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We did it.
We graduated college. We got jobs. We moved out into the great, wide world and at last – at long last – we’re finally free to be ourselves.
That’s what we might have thought, at least.
Between the stress of adulthood, the challenge of our careers, and all the trials and tribulations that existence throws at us, it can be difficult to forge our own way. Instead of charging into the rough waves we might start taking the path of least resistance, one that inevitably leads us further and further from the direction we’re supposed to be heading. It can be tough to stay on track.
Tough, but not impossible.
When we’re feeling lost in life, these are the five critical commitments that can help us reorient on things that truly matter and the people we want to become.
Promise To Set Time Aside For Reflection
A lot of time.
We’re gonna need it.
As much as we might like to think of ourselves as a simple people, the truth of the matter is that every last one of us is a tangled mess of experiences, instincts, hopes, fears, and passions. At any given second there are a thousand competing thoughts and feelings flashing through our minds, shaping and directing our every waking moment. In spite of that (hell, because of that) most of us simply stumble through life without ever knowing why we feel what we feel or do what we do. Sure, we’ll dig through the trash to double-check the baking instructions on a box of chicken strips, but when it comes to figuring out this funny thing called “existence” we simply shrug our shoulders and hope for the best.
It never works.
Make no mistake – one of the single best promises we’ll ever commit to is routinely setting aside for reflection on who we are and what we’re all about. This might come in the form of morning meditation or it might mean that we journal on a daily basis, or dedicate a few days out of the year to contemplation. The “how” isn’t important – what’s critical is that we try.
Deliberately setting aside time for unpacking our thoughts and feelings gives us the all-important opportunity to truly understand ourselves – both the things that propel us forward and the things that hold us back. When we’re able to objectively dissect our worries and fears, we’ll find just where they’re coming from and how we can start to overcome them. Even just having a more complete picture can help us pitch to a job or more effectively build and maintain relationships. It gives us a stronger sense of what our weaknesses are, and how we can keep from sabotaging ourselves.
We can’t progress towards our best self until we know who that is. It’s as simple as that.
Promise To Be Prepared For Opportunity Before It Comes
Life doesn’t always go the way we’d like. It’s not a steady ascent, it’s not a rollercoaster of highs and lows. While those will all hopefully be included, more often than not, we’ll find ourselves simply coasting. It won’t be a crisis, but our situations certainly will be less than everything we’d hope. We might be working jobs that pay the bills while we wait for the dream position to open. We might be swiping our way through a host of dating apps, waiting for the right person to like us back. We might wander through our days, hoping for the chance to chase down some purse-snatcher or rescue a kitten from a burning building or single-handedly defeat a rival dojo (OK – maybe not so much that last one.)
It’s easy to daydream about these things, but what if the perfect opportunity were to actually happen? Would we be ready?
If our ideal job were to open up right now, would we be qualified for it? If the perfect person were to cross paths with us, would we be seen at our most charming and handsome? If that building down the street were to explode into flames, would we be fit enough and fast enough to react?
The reality is that when we’re spinning our wheels, it’s easy to take our eyes off the prize. Sure, we might spend our hours fantasizing about how awesome it would be to be living the dream, but in doing so, we might trick ourselves into think that’s all it is – a dream. If those perfect opportunities do arise, we’re too rusty from inaction to capitalize on them, and we might even try telling ourselves that <insert lifelong passion here> isn’t something we ever wanted to begin with.
That’s not just a defeat – that’s a betrayal.
We can’t always get what we want, but dammit, we have to promise ourselves that we’ll try. Lost in the doldrums, we have to commit to preparing ourselves in whatever way will make us most ready – whether that means training our bodies, sharpening our minds, building up funds, or prepping ourselves to take charge during a crisis. Remember: there is nothing – nothing – in this world quite so agonizing as the four little words “it could have been.”
Promise To Challenge Your Concept Of Masculinity
If we were to picture the manliest of men, what image might pop into our heads?
Perhaps some calloused, grizzled lumberjack-type. Perhaps a towering, muscle-bound figure with a piercing stare and a voice that’d make James Earl Jones sound like a soprano. Maybe he’s killed more men than Rambo. Maybe he’s seduced more women than James Bond. Maybe he’s a detached, emotionless machine who takes what he wants when he wants and never bothers with “sorry” or “please.” Maybe he’s brash and loud. Or maybe he never says anything at all.
If that image, or something like it, is what we imagine when we think of masculinity, then that’s the image we need to promise ourselves we’ll reconsider. So long as we measure ourselves against it, we’ll never be free to become our best and most-authentic self. Which is the absolute manliest thing you can do, regardless of what that looks like.
In spite of our steps away from the cold-blooded action heroes of the 80s, almost all of us have some downright poisonous ideas of what men should be. That’s not to say that the average Primer reader or even the average guy is a raging “alpha-male” dick, only that even the best of us is susceptible. Without ever meaning to, many of us may be pressured to conform to some depressingly limited model for what a man can be.
How do we escape that? Just as with self-reflection, we’re going to need to promise ourselves that we’ll regularly review and challenge our concept of what actually makes the man. We’ll need to expose ourselves to skills, abilities, and viewpoints that might not have even been on our radar. While Primer’s own Justin Brown has a fantastic article on where to start, know that this doesn’t apply to practical skills – this is about challenging the very way we perceive and handle emotions.
Or the way we don’t handle emotions.
Truth is, somewhere along the line people started mistaking being stoic for being borderline sociopathic. Emotions – the critical component that makes humans so effective and dynamic – have managed to get cast as the enemy of logic and reason, instead of as a complementary tool. The response many guys have is to attempt to suppress emotions entirely. Of course, we can hide our feelings, but we can’t help but feel them, and rather than grant us any sense of self-mastery, we wind up becoming the guy shrieking in the middle of a little league game or having a stroke in an Arby’s drive-through.
Repressing emotions doesn’t give us control, it gives you the illusion of control. It’s a kind of self-inflicted illiteracy – a pointless handicap we give ourselves that keeps us from being healthy and self-actualized. In the words of master carpenter, writer, actor, and actual badass Nick Offerman (who became a household name for his masterful satire of underdeveloped masculinity):
“Crying at something that moves you to joy or sadness is just as manly as chopping down a tree or punching out a bad guy… If you live your life openly with your emotions, that’s a more manly stance than burying them.”
