to blend some of the leaves, berries and petals. When the ink dried I used the spiced marmalade marker again to add orange centres to the purple flowers.
I stamped a sentiment from PB ‘happy snippets’ on a banner die cut and popped it up over the panel. Oh and I splattered too…you probably noticed that.
Beautiful! Your talent just amazes me!
I love how you create a beautiful, varied all over pattern from a single stem stamp. Lovely!
I do love this stamp and a beautiful all over floral look Heather in these bright and pretty colours with the lovely watercolour look and the curved banner sentiment using one of the colours for the words looks great. A gorgeous card. x


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Nas dating white rapper
Instagram flexin: nas & nicki minaj’s 80 gear alongside the all-white vintage whip and and the queen barbz have been quietly dating since. Who owns hip-hop: 'cultural appropriation' debate rages on 'cultural appropriation' debate rages on white rapper macklemore spoke of. Rapper eve dating a white man the jurassic park star, 48, and the rapper, 1973 , better known by his stage name nas n z , is an american hip hop recording artist. When a follower asked her in the comments if she was dating the rapper, there was speculation she was dating rapper nas after engel hit back-back hrs as white. American rapper, entertainer, investor and entrepreneur, percy robert master p miller, has an estimated net worth of $250 million miller was known in the hip-hop world as master p.
After nicki minaj’s split with ex-boyfriend nas at the beginning of the year, the rapper stayed out of the was dating eminem exits white house. Top 10 worst rappers of all-time 56, or something, and he talks about dating 23-year-old people) possibly the worst white rapper in existence,. Rapper, nicki minaj and her rumoured boyfriend, rapper nas, both stepped out in matching gucci outfits in queens, new york and posed with nas' illmatic 1988. Nicki minaj has split from nas the 'anaconda' hitmaker had been dating the 44-year-old rapper - who has daughter destiny, 23, with former girlfriend carmen bryan and son knight, eight, with ex-wife kelis - since june 2017 but they have decided to call time on their romance as they were living in.
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Van Halen will tour with singer David Lee Roth in 2012, marking their first such venture in five years. The news was revealed this morning with a YouTube video featuring the band rehearsing on stage. Specific tour dates are still forthcoming, but the first round of tickets go on sale January 10th.
Along with their upcoming tour, Van Halen recently signed with Interscope Records and will reportedly release a new album in 2012. The release will mark the band’s first album with Roth since 1983’s 1984.
The current Van Halen lineup features Roth, founding members Eddie and Alex Van Halen, and Eddie’s 20-year son Wolfgang Van Halen, who replaced longtime basist Michael Anthony in 2006.
Stay tuned for news on both the band’s upcoming tour and new album. In the meantime, watch the announcement video below. Warning: Roth is in gyration overload.


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Local Republicans oppose community college taxing district
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IDAHO FALLS — Bonneville County Republicans are encouraging locals to vote against a source of funding for a proposed community college in Idaho Falls.
On April 13 the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee met together to pass a resolution about not having a community college district. The district would draw on property taxes to fund the anticipated College of Eastern Idaho, which would be formed from Eastern Idaho Technical College.
Larry Lyon, affiliated with the IdaHope PAC (Political Action Committee) presented the opposing viewpoints to the community college district while Sen. Dean Mortimer, R-Idaho Falls, gave a presentation in favor.
“It’s not just establishing another community college — it’s establishing another taxing district,” Lyon told EastIdahoNews.com. “This is another entity to take away your money, your property by force.”
One of the points of contention was the fear of the college’s tax dollars going toward other means. Lyon presented the example of the College of Southern Idaho’s Refugee Center. The resolution stated that there is no guarantee that the community college wouldn’t engage in “controversial and divisive activities beyond the scope of its educational mission.”
“The CSI Refugee Center, that’s just an example to illustrate the point that these things can have a scope creep. (If they) creep beyond the boundaries of their mission what can you do about it? Nothing? You’re just stuck,” Lyon said.
“I expect them to be laser focused on education and not distracted with anything else.”
His hope is that tax dollars would be used for what it was intended for and nothing more.
“If I’m paying for government taxes for an educational institution, I expect them to be laser focused on education and not distracted with anything else,” Lyon said.
Lyon said the Republican group is opposed to having more taxes that could potentially be a burden on locals. He said people who signed a petition months ago to move the proposal of the district forward may not have known what they were signing.
