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Carrie FIsher was a writer, an actress, a feminist, a mental health advocate and much more. She was more than just her iconic role of Princess Leia from 'Star Wars,' but it was where we all first fell in love with Fisher. Many of her 'Star Wars' costars took to social media to honor Fisher; unfortunately, some couldn’t find the words to express their devastation over the news of her death.
Carrie Fisher has died at 60 years old. Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars movie franchise, passed away at UCLA Medical Center on Dec. 27. Fisher suffered a heart attack on Dec. 25 during a return flight from London to LAX. She was said to be in stable condition.
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By: Tony Gonzalez and Brian Haas
The last days of life of three Tennessee children, the near death of a fourth child and a glimpse into the state child protection agency's involvement with each of their families were revealed in state records made public last week.
Notes describing the four child welfare investigations, as written by caseworkers with the Department of Children's Services, describe a baby shaken to death, a rollover SUV crash that killed a foster child, an infant found dead at a domestic violence shelter and the hospitalization of an asthmatic boy.
The 167 redacted pages contain only a limited number of pages from each child's DCS record and do not reveal many specifics about the state's dealings with these families. And because the released records were selected by a judge, DCS officials say that judicial action and confidentiality laws stop them from discussing other specifics about the cases and what details were not provided. That makes a full public evaluation of the state's actions elusive.
DCS said Friday it has provided what Davidson County Chancellor Carol McCoy ordered them to release.
"Nothing more or less," said Britany Binkowski, DCS assistant general counsel.
The Tennessean has been seeking information for more than four months about the state's involvement with more than 200 children who died or nearly died since 2009 after being brought to the attention of DCS. The newspaper led a media coalition in suing the state based on state and federal open records laws, prompting McCoy's order on Jan. 23 about four sample cases.
After reviewing the files, McCoy ruled the state must provide some child fatality information as required by federal law, including: the circumstance and cause of the death, age and gender of the child, information about pertinent prior state involvement, results of those prior investigations and the state services provided to the family.
But some of that information is not included in the pages provided to The Tennessean.
DCS officials wouldn't even say if what the judge ordered released was a full account of their full involvement with each family.
That uncertainty may prevent the public from getting a clear picture of whether proper child protection steps were taken, said Bill Grimm, senior attorney at the National Center for Youth Law, which pushed for more child welfare records openness in California.
"It kind of puts you in a difficult place. The agency can say: 'You don't have the whole file, so you don't have the whole picture,' " Grimm said.
Already, another group reviewing DCS files has found the level of documentation "inadequate."
New York-based child advocacy group Children's Rights, which oversees a federal court settlement ordering DCS to improve its work, is reviewing complete case files that have not been redacted.
"What's clear, as an overall matter at this point, is that both their process for tracking child deaths and the process for investigating them - both of those - are inadequate and need to be revised," said Ira Lustbader, attorney and associate director.
The Tennessean provided written questions to DCS about specifics in the four cases. Spokeswoman Molly Sudderth said answers may need to come from regional staff and that staff attorneys would need to decide whether answers could be provided without breaching confidentiality.
From what limited records were provided, four narratives emerge.
DCS investigators had not seen the 16-year-old boy for two months after they say, in records, he "apparently" ran away from home in April 2011. They found him in the morgue.
There's no explanation in the records about why the boy had been in DCS custody for at least a year. Nor do they indicate whether DCS tried to find him when he ran away. The department provided 35 pages from the teen's 637-page file.
The boy's mother had died and his father was in jail.
Then on June 12, 2011, the teen and six others were in his uncle's SUV when the tire blew and he was ejected from the vehicle. The teen wasn't wearing a seat belt.
His uncle survived, and investigators later said he had drugs in his system including marijuana, anti-anxiety pills and muscle relaxers.
According to a DCS investigator's summary, it took two months to get a copy of the police report and eight months for the uncle's blood test results. The DCS file indicates prosecutors planned to charge the uncle with vehicular homicide.
An interview with an unidentified person two months after the teen's death indicates the boy shouldn't have been hard to find while a runaway. The woman said she knew he stayed with certain family members at one point.
The boy's grandmother complained she too knew where he was at times but never could get any help.
"Whenever she got a lead about (the victim's) whereabouts, she would always call the authorities," the DCS investigator wrote. "But ... they would never go out when she called."
The DCS file does not indicate which authorities the grandmother tried to call.
DCS had been monitoring a baby and his siblings for about six months when the baby died in a domestic violence shelter Jan. 11, 2012.
The records - just 42 of 169 pages from the file - indicate the agency got involved in July 2011 when allegations surfaced that the children were exposed to drugs.
Sometime in early December, the mother fled to a domestic violence shelter.
On Dec. 6, 2011, DCS was notified of physical abuse to the mother and the 3-year-old boy. DCS learned that on Nov. 22, 2011, the infant's brother suffered burns to his leg and foot after their father pushed him into a heater.
DCS visited with the mother on Dec. 12 in the shelter. While talking to the mother, DCS learned the 11-month-old baby, a 2-year-old sister and 3-year-old brother were present when their father held a knife to their mother's throat. It is unclear when that happened.
DCS talked with her about housing, counseling and even offered to provide transportation to services.
On Dec. 29, 2011, the baby was diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia.
The records do not reveal whether DCS knew the infant had fallen ill. Nor do they indicate whether it knew that the mother failed to return to the doctor within three days of the diagnosis, as ordered by the hospital.
Less than two weeks later, the woman found her baby cold to the touch and discolored in his bed at the shelter.
The baby was rushed to an emergency room, but doctors couldn't revive him.
The case, now elevated to a fatality investigation, prompted a DCS investigator to pull medical records and interview relatives and shelter workers. Law enforcement investigated the death, but an autopsy was inconclusive.
"There is no evidence that the child's death is due to anything other than natural causes," investigators concluded.
DCS workers' follow-up after the death is unclear. The records released indicate that the mother moved out of state and was last visited by a Kentucky child welfare worker on Jan. 19, 2012. A month later, a shelter worker told DCS the mother had "returned to her abuser."
The records don't show any attempts to reach the mother until four months later when DCS called the woman and she told the agency that she was living with her parents.
The worker closed the case after completing a safety assessment to determine whether children should be left in a home or taken into custody.
"Child Protective Services Assessor completed the closing (the assessment)" the worker wrote, "But has not seen the children."
On Oct. 29, 2010, the 9-month-old girl was rushed to the emergency room. No one could get a good answer from the mother about why her baby had bruises, wounds to her head and bleeding in her eyes and brain.
Her mother told hospital workers she might have fallen off the couch, but DCS records note hospital personnel were skeptical and called DCS.
In the 48 pages released from the 143-page file, DCS notes this was the agency's first involvement with the family.
The day after the baby was rushed to the hospital, the state placed the infant's 2-year-old sister, also bruised, into state custody.
"The staff said that the bleeding could only come from trauma to her head," the DCS report said. The child died on Oct. 31, 2010. An autopsy received months later confirmed the infant died from homicide. A medical expert said the child probably was shaken violently.
In the first two days of the investigation, the DCS case manager heard conflicting stories from the mother and grandmother, both of whom had cared for the infant in the days before she was injured.
But where the mother's boyfriend went, the DCS investigator did not know. The records note DCS wanted to question him.
The files reference a detective being involved in the case.
The boy had severe asthma, but everyone at his home still smoked. His medication went missing, and an assistant principal had to drive to the 8-year-old boy's home to get the nebulizer his parents refused to take to the school.
On Nov. 9, 2010, the boy was rushed to the emergency room after passing out in school. He had a history of seizures and blackouts, in addition to numerous other medical problems. He survived.
DCS was called. The agency was familiar with the family because it had been involved with them in April 2009.
But records provide few details about the prior case. The 38 pages released from the 315-page file noted there had been allegations of environmental neglect and possible drug use, but the DCS file shows a caseworker determined "no services needed."
When a caseworker began to work with the family for the second time, after the boy's blackout, records show the boy's parents claimed they were being harassed, at one point telling the investigator they were moving and wouldn't provide their new address.
The case manager suspected drugs were being abused in the home. The file notes the mother looks like she has used methamphetamines.
The records show the DCS investigator pushed the parents to be more responsible about the boy's medications, and made the district attorney aware of the case.
Binkowski, the DCS attorney, said the records reflect what the judge determined was relevant, pertinent and open to the public.
Neither she nor Carla Aaron, DCS executive director for child safety, would say if the records were a fair representation of the casework.
"I'd have to really look at the full case record, and I just haven't looked at it enough for these four cases to tell you that," Aaron said.
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I've only been working as an animator on-site for about three weeks now and I'm not sure if I'm fit to describe the life as a professional animator yet, but here's some quick thoughts about what I've noticed so far.
First of all - I love it. There's no doubt whatsoever that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. There's no big surprises so far. I wanted to get into animation because as an animator I can direct my of own shots to a certain degree and at the same time being directed by the supervisor/director - I can perform without being on stage, well hidden behind the computer screen and finally and most important, I'm never done learning. There's always tons of space for growing and there will always be something new to learn about the craft, independent of where I am or what I'm working on.
As a newbie, I feel really slow, which can be frustrating (it's normal I guess), but it forces me to always try to search for ways to do stuff faster (preferably without sacrificing quality), which is cool! At the studio I'm sharing a room with five awesome people and their feedback is really helpful, but I wish I had more time to ask them for feedback and to make corrections based on it. The supervisor's feedback is really great though and I feel that I learn something new every single day!
On the private side, I just moved into a really nice apartment here in Hannover. Soon my wife will join me, which I'm really looking forward to. It's kinda lonely here without her :)