Promise To Walk Away When It’s Time
This, perhaps more than any of the other recommendation here, is going to be tough to follow through on. As counterintuitive as it might at first sound, giving up can be one of the most difficult things.
It’s easy – far too easy – to get so caught up in the struggles of everyday life that we lose track of what we were fighting for to being with. Maybe we put up with a miserable job by telling ourselves that it’s to fund our long-term goals. The boss is a sadist and the clients are abusive, but we’re doing it to support us and the people and things we care about. That’s fine if it works, but more likely than not, we’ll find ourselves coming home so utterly burned out that we barely have energy to meet our basic needs, let alone pursue our actual interests .
Or maybe we’re in a relationship which even at its best didn’t thrill us, or one that’s run its natural course. Or perhaps one that used to be good, but has lost its healthiness, helpfulness, and fulfillment as life changes (be it us, them, or our needs and values).
The hard part about walking away from relationships is two-fold. First, it can feel like an upending experience. Sure, the relationship isn’t great but the fear of change may seem worse than just trying to ignore the things that make it a bad relationship. But that’s a pretty sad and terrible reason to stay in a relationship, and one that is definitely unsustainable over time.
Second, in our culture we’re told a lot of stories of struggling marriages that are on the brink of divorce, but get salvaged at the last possible second through hard work. And that does happens, and there are people who should do that with life-changing results. But there are also times when ending a relationship is the right thing – and that’s just as life-changing. The hard part is knowing which situation you’re in. But try to trust yourself. Do the work.
There’s nothing wrong with sweating and struggling for the things we’re passionate about. Suffering just for the sake of suffering? Or worse, suffering because it feels easier than trying to change? That’s another matter altogether. For the sake of our own sanity, we need to promise ourselves that we won’t be too proud to quit something that’s lost all meaning. And not just for ourselves, but for others as well. Don’t waste someone’s time in a relationship because you don’t have the nerve to break it off. Don’t squat in a position that you despise but someone else might thrive in. There’s no defeat in walking away from something unwinnable to you.
Promise To Try Again When You Screw Up
More than anything else, our success with these resolutions is going to hinge on mastery of this final promise: to get over ourselves when we fail.
And we will fail.
Of the millions of resolutions started every New Year’s, a staggering 80% are broken by February. A mere 8% of people manage to actually keep their commitments, and many of those resolutions boil down to simple diet and exercise plans. Promising to cut down carbs is one thing – how much tougher is it going to be to stick with character-defining ideals for the rest of our lives?
For all our best efforts and noble intentions, we will eventually fall short of the standards we set for ourselves. And you know what? That’s ok. Failure is a fact of life – our job is to make sure that it doesn’t destroy our ability to try again.
That might sound melodramatic, but the simple truth is that many people see the world in all-or-nothing terms. Someone might resolve to jog every day, but when they do eventually skip, they’ll figure “So much for that perfect streak – better luck next year.” But what’s keeping that person from running tomorrow, Or the next day, Or the day after that?
The problem here is with that single, insidious word: “perfect.” Vain creatures that we are, we care more about being flawless than about making real strides towards our goals. The end result is that we don’t push ourselves beyond the bounds of our comfort zones for fear of confirming what we always suspected – that we’re only human. Even in the rare instances where we do, we give up when we’re not immediate experts. We try comforting ourselves by saying “Well I’m just not athletic/artistic/ /charismatic/business-minded, etc.” or some other lie that we imagine will free us from responsibility. We’d rather wall ourselves off from an entire aspect of existence than dare admit that we’ve got room to improve.
Much like the problem of not walking away, this issue has its roots in a warped sense of pride – one that bases self-esteem not in the presence of accomplishment but in the absence of failure.
Of course, all this offers is a false sense of security. The world’s a tough place. Whether we like it or not we’re eventually going to encounter embarrassment or failure – it might as well be in the service of something that actually helps us grow.
Let’s get over ourselves. Let’s commit to treating our failures as missteps rather than setbacks on the great walk of life. The only real failure in falling is not getting back up.
Even a stumble counts as progress if it’s towards the right direction.

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While you're at it, why not excommunicate all the "catholic politicans" who support abortion too?
Take care of one problem and everything else will fall into place.
Pedophile priests "repent" only when they are caught. Forgiveness is fine but consequence deters repeat offenders (and defenders).
These seductions were gravely sinful and seriously wrong, but the campaign against a small number of priests, blown up with emotional issues that never properly belonged to the scandal, are an attempt to destroy the moral authority of the largest Christian church in the world. With that authority falsely questioned, the homosexual agenda to obtain the agenda's greatest prize - homosexual marriage - is almost in hand.
If you want to aid the enemy, support the campaign and buzzwords wrongfully applied to the campaign to destroy the Chuch. The campaign will not succeed (the gates of hell cannot prevail against it), but what most people do not want - the moral normalization homosexual relationships and marriage - may avalanche into unwanted reality. The spiritual harm that will follow that is unimaginable.
Are you one of those bigoted ignorami who believes that the pope and Catholics are not Christians?


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By Kellen Olshefski
Elkhorn Area School District is welcoming and aiming to clarify any questions regarding the district’s two-part referendum on the April 7 ballot prior to the election.
The two-part referendum calls for two sums of money: the first being a total of $20.42 million to address safety and maintenance concerns, a large part of which are at the district’s elementary schools, the second being $4.73 million for a new multi-use space and athletic training facility/fitness center at the high school.
The advisory committee was formed Sept. 8 to research, evaluate and support the development of a community-wide survey and make facilities recommendations to the board. The committee is comprised of Elkhorn residents – both parents and non-parents – local educators, local businessmen and women and elected officials from the City. The committee provided its recommendation at the school board’s last meeting in December.
Overall, the referendum is expected to impact district taxes by about $35 annually on a $100,000 home, according to District Business Manager Bill Trewyn.
As for Question 1 of the referendum, Elkhorn Area Schools District Administrator Jason Tadlock said Monday the first question addresses school building and improvement.