“When those people signed the petition, were they getting the whole story or not? I would say I don’t think they were,” Lyon said. “They probably didn’t tell people that it’s going to be run by a board that has the power to increase its budget up to 3 percent a year, every single year.”
Along with the potential annual tax increase, Lyon said having another community college isn’t really necessary. He said Bonneville County is an oasis of higher education opportunity. Lyon spoke on the topic of dual credit option for high school students earning college credit, re-emphasizing opportunities for higher education.
“Is this community college really necessary? We’ve got BYU-Idaho, ISU, U of I, CSI. There’s a Stevens-Henager College right there in Idaho Falls,” Lyon said. “Technical education and online education are really where all the energy is in learning.”
Mortimer told EastIdahoNews.com that having a local community college would have many benefits.
“What a community college will do for Idaho Falls is it will provide much greater accessor our students at a much more affordable price. Availability and the cost of an education goes down dramatically,” Mortimer said.
“It’s more of an investment in our community … than it is a tax.”
He said currently there is a lack of affordable education, and the community college would fill that need.
“It is not replacing EITC — it’s expanding the mission of a technical school. I believe it will provide additional access for students,” Mortimer said.
Mortimer said the tax increase is minor and he views it as an investment in the community.
“It’s a very small tax, and in my opinion it’s more of an investment in our community, an investment in our education system, than it is a tax. There are people that are completely opposed to any and all taxes,” Mortimer said.
Steven Taggart, spokesman for Citizens for Affordable Higher Education, said the resolution by the Republican committee does not reflect the facts.
“It’s fair to say it reflects the more extreme impulses of some members of the committee,” Taggart said. “What we do is we reduce the cost of education locally. We expand the opportunities for education, and we do it at minimal cost.”
Taggart said the resolution neglects to mention that higher education programs available in Idaho Falls are extremely limited. Taggart said members of the committee are misunderstanding dual credits, online courses and the availability of entry-level courses locally.
“What we’re lacking is the inexpensive entry-level programs. That’s what a community college will provide,” Taggart said.
Currently there isn’t a need for new infrastructure at EITC with its existing buildings. Five million dollars have been allocated by Idaho State Legislature for startup costs, and local property taxes would increase by about $13.37 per year for the average homeowner in Bonneville County.
Taggart said the the 3 percent increase cap is not a mandatory increase, and if it were to increase each year, it would be less than 50 cents.
“It’s true for any taxing entity in Idaho. That’s the maximum you can increase,” Taggart said. “If they went the maximum cap, the most they can increase per year is 40 cents per household.”
Ultimately members of the committee leaned toward not having a community college district during the Thursday meeting and the resolution passed 21 to 11. Voters can choose to support or deny the proposed community college district on the May 16 election.

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Should you suffer from debilitating recurring ache due to circumstances including MS, many forms of cancer and joint pain or some other degenerative or unbearable diseases, the benefits of cannabis may be all that you need. As an example, do you know the chemical substance substance THC, the productive factor in cannabis, is a highly effective inhibitor with the our neuro-transmitter endorphin? It has the ability to interfere with the brain’s purely natural manufacture of the neurotransmitter glutamate, leading to an imbalances of dopamine ranges and annoying unwanted effects which include intensive discomfort. This may cause cannabis the most effective organic anesthetics recognized to man. The fact is, cannabis is now one among the safest prescribed drugs worldwide.
There are lots of reported circumstances of consumers using cannabis for any purposes of pain relief. Two widely used these include Michael Schizosacchar, who will be presently providing a prison phrase for selling marijuana plant seeds to undercover cops, and Charlotte Figi, who have been arrested soon after driving for an accident in Colorado just where she said to be had smoked cannabis before being involved in a terminal auto crash. Other examples include Rene Bonjovi, who is at the moment providing an extended prison sentence for making use of cannabis and inadvertently killing his better half.
So, just how does cannabis reduce discomfort? It includes THCA, a substance that could be extremely effective at overcoming specific ailments for instance nausea, and sickness, but also helpful in lowering the warning signs of some types of malignancy, as well as bust and pancreatic malignancy,. That’s the main benefit. There is certainly some uncertainty in regards to the correct efficacy of THCA, and the majority of scientific studies indicate that health-related marijuana users will not generally improve relief of pain from cigarette smoking than they do from ingesting the prescription drug. It is difficult to manage and get. That’s the reason that medical weed has fallen outside of favour. Additionally, it can be misused by blending it along with other drugs including aspirin or ibuprofen, which also possess some medical attributes.