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Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services responded to a house fire this past Saturday night at 268 North Briar Ridge located off Bells Ferry Road near Towne Lake.
Cherokee County 911 received the call around midnight and dispatched fire units to the scene. Engine 20 was the first unit on scene and reported that the house was 40% involved. The residents of the home included an 82 year old man and his 74 year old wife and a five year old child. Another elderly couple, who were traveling back to New Jersey after a stay in Florida, stopped at the home to visit and spend the night.
According to a family member, her mom woke up to see a bright light and then the smoke alarms went off. She immediately woke everyone up and told them to get out of the house. The mom was taken by ambulance to Kennestone Hospital and her husband was taken to the Burn Unit at West Cobb Hospital. The visiting couple was also transported to an area hospital, however, the 76 year old man later died from heart failure. His wife has since been released from Kennestone Hospital and was planning to fly back to New Jersey. The 5 year old child did not receive any injuries and was not transported to a hospital.
Cherokee County Fire Investigators went back to the home today to continue to investigate a cause of the fire.


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Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide un-choreographed movement. It uses dance techniques and methods found in ballet, modern dance and postmodern dance, and it also draws from other philosophies of movement that are outside the realm of classical dance technique.
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"As a concerned member of the international community it is important that New Zealand supports bodies and agencies that respond to natural disasters and provide humanitarian assistance to those in need," Helen Clark said.
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Well, blow me, I've found a list in my very old gaming bag that details D&D characters, and others from other games besides, I used to play and what happened to them. How incredibly strange, mainly because two of the names on there I don't really recognise. They ring a bell but I can remember playing them.
Anyway, here they are - Name, year played, game and class, level reached, how they met their end:
Jamm Donut, 1984, D&D Thief, second level, retired.
Scoom, 1985, D&D Fighter, first level, killed by giant spider.
Garee Smiv, 1985, D&D Fighter, first level, killed by coffin trap.
Horatio something or other, can't read it, looks like 'Graves', 1985, D&D Elf, second level, retired.
Mask Horatio (yeah, that was original), 1986, D&D Fighter, second level, killed by goblins.
King Krong (what?!?),1986, D&D Cleric, fourth level, killed by the DM (I wonder what that means? I can't remember).
Smog, 1986, D&D Elf, third level, killed by Dragon (that's a pretty good way to go).
Scaroon Degrall, 1987, D&D Fighter, second level, killed by giant spider (what are the odds!?!).
Master Skarill, 1989, AD&D Fighter, second level, retired (but only because I dropped out of the game because it was pretty bad).
And now for the rest of my characters:
Goah Galletti, 1987, Star Wars D6 smuggler, lasted until 1994 when he blew himself up flying a transport into an Imperial warship to save the party.
Tere Swordsong, 1988, MERP Scout, level 8, retired (Possibly my favourite character ever).
Matthew Haskenn, 1989, MechWarrior House Davion Special Forces, retired (Is now fighting pirates in the outer reaches of the sphere).
Zeke Greyfellow, 1990, Shadowrun Street Samurai, killed by a Dragon (What, again?!? I appear to have no luck with giant spiders or Dragons).
Kaile Mirrener, 1993, Star Wars D6 mercenary, lasted two months and got shot in a corridor (There's an angry face drawn after that, obviously I was pretty miffed about that for some reason).
Mornard Winter, 1996, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Half-Dark Elf soldier, killed charging enemy units outside Altdorf (He was a good character, it was a shame to lose him).
Mornard was my last proper character as I spent all my time GMing, but since 2009 I've had a D&D 4th Edition Tiefling Cleric, two Pathfinder Human Rangers, and right now I'm playing a Basic D&D Dwarf called Burgen.
I remember some of the escapades of some of the characters. I remember Jamm Donut's first kill, and my first ever victory in an RPG - a skeleton. I remember Smog throwing himself at the dragon, one part bravery and one part the fact that I was bored with the character. Goah Galletti being an obnoxious moron and I played him for the better part of seven years. Tere Swordsong leadingan army to battle, and retiring as an innkeepeer with an Elven wife and two children. Matthew Haskenn throwing a grenade into an ammo dump by mistake. Zeke Greyfellow being chased on his Yamaha Rapier through a park. Mornard Winter tackling a vampire out of a tower window into the sunlight.
But I've forgotten more than I remember. And looking at the names I can't even recall creating, that seems like a damn shame.