One part of the referendum includes the addition of gyms to West Side and Tibbets Elementary schools, which currently share gym space with the cafeteria.
Tadlock said this type of setup currently limits the type of programming the district can do and how often the schools can hold gym classes.
“So our kids have limited access to those classes and that physical activity,” he said.
Additionally, Tadlock said core teachers’ instructional preparatory time is affected by when students are in gym classes.
Unfortunately, Tadlock said this setup also prohibits the district from providing options for physical activities on days when outside recess is not an option, such as the many below zero days the past two winters.
“So, they have no space to come in and be physically active when they’re stuck inside for recess,” he said. “This year, we’ve had probably two-week spans where the kids couldn’t get outside to be physically active and we didn’t have the space indoors for them because the cafeteria is the same space.”
Additionally, he said this makes extra-curricular activities difficult as community organizations such as the PTA often use the gym space for their meetings, using his daughter’s fourth grade basketball team as an example, who is prepping for a state tournament.
“They can only get in two nights a week anyway, if there’s a PTA meeting held in the cafeteria at West Side, there’s literally no other space in the district for them to go and hold their practice, because literally, there’s just no other space available,” he said.
Question 1 also addresses the expansion of technology and vocational education spaces such as woodworking and metals, CNC machining and 3-D printing.
Tadlock noted the expansion to the culinary arts classrooms, which he said currently look like what might be referred to as home education rooms of the 80s.
The goal is now to prepare students for culinary arts and working within the food and service industry.
As a part of the expansion, Tadlock said the area would be done with professional grade ovens, cook services, stainless steel tables and counter tops, putting students in a true professional setting.
Additionally, renovations will give students access to provide catering to both the cafeteria and library areas.
Other improvements include safety and security upgrades, such as cameras, lighting upgrades for low-lighting areas and perimeter and doors security upgrades.
In regards to the addition of an athletic and multi-use space at the high school, the second question of the referendum, Tadlock said the largest portion of the $4.73 million for the project is two auxiliary gyms, the equivalent of about two full-court gyms, something desperately needed by the district.
Throughout the year, Tadlock said the new gyms could house gymnastics and wrestling in the winter, but also other sports during the other seasons, freeing up the Suchy Gym for use by basketball and other events in the winter.
“Right now as a district, we’re really crunched on the gym space,” he said, noting a gym hasn’t been added since the 1990 renovation of the high school.
Tadlock said currently the Suchy Gym isn’t large enough to hold gymnastics, wrestling and cheerleading, noting cheerleaders are already practicing late at night, because it’s the only time available, and the wrestling team, which had about 60 participants this year, was working in the gym that can only host two mats.
“If you can imagine 60 high school kids working in a space large enough for two mats, that’s just inadequate,” he said.
With an additional 1,000 plus students compared to 1990, not to mention community clubs and organizations that utilize these types of spaces, Tadlock said the lack of space is taking its toll on the district.
“We have middle school kids that practice from 7:30-9 p.m. at night, two nights a week, not in school sponsored events, but in community clubs and organizations because that’s the only time they can get in,” he said. “As a community aspect, it’s really critical to have that extra space.”
With more students needing the lifetime fitness, Tadlock said trying to rotate 800 students through a space that can only fit 20 students at a time is difficult and inadequate.
Tadlock said when the district began looking at what could be done, they looked at what the average was around the area for the size of fitness centers. He said while some schools, such as Lake Geneva and Mukwonago, have athletic centers as large as 6,000 square feet, the average was around 4,500 square feet, enough to relieve Elkhorn’s current concerns.
“So, it’s not a Taj Mahal of fitness centers like some of our neighbors have, but it will be really adequate for our needs here,” he said.
“I think it will be really nice, but it’s not going to be exorbitant by any means.”
Tadlock said the additional multi-use space can make more community events plausible and the big component is that it will enable the district to host tournaments and sporting events of significance – such as volleyball, basketball and wrestling – which will not only benefit the school district and the organization hosting those events, but the community as well.
“When you’re hosting a basketball tournament, you’re bringing in hundreds of people, if not getting into the thousands,” he said. “Events like that, we’ll have more than adequate space which will be really attractive for people to come and utilize our facilities.”
Tadlock said the space is much more than a training center, providing much needed, much larger multi-use space.
“I can’t stress enough that we have 1,000 more students than we did in the 90s and we haven’t added any space of that nature,” he said. “It’s past time for us to add adequate space in that area.”
Additionally, Tadlock said the problem isn’t going to go away and with construction costs and bond rates lower right now, putting these projects off will only result in the possible loss of students and potential higher costs when the community does decide to address it.
“I agree with the facility advisory committee that now is the best time to address it,” he said.
Tadlock said for those with questions regarding the referendum, the district wants to be as transparent as possible and has included a lot of community information on the district website at elkhorn.k12.wi.us.
“We have pretty much an open-door policy if you have questions,” he said. “We want to be as transparent as possible and get all the information to people without all overwhelming them.”
The district’s website offers proposed floor plans for the additions, a frequently asked questions section, the estimated effect on the taxpayer – including a tax calculator – and a contact form to submit any questions one might have.

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Speaker(s): Will Hutton | Will Hutton discusses the issues raised in his new book 'Them and Us: politics, greed and inequality' – why we need a fair society. Will Hutton is the executive vice-chair of The Work Foundation and senior visiting fellow at LSE Global Governance.
Fred Halliday - an intellectual appreciation [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Michael Cox, Howard Davies, Professor Fawaz Gerges, Professor Christopher Hill, Professor Margot Light, Dr Justin Rosenberg | This public event is an intellectual appreciation of Professor Fred Halliday who worked at the London School of Economics and Political Science for more than 20 years and who sadly passed away in April 2010. Michael Cox is professor of international relations at LSE. Howard Davies is director of LSE. Fawaz Gerges is professor of middle eastern politi
Freedom and Agency [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Patrick Haggard, Dr Amber Jacobs, Professor Thomas Pink | Is freedom part of human nature? And how can freedom be both a human power and a human right? Patrick Haggard is a professor at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and in the Department of Psychology, UCL. Amber Jacobs is a lecturer in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Thomas Pink is a professor of philosophy at King's College London.