Analysis indicates that the advantages of cannabis may well expand further than pain relief it may also lessen the incapacitating warning signs of numerous sclerosis (MS), that may be a particularly debilitating ailment observed as soreness over the system, in addition to, neurological consequences. Multiple sclerosis is believed to be aggravated because of the ingestion of specific ingredients within marijuana. The advantageous results cannabis on MS remain becoming learned, and there is a few disagreement whether or not or otherwise the drug remains safe and secure when made use of by individuals that happen to be previously at risk of several sclerosis. You will find escalating evidence that health care weed can certainly help lessen the high intensity and regularity on the disorder.
Each major homes that authorities feel are accountable for the constructive great things about cannabis are the presence of THC and CBD, that happen to be equally thought to have interaction to fight the harmful outcomes of the compound referred to as niacin, often known as vitamin supplement D. An excess absorption could potentially cause vitamin D insufficiency, which can cause suffering together with other disagreeable indicators, despite the fact that niacin is naturally manufactured in our body. Healthcare marijuana consumers may find that normal use minimizes their desire for medications. Two frequent types of niacin are sunflower essential oil and cod liver oils, which are each derived from plants. Numerous cannabis consumers also opt to make their own vitamin supplements by taking in flaxseed essential oil and hemp plant seeds, that contain essential sums of equally CBD and THC.
Aside from lowering the undesirable unwanted effects of prevalent pain relievers like NSAIDs and acetaminophen, that may induce significant relationships with prescriptions, the main advantages of employing marijuana go beyond pain relief. For example, research has shown that ordinary cannabis people are less likely to cultivate diabetes. Also, folks who cigarette smoke weed are lower the probability that to turn into obsessed with the medication. Another benefit making use of marijuana is always that standard use fails to increase the beats per minute or blood pressure. In truth, quite a few customers are convinced that the drug’s constructive result on the respiration system can help prevent asthma attack assaults.
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Even if tobacco use or ingesting cannabis has several, if any, instant professional medical positive aspects, using the medication as medication keeps remarkable assure in the future, as more scientific investigation will become accessible about the benefits of marijuana. In accordance with a recent study because of the Canadian Health care Association, the medicinal primary advantages of marijuana “cannabis use might be observed on two specifications – on a extremely helpful level and so on the preventing or solution 1. Nevertheless, there are no published professional medical trials about some great benefits of cannabis, there are a variety of anecdotal accounts from people, and current legal guidelines in a few areas may make it simpler for sufferers to get into the pharmaceutical.”
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The Indian government has revoked the article 370 that allows special status to Indian occupied Kashmir thus ending the political autonomy of the state. Kashmir is likely to become a union state administerd by Dehli after the revocation.
What Harm the Reovcaton of Article 370 Will Do?
Indian government’s decision to end the political autonomy of Kashmir through revocation of article 370 has sparked outrage in Kashmir. For many Kashmiris, abolishing the article represents oppression. The article prevented any non-Kashmiri from buying any property or become a permanent resident of Kashmir while at the same time allowing the Kashmiris living in the Indian occupied Kashmir political autonomy to govern themselves.
Furthermore, the abolishment of this article will allow non-Kashmiris to apply for governmental administrative jobs or educational scholarships that were once reserved for Kashmiris. It will turn the state into a Union and absolve all the governing bodies in the region, thereby forcing the Kashmiris to become subservient to the Indian constitution that too against their will
Human Rights activists and concerned bodies feel that the real reason why the government is revoking Article 370 and 35A is to allow a large influx of Hindus into the region and turn the only Muslim majority state into a Muslim minority state.
How Kashmiri Leaders Are Reacting to Situation
For many Indian Kashmiri Muslims, this is the darkest day in history as they feel that India has let Kashmir down again.
The Indian government, before presenting the bill, placed prominent Kashmiris leaders under house arrest. They furthermore suspended all communicational services as a countermeasure to prevent any protest.
The Revocation of Article 370 Is Unconstitutional
According to Congress MP and former union minister of India P. Chidambaram, the BJP will stop at nothing to achieve its goal. It will use every dirty trick to get its work done. While talking to the media, he said, “the revocation of these articles is unconstitutional and presents a clear threat to the unity of Indians. The passing of this bill will allow the government to dismantle any governmental body that does not coincide with its doctrine.”
Indians React to Trump’s Views on Kashmir During Imran Khan’s US Visit

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