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In reality the big defender for Paulista, as they beat Batatais 5-1 in the semi final, was not Brendon Mattheus, born in 1997. It was Heltton Matheus – unrelated – born in 1994, and therefore too old to take part in an under-20 competition. This was yet another case of age fiddling.
A hard line was taken. Paulista were held responsible, even though the fraud had been perpetrated before he joined them. Heltton had been Brendon for another couple of clubs before. But rules are rules, and Paulista were kicked out of the competition. From a field of over 100 clubs they had fought their way through to the final, but the team they beat 5-1 would be taking their place on the big day. And so Batatais played the final last Wednesday, where they lost to Corinthians by a 2-1 margin. Paulista were left to dream of what might have been.
They were punished so severely because age fiddling has been a big problem in youth football. The incentives are obvious. Knock a few years off your age, use that physical advantage over younger players to stand out, get yourself picked up by a big club and the gates to fame and fortune are opened. There have been a number of cases in recent times of age cheats playing for Brazil in continental or global competitions. When Brazil won the World Under-20 Cup in 2003, one of the players, midfielder Carlos Alberto, was closer to 30 than 20.
Clearly, the act of fiddling documents is not one which a young player is usually able to carry out himself. Invariably there is an unscrupulous agent behind the scenes, pulling the strings. Indeed, the very idea of cheating in this way normally derives from the agent and not the player.
For this reason it is hoped that no excessive punishment is handed out to Heltton Matheus. The player has been hiding from the press until the storm dies down, and has presumably been experiencing pangs of guilt for being responsible for his team’s disqualification. His time at Paulista has come to an end. But it is heartwarming to see that another club is prepared to open its doors and give him an opportunity.
The president of the Audax Osasco club is former international midfielder Vampeta, a World Cup winner in 2002. “Of course he has to pay for his errors, but we shouldn’t be trying to end his career,” said Vampeta. “I’m going to give him a chance to play for us at Osasco. I’m not defending what he did, but I want to give him a positive example. He didn’t use a gun to kill someone, he just has a dream to be a professional footballer. If we don’t help him then this kid will be sacrificed and he won’t have a chance to play anywhere.”
It is a humane touch and an entirely necessary counterpoint to all the headlines and the anger that the case has generated.
This incident need not be the end of the career of Heltton Matheus. If he wants a role model, he need look no further than Ecuador’s captain, Walter Ayovi. In the South American Under-23 Championships back in the year 2000, he played under the name of Walter Corozo, and had knocked a couple of years off his age. Presumably the fraud had been prepared with the idea that he would shine on home ground a year later when Ecuador hosted the Under-20 competition, and get a big money move to a major club. By then, though, he had been discovered. He served a six month ban, came back stronger and has gone on to win well over 100 caps for his country. At the (real) age of 37, he is still going strong.
In some cases, though, forgiveness is easier than others. The most bizarre example of age cheating came to light exactly four years ago in the 2013 version of the South American Under-20 Championships. Peru fielded a giant centre back called Max Barrios. Before the game against Ecuador, as the two teams complemented each other, Barrios seemed familiar to some of his opponents. One of them had even played with him back in Ecuador. But that was when Max Barrios, a teenage Peruvian, was really Juan Carlos Espinoza, a 25 year old Ecuadorian. The farce was discovered, and he was kicked out of the competition.
To cheat on both age and nationality is a remarkable achievement. But perhaps not quite as difficult as starring in a semi final from the inside of a Rio de Janeiro jail.


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Security firm Metropolitan Patrol leaves seller, IRS holding the bag
Once a top security company in the Kansas City area, Metropolitan Patrol Inc. has gone from chasing away criminals to being chased by creditors and tax collectors.
The Internal Revenue Service filed a tax lien May 29 in Clay County against the Claycomo-based company for $1,343,701. That followed state tax liens and lawsuits alleging that Metropolitan folded without paying a lot of its bills.
Former Kansas City police officer Darren Lewis started the company in 2001. His family sold it with little money down in 2005 after he moved out of state, said his father, Bob Lewis. However, the new owner, Asset Protection International LLC, stopped making its $20,000 monthly payments for the acquisition after about a year, Bob Lewis said.
The Lewis family sued Asset Protection and its principal, John Lauber, in 2007 and received a judgment of $2.1 million in January 2011. But they have little hope of collecting on it.
Stuart Wieland, a Northland attorney who represented the Lewises, said that they had an option to regain control of Metropolitan but that “they didn’t want to take the company back with such a huge tax liability.”
Lauber was formerly a sales manager for the company in the Topeka area. Phone numbers listed for Metropolitan in Claycomo and for Lauber in Berryton, Kan., were disconnected.
“It went right downhill right after we sold it to them,” Bob Lewis said. “It’s one thing to work for a company. It’s another to know how to run one, and I don’t think they did.”
At its height, he said, Metropolitan had about 75 employees and two K-9 units. It specialized in patrolling properties in high-risk areas.
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StarkWare, the developer behind the Starknet blockchain, announced on Thursday the launch of a new “Cairo Verifier” in the next few weeks, opening the door to layer-3 application-based chains on Starknet.
Cairo, which the StarkWare and another developer, Herodotus, worked on together, is a key piece of technology that verifies proofs and posts them back to the layer-2 blockchain, instead of Ethereum’s mainnet.
In a Telegram message to CoinDesk, a StarkWare representative said the tool is “designed to bridge the crucial gap to layer-3 scalability in the blockchain ecosystem.”
The new component will enable the verification of proofs from layer-3 chains on layer-2s, which according to StarkWare was previously not possible. StarkWare said the Cairo verifier will reduce costs with verifying these proofs and speed up the time for transactions to be confirmed (known as latency).
Cairo will be at the core of verifying storage proofs on layer-2s and layer-3s, according to StarkWare.
Storage proofs are a type of cryptographic feature that allows users to “prove” that certain transactions or assets exist on other chains, without having to rely on a third party. StarkWare and Herodotus developers have worked together previously to develop storage proofs on Starknet.
“The Cairo Verifier represents an evolution from previous verification technologies, offering improved capabilities tailored to the current demands of the blockchain ecosystem,” StarkWare said.
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Shots of the rather awesome pre-order Luchador masks GameStop is giving away exclusively (one per customer) to those who plunk down a deposit. Very cool indeed and a well-made premium, to boot. If I'm not mistaken, they're made from nice and stretchy polyester (one size fits all unless you've a really tiny or really HUGE head) with vinyl detailing. They also lace up in the back like the actual masks for that extra touch of authenticity.
I picked up mine at the Konami NYC Gamer's Nite event after trying the game out. I'm not planning on wearing it outside any time soon (can you imagine that trip to the supermarket or bank?), but Halloween is coming up, so who knows?

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2nd March, 2023
By Ismaila Chafe
President Muhammadu Buhari says Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, who is seeking a second term in office, deserves to be re-elected.
The president, according to a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, stated this in Maiduguri on Thursday while inaugurating projects including Maiduguri Emergency Power Project.
The Nigerian leader, who lauded the governor for his developmental efforts, said:
“Your Excellency, I cannot remember the number of projects I commissioned during your first tenure, these laudable projects are impressive. I thank you.
“We also acknowledge the excellent work that you have done, working closely with the Federal Government and other stakeholders, to bring back the IDPs and refugees from Cameroon and other neighbouring countries.
“I think the Governor deserves another term,” he said.
On the inaugurated Maiduguri Emergency Power Project, Buhari described the feat as another testament towards achieving a stable, uninterrupted power supply aimed at improving the economy and lives of Nigerians.
The gas plant was constructed by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) to supply 50 megawatts of electricity to Maiduguri and its environs.
The president said his administration had worked hard to fulfil the promise of tackling the nation’s electricity challenges and had succeeded in laying the foundation for a strong, prosperous country through the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.


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As the courtroom battles between Apple and Samsung drag on… and on, Apple has made a request of the court to exclude some statements made by Steve Jobs from court documents, and while they’re at it, could they please obscure the Samsung logo on those monitors sitting in the courtroom?
Apple wants the court to exclude any “argument or evidence regarding statements attributed to Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson”. This one obviously relates to the “thermonuclear war” quote and similar rhetoric… Apple furthermore wants the court to exclude “any reference to working conditions in China”.
Apple is also requesting that all Samsung logos be obscured from the monitors being used in the courtroom. Analysts say that by seeing the Samsung logo on the court monitors, the jurors could get a sub-conscious impression that the courtroom is “Samsung territory” and it may slant their decision making process in Samsung’s favor.
Samsung is also in a requesting mood, as it has requested that the court exclude “Apple related blogs, and articles by non-expert newspaper reporters, regarding any assessment of Apple and Samsung and/or their products.” Samsung is arguing that “[t]he ‘cultural significance’ of Apple’s designs and Apple’s ‘commitment to design’ are not at issue in this litigation”.
In related legal news, Judge Richard A. Posner, who is presiding over an Apple v. Motorola patent lawsuit that will go to trial in two months, had previously called a claim construction submitted by Motorola as “ridiculous,” but now he appears to be pushing back against Apple.
Apple had brought a motion to stop Motorola from expelling an expert. The judge had denied a similar motion just a couple of days before. The repetitive filings brought harsh words from Judge Posner: “I deny the second half of Apple’s motion (seeking prohibition of the deposition) as frivolous and the first half (seeking substitution) as untimely. I’ve had my fill of frivolous filings by Apple. The next such motion, and I shall forbid it to file any motions without first moving for leave to file.”
In other words, Apple will have to file a motion to request to file a motion. Which in itself seems repetitive.
In still other legal news, yeah there’s more, there’s always more, Aftermath Records, a division of Universal Music Group, is about to go to trial in a case to determine what money is owed to producers for various Eminem records. And in yet ANOTHER case, a class action against UMG brought by numerous musicians, the plaintiffs are demanding to see trial exhibits, expert reports, depositions and other documents from the Eminem case.
This discovery request has brought strong objections from Apple, who says the plaintiffs have not shown that the documents they’ve requested are relevant.
And the legal wrangling continues…