Talking to the Enemy: Violent Extremism, Sacred Values, and What it Means to Be Human [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Scott Atran | Editor's note: Unfortunately the first few minutes of the introduction are missing from the podcast. In this lecture Scott Atran will talk about his new book Talking to the Enemy |which is a courageous exploration of one of the most contentious issues of modern times. Scott Atran asks a question that he is uniquely qualified to answer: Why would someone take their own life through suicide bombing?
Hegemony and International Society [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Ian Clark | International relations theory is weak on how international order is managed under a preponderance of power. This lecture explores the notion of hegemony as a theoretical solution, and develops the thought of Martin Wight in this respect. Ian Clark is E H Carr Professor of International Politics at the University of Aberystwyth and a fellow of the British Academy.
Dignified Foreign Policy [Audio]
Speaker(s): Alexander Stubb | Alexander Stubb, Finland's Foreign Minister is a graduate of the LSE. He became Minister for Foreign Affairs in April 2008. Before that he served for four years as a member of the European Parliament.
Galileo and the Infinite Universe: science, heresy, and the Inquisition [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor David Wootton | Galileo was convicted in 1633 of defending Copernicanism, but he was also seeking to undermine Christianity. Professor Wootton will show that Galileo was no Christian, and that he welcomed the idea of an infinite universe with other inhabited worlds because he wanted to show that the universe was not made for man. David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York, author of Bad Medicine: doctors doing harm since Hippocrates and most
A Lecture by Álvaro García Linera, Vice President of Bolivia [Audio]
Speaker(s): Álvaro García Linera | The LSE IDEAS Latin America International Affairs Programme is pleased to announce a lecture by Bolivia's vice president Álvaro García Linera as part of its 2010-11 International Peace and Security in Latin America events series.
Restoring Growth [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor John Van Reenen | The financial crisis and the great recession dealt the global economy a massive shock. How can growth be put back on a sustainable path? What policy lessons have we learned? And how should Britain respond? John Van Reenen is professor of economics at LSE and the director of the Centre for Economic Performance.
Zero-Sum World: power and prosperity in the age of anxiety [Audio]
Speaker(s): Gideon Rachman | In this lecture to mark the publication of his new book Zero-Sum World: Power and Prosperity in the Age of Anxiety, Gideon Rachman argues that the global economic crisis has changed the logic of international relations and ushered in a new and more dangerous era. This will be characterised by rising tensions between America and China and a failure to deal effectively with global problems such as climate change and nuclear proliferation. Gideon Rachman is the chief fo
Balkans 2020: The Ministerial Debate [Audio]
Speaker(s): Vuk Jeremić, Nickolay Mladenov | 'Balkans 2020: The Ministerial Debate' marks the launch of the Balkan International Affairs Programme at LSE IDEAS. The foreign ministers of Bulgaria and Serbia will identify the issues the region faces today and offer their vision of the Balkans in 2020. Can present challenges endanger the region's fragile stability or, will the Balkans forever shed the infamous attribute of being the "powder keg of Europe"? Vuk Jeremić was sworn in as minister of
Revisiting the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain: the Parekh Report 10 years on [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh | A decade after the groundbreaking Runnymede Trust 'Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain' report, its chair, Lord Parekh, revisits the issues of race equality and multiculturalism in Britain. Bhikhu Parekh is emeritus fellow of political theory at the University of Hull and a fellow of the British Academy.
Believing Cassandra: how to be an optimist in a pessimist's world [Audio]
Speaker(s): Alan AtKisson | Coinciding with the reprint of Alan’s classic book, this event will look at how to build a bridge over the sea of despair, and show how to catch the wave to an enticing, sustainable future. Alan will discuss the pioneers who created the ideas, techniques and practices of sustainable living - the people who prove Cassandra's warnings wrong, by believing in them, and taking strategic action. Alan AtKisson is president and CEO of The AtKisson Group, an international su
Africa and the World: the view from Washington [Audio]
Speaker(s): Howard Wolpe | Ambassador Wolpe will comment on the Obama Administration's Africa policy and its perceptions of the continent's place in the international community today. Howard Wolpe is former special envoy to the Great Lakes Region for President Barack Obama. Dr Chris Alden is Co-Head of the Africa International Affairs Programme at LSE IDEAS. Michael Cox is Professor of International Relations at the Department of International Relations at LSE.
The Israeli-Palestinian peace process: prospects for 2011 and beyond [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Yezid Sayigh | Professor Sayigh will examine Palestinian political dynamics, as a critical element in what will happen in the wider context of relations with Israel and of what outside powers can or should do. Yezid Sayigh is professor of Middle East Studies, King's College London. In 1990-1994 he was an advisor and negotiator in the Palestinian delegation to the peace talks with Israel, and has been a consultant on the permanent status negotiations and on Palestinian refor


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Dull countenance or depression is a mood disorder that is associated with the feeling of sadness, emptiness, low self-worth, guilt, loss of interest in routines and lack of energy to be enthusiastic about life.
According to world health organization (WHO), depression is a common illness world-wide with an estimated 3.8% of the population affected, including 5.0% among adults and 5.7% among adults older than 60years. It is a common disorder, and a leading cause of disabilities as a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease.
Research from the Sure Hope Counseling Clinic shows that among the leading under-line factors causing depression is negative self-perception as victims of negative self-perception are prone to vices such as unhealthy competition or rivalry, envy or jealousy, crime, scandal and so on, which may further make them to indulge in self-injurious behavior that is capable of infringing negative feeling such as guilt, shame, worthlessness, hatred, ingratitude and so on all of which are the breeding ground for depression.
Are you depressed? Identify the causes and seek help as required, promptly.

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We are trying to migrate a console program (C#) from Moss 2007 to SP 2010.
One of the functions in the program has to loop thru several web apps/site colls/sites/lists to trim permissions and uses this sentence
to get a reference to the web app:
- SPWebApplication webApplication = SPWebApplication.Lookup(serverUri);
In MOSS 2007 it works but in SP 2010 we see this error message:
"This operation can be performed only on a computer that is joined to a server farm by users who have permissions in SQL Server to read
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Role of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid in the Management of Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Role of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid in the Management of Major Depressive Disorder
Background: Patients with major depressive disorder have prominently been reported to be
related with subnormal polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids levels, importantly low
docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid in plasma and dietary intake. However, more
randomized controlled trials are needed to support its importance in management of
Objective: To explore polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acid role in major depressive disorder management.