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Cyhalofop-butyl resistance conferred by a novel trp-2027-leu mutation of acetyl-coa carboxylase and enhanced metabolism in Leptochloa chinensis.
BACKGROUND: Chinese sprangletop (Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees) is an invasive grass weed severely infesting rice fields across China. In October 2020, a suspected resistant Leptochloa chinensis population HFFD3 that survived the acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase)-inhibiting herbicide cyhalofop-butyl applied at its field-recommended rate was collected from a rice field in Feidong County, Anhui Province, China. This study aimed to determine the resistance profile of HFFD3 to ACCase inhibitors and to investigate its mechanisms of resistance to cyhalofop-butyl. RESULTS: Single-dose testing confirmed that HFFD3 had evolved resistance to cyhalofop-butyl. Two loci encoding plastidic ACCase were each amplified from the susceptible (S) and resistant (R, HFFD3) individual plants. Target gene sequencing and derived cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence assay revealed all the R plants carried a Trp-2027-Leu substitution in their ACCase1,2 copies. Dose-response bioassays revealed that HFFD3 was highly resistant to cyhalofop-butyl and exhibited cross-resistance to metamifop, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, quizalofop-P-ethyl, and clethodim. Pre-treatment with piperonyl butoxide and 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzoxadiazole considerably reversed the resistance of the R plants to cyhalofop-butyl, by 23% and 43%, respectively. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis suggested the metabolic rates of cyhalofop-butyl were significantly faster in the R than in the S plants. CONCLUSION: This study confirmed the first case of an arable weed species featuring cross-resistance to ACCase-inhibiting herbicides due to a novel Trp-2027-Leu mutation of ACCase. Target gene mutation and cytochrome P450s- and glutathione-S-transferases-involved enhanced metabolism may have simultaneously participated in the resistance of HFFD3 population to cyhalofop-butyl.

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Frightened people are evacuated after fears of a poison gas cloud
Another 95 people are still unaccounted for.
The increase in fatalities came as Chinese authorities confirmed that hundreds of tons of deadly sodium cyanide had been discovered at two locations on the blast site.
More than 720 people remained in hospital four days after the disaster in the densely populated industrial city, which sent massive yellow and orange fireballs into the sky on Wednesday.
The explosions in a warehouse containing hazardous chemicals were so powerful that few of the bodies have been identified.
Most of those still missing are firefighters, according to officials.
About 6,300 residents within two miles were evacuated after a change in wind direction prompted fears that toxic particles could be blown towards homes.
Meanwhile angry protests were staged by relatives of the missing as well as residents fearing damage to their health.
Gen Shi Luze, a senior military officer, acknowledged the presence of toxins but said there would be “no secondary damage to the people”.
He said workers were trying to clear the area of chemicals before possible rain showers could create toxic gas.
Reports claimed up to 700 tons of sodium cyanide – 70 times the permitted amount – was stored on the site, with some suggesting the company that owned the warehouse where the blasts originated, Rui Hai International Logisitics, may have been transporting chemicals illegally.
President Xi Jin-ping urged disaster operation leaders to enforce tighter safety measures after it emerged that firefighters may have made the situation worse by dousing burning chemicals with water.
Officials said they had identified 24 of the dead and were using DNA tests to help confirm the identities of the rest.

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Cool contemporary art space Altair Gallery was the venue for the ‘Urban Oasis’ Pop-Up Store event organised by Espacio Bang & Olufsen. Open to the public, the hip happening in Palma old town was inspired by the nature of Mallorca and the values of ecological design. Held over three days in July, the event also featured music by groups such as ‘Maria i Punt’ and ‘One Man Rocks’ plus popular DJs like Paco Colombas, Pepe Link and DJ Vik.T. The mostly young and trendy Palma crowd were catered by Simple Smart Food Bar, who helped keep things fresh with an impressive range of healthy cocktails. This eco-friendly fusion of great design, music, and healthy eating made for a great open-to-all event that showcased some impressive and eye-pleasing tech.
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This is a sample from Kettle's Yard Oral History Archive or Re:Collection. Many more can be listened to here.
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- RT @cornishkaren: We've had a great day with @Centre33Camb young carers & @kimnoce creating animations inspired by @kettlesyard . http://t.…
- RT @CircuitCambs: Make a band in a day! Great opportunity to get involved @CambJunction. Several @CircuitCambs members are keen to join htt…
- RT @JaredSchiller: A thing about my screening in Leeds tomorrow on the @kettlesyard blog: http://t.co/bcxOiWVceF
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Take a look at slideshow of images from the house
I Am The Warrior Closing Party
The Circuit group helped create an open exhibition with creative workshops and closing party
Unearthed in Memoriam
Artist Issam Kourbaj reflects on his new works created in response to the crisis in Syria
Return to Kettle’s Yard
Curator Mark Haworth-Booth describes how, back in the 60s, he helped Jim Ede ensure the future of Kettle’s Yard.
Gustav Metzger: Lift Off! Lecture
Our student blogger talks manifestos, the market & Metzger
Friends of Mitcham’s Corner are launching a month long display of mannequins
Interview with Chris Ingram
Chris Ingram is the owner of The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art
Illustration Series: Illuminating Spaces
A new illustration by Cambridge School of Art student Johann Rohl
Kettle’s Yard at Night
Take a look at these beautiful photos from Kettle's Yard at Night
Cambridge Sculpture Trail
Cambridge Sculpture Trails have just launched a new free app.
Illustration Series: Javanese Puppet
A new illustration by Aleesha, a Cambridge School of Art student
Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie are artists in residence on the new North West Cambridge Development site
Illustration Series: Library
A new illustration by Cambridge School of Art Student Poppy Skelley
Art & Life Lecture Series: Modernity and the English Tradition
By student blogger Florence Gildea
Our work with Cam Sight, a charity that supports blind and partially sighted people in Cambridge
Hiroaki Takenouchi Concert
New Music concert celebrates composer Jeremy Dale Roberts 80th birthday
Destination Marseille for the Friends of Kettle’s Yard
A taste of the opportunities that membership of the Friends brings
Katie Paterson wins South Bank Sky Arts Visual Art Award
By Kettle's Yard Director Andrew Nairne
Illustration Series: Victor Skipp exhibition
Beautiful sketches of Kettle's Yard exhibitions
Edmund de Waal at the Fitzwilliam Museum
An exhibition contrasting contemporary pottery and historic porcelain works.
Foreign Bodies, Common Ground, Wellcome Collection’s new exhibition
Six artists, six countries
Arbury is Where we Live….Now!
Kettle’s Yard is partnering with Club United to enable young people to document their community through photography.


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I first heard of this film as a result of backlash over it being just another “low-budget ripoff” of the shockumentary films like REC and Paranormal Activity, but that is far from the truth. While most likely influenced by the previously mentioned films, The Possession of David O’Reilly deals little with possession, and heavily with psychological horror. Nonetheless, the hate for this flick did not reach me, as I found this low-budget English effort to consist of some pretty darn good horror at times, resulting in a borderline-positive watch in the end.
In the wee hours of the morning Alex and Cate are awakened when David, a friend of Alex, shows up at their door after recently discovering his long-time girlfriend has been cheating on him. David is distraught over the ordeal, but his pain worsens when he begins to notice ghastly creatures making their way into Alex’s home. Little does David know, this horror is not new to him, and he has involved his hospitable friends in a real-life nightmare.
I have a strong love for films focusing on the paranormal or possession, so naturally my interest in this flick was pretty high. You can imagine the look on my face when I realized that this film’s title was quite misleading, however how “misleading” is up to interpretation. Read on.
The storyline was an interesting one that had me pretty interested from the get-go, however early on it comes off as the usual psychological horror film in the vein of Repulsion, with David seeing things he believes to be there, but evidence to the contrary proves otherwise…or so it seems. It does not take long before the horror hits the screen, about 14 minutes or so, and from then on out things stay pretty steady as far as the horror goes. I was very glad to see that the horror David faces came in the form of creatures that barrage him in the home of his friends, which was a break from the usual psychological horror consisting of only time-warped murderous delusions, although we do get some of that in this story here and there. Numerous twists and turns abound in this piece, with some of the mystery elements not made clear until the film’s climax, which itself is a bit of a mystery. Why so? Well, because most of the film you are left wondering whether or not David is crazy or if he is actually seeing hideous creatures trying to make their way into the home. Alex and Cate don’t believe him at first, naturally, but when they see the horror that David is going through they give him some benefit of the doubt, which ultimately leads up to the harrowing climax that will leave it up to you to decide whether or not he was possessed, delusional, or seeing creatures. So, in a sense, the film’s title is not as misleading as it seems, but should not be taken literally.
The film’s two novice directors, Andrew Cull and Steve Isles, did a great job executing this film with what little budget they had to work with. The atmosphere is dark and results in incredible sets that consist of numerous dark corners for the creatures to wait and lurk in, providing good tension as you never know when one of them is going to pop out. The look and mannerisms of the creatures was great as well, and Cull/Isles do a great job of keeping them somewhat hidden but giving them enough screen-time to get the scares going. Their overall execution of the horror was great, and I especially loved their long, drawn-out, Argento-esque scenes making the most of the creepy sets and using creative camerawork to deliver the horror. So if the horror was good and the story was unique then why only a 6-rating? Well the story had its flaws, which came mostly regarding the usage of its characters and some pretty bad dialogue. Things can get confusing at times, which will turn some people off as this was not necessarily the “good” kind of confusing associated with quality horror flicks like Cemetery Man, Triangle, and Jacob’s Ladder, but one that should have written better.
Overall, The Possession of David O’Reilly is a moderate horror film that gives some good horror thanks to good direction, and its unique storyline provides some engaging material to keep things interesting. The film does come with faults that some may find unforgivable, but for those of you seeking a psychological horror film with a unique twist and a climax that’ll leave you debating the film’s events then this should be good enough for you.
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The Baltimore Ravens got two pieces of great news on Wednesday, as outside linebackers Tyus Bowser and David Ojabo returned to practice on Wednesday. Both players tore their achilles, with Bowser suffering his injury in January during Week 18 while Ojabo went down during the University of Michigan’s Pro Day.
During his media availability on Thursday, Baltimore defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald shared his excitement for having both players back on the practice field. He discussed both players’ situations and the work they both put in for them to get back to this point as they continue their journey back to the field.
“Yes, I was jacked to see them out there with a jersey on and helmet and everything. Obviously, Tyus [Bowser] and then the road that he’s … what he’s haven gone through since the last game of the season and the work that he’s put in. And then, obviously, [David] Ojabo and his situation [tearing his Achilles during his March Pro Day] – it’s not easy … Man, it’s such a tough injury to come back from, and mentally just as much as physically – just the daily grind and getting to trust it and to believe in it and to believe in the work that you’re putting in. There’s a lot of work behind the scenes, so to see it in the flesh kind of come to fruition like that, I can’t help but just be proud of those guys and happy for them that they’re getting an opportunity to go play again. So, yes, that was a cool moment.”
Both Bowser and Ojabo will be welcomed additions to the team’s outside linebacker room once they are ready and able to return. The team has missed what Bowser brings to the table as an all-around defender, and Ojabo has the potential to pick up where he left off at the University of Michigan following a breakout year in 2021.


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‘Hobbit’ Update: Goblin King Revealed, Billy Connelly Calls Tolkien “Unreadable”, Plus 13 Dwarves – One Poster
Y’know, I don’t believe I’ll really appreciate just how many dwarves are in The Hobbit until I see it, but this poster gives a good idea. I mean, 13 dwarves crammed on to one poster (click it to embiggen)! That’s a party, and I remember thinking nine dudes in the Fellowship was a lot. As we lurch towards the premiere of the first Hobbit flick, An Unexpected Journey on December 14th, we’re slowing learning more and more tidbits, here’s a few more.
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It’s an interesting design for sure and I can’t wait to see it brought to life by actor Barry Humphries. Peter Jackson has mentioned before the Goblin King will be portrayed, “in much the way Andy Serkis created Gollum,” meaning Humphries will be utilizing mo-cap. Jackson continued, “We’re looking forward to seeing him invest the Goblin King with the delicate sensitivity and emotional depth this character deserves.”
I’m excited to see this big guy on the big screen, are you?
Next, actor/comedian Billy Connolly will be playing yet another dwarf in The Hobbit, dwarf Dain Ironfoot. Here’s some comments he recently made to Vulture about returning to New Zealand for more filming,
Oh yes! I have to go back for that. I haven’t done [the battle scenes] yet. I have to get battle-ready! I ride into war on a wild pig!
A war pig? I like what I’m hearing.
I’ve never read The Hobbit. Never. Never read Lord of the Rings. I could never read Tolkien. I always found him unreadable … I didn’t read [the books], and I normally don’t like people who have! The people who love it, they’re kind of scary. They talk all this gobbledygook and they think of it as the Holy Grail.
What!? Blasphemy! Outrage!!
Actually, who gives a shit whether Connolly is a Tolkien devotee or likes to wipe his ass with The Simaralion, as long as he turns in a great performance as Ironfoot, I’m happy. It’s kind of ridiculous for us to expect the actors involved to always be fans. I could have done without his dig at the folks who do enjoy Tolkien’s work, but, eh.
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If you have a dog, then you know how hard it is to plan a trip that involves leaving your beloved pet behind. Dogs have a hard time being alone, which is why many dog owners just avoid going to places where dogs are not allowed.
It was the case for the family in the video below. Their dog named Igor is probably one of the most spoiled dogs in the world. His family loves spending time with him. In fact, Igor has never spent more than a few hours by himself, away from his family.
But when the family decided to go to Thailand for their Easter trip, they knew they will have to leave Igor behind. Instead of feeling excited about the opportunity to visit an exotic place, the family felt sad because they knew Igor will most likely feel lonely and upset without them. So dad decided to surprise the dog and the rest of the family by recreating the family’s living room inside the kennel where the dog will stay. All so that Igor would feel more comfortable while they are away on vacation. This is definitely one lucky dog!
“While planning his family holiday, Kai – the bulldog´s dad couldn’t stand the thought of leaving his bulldog behind,” the video caption reads. Take a look:

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The number of nurses at the Commonwealth Health Center has dropped from 167 in previous months to 158, according to a report submitted to the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. board yesterday.
The same report adds that due to attrition, the hospital currently has 42 vacant nursing posts. It also revealed recurring challenges at the nursing department including, among others, difficulty in filling hard-to-fill positions.
In his report to the board, hospital services director Jesse Tudela disclosed that one of the major challenges CHC is facing is recruitment, hiring, and retention of experienced nurses for all in-patient and outpatient nursing units.
He said there is a lack of experienced and qualified nurses on island.
“Nursing experiences in specialty areas—in ICU, NICU, OR, and L&D—are hard to find unless recruitment and hiring from abroad is implemented. The base salary of staff nurses is also unattractive for potential nurse applicants from the U.S. mainland, making it more difficult to fill the 42 vacancies budgeted for CHC,” said Tudela.
He said the 42 vacant nursing slots are for 36 staff nurses, two nurse supervisors, two licensed practical nurses, and two nursing assistants.
Saipan Tribune learned that the 158 nurses CHC currently has include six nurse supervisors, 10 head nurses, 99 staff registered nurses, 21 LPNs, and 22 nursing assistants.
This nursing shortage is contributing to excessive overtime costs. Tudela said it is a challenge to reduce overtime hours when nursing coverage is scarce.
Also contributing to excessive overtimes is the increased number of patients in the medical surgical unit and the additional nursing services needed to cover the primary care access program, or PCAP, at ER after working hours of the Family Care Clinic.
“A major challenge is eliminating salary disparity among nurses. The proposal is to give all nurses salary adjustments based on years of experience and degree obtained, which will include their housing benefits to their base salary, therefore eliminating the expenses of CHCC,” states Tudela’s report.
He said that majority of the nursing staff support this proposal and are just waiting for the good news.
Another challenge the report cites is auditing of nursing practices through revision of policies and procedures. To date, it was learned, each unit is still revising their respective nursing unit policy and procedures.
The director of nursing post became vacant in December last year with the departure of Leticia Reyes. It was reported yesterday that finding a qualified nurse with education and experience to fill this post remains difficult.
Tudela said the hospital also lacks nurses to cover services for the Department of Corrections. Currently, staff nurses from various units are being assigned to cover DOC, which adds to the overtime cost. The plan is to identify vacant positions in other units to be used for permanent staffing at DOC.
Despite challenges, notable achievements were made
Tudela reported that at one point, CHC had only 130 nurses due to the mass exodus of its nursing staff, majority of whom left because of uncertainties with their job and non-renewal of housing benefits. At the time, the cost to the hospital was over 2,500 hours of accrued overtime.
Tudela said that bringing the workforce up to 158 is quite an achievement.
“The ongoing plans to cross-train nurses in other units to reduce OT is being done to diversify staff nurses’ skills and to attempt to reduce overtime hours. However, the cross-training is moving at a snail’s pace due to staff nurse shortage to cover units,” the report states.
Another accomplishment, Tudela said, is the electronic health record system. The nurses appreciate and recognize the importance of using technology, he added.
The hiring of a nurse continuing educator, or CE, is another accomplishment, improving nursing practice skills and preventing medication errors.
The installation of a swipe card lock system for the medication room is also an accomplishment, ensuring the safe storage of stock medications in wards.


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With hunger becoming a perennial problem, the Tonse Alliance administration has failed to live up to its promise to ‘very shortly’ enact a law that could improve access to food and improve people’s nutrition status.
This delay, which comes amidst research revelations that the country’s economy loses nearly K150 billion annually due to effects of malnutrition, has triggered rage from advocates of the proposed legislation.
In his inaugural State of the Nation Address in 2020, President Lazarus Chakwera said his government was pushing to pass into law the Food and Nutrition Bill to improve nutrition status in the country.
He pledged in Parliament: “To provide a legislative framework for these efforts we will be tabling the Food and Nutrition Bill before this House very shortly.”
However, three years down the line, the Bill has not been tabled in the National Assembly and news coming from the Ministry of Justice is that it is far from being ready.
The ministry’s spokesperson Pilirani Masanjala said in a response to our questionnaire on Wednesday: “It’s still with us at the ministry- still in the drafting stage.”
Meanwhile, the Civil Society Organisation Nutrition Alliance (Csona) has condemned government for failing to live up to its promise.
“We say that the promise to have the Bill enacted shortly has not yet materialised as the Bill has not yet reached Parliament for discussion and passing three years after the commitment was made by H.E (His Excellency the President).
“Apart from the HE’s commitment, Malawi through the minister of Health also committed to pass the Food and Nutrition Bill by end of 2022, a commitment made at the Nutrition for Growth Summit that was hosted by Japan in 2021.
“This is now 2023 and we have one more sitting of Parliament. This is a worrisome trend as we may struggle to trust government processes as regards high level commitments such as enacting the Bill into law,” said Csona advocacy and campaigns officer Jean Banda.
She said for a country that suffers hunger every year, there was a need for the Food and Nutrition law to be enacted.
Banda said: “The Bill once enacted, will operationalise the right to food and good nutrition into law. Which means government as the major duty bearer will have the obligation of facilitating a conducive environment which will enable Malawians to feed themselves with dignity.
“While government strives to eliminate hunger and food insecurity, you have noted that the issue of hunger and households being food insecure is very common, a sign that government is not doing enough to reverse the trend on food and security for Malawi.”
On average, 2.5 million Malawians face food shortages annually, according to the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee reports published every year.
For the past three years, government has spent nearly K180 billion to provide food relief under the Lean Season Food Insecurity Response Programme. It spend K27 billion in 2021, K76 billion in 2022 and K74 billion in 2023, according to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs reports
The government’s Department of Nutrition, HIV and Aids in 2014 drafted a proposed Bill whose other contents included establishment of a fund to advance “access to quality food and nutrition.”
It was later submitted to the Ministry of Justice which is tasked to draft the Bill which is submitted to the Cabinet for approval.
The proposed Bill outlines its objectives as “an Act providing for the right to food and nutrition; labelling and fortification of food; provision of nutrition in schools; the establishment of the National Nutrition Council and the Food and Nutrition Fund.”
The draft Bill compels the government to promote “the availability of school meals in public schools and other educational establishments; and encourage learners in attendance at those schools and other educational establishments to consume school meals.”
It further empowers the schools’ headmasters to ensure that the food provided on the premises complies “with nutritional requirements specified by the minister under regulation.”
State funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) is among those irked with the delays to enact the law. It has included the issue in its report recently filed to the United Nations committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
It reports: “Food Security Bill was drafted. The draft law was named the Food and Nutrition Bill; however, it remains a draft legislation in 2022.
“This is despite the several commitments government has made to ensure that the Bill is enacted into law to guarantee the right to food for all, with the recent one being at the Nutrition for Growth Global Summit that the Bill would be enacted by 2022.
“In the context of continued delays to enact the Food and Nutrition Bill, the commission recommends that the committee should call upon the Government of Malawi to expedite the enactment of this Bill into law.”
The Ministry of Agriculture had not responded to our questionnaire as we went for press.
Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Committee on Health chairperson Mathews Ngwale said his team is following up on the Bill as it has taken over the roles of the dissolved Committee on Nutrition and HIV.
“The defunct committee’s roles have gone to my committee. We shall be doing handovers soon. Through that, we will learn how far we have gone with the Bill. We will pursue the matter from where our colleagues stopped,” he said.
Ngwale was quick to point out that lack of legislation on food and nutrition was affecting the health of many Malawians.
“If we have this law in place, the food and nutrition provision will improve and in turn reduce sicknesses and expenditure on health,” he said.
A study titled the Cost of Hunger in Africa: The Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in Malawi revealed that the country losses K150 billion due to effects of nutrition challenges.
The report published in 2015 on the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs run website https://reliefweb.int/ attributes the losses to child under-nutrition through increased healthcare costs, additional burdens to the education system and lower productivity by the country’s workforce.
The proposed Bill was also formulated as a response to the recommendations made by the UN for government to establish a framework law on the right to food to enhance inter-sectoral coordination.
The UN envisaged that the law would enhance transparency, accountability and inclusiveness as well as non-governmental stakeholders’ involvement in policy-making.