Materials & Methods: Seventy patients 20 to 40 yeas, who were already diagnosed with depression and taking antidepressant treatment, were selected at department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences Kind Edward Medical University Lahore, and assigned into 2 groups, i.e. Intervention and control, by simple random lottery method. For twelve weeks, intervention group advised to take one omega-3 (300mg EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid and 200mg DHA docosahexaenoic acid), or placebo (500 mg corn oil) capsules once daily with meal. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scale was used to assess the depression. Demographic information was collected by using a structured questionnaire.
12 week Randomized, single blind, placebo-Controlled Trial (RCT) was conducted at King Edward medical university, psychiatry & behavioral sciences department Lahore. From 19 May 2017 to 16 August 2017 one capsule of omega-3 (EPA 300mg, and 200mg DHA) were given (38, 39), or placebo (500 mg corn oil) (40).
Data Collection and Evaluation:
Subjects were assessed at the first visit according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Information about demographics, dietary habits and risk factors such as age, gender, height, weight and family history of depression, dietary habits, education levels, marital status, cigarette smoking, supplementation and sleeping hours were obtained by using a structured questionnaire in face to face interview in local and easy to understand language. BMI was calculated by using the equation BMI=kg/m2.
Written approval (Reg.No.Psy/561/17) was taken from the head of psychiatry & behavioral sciences department, King Edward medical university Lahore. Informed consent had been taken from all study participants in written form after explaining the procedure of the study. Guidelines laid out in the Declaration of Helsinki were followed to conduct this study.
Data was analyzed through SPSS 20.0 with 95% confidence interval. Frequency distribution and of demographic variables were checked. Chi square test was used to check the relationship between depression and risk factors. Paired T test was used to analyze the before and after intervention mean difference. Results were presented in tabular and graphical form. ;
|Source||Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad|
|Start date||April 27, 2017|
|Completion date||November 10, 2017|


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Ayóbàmi Adébáyò’s novel Stay With Me, shortlisted for the 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, is not just an account of 1980s Nigeria’s political and social situation; it is also a celebration of female strength and weakness.
Yejide, the protagonist, is married to Akin; it all began as a wonderful love story, the kind of love story you wish on everyone you hold dear, the kind of love that should yield happy years until the day that death comes to one (or both) of them. But not for Yejide and Akin. Their love is overshadowed by barrenness, or, more accurately, impotence. Throughout the first three quarters of the book, we are led to believe that Yejide is the one who has trouble bearing children. Medicine men, pastors, and doctors are called, pleaded with, paid, and prayed to, all in the name of conception. The pressures on the young couple, and especially on Yejide are so high that she ends up suffering from pseudocyesis (false / imaginary pregnancy).
The account of Yejide’s life is fraught with heartbreak, pain, sympathy, and some instances of piercing irony. Akin’s inability to get his wife pregnant results in him secretly marrying a second wife, putting even more strain on Yejide’s and Akin’s relationship. And when even the marriage between Akin and his second wife, Funmi, yields not fruit, Akin comes up with another idea, with catastrophic consequences.
While Nigeria’s political situation unravels, armed robbers terrorise families, Yejide suffers losses, enjoys small moments of victory, and seems to build an incredible amount of strength throughout.
In Ayóbàmi’s work, the men are onlookers, they ruin things, while women are strong, resourceful and resilient. Even though the society they live in is thoroughly patriarchal, and the men often contemptible bystanders, Ayóbàmi’s work still gives them a voice, we see their point of view, and we are allowed to sympathise with them, showing us that everybody is human (even when they’re extremely unlikable).
Stay With Me is an important work that mercilessly shows the challenges and hardships infertility and societal pressure can put on women and couples. Yejide and Akin could have been happy, were it not for societal expectations. The life of Yejide in the 1980s Nigerian society will wreck your soul – not just because it is fraught with extreme pain and disappointment, but because anyone of us could be Yejide, or Akin – and many of us indeed are. Yejide and Akin’s journey will become yours while reading this book, their story will squeeze your heart so hard, you’ll want to cry and never stop, while the tender moments in Yejide’s life will patch your heart back together and fill it with so much joy, you’ll think it will explode.
Stay With Me is a monumental work that sheds light on a problem many have and only few talk about. It is a novel that celebrates female strength that persists in the face of unimaginable obstacles. Ayóbàmi’s work has earned its place among the other masterpieces on my bookshelf, and Yejide has forever left her mark on my heart.
A translation of this review is now available in German – thanks to our friends and collaborators at Akono Verlag. The German edition may be found here.

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One dead in Mastung remote-controlled blast
MASTUNG (92 News) – One person was killed while another was injured in a remote-controlled blast in Mastung on Monday morning. According to the district administration, the unidentified persons installed a remote control bomb near aside the road in Kandao area of Mastung. This bomb was blasted with loud noise. One person was killed and another injured during the blast and the injured was shifted to the Shaheed Nawab Ghuas Bakhsh Memorial Hospital Mastung. The deceased was identified as teacher Abdul Rauf, while his son was wounded in the explosion. The security officials immediately reached on spot and cordoned off the area.


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JACKSONVILLE – A 12-person jury and four alternates have been chosen to hear the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of shooting a 17-year-old boy during an argument over loud music at a Jacksonville gas station.
The panel seated today is made up of six white females, three black females, four white males, one Hispanic male, and two women who appeared to be of Asian descent. Jurors will not be told who the alternates are until just before they begin deliberations at the end of the trial.
Authorities say 47-year-old Michael Dunn fatally shot Jordan Davis of Marietta, Ga., outside a convenience store in Jacksonville in November 2012. Dunn has claimed he felt threatened and thought Davis had a gun.
Opening statements are scheduled for noon Thursday.


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MPS concerned about impact of "prior authorisation" under the European Cross Border Healthcare Directive
19 Jun 2012
MPS is concerned about the possible impact that the process of prior authorisation could have on doctors.