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Senior Caregiver Employee Issues Revealed
Great insight into five critical issues that currently are faced in the workplace by those employees caregiving. These five signs could be an indication that employees might be struggling to balance everything.
Many people don’t want to resort to alternative care methods for caregiving. Long term care facilities or strangers coming in to their senior’s home is not an option for them. They want to do it themselves. They may be struggling to find a balance between work and caregiving. The reversal of roles that happens when caregiving is required can be difficult to adapt as well.
The 5 issues below are indicators that an employee caregiving may be struggling
Issue # 1: Absenteeism – if you notice one of your employees who is usually quite reliable start to miss time at work it could be an indicator there is something off.
Issue # 2: Distraction – caring for a senior can involve a lot of time and thought. If you notice there is a lack of focus with regards to your employee’s work this could be a sign stress is causing them to be distracted.
Issue # 3: Stress – stress in the workplace can affect more than those caring for a loved one at home. If there are visible signs it could be that they’re struggling with the responsibilities at home.
Issue # 4: Changes – sudden changes in the workplace can mean things have been difficult to adapt to for the employee.
Issue # 5: Exhaustion – it’s only natural that the added responsibilities of being a caregiver can cause fatigue. Trying to manage caregiving and a career can take its toll on work performance.
Why are these Employee Caregiving Issues Important?
This information is vital for not only employers but also employees. Spotting the signs of employee caregiving issues is the first step in order to provide assistance to someone in this situation.
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This past week, on a vacation to the Midwest, I found myself at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of Chicago, Illinois’ most iconic art museums. After clumsily navigating the El and getting lost on State Street – which is almost impossible to get lost on – I happened upon the grand facade of the museum, and carved out a few hours in the day to navigating its immense and fascinating collections.
While at the Art Institute of Chicago, I spent a considerable amount of time in the Pritzker Galleries, which are home to the second largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the world, second only to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. I enjoyed this wing immensely: the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist styles and artists have always been my favorites to study. Art is full of rule-breaking – without it, periods and styles would not have evolved in quite the same way – but the way the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists “broke the rules” has always captivated me the most. With brand-new inventions like photography, trains, and the telephone transforming contemporary life, traditional forms of art could no longer express the immense change that was unfolding.
Instead, artists developed and used different techniques, for example plein air painting, which Impressionist Claude Monet was famous for. Artists were now going outside to paint, capturing a scene in a single moment, with all its beauty and imperfections, rather than painting from a fixed model in a controlled environment like a studio. Artists sought to capture movement, everyday life, the changing times, instantaneous moments that could never be recreated twice. I feel that Monet’s Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare (1877), a painting in the Pritzker Galleries, addresses these four concepts well. There is something beautiful and particular about how Monet depicts the clouds in the background and the steam spewing out of the train chimney. His placement of the clouds and steam is quite unique, and the way he encrusted the paint stays true to the form of his subject matter. One can almost hear the train arriving at the station and conjure up the smoke and clouds in the background.
Given how rapidly society was changing in the late Nineteenth Century, dystopia was also a common theme in Impressionist and Post Impressionist art. This theme is well reflected in Post Impressionist Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884), one of the most renowned and famous works in the Pritzker Galleries. At first glance, the painting seems to depict upper class Parisians enjoying a sunny afternoon by the water. However, at second and further contemplations, the viewer realizes that no one depicted in the painting seems to be interacting. Each figure seems frozen in the confines of the canvas, cooly detached from one another. Therefore, this painting serves as a larger commentary on society at the time: a society so disillusioned by modern technology and rapid change that everyone began to separate from one another. The themes in this painting, as my cousin Mark astutely pointed out, are not much different from those reflected in today’s society. “You could just give them little iPhones and the painting could apply to today,” he cleverly remarked as we were both viewing the painting.
(As an aside: of all the witty parodies I’ve seen of this painting, I have yet to encounter the “miniature iPhone” version, though I think this rendition is also clever!)
I particularly enjoyed the Pritzker Galleries, especially because they encouraged me to activate the prior knowledge I had about Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. I was also able to contemplate how artists respond to rapid changes in society, a timeless theme that can easily inform our perspective today.
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Introducing the revolutionary pop up sink drain waste, a game-changer in the realm of plumbing fixtures. This innovative product, available at the China drain factory, is poised to transform the way we approach sink drainage, offering unmatched convenience, efficiency, and aesthetics. With its advanced functionality and sleek design, the pop up sink drain waste is redefining the standards of modern plumbing.
The pop up sink drain waste is specifically engineered to address the challenges and limitations of traditional sink drains. Its unique pop-up mechanism allows for easy operation and ensures effective water drainage. With a simple press, the drain waste opens and closes effortlessly, providing a seamless flow of water while preventing clogs and blockages. This user-friendly feature eliminates the need for manual manipulation of traditional drain plugs, making it a convenient choice for homeowners and businesses alike.
Designed with both functionality and style in mind, the pop up sink drain waste adds a touch of elegance to any bathroom or kitchen space. Its sleek and minimalist design enhances the overall aesthetics of the sink area, elevating the visual appeal of the entire room. Available in a range of finishes and materials, such as stainless steel and chrome, it offers customization options to suit various design preferences and interior styles.
Not only does the pop up sink drain waste excel in terms of convenience and aesthetics, but it also prioritizes hygiene and cleanliness. The drain waste is equipped with a built-in strainer that effectively captures debris and prevents it from entering the plumbing system. This feature reduces the risk of clogs and promotes a healthier environment by preventing the buildup of bacteria and unpleasant odors.
Furthermore, the pop up sink drain waste is designed to optimize water efficiency. Its efficient water flow system allows for a swift and steady drainage process, minimizing water wastage. This eco-conscious approach not only contributes to water conservation efforts but also translates into cost savings for homeowners and businesses by reducing water consumption.
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With 15 appearances of the pop up sink drain waste in the product range of China drain factory, it has already gained significant recognition and popularity among homeowners, contractors, and interior designers. Its innovative features, reliability, and aesthetic appeal have set a new benchmark for sink drain solutions.
The pop up sink drain waste represents a major breakthrough in modern plumbing technology. With its exceptional functionality, sleek design, and water-saving features, it offers a superior alternative to traditional sink drains. China drain factory's commitment to innovation and quality is evident in this revolutionary product, providing consumers with an efficient, hygienic, and visually appealing solution for their sink drainage needs. The pop-up sink drain waste is set to transform the plumbing landscape, setting a new standard for excellence in the industry.