We firmly believe that GPs should not be required to act as 'gatekeepers' to patients wishing to access treatment outside of their home country
Under proposals set out in the European Cross Border Healthcare Directive, a patient is able to apply for authorisation to receive treatment in another country within the European Union, subject to meeting certain criteria.
Dr Stephanie Bown, MPS Director of Policy and Communications, says: “We understand that it was the intention of the European Commission that the responsibility for granting prior authorisation would fall to the insurance fund, which in England would be the NHS Commissioning Board. MPS is concerned about the potential for this task ultimately being delegated to busy frontline GPs.
"We firmly believe that GPs should not be required to act as 'gatekeepers' to patients wishing to access treatment outside of their home country, nor should they be responsible for providing the information necessary for patients to decide if they should have treatment elsewhere in the EU.
"Decisions on granting prior authorisation should be the responsibility of the NHS Commissioning Board, delegated to the Clinical Commissioning Groups. We suggest that information about treatments available in other EU member states should be held centrally to ensure consistent content, accuracy, and accessibility.
"MPS look forward to seeing the Department of Health’s proposals on how they intend to implement the European Cross Border Healthcare Directive. It is important that the decision making process in regard to prior authorisation is very clearly articulated.”
MPS will continue to monitor developments to ensure that proposals do not impose an unintended burden on doctors.
For more information, see the links on the right or contact Shelley McNicol, MPS Head of Communications or another member of our policy team.


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People often wonder what the phrase “reasonable expectation of privacy” means in terms of the law. In general, this term is used to describe how much privacy an individual can expect in a certain situation. For example, if you are at home and someone steps onto your property without your permission, you would likely expect them to leave once they realize they are not welcome. On the other hand, if you are out in public and someone takes a picture of you without your permission, you may not have as strong of a expectation of privacy. Same is true with surveillance cameras and Ring Doorbell cameras capturing your movements.
Understanding what qualifies as a “reasonable expectation of privacy” is important for both individuals and businesses alike. If you know your rights when it comes to privacy, you can protect yourself from intrusion into your personal life or confidential information. On the other hand, if you are aware of when an individual or company can legally collect or share data about you, it can help inform your decisions about whether or not to trust them with your information.
Whether you are looking to learn more about your own rights or hoping to better understand why a certain decision was made, this article will provide definitions and examples of privacy expectations in order to help make sense of it all.
In Canada, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects us with the right to a “reasonable expectation of privacy.” But just how far does protection extend in an era that is increasingly less private? Where personal information is required to gain access to services on the internet and that information is shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
Our bill of rights guarantees that “everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.” This right constitutes our expectation of privacy. Yet in the digital era, the lines are blurred between what is and what is not private.
Police wiretaps and searching cell phones without warrants bring into question what really is protected. We explore privacy in the digital age, and what we Canadians can reasonably expect from their rights and freedoms.
HOW A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IS ALTERED BY TECHNOLOGY
Personal Messaging – Person’s Reasonable Expectation
A smartphone is an extremely personal device. It can contain anything from highly sensitive personal information to intimate communications. Despite this, one cannot expect much privacy from personal messaging on any of our devices.
Personal messaging is not protected. Whether it’s an email, text, or DM, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not protect these personal communications.
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that once a text has been sent and received, it is no longer private. In this specific instance, the judge excluded some of the other evidence gathered from the cell phone search. This was due, however, to the search violating the rights against unreasonable search and seizure. Yet, the text messages were not excluded. Based on their original statement, these texts were not considered to be private.
Surveillance – Subjective Expectation of Privacy
Today, civilian surveillance equipment is abundant. Even doorbell cameras can record evidence. Despite how intrusive this incessant surveillance may feel, it does not qualify as violating a reasonable expectation of privacy.
If a recording device is clearly identifiable—and does not require trespassing or illegal activity to set up, record, or collect—you may not have a strong expectation of privacy.
Expectation of Privacy In a Public Place – Privacy Rights
In a public space, we have a much more limited expectation of privacy. You should not be specifically targeted without reason to have your privacy intruded upon, but you cannot expect complete privacy.
As an example, if you are in a park where a local news crew is doing a piece, they can broadcast a scene with you in it. However, they would be crossing a line in purposefully recording a private conversation you are having. This is because your conversation falls outside of their legitimate interests.
REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN THE HOME
With phones and surveillance removing any notion of privacy in public, the home remains the one place we can feel safe, secure, and private. Fortunately, the one place where strong expectations of privacy are still upheld is inside the home. This is true for homeowners, tenants, and renters alike.
To search and seize evidence in your home, through physical means, a warrant is usually necessary. Even here, however, there are limitations.
Just because you’re in the home doesn’t mean you are free from monitoring or surveillance. While a person can’t creep into your backyard and look through the windows or sneak into your house without a warrant, you can still be watched and recorded.
Any suspicious or illegal activity that is visible from outside your property has the potential to become valid evidence. For example, if a criminal activity is performed in front of a window, where it is visible from the street. So long as the means of collecting that evidence did not violate your rights and were in accordance with local laws and policies, that evidence is usable in court.
CONSULT WITH A CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYER
In a world full of technology that is making our lives increasingly public, determining what a reasonable expectation of privacy can be difficult to gauge. A criminal defence lawyer is familiar with your rights and freedoms, and whether evidence or its search and seizure have violated yours.
Your defence lawyer will help you understand your charges, your options, and their potential outcomes. Book a consultation with William Jaksa, a trusted Toronto defence lawyer, today.

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Stop the Lawn Mower! Grab the Camera!
Morning Cloak butterfly at the base of our oak tree.
Morning Cloak Butterfly
This butterfly looked like a black wedge at the base of one of our oak trees. Didn't know this Morning Cloak butterfly prefers the sap of the oak trees and forages upside down along the way. When she opened her wings--stunning!
Glistening Wings in Summer Sun
This hard-working bee was gathering pollen from these purple prairie asters at Rock Creek Trail, Deer Lake, WI. Hard to believe those thin and tiny wings can lift that body.
Bee and Butterfly
It was a "buzz" capturing this hardworking bee as it buzzed by this Painted Lady butterfly at Rock Creek.
Monarch Silhouette at Carleton Arboretum
Painted Lady butterfly on Purple Prairie Aster
The last blast of color of the purple aster in the tall prairie grass at Rock Creek was all a flutter with Painted Lady butterflies. These look similar to the American Lady butterfly but the main difference is the Painted Lady has four eye circles on the bottom portion of their wings while the American lady only has two.
Summer Purple and Gold
Proud Painted Lady on Purple Aster
Painted Lady finds this autumn purple aster delectable Rock Creek Trail, Deer Lake, WI
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Clarence Thomas Speaks: After A Decade, Questions From The Quiet Justice
Washington was actually talking about someone other than Donald Trump on Monday, and that someone was not another presidential candidate. It was Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.
People were talking about Thomas because Thomas was talking. In the Supreme Court chamber, during oral arguments, the 67-year-old Thomas asked multiple questions. There might seem to be nothing out of the ordinary in that, except that Thomas had gone since February 2006 hearing hundreds of oral arguments without asking a single question.
Thomas has not been entirely silent all these years. He has occasionally read a decision or a dissent from the bench, and he cracked a joke in open court that was widely noted in 2013.
He is known to give speeches or interviews from time to time. He read a passage from the Book of Romans at the funeral of his friend, ally and fellow Justice Antonin Scalia nine days ago.
But he has not taken part in the oral arguments that are a feature of the court's handling of important cases.
Thomas actually passed the 10-year mark of silence during oral arguments earlier in the month. But that moment was largely overlooked amid the coverage and controversy surrounding Scalia's death.
There was no apparent link between Scalia's sudden death and Thomas' renewed interest in questioning attorneys before the court. But Scalia had been known for reviving the tradition of a lively and sharp-edged dialogue with attorneys presenting their oral arguments.
Scalia, and other justices in turn, had taken to interrupting the presenters, pitching difficult questions and challenging the reasoning behind the responses. Thomas had not joined in these exchanges until today. And by doing so today, with not one but a series of nine inquiries, he naturally provoked speculation.
The case that brought him into the verbal fray involved the interpretation of a law addressing domestic violence. The law bars someone found guilty of spousal abuse from owning a gun. Thomas said that appeared to suspend an individual's rights under the Second Amendment, a portion of the Constitution that has been a special interest for him for years.
Thomas has been on the high court since President George H.W. Bush appointed him to fill the seat of Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1991. Marshall and Thomas are the only two African-Americans to serve on the nation's highest court.
Thomas was confirmed by the Senate after two sets of closely watched hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The second round of hearings was prompted by allegations of sexual harassment by a former colleague named Anita Hill. The full Senate's confirmation vote was 52-48, and the controversy became part of the 1992 campaign for president and for seats in the Senate.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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Coronavirus / Covid-19
Following recent changes in government advice regarding Covid-19 to avoid all non-essential travel and maintain social distancing, all walks and other activities are cancelled until further notice.
We will continue to review the situation in line with guidance issued by the government. Further information can be found here, and will be udpated in due course.
Join us for pre Christmas festivities in East Cumbria in the pretty Pennine village of Dufton near Appleby in Westmoreland. The price includes breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday mornings, plus pre-dinner drinks on Saturday evening and a full Christmas dinner on the Saturday night.
Walks will be arranged for both Saturday and Sunday, we can visit the spectacular High Cup Nick and climb Cross Fell - the highest mountain in England outside of the Lakes and there are opportunities for good low level walking if the weather is poor.
People intending to take part in this event should read GOC's document Safety in the Hills.


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The library rotates certain books through the various branches to ensure all residents in the township have equal access to volumes held.
Collections include government works (e.g. federal budgets), annual reports, and maps. Periodicals and newspapers are archived for a short period of time. The library also maintains township history archives at the King City branch.
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King City branch of the King Township Public Library
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|Items collected||business directories, phone books, maps, government publications, books, periodicals, genealogy, local history|
The library system offers a number of programs for children and adults, plus language kits and multi-lingual books. A limited selection of music CDs and movie DVDs are available for loan in addition to book circulation.
James Whitling Crossley established the first library in King, the King City Mechanics and Library Association, which opened in 1893 in King City, and was housed in his office. In 1947, the King Memorial Library was established by members of the Women's Institute, and named to commemorate the local soldiers who died during World War II. It was a privately-operated library supervised by Marjorie Jarvis, who had been president of the Ontario Library Association in 1935—1936. It was located at Memorial Park in King City, first in an old barn, and later into a dedicated building. Its collection included about 1000 items. In 1956, the library was moved to 45 Springhill Road (now King Road) following a referendum of municipal taxpayers to operate it as a public library, and was named the King City Memorial Library. In 1969, its operations were merged into the Township of King Central Library, which received most of the collection of the private library. A new King City branch building was opened on 10 January 1970, on which day it received donations of many items, including a water colour painting of the previous building.
In 1930, a library was established in Schomberg, serving the growing communities in the northeastern portion of the township. The Nobleton branch first opened to the public in 1968. In 1990, a fundraising campaign was established to build a branch building in Ansnorveldt. The 768 square feet (71.3 m2) building cost C$48,000 to build, of which one third was funded by a government of Ontario grant, one third by the municipal government, and the remaining one third was raised by the community, including C$3,000 by students of the nearby school.
In 1976 and 1977, a dispute arose between the library board and the King Township Council regarding development of land adjacent to the King City branch into a lumber depot. The library opposed the rezoning of the property, leading to two Ontario Municipal Board hearings and an appeal to the Ontario High Court of Justice before plans for the lumber depot were abandoned.
In December 2016, a press release issued by the township municipal government stated that the King City branch would be expanded from 7,800 square feet (720 m2) to 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2). The structure would also be expanded to include a senior's centre, which would move from its location adjacent to the community centre. It was expected to be completed in late 2018. The township issued a request for tender in 2017, but all six applications received by the November deadline exceeded the specified $9.05 million budget. In 2018 the request for tender was re-issued after the architectural designs were modified to reduce costs, and all twelve submissions once again exceeded the preliminary budget; the contract was awarded because township staff believed "that it is highly unlikely further delay will result in better pricing". The awarded construction contact is valued at $8,426,500, with a total project budget of $10,764,000. Funding will consist of $5,393,052 from development charges, $3 million from the issue of a debenture, and about $600,000 from reserves. The township also purchased 0.45 acres of land of the adjacent King City Public School from the York Region District School Board, which it will merge with the King City Library property.