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This is a print of an original artwork by Catherine Bamber. A unique gift for anyone with a passion for colour, animals, art and a nice hot cuppa! Also available on other products- please see our Printed Artwork collection.
You can choose to add a name to your mug, simply enter it in the personalisation area.
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Two people were killed and at least two were seriously injured in a truck crash that escaped at a construction site in northwest Georgia, several news agencies reported.
The fatal crash occurred around 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, near Old Dalton Road in Calhounsaid Floyd County Police at a news conference broadcast by WSB-TV.
An on-board truck was loaded on top of the hill, if for unknown reasons his brakes refused and forced the truck to move forward, department spokesman Chris Fincher said, according to WXIA.
“While the truck was sinking up the hill, a small excavator (Bobcat) was driving down the trail on foot, assisting,” Fincher said, according to the news station. “That lynx and the flagger were hit by a truck.”
The victims received “significant injuries” and were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Two more were injured in the crash. One person was taken by air to the hospital and the second was taken to a health atrium in nearby Rome, the WGCL reported, citing authorities.
Police have not identified the dead or injured, the news station reported.
The Office of Occupational Safety and Health has been notified it is investigating the incident.
McClatchy News has contacted the Floyd County Police Department and is awaiting a response.
Calhoun is located about 70 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.
Truck rolling down on construction site, killing 2 people in Georgia
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This is my card for CC608. Maura is our hostess and she chose elegant eggplant, pacific point and soft sky as her color trio. Dessert option this week is silver.
For my card I used the new Stampin’-Up Christmas set “star of light”. It also has the matching framelit dies.
Stamped the background star cluster in pacific point ink. I also stamped the sentiment from this same set with the pacific point ink.
I die cut the largest star in the set in elegant eggplant and added a silver topper. Cut some smaller stars in pacific point and then scattered some soft sky sequins to complete this card.
That’s my card for this week. I hope you can play along. You may be our next fave of the week and even a gust designer with us. Check out our Color Challenge Pinterest Board here. All the Dt cards are here as well as our weekly faves.


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GUTS OC’s Formula for Treating Anxiety Faster and More Effectively
At GUTS OC, Inc., we are seeing a higher number of anxiety cases coming to us everyday. The children are getting younger and adults are experiencing prolonged symptoms with greater effects on normal functioning.
Some of the most difficult symptoms of anxiety our patients tend to struggle with include:
Rumination: replaying something over and over again in your mind.
Excessive worrying about future events.
Losing focus or functioning when you’re nervous.
Feeling stuck. Freezing. Not able to accomplish what they want to do.
Many times, anxiety can move into depression because the anxiety can become so overwhelming and hard to manage.
At GUTS OC, we have found a formula that allows us to treat anxiety more effectively and efficiently in a shorter period of time and with long term results. The formula involves three components:
Therapy: Focuses on specific skills and needs for the patient.
Micro current neurofeedback: Reboot and rebalance the brain.
Life skills & Life Coaching: Focuses on teaching effective skills that will work in the real world.
Each of these components work hand-in-hand. The scientific evidence presented by micro current neurofeedback informs our therapy care and life skills coaching. This allows us to pin-point exactly what we need to focus on to decrease symptoms of anxiety and get our patients on the road to healing faster.
Hear Victoria Brown, GUTS OC, Inc. Founder & Lead Therapist explain how our treatment plan for anxiety works:
Our goal is to help our patients move from the “fight, flight or freeze” mentality so they can get back to living their lives.
At GUTS OC, we specialize in working with individuals who struggle with anxiety and depression. Our team of specialists are committed to educating & empowering our patients with the skills and mindset to live successful, happy lives. We combine the latest technology and mental health services to help our patients get long term results faster.
NOTE: Due to the current Coronavirus outbreak, we are offering telephone and video sessions in addition to our in-person sessions. For clients that visit our office, we are adhering to the safety guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control while also maintaining social distance.
About GUTS OC:
We combine mental health services and state-of-the-art technology to help our patients obtain long-term results faster. Our specialties include therapy, micro current neurofeedback and life coaching. Our evidence-based approach has helped thousands of individuals, couples and families who have sought our help over the past 22 years. Our trained specialists are committed to educating & empowering our patients with the skills and mindset to live successful, happy lives.
GUTS OC is based in Tustin, CA but provides services to all of Orange County through in-person sessions and/or virtual therapy sessions via phone, chat or video.

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Advanced Automation has been edging into our working lives for decades. While most of the inroads made by automation have been in manufacturing, these technologies are being increasingly applied in entertainment. Jon Sorkin has created a gadget that plays programmed songs with a harmonica. The device, known as the E-Sharp, uses two standard "C" harmonicas and plays them with compressed air. The E-Sharp can play a number of simple tunes. When the device is on, an LCD displays the name of the project and the developer's name, followed by a prompt to select a song.
Two different shape-shifting polymers have been announced from two different universities: Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Zhejiang University in eastern China. Both of them change their shapes when immersed in water, and the one from Wyss Institute was made with 3D-printing techniques.
Focus on Fundamentals consists of 45-minute on-line classes that cover a host of technologies. You learn without leaving the comfort of your desk. All classes are taught by subject-matter experts and all are archived. So if you can't attend live, attend at your convenience.


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A well-fitting dog harness is not merely a fashion accessory for your canine companion; it plays a pivotal role in ensuring both their comfort and safety. As responsible pet owners, it is our duty to prioritize the well-being of our furry friends, and selecting the right harness is a crucial aspect of that commitment. In this article, we will explore the importance of a well-fitting dog harness, delving into the various ways it contributes to a dog’s overall health, behavior, and the bond between the pet and its owner.
Comfort and Mobility
One of the primary reasons for investing in a well-fitting dog harness is the enhanced comfort it provides to your furry friend. Unlike collars that can exert pressure on a dog’s neck, a harness distributes the force evenly across the chest and shoulders, reducing the risk of injury and discomfort. Dogs, especially those prone to respiratory issues or with delicate tracheas, benefit significantly from harnesses as they eliminate the strain on the neck during walks or other activities.
Furthermore, a properly fitted harness allows for improved mobility. Dogs can move more freely without the constraint of a collar, making their walks more enjoyable and less stressful. This increased comfort and freedom of movement contribute to a happier, healthier, and more active lifestyle for your pet.
Safety and Control
The safety of your dog is paramount, and a well-fitting harness is one among the dog starter kits and plays a vital role in ensuring it. Harnesses provide better control over your dog, reducing the risk of escape or injury. This is particularly crucial for larger or more energetic breeds that may be more challenging to manage with just a collar and leash.
Harnesses also minimize the risk of neck injuries, especially in dogs with a penchant for pulling on the leash. By distributing the force across the chest, harnesses prevent unnecessary strain on the neck and spine, protecting your dog from potential long-term damage.
In addition to physical safety, a well-fitting harness enhances control over your dog’s behavior. Training becomes more effective, as the harness allows you to redirect your dog’s attention without causing discomfort. This not only fosters positive behavior but also strengthens the bond between you and your canine companion.
Beyond immediate safety concerns, a well-fitting harness can contribute to the long-term health of your dog. Dogs that pull on a leash with a collar may experience respiratory issues, such as coughing or gagging. A harness mitigates these problems by redirecting the pressure away from the neck, promoting healthier breathing and reducing the risk of tracheal damage.
For older dogs or those with existing health conditions, harnesses provide additional support. Dogs with arthritis, joint problems, or recovering from surgery benefit from the stability a harness offers, making it easier for them to navigate their surroundings without exacerbating existing health issues.
Bonding and Socialization
The use of a well-fitting harness can also positively impact the bond between you and your dog. By ensuring your pet’s comfort and safety, you create a positive association with walks and outdoor activities. This strengthens the emotional connection between you and your dog, fostering a sense of trust and mutual understanding.
Harnesses can also aid in socialization efforts. Dogs that feel secure and comfortable are more likely to have positive interactions with other dogs and people during walks. The harness provides a means of control, allowing you to manage your dog’s reactions and behavior in various social situations.
In conclusion, a well-fitting dog harness is not a mere accessory but a fundamental tool for responsible pet ownership. The comfort, safety, and health benefits it provides contribute to a happy and fulfilling life for your canine companion. As a pet owner, choosing the right harness and ensuring a proper fit is a small yet significant step towards prioritizing the well-being of your beloved furry friend. With the right harness, you not only enhance your dog’s quality of life but also strengthen the bond between you and your loyal companion.
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