The King City Library will close at the end of regular hours on 28 July 2018, after which it will move to the lower level of the King City Seniors Centre. It will reopen in the new location on 4 September 2018.
The current King City branch building was built in 1970 at 1970 King Road, opposite King City Secondary School. It cost C$84,000 (equivalent to $552,000 in 2018) to build, and was designed by Dennis Bowman. The building is built into a hill, the lower floor at its rear overlooking a playground on the east side of King City Public School, and the upper floor level with the parking lot and King Road. The entry foyer is on the upper level, and incorporates a wood and wool mural, the wood components of which consisted of a variety of woods, including panga panga, redwood, maple, and teak. The interior is supported by Douglas fir beams spanning the upper floor.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Ansnorveldt branch of the library was performed by the chairman of the King Township Public Library Margaret Smithyes and councillor for Holland Marsh Bob Vooberg. The building is located at 18977 Dufferin Street, adjacent to Andnorveldt Park. The collections are on the main floor, and a second floor is used for meetings and storage.
According to the 2014 "King Township Public Library Facilities Master Plan". Data is for 2012.
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Ansnorveldt is a hamlet located at the northeastern extent of King Township, in Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Holland Marsh, north of Highway 9. Whereas most of King township is in the Oak Ridges—Markham electoral district, Ansnorveldt and all other portions of King north of Highway 9 are part of the York—Simcoe electoral district, represented federally by Scot Davidson of the Conservative Party of Canada and provincially by Julia Munro of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.Jesse Lloyd
Jesse Lloyd (11 January 1786 – 27 September 1838) was the founder of Lloydtown, Ontario and a leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Born in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, he was the third son of Quakers William Lloyd and Susannah Heacock. The Lloyds, who were United Empire Loyalists, possibly came to Canada at Niagara in 1788 but soon returned to the United States. They likely immigrated permanently to Upper Canada in 1808. Upon arrival, they crossed the Niagara gorge and migrated north to settle in the 10th concession of King Township.
By 1824, Jesse Lloyd had established a sawmill in Tecumseth Township. Later he was active in King Township where he bought and sold lots, built several mills and, in the process, established the village of Lloydtown, Ontario|.KTPL (disambiguation)
KTPL may refer to:
KTPL, a Christian radio station broadcasting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
King Township Public Library, a public library system in King, Ontario, Canada
Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport, an airport in Temple, Texas, USA with ICAO designation KTPLKing, Ontario
King (2016 population 24,512) is a township in York Region north of Toronto, within the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada.
The rolling hills of the Oak Ridges Moraine are the most prominent visible geographical feature of King. The Holland Marsh, considered to be Ontario's "vegetable basket", straddles King Township and Bradford West Gwillimbury. King is known for its horse and cattle farms.
Though King is predominantly rural, most of its residents inhabit the communities of King City, Nobleton, and Schomberg.King City, Ontario
King City is an unincorporated Canadian community in King, Ontario located north of Toronto. It is the largest community in King Township, with 2,396 dwellings and a population of 6,970 as of the Canada 2016 Census.King City Secondary School
King City Secondary School, or KCSS, is a secondary education facility in King City, Ontario, Canada. It is a secular public school administered by the York Region District School Board. The school is located at 2001 King Road, and the current principal is Catherine McGinley. The school day runs from 08:20 to 14:30.A French immersion program will be established at the school beginning in September 2019.List of public libraries in Ontario
This is a list of public libraries in Ontario.Lloydtown, Ontario
Lloydtown is a hamlet located in King Township, Ontario, Canada. It is often associated with the surrounding and larger Schomberg, though it has its own unique characteristics and heritage.Mechanics' Institute Library
Mechanics' Institute Library may refer to:
Mechanics Institute Library, King City, Ontario. Today, part of the King Township Public Library system
Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library, established 1832 in Bradford, United Kingdom
San Francisco Mechanics' Institute Library of the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute
Prahran Mechanics' Institute, a library in Victoria, AustraliaSee also:
Mechanics' InstitutesNobleton, Ontario
Nobleton (2016 population 4,614 ) is an unincorporated community in southwestern King, Ontario, Canada. It is the third-largest community in the township, after King City and Schomberg. Located south of the Oak Ridges Moraine, Nobleton is surrounded by hills and forests. Many horse farms are found on Nobleton's eastern periphery.
It is located between King City and Bolton along King Road, and directly north of Kleinburg along Highway 27. To the northwest is Hammertown.Pottageville, Ontario
Pottageville is an unincorporated community located in northeastern King Township, in Ontario, Canada. It is near Schomberg. It is named for one of its early settlers, Edward Pottage.Snowball, Ontario
Snowball is a hamlet in the township of King, Ontario, Canada, at the crossroads of Wellington Street West (17th sideroad) and Dufferin Street. It is located north of Eversley. Snowball is part of electoral Ward 1 in King.Vaughan Public Libraries
Vaughan Public Libraries (VPL) is a public library system consisting of nine libraries in the city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada. It has a collection of more than 534,000 items and serves over 1.7 million visitors a year. VPL has nine branch locations, including three resource libraries. The Bathurst Clark Resource Library opened in 1994. Pierre Berton Resource Library opened in 2004. The newest library, Civic Centre Resource Library, opened in May 2016, and houses VPL’s administration offices. VPL serves the growing multicultural community of Vaughan by offering collections in Chinese, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Malayalam, Portuguese, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Urdu, and Vietnamese, in addition to French and English.The current Chief Executive Officer of Vaughan Public Libraries is Margie Singleton.
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A 70-year-old woman committed sati by jumping into her husband’s funeral pyre in Chechar village of Kasdol development block about 120 km from the Chhattisgarh capital, reports Ejaz Kaiser.india Updated: Oct 13, 2008 00:14 IST
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This is the first case of sati in Chhattisgarh and has created a sensation in entire Chechar village.
Extra police forces have been deployed in the area to prevent any glorification of the banned practice, additional superintendent of police Prashant Thakur told the Hindustan Times.


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